So, yay! We finally got a few matches in after several months of drought. Originally we were just going to do a couple rounds of AB, and we had me, Mucco and Doc looking for a fourth. I bugged Fox on im and he grudgingly (I think I woke him up or something) said sure, only to completely disappear on me when he was supposed to be signing on. A couple minutes later I figure he decided to ditch me and just go to bed, so I ask around for a 4th and get Hawk, who was questing at the time but decided to join in. Around the time she finishes her quest and comes to the hall Fox shows up again, giving us a surplus.
At this point I think Fox, Hawk and Mucco all said they would step out in order to make room for the last person. Rather than lose people, I threw out the suggestion of hey, why not just GvG instead? People liked the idea so I told Hawk to grab her monk and we'd go with what we already had, Doc was on his ele, Mucco would be the other monk, Fox had a rit that could run flags and I was using a hammer war and would lead (I think I won that one by default). All that was left was to fill in the rest of the slots, so I went to my friends list. Rad from AB just signed on so I grabbed him before he had the chance to start anything else. When I asked him if anyone else from AB wanted to come his response was that nobody was on TS, so, yeah. I then messaged some of the people from the alliance that said they had an interest in GvG and, sure enough, they agreed to come along.
The build we used was casual, meaning nothing specific. We wound up with 2 wars (hammer and axe), a cripshot ranger, dom mes (surge/burn), dual attuned fire ele (rod's invocation spam), 2 monks (RC and WoH), and a channeling/resto rit running flags. After spending a few minutes or so getting people on vent and dealing with the fact that Mucco couldn't join us due to firewall issues we were ready to go in and started playing. We had 3 matches and went 0-3, though it wasn't as bad as the score made it out to be. Here's the rundown:
The Good: Our first matches in at least 3 months. We had people get the chance to experience GvG for the first time. We did something together as a guild, with a few friends along. We all learned something. When we co-ordinated the warriors we got kills and even started to pressure the other teams.
The Bad: It was our first GvG outing after a 3+ month drought; people were rusty. The overall experience level with GvG was pretty low, so things didn't go as smoothly as they could have. We were a bunch of people that, really, aside from Fox, me, Hawk, and Rad, had never actually done GvG together before and even the 4 of us had hardly ever played in the same matches (I've played with Rad a lot, but he hasn't really played with Hawk all that much, stuff like that). I hadn't led a GvG in at least 6 months, so I was pretty much a space case most of the time.
The Ugly: We didn't have much co-ordination. One person wasn't on vent, 1 didn't have a mic, and 2 others were having volume/mic issues with being heard. All in all, there wasn't that much communication or co-ordination among teammates.
The Humorous: At one point Hawk said something about having targets and my response was she should worry about keeping people alive and we'd worry about the damage. Had I thought of it at the time, I would have added "Owwwwwwwnnnnnned!" Here's hoping Hawk got as much of a laugh out of that as I did. Also, before one of the matches Hawk asked if there was a way to request an unworthy opponent. I chimed in that we already had all the members of AB that were on. That was pretty funny.
The "ZOMG they're cheating!" Ridiculous: The last team we fought had a member of Rebel Rising [rawr] on their team, which is one of the gold cape guilds. At the start of the match we were pounding on them pretty hard and my best guess is that he decided to take over the match and lead, and you can see where things started to fall apart on us if you watch the replay.
The End: Overall I think we all had a good time and have something we can take from the event. Considering the setbacks we had and the fact that we were all pretty rusty I think we had a pretty decent night. Hopefully we'll be able to have another sometime soon. And maybe win a match or two.
At this point I think Fox, Hawk and Mucco all said they would step out in order to make room for the last person. Rather than lose people, I threw out the suggestion of hey, why not just GvG instead? People liked the idea so I told Hawk to grab her monk and we'd go with what we already had, Doc was on his ele, Mucco would be the other monk, Fox had a rit that could run flags and I was using a hammer war and would lead (I think I won that one by default). All that was left was to fill in the rest of the slots, so I went to my friends list. Rad from AB just signed on so I grabbed him before he had the chance to start anything else. When I asked him if anyone else from AB wanted to come his response was that nobody was on TS, so, yeah. I then messaged some of the people from the alliance that said they had an interest in GvG and, sure enough, they agreed to come along.
The build we used was casual, meaning nothing specific. We wound up with 2 wars (hammer and axe), a cripshot ranger, dom mes (surge/burn), dual attuned fire ele (rod's invocation spam), 2 monks (RC and WoH), and a channeling/resto rit running flags. After spending a few minutes or so getting people on vent and dealing with the fact that Mucco couldn't join us due to firewall issues we were ready to go in and started playing. We had 3 matches and went 0-3, though it wasn't as bad as the score made it out to be. Here's the rundown:
The Good: Our first matches in at least 3 months. We had people get the chance to experience GvG for the first time. We did something together as a guild, with a few friends along. We all learned something. When we co-ordinated the warriors we got kills and even started to pressure the other teams.
The Bad: It was our first GvG outing after a 3+ month drought; people were rusty. The overall experience level with GvG was pretty low, so things didn't go as smoothly as they could have. We were a bunch of people that, really, aside from Fox, me, Hawk, and Rad, had never actually done GvG together before and even the 4 of us had hardly ever played in the same matches (I've played with Rad a lot, but he hasn't really played with Hawk all that much, stuff like that). I hadn't led a GvG in at least 6 months, so I was pretty much a space case most of the time.
The Ugly: We didn't have much co-ordination. One person wasn't on vent, 1 didn't have a mic, and 2 others were having volume/mic issues with being heard. All in all, there wasn't that much communication or co-ordination among teammates.
The Humorous: At one point Hawk said something about having targets and my response was she should worry about keeping people alive and we'd worry about the damage. Had I thought of it at the time, I would have added "Owwwwwwwnnnnnned!" Here's hoping Hawk got as much of a laugh out of that as I did. Also, before one of the matches Hawk asked if there was a way to request an unworthy opponent. I chimed in that we already had all the members of AB that were on. That was pretty funny.
The "ZOMG they're cheating!" Ridiculous: The last team we fought had a member of Rebel Rising [rawr] on their team, which is one of the gold cape guilds. At the start of the match we were pounding on them pretty hard and my best guess is that he decided to take over the match and lead, and you can see where things started to fall apart on us if you watch the replay.
The End: Overall I think we all had a good time and have something we can take from the event. Considering the setbacks we had and the fact that we were all pretty rusty I think we had a pretty decent night. Hopefully we'll be able to have another sometime soon. And maybe win a match or two.
Alea Jacta Est - Caesar
I live my life by Murphy's Law.
I live my life by Murphy's Law.
And can I just rant right now that I loathe those dratted dual-warrior KD assaults on poor lil' old me? I couldn't even move, and just got to watch my health bar going down by leaps and bounds. And then I'd mash the wrong skill key, and end up doing nothing constructive to save myself. 
Nevertheless, I'm eager to play some GvG again.