Double Faction in Competitive Missions

Star Gazer

Star Gazer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Zerohour Enterprises [ZHE]

W/

yay for the 2 times we can actually all get in on one of the three servers they have for FA!!

Kerwyn Nasilan

Kerwyn Nasilan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2007

WHERE DO YOU THINK

W/

Ill play a few rounds I acually enjoy Fort Aspenwood : )

Sparks Dawnbringer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Los Angeles

none

E/Mo

Nice weekend or cartography but little else. Two PvP weekends in a row. Yawn! Thought we would not notice! Anet seems to be pushing PvP lately with the addition of Z keys and weekends all the time. I feel like the ugly stepdaughter of PvE.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

FA is actually quite fun. You can spend a lot of time ganking (as a sin usually), monking, or playing an "anti-ganker" (mesmer, air ele) and just laugh as you crush people.

Unfortunately, people don't play for fun anymore. They play to grind titles. And they grind as efficiently as possible. HFFF is still better for faction, so this won't be a popular weekend.

Skye Marin

Skye Marin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

E/A

Why not make the double rewards permanent, and make it a quadruple faction weekend?

Alleji

Alleji

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Skye Marin
Why not make the double rewards permanent, and make it a quadruple faction weekend?
Because FA and JQ just flat out suck (in the opinion of >99% of the players), so people won't play it unless it's more efficient than FFF at farming faction and/or more profitable through selling keys than most other methods of farming gold.

As for me, I ever played only 4 matches of FA (1 for mapping) and 1 match of JQ for mapping and don't plan on doing any, bonus weekend or not.

Div

Div

I like yumy food!

Join Date: Jan 2006

Where I can eat yumy food

Dead Alley [dR]

Mo/R

Another PvP weekend?

Apollo Smile

Apollo Smile

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2008

[LORE]

E/Mo

The weekly bitching thread. Can't please everyone.

Giga_Gaia

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

Travelling around Tyria, Cantha, and Elona

P/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alleji
Because FA and JQ just flat out suck (in the opinion of >99% of the players).
Did you know that 5 out of 3 experts disagree with your statistics?

Yay for more FA mayhem!

cellardweller

cellardweller

Likes naked dance offs

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Older Gamers [TOG]

Hurray for cartographer weekend!

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Back to the Quarry I go.

Nessar

Nessar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2008

West Siiiiiiiiiiiiiide

Gwen Has A Thing For [Pyre]

I hope people will actually show up at JQ. It's quite fun actually...
I look forward to this event

Laylat

Laylat

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

E/

I HFFF now and then and I'm just below a Rank 4 Kurzick. How much faster is it gaining faction in the competitive missions during this weekend compared to gaining faction doing HFFF?

luin_gunners

luin_gunners

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

Australia Land

Quote:
Originally Posted by Laylat
I HFFF now and then and I'm just below a Rank 4 Kurzick. How much faster is it gaining faction in the competitive missions during this weekend compared to gaining faction doing HFFF?

Double faction half waiting time? Guess only half an episode of Family Guy then.

Hyper.nl

Hyper.nl

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Defending Fort Aspenwood

E/

***Nice***

Good to see that Aspenwood and Jade Quarry are getting some love.

Lourens

Lourens

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Looking forward to this havent played those missions in 2 years xD also great to map those areas

ogre_jd

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2008

Canadia

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
FA is actually quite fun. You can spend a lot of time ganking (as a sin usually), monking, or playing an "anti-ganker" (mesmer, air ele) and just laugh as you crush people.
Hence why I won't be bothering. Too many assholes play in the PvP portions of the game.

Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
Unfortunately, people don't play for fun anymore. They play to grind titles. And they grind as efficiently as possible. HFFF is still better for faction, so this won't be a popular weekend.
Perhaps you and your friends play to grind titles (none of the Factions PvE skills are worth the effort to me), but I play for fun.

kazi_saki

kazi_saki

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

Somewhere between GW and GW2

Shaved Wookies [HoT]

N/

hell ya! 2x faction points in FA/JQ ftw!! Its actually fun in FA, especially when u have RA rage
I like it alot since its a different kind of gameplay for GW (not PvE/PvP exactly) and breaks the monotony of the game.

Kusandaa

Kusandaa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

N/Mo

Another farming weekend for me - don't think I'll touch these areas unless my friends are gonna play 'em as well. I have a tendency of attracting morons so I'm better off solo farming x].

Parson Brown

Parson Brown

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

In ur base...

