Guild Wars 2

magikfox.9658:

sostronk.8167:

JQ outmanned on all 4 maps. RIP JQ. Anyone want to buy me for their server? Come on SOR and BG, I know you both pay top gold for your players! I can literally guarantee a 2% increase in your PPT. Im also really really good looking.

I’ll contribute a total of 30 silver if you transfer to any server below tier 4.

Any more offers? Do I hear 35?

JQ outmanned on all 4 maps. RIP JQ. Anyone want to buy me for their server? Come on SOR and BG, I know you both pay top gold for your players! I can literally guarantee a 2% increase in your PPT. Im also really really good looking.

Its the same in SOR and BG borderlands. But its less noticeable because there are less people in them. SOR BL is pretty bad and its rarely got more than about 50 players in there in total.

PearlGore.7419:

Your post says nothing, care to re-write it?

Go ahead, but do the opposite. Explain why the map cap is not too high.

Israel.7056:

Ascii.9726:

You there, BG. What is your profession?
I’m a cursed shore farmer sir.
And you, JQer. What is your profession?
CoFer, sir,
CoFer… and you?
Roleplayer.
RALLIANS, WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?
AAAAAOOOOOO AAAAAOOOOOO AAAAAOOOOOO
You see old friends, we brought more soldiers then you did.

I’m sure there are plenty of people on all three servers who do nothing but WvW every single day. I spend like 6-10 hours a day in the mists during the week. Used to be like that with WvW.

TBH I think I will be the same after a while. There are certain “mentalities” in WvW that I just don’t like. Given time I think most of my time will be spent in sPvP. But Im not done with WvW. Unless WvW changes to remove these “mentalities” it will no doubt grow old on me as it already is and I’ll be moving away from it.

Everything I see in this game format to me points to the map cap being too high. I see alot of problems caused by the map cap being as high as it is or in some cases at least contributes to some of them. I see it really diminishes the PvP component of this game and promotes mentalities in this game, which I am fine with to a certain point, but I think it promotes them too much. Thing is I have seen a few people in here who seem to agree. But to me it seems brutally clear this is the case. But yet the community isn’t overly outspoken about it and from the little I have seen from Anet they don’t seem to think the same or they are looking at a longer term in development that we can’t see. I’d love for someone to explain why it’s fine as it is. Tell me why I am wrong.

I don’t know if NA tier 1 servers have noticed, but the same thing is constantly happening in SOR borderlands. But its not as noticeable, unless your going around killing yaks. Because the yaks aren’t actually where they appear, which only happens when there is skill lag. Its constantly like this even with no fights going on. The lag we are experiencing is new.

Standard practice among SOR players and guilds. Its completely legit is far as they are concerned. Note I said as far as "they"are concerned. I personally consider it cheating.

Welcome to PvP in an MMO.

I ask them to tip me because I made them feel good about themselves.

Ascii.9726:

The lag seems to be very random, not the usual skill lag when more then 2 people are in one spot.

In Tier 1 (as a SoR player) JQ borderlands is giving all of us extreme lag dispite nothing happening in the map, yet all other maps are fine.

Its gods way of saying, “keep out of Jade Quarry borderlands, Go to Blackgate borderlands!”

StarNightz.8496:

Wat if I cnd backstab than cnd again?

Doesn’t work. You get revealed and the reveal debuff activates and you don’t go back into stealth. It used to work that way.

So the bit we are supposed to be looking at is the 90k damage? I looked at it at first and was like, whats he trying to say… 90k aint that much on the superheated boss.

Azure Prower.8701:

Moar jumping puzzles!

Not being able to jump or walk down a slightly steep incline in Guild Wars 1 drove me crazy.

But in Guild Wars 2 if you walk down a slightly steep incline you die.

Caliban.3176:

silkysoft.6749:

Why don’t they make a trap that doesn’t allow downed state?

Please don’t give them completely idiotic ideas, it is far too likely that ANet might implement it.

I think they should add a counter trap that stops other traps from being place. Then also another trap that stops the counter trap from being placed.

IIRC they said they were going to remove it but never did.

scootshoot.6583:

salluks.6017:

Poxheart.2845:

I dunno what was going on, but about an hour ago the lag on JQ BL is unplayable. Lots of people (myself included) were getting DC’d anytime there was a big fight.

yea its unbelivable in JQ bl.

