Guild Wars 2

There is no way to fix the WvW balance issues. If a server is winning, everyone wants to play and tag up, if they are loosing, no one wants to play or tag up.

I think the new scoring system may be just the shot in the arm WvW needs. I know they are trying some new rules, see how they work out. I think with finding the right balance of new rules, they may stop the blowing up of the score during off hours.

Seems like ANET has started to pay attention to WvW. Maybe things will change.

I know ANET is gonna play with different rules for short periods of time. The points per kill and the White swords come to mind. Maybe they are finally trying to make the effort to fix the balance issues and the off hour blow outs by trying different ideas???

Now lets see the complaints fly when the new rules are implemented, and super long posts how some one has “the balance issue fix”. Should be interesting.

Oh my 2 cents on balance issues can never be really fixed. Servers implode/buy guilds/get bandwagon transfers. The score issues, i think that can be fixed, and starting to believe ANET is gonna give it a shot. Lets hope so!!

Anet could care less about WvW. We call complain, they do nothing. Thats never gonna change. The game is dying, and will continue down that path, would not surprise me to see them completely abandon the game.

Always thought a player should have 30 seconds or whatever of invulnerably when leaving spawn. Or allow the building of seige in spawn so you can deal with this kinda stuff.

I agree, farming spawn is just wrong. this week is really frustrating to me. FA is steam rolling ioj and cd, and you cant get the commanders to back off and let them have there keep back. Just not right.

Yea, Not happy about this match. I HATE steam rolling anyone. Did FA drop a tier???

Yea Mango, just have fun, thats what we did on FA. We got owned hard by YB, so it was just fun, and tried to annoy them by taking stuff.

I will try to roam more by myself, that way a few of you can gank me and may help your moral. Good luck guys.

Everyone, including me has complained about balance issues in WvW. We have complained about it for a very long time. They are FINALLY trying to do something about it, and you are upset about it??

At least Anet is trying to do something to help with the balance issues, Keep complaining about them trying, and sooner or later they will simply go back to ignoring the WvW again.

YB has been bringing it SUPER hard at us on FA and on SOS. They both been fighting super smart. If our zerg happens to be bigger, they simply hit our bl and take stuff. YB has not been camping near like they used to. They been getting out and bringing some great fights.
OMG, we on FA took SM, first we fight off SOS zerg, then turn around and fighting YB zerg, this went on for close to a hour. It was awesome.

YB was able to cap SOS keep, We on FA could never do it. So no, There is no legit excuse why one server is not dominating the other. All three sides have been bringing it super hard, and fighting the great fight. Its funny, when one side see’s the other two sides going at it, you can be sure they will use that to there advantage and go grab something. So what do you do, give up the fight and defend, or collect bags.

I am from FA, we are in a battle with SOS and YB. For the Last month or so we have been just steam rolled. No chance, and it was just pointless to even play.

This week, We got SO lucky. Fighting SOS and YB at the same time has been of the greatest weeks that I can remember in I don’t know how long. The Score is SUPER tight between all three of us, the battles have been GREAT. Won some, Lost some.

I myself don’t even care what place we get, just having the fights that could go either way, and not being steam rolled all the time is so worth it.

Anet why can’t it be this way all the time?? To SoS and YB, you guys are AWESOME!!! Thank you SO very much for such a great time, and great battles. This is one match up I for sure would love to have for the next month!!!

It will shock me if they even do anything about it. See lots of complicated ideas. IMHO, The only viable solution is turn off scoring during prime time hours, and instead of score, offer drops, or silver. At the same time it would help with balance issues. People will be more willing to stay on there server. Thats why I don’t think anything will be done about it. ANET makes money with transfers.

Can’t remember the server, but “Grampa” was epic. His 20 golem rushes were just insane, Man the people would show up and follow him waiting for his golem zerg.

Anista Darkhaven, I think that was his name. If you wanted to power level, follow him around. WOW!!!

The only way the can keep the WvW tournament even close to fair, is only count the score during prime time hours only. The off hours would have no score, but yet still be playable. Thats my 2 cents. Balance, will never be fixable.

While Guilds do tend to help a server, IMHO, they are simply over rated and not much different that a group of “pugs” (I hate that term). I have seen one if the big guilds fight, and to be honest, Not impressed. They lack imagination, and will gladly take there ball and go home if the fight is not to there advantage.

