Guild Wars 2

They solved it by not having them and thus never had to deal with the politics.

I know the feeling. I was on Borlis Pass until I simply couldn’t take it anymore. Now
I’m on Crystal Desert and I’m much happier. I wish guilds would start transferring down instead of up. This would spread the competition out and reduce queue times.

I would love to hear the thoughts of the third server caught between these two cry baby servers. How does it feel to be sliced apart like a pizza?

It was like that all weekend. Even Sunday afternoon when everybody plays wasn’t bad. Also, I found it super easy to find a dungeon group here too. I was pleasantly surprised.

But I also came from Borlis Pass where every day is the worst day.

Crystal Desert seems to be pretty nice. Middle ranked server with 5-10 minute queue times. WvW scores remained fairly even throughout the weekend but I haven’t been able to see if some destructive overnight force managed to ruin everything for everybody yet.

I don’t really understand the mentality of the player that hops on the bandwagon and transfers to a mega populated server in the top ranks and then complains about queue times.

Why don’t you try a middle or low ranked sever? Queue times are shorter during prime time (5-10 minutes on crystal desert), and you might actually have a chance to distinguish yourself rather than being just another body in the Zerg that mindlessly follows the guy with the commander book. You can actually make a difference and feel good about it.

Give it a try! I’m sure Kaineg would love to have you (lol).

I think there needs to be some kind of upkeep cost that increases the more you hold and the longer you hold it. Much like the real world, expanding and holding your empire would become more and more difficult. This would make it easier for a server that’s behind to make a comeback.

For examples in history, see the British, French, Roman, and now American empires.

What if they made in zone travel free like it is in the cities, and then charged you when you wanted to go to other zones based on distance?

Willowleaf.5721:

I know in the human storyline Logan Tackeray asks you your heritage. I told him Ascalon for my necromancer.

I think all that does is change what your sister looks like if you went with that storyline.

Freyar.3254:

WvWvW cannot become the go-to place for earning gold. There has got to be a penalty there to even out the increased earning potential for dealing with many different events in rapid succession.

Except it already is that way since it tends to be feast or famine. One server crushes while they other 2 don’t bother. Maybe if you didn’t have to pay 2 silver for every death, people would be more inclined to fight the good fight.

Xpiher.5209:

No thanks. I’d rather see spam then remove any need to communicate at all. OP you probably didn’t wait enough time in between each LFG message, or you never changed the text.

I’m pretty sure you still need communication to complete the dungeon…

I posted about this too. There are already enough goldsinks in the game without this adding to it. The high repair costs actually encourages running and scattering rather than attempting to hold your ground. The sometimes extremely long and boring runs back are punishment enough.

Transfer to one of the poor servers without enough players! No queue times!

Azaziel.3608:

If there were to be such a system I would suggest a few differences from other games (wow mainly):

• No auto-teleporting to the dungeon, fine you get your party arranged but that’s it, getting there is up to you.
• Some sort of discouragement, crappier loot, less hp, bosses hit harder or something like that so that it wouldn’t be the first choice.
• Some limitation for the number of times you can use it…maybe once per dungeon a day, once every hour, so that it wouldn’t be a “you all suck, I’ll leave and queue right again” attitude.

Why…?

Erin.7521:

As for the swimming in cash I was just pointing out that by simply playing the game and in no way trying to earn or preserve money I have not encountered a single issue with the costs as they are. I am happy to pay the teleport fee if I do not want to run, and often hop around maps. It just feels like people are making a massive mountain out of an ossue that is not even large enough to be considered a molehill.

Have you tried WvW? You die constantly and are forced to pay a stacking repair bill to fix your stuff. Also, have you seen the cost of level 80 cultural armor? We’re talking hundreds of gold to put together an entire set. The money sinks are already there. The additional cost of paying high prices just to get around isn’t needed.

The argument of simply slowly running there doesn’t work for me either. I was over that 12 years ago with Everquest and this world is much larger.

What’s wrong with making it easy to find a group while the dungeons remain hard? In my opinion, Blizzards mistake is making the content too easy. The convenience of finding a group for the content has nothing to do with that. I’d wager there are a lot of people that don’t even bother doing the dungeons because what a pain it is to get a group for them. Why would you want to sit in lions arch or outside of a dungeon spamming chat when you can be out adventuring and experiencing the game? I’d say your logic is pretty flawed.

Erin.7521:

Why would you teleport half way a cross a zone rather than run if you are worried about a few silver? Time or convenience at a cost. The choice is yours!

Also I believe the price seems higher at the moment simply because the game is new, this means there is less gold out there. After a while you will soon fell it really wasn’t that big a deal. I know I never run out of cash, and that is without touching the trading post, spending loads on crafting without selling a single thing, and salvaging every single item rather than selling.

Because I don’t feel like wasting my time running? If I’ve seen a zone already and I’m just trying to get some point of interest or vista, I don’t really feel like spending 15 minutes running through hordes of enemies to get there. I’m glad you’re swimming in cash, but that’s not always the case for the rest of us.

