====== Notes for Basic WvW Training session ======

This is simply rough notes for the content to be covered on a Basic Training session.

  * **Start of session**:
    * Form up a party for the session (one party total, inc instructor preferably).
    * Get ALL in the party on TeamSpeak3
    * Get the entire party to Divinity's Reach Central Plaza

  * **Go over the WvW status screen quickly**
    * Three worlds, total points
    * Potential points
    * The "Go to" dropdown

  * **Get the party to Fort Mariner in Lions Arch**
    * Show the portals
    * Go through portal to Home Borderland (Underworld Borderland)

  * **Map overview**
    * (If party memebers are listen-only on TS, find a way to communicate in-map)
    * Bring up the map, zoom out completely, show three Borderlands, one Eternal
    * Zoom in to show Home Borderland only
    * Explain Blue Dots (party) and Green Dots (friendlies)
    * Explain border waypoints
    * Explain Citadel, Keep, Tower, Supply camp icons
      * Quick explanation on importance 
        * Keeps for foothold and points
        * Towers for defence and for launching attacks on Keeps
        * Citadel and border waypoint are "invulnerable"
    * Contested mark (white swords) on attacked/contested locations
    * Battle marks (Orange swords) where 5+ players fight
    * Dolyak icons
      * Dolyaks bring supplies
      * Our Dolyaks need to be defended
      * Enemy Dolyaks need to be killed.
    * Sentry icons
      * One point worth, easy kill for one or two players, bonus XP
      * If an enemy sentry is on the path of our dolyak, it will bring the dollie to 50% health
      * Look out for lost sentries, they indicate enemy movement.

  * **Chat overview**
    * /p for in-party chat, commands from party leader are priority 1
    * /g for general guild chat and Guild-commands during events (priority 2)
    * /t for team-chat, important instructions and updates, priority 3
    * /m for map-chat, only friendlies can read /t and /m, /m is for non-important

  * **Commander**
    * What is a commander supposed to be
    * How do you find a Commander on map
    * Commander Squads
      * Why (squadinfo, squad chat, squad commands)
      * How to join
      * How to use chat (/d)
    * NPC Commanders / breakout events
    * (If you don't have a Commander, coordinate with one who can demo, see guild commanders)

  * **Supplies**
    * Go to a supply camp
    * What are supplies used for
    * How do you know your supply status
    * How do you get supplies
    * How do you use them
    * What are blueprints, and where/how do you get them

  * **Fortifications**
    * Go to a friendly tower
    * Explain doors and walls
      * Doors: relatively low HP, use RAM to attack, realtively easy to defend
      * Walls: fairly high HP, use Catas and Trebs to attack, can be harder to defend if enemy is structured
      * Arrowcarts, Catapults and Ballistas essential for defence
      * Use the Cannons and Mortars if present
      * Explain the importance of killing siege when attacking.