State of pryd rvr

[stunned]

Hi !

Taking a break from mid/excal and leveling some on Prydwen.
Can someone briefly fill me in on the state of rvr. Might not need to ask who has the most ppl =) !?

Mid has no relics, thats interesting... Any info welcome.

 

[Coren]

I think 'boring' pretty much sums it up.

 

[SilverHood]

yea, hasn't been that good for a few weeks now.


A typical day for me
Go emain, get killed by 2 fg's of NP

Go back to emain, get killed by 2 fg's of SotL

Go emain, get killed by 2 fg's of NP

Try hadrians with a friend, get to mmg, PL camping mmg.

Try once again, this time with a full group.... no albs at mmg, join some ganking at HoC. Get killed by uber guard spawns.

Next stop, odin's gate. Sit at amg for 40 mins, kill one stealther.

back to emain, get killed by 2 fg's of SotL

Doesn't seem to be a lot of fun anymore...... should be better with the advent of SI

Ah, at least I have my thidranki alt.

 

[Fightersuntzu]

Lots of swarms......i usually go to odins/dodens with some friends if i rvr at all.

Emain = teh zerg from everywhere, i have fun trying to run solo and getting zerg'd by buffblades and 2-3fgs - oh well. /release and play an alt.

 

[Ardrias_Mid]

Tsss... Lies. About Odins that is. I can rarely go there solo without getting very dead. Of course, stealthers for the most part, but 'Camp Dodens Gruva' crew from both Albion and Hibernia works shifts so they can camp efficently 24/7, thus they need reinforcements.


Hadrians can be fun... also a paradise for stealthers as everywhere else, but with some luck you can go solo, or in a small group of 4-5.

As for Emain, it's been shit for 7 months :|

 

[old.Finster]

rvr with a full group. prydwen rvr is very organized when compared to excalibur. and you may realize in shock that there s good alb teams on this server .

DAoC is and was a teamgame and more so on prydwen. join an rvr guild and enjoy.

Finster, <Nolby Pride>
Local Svartalf Eldritch

 

[Mid_Blejsarus]

i like the rvr to
Just mids lack alot casters/Healers


Thats only bad thing imho atleast..

ppl have to big respec of NP imo
aint that special
get a good balanced group and dont get jump from behind and u have a good chance against them


50thane
50sb
42sm in progness prydwen

50bard excal

50bard camlann

 

[mid_Efour]

Originally posted by Fightersuntzu
Lots of swarms......i usually go to odins/dodens with some friends if i rvr at all. but we mostly camp just inside the dungeon like fags, killing any blue that dares to enter! we are 31337 f3ar us. some of us got ip sniffing radar which we use not even subtley to kill stealthers.

loooool

b4 u panic im not popping at you mate u r just a name i recognize
but the rest is blatentlly true

 

[klavrynd]

what silverhood said


or in the words of a true mid : "zzzz2k3kkthxbye"

 

[stunned]

Well the reason I am leaving Mid/excal is due to organization.
Hopefyully I can find a solid rvr guild on Hib/Pryd.

I might trade some stuff on mid/excal for stuff on him/pryd.
Anyone need Skald epic ) ? or chain sets good for first Bg, lev 40+ etc etc ...

 

[Tyrant I]

The Rvr you find on Pryd,is in my opinion far superior to anything Ive seen on Excal!
Ive taken part in some jaw dropping battles recently with great teams on both sides <Hib/Alb>
Dont listen to the zerg fables..they are written by bad losers who dont have good rvr teams..they are the pwnd
So come on in enjoy the fun..

 

[cHodAX]

This server has some great moments and then nights when the zerg is so bad it will make you log or play alts. The problem is people always head to the same spots and camp so you never get decent rolling rvr, then you need a zerg to clear them out and that is the catalyst for a second zerg to form to take on the first. If you keep moving in a group you will find RvR much more fun and challenging, if you stand still you will be waiting for ages to kill anything and then before you know it 20 mids/hibs/albs have ran over you like a truck. My advice is to move to Odins/Hadrians with your group, you will have alot more fun and not end up porting back every 20 mins and all the crap that brings. I would like to see them add some neutral sectors so that the RvR could spread out some, conjesting a possible 800 level 50's into 3 small sectors (and usually just emain) just pisses off everyone accept the zerg lamers who can't get a kill without 50 realm mates backing him up.

 

[blaien Kayy]

i need more than 50 realm mates to get a kill

miss
miss
fumble
miss
you were killed by........

 

[cHodAX]

Originally posted by blaien Kayy
i need more than 50 realm mates to get a kill

miss
miss
fumble
miss
you were killed by........

and you smell

/em runs from dirty nasty filthy Saracen!

Now that Okies, he was a nice fella. Foul mouthed fucker but nice

 

[blaien Kayy]

Blaien is a briton

 

[cHodAX]

Originally posted by blaien Kayy
Blaien is a briton

Saracen! Ya can't fool me ya short arse bow wielding fiend!

 

[pincer]

Completely agree with everything Chodax said ;]

 

[blaien Kayy]

you starting on me aswell ?

 

[old.Enigma]

Originally posted by Tyrant I

Dont listen to the zerg fables..they are written by bad losers who dont have good rvr teams..they are the pwnd
So come on in enjoy the fun..

This is the truth in general but some of the whines are justified.

