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[NA] Bearpaw | PvX | 18+ | Competitive | Cooperative Focused Small-Medium Guild

🌟 Join Bearpaw! 🌟
Server: Lyneth

Guild Master: Panbur
Server Invite: https://discord.gg/bearpaw

Are you looking for a friendly and welcoming guild where you can grow? Bearpaw is looking for players who want to be part of a community of serious gamers with a cozy small guild atmosphere.

Whether you're a casual player who wants to take things slow or a hardcore gamer ready for serious challenges, Bearpaw is the place for you. We'll be a tight-knit community where every member counts, and together, we’ll build a guild that values both skill and camaraderie.

Quality over Quantity!

Expected Guild Size: ~100 members

What we’re about:

A small, laid-back atmosphere where you can play at your own pace. We’re all about enjoying the game without pressure.
A welcoming, friendly environment where everyone can be themselves — this is all about having fun and making new friends, no matter your playstyle.
The foundation of an elite but relaxed guild, focused on growing into something strong and supportive as we build our roster.
A mature space that understands that life comes first. At the end of the day, this is just a game, not an obligation.

What we’re looking for:

Friendly, respectful players who want to help shape the future of the guild.
Casual players and hardcore gamers alike — we want to create a space where everyone fits in, no matter how you play.
Players who want to be part of a tight-knit group that will evolve into an elite team as we grow.
People who enjoy group activities, but also respect solo play and flexible schedules.
As we grow, we’ll have opportunities for group activities, events, and a supportive community where we all help each other thrive.

Our Goal:

The first goal will be the development of the guild which will be comprised of two main groups. The first group being the pillar of the guild, the elite few who will make strides in progressing the guild forward while being critical benefactors to the remainder of the guild members. The second group being the more casual crowd who will enjoy the game at a slower pace, with ample guidance available from the former group.

Second, to experience all content available in the game with just enough players to have full coverage over all aspects, such as professions, PvE and PvP, and economy. We will take our time to study and learn each aspect and educate our guild so we can all be proficient.

Third, the end goal will be to own an establishment of some kind; whether that's a Freehold, Node Mayorship, or a Tavern in a town, will be decided once we have a better idea of what is realistically achievable with a small guild. To do that, we will need members who are passionate about the game and share the same vision that Steven brings to the MMORPG community.

If you're tired of big, impersonal zerg guilds and want to join a new and personal experience, Bearpaw is the place to be.

✨ DM any of us on Discord or leave a reply below to join the cause ✨

Guild Master: Panbur
Server Invite: https://discord.gg/bearpaw

Panbur

Re: [NA] Bearpaw | PvX | 18+ | Competitive | Cooperative Focused Small-Medium Guild

Wow what a cool looking guild, can I join?

Mecto

Re: Buildings, Estates - or even Cities - sunken into the Water ?

I normally like this area type.

I feel like we had something that gave off this vibe in Alpha-1, but it definitely wasn't actually underwater.

Damn I miss that game...

Azherae

Re: Make Guards attack people during Node Wars.

Songcaller wrote: »

Why are you crafting during a node war when a node war is only prime time hours?

issue is attacking side walks into town goes to crafting benches instantly drop war dec kills everyone who not prepared in town and then camp the respawn point. the fact there no timer when a war is dropped is actualy a huge issue right now imo since it only favors one side who has time to prepare where defenders get no heads up and can be killed within seconds of a war dec occuring due to one side knowing about it and the others dont

Veeshan

Re: AoC isn’t Punishing its Frustrating

AirborneBerserker wrote: »

Not to mention there are a few people that would find a good paddling as not punishing at all.

CROW3

Re: 3 frequent aggrevations

1. Yes I've noticed but they are probably aware.
2. Yes, but again there probably aware
3. Yes I've noticed it as well seems to happen when you fall off a ledge.

AirborneBerserker

Re: 3 frequent aggrevations

CROW3 wrote: »

Are you guys running into these bugs as often as I am?

1. The inventory UI has dimentia. Basically, when gathering (not resource specific) you can only move so much stuff around before the database stops talking to the UI. There IS a stack of wood in that bag space, but the UI shows it as open, yet you can’t move anything to that spot in the grid. Oh, and my bags are full but the UI clearly has open space. The only fix is to relog. Then it happens again maybe 7-10 mins later. This is super annoying.

This has been reported by me many times in-game. I also highlighted this in my phase 2 feedback on the official alpha 2 phase 2 feedback thread on discord. They are aware of it by now, I'm sure.

CROW3 wrote: »

3. Node warehouse and bag inventory desync. This is very similar to number 1, except it happens at least 3x - literally - every time I am moving resource between the warehouse and my bag. Everyone hates plumbing issues, and there are some serious leaks in the system. As with number 1, the only fix is to relog.

