I’ve been soloing exclusively since I started GW2 almost four months ago. It was fine for a while, when I was mostly levelling and learning the game basics, but now I’d like to explore more PvE group content and dip my toe into WvW.
I’m looking for a guild group that is active in both PvE (eg dungeons) and WvW (coordinated) on a weekly or higher frequency. Also, ‘learning runs’ are important. I am an experienced MMO player, and follow directions well, but I would like people who are actually willing to give instructions to new players, rather than expecting everyone to be 100% familiar with every encounter out of the box. If I find a guild that offers ‘training’, I am more than happy to pay it forward and teach others in the future.
I have been a — let’s say, ‘medium-core’ — raider in the distant past (original WoW, all the way back to 40-player raids), and I’m moderately willing to adjust traits and playstyles for group optimization. But there are limits. If I happen to really hate the mechanics of (say) warrior-with-greatsword, I don’t want to be pressured to drop a slightly suboptimal weapon to take greatsword. Similarly, I’d like to be able to play my ranger on occasion, even if rangers are considered generally underpowered. In short, I’d like a certain amount of tolerance and acceptance regarding one’s personal playstyle preferences.
That said, I do give it my all when trying to master an encounter. I enjoy crafting, and will bring consumables as needed. I am generous with my playtime as regards helping guildmates, even when there is no immediate benefit to myself. I am online on average 5 days (often, but not always, NA evenings) out of 7. However, occasionally life responsibilities will take precedence and cause me to abandon the game for a week or two at a time. So I need a certain amount of schedule flexibility.
I am not likely to be such a hardcore player that I can afford full ascended gear, so rares (for learning) & exotics (for intensive content) need to be acceptable. I would also prefer a guild that does not have a 100% rep requirement. If the guild is good for me, I will rep 100% (excepting personal bank guild) anyway; if it’s lacking in some dimension (say, is great for PvE but not WvW), I would like the ability to split my time.
I picked Northern Shiverpeaks as my server when starting GW2 because I had a couple of friends who had played there and who said they would come back. However, it turns out they didn’t actually pick up GW2 again. My partner has an account, but doesn’t currently have time to play — he has other hobbies that take priority. If I find a guild that is a great fit, I am potentially willing to pay for a server transfer, depending on cost. I would like to guest-participate in some guild PvE events first … and if the guild is on a lower-ranked WvW server that will be cheap or free later this month, so much the better.
(My desire to play WvW is not linked to server rankings.)
Based on prior MMO experience, I tend to prefer guilds that have an adult sensibility. This doesn’t exclude mature younger players, but they should be expected to adapt to an adult crowd rather than vice versa. I have no problem with general profanity, but I do have a problem with implicit bigotry (for example, referring to something negative as ‘gay’, whether the slight to homosexuals is deliberate or not). I am a female gamer, and so tend to find better camaraderie in guilds that have a significant female population.
At the moment of this writing, I have a brand-new level 80 ranger (geared only in rares; I’m still levelling all the crafts so I can get exotics). I also have a 77 warrior, a 66 mesmer, a 52 elementalist … and way back in the pack, a 33 thief and 24 engineer. I am reasonably competent at my primary 4 classes, but am always willing to learn refinements — and have exactly zero GW2 dungeon experience so far.
If you think I sound like a good match for your guild, please let me know. Again, I’m on Northern Shiverpeaks now but will consider other servers. Thanks for reading.
(edited by wolfling.9607)