It boils down to the commander, and its amazing the amount of people you can gather, if as a commander you have fun. Golem zergs are a hoot.

Ya know, I do appreciate the reply’s. Instead of moving to another server, and in time dealing with the same old tired stuff, Think I will simply take the cash and buy another game. Think ANET has seen the last of my money. Its cool though, the hours I put into the game, was well worth the investment. There is a new MMO kinda game that involves racing. Gonna take a hard look at that.

Deli.1302:

tym.3791:

Just like last week, this week for us on FA Wvw is pointless and unplayable. We are against TC and We are simply getting spanked like its our birthday’s. Rumor has it next week we face a server that can take TC in WvW fights. So if thats true, That will be the third week playing WvW will be impossible. Man I gotta find a different server if I wanna play WvW anymore.

fairweather spotted

I don’t think so. Tough to play the time of day I do and get anything done without getting steam rolled. Yea, the server I am on, People are leaving, and I am pretty sure I am not far behind.
Even had a thread where TC thought them fighting FA was silly and pointless. They just have way to many people playing.
When I do make the move, and think it will be soon, Pretty sure I am heading to YB. I just agree with the way they play. If your out numbered, Take the enemy bay or hills, Siege it up, defend it, and the fight will come to you.

Just like last week, this week for us on FA Wvw is pointless and unplayable. We are against TC and We are simply getting spanked like its our birthday’s. Rumor has it next week we face a server that can take TC in WvW fights. So if thats true, That will be the third week playing WvW will be impossible. Man I gotta find a different server if I wanna play WvW anymore.

I am giving thought to going to silver league. Yea, YB LOVES to take the enemy Bay, and Camp and Defend it. FA had the same fight once with them. Man that was SO much fun. Think that fight went on for close to a hour or more. It was GREAT!! I am and still giving thought to going to YB. Only server I seen play it so smart. They simply take a Enemy bay or Hills, Seige it up, Defend it, and just wait for the Bad guys to come knocking. Why take the fight to them when the fight will come to you!!!

Until some kind of effort is made into fixing WvW the threads almost seem pointless. We all continue to complain, The devs keep saying were talking over different ideas. How about stop talking about it, Stop thinking about it, and make SOME kind of effort to fix the issues. Right or Wrong, at least we know your trying.

Or come up with a simple “poll” and throw three ideas into fixing WvW and let the masses decide what should be tried. So far all I see is allot of talk, very little if any effort to address the issues.

Liston.9708:

tym.3791:

….. I miss YB. We may most the time have a few more people playing, but YB is NASTY when it comes to defense. Try to take something of YB, and your gonna get a AC shower LOL.

Didn’t think I’d ever see that statement. Thought YB was the side everyone hates to fight…..

Oh heck yea, I LOVED fighting them guys. They did not have the coverage we did, so they simply played it smart, and some well played defense. Props to em. Oh did I tear the commanders a new one when they would feed the zerg to a yb keep. You try for that keep with out some major fire power, your gonna get owned.

As a commander I learned allot from fighting them.

How bad is it when Even TC players agree, its not a fair fight? They simply have way to many players. I mean just trying to get back to the fight is a challenge. They have enough people they simply stop us at our own WP.

No one is having fun. We all want some great battles. Win some, loose some. Its only Tuesday and the Score was something like TC had 240,000 and FA has 64,000 and Poor Mag only has 30,000. I miss YB. We may most the time have a few more people playing, but YB is NASTY when it comes to defense. Try to take something of YB, and your gonna get a AC shower LOL.

Yea, even trying to play WvW is pointless. TC is simply steam rolling us no matter what time of day it is. I have been a hard core WvW for a very long time. The match ups are just bad. So I will log in once in a great while to see how things are going, but for now, Im done with WvW. Was fun while it lasted.

Getting my New G27 racing wheel today, already have lots of games ready for that. So time to race, and play driving simulators.

This is one of the reasons I simply gave up on the game. Its ok though. Had fun. Got my money’s worth, supported with the gem store some, and for me, its simply time to move on. Can’t say I wont ever play again, but I find myself enjoying the Single player games more. Had fun.

Yea, now that summer time is here, WvW is gonna get worse. I have found myself kinda over WvW. May change, but I don’t know.
Steam had a HUGE 2 week summer sale, So I really loaded up with some games. I did support the game buying gems, but like so many others have said. Its just gotten to stale. So think that disposable income is gonna go on other games.

