Guild Wars State of the Game: meet Heart of Ashes and Dust |
Ó
Japanese guilds are far from dominant in the Guild Ladder of NCsoft's MMORPG Guild Wars, but a small group of eight manged to prove that Korea is not the only Asian country with topnotch players by winning November's run of the Guild Wars $100,000 Tournament Series. The latest issue of State of the Game is all about the innards of Heart of Ashes and Dust, and how the team managed to become the third to win two monthly Automatic Tournaments (ATs).
Leading the guild is Andkun, followed by subordinates Smith, Aris Kick, Fle, Mashiro, Rufa, Pixy, and Noji. As former members of guilds Free Will and The Atomic Clock Tour, the group aimed to actively participate in PvP on the get-go. After playing two to three hours a night, they earned over 1,000 victories from 1,300 matches since March this season. Guests participated in some of those battles because of the guild's low head count.
Lag is one of the Japanese team's biggest struggles, but aside from that, they are successful with proven-effective balance builds. For lag-filled days, they run Paragon spike, a heavy Hex build, or an Assassin split. For them, gimmick builds don't demonstrate a player's skill as much as balanced builds, but rejecting gimmick build ideas like what great guilds like Delta Formation and Esoteric Warriors do is a weakness
Another problem is the time difference between Japan and the west where most guilds come from. According to the Japanese team, they have to be awake three in the morning onwards to participate in monthly ATs. During those competitive moments, they observe opponents as much as they can when not playing.
The long-running Supernova Jpn guild is the team's friendly rival and scrimmage partner, though Heart of Ashes and Dust has eyes on prominent guilds like Esoteric Warriors who they can play against to improve.
For the full Guild Wars State of the Game, click on the link below.
Via Guild Wars
Contact Us:
The QJ.net Network |
 |
| Site | Feed |
| QJ.NET | RSS |
| Nintendo DS | RSS |
| PlayStation 3 | RSS |
| PSP Updates | RSS |
| Wii | RSS |
| Xbox 360 | RSS |
| MMORPG | RSS |
| Personal Computer Games | RSS |
| iPhone - iPod Touch | RSS |
| QJ.NET Forums | RSS |
Add QJ.NET
User Favorites - December
| Most Commented | |
| NPD Study: US kids as youn.. | (37) |
| More Estavillo subpoenas -.. | (22) |
| Erik Estavillo subpoenas B.. | (10) |
| Valve looking at MMORPG sc.. | (3) |
User Favorites - December
Categories
Archives
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
