Guild Wars 2

What are ‘raids’ and how do they differ from ‘dungeons’?

Raids are bigger, more complex, require more players and tend to have more and rarer loot. Think of it like our DE boss events but taking much longer than a minute to defeat.

Also instead of it being a free for all, it is highly organized and structured and can easily fail if only a few participants fail to carry out their assigned duties.

Personally I’m glad we don’t have Raids because they don’t really sound like fun. I’m not just a member in the band shaking my AoE tambourine every time the big boss makes a snogging sound while facing away or bang my healing drum for the entire hour or simply be excluded because I’m not equipped with the “right” gear.

Raids are fights that require large amounts of players in top-level gear.

They are basically boring routines, where each player is standing and rhythmically pushing buttons.

Failing to push a button at the precisely the right moment leads to a wipe. Apparently that makes these fights “intense”.

Kira.4019:

Apparently none of the above have actually raided at a high level where it is not only very involvind and intense,

The boar in Queensdale is more involving and intense than that video.

World First…

Kira.4019:

Apparently none of the above have actually raided at a high level where it is not only very involvind and intense, but also very demanding of every member. If there are people just slacking around then the difficulty isn’t appropriate.

I’ll just leave this as an example. This is the last boss of the current last live raid in World of Warcraft. Having been an active heroic difficulty raider for many years up until this spring I can safely say that if you’re a hardcore PvE player this is about as fun as it gets.

Remember those impossible boss fights in 2D side scrollers. They kind that you have to remember a where and when the boss was vulnerable and when and where we would attack based on certain actions. Now take that, make it 3D and require 25 players to all work in perfect harmony to defeat him. I don’t consider being a cog in a wheel fun.

Read this and tell me if it sounds like fun to you. I especially liked this part.

New players should ask themselves the following questions before joining a progress raid group:

• Can I regularly spend at least two evenings per week raiding?
• Do I want to regularly pay a repair bill of 60g plus 40–80g for consumables per night without receiving any compensation?
• Is it all right when somebody else gets the item I’d love to have, even if that decision comes down to politics?
• Can I balance my need for individuality with the need to conform to the expectations and dictates of a group?
• Do I truly love my chosen class and role, and am I willing to push it to the limit?

Only people willing to answer each of these questions with a loud and clear “yes” should seriously consider raiding. It takes a lot of effort, and the rewards are scarce.

Sounds more like a multi-level marketing scam.

Edit: Changed link to AntiGw’s

Behellagh.1468:

Read this and

The real wowwiki has moved to wowpedia. The link you posted is to the old and less updated wiki.

Here