Guild Wars 2

Ok I have gotten to a point in the game where I am a level 36 I have done this solo for the reason of leveling faster so I did not have to spread my loot and exp around a party or a guild but at this level guess it matters little how fast I level up I am almost half way through so need some info on a guild that is recruiting and with info I mean I need to know the percentage of exp and loot I would be giving up to said guild and which one would be interested in helping me learn more about the game. I am mainly a PvE player cause My character is weak and PvP would be just a waist of time for me and WvW would only see me on my back about 90% of the time but if I had the right group I might be able to get healed during those fights and learn something about those two things. You can PM me or leave a message here on the forum just need the info though so I know what I am getting into and what I would be facing losing half or more exp from my kills.

Hi,

1. You dont give any exp away to a guild. In fact, there is no way to loose exp at all in the game.

2. Some guilds uses taxes, some dont. Join a guild that doesnt expect you to pay for thier events if you want to keep your coins to yourself.

Dont be affraid on joining a guild, you might get some new online friends

blinks I have heard this before and was suckered into a guild and it took me months to level one time so I guess I will wait longer. I am afraid to join guilds cause of what has happened to me before. In more then one game telling me the samethings people in this game tell me I have watched it happen in this game and just want a number or an amount of what guild want or take. I see I will only get the same jargon when it comes to joining parties or guilds. Thanks for the try. Guess I will solo it most the game.

If this isnt a troll post, its very sad. But if you dont trust ppl, you can always make your own guild of a cost of 1 silver.

Even if I started my own I would be still separating it amoung the people that joined mine too. Thats just how MMO’s work. Anyway I am not trolling just giving my opinion and saying what I have seen to be true. Anyway have a good day/night.

You know you might do a little research on game mechanics yourself. You don’t have to trust people that say guilds can’t take your experience, or that MOST guilds don’t enforce a guild tax — you could go and find out for yourself. When you do that research you will find that it’s actually impossible for a guild to take your experience. You will provide influence to your guild when you do things, but that does not in any way affect your experience earning. You will continue to gain levels at the rate of about 1 lever per 2.5 hours of active play whether you are or aren’t in a guild.

Next question is — if you do join a guild and they do give you information or tips about the game are you going to believe them? If not, you should probably just stay solo.

I have read everything on every website on GW2 and its confusing it makes me believe that the influence and bonuses they are talking about comes from our exp and such when we join that we can only be in a guild if we give over loot money and exp when we play. It has to come from somewhere the influence and bonuses thats all I am saying.
Everything has to have a source of where it comes from and how it is given.

Not one site out there tells where this influence and bonuses are coming from if its us as members losing a portion of exp or what…I just looked and everything is to confusing to understand.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Influence

If you read down it is given for free by attending events

There is no cost to the player, it is just a currency for guilds, just like Karma which is also free to you. And they only receive it if you are representing them during the event.

Influence is gained from members game play. When you login the guild gain 10 influence, when you complete an dynamic event, the guild gets 2 influence, if you complete an dynamic event with a guild member the guild gets 20 influence. Nothing is taken from you for generating influence, its your actions that creates it.

o.O makes no sense. It has to come from somewhere. All MMO’s are the same and everything has a source thats not exactly a source. But ok if you say so. I will shut up and keep to myself. Solo seems to have gotten me to almost level 40 so Solo I will remain.

Hello sir, let me try to address some of your questions:

All MMO’s are the same: Well, MMOs have certain genre characteristics that make them an MMO, yes. However if they were all really the same no one would play new MMOs because that would be a waste of money. Guild Wars 2 has tried very hard to make some changes that defy what you would normally expect to see in an MMO in the hopes of making it a better experience.

Guild Currency— Influence Points: As Vaugh pointed out, Influence is gained from guild members playing. The one qualifier is that you must be REPRESENTING the guild for them to earn influence off of you. GW2 lets you join multiple guilds, but you can only represent one at a time. This make representing players the most valuable asset to any guild. If you are talking about guild requirements and motives, it is easy to see this. Many guilds require 100% representation (i.e. not switching over to represent another guild for part of the day).

What does Guild Influence buy? Influence is used by guilds to buy guild upgrades. Here are some examples of things guilds can purchase to help their members in WvW: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Art_of_War#Art_of_War. Guilds can also spend influence on guild missions like bounty hunts. Here is a list: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_mission

How do Guild Influence purchases benefit the players? Well, if you scroll down the guild mission page you can see the rewards. If you participated in a Guild Bounty hunt you will be rewards 50s and 2 pieces of rare or better equipment. Additionally you will gain experience points and some karma for doing the event. The guild also earns more influence points to help them run another guild event. Everyone benefits! Guilds can also research guild buffs (listed here: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Economy#Economy) that can be shared with anyone. You may have run into a guild banner while playing alone that gives you increased Magic Find or Experience. A guild pays for this with guild influence points and it helps everyone, even non-guild members. Some guilds use this as a form of advertisement and community service.

What is the ‘real’ source? Okay, so you voiced some suspicion that this stuff can’t be free. You are right. Players give their guilds TIME in exchange for Influence. GW2 wants you to play the game. In order to keep earning money on it, they need people to be actively engaged and regular players so that some people will continue to spend money on gems. As long as there is a large player base people will buy gems and there will be demand from other players who buy gems with gold. That’s why GW2 has a social system that rewards time spent in game (specifically active time, as you will earn more influence for your guild when you do events). Guilds work hard to keep their members active so they can earn Influence Points. This doesn’t take away from your loot, your experience, or anything else, but it does eat up your time. Some guilds require you to be on every night, others are more casual, but most guilds have an activity requirement.

