Guild Wars 2

I’m a solo player, who tried and failed to claim a guild hall. It’s clear it isn’t meant to be done alone. I understand some people think I shouldn’t bother with a solo guild, but the way I choose to play is not for others to decide. Anyways, is there some way to claim the guild hall? I’ve tried asking for help in map chat and LFG, but not one person has offered to help me out.

This is the place to ask. What you need to do:

Specify NA or EU, and give an idea of time windows when you might be able to make the attempt. Perhaps also say which hall you are trying to get as people who have access to that hall can more easily get to the entrance. (Keep in mind that as of Sept 22 there will be a third hall available; while you can swap halls and keep upgrades, you do have to buy a new mission and reclaim the hall. Presumably this will be the case with the PoF hall. So you may wish to wait a tiny bit longer to see if you like the PoF hall more, plus it may have different claiming mechanics for all we know).

Have the mission triggered. This means you’ve accumulated the favor and gold and spent it at the NPC.

Have five to eight people ready to help you, preferably at least one of them able to commander tag if you can’t (you want 7 to 9 people in the claiming group for optimal efficiency but six effective sorts can manage it). Make sure they have updrafts if doing Lost Precipice or bouncing mushrooms if doing Gilded Hollow. They do not need a guild invite but they do need to be in party or squad with someone in the guild. The guild person must fully load into the hall first, after which everyone else can join by selecting the hall with your guild tag from the drop down when they walk into the portal.

The biggest stopping point for people wanting to help is that if they are the first one to join you they’ll be twiddling their thumbs for possibly over an hour waiting for enough to join. So gather up your volunteers here until you have a critical mass, then they may be able to haul in one or two more friends to complete the group in a short time frame once you all convene at the portal.

I can likely help if you are NA and doing the claim midafternoon to evening Eastern time, depending on exactly when you want to do it. I’m even willing to do some thumb twiddling, though an hour might get annoying

I’ll be happy to volunteer if you can provide a time and place. However, you need to provide the gold yourself.

I find that it’s easy to get 4-8 people to help if you ask in /map in the relevant zone.