So what are your plans for the summer? Playing Guild wars, or something else, taking a break from gaming???

Because My server HOD imploded so bad, I did make the jump to FA. The only reason I did so, is I can find others on the map at the hours I play WvW. To say buyer’s remorse is a understatement. I have no desire to be part of a team that simply steam rolls everyone. I want a nice close fight. Blow outs are no fun for anyone. Its a Lose/Loose situation. In my defense, Been more than a few times while in a tower, seen a enemy zerg getting ready to cap it, Not only did not I not defend it, Said nothing to my team mates about it. Its just a game, I want everyone to have fun, I don’t wanna steam roll some small zerg, I been on the other side of that fence, its frustrating and no fun………

Yep having the same problems of late. Have played the game on the same computer, same internet connection, but last few days, Horrid. Game is almost unplayable.

I myself, doubt I will ever get one. Just not liking the looks of em. Wish we would of had a few other skin options, I like the “Phoenix” type look. The weapon just dripping with fire kinda thing. So I will just hang on to what I have, and maybe next tournament, the skins will be more to my liking.

Divide and Conquer. I like to skip over to there map, Ninja There hills, garry, or bay, siege it up, and wait for the bags to show up. If the bags don’t show, Then its hit and run, and Jump all over the place. And if I am really frustrated with them steam rolling, I have been known to throw down one HUGE omega rush. Them are are always a hoot. So it just depends how bad my side is loosing, how many toons I can get together. Not saying every idea works, but there are viable options.

There are ways of beating the blob with fewer Numbers than them. My fav trick, Throw 2 or 3 superior AC’s and then bait them into the siege. For whatever reason, The blob will chase down just 3 or 4 players, So the 3 or 4 players simply get the blob to chase them into the siege. After a few times, The blob leaves your side alone.

I thought this trait made you immune from control effects, the biggest being “feared”. Well I find in WvW this is not working like I thought it would. People are still able to use this effect on my toon. Any Ideas??

Thiefs are very viable in WvW. Great for letting others know where the zerg is. Some of them are really good in fights. Been ganked more than once by a thief, and it was great. No excuses, the thief owned me.

Agreed sir. Some of the most Epic Battles, Frustrating attempts to take stuff, It was SO great.

Not sure what next season changes will bring, but look forward to it. While we did win the war, some of the battles you guys threw at us were unbelievable. Well done, and I bow to the fight you guys threw at us. Very well done. Lost many a battle.

One of the greatest moments in the season. My server had a group defending the enemy wp. One toon wanted a one on one battle, and we happily gave it to him. Many of my group tried to beat this guy, and he pretty much owned all of us. It was epic.

I agree, there are times you gotta get out and run away,thats why I use “stomp” Imho, without the bow, you have two choices, tank, or back out and wait to heal.

I have backed out to the edge of a zerg fight, and threw my long bow blast with some great luck. In the end, you gotta play your warrior the way that works best for your play style. I am NOT saying using the long bow is must. I am simply saying its a very viable option that you should explore, try, see how it works for ya.

I have seen to many posts that swear using a longbow in wvw is a very bad Idea. I humbly disagree, and strongly suggest you try it out. I have tried the Sword/Warhorn, Hammer build, not a fan of it. Thats just me.

For my WvW warrior I go with Hammer, Long Bow. Just offers me better options to either Get in the fight, or hang back and Snipe, and Get the “run away for defense Toons”

I run a Mixture of Berserker’s and Knights, with Superior Rune of Lyssa. For Wepons I use berserker"s.

I trait him out to 0 0 30 10 30. Dogged March, Clensing Ire, Balanced stance. Blanced Stance is So handy In WvW. Then on the 10, Stronger Bow Strings. More distance for my bow. Then Warrior’s Spirit, Signet Mastery, and Burst Mastery.

For My Skills, I go Signet of Stamina to cure all conditions, Dolyak Signet to help Incoming damage, And Stomp, Just to get a crow off of me if needed. Very useful. For my elete, I like Signet of Rage.

With this build, I have not found any major Flaws, I can Run Orr no problem, Dungeons, WvW. I dont play pvp.

I went with a Asura, Love there dodges, and I power leveald him pretty fast in Edge of the Mist.

