Guild Wars 2

No,

I don’t support any game that requires a subscription.

“- or if it’s as badly imbalanced as people claim it is”

This past re-set there were a few A-Net people running around on DH+E-Bay. After about an hour or so in we were ticking less than 30. The only thing we had was Our Garrison in APBL and a few camps scattered across the other maps. The only reason we held onto Garri is because the SBI groups failed to work together. (even though it was usually SBI and a SF group at the same time)

E-Bay+DH – Hey look an even # group! Let’s Fight!
SBI – Oh NO we wiped to an even group of people! We better call out the Omni blob, It’s our only hope!
E-Bay+DH – [Outnumbered] Hey look they brought the map blob this time. Lot’s of Bags boy’s no need to be greedy.
SBI – OMG that fight was a joke! This Week sucks!

The only people who benefit out of this will be the larger server. No!

At the moment CD is only going up 1.4 glicko while SBI is also going up 1.2. Next in line is SOS which dropped 5.1 which puts it within `4.0 of SBI. At this rate or similar CD will go up in about `10 years. As someone currently on DH we’re definitely not a host server. If this was a 1v1 matchup against E-Bay, E-bay would be having their all time high score this week.

In regards to claiming stuff in wvw. even with the recent nerf you and your wife will have to slave away for about 5 years in order to unlock all the guild buffs you lost. HoT has no effect upon them. All HoT does for WvW is Introduce some very op classes.

To me it seems the numbers are way off in t4. I logged on at 9pm mst yesterday (DH) and we only had a few roamers on while the other servers had a zerg each. If this keeps up its back to overwatch for another 2 months.

Welcome to most WvWers opinion of HoT.

I look forward to playing on the Alpine Bl’s once again. The deserted border lands were just that, deserted. This will bring more players back into WvW, however the population Imbalance will become more visible once implemented. Also I’d like to add that WvW DOES NOT NEED ANY OF THE HOT GIMMICKS, with the return of AP BL’s.

Or we could just AJ eachother? I’m cool with it. ( No kitten Intended)

As for a reference point, After 5 ish day’s of PPTing CD is just past 31k on the scoreboard. Them and Everyone below them is dead as hell.

I vote For a Friday re-set, NA resets on 6PM/7PM PST Is fine with me.

I’m pretty sure the majority of players want a Friday Re-set, as for the time NA players will probably just it it around 7pm in whatever timezone their In.

1. “Are the Raids Fun” Sort of, The first problem is getting geared for it. there are a lot of elitist’s who do the raids and unless you have the best stuff they usually won’t let you join a group. Which leads to the issue of getting a group in general the “LFG” raids is pretty broken right now, a lot of people can never find others willing to do especially if you are new to it. You can avoid some of this by joining a Raid guild if you can find one. The Raid itself is pretty underwhelming in my opinion. there are some elements that make it fun but compared to any other MMO’s the Raid is Still in the Alpha stage.

#2nd There is no reason not to use your account that you used during launch. It might just be cheaper to spend the gems on a name changer rather than re-buying the whole game. Getting to 80 depends on you. Some people do it in a matter of day’s and for others it takes weeks. through various rewards you can get ’Tomes of knowledge" which allow you to level you up one full level. these can stack and you can play your main while saving these and then just using them all on one guy getting him instantly to level 80.

as far as fractals I don’t really know. I never play them. A few day’s ago there was a AMA on Reddit and it was mentioned that fractals were getting re-worked and more content was going to be added. of course this is A Net so it could be a great update or a complete failure there is really no in between.

HoT in general added the Elite specs which through any kind of balance out the window so you end up seeing the same specific classes used over and over. If you play any of the PvP or WvW you will be kittened.

Anyhow hope some of this helps, have a good one.

A Few Things on my list,

1. The Removal of the Deserted BL’s or at least rotate the Alpine BL’s Back in. (If there is a big queue in EBG most people I know would rather just log than to play in the DSBL)

2. Nerf Condition damage/buff stability, The Amount of CC in this game is truly ridiculous.

3. Better elite spec’s balance and balance in general(^), Dragon Hunter and Reaper are crazy Op at the moment, Reaper gives constant chill while DH has a ton of stab removal while laying super OP traps. The DH Traps really need to be nerfed!!!!!

