Guild Wars 2

I just want to say thanks to AS and VS servers for some great times over the past few weeks. It has been fun to run wild around WvW in a small group trying to take ground in our servers off peak time. Its been great to have AS back in tier 1 and to fight against VS who never ever give up.

Both servers should be proud to have great communities with a never say die attitude. I hope that all 3 of our servers return to greater strength over the coming months.

tita.6358:

abaddon.4768:

thanks again for the small scale pvp in viz vl last night.

p.s proof of vizunah/blacktide alliance!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ_I77iDW5g

you saw it here first!

i think we had as much fun as you seeing this guy in the golem. everyone on Vs vocal server could not stop laughing^^
the whole map told him to stop , he just would’nt
that guy is now famous on our server
so RG caps towers after all !

What is the name of this guy? its not Leeroy Jenkins is it? >.<

Great video, Brilliant team play. Keep them coming and long Live Judge Guild!

Nidhogg.2950:

omphin.1752:

Actually alot has changed over the past few weeks. Of the guilds that came from gunnars hold CIR is the only remaining active force. Yes you will see people from the other guilds such as DKR, INT and ThUn but not alot of them like before. Same with Ruin guild, very few of them active like the numbers that probably fought for desolation. BT has lost alot of players since the first week we reached number 1 spot.

What happened to DKR, INT and Thun?, I was under the impression you guys were quite happily fighting in WvW on Blacktide

A lack of people logging into Gw2 is all, some playing PS2 now. Speaking more so from DKR we only can rally 5 or so people to do some WvW unlike before. I’m pretty sure the other guilds have reduced numbers too. It has more to do with alot of people getting bored, i dont include myself in this as I probably play way too much WvW

saVdoom.2067:

Keep in mind that BT is basically the union of Gunnar’s Hold, Far Shiverpeaks and Blacktide, plus Desolation too? Since Ruin transfered there, i’m just not sure what impact they had. Plus probably a whole bunch of bandwaggoners. RG also moved from Piken Square btw.

So yeah, if you’re complaining about 2v1 you really have to go get a clue.

Actually alot has changed over the past few weeks. Of the guilds that came from gunnars hold CIR is the only remaining active force. Yes you will see people from the other guilds such as DKR, INT and ThUn but not alot of them like before. Same with Ruin guild, very few of them active like the numbers that probably fought for desolation. BT has lost alot of players since the first week we reached number 1 spot.

So BT is a union of WvW guilds from several servers however many of those guilds are not so active in WvW now. It would be obvious if compared to the first week we won tier 1

I consider it a real treat to stop them from getting back into their tower

More like, if you are downed and you take damage from a player then it should slow the reviving process. If you are spiked then you should automatically return to the nearest spawn point or switch to map so you cannot see till you pick a spawn point, you should not be allowed to be revived after being spiked.

You would be allowed to be revived if you were downed and finished from range and not spiked.

That would sort alot of the bull with 1 good player that can beat 4 people yet those 4 keep reviving each other

Land, Water and Air.

Introducing Achievements with gear in an effort to encourage people away from running with the zerg. Some of the achievements would promote the use of using siege items. Other achievements encourage things like gaining the help of the Quaggan or gathering food for a feast.

Firstly I would add 2 new recipes to the cooking trade:

1. Water Buff – Diplomatic Drinks: Swim faster for 2 hours, persists through death.

2. Air Buff – Siege Master Meal: + damage while using siege for 2 hours, persists through death.

3. Land Buff – Stats boost: This is already available through cooking.

Quaggan/Water
After handing in your pearls the quaggan go to a keep. I would have it that the Quaggan perform Summoning Strike (when summoned, Quaggan cause lightning to hit the gate which they run to.)That gate would then lose a % of its current HP possibly as much as 20%. This gives those outmanned on a map the benefit of using the quaggan to assist in damaging a keep door or all three keeps all at once.

Only one gate of each keep would be hit by the lightning. It would therefore be in my best interests to claim the quaggan aid nearest to the bay if my server held the bay. This would mean that then we claim the quaggan defensively and they do not hit the bay gate with lightning.

Once neutral all servers would then have a given time perhaps five minutes or less to hand in their pearls and claim the aid of the quaggan. Allowing the pearls to perish in your inventory if not handed in after 20 minutes could be a good idea here as it would mean that the server which neutralised the power node would gain the upper hand if they had prepared and had gathered pearls
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? Diplomat/Water Achievement – Gain the aid of the Quaggan/Ogres 500 times.
Reward – Quaggan Gear, Exotic equivalent with Diplomatic drinks food buff (faster swim speed). Also Quaggan/Ogre title “ The Diplomat”
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Siege/Air Buff

To encourage the use of using siege in WvW I would have this set of gear to be very impressive looking.