Gotta head to work in a few, I will be more than happy to post how I built my warrior, and the traits I find to be most useful in the am. Again, I may get flamed. While nice armor, runes, and sigils do help, you can drive your self crazy trying to find the best combo. My attitude with WvW, when your over run by a zerg, or Attacked by 3 or more toons, no matter what gear you have, your gonna get owned.

The only time you really need to become picky about your gear is in pvp. I don’t play pvp. So keep a eye on this thread, I will go into detail my build in the a.m.

After playing my new warrior allot int WvW, I have went against the grain as it were. I find The Hammer and Long bow to be the most versatile and useful build. There are simply times you run across a bigger zerg, so staying back a bit and hitting them with the long bow, or using the long bow from a keep wall is really useful.

While it may be different on other servers, on mine, its SUPER rare you will run across a fair fight. You will face 2 or more players alone. I just found that the hammer, long bow offers me more options, and better survivability. As far as the war horn offering a better option for the group. I just thing there are already enough warriors in the group using the war horn, So I play my warrior a bit more selfish.

There have been LOTS of times I come close to taking out the enemy only to have them try and run away, Well, My long bow kinda helps stop that. Using the “Stronger Bow Strings” I have taken out more than a few who tried that “run away” defense.

Ok, so how does this work. Do I have to hit a key board button to remove the condition, or is it done automatically??? I just don’t understand the whole “spend one bar of adrenalin” thing. I thank you in advance.

Can you apply two Sigils to weapons now or am I wrong?? If you can do this, can you explain how you apply the second Sigil please. Think you in advance….Have a nice day…..

Wont allow me to edit my last post. Just saw the sword warhorn thing. Had no idea it could do all you said, SO I am gonna give that a try. I will be playing some pve, So I am off to try some different off hands, see what works best for me. I have some pve maps to open, so it will be a good time to put them all to the test!!!

I so thank you all very very much for the advice. Keep it coming please……….

Guess I forgot to say, I am using the longbow wile I level. I will keep one around in my bag just in case, the Hammer I am gonna keep, What I use off hand is still up in the air. The Bow lets me stay back til I get to a better level, and better armor.

With the elete speed buff war horn is not super important. I tried the great sword, Not a real big fan of it. So its either sword, or axe. Not sure if the riffle is viable or not.

Hate stuff you have to aim, also forgot to add, The trinkets, as well as how should I trait this guy out. When I hit sixty I am gonna try both double swords, double axe, Sword war horn combos, see what works best. Oh and will try Mace and Shield. Just test drive the combo’s see what works best for my style.

I know lots of hammer warriors, but for off hand, wanna use something that is not normal so much, like the sword warhorn.

As with any thing, depending on patches, never know whats gonna get nerfed, buffed, the Biggie is the armor, Sigils, Runes, trinkets, and What is it you add to trikets to help them/ Gems or something?

So please keep this great advice coming, and I am sure you guys and gals will help me build a great warrior. I already have the karma armor, I will transmute it, that cost some karma.

Ok, I am getting close to 80, and wondering what Exotic Gear I should get. I run the Hammer, Long Bow. Love that build. I also need to know which sigils and Runes to use. I do play allot of WvW, but lets face it, its hardly EVER a one on one fight. You either get ganked, or you end up ganking someone else.

Really like to make this guy tanking as possible. I have no desire for “condition” damage. I want him just as Tough, and Deal as much damage as I can. He is a warrior. No I am not bragging, but the cost of the gear and such is no factor. I greatly appreciate any and all input.

Forgot to add, Its real easy for two sides to say, hey lets gang up on the server wining, Problem is, is getting everyone to agree and play along with it. For a short time MAYBE they might do it. Long term. Never gonna happen. People want the drops.

I see this claim allot. People swearing they face a 2 on one. Pulling off the 2 on 1 is pretty hard. Most will just start fighting whatever Red they see. Once the fighting starts. Its on.

Bunch from my server said the same thing. We were getting double teamed. No we were not. The 3rd place team was just letting the top 2 fight it out, then they would simply sneak in and take what we were fighting for.

Drives me crazy when a commander sees two side fighting, then decides its a great idea to jump into the mix.

I pretty much play WvW. Some PvE but rare. I just built this thief, and wondering if dual daggers and dual pistols is the best way to go, or should I go a diffrent route. Just not a fan of the short bow.

I am giving thought to changing servers, just dont have the numbers on dark haven or the commanders anymore. So when the snow starts to fly, I may just make the jump.

