Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,

Like many others have said, I am noticing huge gaps in group formations for Fractal dungeons. Some are crying out for level three, others level six, others level fourteen – ad nauseum.

Since there is no queue system yet in GW2 this makes finding a group with your exact level extremely frustrating. You can wait for an hour in overflow and never find more than one person who’s at or near your level – especially if you are what I call a “tweener,” meaning someone between levels 4-9.

Levels 1-3 seem fairly easy to fill, maybe 10-20 minutes of shouting for a group.

Over level 10, the population thins out but people are much more willing to repeat a level or two because they know if you made it 10 you will know the drill and it will be a fast run. Plus repeating at 10 or above is more rewarding.

Tweeners are kind of stuck withtout a large guild willing to repeat levels. Even some of guild mates that I normally run with, maybe slipped in a group and jumped a level or two on a night I wasn’t playing. Asking them to step backward for catch-up can be demanding, although most will do it.

Many times I see people shouting for level six and level seven fractals simultaneously. One group just finished level six for example, but one of the players had to go to work. Now they are left shouting for an hour to pick up where they left off, but only a half dozen people respond all needing level six. Repeat city.

I think the window could be widened for grouping a little bit, maybe even one level – so that it isn’t such a punishment for groups to have to repeat a level they just finished.

Whatever happens, there needs to either be a change or a queue system implemented that reaches across overflow zones. The chances of getting exactly five players who want to do fractals AND who happen to be at the exact same place as you is very slim. This could be fixed by giving a fractal entrance “window” that errs one level in either direction — or best by creating a queue system for the dungeon where certain REQs gather in a waiting room of sorts that crosses overflow zones.

There was an AMA on Reddit with one of the developers. He stated that they are thinking of grouping levels in sets of fives, so anyone who passed lvl5 could do levels up to 10 and when they finish 10 they can do fractals up to 15. To me it seems it would fix most of the issues with lfg’s and like a sound idea in general.