Siege master Achievement – Destroy 500 walls/gates using siege or while using siege destroy enemy siege 500 times.

Reward = Siege master gear, Exotic equivalent with Siege master food buff (+ damage for using siege). Also “Siege master” title.

Gathering Food Resources/ Land Buff

To encourage people to go out roaming and gathering food to create a feast. Each time you gather a herb or food in WvW you gain a food resource token. Collect 50 of these to create a feast. Feasts provide a 2 hour stats buff increase for all that eat from it. Additionally when someone places a feast they gain “leftovers” a personal feast buff which is soul bound.

WvW Cook Achievement – Create 100 Feasts.
Reward – Cook outfit, Exotic equivalent with + stats boost buff and Cook Title.

Veteran

This gear set would be the most impressive looking as it requires a lot of achievements to gain it. When wearing it you are given all three WvW buffs, Stats, faster swim speed and + damage when using siege. The buffs are constant and do not stack with the crafted buffs. This gear would not be overpowered as anyone can make or farm the two hour crafted buffs.

WvW Veteran Achievement – Complete Siege master, Diplomat and WvW cook Achievements. Land Water and Air Achievements.

Reward – WvW Veteran Gear, Exotic equivalent with all 3 WvW food buffs active. Siege master meal, Diplomatic drinks and stats boost . Also gain the “Veteran” title.

Considering BT will gain alot of points during the week, it is best that AB and VS target BT for as much as possible. It obviously makes sense to do so. Which will make for alot of fun for BT guilds to constantly repell attackers. They probably should even continue to prioritise attacks against BT all the week long since BT will gain alot of points in the early hours of the day

Siege Master Event

Would it be possible that every time you click on a siege to build, use or refresh it that you then get one stack of a buff, lets call it siege master buff. You siege master buff lasts for 30 minutes it also stacks up to 15 or maybe 20 times and is refreshed only after clicking/refreshing a siege item that you haven’t clicked for the past 30 minutes. That means you would have to click on 15 or 20 different siege items or add 150 – 200 supply to building siege in order to get the complete the event.

- Each time you add supply to a siege being built you gain a stack of the siege master buff.
- Refreshing siege that you have not refreshed in the past 30 minutes gains you a stack

Gaining all 15 or 20 stacks of the siege master buff would be rewarded just like any other event. A moderate amount of Karma, copper and maybe even a few honor badges thrown in to encourage players to set up defences and keep siege from despawning within keeps and towers.

Taziir.7628:

BobbybigBalls.3196

BTW the guy that runs the Bot program on blacktide, your treb was missing for 90 mins last night.

Bobby you might want to see this post from earlier:

omphin.1752

Hi Taziir, I came across some poor fella trying to fire the trebuchet, i built my own next to him and got it aimed and told him to get on mine and use it. The poor guy was not able to hit stuff and he must have been there for about 30 mins or more b4 i helped him. Then i jumped on his trebuchet and got it aimed correctly and we both took down your walls together.
Fair play to the guys that built the treb across from me and blind sighted me killing our 2 trebs. I just built another one then >.<
but yes i agree that its very annoying to get hit all the way from the garrison

Best fun in ages getting your trebs, I took part in that group and got in the initial shots. I was impressed we managed to succeed – high stakes, small chance of success, awesome even though the BT defending group punted me straight off the cliff for an enviromental falling death

Aye that was me on my mesmer that knocked you off the cliff and took advantage of the falling damage >.< your a guardian if im correct. Thats the thing about WvW that can be fun, little victories like you destroying my trebs and myself and a guildie taking revenge on yours.
Btw bobby there was no bot firing the the trebs, i just had to educate some random guy on where to aim. Fun times in WvW guys. Good job Taziir on destroying the trebs, i have since learned to keep an eye out and not to be so complacent

Early this morning Vizunah defended well. They had good communication and got to the keeps our morning crew were zerging and repelled us. I have great respect for this server against all odds they fight and organise to repell massive assaults. They are relentless. A massive accomplishment for a national server.

Regarding Desolation I too have great respect for this server. My guild played there during beta but it seemed like things there would become very unorganised with pugs joining the server just cause it was winning alot. [Iron] guild is a great guild, some really good and smart players there and they should continue to help lead Deso into the future. If desolation had more guilds like them it would be great.
I have very little good to say about [Ruin] they really shoot their mouths off against the french and give desolation a bad name. While in the same breath claim that they carried the server to tier 1. They insult their day time crew by saying this.

