Lets talk about South-African Guilds!

lilDeath

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Lydon...RoC is pretty cool sure that Devill can hook you up...a really nice bunch of people and made a newb like me feel at home...:D
Isn't RoC Luxon? I think Renshin's guild (Kai) is Kurzick.
This is where it starts getting tricky ;)
I've just recently decided to make my guild an all-officer guild.
At least, all of the active members.
I've done the same for all my active guys too, well fairly active :D
 

Lydon

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Lol I'm so confused as to what's happening now. I'm currently in RoC.

What is happening with the alliance and all, as we have Kuku and Lulu guilds...
 

Lydon

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I got invited to RoC today.

We could always be Luxick, or Kurxon. Though I don't think ANet will like that.
 

lilDeath

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Can anyone explain Luxon vs Kurzic please?
When Anet released Factions, they released a factions-based (2 opposing sides) style of play into the game with additional PvP arenas, which they call Alliance Battles.
The 2 sides are Luxon and Kurzick.
These 2 sides fight against each other in Alliance battles which are 12vs12 people. No heroes or henchies are allowed here.
There is a border line which separates the 2 factions, and the line will move into Kurzick territory and back into Luxon territory. Wherever the line is will dictate which map of the Alliance Battles you will play on. As you go deeper, the maps become more difficult for the opposing side.
There are 2 maps on each side and one neutral map in the middle, making it a total of 5 maps.

There are Competitive Missions (8vs8) as well, which is Jade Quarry and Fort Aspenwood. Here the Luxons and Kurzicks also battle each other and must complete specific goals.

In all these battles you earn the relevant faction (Kurzick or Luxon) which you can trade for Amber or Jade with which you buy Elite armor or other armors.
You can also choose to donate your faction to your guild / alliance which will increase your title rank in that faction on your account and also increase the faction in the guild or you can buy pve skills / scrolls with it, of which both will also give you an increase in your title rank.

The PvE storyline of Factions splits at the Jade Sea / Forest where you must choose a side. You can play both but I would suggest playing one and then the other side. You cannot really maintain faction for both sides, you will lose one if you donate or buy something.
The storyline combines at Unwaking Waters again.

Most importantly, Guilds that are of the opposing faction cannot be in the same alliance.
An alliance is a grouping of 10 guilds of Luxon faction only or Kurzick faction only.
Alliances with high amounts of faction can own certain towns in the Jade Sea or the Forest areas.

I hope that covers the most of Kurzick / Luxon sides. :)
 

BinaryJack

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When Anet released Factions, they released a factions-based (2 opposing sides) style of play into the game with additional PvP arenas, which they call Alliance Battles.
The 2 sides are Luxon and Kurzick.
These 2 sides fight against each other in Alliance battles which are 12vs12 people. No heroes or henchies are allowed here.
There is a border line which separates the 2 factions, and the line will move into Kurzick territory and back into Luxon territory. Wherever the line is will dictate which map of the Alliance Battles you will play on. As you go deeper, the maps become more difficult for the opposing side.
There are 2 maps on each side and one neutral map in the middle, making it a total of 5 maps.

There are Competitive Missions (8vs8) as well, which is Jade Quarry and Fort Aspenwood. Here the Luxons and Kurzicks also battle each other and must complete specific goals.

In all these battles you earn the relevant faction (Kurzick or Luxon) which you can trade for Amber or Jade with which you buy Elite armor or other armors.
You can also choose to donate your faction to your guild / alliance which will increase your title rank in that faction on your account and also increase the faction in the guild or you can buy pve skills / scrolls with it, of which both will also give you an increase in your title rank.

The PvE storyline of Factions splits at the Jade Sea / Forest where you must choose a side. You can play both but I would suggest playing one and then the other side. You cannot really maintain faction for both sides, you will lose one if you donate or buy something.
The storyline combines at Unwaking Waters again.

Most importantly, Guilds that are of the opposing faction cannot be in the same alliance.
An alliance is a grouping of 10 guilds of Luxon faction only or Kurzick faction only.
Alliances with high amounts of faction can own certain towns in the Jade Sea or the Forest areas.

I hope that covers the most of Kurzick / Luxon sides. :)

and this can be done via pve? so ill be able to get elite items and armour?
 

lilDeath

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and this can be done via pve? so ill be able to get elite items and armour?
Yes, the Storyline is PvE.
If you play PvE you will get to Jade Quarry and Fort Aspenwood naturally to play those PvP arenas.
The Alliance Battles you can already go to from the Alliance Battles NPC in your Guild Hall.
And yes, the armors are for PvE chars anyway.