I blame this….
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Game-Update-Notes-May-14-2013

Optimizations
•We’re rolling out our first set of optimizations. This is the first in many steps involved in helping resolve issues with “skill lag.” Some players will experience a slight improvement in skill lag issues with large groups of players, while some players may also experience a slight raise in their FPS.

ZZZ. I really wish Anet would just reduce the map cap. Seriously, this whole mentality of “you beat me? Well Ill bring 3x as many” is pretty much a perfect example of why PvP in MMO’s are the laughing stock of gaming community. I guess I should just accept that and have fun and stop being so competitive.

Anyways, I have been having fun tonight or should I say this morning

DeadlySynz.3471:

I agree with your points OP but I think player kills should be worth a minimum of 5 and 10 if your outmanned. Same with taking over the objectives, It needs to rival the current point system, 1 is just way too low. It would definitely change the face of the game. Coverage wouldn’t really mean squat anymore, just who are the better strategists.

In my opinion anyway, the ticks from keeping camps/towers/keeps etc.. should just be bonus points.

Giving 5 or 10 points for a player kill wouldn’t make objectives bonus points, they would make them redundant.

oxide.8324:

I guess JQ has imploded :/ 70 ppt on reset

How long do people think it will be before we live down this top dog hatred? I understand it myself. I am an Aussie and all Australians support the underdog. But we aren’t the top dog anymore. SOR is numero uno! Hate them lol. The early PPT was pretty rough but in all honesty, we really went out there today and we had full maps with queues. Last week there were no queues at all. People are coming back and playing. But the tactics hurt us today getting denied hills in double teams and its hard to bounce back from that in a hurry, especially when its during a timezone we aren’t always so successful in. Thumbs up to all the Jade Quarry players who played through the adversity and kept the maps queued through the day. You guys are awesome!

So I do the WvW. Im still running zerker with maxed deception. It does what I want it to. But I want to build something radical. Something were if I do fight, the fight will last forever and potentially leave my opponent or myself banging my head against the wall or just give up and run away. Any suggestions? Im looking for something different. I mostly solo roam, avoid combat and kill yaks. When there are no yaks to kill I like to troll as many players as I can find, be it one player or 100. The latter of that is a bit risky with a zerker build but I do it for practice none the less. Im thinking of staying with deception and building vitality, toughness and healing power or something along these lines.

scootshoot.6583:

Not lookin good. JQ has always had a strong reset night / weekend force and as such if they get buried going into Monday their server will be demoralized and will turn into a 2 horse race early.

Thats not true at all. The leader of the weekend has changed regularly. The problem is, BG is already playing for second.

Come out swinging. Fear no one. Keep your wits about you and above all share the vision of eyefinity.

Joey.2769:

Why have the mods not closed this thread yet….anything with a nerf this or this class is OP needs to have the OP banned from the forums for life.

I disagree. I think players like the OP should be banned from life. But I guess thats opinion.

Don’t use anything in your name that may in some way refer to religion. Most religious people are very easily offended.

Its already been said, but grats for the win this week SOR!

There is still a downed state because Anet developers play rangers.

LetoII.3782:

sostronk.8167:

Warlord.9074:

Lifewaster.5912:

Thiefz.3695:

I see three rings in that screen shot. 1 ring on the eastern wall. Two rings in the center. Where did the other 2 AOE’s come from? Are you sure they didn’t AC through the door’s gap?

The outer wall ring was a dragon tooth.

I was running above the gate looking for their acs , there was no carts placed there using the usual area to aim through the hole above the gate, the only cart I could find firing at the time of the red circles was at the side corner outside as show.

But if its legit using an eyefinity setup, that would be good to know at least.

You say aiming the cart through the whole in the door like that is a legit thing yet condemn other means. Let me ask what difference does it make. In order to look through the hole above the door are you not rotating your camera and building AC in very specific spots. Sounds 1 in the same to me bro.

The difference is it in not intended. And it is adaptable so if anyone does use it this way placement of siege can be counter positioned It also gives the same result as using a hack. That in my eyes is deplorable. But apparently some have lower standards than others. SOR shall thus be the server that thinks zoom hacks are fine.

Aww hurt our feewings :’(

I changed it a bit. Im a grown man and Id hate to hurt your feelings.

Warlord.9074:

Lifewaster.5912:

Thiefz.3695:

I see three rings in that screen shot. 1 ring on the eastern wall. Two rings in the center. Where did the other 2 AOE’s come from? Are you sure they didn’t AC through the door’s gap?

The outer wall ring was a dragon tooth.