Sharing Loot: Some guilds may ask you to donate to the guild or to other guild members. This may or may not be a questionable request so use your best judgement. I needed to server transfer to be with my guild, so people helped me farm and save gold to transfer over. This was not required by my guild, but it was something people did because we are friends. If your guild leader tells you to send him one rare a day, that may be a greedy kitten who wants people’s money. Don’t trust it.

In GW2, the loot system is special: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Loot. The important part is this: "Each player who participates in killing a monster will have the opportunity to loot the body. Each monster has a damage table and a threshold value of damage done to it by the player before it will give full credit for the kill. This value is about 5% to 10% of the monster’s health.¹ The loot dropped is unique to the player, and loot received by one player does not affect what another player receives. One monster may drop the same rare item for multiple players. " As long as you deal enough damage, you will have full experience credit and loot chance on kills. The same goes for dungeons and guild events. Unlike some other games, if you do events with a group in GW2 you are not earning shared loot (i.e. one pool of loot that people have to divide up). If you get a drop, it is unique to you and no one else can even see it. This doesn’t mean people don’t share loot. It is common for people to trade items they cannot use to each other so everyone has better results, but this is not necessary.

I hope this answers you questions. If you have more though, feel free to ask! Don’t be put off of finding a guild, but do your research and don’t join the first one you see. Look for a positive active community that will help you have fun playing the game!

My last question to this is if I join a guild and find out I was right and My character is effected do I have to delete my character just to leave the guild or is there a button I can hit or something I can do to just leave it to go solo again? And I read the loot page and yes it says its unique but that would mean that if someone picks it up its unique to them weather I killed the beast or not so if they get MINE then it just gives them what they would have gotten if they had gotten their own it really does not say we get our own loot. Just that if we pick up loot that it is unique for someone else…so if you kill something and I run by and snatch it up then its not going to give me what you would have gotten but what I would have gotten if I killed it.

Loot is instanced. You will never be able to ‘run by’ and snatch up loot that dropped for someone else. It will never show on your screen. I have played other games where this is true, so I understand where this misconception is coming from, but seriously, if you play the game and look for it you will know GW2 works differently. It is the same for crafting materials. If you see someone else mining a copper node, the copper node will not go away for you; you can still mine it. Once you mine it though, the node is no longer mineable in your game. If you wait around you may see other people come up and mine the node because it is instanced so the resources are still there for them. (I hope that explanation makes sense) The same thing is true for loot.

Example: Players A and B attack a Moa. They each do 50% damage, so they pass the threshold to qualify for loot. Both of them receive 50xp points and a loot drop. Player A loots a Poultry Meat and 5 copper coins from the Moa. Player B loots a Shortbow. Neither play will see or know what the other player looted unless they tell each other. If one of them does not pick up the loot it will simply disappear without ever becoming available to other players.

As for leaving a guild— YES! It is very easy. If you join a guild and don’t like it, you can leave at any time with no penalty.

Press “G” to bring up the guild menu, or open it manually from the icons in the top left. If you have joined multiple guilds, select the guild you wish to leave from the list on the left hand side. This will open a guild page that shows the guild’s message, influence, and a list of the players in the guild. Below the list is a button that says “Leave Guild”. Once you click it, you immediately leave the guild and go back to being a solo player (I think it asks you if you are sure just in case it was a misclick, but I don’t remember). And done!

Started my own guild just to check the mechanics of it….if it does not work like I want it then its mine to do with what I wish.

RuneCrimson.7380:

Ok I have gotten to a point in the game where I am a level 36 I have done this solo for the reason of leveling faster so I did not have to spread my loot and exp around a party or a guild but at this level guess it matters little how fast I level up I am almost half way through so need some info on a guild that is recruiting and with info I mean I need to know the percentage of exp and loot I would be giving up to said guild and which one would be interested in helping me learn more about the game. I am mainly a PvE player cause My character is weak and PvP would be just a waist of time for me and WvW would only see me on my back about 90% of the time but if I had the right group I might be able to get healed during those fights and learn something about those two things. You can PM me or leave a message here on the forum just need the info though so I know what I am getting into and what I would be facing losing half or more exp from my kills.

Crimson Guards United Gaming Recruitment :

In 2003 a small group of friends founded CG to play casually and focus our time on one game. It soon took off into more then one game and developed into what we now call “Crimson Guards United” gaming. Guild Wars 2 was chosen for its impressive MMO game play style which sets itself apart from most MMO’s and as of right now we have been openly recruiting on Jade Quarry.

Founder: “I would like to welcome those who have just joined and to show everyone my thanks for the support, we will be hosting Gem giveaway’s when we reach 40 members on Guild Wars 2. CGU had already held more then a few youtube giveaways and gained new subscribers. For that we from CGU Gaming salute you all.”

Guild Focus: Right now our main focus for the guild is PvE Dungeoning, Dailys, Monthlys, and Group Events. Once we recruit more members into CGU we will shift our focus from this to Guild WvW and the newly added Guild Missions. We know some members like to do Dungeons or just PvE in general more than doing WvW or PvP so now members are required to do one or the other. Here with CGU Gaming we believe in letting every member do what they enjoy in-game and we believe in-turn thats what makes the Guild better as a division.

Division Requirements :

So, we wanted to set up a strong division here on Guild Wars 2 and so far its on the right track. We are currently accepting all skills levels and character levels. Our only requirement is 16+ years of age, to keep drama out of our guild so every mature player can have a fun experience in our guild. To join our leadership you must show you will be active, show you have what it takes to lead, and be able to promote CGU. It won’t we easy to start off but the leadership positions may go fast. We usually let our current active members on Guildwars make the final decision who they want to represent them.

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