Guild Wars 2

Now it costs 500 gems to transfer to FC! Thank you ANET for considering us as a Medium Population server instead of a Very High Population server!!!

Buy Some Apples.6390:

I am surprised by how many people support this. If PvE players do not have to pay to transfer to an active PvE server, then we should not have to pay anything to transfer either!

This is just us WvW players still being ripped off!

If it was free to xfer then several guilds and players would just hop around different servers. I think it’d ruin the WvW communities within each server.

I support this, but it feels like this is a change that is needed to be done for the longest time, since it didn’t make sense to me how it costs the same to xfer to a server from a low population tier as to a high population tier. While this change may help, I don’t think we’ll see immediate results from lower tiers unless guilds and players have a huge incentive to move to the lower tiers.

Making sure our veteran players in general don’t leave should be the goal that ANET should focus on. WvW is a huge topic for discussion when it comes down to addressing flaws and issues. As many have stated over and over, WvW hasn’t gotten a serious update or change at all for who knows how long.

I wouldn’t say the WvW players that solely play WvW is negative. I feel that WvW veterans should be open to venting out their opinions, whether it’s constructive or negative.

The golem event created a mix of emotions. This week, many daily WvW players were angered to the point that they stopped caring to play this week. While some enjoy the time, I can tell you alot of players in my server that I’d normally see on a normal week stopped playing for the week.

One thing that WvW gives that I find lacks a bit in other aspects of the game is a nice, group play gamemode. When I talk about group play, I’m talking like more than just a party of 5. Aside from doing guild missions and maybe world bosses, I don’t see any other parts of the game where we work as a guild and be challenged. Because of WvW’s larger group style of play, I believe that ANET should really pull their attention to WvW, because this game doesn’t really offer more things that you can do with more than 5.

Region WvW week. Take all servers in from each tier in a region and randomly divide them into a color. Like EOTM, all servers with the same color interact together and play WvW. Have 5 sets of WvW maps for the week (meaning 5 sets of 3 borderlands, 1 eternal BG), and basically the color that wins the most out of the 5 WvW sets will get a reward, such as WvW tickets.

Having 5 sets of WvW maps makes it so that WvW isn’t restricted to tiers, where servers like JQ BG TC keep playing each other, and that servers won’t get outmatched and won’t have to wait for a long queue to play.

My thoughts on the golem event:

It’s creative but as anticipated, it’s just another EOTM ktrain 24/7 for the week. Personally I don’t like it at all, even though I put hours in. There’s no point to upgrading anything, and even if something is upgraded, just blowing through with golems feels unrewarding. Where is the fun of destroying an enemy’s waypoint when they are less active and not camping in their keep 24/7?

Even though it’s a week, for this event to be the only thing released that’s worth mentioning related to WvW since siege disablers were released, it’s a huge shot to the veterans and guilds that solely play this game because of WvW. Why? There are many flaws and issues that ends up destroying server communities.

Just look at servers from NA like ET, DR, and BP. These guys have beekittenlver at some point within the year, but now they have sunk to bronze. At one point, ET was still a fighting force until we saw the remaining guilds that tried so hard to maintain their community leave to higher tier. I don’t know how it’s like for EU servers, but being in bronze is pretty much playing for the points and flipping paper over and over.

The server transfer rate ends up destroying communities. While my server, FC, hasn’t gotten a huge transfer that remains in our server since last year, when my guild moved to FC, other servers (like ET and DR) ended up losing their guilds. There’s no true incentive to moving to a lower tier server, unless you want to join up with friends. After all, all transfer rates are still 1800 gems. If you had a choice to pick a low tier over a silver tier and beyond, most people would decide to settle on higher tiers where it’s more active.

What I would recommend to fix gem prices for transfers as a temporary fix. Personally, I don’t think this will change much since people would still need a huge incentive to transfer, but this is a good start. There’s no good reason that I can see as to why a server like FC in t7 should cost the same price to transfer to as JQ.

