Having done some tagging in WvW a number of years ago I have one piece of additional advice for new commanders. Remember all the players are mercenaries. Give them a minute after taking an objective or winning a battle to get nodes and pick up loot. The fastest way to lose people uncertain about following you is to neglect this important fact. They want their spoils of victory.
This is great timing! I've been playing WvW lately for my Legendary weapon and have actually been enjoying it a lot! Probably won't command anytime soon, but good to see how things should flow as I follow one! :)
I think alot of commanding now in my experience is based off of gaining reputation in your server. People gravitate more toward a well know commander. As a new commander it's harder.
It's *very* hard. For the last month or so I've been following some smaller tags and public tags, to get a feel for it, because I'd like to figure out how you can get some rep as a commander and get people following you regularly. But when you're first starting out, yeah. Expect to be very small for awhile.
play in your servers off time as well. lots of small groups and solos running around in off time that still end up team fighting but have nobody to follow. ever a poor commander can be better than a blob of people sitting at 1200 range
That's in the pipeline, but I'll do you one better -- if you do come back, Rediche made an excellent BlishHUD marker pack for WvW that has a ton of different siege spots in it: www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/xywx7o/introducing_the_ultimate_world_vs_world_marker/
@@ringthatkill took me a little bit to get to it, but Commander Camp 3 is a look at siege placement in and around Bay. Hope it's what you were looking for!
Something like this, but your build should be tailored towards your group, so don't take it as gospel and adjust it to your own liking. :) gw2skills.net/editor/?PKyEIiNssAmI7jZxOxU+y+ZB-z1IY6om/MyUKEzKQjDAA-w
@@sheffplaysgames I've been commanding on standard support spellbreaker build which is ok but might try yours as well. I only chatmand and it's more of a skirmish group than a full on fight squad even with 30+ people but I think people are intimated on a server with a lot of voice fight commanders. IMO it doesn't have to be done like that. can play more strategically than just fighting for bags.
Bro's releasing trade secrets to democratize commanding? Instant sub and like from rank 530+ shying away from commanding outside of odd ppt runs late in the night.
Having done some tagging in WvW a number of years ago I have one piece of additional advice for new commanders. Remember all the players are mercenaries. Give them a minute after taking an objective or winning a battle to get nodes and pick up loot. The fastest way to lose people uncertain about following you is to neglect this important fact. They want their spoils of victory.
I’ve been waiting for a video like this. It’s refreshing to get a video that teaches are niche but important area of the game. Plz keep the series up!
Next weekend -- I'm generally able to do one of these every two weeks, with the way that real life is. :)
Excited for this content!
This is great timing! I've been playing WvW lately for my Legendary weapon and have actually been enjoying it a lot! Probably won't command anytime soon, but good to see how things should flow as I follow one! :)
That's how they got me too.
Just the series I needed. Was curious about dipping into the wvw commander role for a while. Thanks!
Great video, waiting for next parts!! always wanted to try to be a commander, but never got the courage
Next part should be late Saturday or into Sunday, covering positioning as a commander. Still working out some of the finer details of the script. :)
Awsome stuff
thank you, more of this please
Within the next 72 hours -- I'll be recording the audio for the next installment later tonight.
I think alot of commanding now in my experience is based off of gaining reputation in your server.
People gravitate more toward a well know commander. As a new commander it's harder.
It's *very* hard. For the last month or so I've been following some smaller tags and public tags, to get a feel for it, because I'd like to figure out how you can get some rep as a commander and get people following you regularly. But when you're first starting out, yeah. Expect to be very small for awhile.
play in your servers off time as well. lots of small groups and solos running around in off time that still end up team fighting but have nobody to follow. ever a poor commander can be better than a blob of people sitting at 1200 range
That's a really great point. :)
Loving this series, i javent played in forever and the game looks great.
Would like a video on good spots to place siege.
That's in the pipeline, but I'll do you one better -- if you do come back, Rediche made an excellent BlishHUD marker pack for WvW that has a ton of different siege spots in it: www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/xywx7o/introducing_the_ultimate_world_vs_world_marker/
@@sheffplaysgames ah I dont use mods, but thank you!
@@ringthatkill took me a little bit to get to it, but Commander Camp 3 is a look at siege placement in and around Bay. Hope it's what you were looking for!
@@sheffplaysgames thank you! I'll check it out this weekend!
This is great! Also what's your commander spellbreaker build?
Something like this, but your build should be tailored towards your group, so don't take it as gospel and adjust it to your own liking. :)
gw2skills.net/editor/?PKyEIiNssAmI7jZxOxU+y+ZB-z1IY6om/MyUKEzKQjDAA-w
@@sheffplaysgames I've been commanding on standard support spellbreaker build which is ok but might try yours as well. I only chatmand and it's more of a skirmish group than a full on fight squad even with 30+ people but I think people are intimated on a server with a lot of voice fight commanders. IMO it doesn't have to be done like that. can play more strategically than just fighting for bags.
Bro's releasing trade secrets to democratize commanding? Instant sub and like from rank 530+ shying away from commanding outside of odd ppt runs late in the night.
PPT is commanding too -- we'll cover it a bit here, but it is a bit less complex than fights, and it's not my personal expertise. :)