Guild Wars 2

this is embarrassing but I’ve had this game for about a year now but only recently started playing it and I don’t know how to go about finding people who may want to do things together in game, should I just join a guild or something? i’m new to MMORPGs so kinda shy and the few people I have talked to were really REALLY into the game and were kinda… I don’t know, not very friendly because I didn’t know much.

if anybody is interested in wanting to get to know me and maybe help me if I have any questions XD no pressure ha
i’m 22 , female, my Instagram is KingSpoopy I enjoy drawing asura and…that’s it I guess, bahaha- if we get along i’ll try to draw any of your characters !
(i’m not super great but you know,whatevs)

Hello, welcome! I am a fellow twentysomething female GW2 player. It may seem like we’re scarce, but it’s simply that the males are more talkative in public forums.

I’ve found that I can have loads of fun in GW2 without an organised group. Most of the open world is solo-able (lvl 80 maps are tougher), people form blobs to do bosses and events, and if you want to do dungeons or fractals you can easily find a pick-up group using the Looking for Group (LFG) tool in-game (default shortcut key is Y I think). There is a dedicated “Looking for…” forum on here as well, where you can ask people to join you in whatever activity: map completion, achievements, fighting bosses, dungeons, story missions, etc.

But if you prefer to play with a more consistent group or like to have people to chat with, try looking for a social-oriented guild. Look for one that says they are female-friendly. In general I’ve found the community is female-friendly, but also most players are male, so they assume everyone they meet is also male, which can be tiresome sometimes.

MMOs can have unfriendly people who are impatient with newbies; however I don’t think GW2 is like that for the most part. The elite/speedrunner/hardcore people tend to keep to themselves. If you see an LFG listing with a bunch of incomprehensible acronyms, don’t join that one I’ve never had problems making my own LFG listing and I include the words “all welcome” or “noobs welcome” so that the elite/hardcore people don’t join anyway. And if a guild you join turns out to be full of mean or unpleasant people, ditch them and find a better one. Life is too short to hang out with mean people.

Have fun and game on!

Would be good to know if your na or eu aswell.

Joining a guild is definitely a good way to make friends. I recommend thinking about what you want from a guild (e.g. people to teach you, other people to learn alongside you, silly people to chat with or more serious people to give advice on builds etc.) and then either look through adverts in the forum section or put up your own advert.

Also if you put up an advert remember to say if you’re NA or EU. Guilds are region specific.