Lets not forget about all the small guilds in all these servers which actually do some of the most important work such as setting up siege and running for supply to kit out the keeps. the random people that agree to sit pressing 2 on a trebuchet (so boring yet does the work of 15+ men with flame rams)

Taziir.7628:

BT, your garrison treb was just annoying once it found it’s target, shame whoever was firing couldn’t hit anything most of the time

Hi Taziir, I came across some poor fella trying to fire the trebuchet, i built my own next to him and got it aimed and told him to get on mine and use it. The poor guy was not able to hit stuff and he must have been there for about 30 mins or more b4 i helped him. Then i jumped on his trebuchet and got it aimed correctly and we both took down your walls together.
Fair play to the guys that built the treb across from me and blind sighted me killing our 2 trebs. I just built another one then >.<
but yes i agree that its very annoying to get hit all the way from the garrison

Syndic.4762:

NoShelter.3817:

Regarding RUIN:

I can’t speak for the guild (I’m just a member), but I will tell you that personally (and this view is shared amongst several other members), I am backing off GW2.

In just a short time, we’ve dominated every bracket. The US bracket is utter garbage, and the EU bracket is amazingly fun, with great servers and players.

Our battle culminated with the french alliance. We stayed up too late, played too long, we made our wives angry, but we won. I feel like I’ve beaten GW2 and there’s nothing left to do.

My fire has gone out. Blacktide is a great competitor, but we’ve already beaten them. There’s no competition left.

Also, the developers really dropped the ball. The culling issue is an absolute game-breaker for me. That needed to be fixed weeks ago. When I see 2 goofy holiday content patches coming out while culling is still happening, it tells me it’s time to find a game from a company who has their priorities in line. Also, wvwvw needs more maps, more variety, more everything.

On the 20th, many of us will be going to planetside, and we’re keeping a close eye on the developement of elder scrolls.

I go where the massive multi-realm battles are. As a member of RUIN, I storm a game, conquer everybody I see, then move to the next challenge. Getting locked into one game (like I did with WoW) for a long period of time just ends in misery.

I don’t know if thats why you are seeing a lot less of my guildmates on this week, but that’s why I’ve barely played.

I don’t quite understand, before the match-up your guild was asking us about transferring to Blacktide, we rejected it and now you’re quitting the game? Ah well, to each their own I suppose.

Respect to VS for putting up a great spirited fight yesterday again, your forums are a pleasure to read. Lots of talk about goons and bob tho, nice to see other bittervets from New Eden are around.

I do believe that NoShelter removed his post after he saw how completly stupid it was. Worst post i saw so far on these forums, what a joke.

Big thanks to Deso and Vizu for some epic fights at blacktide garrison. It was great to portal reinforcements in from the citadel >.<

If Anet wants to keep the DE FR and ES servers alive and allow american guilds to still transfer to europe and vice versa then wouldnt it be effective to give lower points for offpeak times in WvW? so nightcappers earn less points. just an idea not saying im in favor of it

Are you Americans or Americant’s? :P come on you guys. we need a couple of good American guilds for our step up to face desolation. Its a David vs Goliath fight!

I see desolation are looking for more Americans, as are we. Tbh i think they should help blacktide recruit Americans so they dont get lumbered with all the grief from being the first ones to get some 24/7 coverage :P

In a few months time people will look past the eu and us barrier and join servers to make them competitive to tackle 24/7 coverage. Poor [Ruin] just got all the grief from being the first ones with the sense to make the move first.

So help us Balance things out, we need American ( north and south) to help us step up to desolation server. Come join us.

We are still looking for some American guilds to come join us on blacktide. The way things are going it wont be long before we face desolation server and need to tackle the night capping situation. Join us as Blacktide becomes the second international 24/7 wvw server

How about for european off peak hours there were only half points given? Towers give you 5 points instead of 10 etc etc. Surely that would deter the need to have such strong 24 hour coverage.

This off peak time may only amount to 4 or 5 hours in the total 24 hours of the day but it would eliminate the need for european servers to recruit americans to stay competitive. This would ensure the survival of the FR, ES and DE servers allowing them to stay competitive.

Just a thought, cause i like to face servers with a national identity and not just all international.

I agree with Scrubbles lets keep the thread free from speaking bad about each other. Servers are still being constructed due to the free transfers. Blacktide like any other is just availing of it, each server has got new people to a greater or lesser degree, now or in the past. The fact is Blacktide has attracted other guilds because of how we play and how we respect our opponents. We often, more than any server i have seen pay compliments to those that have given us a good fight in weeks gone by. That has included our current opponents so please lets keep this thread good.

