Guild Wars 2

I don’t know if I’m the only one, but I don’t like the small limitations to 5 players in a group. Haven’t found anything in this thread…
I want a higher number; up to 10 or 12 players would be good. For some areas (like WvW) even more would be better…
I know that it probably wouldn’t work in dungeons, because they have a specific design. But for normal PvE and WvW a bigger group would be much better. GW 2 should be enjoyable for groups, which it isn’t. So far it is only playing along each other but not with each other.
We would like to explore GW2 as one group, which is hard to do, because of the very limited number of players in a group. So far we had to make 2 or more groups and the only connection was TS… not ideal for a MMORG…
Especially because you can see all the other players on a map, it is hard to keep track of “your” flock.

Is there any reason (technical or concept-vise) for the small number? Am I the only one who finds this a bit ‘odd’?

The more people you have, the less crucial it becomes to have a diverse group. That is, the numbers end up trivializing the content. Not good.

Also, there’s already the Commander title.

that cost 100,000 gold and according to the math of Angery Gammer Joe http://angryjoeshow.com/2012/09/gw2-commander/ is worth over $500.00 US dollers to get and is buggy but yea the commander title he tested could do a max of 30 people. So Olba that Commander title is way out of the range of a normal player…but yea 500.00..there computers you can buy that is less then that.

All I want to do it, to play with my friends, which is hard to do with the current set-up (implying you have more than 4 friends). Sure, if you have a larger group you could better prepare skills-wise. But that is today also possible, because your friends are also fighting by your side. You just can’t follow them that good on the maps. I have the feeling that GW2 is more anonymous even though you play with a larger number of „real“ players…
My focus is also more on the PvE experience, but I also don’t see any problems with the WvW. I also want to play there with my friends, which is hard to do when there are so many players hopping about… and: would it be sooo bad, if the next to the commanders there is another possibility to organize the players?

+ to this
It doesn’t necessary has to be large increment (like 20+), 10/15 is good enough, sometimes when running with friends of 6-8 people we have to divide so nobody will be left out. It can be limited only to PvE to keep commander value in WvW.

Rei Hino.5961:

that cost 100,000 gold and according to the math of Angery Gammer Joe http://angryjoeshow.com/2012/09/gw2-commander/ is worth over $500.00 US dollers to get and is buggy but yea the commander title he tested could do a max of 30 people. So Olba that Commander title is way out of the range of a normal player…but yea 500.00..there computers you can buy that is less then that.

That dates from september.

As of today, getting 100g using the gem stores costs around 85 USD.

RedStar.4218:

Rei Hino.5961:

that cost 100,000 gold and according to the math of Angery Gammer Joe http://angryjoeshow.com/2012/09/gw2-commander/ is worth over $500.00 US dollers to get and is buggy but yea the commander title he tested could do a max of 30 people. So Olba that Commander title is way out of the range of a normal player…but yea 500.00..there computers you can buy that is less then that.

That dates from september.

As of today, getting 100g using the gem stores costs around 85 USD.

That’s way more than the price of the game itself lol.

And there’s no other way to get 100g except for the gem store /sarcasm off

Join a guild. There’s your group. There’s really no advantages to being in a group anyway besides the guild chat as far as I’ve noticed. Even while grouped, I don’t get credit for another group members accomplishments, all you do ungrouped is still in play grouped. Except that you can see your partymembers health I guess.

Agree with OP, I would like to see a larger group size even if it’s just in PvE. My guild does several PvE events where this would come in handy. Like OP said, being able to keep track of your “flock”. Even if they just doubled the group size and let me add 5 extra people into my group. Having two and three groups trying to communicate on vent/in game and all keep up with each other in orr, for example, is frustrating.

TwiceDead.1963:

Join a guild. There’s your group. There’s really no advantages to being in a group anyway besides the guild chat as far as I’ve noticed. Even while grouped, I don’t get credit for another group members accomplishments, all you do ungrouped is still in play grouped. Except that you can see your partymembers health I guess.

I am in a guild, but we want to play PvE with more than 5 players. The main communication is done via Teamspeak. But I would like to see my buddies on the map (the little blue dots), so I can easier see where they are. Like I said, right now I have the feeling that you play along in GW2, but not with each other. It is nice, that there are soo many other players in GW2, but it is so impersonal. In my opinon a bigger group size would be a big help.
For WvW: I heard a lot of folks complaining about the inability to structure there fightings more. Sure there is the commander, but is that really enough? Wouldn’t it be helpful to have some more structures in wvw, for instance with groups of around 10 players…? just a thought…

The proper suggestion would be:

Improve Squads