Guild Wars 2 World PvP

• Match ends every Friday, servers go up or down in league table based on these scores
• Eternal battle grounds is the center point
• White swords on map means the objective (outpost) under attack. 30 second delay before displayed (To help small groups get in and out)
• Commanders have blue icon, can left click to 'join squad' can see squad chat and stuff
• Siege master at starting point, he has blue prints. purchase rams, catapults, etc
• Most assault keeps through gates as they can only be upgraded twice. Walls can be upgraded 3 times
• Trebuchets are visible on the map
• Orange sword means that there is a battle of 25 players or more in combat (zurg on zurg)
• Talk to quarter master in tower for upgrades (Structural upgrades, and Personal upgrades)
• Don’t take supplies from Towers/Keeps etc, only supply camps
• Each Supply camp you capture, a Dolyack with travel to your captured objectives, delivering supply
• Supply is the life blood of WvW, without it you won’t be able to do very much.
• WvW is the only place in GW2 where up scaling occurs, level 2 will be level 80
• Wont be effective as a true Lv80 in full gear, but will be able to take part.
• 'Place' siege you buy with blueprints, see above
• 'Static' siege, already there, ie pot of oil to protect Tower
• Attackable walls are click able, repairable.

• Tower Lord protects Towers, kill him and stand in 'capture ring' for long enough to take Keep, bar at top right. Take loot he drops [F]

• Top middle indicator, timer counting down. The left score will be added to the total score when timer gets to zero. Right is the amount of supplies you are currently carrying

• Sentries once captured will attack enemy 'Dolyacks' from taking supply. Does a substantial amount of damage, killing it a lot of the time.

• 1 point will be added to total score straight away when capture Sentry, doesn't wait for 15 minutes like other points do.

• Supply camp have supply upgrade, good first upgrade cost some silver. Or upgrade guards.

• Mercs quests to send over Dredge, Ogres and Hylac to deffend your keeps etc.

• Small groups (5 or 6) are very important, communicate with commander to manever fast to hit supply lines, before taking next objectives etc.

• Well organized small groups can take out larger unorganized groups, 4 to 1 ratio.

• Zurg is unorganized players running around.

• List of rewards/skills available in WvW panel, ie increased efficiency with 'Arrow Carts' etc
• Level bonus chest with badges or items(exotic, rare etc) in each WvW rank achieved

• Objective can be claimed by a guild. Guild banners will be displayed on outside of Keep/Tower, Bonuses are available to members, ie 40% toughness etc

• Your own borderlands with other two teams at bottom right, bottom left. (3 maps the same)

One of the most important aspects of World PvP is communication. Everyone involved needs to be aware of what is expected of them, and at all times. Typing tactics in the games chat window is to slow and cumbersome, so voice communication is essential. Most WPvP guilds will insist on this as a prerequisite to start with.
[expand to include Target Caller, Teampeak3 etc]

To begin with, WvW can seem very daunting, very large maps with what appears to be not a lot happening for the most part. Where to find the action will be the first hurdle. Luckily there are a few pointers as to where to hang out if you want some of the action.

• Eternal battle grounds is the center point, more action, more zergs etc
• Commanders have blue icon, can left click to 'join squad' can see squad chat and stuff Generally people follow commanders, a good indication of where your zurg is.
• Orange sword means that there is a battle of 25 players or more in combat (zurg on zurg)
• White swords on map means the objective (outpost) under attack. 30 second delay before displayed (To help small groups get in and out) 
• Trebuchets (siege weapons) are visible on the map

In Guild Wars 2, World vs World (WvW) is where players from one server battle other players from two different servers simultaneously (WvWvW). Battles occur across 4 very large maps in an attempt to capture and gain control of various 'Outposts'. Points are awarded every 15 minutes for each 'Outpost' that your server currently controls. Differing amounts of points are awarded based on the importance of each outpost. The more you control, the greater the points. At the end of each week, the server with the most amount of points win. To enter World vs World, click on the Castle icon at the top of the screen, or press 'B' by default. Also, each home city has a portal to 'Lions Arch' where other gates lead to the W v W Borderlands.