Everyone will at time get zerged no matter where they are. Sometimes numbers never even out. This applies to all rvr areas. If numbers arent balanced in one zone move to another or endure and rally within guild/alliance for support. Emain is a tough place for low realm ranks. If there are 2fg's albs at mmg this doesnt mean people are zerging it just means there are no hibs in emain and too few mids to push them back. When all realms have equal numbers emain becomes a flowing place of movement. Most groups are designed as 1fg though most battles end up as 2fg vs x. People normally have a cg so if they get attacked they shout for support which is normally not far away.

Odins is normally slower and mids like it because usually they have the better numbers and whack all the solo and 2-3 ppl groups coming through there gates. Stealther Group paradise as they can avoid the large alb and hib posse when they turn up periodically. Its static battles as its running between two points for balanced groups.

Hadrians is not so good for balanced groups normally because when albs get wind of you your soon outnumbered. (I dont care what the stats say there has to be many more albs rvr'ing atm than anyone else.) Can be good for stealther groups. The odd alb running to beno and a few hibs that turn up. better playground layout than odins imo as mids/hibs often camp away from mg's.
If you see albs on the ramparts your destined to spend a long time your side of the gate

DF has the potential to be the best zone but the fact only one realm can have it at any point means there will be some nice brief battles for a short period. The last point has nothing to do with your q .

How does this compare to Excal?

 

[infozwerg]

the main difference you will notice is that mids on prydwen are even more clueless than the average albs on excalibur and do not even go to emain when 1 fg NP is there.

no kidding.

 

[liste]

as a rule, i avoid Emain.
Emain has far too many people in it, so obviously, the tendency to zerg will be more often there, than anywhere else.

Dodens, HW, Odins, Sauvage, Malfach, DF.

Those are the places to go if you want smaller scale action. Of course, this means that the battles will be less frequent, but that just gives you time to set up ambushes etc.

Good fun

 

[saxif_hib]

RvR has been improving from my perspective, the zergs have died away alot, and most ppl run as 1 or 2 fg's now. In hibernia you usually have 1 or 2fg's of HDS and NP running around as well as 1 or 2 solo running fg's of well balanced hibs.

The biggest problem mids and albs have is bad luck, several times recently i have been in emain when there have been 3 seperate grps of hibs all doing there own thing, and we have met albs coming from the apk and all 3 grps have hit them at the same time, just cos the hibs where in that area. This aint us zerging this is you getting unlucky. Most of the time hibs dont run in more than 2 fg's.

Its well worth putting some time and effort into sorting out a well balanced grp to rvr with, even if this means putting some time in and helping a friend pl a grp friendly toon. I run with a grp that has :-

1 LW/shield Hero
2 shield champs
1 Druid
1 Warden
1 Bard
1 Mana eld
1 Mana chanter

Our rvr is great, because we fight as a team and work well, thats why Sotl and NP whoop you all the time experianced players who work well as a team, its not hard

 

[Generic Poster]

HW has been building up for a while now, with some solid RvR over the past few days.

Sure, 50+ Mids and the next day the same number of Hibs attacking Beno, resulting in over 100 Albs running to HW to retake the keep does result in zergs.

But on the whole, HW is 1-2fg running about looking for trouble. With Mids/Hibs/Albs often getting 3-way fights, resulting in twice the fun if you win!

Normally it degrades into Albs camping the milegates, but we do have a realm to protect



Odin can be ok, although Mids come in large numbers but respect to them, because they are defending their realm.


Emain? That's where the RR1 noobs go

 

[_tindel_]

Originally posted by infozwerg
the main difference you will notice is that mids on prydwen are even more clueless than the average albs on excalibur and do not even go to emain when 1 fg NP is there.

no kidding.

dont flatter yourself, its mostly because Albs has a steady blockage at the amg and if it's not that we're RvRing in more fun places.

 

[cHodAX]

Originally posted by saxif_hib
Our rvr is great, because we fight as a team and work well, thats why Sotl and NP whoop you all the time experianced players who work well as a team, its not hard

Groups of good players that are well balanced is the way to go. Albion has too many people who still think with a solo mentality when it comes to RvR and that is why good groups are rare. If you get a group where the healer heals and the defensive tanks defend you will always have a good fight. Too often Alb tanks leave their casters totally undefended and they run right into the enemy CC whislt the casters are getting ganked at the rear by stealthers and bolts. SotL and NP do well because they all know thier jobs and learn how to function as a team, some people may hate them but you also have to respect them because are dedicated enough to learn and improve.

 

[cHodAX]

Originally posted by _tindel_


dont flatter yourself, its mostly because Albs has a steady blockage at the amg and if it's not that we're RvRing in more fun places.

Albs block the MMG in Emain for one big reason, if they don't hold the Mids back we end up with 10 buffboted Shadowblades camping AMG and the road to APK. Goto Emain at primetime and do a /who Emain. Just see how many Shadowblades and Shammys are there. You can't expect Albs not to try stem the flow towards APK.

 

[_tindel_]

aye Chodax I didnt say it was a bad thing that they did it

 

[cHodAX]

_tindel_ what bugs me is that Midgard used to be so strong, now a huge portion of your players are on shadowblade alts and it is destroying your realm or at the very least damaging it. Ok you have no relics at the moment and that may change after patch but with relics back it will be even more of an excuse to roll a shadowblade and a buffbot. Damn shame in my opinion as Midgard has so much more to offer but is going down the road of gank squads and ninja raids

 

[Derric]

Everything is Artemis fault!

 

[vladamyr]

Prydwen is like a roller coaster. Before december RvR was kinda tediouse but not boring. Then we got rid of zergs for a while then NP came to prydwen and lately emain has seriously been sucking But sometimes it can be fun i guess.

As for orgonisation, from what ive seen the RvR on Prydwen is far superior to that of excal.