The one true [Hope]

E/

Hooray for mapping JQ!

Other than that, I guess I haven't done FA for a while.

Abedeus

Abedeus

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Niflheim

R/

Yeah, same with Parson. Guess I'll come with my ranger, map the areas and gtfo to doing better stuff.

Like counting hours till summer break...

Lothlorian Sassun

Lothlorian Sassun

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Dragonestos

N/

This will give people a Chance to get into Jade Quarry. Well we should call it "Map Quarry" Cause that is the only reason people enter that mission. Jade Quarry = FAIL

Mortis

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Hate The [Cape]

W/

Awesome! Just the weekend event I wanted! Can do other things now.

pumpkin pie

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

Oh wait, hahahahah I can't map those places this weekend, sweet!

RiKio

RiKio

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2007

Plato's Cave

W/E

Ill come with my ranger too. Ganking Gunthah is sooo funny

Argh, but I hate those bonders. Too much. Time to go as an anti-bonders mesmer, perhaps.

What works in Aspwange going on the Luxon sinde?

Snow Bunny

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

Quote:
Originally Posted by holymasamune
Another PvP weekend?
It's the PvP weekend where you can consistently win matches as a Mo/R beastmaster.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by ogre_jd
Hence why I won't be bothering. Too many assholes play in the PvP portions of the game.



Perhaps you and your friends play to grind titles (none of the Factions PvE skills are worth the effort to me), but I play for fun.
What in my comment was "asshole"-like?
Also, reading comprehension ftw. I was talking about other people who only play to grind for title, not "me and my friends" since I said I enjoy playing FA.

Dumb troll.

Dark-NighT

Dark-NighT

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Stygian Veil

Shoop Da Woop [Lolz]

N/Mo

Good for explorers!

And its a different weekend for a change, maybe we get triple dye next week? sure hope so ^^

ogre_jd

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2008

Canadia

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
What in my comment was "asshole"-like?
The part I quoted in my message:

Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
FA is actually quite fun. You can spend a lot of time ganking (as a sin usually), monking, or playing an "anti-ganker" (mesmer, air ele) and just laugh as you crush people.
But, considering the state of sportsmanship these days (especially in the USA and soccer/football-loving countries), perhaps it's not much of a surprise that people have trouble realizing just how assholish their behaviours and attitudes are.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

You obviously don't even know what the term "ganking" means if you think what I said was somehow cruel.
I still can't believe how your post hasn't been deleted yet after I reported it. Using a style of play you disapprove of is "unsportsmanlike" but calling somebody an "asshole" isn't? Hypocrit.

Cebe

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

So the Jade Quarry will be full of Cartographers?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Snow Bunny
It's the PvP weekend where you can consistently win matches as a Mo/R beastmaster.
I prefer Dual Attunement Nuker Warrior myself.

Zesbeer

Zesbeer

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2007

LLJK

Quote:
Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver
So the Jade Quarry will be full of Cartographers?


I prefer Dual Attunement Nuker Warrior myself.
i am hopeing and praying for a fix for that area. we shall see in what 12 hours.

RhanoctJocosa

RhanoctJocosa

Legendary Korean

Join Date: Aug 2006

The Benecia Renovatio [RenO]

W/

i loled then sighed

pumpkin pie

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

I can feel it in my gut (I think thats the correct expression) that I'll be unavailable to play this weekend! like so many weekends that I've had to miss. *long sigh*

Pleikki

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

I just Play with my new, 3erd monk further in campaings & some hfff so not competitive missions for me

Yol

Yol

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

GameAmp Guides [AMP]

E/

An irrelevant weekend event for me, but I'm happy for those that can get some benefit for it (cartographers mostly, I imagine).

Zesbeer

Zesbeer

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2007

LLJK

wow no change to jade quarry. gg anet.

Parson Brown

Parson Brown

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

In ur base...

The one true [Hope]

E/

How funny would it be if your typical JQ "match" this weekend consisted of 16 people running around in a circle, then mapping out!

TheGuildWarsPenguin

TheGuildWarsPenguin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Los Angeles, California

Picnic Pioneers

E/

The last CM weekend, Jade Quarry had 2 full Kurzick districts and 1 near-empty Luxon district.

Parson Brown

Parson Brown

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

In ur base...

The one true [Hope]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGuildWarsPenguin
The last CM weekend, Jade Quarry had 2 full Kurzick districts and 1 near-empty Luxon district.
If true, someone needed to tell the Kurzicks to hop over to the other side.