4 Removal of PvE gimmicks such as Banners,Tactivaters,and the Laser Event.
- Banners have no place in WvW, They were nerfed in the recent patch however the’re still overly used and spamable. It’s Still a game of who has more banners ect. It’s fun for a short while and it drives people away fast.
- Tactivaters and there uses are just flat out annoying. For example, when your on the weakest server and your fighting hard for SM and the enemy hits the key for the chilling fog and just slows the crap out of you. The Airship is pretty much in the same boat, It’s cool but totally not need in WvW. I’m in WvW for the fights and the mass of players not some PvE crap.
-Laser Event, Most people who seem to play on the DSBL seem to say this event causes a lot of lag and in general people just don’t like it. This is just what I hear on my end, I avoid the DSBL’s at this point in time unless we’re doing a Guild mission.

5. Give Guilds the rewards/ability’s they had pre-HoT. My Guild plays this game for WvW. We’re not a PvE Guild or a PvP Guild (in the ESports Dream Way) we’re a WvW Guild. At this Time we still haven’t unlocked the +5 ability for camps and we’re not a small Guild. Like most people we were excited for HoT, When HoT launched and we realized we didn’t have our old “Guild Benefits” that we had worked for, we were pretty bummed especially when we realized how high of a paywall was thrown up to get them back. Like most people we grinded in HoT content trying to get our stuff back. Though that only lasted for a short while as most people just said “ehh Kitten A-Net” and just stopped grinding and went back to the reason they play this game. It’s clear that A-Net doesn’t have anyone who play’s WvW because there are those people who really just flat out hate PvE grinding, people like myself like WvW for the massive fights not the fancy new skin or pet rock.

Anyhow before I keep going on, the above are 5 of the things i would like to see differently in the WvW over-haul. Now let’s all get religious and pray there is a community left to play with by the time this WvW over-haul launches.

I support this, My guild only goes to the deserted Bl’s for guild missions and that a little to much for myself. They’re just to big, I don’t want to run around for 20 min to find a fight – die – then have to run for a solid 15 min to get back to that fight. I want fights not running around all the time.

+1

I support this!

Well The Only thing that’s changed is the fact that there are far more micro transactions now, than before the expansion.

I agree with the above statement, Friday night are the way to go. Bump and +1

I like the First three points, the’re good changes and I look forward to them.

The last two points about the rallying one person only and unable to rez hard downs. I’m on the fence with these two as we’ll have to see how these play out.

Also Please re set, re set to Friday evening’s. Most of the community seems to want it overwhelmingly in any public poll.

The Desert borderlands need to be removed as the’re just flat out not fun. I enjoy WvW for the massive fights and having to run 15 minutes in any direction for a fight, then another 15 for the next just isn’t worth it to me. I flat out refuse to play on them.

I appreciate the effort and look forward to future changes (hopefully)

+1 OP

…..numbers and letters 15 yay!

To be honest I’d recommend holding off on HoT at the moment. The New Hot Area is currently very dead forcing you to taxi onto the “meta” server in order to get anything done. If you’re a WvW player like myself I ‘d say avoid buying HoT as you get the new Deserted Borderlands maps already and With each “update” this mode just get shafted farther and deeper than it already is. The Raids can be fun but unless you are in a guild who Raids your odds of getting past the first boss are quite bad. (The Rewards are nothing to be desired anyway) Over all It’s just not worth it A-net has made a beautiful game but has been killing it for nothing other than greed and the need to appease there shareholders. I don’t know what you play GW2 for but if you have any specific questions, feel free to ask and I’ll answer to the best of my knowledge. Have a good one!

Friday is Far Better of a re-set

Swift.1930:

This thread belongs in the WvW section of the forum.

I think the OP is posting in this section because Dev’s don’t respond to anything in the WvW section. The Day A Dev posts in the WvW section on a worthwhile post is the day I win the lottery.

A few starter ideas towards fixing WvW in it’s current state.

- Remove the desert borderlands and put the Alpine borderlands back in.
- Get Rid of the Automatic upgrades
- Add more rewards to WvW.

