Hey everyone. I’m a long-time gamer who has played MMO’s all the way back to UO. I’ve focused mostly on PvP games during that time. UO (1 year), EVE (8 years), Planetside (2 years), Darkfall (1 year), WAR (6 months), etc… In those games I usually played the part of siege/battlefield/fleet commander and led fights from 5v5 all the way up to 1000v1000 all the time.
GW2 is its own animal, though, and I have completely different expectations here. My wife decided to try the game out as well in the wake of the City of Heroes shutdown, and has come to enjoy it quite a bit. She is more PvE focused than PvP, but enjoys the occasional wild cackle of “I SQUISHED HIM” when getting a stomp with her Warrior.
I’ve been part of a gaming community for 6+ years now, but it is going out with a whimper both in GW2 and overall. As a result, I’m looking for a new group that my wife and I can both join up with. This of particular importance to me:
- Mature group. My wife and I have a four month old daughter who we want to eventually introduce into gaming as well. I don’t want to worry about the language or topics of conversation for me or my wife. Groups filled with the average 18 year old (average, I know there are a LOT of quality exceptions) need not apply.
- Active US evenings. One of the main reasons we are looking for a new group to play with is our current group only has 3-4 people logging in nightly when we have the time to play. As we enjoy playing/working with other people quite a bit, we desire activity when we have the ability to play. We don’t need hundreds of actives, but 15+ unique actives online most nights would be preferable.
- Coordinated PvP presence. This one is more for me, but it’s of middle-tier importance for my wife as well. I play for PvP. Whether commanding dozens, hundreds, or thousands of people or running along as a grunt, scout, etc… I prefer to play against people, not the AI. I like WvW moreso than sPvP or tPvP, but I’ll be honest in saying I haven’t done a lot of the latter two for want of a good team.
- Helpful in PvE. This one is more for my wife, but I do PvE as well (I enjoy a good story, and the personal story arcs are at least mildly entertaining). My wife will often want to tackle something that is beyond her character’s limits without realizing it. If she is playing during the day while theKid is napping, having a helpful presence from the guild is a plus.
We’re currently based on Tarnished Coast, but have no problems transferring to another server if we need to. If we do transfer, I’d like for the server to be competitive in WvW (see above), but competitive can mean so many different things. Read: I’m open to more than just Stormbluff, Blackgate, Jade Quarry, and I’m completely fine with remaining on Tarnished Coast.
Thanks for your interest.