Guild Wars 2

I played on a few servers before deciding on my tier 1 home.. and I think the strong opinions on AOE probably depend on which servers you’re playing on or against. At lower tiers, AOE isnt a problem. It’s useful and can be highly strategic in a way that is neither broken, imbalanced, or unfair.

The problem, I think, is what is just starting to happen on Tier 1 servers. If done properly, an AOE zerg absolutely will destroy much larger zergs in no time. Its happening right now, Ive seen it, tested it, had it done to me, used it against others— the point is it works…. very well… too well.

AOE needs to be brought down a peg… My solution—- Id suggest making it where not only can an AOE only hit a select few targets (we already have that), but that a player should also only be able to take damage from a 1-2 aoes at a time in addition to siege damage. That way AOEs can serve a purpose without being broken.

DivineBeing.2086:

I have no doubt in my mind that JQ will be the new #1 server.

I understand they have RG only for this week but they have other guilds that transferred in to fill RG’s queue slots.

Yeah I just dont see it. JQ is a strong server, no doubt— but BG is honestly better. Less coverage, which hurts them, but better players in my experience. In any case, I dont see them unseating SOS anytime remotely soon. They’re struggling like mad now, and thats with the help of some really great servers. Still— they put up a great fight and are tons of fun to play against. I dont mean for this post to sound like Im trashing JQ at all— I just dont think they’re going to make it to #1. BG probably has a better chance, if they can solve coverage issues.

In any case, SOS will have fun seeing either server on the battlefield. Good luck, you’ll need it.