Guild Wars 2

quercus.9261:

Mag just can’t stay away. Don’t you guys have T4 fight to lose?

Bad news, you’re getting paired up against us an Crystal Desert next week.

If you thought we were a zerg server, wait till you see CD

I don’t care about the downed system, but what does piss me off is the ability to rez people while dead in combat. If I roll into a 1v5 and drop 2 people, I’m left fighting two people while some other person is in the back rezzing the dead. The only thing keeping me from wiping incompetent groups is the fact that they get free rezzes and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. Someone else had a suggestion to remove rezzing completely dead players in combat, and I completely agree with this.

I like the garrison pingpong going on in our borderlands right now. Looks like CD can barely cap our map when outnumbering us 2:1~

Maguuma or Darkhaven. Tier 4 is always going to have one zerg server and we’re the other two servers that will be matched up against it. Both of these servers need to round out their population a bit so we get 4 tiers of well-matched servers.

Speaking as a Mag player, Darkhaven seems to play like a bunch of silly fish so if you want some real WvW tactics you probably want to go to Maguuma.

If you keep attacking us we’re not going to let you have stonemist.

Love,
Maguuma.

So how many DH did it take to finally take Pangloss? I think it was about 10 of us to 40 of you when you finally zerged through.

To the RE and WE that we repeatedly wiped at umberglade and durios.

<———————— CD’s side of the map is that way

I dunno I’m enjoying it on Mag side so far. I thought FA was the braindead zerg server but CD sure takes it to a whole nother level. I’m pretty sure stomping 1v3’s over and over will keep me plenty entertained throughout this dumb matchup.

John Lucier.5486:

One simple thing they could do to please tens of thousands of players(if not hundreds of thousands) about to quit over the ascended gear, like myself. They just make wvwvw seperate from PVE. Have it have the same gear system as sPVP except you can transmute PVE skins onto them, this will make everyone happy, and by everyone I mean the real wvwvw players who care about beating someone with skill and not stat increases, the real players, the one that played this game because progression was supposed to be cosmetic only.

Problem:

Dat $$$$$$$$$

I know DH lost ICoa, not sure about any others. Kinda sucks because I get the feeling DH is thinning out while Mag is gaining people.

Haven’t had a chance to get on yet. How zergy is CD?

Regizer.1763:

zastari.1730:

Matt Witter.6982:

These are just a few things that we are actively pursuing. We are constantly reviewing the state of WvW. If you see a lack of developer presence on the forums, it is simply due to us working on making WvW an even better experience then it is now.

One bullet point for WvW on the November 15th update.

Quit lying it just makes you look worse.

It’s not always easy to come up with good content, though I’m sure you have the necessary skills and talent in order to make WvW changes happen. Please apply to work for ANet a.s.a.p.

I’d be glad to give them my consulting rates if they ever need someone to unkitten their databases.

Edit: I bet I’d be able to do whatever one-line change it makes to not have superior siege despawn on event resets! Also ran into an enemy veteran archer in my tower at Durios yesterday. Must be really, really hard to get those things to spawn for the right team. This codebase has the consistency of a PHP app.

Matt Witter.6982:

These are just a few things that we are actively pursuing. We are constantly reviewing the state of WvW. If you see a lack of developer presence on the forums, it is simply due to us working on making WvW an even better experience then it is now.

One bullet point for WvW on the November 15th update.

Quit lying it just makes you look worse.

Mirror images and distortion shatter.

wads.5730:

scepter torch does no aoe damage. and in wvw, aoe damage ranks among the most important thing to have.

scepter torch is usable in 1v1’s or 1v2’s, but its not the most effective weapon set to play in wvw.

What????

The prestige does aoe burning and blind. It also gives you a stealth setup for your first shatter, and if you do mirror images for a second shatter, you can fairly often down 2 or 3 players before they even know what hits them. If you trait it right, those shatters also do 12 stacks of confusion so everyone else will kill themselves off.

Torch is an extremely effective setup tool in WvW to get your burst damage set right. Prestige is also a blast finisher which is awesome for 5 man groups. I think you’re just using your weapons wrong.

