Guild Wars 2

Hi guys, I used to play guild wars 1 for years and completely loved the game and when sadly it died I was pretty gutted.

When I heard guild wars 2 was going to be released I couldn’t wait but because I had a bad laptop I couldn’t run the game. Finally 2 days ago I bought a new gaming Pc and guild wars 2 was the first game I went and purchased.

My question is, do people ever party up? I’ve been running round the maps doing solo and not going to lie, I’m rather bored already.. It seems to me as if GW2 is just a big grind, I ask the map chat if anyone wants to party up to do stuff but never get a reply..

I really want to continue playing just because of my love for GW1 but the grind feeling is just pushing me away plus I always feel I’m stopped from progressing because of my level, quite often I’ve found myself too low for the main story and can find no other things to do and try to ask people but again get no reply.

I’m just wondering if there’s any reason why no one parties up and this game just purely solo? Is the game one big grind or does it get better as you progress? Am I playing the game wrong?

Any answers are appreciated, I just really don’t want to quit a game, when I loved its predecessor so much!

This is or never will be Guild Wars 1, the game mechanics are different, and the goals for the game is far beyond the scope GW1 had.

If you enjoyed GW1 as much as myself, then you will never get past the point of critiquing GW2 objects in relation to GW1. GW1 set high standards for us, and GW2 is having a hard time keeping that standard afloat.

Play how you want to play, if you want groups, look for group friendly guilds. It will never be the same as GW1.

You obviously never played WoW, otherwise you would know what REAL GRIND is. Gw2 Open World PvE is the most relaxed Gameplay I had in a while.

Personally Im one to blame as well, you see, when I play, I play alone for the most part. I go around maps clearing objectives at my own pace and order, when people invite me to a party or start talking to me I help them in what I can, but since most of the game is soloable after Im done helping them with whatever they needed I leave the party and continue on my own.

Personally I’ve never liked content that made me had to party up in order to get it done, I have my own schedule and I like doing things on my own. Having said that at the same time it saddens me that there is no reason to make friendships since nothing really requires any sort of partnership (for the most part). It is a “i love people, I hate people” thing. But as far as boss fights , dungeons and the sort, I LOVE the current system. I can join anyone by simply tagging along, dungeons are BYOB kind of thing, I never had issues joining parties for dungeons in other MMOs since I played healer, but it sure it is nice to not have the pressure of having to keep everyone 100%hp and out of aggro.

All I can tell you is this; find a big guild or a guild with a fairly active population, make yourself know, dont be another shy quiet kid that never says anythign and suddenly goes on the chat like; “hey, help me kill x boss”. Say hi all the time, make small chats, make “enemies”, if they have a voice system try to get involved, even if it is only hearing. BEfore you know it you will be known and more likely to be helped when you need it.

/cheers

Yeah, join a guild. Then regardless of whether it feels awkward or if you don’t want to, post in the guild chat frequently and integrate yourself. Soon enough everyone will know you and you will know everyone.

Of course I’ve played WoW, but to me that didn’t feel like much of a grind, 1 – 90 is so easy, plus the game is mainly about end game content. Quests keep you occupied where as gw2 doesn’t really tell you to do anything, just puts you in the world and says do your own thing, I like that but at the same time its boring me.

But back to GW2, thanks for your reply Fortus, I think i’m going to give it another shot and just stop expecting too much from the game and just try to get into it instead of thinking about the cons.

As for finding people in map chat, the current LS patch may have something to do with it. A lot of people are either farming the Crown Pavilion or working out champ farming currently. If I don’t have a set goal and someone asks for help in map I’ll usually offer to go help for a bit or I’ll answer questions as best I can.

Personally I like that you can solo the entire game (except for dungeons/fractals, and I do hope they ever introduce hech/heroes again), since I ended up solo’ing all of gw1. But if grouping is more of your thing, and you don’t have any friends that play, a PvE guild is most likely the best place to consistently get people to party up with.

I don’t see how leveling in GW2 is anywhere close to a “grind”. EQ1, Lineage 2, etc. etc. were real grinds.

GW2 lets you do your own thing without the hand holding quests.

Some people do group, although not generally for most open world stuff. The open world can feel very lonely, very boring, especially after being used to heroing up to go out and do anything in GW1. Even though heroes were just more npcs, you still didn’t feel ‘alone’ per se.

The guild suggestion is probably your best option for finding people to hang out with. Just a casual, friendly guild would suit your needs. This would give you people to go out adventuring with, which should help ease the loneliness, and liven some things up for you. It should also help reduce the ‘grind’ feeling, if you’re with good people. I know the game ‘feels’ very different when its just me vs my husband and me out and about.