Guild Wars 2

I ran into a Good Samaritan last night while looking for quests in Kessex Hills (lvl 17 human necro). I kept running headlong into areas beyond my skill lvl and dying. This player rescued me twice, then offered to show me areas more manageable. Using the asura gates in Lion’s Arch, he took me, literally had me follow him, to all the home cities and some of their waypoints. New to GW2, I didn’t know I COULD quest elsewhere. And as if that wasn’t enough, he gave me 2 gold and a complete wardrobe and set of weapons that were way beyond what I had managed to collect. Also, this was my first experience as part of a “party,” staying with someone and using chat; this broke the ice for me. I’ve been very intimidated by the thought of joining a group, but I think I might be able to handle it.

Thanks SO MUCH to this person who shall remain nameless! The game has suddenly become much more fun!

Hurray! It’s wonderful you got that boost and have so much more world available to you now. Remember your Samaritan if you ever run into trolls, griefers, or have to deal with some of the PuG people in LFG. Because I think this game has a lot more helpful than harmful people.

Also if you encounter specific difficulties such as a vista you just can’t reach, a story dungeon you can’t find a group for, etc, feel free to post in this forum. Make sure to say if you are NA or EU. Generally someone will respond pretty quickly and offer you assistance.

What does PUG stand for?

Pick Up Group, a.k.a. random people you don’t know joining your group.

Is that a bad thing to do?

No, it’s part of any MMORPG

Consider joining a guild, it will make your gaming experience even better

No, it’s a fine thing. There’s an in game tool designed to help you find people to group with when you don’t have 4 friends handy. The only problem is that some of those people are jerks who will try to tell you that you suck for not doing things exactly how they think they should be done.

The tool is on your Friends panel, one of the left hand tabs. It won’t let you form dungeon groups until you are high enough level, but I believe will work for open world needs. Don’t worry about it for now; my caution was for the future.

o/ ~Waves~

Also if you’re on one of the NA servers feel free to friend me and ask for help if you run into trouble or need to know something. I like helping out new folks…we were all new once

I second the suggestion for you to find a guild (one on your home server is probably best). It took me a while to find the right guild for me but I absolutely love my guildmates now

Aw that is a wonderful tale Ardyth. There are many thoughtful and helpful players in this game and it is fantastic that you ran into one so early in the piece. Hopefully it will set the tone for your journey through this wonderful game. It is generous of you to write of your experience too as it gives us all a bit of a warm glow in sharing.

Welcome to Tyria.