Guild Wars 2

Hello,

I’ve been playing the game for a long while now and have never really found a guild that clicked for me. I’ve been a member of hardcore WvW guilds, Dungeon speed-clearing guilds, and lesser versions of each as well as a few upstart guilds. The problem for me is that the aspects that I enjoy of those activities are not the same that most people enjoy, and I want to play with people who have either the same experience or more than myself so that I can continue to learn new things and grow as a player even on top of the years of experience I already have.

All too many times I have asked in a guild’s chat, “Anyone for low level (dungeon x)?” only to be met with silence or “why would you ever want to do that?” Because its something new! Because it could be potentially challenging! Because it might test us as players in a way that we haven’t had to deal with yet!

Trying to complete a dungeon naked.. now thats a blast! Or short-manning/soloing dungeons that forces you to adapt new tactics or die! Or exploring terrain trying to find new ways to break out of maps/jumping puzzles! Or trying to make it all the way to Cursed Shore without leveling! Or making up some crazy build and figuring out how to make it work rather than giving up and switching! Running some crazy 5 apothecary group in WvW and trying to ninja objectives or overcome larger groups and just generally entertain ourselves and the people we’re fighting when they ask, “wtf did we just fight?” win or lose!

Now make no mistake, when I’m doing these things, I have the foundation of knowledge and the will to succeed that I feel is needed from my fellow players to enjoy this sort of activity. I’m not just going in blind, and because of this I’m not particularly interested in “start-up” guilds full of new players. Not because they are inexperienced, but because they would probably not yet have access to all the options that would make for more unique experiences (wouldn’t have an 80 of each class, variety of stat’d gear, etc.) That said, if they have the same attitude and are striving to improve themselves while enjoying unique experiences, then I’d have no problem with that.

I’m interested in all game modes in GW2, I’m willing to try anything! I just want to find some more people who derive enjoyment from the same things and have that same sense of “can-do!” and “Who cares!? We’ll find a way to make it work and have fun doing it!” and genuinely feel that way and show it through our actions and dedication to the game.

I am currently based on TC and play most days ~2:30pm-8pm PST.

Let me know if you think your guild can offer those things. I’d be very happy to hear from you.

-Promo

Check out Dragon Empire Alliance.

I say this respectfully, but based on the website alone, its pretty much the exact opposite of what I would be looking for. I know different people are looking for different things, and that appears to be an awful fit for me.

More specific feedback:
-Not interested in running dungeons efficiently per meta. In previous guilds I would just drop party if we actually got 5 experienced people. Not fun at all and I consider it to be a waste of time. I’d rather pug, at least there’s an element of chance in that to make it a little interesting. I’ll still run them from time to time, but it is the extreme exception, not the rule for me.
-Not interested in a “mature” environment in the family friendly sense of the word. I’d be happy around a bunch of trolling chuckle-heads and still get my jollies drawing kittens on things.
-Not interested in a rigid hierarchical structure or having strict chat rules. If you do not consider your rules to be strict then it just further highlights the mismatch.

I wouldn’t have posted if I didn’t think it a decent fit. Honestly, I had some reservations before posting. Our guild does have a handful of new players that we are teaching, and yes, I want them to learn best ways to play the game. But I do know myself, my veteran members and the long term community we’re building. There probably aren’t a whole lot of guilds that specialize in what you’re looking for. But I do know of all of the guilds out there, our members would be up for these types of shenanigans and something I’d like to do more of in the future. If you’re looking for something immediate then yes, we’re a bad fit. If you’re cool with a group that is up for it and doesn’t mind evolving in that direction then perhaps you’d do well here.

In response to your objections.

-We’ve run 4 man dungeons, all engi dungeon runs, class nights in wvw etc. I’ve personally run over 2K dungeons so I know the feel of stale and often I like to push our groups just to see how well we can bounce back. I desperately want to go skelking in wvw (full thief group popping in and out of stealth) or Norn form sniping.

- Most of our members are college age students and we have plenty of trolls and chuckles. We love that, we don’t love obscene vulgarity though, there is a difference. Ask my guild, I troll them all the time for giggles and vice versa.

- Our rules boil down to: rep and dont be kitten, and I’ve considered just posting that. But believe it or not, ppl dont have common sense so it’s got to be spelled out. And if you talk to anybody from WoW or a WvW guild they’d be able to tell you what strict rules are. mandatory events, daily/weekly check ins, mandatory voice coms etc, meta only builds.

I understand your concerns given your history though. Hope you’re able to find what you’re looking for.