Yeah I’m in WvW and I’ve been crashing non stop since I downloaded the 64 bit. It was sporadically crashing on DS maps but once i downloaded this recent patch It became every 20 min, Really getting annoying A_Net.

Some people really enjoy ppting, If this fella and his friends had a blast then all the power to them. If jdallen.5179 and his buddies want to ppt, the new bl’s are the best place at the moment as almost everyone dislikes them at the moment. If I was on BP I’d give him a raise and a friendly fondle.

Cast your vote For re-set Day. http://strawpoll.me/5736600/r

If you’re looking for a good Roaming server i’d say Anvil Rock would be be a good place to start. We have a number of Roaming groups on the server (who are awesome!) numbering around 3-5 typically.

Our match ups are floating around a bit at the moment. We don’t have the numbers to fight Db and Dh since they both gained a few guilds and tend to be rather blobby.

After this week we’ll probably drop down and be fighting against kaineng and Borlis Pass. Against these guy’s we’re relatively evenly matched and they both a have a lot of roamers to fight against. They also have a good few Duelers if your into that scene.

Our community is very friendly and supportive especially as we’re usually “outnumbered” during most fights.

In the end if you like being the underdog and don’t want a server that’s blob central we’re a good place to transfer to. if you have any questions feel free to message me.

I would try talking to your commanders on the server you are located on. Most people are willing to help if you just ask them.

I would also ask why you want to command as it’s not for everyone. If you get frustrated easily I’d say commanding isn’t for you. Any commander will tell you that pugmanding can burn you out real quick.

Some people enjoy when you tell everyone where you’re headed next, even if it’s obvious.

I would try to get as many people following you into your servers ts, to help coordinate things particularly a map switch as you will lose pugs every time you switch maps regardless of the reason.

Try to remember you don’t need to 1 push the enemy every time. keep an eye on your party/zerg, If you need a re-group then go ahead and back off – get some water – go back in and kill them.

As you’ve probably seen other Commanders doing, use the terrain to your advantage and don’t just rush the enemy in a headlong charge. Most members of guild groups will stay on tag so play the enemy and look for an opening. Pugs will be pugs and just attack right away/won’t follow you at all. If you have a 40 man zerg don’t expect more than 15 – 20 people to follow you in a push. (depending on many different factors)

Everyone has their own style of commanding so try different things out and don’t beat yourself up when they fail, it happens to everyone even the best commanders make mistakes. (also don’t let other people bring you down, It can happen a lot)

I would also recommend avoid placing open field siege. A lot of people including myself find it to be cowardly and low especially if You, outnumber the enemy. (just my opinion, I will get hate for this part)

As far as your character to play when commanding, Most people will play as a Guardian or a Warrior with solider runes. You don’t really need the most Dmg as you need to focus on staying alive and leading when everything’s going to hell.

Just a few of my opinions If you have any other question feel free to ask.

Have a good one.

I believe it starts in an hour or two, I can never get these time conversions right.

It’d be pretty cool if we were allowed in. No need for a “gift for testing” a lot of people just want to test the new WvW map.

Ironvos.9014:

Are there going to be any public tests for the map before it’s too late to adapt things according to the feedback?
Cause while the map is going to be released at the same time as HoT, it’s not really part of HoT since it’s being released to everyone. Would be unfortunate if the only way to test is with special invites, or in BWE open only to people who bought HoT.

I was Curious on this as well, I’ve since been corrected but I was very excited for this beta as I thought I could test out the new WvW Bl. From what I hear and the footage I see If this map is indeed full of choke points it sounds like its going to be hell playing on it. I enjoy the open fights, It’s rewarding to take on a blob with your small guild group and win. I fear that if these maps are implemented on all the bl’s most guild groups (along with most commanders) will simply ignore them and fight to stay in EB all the time, leaving the bl’s a ghost town. especially on all the servers not in tier 1,2, and 3.

This would in turn kill off WvW as people would simply just stop caring about the ppt and rankings of any given server. If you (continue to) kill off WvW you’re going to lose a good portion of your hardcore player base. I’m sure PvErs make up most of your player base however they do everything in a few months then leave. Most WvWers play and have been playing for well over a year. At the same time Anet is trying to build PvP as an e-sports. A good portion of WvW people actively participate in PvP, and PvP isn’t what’s keeping them in GW2.

that’s a shame, I look forward to testing it out when it’s available then.

