Megaservers? Megapost.
If I was in charge of Anet, every time I saw a post like this. I'd simply right click name, choose: 'end account', and be done with it.
The official forums don't even have an ignore feature.
I'm not saying this to give you hate, I just disagree.
I know I am definitely the minority when it comes to WvW (it's something I have to be in the mood for and when I am, I tend to hit it hard and then stop), so I don't expect my opinion to be very popular. I realize the server rivalries (which, if I may reflect for a moment, everyone said was 'stupid' and 'never going to happen' when GW2 first came out) are an important part of the game and that there's a whole layer of intelligence gathering (not spying, but reading reports from matchups and discerning tactics, behavior, numbers, etc.) that rests upon that.
I tend to want as little drama as possible in my MMOs. Not conflict, mind you, even directly between players, but there's a difference between face-to-face combat and then the sort of background conflict that paints in broad strokes and veers far too closely to racial / cultural / sexual hatred than I would like sometimes. I guess I'd rather not care about where the guys we're fighting come from and rather focus on where they'll meet their end. In that regard I guess I have the mentality of the "Good fights" WvWers with the gameplay inclination of the PPT players; I want to hold objectives to win, but I don't really care that Server X and Server Y can suck it this week as long as they put up a fight.
I've been thinking about jumping about into this game recently, is the GAF server still heavily populated? I was always very interested in really getting into hyper competitive PVP but the lost the drive when it seemed that Arena net had little interest in pushing this game as an esport.
The GAF server, Stormbluff Isle, is pretty heavily populated (but then, every server is). As others have said, it won't matter after the 15th when the Megaserver thing starts to kick in. As for PVP, that's getting a shot in the arm, reward-wise, on the same day, and it might jumpstart the otherwise lagging PVP mode. It seems like the developers want an eSport, and the population wants the thrill and excitement of an eSport, but somewhere in the middle there's a disconnect. Perhaps because the PVP mode itself doesn't lend itself to easily-readable combat, or they're trying to capture part of the eSports pie from the likes of DotA.
If anything, Queensdale champ trains are going to be massive starting on the 15th.
Too massive, which is a good thing; they will continually be stepping over each others' toes and organizing them will prove next to impossible. It is my hope that Megaservers dump so many people into a single map that no champion event is ever waiting around for the train to come get it. Instead, players just do what they're supposed to and eventually the train fades out because it just can't compete with the 'natural' way.
Anet can't be unaware of what this change means in terms of the Queensdale train. I'd be really surprised if the next two blog posts don't talk about some changes made in the 1-15 areas to address this exact issue. If they don't, I'll personally be forming a guild with the express purpose of doing nothing but disrupting the train until they bugger off. Thinking of calling it "Queenpeace". Or "Society For The Prevention Of Troll Farming". SPOTF, for short.
I always liked our idea of "Queensdale Derail [ANTI]". If what I said above comes to pass, there won't be a need for it.
Thanks for the responses! I got pretty bored halfway through leveling my warrior, do you guys find the elementalist remains fun over the long haul? Think about rolling one of these.
Warrior may be the most boring profession in the game, and I say this as someone who plays a warrior as my main character. You really have to want to swap weapons and tactics a lot for it to stay fresh, or do silly things like try to fight more mobs at once.
Almost any profession will give you more excitement.
As for your question regarding scaling, if you invite friends to do your personal story with you, their level will be scaled to the level of the quest (I'm not sure if they can scale up though).
Personal Story does not upscale.
Note: This is the same guy who said during Marionette:
Three attempts are my limit. If I cant kill a new boss in three attempts, I turn my focus to preventing others from completing the content.
Oooooooh, THAT fuckerer. Yeah, he needs his account banned. There aren't many ways to grief in this game and anyone who goes out of their way to ruin the experience of others needs to be plucked like a weed, root and all, and tossed into the compost heap with the rest of the horseshit.
Hey GAF!
I bought GW2 and am currently just starting out on it. I'm a lvl12 Engineer and just learning the ropes. Trying crafting for the first time yesterday, etc. It's also the first major MMO I'm trying to dive into. Couple questions:
I'm in the Crystal Desert server. I'm assuming guilds are server-bound, that the GAF guild is not in that server, and that I can't join it? Feel free to correct/confirm/clarify
Also, I bought the Heroic edition with an armor, 10 EXP boosters, and some other stuff. None of this stuff appears in my inventory. How do I redeem it?
Welcome! (I realize the about-face from my comment above to being cheerful and welcoming is ironic, shush!)
Guild are game-wide, and you can belong to up to five at once (but only have one active at a time). So if you have some friends you're in a guild with, you don't have to choose between them and GAF (though if you had to, you'd want to pick GAF). You can join by posting your username (name.####) in the thread and one of the officers will scoop you up immediately and place you in the loving embrace and warm bosom of the GAFGuild.
Your characters are more or less game-wide as well (you cannot play with members from Europe, nor can they play with those in NA); simply click "World Selection" at the login screen, pick a server (Hint: GAF plays on Stormbluff Isle), and then click "Guest". You'll then be temporarily playing on that server until you switch characters or log off, so think of it as free server transfers.
There are two stipulations on that, however; World vs. World, the big server-vs.-server mode, can only be played on your 'home team' since it would be a bit unfair if they did't restrict it. You also can only guest to two servers within a 24 hour period, but that's usually a non-issue unless you have friends everywhere.
Finally, your Heroic Edition items should be in your in-game mail, I believe.
But the core of this game are dynamic event and most of them require more people...