I was running above the gate looking for their acs , there was no carts placed there using the usual area to aim through the hole above the gate, the only cart I could find firing at the time of the red circles was at the side corner outside as show.

But if its legit using an eyefinity setup, that would be good to know at least.

You say aiming the cart through the whole in the door like that is a legit thing yet condemn other means. Let me ask what difference does it make. In order to look through the hole above the door are you not rotating your camera and building AC in very specific spots. Sounds 1 in the same to me bro.

The difference is it in not intended. And it is adaptable so if anyone does use it this way placement of siege can be counter positioned It also gives the same result as using a hack. That in my eyes is deplorable. But apparently some have lower standards than others. SOR shall thus be the server that thinks using external programs to get an advantage is acceptable.

The guilds we have on JQ take a professional approach to the game. There is alot of reliance on pugs. Jade Quarry, is in my opinion, the most succesful server of all time. Our record demonstrates that and we have spent the vast majority of our time in Tier 1 with a brief visit to tier 2 at one short time. Right now there is some restructuring going on. There has been a large reliance in the past on PUG’s to get us over the line. What we really need is an strong organized guild. EU is where we are at our weakest at the moment. But we still have one of the strongest Asian timezones so if there is an EU guild out there that is looking for the challenge, you can look forward to a handover/transition from a strong performance during SEA.

Recently our server has been bouncing between FULL and VERY HIGH. There are a few fairwhethers leaving which means we have a good opportunity right now to get some organized guilds in.

Also, for those who are talking trash about JQ. Plain and simple we have the best record of any server in the game. Only SOS has a record worth boasting. We have recently had some good servers, Blackgate and Sanctum of Rall, step up and provide us with some solid competition. There is talk of the server falling about and/or pulling an SOS, but as a dedicated member its just not true. We will be fighting in Tier 1 for a long time and best of all we finally have a very tight match between 3 very balanced servers. I really cannot think of a better situation in WvW than what we have in NA Tier 1 right now.

In short, now is a great time for an organized guild to join Jade Quarry. The guys we have in the community are great. The leaders are dedicated to the server and we will always be one of the best servers in the game. We just need more coverage to keep a competitive position in Tier 1. If you guys have any concerns, feel free to contact me or some of the JQ leaders and we will help out how we can.

TBH ive been extremely surprised with this game. Its not just the chests. There are so many things in this game that involve the promotion of gambling and (excessive) consumption of alcohol. This game seems like its designed for a wide audience, children included, but they sneak things like this in here. Pretty irresponsible.

Orion.9075:

Voicer.8239:

sostronk.8167:

What kind of support did SOR give you?

The same support that BG did to the guilds that wanted to come over but couldnt withouth our community help.
Is not a big deal, and there’s nothing wrong with donate gold to help new friends.
I still wonder why they keep saying that “BG is buying guilds” and trying to give us a bad reputation for so long and then they go and do the same!
Im surprised no1 is trakittenalking SoR right now and….oh wait!
Call me crazy, but mb when OTHERS do it, is not so bad!!! Lets see..

BG donate gold to help ppl get in? How dare you??! Blackhole destroyer of guilds!! Shame on you!! Your reputation is the worst!

SoR donate gold to the same objective? Oh, this is a real community, tight and perfect!! You should all watch and learn!

The same logic applied on the “overtime” nonsense…think about it!

BG won? Overtime lifeless nerds!

SoR winning? Is just bc you’re so good! Again, we should all watch and learn!

I think the main difference is we don’t offer guilds gold to come over. They decide to come over and perhaps if a few of their members couldn’t make it, we help them out. That’s the difference between buying guilds and not.

Thats the same thing BG did. And thats why I am scratching my head after all the criticism that has come from SOR to BG (including youtube video rants about it) and saying how much better their server is for not doing this, when all along SOR does it as well.

Israel.7056:

I think once they add ascended gear to WvW people will have more of a clear cut reason to play.

WvW will be another way of getting the new gear. I know it would motivate me I love getting new gear and I’ve currently got 4 toons to gear out. Soon to be 5 once I finish my guardian.

Yeah I decided a while back to start saving up all my badges hoping they would do something like this. I was pretty excited when I read Devon saying they won’t be adding another currency to WvW. Fingers crossed.

The problem I see is the vast majority of players are not tactically minded in the game. Sure, I come across smart players and smart guilds and these players have a big influence on the game, but theres still that majority.

LetoII.3782:

sostronk.8167:

What kind of support did SOR give you?

