Guild Wars 2

Hi folks:

I started my own guild hopeing to create a group of like minded folks who wanted to participate in enjoying the game together (PVE, crafting, chatting, adventuring together).

i’m finding so far that it’s so lonely out here.

The guild I was a part of in another mmo (think “mazes & monsters”) that my brother and I started was quickly built up of folks who enjoyed helping each other out, socializing, and adventuring together.

Now I will admit, 1) While I’m a lvl 80, I’m New still, 2) I might not be on a full(er) populated server.

But man is it hard to get social in this game. Outside of the often times pedestrian “/map” chat, I have not experienced feeling like I’m a part of a world of player characters. Bots yes. Quite Karma farmers, yes.

if anyone would recommend or invite from a healthy, socially active guild, or recommend a better server to switch to, i’d really like the recommendation.

A part of my fun in an MMO is shared experiences in adventuring and the social interactions that come along with it.

My three weeks of PVE has been 99% solo, not through a lack of trying to strike up conversations, parties, partnerships, etc.

I’m just guessing I’ll get flamed. I will apologize ahead of time if I’ve offended anyone. Maybe this MMO isn’t designed for healthy social participation. seems that way. Even in the group events you really don’t have to talk to each other to coordinate winning the event. stand there, shoot where the mob is moving do (bcause you can’t see through the particle effects), revive anyone who occasionally dies, wait for champion to go to zero health. get karma. rinse. wash. repeat.

i am hoping that by adventuring with others, crafting, building great toons, helping others out enjoy the game, will make GW2 a better experience.

So far, it’s a very lonely one.

Being social shouldn’t be completely the responsibility of the developers… it should require some kind of effort on the part of the players.

Just like this post.

Look in the guild recruitment threads and you will find multiple guilds looking to recruit like-minded players.

Shouldn’t be too hard with a good 30-45 minutes of reading.

it sure hasn’t been for trying daily to engage others.

i saw a criticism at an MMO site that suggest the same thing that GW2 is not designed for social interactions as a core part of the mechanic.

Look at group events. There’s almost zero communications required in the group to win an event. Just the intelligent, “all hands to point x”

Just sayin…if there’s a more social server, let me know. Don’t know if it exists.

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PS…I will look that the recruitment threads.

I only recently turned here to the forums out of the frustrations “in game” with the lack of social interaction.

Bubbawhy needs a good guild of intelligent, helpful, adventurers!

Hey there Bubbawny, I know what you mean.

I started out as your lowly player but have found there are some great people in this community. The thing is… you just got find them! Let me say, boy was it tough trying to find some players with the same way of thinking but would actually stick around. That’s a different story. Sure you could add some new players on your contact list but sometimes if you said ‘hi’ again they’d forget who you were etc. (Not saying they were rude in anyway, far from it in fact)

You just have to keep trying. Finding players that will stick by you is quite hard but well worth it!

Personally I don’t really recommend to advertise guild recruitment on these forums (Your thread gets lost in a matter of seconds even with constant bumping) The best way I have found is to just make some good friends first then suggest the guild thing. More likely then not they sign up.

Just help a fellow player out and you don’t where it leads. Finding a buddy to pair up is the first but hardest step in my opinion. I have my bro to buddy up with whenever, but it’s always good to add more.

Check out Operation: UNION. Quite a handy little place if you want to ask some questions and get some really good advice. People over there are overloaded with awesomeness!

Good luck and as always be kind to others,

Glitch