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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
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Alliance Battle Benefits: Weekend Event
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Arduin
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Originally Posted by PyrAnkh
Well obviously this weekend will be filled with waiting till games are finished. Servers can handle X ABs at a time, so thatll be waiting for 30 mins, game, wait again. I think you would get more faction the normal way.
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Gaile Gray
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Originally Posted by PyrAnkh
Well obviously this weekend will be filled with waiting till games are finished. Servers can handle X ABs at a time, so thatll be waiting for 30 mins, game, wait again. I think you would get more faction the normal way.
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Originally Posted by Arduinna
I don't get it. Why can there be a infinite instances of the UW or Fow be made for every solo-farmer out there, but the servers can't handle a lot of AB's? Instead of spawning 24 seperate instances for 1 player only, encompassing a huge (PvE) area, the servers now only need to spawn only one relatively small area for 24 players once. I've never seen any evidence about there being a limit on server-size, and the only times I had to wait to enter a battle is because there weren't many people.
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Originally Posted by Patrick Smit
Great move from anet to take incentive away to leach, still people will do it, but it might incite people to go for the win as well i hope. Maybe ill dip in just to check that out.
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Every time i lag
woot i might ab now xD
.defekt
Awesome, I'm a big fan of high-end PvP weekend events.
Great work ANet!
Great work ANet!
Cacheelma
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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
Excuse me? There's no server limitation on alliance battles. Wherever did you get that idea?
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Have no fear Gaile, I'll make sure to link to your message whenever someone try to spread this myth again.
Perfected Shadow
Wait, to begin with, AB faction rewards was gonna double from 1,250 per win to 2,500 per win, now it's down to 2,000? I'm not complaining though, just trying to clarify. My only beef is that the Kurzick/Luxon alliance faction cap of 10,000 should be increased.
arcanemacabre
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Originally Posted by Perfected Shadow
Wait, to begin with, AB faction rewards was gonna double from 1,250 per win to 2,500 per win, now it's down to 2,000? I'm not complaining though, just trying to clarify. My only beef is that the Kurzick/Luxon alliance faction cap of 10,000 should be increased.
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Only reason I play AB is because it can be fun, which this doesn't change, and as a more pleasant way to get some Balthazar Faction, which is now not going to change. This weekend now means nothing to me, except maybe more people playing - yay. Ah well, even still, it's a pretty decent weekend event. Have fun everyone!
1 up and 2 down
Hmm, maybe I can stock up on enough jade so that I don't have to farm it ever again?
I don't want to seem like I am complaining but I would have liked this to include FA and JQ, I say this because JQ is only really played during double faction reward weeksnds.
Well, over all I am excited for this weekend!
I don't want to seem like I am complaining but I would have liked this to include FA and JQ, I say this because JQ is only really played during double faction reward weeksnds.
Well, over all I am excited for this weekend!
Mr. G
looks good, I do love ab its the latsest craze in my guild along with Urgoz, Gg anet
Also thanks to miss gray fro the update, nice to see you more active again
Wb
Wooo faction! (Mesmers get a chance, specially with all the BoA sins about)
Also thanks to miss gray fro the update, nice to see you more active again
Wb
Wooo faction! (Mesmers get a chance, specially with all the BoA sins about)
Sophitia Leafblade
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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
victorious teams will receive 2000 Kurzick/Luxon faction
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Perfected Shadow
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Cebe
w00t - AB time.
There aint no spike like a Rit spike
There aint no spike like a Rit spike
bungusmaximus
Argh, I've taken a break from AB and now they come with this weekend? Time to dust off my ele so it seems . Boa sins beware, here is uncle blinding flash! I like that they reward winning extra, maybe people will try harder, AB needs people that try harder very much.
I'm not too afraid of leechers, it has been OK as of late, people pay more attention when they make teams to begin with. If you ask someone a question and he/she doesn't answer just kick him, people like that are likely to be AFK or plain stupid.
. Boa sins beware, here is uncle blinding flash! I like that they reward winning extra, maybe people will try harder, AB needs people that try harder very much. I'm not too afraid of leechers, it has been OK as of late, people pay more attention when they make teams to begin with. If you ask someone a question and he/she doesn't answer just kick him, people like that are likely to be AFK or plain stupid.
zwei2stein
Kinda cool ... ABs really needed some boost..
thou, i am wondering how much unballanced maps will fit in there.
thou, i am wondering how much unballanced maps will fit in there.