Regardless, our issue is the population. If that is fixed, we can work from there with all other suggestions for changes. If nothing gets done about the population issue, then in the end I will continue to watch my server’s community die out, along with other servers in low tiers. It hurts for me to watch individuals that I’ve known for a while from WvW quit the game or xfer off to a higher populated server because of how the population issues are.

One last comment for this post, I heard of someone mentioned that people don’t exclusively play WvW. Well it’s partly true. After all, WvW costs money, and as a commander, you can’t hope to get superior siege just by WvW alone. PvE is there for us commanders to make enough money to WvW for proper foods, buffs, and siege, unless you have friends or guildies willing to toss all of that at you for free.

I don’t think siege is a huge issue. There are ways to play around all of them, including trebs that are placed to defend gates.

I’m coming from a bronze tier server and it’s just PPT wars down here. Basically, if you have 24/7 coverage here, you will place first. It doesn’t matter if you have a blob at your server’s primetime – a nightcrew can easily outscore your server when your blob goes to sleep.

Overall, there’s not much to enjoy over time when it comes down to PPT wars. Less fights and less incentive to play WvW. I keep getting asked by people, what’s the point of playing WvW? We end up losing money over time.

- a quick video of Maki with a few fights. Come check it out!

bump! Fun week guys – got some nice fights in.

Prior to the recent patch, you used to be able to buy most items from the mystic forge NPC that required skill points without having to be asked “Are you sure you want to purchase ______?” Now, even with items that cost only 1 spirit shard, you are asked every time.

I feel that this is unnecessary and should be changed so that you don’t have to go through an extra step to buy things that cost less spirit shards, just like before. For instance, making siege for WvW takes long enough – this only makes the process longer.

bump. Looking very very strong this week guys!

great weekend guys. We had very fun fights while I was running throughout the weekend!

bump. Great reset last night guys. Very fun with the fights

bump again. I’m hearing of returning FC veterans!

bump. Nice to hear about people returning to FC!

Bump always fun to play with FC

Great job this week in our matchup guys! We are showing growth and seeing new faces to help us maintain this 1st place lead

Don’t hesitate to ask about anything in regards to our server and community! Great to see new players joining our community

Great to see new faces in Ferguson’s Crossing! There were a handful of new commander tags that I’ve never seen in WvW this week

edit: figured out that energy gain was from killing guards with WvW guard killer masteries.

Are you frustrated with limited options of playing WvW? Are you in a server that offers little between mindless zerging and suffocating guild group constraints?

Ferguson’s Crossing is a bronze tier, non-restrictive playstyle server, looking to grow its close knit WVW community with active and motivated players and guilds from all timezones.

Ferguson’s Crossing’s zergs are well managed; guild groups and free roaming are encouraged. Our server gives players the option to run in any of the multitude of groups provided or none at all. Ferguson’s Crossing also offers a community provided TeamSpeak 3 server as well as a positive and supportive website: http://www.fergusoncrossing.org . If your guild resides in Ferguson’s Crossing, we offer channel space in our community TeamSpeak 3 at no cost with benefits catered to your needs, regardless whether you are a WvW, PvE, or PvP guild. Please contact me in game or on the Ferguson’s Crossing website if you are looking for TeamSpeak 3 permissions.

If you are new to WvW, Ferguson’s Crossing is the right place for you. Ferguson’s Crossing is always eager to help new players find and develop their skills in the battlefield. Our members are very friendly to approach and won’t hesitate to answer any questions.

We are seeking guilds interested in joining the Ferguson’s Crossing community and fighting for our server; as well as individuals interested in joining one of our already established and proven guilds below:

Ferguson’s Crossing Guild Details

Name: Ascension of Elements [AoE]

Time Zone: North American

About us:

• A family-like PvX guild that welcomes new or returning players with questions about the game.
• A wide variety of members who do everything the game has to offer, include WvW runs, dungeons and fractals, PvP, and guild missions.