I get that you want people to buy gems in order to obtain gold, but aren’t there enough goldsinks already with cultural armors and endless repair costs? At least make it so it’s not so expensive for short range travel. Why should it cost me 1.5 silver just to get halfway across a single zone when it costs the same to get to a completely different zone?

I’m currently on the unfortunate Borlis Pass. Even Ferguson’s crossing is beating us. Now that’s terrible.

Ehmry Bay – 665
Ferguson’s Crossing – 15
Borlis Pass – 15

Just a second ago Borlis Pass had 0. Comeback time?!?! Nope, here comes the zerg.

They should just reverse the outmanned buff with the orb of power buff. Makes sense to me. As it stands, the server with the zerg easily claims the orbs of power which gives them 15% more hp and 150 more to all stats which makes the zerg even more unstoppable. What good is a magic find buff for a server that can’t leave their base without being overwhelmed by a 4 to 1 zerg?

I know I am. I stopped trying really. I feel this is a symptom of WvW transfer syndrome. As long as there are free transfers, people are constantly hopping ship to get on a server that isn’t being melted in WvW. This perpetuates the problem and people continue to jump as long as the free transfers are in effect. The unfortunate side effect is that now every other aspect of group play suffers as well. Champion mob group event on a map? Good luck! Want to get some groups for dungeon crawling going? Better xfer.

I guess this is more or less a rant. I’m hoping the devs can offer some kind of solution.

Fed.8594:

I’m on Borlis Pass also. I feel your pain.
1) Free server transfers have sent two peeps i know elsewhere for more competitive WvW.
2) Outmanned buff does nothing to help.

Having said that, I find dominating WvW to be boring and i transferred here two weeks back from a server where the queue time was over an hour sometimes.

I would like a close game in WvW with tension and map level strategy. I’m not sure what Anet are going to do to help servers like ours

I agree with you on not wanting it to be total domination either. However, the system seems to always support feast or famine. You’re either crushing or being totally crushed.

I wish I could afford that commander book. Endless repair costs on the losing side keep me from making any profit though =/

Canoas.8423:

Not really. I’ve been to WvWvW plenty of times, both when I’m winning and when I’m losing and the repair costs were always compensated. It takes like 20 deaths for an item to be broken, in the meantime you’ll gain enough money from just killing the npcs at a supply camp along with the caravans.

What? Every time you die, a piece of equipment is damaged. This is how it is everywhere in the game.

Currently players on servers that are heavily outnumbered in WvW get a buff that increases things like magic find. What is the point of this? How does this help outnumbered servers fight and defend their lands from invading zergs?

Meanwhile, the orb of power buffs offer a potential 15% bonus hp and 150 to all stats to the servers that own them. Wouldn’t that be incredibly useful for a server that is being hammered by a higher population for the purpose of fighting them on a more fair level?

Doesn’t it make much more sense for the orbs of power to give the possessing server a nice buff for their magic find while outnumbered servers get a boost to their hp and stats? It’s almost like this was a mistake on the developers part. It’s like a really unfunny joke.

Please, I’m begging you. I think I speak for all undermanned servers that are currently being dominated by the zerg when I say swap the orb of power and outnumbered buffs.

What are we supposed to do? I made the apparently unfortunate decision to start my GW2 career on borlis pass, but I’ve seen pretty much every guild transfer far away from this server to join the zerg on the high pop servers. Now it’s just repeated domination that we share with poor Ferguson’s Crossing. Ehmry Bay controls all 3 power orbs with their superior numbers which makes them even more powerful. I don’t blame them; It’s not their fault that it’s too easy to simply abandon ship and join the winning side.

But now I have a dilemma. I feel like the right thing is to stay with my underpopulated server and fight the good fight, but where is the incentive? The outmanned buff is all but useless for being outmanned. People are in chat saying adios to the server and then you get to see them on the other side as the tidal wave of players is sweeping over our towers and supply camps like so many locusts. I want to enjoy the game, but it’s clear that staying with my server and trying to defend it actually works against that very goal.

So what’s going to be done about this? Stemming off free, instant transfers wouldn’t do much at this point since the imbalance is already in place. Should I just move my guild to the winning team like everybody else or should I stay and slam my head against the wall some more?

Except right now WvW is all about whomever has the biggest numbers wins nearly 100% of the time. Because of high repair costs, once a server gains the advantage there is basically no reason to keep fighting since it means death and repair costs.

Repair costs are very high. Everybody knows this. Now we have this fun thing called WvW where you are constantly dying. I feel that we are already punished severely for death with extremely long runs back with no way to shorten them. Also, death often means your team is losing an important objective that helps the server out. The punishments are already in place. Why do we need the additional cost of repairing our items every time we die?

I’m not suggesting we eliminate repair costs altogether (although I think they are an archaic mechanic), I’m suggesting we eliminate the repair costs strictly for WvW pvp.

