Guild Wars 2

To ask people to read up on guides at the very least before doing fotms? :| It’s getting harder and harder (and more frustrating) to teach people what to do in fractals. It’s ok in swamp, for example, to show them where they can jump the trees, or the loop thing in siege of ascalon stage. But when they come in and “I don’t know anything about this map”, it’s kinda… =/. Especially after I met a lvl 10 guy who hasn’t done the dredge map at all. =/

http://dulfy.net/2013/01/07/gw2-fractal-of-the-mists-fotm-guide/

Imo, every one who wants to fotm, esp the lower levels, should at least read up on it so they know what to expect. :|

Isn’t it more exciting if only 50% of the team knows what to do? Haha. As far as they do not troll (e.g. taking the hammer at Cliffside and hide it somewhere lol ) it is fun to see how they experience the new things. Everyone has his/her first. I didn’t read any guides because it is more fun to discover on one’s own when fractals got released. (I’m at Fractal level 48 atm.)

First time is no problem. All I ask is that they have at least an idea of what to expect. It makes all the difference esp in their performance. Also I think if you’re at lvl 10, you should be expected to have done all the fractals and their permutations (swampman and bloom, dolphin and dark room, etc).

That’s true but I guess the one you were playing with wasn’t at level 10 since you can still play with players who doesn’t even have lvl 2 fotm even if you are playing lvl 10+. But this player might be a good one once he knows how to play that map.

@penatbater that guide looks pretty outdated

Still better than nothing. The cliffside part for left/right still works. The dredge wheel doesnt naturally.