Zietlogik.6208:

Karma armor from orr, 2 curved horns and some weird hair off the back?

http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGallery/img/orri_2_0_10_0_t.jpg

Bingo, Thats It, I thank you, now how does one go about getting it? I am trying to decide which race I wanna play. If I can get this armor without much of a hassle, I am going with norm, if the armor is to big a pain in bottom, I will play a char.

Saw a warrior with a full helm that the face looked like a skull, anyone have any ideas what it is called???

Being from DH I can say its been a great week. NSP really gave us a great fight. I really don’t understand why your point’s are not higher.
Yes, we took your keep several times, Sorry, you guys should of never tried to overtake our entire BL.
Taking a few Towers and Maybe a keep or two once in while is fine, but to try and overtake our entire BL was simply something that made our server want to beat you that much more.
We have gone after IOJ keep. Got it a couple of times. One time we rolled in there with 9 or 10 golems.
Best of luck with the new match ups. You guys gave us some great fights. Hope you do well.

Really, it comes down to NSP seems to be giving up. The further they get behind, the fewer I see playing. I HATE the idea of taking advantage of lack of numbers.

Coming from Ferguson’s crossing, I know IOJ got such a tickle out of taking all our stuff. I know IOJ did have a agreement with FC Commanders. They LET FC have 2nd to destroy the third team. So I paid the cash and moved to DH. I simply don’t agree with alliance.

Yes this week has put a smile on my face. We have taken IOJ keep a few times, So enjoyed steam rolling there zergs. Funny part is, we on DH KNOW karma is gonna bite us long and hard in the behind, its just a question of time.

Entropy.4732:

Nice double-teaming tonight! DH and iOJ held each other’s hands as they squeezed the life blood out of our keep tonight. Every time we ran to get Dane back, iOj was turtling the camp, waiting to stop us. Back at the keep, DH was assaulting the opposing side. Pretty suspicious stuff if you ask me. NSP is chronically Outmanned as it is. Do you guys REALLY need to team up to beat us?

Being from DH, and playing lots of WvW, We are NOT teaming with ioj. IMHO, IOJ, waits for us to hit something, and then takes advantage the best they can of the situation. If they know we are hitting your keep, they simply go take something while most of you are busy with us.

As far as NSP being outmaned, I can tell you, you guys have handed us our behinds in battles lots of times. Even came close to taking our entire DH Border Lands. There have been many nights we have had to Run to this side of the map to fight of IOJ, then run back and fight NSP on the other side of the map.

IMHO, Some of your problems fall on your commanders. If they see us and IOJ fighting over a keep, they should be hitting us or IOJ. You had ONE massive zerg taking our BL one night. You guys could of EASY flew over to EB and taken us or IOJ keep.

With all due respect, NSP is to predictable. You have way to many defending a tower. If most of you are defending, well, we have you in the same spot to wipe you out. Few with arrow carts can be more dangerous problem. Cause while we are fighting with the few, your masses are taking something else.

You guys have given DH some epic battles, have taken us out more than once. A prime example, we are going after a keep, we are trebbing it, we have a decent size zerg ready to run in. NSP, stays in the keep to fight us. Most of you guys should of Way pointed out, and hit something of ours while we are working on that keep.

I recently transferd from FC to DH. When I saw we were facing off with ioj, you could not remove the smile from my face. While In fc, we fought IOJ, they out numbered us horrible, would take the entire map.

It made my day the first time we took IOJ Keep. giggled like a school girl the first few times we wiped there zerg.

Have had some great battles with IOJ, Won some, lost some. Why they were up against a small group like FC is beyond me. All I can say, is the transfer I paid for was a great investment, having more fun.

I do have to give IOJ credit, they knew they out numbered us on FC, and still, after taking all our stuff, they never defended it for long, and let us have it back. They could of easily defended it, and shut us out completely.

Being from ferguson’s crossing, like last week, this week we are loosing so bad people really don’t play anymore. We have close to 60 thousand while GOM has close to 200 thousand.
Pretty sure lots of these guys have no life or no girlfriend. Have yet to hit a tower that does not have one or two, even more people inside it. Its like they just hang out and hope we show up. Stangest thing I have ever seen.
So playing WvW is really not much fun anymore. Few more badges to farm and I am done with that part of the game. Can’t wait.