Guild Wars 2

Im getting back into the game after a long leave of absence. I REALLY wanted to get into raiding because it looked rather exciting and its an aspect of the game I had not gotten into before.

So I joined a few guilds who “Promised” me a slot in their raiding nights. All I have to offer is a Chrono, full equiped for Rading, PS Condi warrior and the possibility of other slots once I convert all my ascended over.

I talk to each guild on their respective nights and its either one of two situation.

Situation 1: The guild has stopped raiding to fully focus on getting ready for the PoF expansion launch.

With this situation I almost understand it. Spending more personal time to tie up loose odds and end and get your main ready to take on the shifting sands. But why stop raiding? Its a good gold income, great way of getting ascended and if you can complete them every time there is no reason to stop doing them once a week.

Situation 2: The “Promised” slot I was given, was not given.

The second guild I joined said that I would be given a slot in their Raiding group. This was told to me by the guild leader himself. So I showed up on raid night, in front of the portal like I was told. All my guildies are there. Waiting. Then they all vanish, I was confused and wondered if they crashed? Checked the guild roster and they were in the raid and had already started.

At this point I was confused and a little angry, I was “Promised” a slot but not given one? Whats up? I confront the guild leader about this and he tells me that the slot was taken by another Chrono and that if I wanted the promised slot I would need to gear a healing Ranger. So I did. Still no slot. Gear another toon. Still no slot. Now im back on my main, my mesmer, and again still no slot. At this point im angry because I was essentially lied to and im raidless.

In the end I really just want to Raid. I have done extensive research into what I need to do. Have full ascended and have played Mesmer 4-5 years. What else do I need to do to get into a raiding group?

Lfg has not worked for me. I sit in it for hours, no one ever picks me up. Not even a whisper. How do I get started into Raiding?

(Sorry, its a little muddled near the end. I got a little emotional. Help is appreciated)

Find and join other raid guilds until you come across one that is a good fit. You can even join multiple raid guilds at once to maximize your chances, since most guilds only raid certain days in a week.

In terms of pugging, I find it a lot easier to just the groups that are LFM, rather than post myself in LFG and waiting for someone to pick me up.

I’m sorry to hear that you’re having some difficulty finding a group, but keep at it. You’ll eventually find a guild that fits. One thing to look for is voice chat info in the guild message. They might have been in teamspeak organizing or something, although I think it is still a courtesy to whisper before filling someone’s spot.

Also, everybody uses the LFM part of the raid lfg. As someone without a group you should be looking for groups that need spots filled, not waiting for people to contact you.

This is a law for guilds as far as im concerned. There are no promised slots. The guild leader asks “who is available for monday clear”, and then he writes on the guild message board.

Monday 21/8 Name1/Name2/Name3/Name4………. 8/10 for everyone to see who’s gonna be raiding and how many slots are available. If more people join or some cancel then the message gets updated as soon as possible.

The first thing u wanna see in a raiding guild is some form of organization. If u join a guild where people are whispering each other to get slots in raid, it is a very bad sign of disorganization and favoritism.

We use calendar events on a website to form groups 2-3 days before the raid starts. System has some issues but so far it was not that bad.

Hi

You dont mention if you are EU or US. If EU, give me a whisper/mail ingame. We have open raids every thursday. How well it go depends abit. But generally 3-5 kills is the norm. If you have the interest we also generally raid other days, but with abit more asked about skill/exp.

We also do escort on sundays as a open/all welcome.

Sigfodr.9576:

Hi

You dont mention if you are EU or US. If EU, give me a whisper/mail ingame. We have open raids every thursday. How well it go depends abit. But generally 3-5 kills is the norm. If you have the interest we also generally raid other days, but with abit more asked about skill/exp.
We also do escort on sundays as a open/all welcome.

I’m on US. Been trying all night to find a raiding guild that would allow another chrono into their folds.

So far I’m getting a lot of similar feedback and I love that. Something has to work. Ill try looking for groups that need to fill a spot.

Ninjikun.2078:

Lfg has not worked for me. I sit in it for hours, no one ever picks me up. Not even a whisper. How do I get started into Raiding?

Yeah, don’t list yourself in the Looking for Raid section, nobody ever uses that to find people, and generally if you’re making a raid, you assume the people in there don’t know what they’re doing…

You just need to constantly troll the Looking for More tab for a group looking for members. (Sometimes it’ll just be guilds listing that they’re selling runs, but bear with it, real groups do pop up in there more often than you’d think.) You have the luxury of playing Chrono, which is the most looked for class, so it shouldn’t be too bad for you to find a group.

Or, like, you can always start one yourself…

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/lookingfor – Loads here…