Guild Wars 2

Please make sure your gear is up to level, and please ping them when the party leader asks you to.

Players are not kicking you merely because you’re low level. But rather, they are kicking you because you refuse to co-operate, or refuse to spend just a little silver to get proper gear.

Because of how equipment works in Guild Wars 2, you get scaled very badly as you level up. A level 40 with level 30 equipment will take MUCH more damage than a level 35 with level 35 equipment. Likewise, this same rule applies to a level 80 wearing level 50 gear. At the same time, you also deal much LESS damage, especially if you neglect trinkets!

ANET made Ascalon Catacombs level 35 for a reason! You are able to get a FULL Green set of “Strong” Armor and Trinkets at that level!

It does not matter whatsoever that “80s die and I don’t” (and chances are, the level 80 was not wearing level 80 gear either.) There is still no reason to take you over someone with properly leveled gear.

In short, please get yourself a full set of level 35 gear before doing Ascalon Catacombs Explorable. Most items cost only 2s, and you should be able to afford it by now at that level. Otherwise you’re just being a liability to the team.