If you remove the ability to message each other then you remove the opportunity for us to have some of the most fun we’ve ever had in this game…

http://i.imgur.com/DTt5c.jpg

How are we ever going to do this without being able to message the other server?

To the ET and EBay who started the impromptu fight club, thanks a ton for the awesome fights! Was a blast to watch and learn builds, and I never get tired of fighting D/D eles, such a dynamic class

Talset.1456:

After reading peoples responses, does anybody have a criticism which does not resort to mere personal refusal of belief, dismissal, or failure of understanding?

Dat gear slippery slope…

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/139a4j/official_post_ascended_items_on_german_forums/

“They are explicitly not promising that Ascended gear will be the last item tier—they don’t want to make more promises that they can be accused of breaking later (like is happening this time). They note that in GW1, new gear was added over time—not a better-statted tier, but bonus combinations that weren’t available at release, like the +energy on staves.”

Please stop all events except for WvW events.

HabibLoew.2590:

Currently WvW uses the same skills as PvE, so PvP balance changes do not have an impact on WvW.

Why?

PunchClockVillain.8960:

Columba.9730:

It’s no where near as low as 2%. It’s at least 20%, or could be as high as 79%.

Keep in mind people, 86.39% of statistics are made up on the spot.

If only more of our armchair mathematicians understood the rules of per-100 and how a DR system will affect it.

http://www.gw2db.com/items/71358-lunaria-circle-of-the-moon

Junkpile.7439:

If i am in zerg do i heal my party members or just 5 random players who are close?

AoE ordering works as follows:

1) Party members first
2) Non-party members in order of proximity from AoE center

Sad to see that we can’t report to get account names any more. To any of the people that I’ve 1v1’ed, thanks for the kick kitten fights. Especially the D/D ele I ran into from LZBO, I spent a lot of time reconsidering my build after those fights

Clip.6845:

then mix it up :d

‘follow’ ‘on me’ ‘we leave in 2sec’ ‘to longview’ ‘supply first’

I use AutoHotKey when I command to macro things like “Group up on my icon”. When you’re commanding and trying to focus on 20 different things at once you don’t have time to waste extra seconds on typing. I could be spending that time looking at the map.

LHound.8964:

zastari.1730:

…
Oh, so your actual answer is “Nowhere, currently.” Instead of trying to get legit 1v1s in WvW I should just go to sPvP with guildies and duel while ignoring the rest of the players in the map… That makes sense (not).
…

Instead, is better to go to the WvW doing something else other than what the rest of players that are working hard on the map needs, and keeping a working player on the queue, because of a selfishness act, consequence of a function of the game not being yet implemented?

Yeah… u must have a point there … that i fail to see!

Ahh right, I’m occupying a queue slot in Maguuma’s nonexistent queue. I guess I should also make sure that I’m working For The Greater Good when my server has been rolling +400 ppt the whole time in another snorefest blowout instead of having some fun with the outmanned servers. Better go PvDoor some more to work on those “Map Needs!!!”

A wall of ethereal combo fields only gets you so far. You know there would be at least one guardian and ele :P

If you didn’t know, ANet once upon a time had a design manifesto they tried to follow:

http://www.arena.net/blog/guild-wars-2-design-manifesto

“GW2 doesn’t fall into the traps of traditional MMORPGs. It doesn’t suck your life away and force you onto a grinding treadmill; it doesn’t make you spend hours preparing to have fun rather than just having fun; and of course, it doesn’t have a monthly fee.”

“Our games aren’t about preparing to have fun, or about grinding for a future fun reward. Our games are designed to be fun from moment to moment.”

What an awesome design strategy, once I get my top set of armor I don’t have to worry about this grindy-grind any more and I can invest all my gold on siege and upgrades! Oh wait, kitten.

Well, we kinda knew that ANet was lying once ascended items had direct stat improvements. Fortunately, we can all allay our concerns that this is the last time it’ll happen, because it’s obviously not going to be!