Cacheelma
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Originally Posted by Perfected Shadow
It's ambiguous I've always thought of winning = 1250 faction + scraps from kills. Now I've read about it, you get 2 faction per point scored so the winning score of 500 nets 1000 faction. Then there's 250 bonus faction that goes to the winner. Apparently this bonus faction of 250 becomes 2000, so the total amount a winning team can get is > 3000? O.o
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Originally Posted by bungusmaximus
Argh, I've taken a break from AB and now they come with this weekend? Time to dust off my ele so it seems
. Boa sins beware, here is uncle blinding flash! I like that they reward winning extra, maybe people will try harder, AB needs people that try harder very much. I'm not too afraid of leechers, it has been OK as of late, people pay more attention when they make teams to begin with. If you ask someone a question and he/she doesn't answer just kick him, people like that are likely to be AFK or plain stupid. |
I like the change to the weekend event. This will definatly make leeching very useless since your team will probably lose and you'll miss out on the 2000 faction boost. This is actually 1 of the smartest things Anet have done for quite a while now, i hope the 'mid june update' will follow on.
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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
Alliance Battle Benefits – Updated!Hope to see you in the game this weekend, and good luck! |
maby people will finaly get their act together and stop forming pugs that join and go!
cebalrai
Thanks for the info Gaile. I've always had people tell me that there were only 5 AB servers, but never knew where they got their info from...
Just a question though, when there are large groups on both sides, why do I still have to wait 10 minutes (or longer) to get into a game sometimes?
Just a question though, when there are large groups on both sides, why do I still have to wait 10 minutes (or longer) to get into a game sometimes?
Terra Xin
Wow that looks like a really cool bonus for Abers... I don't AB myself, but I think it would be cool if their titles would increase their cap, it just seems proper, especially when Balthazar related titles have it.
FoxBat
Wait times have nothing to do with 'server limitations'. You need 3 teams of Kurzicks matched against 3 teams of Luxons. So what happens if more Kurzick teams hit "enter mission" than Luxon? Think about it.
william1975
looking forwar to it been playing a lot recently and just got first level of friend of kurzick
Zinger314
This Alliance Battle weekend has to be a precursor to the Mid-June Super Update, if the designers thought "Hmm, people aren't getting enough Faction in AB, let's make it more!"
Maybe they'll fix AB in the update...
Maybe they'll fix AB in the update...
bungusmaximus
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Originally Posted by Evilsod
What BoA sins? They've all morphed into bizarre Deadly Arts builds now. I saw a few yesterday... all trying to use hex based off-hands. The smart ones use Siphon Speed, although there was 1 using Enduring Toxin who chased me till it was about to wear off, tried to hit me and it failed, lol. Seriously the Assassins just aren't a threat anymore.
I like the change to the weekend event. This will definatly make leeching very useless since your team will probably lose and you'll miss out on the 2000 faction boost. This is actually 1 of the smartest things Anet have done for quite a while now, i hope the 'mid june update' will follow on. |
Luxon paper shredders FTL :P
MSecorsky
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Originally Posted by Evilsod
What BoA sins? They've all morphed into bizarre Deadly Arts builds now. I saw a few yesterday... all trying to use hex based off-hands. The smart ones use Siphon Speed, although there was 1 using Enduring Toxin who chased me till it was about to wear off, tried to hit me and it failed, lol. Seriously the Assassins just aren't a threat anymore.
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Highly unimpressive.
Hey... did you happen to see Canus Specificus in there?
Sir Skullcrasher
Guess it's a good weekend to do AB?
XvArchonvX
Wow, I gotta admit that I'm looking forward to this event. It would be interesting to see if the next big skill update will come before the weekend to let people try out the new skill tweaks in battle there.
Kool Pajamas
Would be nice if they raised the faction cap. At least for title owners. Every 2 wins everyone will be leaving to spend faction. But a nice bonus yes. Not a complaint post >.<
Omega X
What was the reason why they stopped putting these event announcements on the front page of Guildwars.com?
That was one of the reasons why I subscribed to that RSS feed.
That was one of the reasons why I subscribed to that RSS feed.
Toffin
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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
Exactly.
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MoreaChanduen
I can't bring myself to dump faction into my guild, since we're not in a FF Alliance. No payout other than a title doesn't quite motivate me... >_<
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Originally Posted by Omega X
What was the reason why they stopped putting these event announcements on the front page of Guildwars.com?
That was one of the reasons why I subscribed to that RSS feed. |