Same we give our Eastern forces.
We integrate into their ranks and don’t expect them to dance to our tune.
You know, actual community building instead of forum posturing and false advertising.

So they were payed to assist with their transfer. But what about the braveheart speach? Why indo? I thought you were William Wallace and now it sounds like your just Mel Gibson!

What kind of support did SOR give you?

Vayne.8563:

sostronk.8167:

Vayne.8563:

Morfedel.4165:

Well, I’m in an odd position where I havent been working, but I’m getting paid anyway: see, my new employer needs a state license to do what I do (he is expanding his business into my line of work), and he desperately needed someone so he could justify starting the licensure.

But the licensure, and required accreditation we have to get after the licensure, takes an average of 3 months. Which means I can’t work for 3 months.

Which means, for some, its a paid holiday… but I’m bored out of my freakin mind!

So I’ve been playing all day, every day… see, I’m also new to the area, haven’t been having much luck making new friends and finding things to do (never had that problem before, but its been a struggle here), so I’ve been gaming almost nonstop since mid march.

And I’m sure thats a major part of the burn out. I desperately need to find other things to do.

So, I joined a gym, gonna try to start working out, maybe do some camping, etc etc.

Well, that was the plan… and I just found out we are probably getting our state licensure Thursday, which means they can partially start working me now, at least, until the accreditation comes through… lol!

Join a cool guild and get some social contact through there. This game is much better played with friends anyway. Sure it’s not the same as real life friends, but I moved to Tasmania, Australia from NYC and most of my friends are back there. I’m significantly far enough away from being able to meet people in real life, so I get most of my social contact online.

It’s not 100% ideal but it’s a lot better than feeling lonely.

You must be young Vayne. When you get older, “friends” aren’t really a thing.

How insulting. There are always people who are more social or less social, depending on their personality and upbringing, having nothing to do with age. I’m 51 years old and yes, I like having friends. I grew up in a big family in a crowded neighborhood. There were always people around. You get programmed by stuff like that so when there’s not people around, everything seems too quiet.

Friends aren’t really a thing for you, but a lot of people like companionship. This is particularly true if you’re not going out to a job every day.

You may not realize it, but humans are social creatures, like all primates.

You seem offended by the concept. Its pretty easy to understand. In general, the older you get the less tolerance you have for other people. Im not sure why you consider 51 to be old. Also, there is a big difference between friends and companionship. And for the concept of “social creatures”, the topic we are discussing and how it is stated in science are not directly related, in fact it goes with my point. Human beings are social creatures because they learn as they grow up through social interaction. And that is the reference your making to human beings being “social creatures”, which completely contradicts your point.

Vayne.8563:

Insidious.3720:

In before all the people telling you that you just aren’t playing the game right or in the right area to see people because, based off their experiences, people are everywhere and you are wrong.

Ok then, the population has dropped fairly significantly. There’s just no other way to say it or sugar coat it. You can try switching to a higher pop server, i.e. a server in the top 5 for wvw. Personally, I am just killing time until FFXIV is re-released. After that, I’m Outtie 5000 again.

You have zero evidence of this. It’s literally unprovable. And there are always trolls on forums (not suggesting that you are one of them), that love to come in and say how bad any game is doing.

But it doesn’t make it true.

Anet has the figures. There is 0 evidence. Why? Blizzard tells people how many subscribers they have. Anet thinks its better not to give this kind of information out for GW2. Why do you think that is?

Id be interested to see how the rankings go. Particularly to see who takes third place in highest gold medal tally (over stormbluff Isle). Not sure if it will be SOR or BG. I know BG have alot of skilled guilds but SOR is looking really strong these days and I think BG really need to adapt their tactics.

BlasiuS.8961:

Why are you letting rarity of an item change your opinion of it? You said it yourself: it’s so sweet that it blows you away. Even if every single player on the server had it, it would still be so sweet that it blows you away.

Its pretty much the main reason I only have one legendary. I would work towards more, but whats the point when everyone else has one? I want my character to look unique, not look like every second char that walks past. Having an individual and unique look to my character is really important. Its hard to get that in this game.

Oh so its not just me getting peaved when I come second every round feeling like I am being conspired against, I actually am getting permatargetted by karka.

Tarkus.4109:

Zagan.5287:

BG will always play hard and get hyped. SoR will play the same as if nothing happened. JQ is DEAD.

Not so much dead but declining, there is a solid core that will remain there after the bandwagoners jump ship – as is what happens to most t1 (rank 1) servers, look at what happened to HoD or SoS as an example. I have a lot of respect for the guilds that are sticking by their guns on JQ (SF et al), and wish the best for them in the future.

