Guild Wars 2

Hey, all,

I am on a server whose community of players is extremely…solo-oriented. I’ve NEVER come across a population of players so incredibly anti-social in my life. The name of this game becomes a matter of extreme irony playing on this server.

The server is Gate of Madness. No one, and I mean no one EVER responds to questions, comments, requests for help, people looking for group, you name it. The guild that I’m in is no better—it’s basically a dead guild and I would leave it in a second if there was even the slightest hint that there was any guild on the server that was any better.

Suffice to say, my game experience so far has been very disappointing—the game itself is great, it’s very fun, it’s challenging, I like the puzzles etc, but….the players. The players are killing me. I’m used to LOTRO where people just run around helping you out because they feel like it. I swear to god, every character I played on that game got geared out compeltely by random strangers—repeatedly, with different strangers, as I levelled up. I did my best to RTF and like to think I helped some guys out.

But jeez, are these two populations ever different.

Does anyone know of a server with a active, social, supportive player base, or even a server where one can find a guild that actually does things to help each other out?

I’m not part of any large single-server guilds, but you may want to check out the Operation:Union thread here in the forums to find other socially-minded people that are on GoM. You could also join the related guild, The Legion of Honour [XIII], which has membership across many servers (both NA and EU). As far as single-server guilds go, while ET is small, I see [Mend] members helping players and taking leadership in WvW.

Northern Shiverpeaks is my server, and Lions Arch is almost always a bouncin’ place where people help each other out, answer questions, etc. etc. If you want to change servers, and you want a server with nice people, well, I’ve never had a problem with the population on our server.

Now, I do have to bring up something: Lower level areas are pretty much devoid of players in general. IT’s not that they are ignoring your question, it’s that there’s probably no one else in the zone to bother answering it.

Although I did see a large heard of people running around kessex hills the other night…. Felt like release week all over again…. But I digress.

Head to Lions Arch and see if what you’ve said still holds true. It’s possible you’re just not in areas where people are. If not… well… Change servers away!!! This game is designed outright to encourage people to work together. If they aren’t working together, then something is wrong and you should scadoodle out of there.

May I ask what sort of time zone you are in?
(Talking about American time zone not world.)
I recommend with Isle of Janthir/ Sanctum of Rall. Great places if you’re more for community. Sanctum I’m not so sure it is initially an NA server but most players I know are on the Oceanic time zone.

If you choose Isle of Janthir it’s got a good community.
I can put you in contact with players from either server if you also would like some players to explore with. Players I know on IoJ and SoR are all fairly active.

Good luck, finding some good players might be a little tricky but well worth finding!

I am in EST, and I have tried the Lion’s Arch test. People on my server suck

Oh yea I forgot about NSP. Good server community there too very helpful, I was a former NSP player but moved to a more suitable EU server.

NSP or IoJ are great servers that I can recommend for you. Very helpful bunch of players! I can get you in contact with some very nice players on IoJ. NSP not so much but I think there are some on Union.

Well either one I don’t think you’ll really regret either if you are look for a good community in mind.

HoD is active and helpful. I play in EST peak time, and I usually see people around. I frequently get answers or help when I need it, and drop by to lend a hand when people sing out in chat.

We’re definitely not a WvW server (low pop, few WvW guilds), but PvE usually seems populated.

My experience has been very good in Borlis Pass. I’m levelling alts and find others playing wherever I go. I play in CST, which is just one hour behind you.

^ Or any of those. Above posters = Awesome people.

Fort Aspenwood here, and there are tons of people. Usually when my pitiful Elementalist dies, there’s always another player in the area to rez me