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/139a4j/official_post_ascended_items_on_german_forums/

“They are explicitly not promising that Ascended gear will be the last item tier—they don’t want to make more promises that they can be accused of breaking later (like is happening this time). They note that in GW1, new gear was added over time—not a better-statted tier, but bonus combinations that weren’t available at release, like the +energy on staves.”

So, basically, they broke their promise of not making a gear treadmill and they refuse to own up to it or admit that it won’t happen again. Oh well, at least all these crappy item updates will keep resetting my superior siege when a new build slaps us across the face (thanks for closing the thread where I documented that problem CC Eva, 3 builds later and it’s not fixed!)

Can we just switch WvW to preset rollouts like sPvP? WvW is not composed of PvE players, it’s composed of PvP players. Treat it accordingly.

LHound.8964:

zastari.1730:

LHound.8964:

WvW is no place to e~pens nor to arranged duels!

Then where the hell do I go to arrange duels?

I Believe that ANet said they were adding this feature on one of their upcoming PvP patches/Major Updates!

Oh, so your actual answer is “Nowhere, currently.” Instead of trying to get legit 1v1s in WvW I should just go to sPvP with guildies and duel while ignoring the rest of the players in the map… That makes sense (not).

Can someone confirm whether or not you can /invite and /join enemy players? If so, I’m fine with this change. If not, this change is stupid and it’s time to hurry up and implement duels instead of making more carebear crap.

LHound.8964:

WvW is no place to e~pens nor to arranged duels!

Then where the hell do I go to arrange duels?

Azure Prower.8701:

Vv W.7821:

So long as being able to invite an enemy player into a party is allowed I’ll manage without the report thing. That way it requires the consent of both parties for cross server WvW contact.

You can only invite if you know the account name. Which using the report feature no longer gives.

No, I’ve been able to highlight their name and then type /invite or /join for a while. I’ll have to check to see if this still works when I get home.

RedOwl.7496:

If I remember right didn’t Crystal Desert beat Darkhaven pretty soundly not so long ago? I mention it because it appears they will be in DH’s next matchup along with Maguuma.

We have had some great fights with Maguuma. But since Crystal Desert is dropping down a tier, they are a big threat to Maguuma and DH for the win. No need for an alliance…but I suggest Darkhaven and Maguuma agree to focus on Crystal Desert most of the time when possible.

If anyone knows Maguuma friends, and it is something DH wants to do, time to discuss it before reset. Just don’t want to get steamrolled like we did by FA again this coming week.

DH and Maguuma are on good terms, and I think this is going to be necessary for us to have a matchup that isn’t a blowout. I’m open to discussing this with any DarkHaven commanders to ensure that we can keep some equal footing while outnumbered. If you’re a DH commander and interested in this, please send me a PM on these forums with some form of contact. I have skype, email, and a private ventrillo server we can use for these discussions.

Hey Maniac,

If you didn’t know, Outmanned buff is locational and is based on the amount of other players within a certain radius.

Hope this information helps!

To be fair, all the good thieves on EBay made me adapt my mesmer build. I used to roll a berserker GS + sword/pistol build, but I kept getting ganked before I could create a gap. I switched to a carrion Staff + sword/pistol confusion bomber build, and I loooooooooooove watching all these glass cannon thieves try to catch me as I keep popping around them, adding more illusions, and dropping those confusion stacks on them.

Dropping two thieves at once with confusion shatter + mindwrack and then /laughing at them in Eternal made my week

Are people completely incapable of stopping portalbombs or something? When we see a mesmer (especially one with a commander icon) running to our siege or through a breach we call it out on voice comms and nuke that sucker. When we see a portal magically appear by our siege we call it out, stack on that thing, and nuke people as they come through. I think I’ve wiped maybe once in the last 10 or so enemy portalbombs we’ve run into.

The people coming out of the portal also don’t seem to know where to attack most of the time because we aren’t rendering yet. If you actually have good voice comms it seems like culling actually works against the team that’s portalbombing rather than the team defending against it.

Um, no.

