Guild Wars 2

Hi guys.

So, I started to play gw2 again this week, after a few months, and decided to start from the begining. I came here ‘cause I don’t know if this only happens in my server or…I don’t know… Maybe its me. My server is Henge of Denravi and i almost never find someone lvling up (I tried guardian untill lvl 20 but created another mesmer, still lvl 2), and when i find, i try to talk, party and they never answer. Its like i’m playing with bots. It bothers me ’cause I dont like to play alone. Its kind of boring ):

Can anyone tell me why nobody try to socialize in the game?

Thanks.

Henge of Denravi is one of the less populated servers (your server may be listed as “Very High”, but that count is based on accounts registered there, not necessarily active accounts), so you’ll probably find very few people on your home server.

Try guesting to one of the more populated servers like Blackgate or Tarnished Coast (if you’re on US servers). You’ll find a lot more fellow players there.

Also find a guild that will take you, most socialization takes place in guilds. Often you will find leveling buddies because people level alts with guild members more often than not.

If you need a friendly guild check the link in my signature, we are a big guild (over 300 members) and we accept player of any level/knowledge of the game.

When you say you try to talk or party what do you actually do?

I consider myself fairly friendly and I always try to help people who need it but I’ll never accept a party invite if I haven’t talked to the person before and I don’t respond to people who just say “Anyone want to party?” in map chat.

There’s a few reasons. Firstly especially if we’re in an open-world map there’s relatively little chance that we’re actually doing the same thing or doing it in the same way. I also don’t want to get tied down to staying on a specific map or doing activities I’m not interested in, but I always feel guilty if I leave a party in the middle of something. There’s also the fact that in the open world there’s really no benefit to being in a party since everyone gets loot and XP from kills either way.

I’m more likely to respond to attempts to start a conversation in map chat, but it does depend on what I’m doing. I’m not going to stop fighting and let the enemy crush me so I can say hi to a random stranger.

But when starting a conversation it’s also worth remembering that talking to strangers isn’t easy for anyone. Simply saying “Hi” is unlikely to get much of a response, because what can they say? “Hi” back, and then what? It’s much easier if you give people something to talk about.

Ask for help, or advice, or even just if there’s anything interesting to see on that map. Ask what people are doing right now, if any good events are likely to start soon, or if anyone would like to come and join in with whatever you’re doing. That way if someone is there and interesting in talking you’ve given them something to talk about, and it makes things much easier all around.

Also talk to people and ask them if they want to team up with you. There are a million reasons why I would decline a random party invite, but to name one.

Today I as in LA with a friend doing an hour off LA. It was my 4th time and her 2th so I cause of the daily we decided to focus on the rubble till it was time for the marinner to be protected. So round the 35th minute we had someone following us around and clearly also doing the rubble. Cause my friend and I agreed to go to lawson soon we had the party invite declined. If the person had asked us if we are also doing rubble and if we wanted to join up I had explained that we where bout to do the last rubble and then move to Lawson. If the person then still wanted to come, he/she was welcome.

So on definition I always decline party invites. I know what I’m doing and I know where I’m heading. As long as I don’t know if our agenda’s are the same I’m not going to commit myself.

So if you want to be in a party with me, you should write in local chat: Hi Ranique, I’m doing xyz, are you doing the same and do you wanna team up??

You all have valid points. I never send random party invites, but i always start my conversations with ‘hi’ haha speacially ‘cause I dont always have something to ask, but also ’cause it’s polite.

Sometimes i send whispers, others I talk in the map chat, but it’s always the same. Except yesterday, when I said ‘hi’ and this player said “when you’re walking down the street, do you say hi to random people? then why the hell are you whispering me?”
And then he made some racist comments.

I’ll keep trying. One of those bots will answer me someday haha

Just to give you some feedback, I oftne notice some other player around, but I don’t really care for reading someones name. By pm-ing me, I will likely not realizing that you are strait next to me and just ignore you. Using local chat will make me realize it is you :P

Groups in GW2 don’t serve the same purpose as they do in most other MMOs. In most games, the group is a fundamental unit for the consumption of content. In GW2 they are mostly a social division useful for communication and coordination, but entirely unnecessary from a mechanics perspective.

As long as there are players around doing things, you can jump right in without a group and receive the appropriate rewards. This gives the player great agency to roam around independently without having to compromise with other players on an agenda that serves the greatest need.

If your desire is to make friends in game, then I recommend joining a guild. They’re the primary social structure in GW2. You can join a guild by either seeking one out intentionally (they often advertise in map chat when recruiting) or if you participate in map chat conversations or join zergs in WvW, guild invites typically follow (provided you’re not a troll).