Guild Wars 2

very dissapointed with the changes to fractals. First it is extremely hard to find a good group now(opposite of what was intended?) not even close to as many adds on gw2lfg anymore so i assume other people just gave up. and on any sucessful run i have had since patch i have got nothing for loot. So you have succesfully took some of your only good end game content and killed it completely. not to mention pristine relics are useless my bank space is filling with ascended gear i cant do nothing with. and you gave no means of aquiring ascended amulet through fractals. think ill be watching for the up and coming mmos in 2013 and im not the only one.

Main reason there are less adds on lfg is probably because it’s much easier to get friends to run with you now.

Before the patch, I had to fill out my groups with pugs on lfg because everyone had to be the same exact level, so I couldn’t bring the person on fotm 40 with my character on fotm 33 unless I wanted to waste their time.

Since the patch, I haven’t had to use LFG at all, because even though my alts were on fotm 11 and 23, I can now run them in guild groups doing 26/30 dailies and still advance in levels.

I’m sure many people are in the same position, now they can rely on friends and people in their guild instead of random PuGs.

Thread title should be how to make fractals better in 1 day and why I should make more friends and join guilds who are active.

I agree with your points about relics and such being useless at the moment, but the first reply pretty much sums up the reason for less posts on gw2lfg.com

I like the new changes to the fractals, as in respawn when out of combat and reconnections. Made the fractals even easier now upto 40+ when agony starts being a pain.

Ya but in my 2 hours i got after work i want to do a quick fractal run and make some cash. which i had no problem doing before patch. now im expected to make some “friends” to play with cause you cant get a pug anymore. and for all my time and effort i put into finding a good group to run through the dungeon i get a stupid ascended ring that goes to my bank and sits there. so in the end the rewards are not worth effort put in no more. they should at least make ascended gear salvagable or some way of getting rid of it without hitting the destroy button.

The conclusion after this thread and anet patches is :

Doesnt matter how many dailys with dodge completion a noob makes he will still be a noob !
And yea problem with fractal is that they are unfinishable now ! Players at lvl 6 go at 20 , the 20s at 30s 20s and 30s at 40s and 50s , so the question is : If they lie about their level isn’t that SCAMMING and they will get banned at report ?

Strifey.7215:

Main reason there are less adds on lfg is probably because it’s much easier to get friends to run with you now.

Before the patch, I had to fill out my groups with pugs on lfg because everyone had to be the same exact level, so I couldn’t bring the person on fotm 40 with my character on fotm 33 unless I wanted to waste their time.

Since the patch, I haven’t had to use LFG at all, because even though my alts were on fotm 11 and 23, I can now run them in guild groups doing 26/30 dailies and still advance in levels.

I’m sure many people are in the same position, now they can rely on friends and people in their guild instead of random PuGs.

Thread title should be how to make fractals better in 1 day and why I should make more friends and join guilds who are active.

This is the main reason there are fewer posts on lfg site. you do not need to pug because you can bring in friends and guild members now and do not need to pug.

the second reason is the removal of soo many exploits in fractals that most pugs relied on have been removed, and many of the pugs you have been running with at 20/30/40 just can not cut it w/o the exploit because they never learned how to do it correct.

add these two reasons together, and you get lets look in guild and friends an only go to lfg.com only if we can not fill the group (something that is much less likely to happen now).

Good players are remembered and added to friends list. I often get whispers to go do fractals and arah with people I have run with because you always want to fill your group with good players you know before risking it on pugs.

As many stated above : We ( the ones that dont got time , including myself ) dont got time to mingle and create relationships in the game ! We want in and out simple !
Just finished a fractal daily 20 with a player that lied that is 20 100% , he was holding crystal all the time ! Do i think thats scamming ?(leeching and lie that is 20) Yes sir i do !

dani.1956:

As many stated above : We ( the ones that dont got time , including myself ) dont got time to mingle and create relationships in the game ! We want in and out simple !
Just finished a fractal daily 20 with a player that lied that is 20 100% , he was holding crystal all the time ! Do i think thats scamming ?(leeching and lie that is 20) Yes sir i do !

I saw plenty of people do this in daily 20’s before the patch. Just because he grabbed and held the crystal to be carried in the Maw does not mean he isnt 20.

no time, want in and out quick… sounds like even more of a reason you should have friends and guildies in game to run with as it does not take long to make a group if friends/guild (to be honest I am normally having more ppl wanting to run when I ask in guild then I can bring, and the few times this is not the case friend list fills it quick). And guess what, running with good players and same people alot = faster runs then the average pug which is what you say you need.