Worst case we go T2. Which isn’t even that bad. We lose some bandwagoners that open up space for real guilds to join and revisit T1. Thats if we even drop from T1 at all. JQ server status no longer full? Time to get some Euro guilds to join. Come on Euro guilds join JQ.

scootshoot.6583:

Nightcrawler.3219:

I’m not sure how everyone keeps saying the PVE stuff is keeping BG down. Normally when PVE content comes out BG usually ticks higher. Its more of an effect of SoR having move Euro coverage. It also seems there is a lot more ppl for SoR doing wvw because of this moral boast. This is what I think…

Correct. The morale boost happens for every server. SOR does have hardcore wvw guilds but we also have our share of predominantly PVE guilds and players. I have seen serveral pve guilds playing wvw this week and that’s expected and hope they are having fun.

I really think the PvE thing is overrated. Most of the fairweathered PvE players only join up when they are winning and they are pretty useless when they do anyways. Its guilds and organized and dedicated WvW players that make the 99.9% diffence in WvW. PvE players are just something to waste a few seconds of my time killing.

morrolan.9608:

sostronk.8167:

renmei.3102:

I’m just happy for SOR’s Asian and Oceanic crew, we are finally able to hand over upgraded stuff so they can hold some territory despite being totally outnumbered. I don’t think I would have the fortitude to keep coming back day after day like they do and carry as much weight as they do. Mad props to them!

I guess you don’t play during Oceanic and Asian timezones. SOR have recently quite often had the largest zerg on the map during these timezones.

Not since BG got the Kaineng guilds, even last night our PPT got down to around 130 while I was on about 10.30pm AEST.

The majority of players from Kaineng have been playing in the Euro Timezone. I know alot about what has been going on from each timezone because I am currently payed to work from home and thus my employer is paying me to play GW2 in each timezone :p

renmei.3102:

I’m just happy for SOR’s Asian and Oceanic crew, we are finally able to hand over upgraded stuff so they can hold some territory despite being totally outnumbered. I don’t think I would have the fortitude to keep coming back day after day like they do and carry as much weight as they do. Mad props to them!

I guess you don’t play during Oceanic and Asian timezones. SOR have recently quite often had the largest zerg on the map during these timezones.

What time is EU primetime for NA? Im an Oceanic and basically I could reverse my sleeping pattern and sleep as soon as I get home and wake up really early and play before work. But what is EU prime for NA? Is it when NA is at work?

R.I.P Blackgate?

Zen.8497:

Ascii.9726:

Official super score update™ © 2013-9001 all rights reserved.

Looks like BG quit their own borderland…

Is this true? Are the rumors true? Has BG quit their borderlands?

Vayne.8563:

Morfedel.4165:

Well, I’m in an odd position where I havent been working, but I’m getting paid anyway: see, my new employer needs a state license to do what I do (he is expanding his business into my line of work), and he desperately needed someone so he could justify starting the licensure.

But the licensure, and required accreditation we have to get after the licensure, takes an average of 3 months. Which means I can’t work for 3 months.

Which means, for some, its a paid holiday… but I’m bored out of my freakin mind!

So I’ve been playing all day, every day… see, I’m also new to the area, haven’t been having much luck making new friends and finding things to do (never had that problem before, but its been a struggle here), so I’ve been gaming almost nonstop since mid march.

And I’m sure thats a major part of the burn out. I desperately need to find other things to do.

So, I joined a gym, gonna try to start working out, maybe do some camping, etc etc.

Well, that was the plan… and I just found out we are probably getting our state licensure Thursday, which means they can partially start working me now, at least, until the accreditation comes through… lol!

Join a cool guild and get some social contact through there. This game is much better played with friends anyway. Sure it’s not the same as real life friends, but I moved to Tasmania, Australia from NYC and most of my friends are back there. I’m significantly far enough away from being able to meet people in real life, so I get most of my social contact online.

It’s not 100% ideal but it’s a lot better than feeling lonely.

You must be young Vayne. When you get older, “friends” aren’t really a thing.

Im in the same position as you, but on 8 characters. It doesn’t get any better.

Quite alot of the legendarys at the moment seem to be power, precision, critical damage. For quite alot of builds this is a waste of stats and a disadvantage to play with them. Is there a workaround for this? Can we transmute stats from other weapons? Or is there anther way to do this whilst keeping our legendary equipped in WvW?