NiW was created with the dream of being a small group of tight-knit players that could play when and however they wanted.

We are made up of veteran MMO players that have been a part of some of the best guilds in WoW and Everquest that just want to be able to relax and focus on our real lives while still getting together a few nights a week for dungeon crawling, pvp, or whatever else happens to tickle our fancy. The only thing that is ever asked of our members is that they treat each other with respect and help to build a positive reputation in the world of Guild Wars 2.

We are primarily English speaking and east coast based (GMT -5), but anybody that wishes to join would be welcome so long as they are able to communicate on some kind of level.

We are currently recruiting members of all classes and levels and are working towards getting to level 80 and leveling up our professions to be able to help each other out better.

Sound like the kind of guild environment you are looking for? Register and apply at :http://www.niw.guildlaunch.com

I hope to hear from you!

Chevalier Mal Fet – Guild Leader of Nothing is Written

Not to mention the spectacular PR disaster that would result in the announcement of a great new feature that is purposely designed to exclude a certain demographic.

Latinkuro.9420:

travosaga.6089

You are the one that mentioned hatred dude !!!
Don’t make it sound like what it is NOT…!!!

I can see this will become a problem already because of idiots like you.

Mods go ahead and close the thread…!!!!

Hey, pal. You’re the one that stated that you didn’t want same sex marriage. The community is extremely diverse and you invite this sort of response by suggesting a feature that would exclude a part of that community based on your personal beliefs. What did you expect? Same sex marriage is only looked down upon in some cultures, not all.

Latinkuro.9420:

Deboog.1847:

Latinkuro.9420:

- No same sex marriages.

In b4 flame war. I would remove this before people start getting mad at you. Besides, sense virtual marriages are meaningless, there’s no reason to not allow same sex marriages, for both serious and for the lulz purposes.

I thought about removing it actually I did, a couple of times but I’m the no BS say what I think NOT what is socially correct kind of person.

And to be honest with you, I don’t mind same sex marriages in real life I have lesbian friends and homosexual friends as well. thing is, you see, I don’t think it’s correct to imply to growing children that same sex marriage is the norm of the world and how the world works.

If you grow up and decide to do it or you find yourself attracted by the same sex, fine make your decision and be happy I’m all for it.

This isn’t the world though, is it? The religions of Earth don’t exist in Tyria and it’s possible that the same bigoted notions that exist here were never formed in Tyria. If anything, it would be healthier to show children an ideal world where that kind of pointless hatred doesn’t exist so that perhaps they can work to make our own planet a better place in the future.

I would LOVE it if they had some kind of card game or a mini chess-like game for players to enjoy together. That would be awesome.

I miss East Commons in everquest =(

Why no same sex or divorce? Surely in a fantasy world the archaic, bigoted rules of earthly religions wouldn’t apply?

Everquest had this and it was pretty cool. The GMs would come out and host it sometimes. It was a big event.

Try out sword and warhorn.

It seems to me that the only drawback to GS is it’s slower attack speed which 100b basically negates. This combined with signet stacking makes it very powerful. You can get your crit rating extremely high and 100b will do massive amounts of damage if you manage to find a rooted target in pvp. This doesn’t even matter in pve since the target is going to be standing there fighting you anyway. Whirlwind is useful not for it’s damage, but for the free dodge. Very useful.

It’s basically the fotm cheese build. It’s our heartseeker.

NiW was created with the dream of being a small group of tight-knit players that could play when and however they wanted.

We are made up of veteran MMO players that have been a part of some of the best guilds in WoW and Everquest that just want to be able to relax and focus on our real lives while still getting together a few nights a week for dungeon crawling, pvp, or whatever else happens to tickle our fancy. The only thing that is ever asked of our members is that they treat each other with respect and help to build a positive reputation in the world of Guild Wars 2.

We are primarily English speaking and east coast based (GMT -5), but anybody that wishes to join would be welcome so long as they are able to communicate on some kind of level.

We are currently recruiting members of all classes and levels and are working towards getting to level 80 and leveling up our professions to be able to help each other out better.

Sound like the kind of guild environment you are looking for? Register and apply at :http://www.niw.guildlaunch.com

I hope to hear from you!

Chevalier Mal Fet – Guild Leader of Nothing is Written

Is it just me, or do they totally suck? Finishing off a few of the other classes is a total chore while a warrior has the lame hammer throw and an ability that kills you anyway. Why are they so bad? Am I just doing it wrong?

I’m wondering if we can ever expect better matchmaking for server matchups in terms of population. Right now my server which is medium population is being put against small and high population servers. Generally the poor small population server gets devoured very quickly and then the players stop showing up. Then the large population server quickly starts capturing our points one by one with their zerg of players that we simply cannot defend against. Eventually, our players stop bothering to join too and the large population server enjoys 95% map control until the reset in which the whole process begins again. It kind of sucks. Is this a problem unique to my server or are other people experiencing the same thing?