More information on the FC website: http://www.fergusoncrossing.org/forum/m/20891616/viewthread/14436676-aoe-ascension-elements

If you are interested in joining, contact: Big Smasher / scott.6398
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Name: Dinobonoids [DINO]

About us: DINO is a PvX guild focused on fun and teamwork. We are a community guild with many veteran players that have experience in all aspects of the game. Our main focus is WvW (Ferguson’s Crossing) because of its unrestricted player limit and its blend of PvE and PvP elements. We also regularly do dungeon speed clears and ranked/unranked PvP as a group. Our doors are open to everyone regardless of age or experience. We pride ourselves on our friendly, supportive, and kind community.

More information on the FC website: http://www.fergusoncrossing.org/forum/m/20891616/viewthread/21593404-dinobonoids-dino

If you are interested in joining, contact: Frog / Kiyo.5043 / [DINO]
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Name: Dodge Roll Kingdom [DRK]

Time Zone: North American

About us:

• Primarily focused on building a friendly, supportive team for an all-purpose playstyle.
• Most active starting around 6pm Central Standard Time. Many commanders and members are very willing to run with other guilds and individuals.

More information on the FC website: http://www.fergusoncrossing.org/forum/m/20891616/viewthread/24019235-drk-dodge-roll-kingdom

If you are interested in joining, contact: Nameless Brutality / Sweet Sanity.8593 / [DRK]
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Name: Dungeons and Dragons Forever [DDF]

Timezone: NA East Coast

About us: We are PvE-based guild with with a side of WvW. We are a mature, friendly, drama free group looking to do dungeons, fractals, and WvW with fun seeking individuals. We welcome new players as well as veterans.

If you are interested in joining, contact: Sassa Frassy.1256
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Name: Eternal Loyalty [LION]

Time Zone: North American, European

About us:

• One of the more active groups in WvW fielding consistent numbers throughout the day. * Members are friendly and cooperative, communicating with other guilds and players frequently.
• Most active during the morning and regular NA primetime hours.

If you are interested in joining, contact: Cleming / Clemy.8290 / [LION]
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Name: Love Live [Maki]

Website: http://gw2lovelive-maki.enjin.com/home
Time Zone: North American

About us:

• Structured and focused skill group WvW runs, scheduled multiple times during the week for targeted (havoc/zerg nomenclature). Continuously developing new strategies for improvement.
• Most active during NA timezones, offering very active weekend and weeknight presence. Additional activities include: PVP Custom arena, Guild Missions and activities, Dungeons.

If you are interested in joining, contact: Umi Sonoda / redzerofighter.2381 / [Maki]
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Name: Monster Hunters International [MHI]

Time Zone: North American

About us:

• An 18+ age group guild. Runs are usually after the daily reset hours for several long hours.
• Includes nights for running activities outside of WvW, including dungeons, fractals, PvP, and guild missions.

If you are interested in joining, contact: Samus Of Sparta / Samus of Sparta.4028 / [MHI]
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Name: Reckless Entanglement [rENT]

Guild Leader: Sigrdrifumal.3752

Timezone: Eastern and Central – NA Prime

Gamemode: PvX, mostly WvW

About us:

We’re a mix of hardcore and casual – that is, we play to win, but we don’t take the game so seriously as to ruin our fun. All of us go to school or work full-time, and we’re busy people. We understand if you can’t log in everyday, since most of us can’t commit to a heavy schedule either.

We tend to play for the fights, but will take objectives if the opportunity presents itself (also if we need to fish for a fight). We also do some relaxed dungeon/Fractal runs as well as planning on raids.

We’ll take anybody regardless of experience or level, but we do ask our guildies to get on Teamspeak and keep an open-mind in regards to builds.

If you have questions or are interested in joining, feel free to add sigrdrifumal.3752 or moose.3941 in-game.