I've also reported this multiple times in-game. There have been many mentions of fixes related to these issues but they continue to persist under various conditions. Honestly I have never experienced another alpha with as many inventory-related issues as this one. It makes me think they have serious, fundamental underlying issues with the inventory management stack.

Oddly enough, the workaround for most of the inventory issues seems to be to mount up then dismount again.. no idea why this would force an inventory refresh but it does..

CROW3 wrote: »

3. Wingardium leviosa. My horse/wolf/bear are not flying mounts, but they cleary have ambitions because they float all the time. This is pretty easy to reproduce, just jump down from a minor ledge twice in a row. Boom. My mount is an enlightened being. The only fix is desummon / resummon.

I've seen this one as well but wasn't sure what was causing it so I haven't yet reported it, but your description does track with what I've seen. Next time I get in game I'll report this as well.

Pham

Re: 3 frequent aggrevations

Quickfix to the inventory/storage bugs: mount and discounts. For whatever reason, this seems to force the storage/inventory to update.

I agree though, these issues are getting tedious to a point where I sometimes just log out rather than dealing with them.

Dezmerizing

Re: AoC isn’t Punishing its Frustrating

Azherae wrote: »

The only thing that corruption and amount/type of drops is actually changing is 'the feeling that you need to protect what you have', so given the two above (and some stuff from much older games) I'd have to say I don't think it matters at all if we drop stuff or not, I don't consider that the decider of how much owPvP we get after about 2 months, that part is only affecting the overall 'feeling' of the server-game-politics.

Yeah, I can definitely see that.

I think one of the other "feeling" major factors is the perception of ttk. If you say that BDO's pvp is usually reliant on who gets the first hit, then I can definitely see why people would avoid even attempting to flag up or fight for their farm.

Here's a video of 2 parties in warring guilds fighting each other twice. Mages (the video's POV) are sliiightly stronger in terms of gear, have more people with them, and get a bigger jump on the rangers in the second fight. In the first fight, even with the stronger gear and beneficial positioting (rangers usually want to be the initiators from a far in a more open location) the mages still lost some of their dpsers in the fight and the fight itself took a fair bit of time. And at the end the rangers say "good fight".

Oh, and at this point in the game's life mages were considered insanely OP as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peYfpul0Fq0
This is my usual experience with owpvp in dungeons in L2. I've had this both with groups like this and in solo encounters on servers where soloabiltiy was way more viable when farming. Ttk is not near-instant, nor is it super obvious who's gonna win the fight just from the first strike. Battle rez is super viable, supports are needed (half the party is supports here), actions and timing matters (rangers coulda done more here for sure).

This is exactly why I've been a proponent of tighter gear scaling, slower ttk, bigger reliance on party composition (is already the case, so at least that's good) and IDEALLY abilities that involve mobs in the fight. You can see that the mobs didn't really react in either fight, and I believe that adding abilities that would control mobs (to an extent) would truly make these kinds of fights PvX.

I've been in countless fights like this, and as the running shows, this dungeon is super deep into a location, so running to it is the true loss of losing a fight, so you ideally want to take any fight you can, because any chance at winning is better than losing all that time on running back. And that is why I've also been saying that the current respawn points in Ashes are real damn bad. And it kinda ties back to what will matter in people's heads when a potential pvp fight is on the horizon.

If your immediate thought process is "well, I'm gonna gain some xp debt, lose a fraction of my loot (if you've even been in the spot for long enough to have said loot), but I can quickly come back and get something from the corrupted attackers" - why would anyone ever flag up.

But if the first thought is "it took me 20 minutes to get here, this spot is great for farm and these mobs are not easy to fight, so I can use that to my advantage" - I think there'd be a higher chance of people fighting back.

Ludullu

3 frequent aggrevations

Are you guys running into these bugs as often as I am?

1. The inventory UI has dimentia. Basically, when gathering (not resource specific) you can only move so much stuff around before the database stops talking to the UI. There IS a stack of wood in that bag space, but the UI shows it as open, yet you can’t move anything to that spot in the grid. Oh, and my bags are full but the UI clearly has open space. The only fix is to relog. Then it happens again maybe 7-10 mins later. This is super annoying.

2. Node warehouse and bag inventory desync. This is very similar to number 1, except it happens at least 3x - literally - every time I am moving resource between the warehouse and my bag. Everyone hates plumbing issues, and there are some serious leaks in the system. As with number 1, the only fix is to relog.

3. Wingardium leviosa. My horse/wolf/bear are not flying mounts, but they cleary have ambitions because they float all the time. This is pretty easy to reproduce, just jump down from a minor ledge twice in a row. Boom. My mount is an enlightened being. The only fix is desummon / resummon.

CROW3