I aplogise if this was mentioned previously but i took the time to read through the first 5 pages of subjects if i looked through them all id be hear till next week :P.
I think it would be a great idea if you guys implemented some sort of Queue or Server area for people who want to do dungeon runs. Somewhat similar to the way WVW and PVP is set up in the game. Itd be greeat if i could just click a button go into a cue for COF, ASC, COE or whichever and just be immediately paired up with the first 4 people who are looking for a game. And then go.
This would eliminate all the time spent in map chat travelling back and forth from my area to lions arch posting “LF1M for AC EXP” or whatever. Or other people looking for games posting “LFG AC EXP” or whichever. Soo often i see map chat filled with this (ill be the first to say i do it all the time too) not that theres anything wrong with it but itd be nice to not have too spend more time finding a party to do a dungeon run than i do in the actual dungeon itself.
And one other suggestions about Dungeons (that alot of people will probably hate me for saying this
.) But make events mandatory. Make it so that you CANNOT proceed to complete the dungeon unless all the main events are done.
I mean i spend a bit of my time farming too like some people, and i must of did Asc catacombs about 20 times to get the tears i needed to get the armor set. But i enjoyed it each time i did it. I mean after a while it got monotonous sure. But for me nothing irritated me more then coming up to Kohler, with the Cave Troll behind me… me saying to my party “k guys ill pull them together well finish off the loser” and getting a reply in party chat of " I didnt come here to watch Kohler and the Troll fight lets run past " to which everyone finds there own little area to run by undetected to avoid the entire battle…. WTF ???? I played with some parties where i would just follow and id literally finish some dungeon runs by only doing 4 battles because we just run past and skip everything. If you dont have a speed boon your screwed. I did a run in the Twilight Arbor before using boons effectively, and my whole party said Skip, skip, skip, skip. To the point i was running through an area getting destroyed by poison dieing rezzing back at the waypoint to do it all and die again. While the rest of my party would stand at the other end of the cave, tunnel or whereever standing there waiting and sometimes they wouldnt even do that they would just keep going. It was INFURIATING especially being new to dungeons at the time. Especially if your new to the game these farmers who evade every possible challenge they can in a dungeon using there boons, if your a new player its just an awful experience and you get stuck behind. What happened to just you know… PLAYING THE GAME THE WAY ANET DESIGNED IT!!!!! Killing your enemies, spending the time required to achieve a hard fought victory through a dungeon.Instead of looking for ways around every possible boss you can so you dont have to fight it. Ive done some of the dungeons now sooo many times and i will still stop to kill whatever gets in my way. Assuming my party does because without them im screwed so if 4 people say skip i need to turn on my speed boons and follow behind.
Anyways thats my little rant about the dungeons and some things i think would be a huge improvement (depending on your view) to existing players and future players.
Thanks for taking the time to read if you do :P.