Guild Wars 2

The new dungeon (Fractals of the Mists or FotM for short) will scale according to the number of times yu’ve been there. Or, to be more precise, it will scale according to the lowest number of times one of the players was in.

So, let’s say you and your 3 friends have been in 10 times. One guy has been in 5 times. Difficulty and loot will be calculated for people having been in 5 times.

That means that asking to have rings / back posted prior to joining a PUG can no longer be considered bad manners. It’s necessary.

In fact, we need a way to know how many times some stranger who joined our group has been in FotM before. An easy fix would be an achievment for the dungeon along with a way to post achievments in chat.

I know, I know. It reeks of gearscore and elitism. But if 4 people are looking for a challenge, number 5 should not deny it to them because he lied to them about how often he’s been in.

If 4 players want to progress, they need someone who’s been there about as often as they were. Otherwise, one player can waste 4 players’ time.

So, what we need with this model of progression is a way to know how many successful runs of FotM others have done so far. At least we need to know how many such runs groupmembers have done.