Guild Wars 2

What’s going on? Arah’s a ghost town, same with AC, though have a bit better luck.

How does anyone find group at all in this game?

http://gw2lfg.com/

Someone said MMOs dont launch with dungeon matchmakers at launch. Defiance did.

I find dungeons to be such a hassle to do.

You spend 15 minutes making a group through a 3rd party site, then you spend 15 minutes clearing the group event to unlock it. You always have to pray someone has completed SM to open it, and someone always leaves after the 1st patch causing tou to repeat the process.

You spend 25-30 minutes prepping for a 10 minute dungeon.

Peetee.9406:

I find dungeons to be such a hassle to do.

You spend 15 minutes making a group through a 3rd party site, then you spend 15 minutes clearing the group event to unlock it. You always have to pray someone has completed SM to open it, and someone always leaves after the 1st patch causing tou to repeat the process.

You spend 25-30 minutes prepping for a 10 minute dungeon.

While you are in a queue (like queueing for WvW for example) you could always help clear in the meantime. LF4M doesnt always work when people post their ads superseding your group form request.

This applies to pretty much every game I have played online. The only difference is that the wait time is 30 min shorter since you don’t have to wait on a tank or healer, still need to wait around though.

Peetee.9406:

I find dungeons to be such a hassle to do.

You spend 15 minutes making a group through a 3rd party site, then you spend 15 minutes clearing the group event to unlock it. You always have to pray someone has completed SM to open it, and someone always leaves after the 1st patch causing tou to repeat the process.

You spend 25-30 minutes prepping for a 10 minute dungeon.

www.gw2lfg.com

never had to wait more then 30 seconds to get a group.

Peetee.9406:

You spend 25-30 minutes prepping for a 10 minute dungeon.

Perhaps try dungeons other than CoF…

Khal Drogo.9631:

Someone said MMOs dont launch with dungeon matchmakers at launch. Defiance did.

Some do, but the general rule lately is that most MMOs don’t have one at launch and add them months later (Rift added it 2 months later, so did TSW IIRC, TOR added it at about 6 months or so).

That said, GW2 is still taking longer than other MMOs to add one unless you count RIFT’s original release, since while it did have a LFG tool addded for the north american release, it didn’t have one until then and the original release in asian countries was over a year earlier. Probably they’re taking their time with it considering there are also other priorities, and there is a working alternative in place (the website).

ZudetGambeous.9573:

www.gw2lfg.com

never had to wait more then 30 seconds to get a group.

Never?! 30 seconds?! Impressive.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

www.gw2lfg.com

never had to wait more then 30 seconds to get a group.

I call BS unless you are a berserker warrior that only queues for CoF.

I tried that website last night and got a group within 10-15 min.. i was doing AC story mode too. I seriously hate using 3rd party sites. Hopefully A-net is reasonable and gives us a LFG tool for dungeons.

nexxe.7081:

I tried that website last night and got a group within 10-15 min.. i was doing AC story mode too. I seriously hate using 3rd party sites. Hopefully A-net is reasonable and gives us a LFG tool for dungeons.

Yeah, I don’t like using 3rd-party sites for stuff like this either, but at the moment it’s the only reasonable option if you want to find a party for dungeons without spending ages looking for people ingame.
ArenaNet has said they are adding an official LFG tool some time this year. I don’t remember where, it’s somewhere buried in the forums.

GW2LFG is pretty good, usually doesn’t take more than 5-10 minutes to find a group. Sometimes it can take longer, depending on time of posting and which paths you do. Though, in general even finding groups for story mode doesn’t take so long using the website.

nexxe.7081:

I tried that website last night and got a group within 10-15 min.. i was doing AC story mode too. I seriously hate using 3rd party sites. Hopefully A-net is reasonable and gives us a LFG tool for dungeons.

Cool thing about this site is it was created by a player, a well-known member of the community. He’s a great guy and takes suggestions on how to improve it.

So it’s not just some anonymous 3rd person site

You are lying, unless you are the type that expects groups to find you in town, then it’s your fault

locoman.1974:

Khal Drogo.9631:

Someone said MMOs dont launch with dungeon matchmakers at launch. Defiance did.

Some do, but the general rule lately is that most MMOs don’t have one at launch and add them months later (Rift added it 2 months later, so did TSW IIRC, TOR added it at about 6 months or so).

That said, GW2 is still taking longer than other MMOs to add one unless you count RIFT’s original release, since while it did have a LFG tool addded for the north american release, it didn’t have one until then and the original release in asian countries was over a year earlier. Probably they’re taking their time with it considering there are also other priorities, and there is a working alternative in place (the website).

GW2 has had a LFG since launch, open your contact list and click on the second tab. It’s just crappy to the point of useless. :P

Could have been made so much more useful just with one more field.

The dungeons are not worth running after you get the gear you want with the tokens from them. They have bad rewards and aren’t fun in my opinion.