Guild Wars 2

Struggling to stay motivated to play this game, and a lot of this has to do with the fact that I can not find a group for dungeons. The rest is due to the fact that I don’t really enjoy the dungeons.

I like 100%ing zones, doing all the heart events, vistas, etc., but when that’s over, that leaves me with Dungeons, sPvP, and WvW.

WvW seems pointless to me, and is for the most part a big zerg. Not sure what to do in here or why so many people are still playing it. Maybe it’s that I’m a warrior and I basically can only play Rifle or LB in the back, or run around hoping to find a skirmish where I don’t get AEO nuked to death.

sPvP has no true progression. Which is fine. But I can log on to any level 2 and play sPvP, and the same 4 maps gets old after a while. And while I would like some shiney, prettier gear, I really don’t give a kitten.

That leaves dungeons. I really want to like them. But they just feel like a big event to me. It’s hard to find a group. Maybe it’s my class, because once again, I feel like I have to whip out rifle or LB half the time. Maybe it’s because I’ve only gotten into a couple and can never find a group. Maybe because there isn’t an in-game system I can use to find other people that want to do the same dungeon, without spamming in a zone for an hour or so. No, I don’t want a matchmaking auto-queue, I just want a channel or something like the LFG system WoW used to have where you flagged your class and what you wanted to do, and people could find you. Just some type of tool so I can do the content.

I don’t think that WoW dungeons are really much more engaging, I just find that I’m actually able to play them. I hate the DPS meters, always worrying about only 1 thing – where do I rank. I want to like the dungeons. Maybe I’m doing it wrong.

Should I try a different class like the guardian? Or something ranged, like a mesmer or ranger?

Is there more to do at endgame then just make prettier looking gear so I can try to find dungeon groups?

If you do some quick searches here, you will find posts of the developers of the dungeons themselves ! They basically told us (you and me, and 95% of the other customers of Arenanet) that we are not worthy of playing the content (the dungeons) they developed. The dungeons are only targeted for the best of the best of the best.

You and me, we can go roll an alt.

The fanboys will come in your thread now, and they will tell us that that is good. Less content for us, is good. We should go roll an alt. Or two alts.

There will be no raids too.
The fanboys will come in you thread now, and they will tell us that that is good too. Less options is always good.

For the rest, I agree with you. WvWvW is a zerg. Public events are zergs. Exploring is fun once (because you’ve seen it all after the first time). I hit level80 an hour ago. I might stick around a bit to help friends if they want to do a dungeon. But tbh, I feel like I can’t be bothered with that either.

In two weeks Dishonoured will come out. I’ll certainly be playing that. I will not buy GW expansion-packs. Will not buy gems. Because I am not worthy to play this game. And my opinion doesn’t matter. Probably because I already paid my 41 euros. The artists who made the game-world have done a fantastic job. Awesome world, awesome cities. Awesome models, textures, screenshots, map art, etc. The handful of people responsible for the pve-gameplay did a terrible job. I can’t understand nobody with a clue has kicked their arses long time ago.

Btw, it’s not because you play a warrior. I play a Thief, and I feel completely useless in dungeons. I’ve learned to stay alive (thanks to my shortbow). But my damage is pathetic. My combofield (poison) is worse than useless (because it might overwrite more important combofields). Maybe it’s because we both picked a melee-class, and ended up playing ranged mostly. Pve-gameplay imho is just terrible. I hope the pvp-folks like it.