Guild Wars 2

I can’t be the only person to really struggle to get into a good instance of Dragon’s Stand. Several times I have waited for the map to reset and nearly every time I get put on an empty map.

This is really frustrating as the map is a deadzone without enough players. At least with Silverwastes people tend to filter in eventually. At this rate I can kiss goodbye to any hopes of crafting Nevermore.

I don’t like the system that is in place but you have to use the LFG if you want to get into a good map. If you just let the game place you then you will almost never be in a quality map.

Boysenberry.1869:

I don’t like the system that is in place but you have to use the LFG if you want to get into a good map. If you just let the game place you then you will almost never be in a quality map.

I should have clarified that I have been using lfg. The problem is that the one good map is usually full in seconds.

Knox.8462:

I can’t be the only person to really struggle to get into a good instance of Dragon’s Stand.

You’re not the only person.

I get this regularly, and DS isn’t the only map it happens to me on. I struggle to get into any maps where the metas actually succeed.

I still did not manage to win night cycle of VB… even though I participated more than 200% and tried to coordinate others….. people are just dumb and don’t listen, and afk, and zerk…. i will never get that freaking coat box :’(

Everyone is always rushing to bosses at 20:00, like dogs who see food…. it is so horrible, you can see how people just turn off their brains…then i have to solo protect camp and watch other empty camps getting lost, and nobody just leave those freaking wyverns to protect them…And the best is when some another no-brainer yells in map chat that some champion spawned somewhere and those who protect camps run off to that champ…because one champion loot bag is more important than successful meta.

Weird : I am playing server time (7pm) on NA Server and we usually succeed without too many hiccups.

Dragon stand is one of the easier metas to get pugs to do – with a few simple hints they get the idea of what to do.

A lot of these events are not on “farm” mode yet and many people are still grasping what to do – give it a couple of months and it’ll all make sense to the majority. The HoT Meta event maps are really well thought out and give a lot of explanations on what to do.

The VB event I have seen hit tier 4 numerous times around this server time – usually when I pop in and start a taxi chain up going. It can sometimes take a couple of rounds to get and maintain a t4 VB – but it’s worth it.

TD is a tad broken (map limits) but I am seeing pugs getting very close to completing it now- which is awesome.

AB (Auric Basin) is safely being done and is almost at pure farm mode – which is nice to see. This is a great meta event chain teaching pugs to not Zerg and do individual mechanic based roles.

The Anet team did a really good job with them (esp Mike over there !). Hopefully these new mechanics will teach people to go back and try things like triple trouble with pugs on a more regular basis. That boss also isn’t hard – just takes some coordination.

Mortifer.2946:

Everyone is always rushing to bosses at 20:00, like dogs who see food…. it is so horrible, you can see how people just turn off their brains…then i have to solo protect camp and watch other empty camps getting lost, and nobody just leave those freaking wyverns to protect them…And the best is when some another no-brainer yells in map chat that some champion spawned somewhere and those who protect camps run off to that champ…because one champion loot bag is more important than successful meta.

Once the bosses spawn you no longer have to protect camps in Verdant Brink. However, if your map looks like it is lagging behind the tier curve, you can still earn points towards Tier 4 by running supply to the camps and doings the ground events. The bosses though are the main priority once they spawn though as they add the most impact to tier rating. I had a map today lose several camps and even after all 5 bosses were killed we were only halfway through tier 3 but we all regrouped and barely managed to grind out enough supply to hit tier 4 in time.

You have to protect the camps, because they CAN be lost during 5 bosses time. And if they are lost, you don’t get the bar to progress that much and you also cannot run the supply. Bosses require 15-20 people for each one. Camps require 1-2 people per each camp, + some runners for protecting pact soldiers and running supplies.
…. I always miss the meta by few millimetres of the progress bar.