There is a distinct difference between PvP chars and PvE chars... PvE chars can play PvP and do PvE.
PvP chars can only do PvP arenas. They have their own armors and items that can be unlocked via Balthazar Faction and reward points. Of course none of these can be used on your PvE chars.
You can still fight with a PvP char and then transfer Amber / Jade to your storage to be used by another PvE char.

But don't worry, you might get confused with all the information overload, which is not good, you will have to find out some stuff on your own as well. ;)
 

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Hooray! Thanks to my friend "Yale" we got my internet fixed... We'll be seeing you all online soon right after I finish dinner.

:)
 

Renshin

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Team update:

-Trey Comeau (Lydon)
-Makie of the Mists (Shadowfox)
-Cortine Muerte (lilDeath)

Currently in Kai:
-Chryseis Elune (Renshin)
-Maya Eversong (Steve_Oh)
-Anna Nicole Summers (Akiru)
-Tragic Huorn (Fuukei)
-Roxy Van Tonder (Silent-Prophet)
-Joly kathy (Yale)
-Gantz Pwrnflax (Kaox)


So guys, The guild has been established. I'll need everyone to do their part on PvP research. If you have any PvP questions about builds or gear, feel free to ask. We are currently rebuilding our Guild website, I'll post the link as soon as it's ready.

Lets do this! Anyone wanting to join us, we're open to all SA players whom are willing to do their bit, just needing a guild or would like to learn more about high level PvP in Guildwars.
 

lilDeath

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Lydon has joined Devill's guild (RoC). They are Luxon.
shadowfox is running his own guild by the sounds of it. They are also Luxon.

So, if they want to join us in an alliance they must switch to Kurzick or we switch to Luxon.
I am not fussed either way.

Or of course, choice #3 is they stay where they are and we stay where we are. :)
Choices, choices...

I will be online in a bit, so you can invite my guild into your alliance.
 

shadowfox

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Yep ... I have my own guild. A bit quiet at the moment since many of my members insist on capping themselves a week before the end of the month :D

Got an invite from the RoC alliance last night and accepted - been playing around with a build Renshin gave me - it works wonders in AB ;) Anyways, I'm going to try and get my guys a little more interested in PvP as well - most of us take part in the odd PvP battle but there has never been a big drive for it.
 

Devill

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Lydon has joined Devill's guild (RoC). They are Luxon.
shadowfox is running his own guild by the sounds of it. They are also Luxon.

So, if they want to join us in an alliance they must switch to Kurzick or we switch to Luxon.
I am not fussed either way.

Or of course, choice #3 is they stay where they are and we stay where we are. :)
Choices, choices...

I will be online in a bit, so you can invite my guild into your alliance.

Or maybe you guys want to join the alliance as well? :D


Yep ... I have my own guild. A bit quiet at the moment since many of my members insist on capping themselves a week before the end of the month :D

Got an invite from the RoC alliance last night and accepted - been playing around with a build Renshin gave me - it works wonders in AB ;) Anyways, I'm going to try and get my guys a little more interested in PvP as well - most of us take part in the odd PvP battle but there has never been a big drive for it.


I have 10mb left :( So being capped 10-1 today :p

Welcome to the alliance :D

Just give anyone a shout and please get chatting in Alliance chat so we know you are there :p
 

Obsidian

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Yeah glad to see more ppl getting active again and the alliance growing, so the chances of finding someone online greatly increase. I only recenlty started playing again, and getting addicted all over again.
 

lilDeath

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Or maybe you guys want to join the alliance as well?
My guild joined up with Renshin in Kai last night, later we joined a bigger PvP alliance. Think the alliance is full of guilds and that they are a training alliance.

Relaxed and friendly so far. We did some TA and won some matches too.
Went and did RA later on and had a 8-match streak. Woohoo! :D
 

Devill

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My guild joined up with Renshin in Kai last night, later we joined a bigger PvP alliance. Think the alliance is full of guilds and that they are a training alliance.

Relaxed and friendly so far. We did some TA and won some matches too.
Went and did RA later on and had a 8-match streak. Woohoo! :D

Nice :)

Maybe I will even join you guys if I am allowed :p:D
 

Renshin

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Nice :)

Maybe I will even join you guys if I am allowed :p:D


You are more than welcome to join us Devil :) anyone whom is with you is also welcome to join us.

We'll be going over alot of PvP tactics, builds and getting everyone's characters ready for GvG over the next week or 2. After everyone is comfortable with their classes, we'll start GvG on the right foot.

You know how to find me ingame, just pst me whenever i am online. I'll be online most of the time, PvE'ing since my internet con started giving me carrots again last night lol... lag galore, but i'll fix it.

Hoping to see you online :)

Note: I urge all players whom would like to join us to join sooner rather than later, as we all will get back into PvP and work together to get used to playing as a team. GW is about how well you work together and also how well you use your skills, not how about good your build is.

cheers!
 
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