I am one of the commanders of a mid tier server and was looking to check out the new Desert Borderlands WvW map during this beta event. Any ideas on how to get into the new bl would be appreciated Cheers!.

I purchased my 2nd account (couldn’t get the first one back) on January 26th and after I upgraded my account and received my $10 refund a week after.

Hello Everyone,

I stream Every Weekday, 5:30pm – 7:;30pm MST. I mostly stream My guilds WvW Raid as we are primarily a WvW Guild, Though I am starting to stream some PvP as a lot of my guild play’s both. We Regularly have 15- 20 people in a group going against blobs anywhere from 15-60 people. We like to think of ourselves as a “Zerg Busting” group and enjoy the big fights.

If you’re a new or old player looking to get into WvW I would like to invite you to watch as we roam around taking points while looking for those orange swords to pop up and directing us to the party. We have been around for awhile and know the map very well so it is Interesting to know where to throw siege (what hit’s what doesn’t) and where a few guy’s can beat a larger group ect.

Our Server Is Anvil Rock and my Twitch account is http://www.twitch.tv/gorilla_gaming_league

Thank you all and have a great day.

A quick Side note here – I won’t be Streaming 7/21 – 7/23 due to the golem rush event.

Here is my 2 cents on the matter,

I started playing GW2 when it first launched and played for several months until i got bored with the game. Time went by and i decided to start playing again, unfortunately I couldn’t retrieve my old account and had to buy a new copy of the game. Like other people I was one of those who bought it in anticipation of HoT launching and bought it on Sale for $10. According to the release I am eligible for a refund of $10, that I payed for the core game If I pre-order HoT. Even assuming I get the extra character slot for the new guy $40 for an expansion is just not worth it to me. I am really enjoying GW2 even more so than when it first launched however I spend most of my time in WvW. As a WvW player all I’m getting is a new map (that’d I’d get even if I don’t buy HoT) and Guild halls which I really couldn’t give 10 cents about.

I think a more reasonable price for HoT is $20.

As I already own the core game I feel there is no reason for re-buying it.
I’d pay some cash to support the game but not a full $40 for an undisclosed amount of content. ( Most of which I’d never use as I play GW2 primarily for WvW)
If I paid $20 for the expansion I would be more linnet with how often I use the Gem Store. Until the pricing for HoT was announced I was buying about 800 Gems every 2 weeks. At that rate I would get to A-Nets $40 value at the End of a single month of playing. I would probably spend even more over time of course.

A Bad analogy would be comparing it to Industrial Pumps. When you sell them you sell the Pumps for Under Value and you make your money on all the parts as the machine is worked. I believe A-Net would make more cash If they had a lower Price on the Expansion people would be more liberal on the Gem Store and not feel so bad about buying that fancy new skin, even though in the long run they will spend way more on in game items then the $50 A-Net is Initially asking for.

All in All I’m going to sit back and wait for either a Lower price point or just simply never buy HoT as I feel I get Very little for it.

That’s my 2 Cents on the matter,
Agree or Disagree have a great day!

I play on Anvil Rock and as a server we really suck at wvw. We’ve gotten better recently but every week we still are outnumbered in practically every fight. This new Stability is really hurting us due to our smaller front line unable to hold any kind of cohesion as we’re constantly stunned/immobilized, and we lose our mobility as a unit.

Even if we go with more of a ranged majority we are still outnumbered and no matter how good or bad we are, the overwhelming numbers tell the same story. We lose, often bad.

I personally, have really enjoy GW2 wvw and had no problem with playing on a smaller wvw server until now. Getting our smaller guilds together and taking out a zerg twice to even three times our numbers gives a very rewarding feeling. Now it’s just a matter of who has the bigger blob and which commander makes the mistake at the wrong time. I don’t know how this update is affecting the servers on the higher tiers but I can say with confidence that Anvil Rock will begin to stagnant again, and will begin to lose more guilds/ wvw players all over again. Knowing you’re going to get rolled anywhere you go at almost any time of the day is a bit of a turn off to play wvw and GW2 in general.

Love it or hate it, that’s my take on this recent Stability update.

You just can’t fight the blob.