Good fight at Elona Borderlands, lets see how things pan out tomorrow during the day… i mean today… need to sleep!

Death Card, try again in a while. Basically you can transfer when it becomes Heavy ( when people start to log off) 3 am is a great time to try, although im not sure about saturday mornings.

The Blacktide Auto tune

#They’re Climbing in your Towers they’re snatching your Keeps up. Trying to gank em so ya better bring ur guilds to Blacktide, bring ur guilds to Blacktide, bring ur guilds to Blacktide, cause they night-capping everything round here.

You don’t have to come PvDoor we gonna fight you, we gonna Fight you , we gonna fight you and you can Ruin and tell that, Ruin and tell that, Ruin and tell that homeboy, homeboy, homeboy.#

To this music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMtZfW2z9dw

Blacktide is an epic international server on the rise. Come on in you aussies and americans! In fact im really looking forward to us gaining a night presence as its that time i get to play mostly. The gathering starts here!

The Blacktide Project,
therein the unofficial
Irish Server
To the people of Ireland in the Americas.

“IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN: In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom.”

Representing the Irish on Blacktide. I Have only good things to say about the international Community here. And I would call out to people from north and south of the Americas with or without an Irish Heritage to consider aiding us here on blacktide as we the underdog, David face against the Goliath, Desolation server with its 24/7 coverage.

Two International Communities destined to meet. There is no more PvDoor in Tier 1. Blacktide is evolving its community to be the second international 24/7 WvW community. Inevitably this will bring us into Tier 1 where there will be a David vs Goliath match between Blacktide and Desolation.

A special shout out to the Irish in the Americas. The Gathering starts here on Blacktide Server

Syndic.4762:

I am happy that Blacktide is on its way to securing 2nd place and keeping in T2. Speaking for CIR, I’m pretty sure it’s a shared sentiment in our guild that a lot of guilds (GF, NUG, VcY, others) from FSP earned a lot of respect in this match-up, fighting tooth and nail despite knowing that it’ll all be gone when they log in the next day.

This week was by far the best WvW experience so far, yesterday Red Guard transferred over to check Blacktide out, they’re a great guild and will be a very important addition to our prime-time force if they decide to stay. Also, all the existing guilds on Blacktide have learned some valuable lessons and I think we all gained a lot of experience from this match-up.

Thanks to both Elona and FS for this great week of fighting, and thanks for all the lessons. Blacktide will fight even harder in the future because of you.

I too am very happy that we are coming in second as i do not think we will be ready for Tier 1 for quiet some time. We still lack a bit from 6pm until 11pm even though theres alot of good guilds on at that time including my own and we dont have a night time presence to stand against Desolation server or AS and VS. I would be happy for us to remain in Tier 2 until we get those issues sorted.

FSP are still quiet strong from 6pm onwards, you can see them gaining momentium every day at the same time. Unfortunate for them they do not have the morning presence that Blacktide has otherwise all they would need then is night coverage. And it was fantastic to fight against guilds like [Nug] at the weekend. I had a great time as a mesmer running up to 20+ and throwing down a portal releasing people from [DkR][CIR][THuN] and Heresy to destroy siege.(Sorry if i missed a guild) Those guys were absolutely Relentless! We were all the time on the defense for long periods, Well done to those guys for some fantastic battles which made me stay up till 6 or 7am cause it was such a great challenge.

As much as i would love to see such good guilds coming to blacktide server, I would encourage you to hang tight. I reckon you will stabilise and work your way back up the ranks with new vigor. The problem for most servers is getting the night time presence sorted, anyone without that will not be in tier 1 and rightly so. [Ruin] guild joining with desolation server will be very hard to beat and I would imagine alot of people may move to desolation.

As a person that played on desolation at beta and our guild moved from there. I would like to see them do well in their “quest to dethrone the french”. Then after that, after we get full time coverage in WvW, I would like to dethrone them. First things first, getting full time coverage. Lets hope some Americans step up to the challenge and join our servers

[ON Blacktide Borderlands] Just want to say i Had alot of fun yesterday evening setting up siege to bombard Dreaming bay and fair play to Elona, you guys kept that wall up dispite us having 3 trebs on it. Not only that but you managed to assault Longview even though we took it back (again with some trebs i quickly dispatched) and you attacked our Garrison. Very impressive play from Elona. unfortunate for us it came to the part of the day where we get weaker and FSP and Elona got into the garrison. Dont know if anyone from the other servers noticed any difference but we had a bit more siege than normal in the garrison, which i think caused us to hold it for a lot longer than usual in the evening. (pity for me i had to go offline and dont know what happened after both servers got into garrison)