Name: Shylo [SHY]

Time Zone: North American

About us: SHY is a small guild looking for more members. There are no membership restrictions, and members run WvW most nights with MHI. They are also willing to do PvP and PvE if there is interest.

If you are interested in joining, contact: Seth Birch / BlakBackJK.3182 / [SHY]
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If you are a member of Ferguson’s Crossing and you would like to have a section of this post for your guild recruitment, please contact me!

Feel free to contact me or any of the guild leaders mentioned in this thread. The best way to get in contact with me is through the in-game mail feature.

Love Live [Maki] is recruiting any players interested in all players interested in WvW in Ferguson’s Crossing, experienced or inexperienced. We’ve started up as a havoc/roaming guild, and we are gradually working towards developing our skills in a larger group setting.

Our guild members are primarily based in the US, but we have a handful of EU and a few OCE players as well.

Yes, a handful of us love ANIME and MANGA, for those who know where our guild name originates from. Outside of WvW, we enjoy discussing about anime to an extend (not everyone watches/reads so…). So if you love that kind of stuff, join us hehe.

Requirements:

• Be on the Ferguson’s Crossing Server
• Represent our guild in WvW (you can have other guilds you rep outside WvW)
• Don’t be toxic. Respect all players around you on our server.
• Be willing to run specific builds in our group runs. I won’t ask for too much or stuff that is unreasonable if you cannot afford builds.
• Have fun! Remember, it’s a game at the end of the day.

If you’re interested in our guild, feel free to pm me in game or on the forums. Also, you can mail me in game as well.

Also, this is Maki <3

Great start to our weekend for the tournament! Nice seeing new faces!

The community on the server is very nice. Out of all the servers I have been on, I feel that Ferguson’s Crossing’s community is the best – in general, people are very polite and friendly. We have a lot of room to grow, and most importantly, I’ve seen that our guilds are very determined to push to rebuild our WvW community.

Jski.6180:

Deified.7520:

Jski.6180:

So you want things to be easier and to have non level 80 zoned no longer used for any thing? World bosses would drop in less then 2 sec and Anet just fixed it so they would not. Your asking for the game to be out right broken.

I love a challenge, but there are a few problems with this scaling

1. The models are the size of a person. Have you seen a zerg of 30 people trying to attack another 30 npcs? There are so many effects it is like im on LSD with all those colors. If the mobs use a skill that one shot you, it needs to have logner than a 5 second cooldown or a large animation so i know when the heck to dodge
2. Increase the rewards. If a event takes longer than 30mins, it really needs to give you something better than one rare. The time it took us to finally give up I could have done 3 other events.

They do changes base off number of ppl there and you are fighting harder mobs so they do drop better.

Dam i must respond to a lot let do this.

@redzerofighter.2381
If you build glass canon then yes mob should kill you in 1 to 2 shots. If your fighting a champion level mob and you are a glass canon your going to get 1 shoted for sure even a tankly hero should get out of the way of a champion level mob.

We’re talking about regular mobs, not champions. As I stated in my post above I’ve been built with full toughness and vit yet I still drop in 1-2 hits from things. The mobs aren’t gonna drop anything most of the time due to half being illusions. I don’t see how suddenly strengthing a risen would also affect its drop value…

Jski.6180:

So you want things to be easier and to have non level 80 zoned no longer used for any thing? World bosses would drop in less then 2 sec and Anet just fixed it so they would not. Your asking for the game to be out right broken.

I understand their intent to make world bosses harder but when mobs that are typical spawns can down out anybody in 1-2 hits, it’s kinda absurd.

I understand for the scaling but when the mobs (talking about the illusions and typical risen you see in Orr) take out 3/4 of a person’s hp with 1 hit or even 1 SHOT a person with TOUGHNESS equipment, something’s wrong here.

It doesn’t make sense that the mobs hit higher than the boss.