Trebbing + Pip farming

[jway.8293]

trebbing is too easy by pressing "2".

it sucks even more when in EBG a mega server is dominating,

trebbing neighboring towers with their AFK players.

How hard is it to have something press "2" on your keyboard and you go AFK?

[Dawdler.8521]

If they are getting participation, that means the tower is held by the enemy, so it will eventually open and enemies come to defend. That leads to fights in an open tower without anyone in the fighting force even using siege. As soon as its taken the one trebbing wont get participation anymore and the process just repeats if the enemy retake it. It also pressures the enemy force to gather and assault the keep the treb is shooting from, which lead to even more fights.

 

Isnt that what everyone want? I dont see the problem. If someone want to be an autoturret by all means, be that to the best of your abilities, not all of us can be pro 1vX roaming duelists. Because that means I dont have to sit 10-30 minutes on a treb falling asleep because Anet hasnt bothered buffing them like they did with catas due to defense creep.

[iKeostuKen.2738]

Trebbers should get way more rewards for what they do. Its such a painfully boring job to sit there for hours nailing a wall hoping others take over the point. Ugh, I dont see how people do it.

[Offair.2563]

> @"iKeostuKen.2738" said:

> Trebbers should get way more rewards for what they do. Its such a painfully boring job to sit there for hours nailing a wall hoping others take over the point. Ugh, I dont see how people do it.

 

Can just put some weight on 2 and go afk.

[aspirine.5839]

Lol why else are there trebs in this game you think? Open field combat?

[Bigpapasmurf.5623]

> @"aspirine.5839" said:

> Lol why else are there trebs in this game you think? Open field combat?

 

Some servers who I will not mention, seem to think so lol

[kmfart.7480]

Hope you realise that there are ppl that treb legitemately. I do it occasionally and it is *boring* (would suck 10 times more if you didnt even get credit for anything at all), but it is handy for many tactical reasons, plus ppl need attention breaks from intense combat if they've done that for several hours straight, but perhaps dont want to finish just yet or lose participation . There are also players that focus mostly on siege wars, and are very good at just that.

 

Before PIPS were introduced to wvw, we had wvw tokens armors & weapons, and that worked ok enough i thought. There was no requirement of a tier3 particiption to get tokens, if you did activities and cap stuff, u got credit. So I kinda put the blame on the pip system that changed how ppl play & behave. "Dont blame the trebbers".

 

When I see a small group of enemies come to overlook, and spot my treb firing at SM and me, I act like i'm not paying attention (i always assume they think im afk trebbing mostly). Wait til they start building a balista, then I run to the mortar and start firing on them asap. Its hilarious watching them react to this, almost like i can see their expression "oh /&¤#! he wasnt afk" :-)

 

[VAHNeunzehnsechundsiebzig.]

trebbing is boring, and if the treb is not in a structure at max distance, it also needs a little bit of skill. Besides, if you don't like people trebbing, what about people with OP cheese builds ganking zerglings returning to their blob?

[Warkind.6745]

When someone trebs an objective, either their target is going to open or the tower they're in will be attacked. Either one means a fight for me, so I'm happy to have them.

[Bigpapasmurf.5623]

Are.......people really complaining about those that use a treb? hahahaha

 

oh wait, this is a serious post. BWAHAHAHAHA

 

Yeah no. As a counter measure to AC's range, cata's range and baliata's range, treb is an important strategic tool in WvW. If you are havign issues dealing with afk trebbers, theres a handy counter tool call a "Shield Generator"

[archmagus.7249]

If you just hold down 2, it doesn't reset the cooldown each time you hit. You have to release your finger while it's on cooldown for a split second or it will kick you.

[Loosmaster.8263]

> @"archmagus.7249" said:

> If you just hold down 2, it doesn't reset the cooldown each time you hit. You have to release your finger while it's on cooldown for a split second or it will kick you.

 

Your keyboard must be broke...

[archmagus.7249]

There's a hidden timer before you will be kicked for the map. Simply pressing and holding 2 won't reset that timer. If you release your key on cooldown and press it again, it resets the timer. That hidden timer is to prevent afk farming.

[Israel.7056]

> @"archmagus.7249" said:

> There's a hidden timer before you will be kicked for the map. Simply pressing and holding 2 won't reset that timer. If you release your key on cooldown and press it again, it resets the timer. That hidden timer is to prevent afk farming.

 

Pro afk treb secrets

[DemonSeed.3528]

Yeah it's true, the key cannot be held continously or it will actually disconnect you the same way as idling.

[Blodeuyn.2751]

I hear some people use trebs outside of EBG. Shocking, right? Trebs aren't the problem...

[HazyDaisy.4107]

I hear ghosts treb smc from red keep and surrounding towers, sometimes simultaneously from 3 different directions (like yesterday for 5 hours straight), has to be ghosts right? No one from a server other than the one that owns smc would treb anything.

[DeadlySynz.3471]

Well someone did suggest a while ago to make trebbing ground targeted instead. Which if you think about it, would be a terrible idea as defenders would be given a huge advantage.

 

Trebbing isn't the problem, it's people repairing walls when they shouldn't be that are the problem. You'd stop trebbers or afk trebbers if they had no walls to hit.

[Justine.6351]

There are people that actively treb. They can actually visualize the seige aspect of WvW trebbing and find some fulfillment from it. Also, it's why you will sometimes see people thanking trebbers for opening objectives. Because it's an important role that few will do.

[Zephyra.4709]

Not sure if troll post but here's my 2 cents... I seldom treb. Not that I can't aim but it's unimaginably _boring_. There's no fights when T3 objectives stand tall. Crumble the walls and activity sparks. So thank you to the active trebbers.

[HazyDaisy.4107]

> @"DeadlySynz.3471" said:

> Trebbing isn't the problem, it's people repairing walls when they shouldn't be that are the problem. You'd stop trebbers or afk trebbers if they had no walls to hit.

 

It's the circle of life really, trebs take down walls (and sometimes gates and people), repairers repair for defense and chieve cred, and supply watchers continue to watch and berate those that repair (even if they didn't take supply from the objective and reset their repair mastery so they spend minimal supply).

 

No one is really "contributing" in any of these cases even if the game says they are, but no one is wrong in how they choose to play the game, because each one provides something for the other 2 groups to do.