I played against DH last matchup and they are on equal numbers with us (Maguuma). The two times we played FA it was basically like us slamming into a zerg server that had 2 times our numbers every part of the day. FA also played pretty poorly, but I can’t fault that because every server gets jaded when they’re winning.

If you think your win this matchup is attributable to anything but coverage then I’d recommend deflating that hubris before you get bumped into the real tiers.

Mud-slinging, in my PvP ?!??!?

I make sure to /laugh at everyone I can. The more mad you are the better it is for me !

FYI, Maguuma hits every one of those bullet points you listed spot on except for this one:

*Don’t attack an enemy keep when the enemy is already attacking your keep

What better time to ninja a keep with your small force while the big one defends?

Cain.9724:

Also, it wasn’t just a “distraction” as you’re forgetting the part where they setup trebs inside the supply camp and it became necessary to go into the camp and deal with them and their stealth-culling exploits.

EBay mad

Cain.9724:

zastari.1730:

EBay just tried to take our SW supply twice on ET borderlands with their whole zerg. Two times they gave up because about 6 of us kept corpse bombing it and hiding. Ahahahahahahaaha this is way too funny.

We couldn’t get people to leave the supply camp because they were farming badges off of you.

You realize that you all died over.. and over.. and over.. and over, had all your gear broken and gave everyone around 100 badges in order to hold a supply camp that wasn’t supplying anything? Congrats..?

+5 points-per-tick for us in our town clothes. I think both sides won there

Edit: Also nice try on the golem rush at SM again EBay. Almost worked!!!

EBay just tried to take our SW supply twice on ET borderlands with their whole zerg. Two times they gave up because about 6 of us kept corpse bombing it and hiding. Ahahahahahahaaha this is way too funny.

As someone who played against Dragonbrand’s night crew last matchup I’ll give you a secret:

They all just want to karma train

Figure out where that karma train is going next. Siege it up, and stall them there for a few hours until they all go to sleep. Have a small group go around behind their trail of destruction and flip everything back. That’s how we held them last round.

Did all the bad darkhaven players transfer to EB after the matchup before last or something? DH got a lot nicer so all of that rude had to go somewhere…

Topics like this are the exact reason that people camp the jumping puzzle. Carebears really don’t get how PvP works do they?

jaegerx.1693:

wads.5730:

Jasott.7914:

How is it honorable? Maguuma camps out in Obsidium Sanctum EVERY week >_>

you best believe it

decent fight, 2v7 then couple more showed up in the end.

next time dont try to focus the guardian.

They probably could’ve beaten you if they used the stacking exploit. EBAY next time stack on the single guardian while you’re camping in the jumping puzzle.

Be careful there might be a ballista nearby. I hear ballistas kill stacks.

Our guild seems to find the most success when our setup is:

1 Mesmer
1 Guardian
3 Thieves

Time warp, bubble control, stealth and high dps, and the ability to reset battles with escape portals. I love it!

Sounds like you still ordered about 0 fortified wall upgrades :P

If you make gold in WvW you obviously aren’t contributing enough to siege and upgrades.

You do need to level and get level 80 exotics to really enjoy WvW. However, as someone who takes smalls-scale PvP seriously I’m still absolutely loving WvW. I recommend doing the following to level up:

- Use lots of siege. The damage isn’t level dependent and you will get loads of exp and loot. You’re probably poor so man siege that other people drop when it’s battle time. This also gives you an opportunity to learn about siege which is a critical part of WvW success.

- Follow karma trains / commanders. Find groups of people that are flipping supply camps and towers quickly and run with them. Last week my server was outmanned so we just started levelling on karma trains instead. I got 50 levels in 4 days (about 25 minutes per level).

Agreed, this matchup has been awesome. I don’t even know who had the edge when you normalize for WvW population. I’d love to see a breakdown of avg. players in a borderland correlated to points-per-tick to find this out.

As a random bystander to this awesome train of drama, I like that graph posted above. It pretty clearly demonstrates where Desolation’s advantage comes from whether they admit it or not. Isn’t evidence great