Guild Wars 2

Hey!
First off, I know there is an LFG section and I also know, that it is completely useless, as information like this gets lost between pages of PvE and WvW recruitment compaigns.
I feel it’s appropriate to post this here as I am not looking for members for my guild, merely pointing out an opportunity for an easier LFG tool we created in-game for top (understand: skilled) players.

This is currently for EU players only

If you ever feel in need of a group of players that are your skill level, or want to find a place from where you can trial players for your team without endlessly browsing through millions of pages of LFG junk, here’s your solution!

Top Players [LFG] is the guild I made for this purpose. To join, all you have to do is whisper me (DanyK.3842 / Sir Dany) in game and request a trial.

What you need:

• Have experience in team play
• Have TeamSpeak 3 with a mic and sufficient knowledge of the English language
• Be skilled enough to be considered one of the top players in this game
• Positive, non-toxic, constructive attitude

What’s not needed:

• Any rank or level requirements we found pointless, since there are players out there with great mechanical knowledge and understanding of the game that are lower ranked.
• Leaderboard position – this is self-explanatory… this doesn’t show skill as it currently stands.
• Special gear – we don’t WvW or PvE.
• Full representation – use the guild as a tool and represent in-game if we’ve helped you find a team out of courtesy.

Know that:

• Whether we find you suitable or not is purely up to us, if you don’t make it for some reason, we’ll point that out to you
• It is allowed, in fact encouraged to – once there’s enough players using this tool – to organise teams for tournaments, or split off and leave the guild altogether.
• Once you’re in the guild you’ll be assigned a rank, according to your main profession so that people see what class they can expect you to play at the highest level. This can be changed on request, if needed.
• Inactivity does reward removal from the system, however everyone gets a chance to retrial as many times as needed if removed previously.

Should you have any other questions, contact me in-game (DanyK.3842 / Sir Dany), or via forum post. If you have a suggestion for us, or this tool helped you in any way, mention it in a reply below.
What’s in it for me? I thought it’s time someone made a commitment to spice up the EU competitive scene. Hopefully this way I can help new teams being formed and people getting more matches, shorter queues and more even games.

Do not be discouraged if your first request into the guild gets disapproved. We’ll give you feedback on how you could improve yourself as we value new players reaching the top.

Just thought I’d add, since it isn’t obvious: you CAN join us if you have a team you play with. This will just help you find a pug group when your team isn’t on.

The problem is most people don’t use teamspeak anymore because matchmaking is so bad that it is overkill.

In addition, the biggest reason why it is hard to find people to play with is that a large proportion of the gw2 community are ragers. That means they always over-estimate their own ability and therefore will only be happy when they are totally carried. And then they rage in ts/chat because a fight got lost or a match was lost or whatever.

No LFG system can keep people playing together because of this

Lordrosicky.5813:

The problem is most people don’t use teamspeak anymore because matchmaking is so bad that it is overkill.

In addition, the biggest reason why it is hard to find people to play with is that a large proportion of the gw2 community are ragers. That means they always over-estimate their own ability and therefore will only be happy when they are totally carried. And then they rage in ts/chat because a fight got lost or a match was lost or whatever.

No LFG system can keep people playing together because of this

The whole idea is to try to limit such occurrences and all the while bring players that are good at this game closer to each other. Almost like a friend’s list where you know who’s up for a few games and what profession they excel at.
There’s literally no downside to trying yourself out for this, because at most you waste a guild slot or get rejected.
If you think that this idea is not going to work, I am more than happy to try and prove you wrong:)

There is a guild on NA, it ranks you by what the other members of the guild feels about you, like if your certain rank it means your pretty good, and what not. No rep required either, its just based on what rank you are.

It’s sad how the PvP community has barely any strong guilds out there promoting PvP.

I blame this mostly on the developer of PvP, due to lack of reasons why one would do so, the biggest problem I see with PvP is that there really is no community at all, its just a bunch of random people and a few actual parties of players.

The only real PvP guild/community on NA is GASM. They have very popular 1v1 server that’s very active and they have another active server too. However, I do notice they get a lot of negative publicity from people talking in map chat and so on.

If people are hating on the only guild community devoted to PvP, than that’s not really good for the game.

People like Abjured, I don’t consider them a guild or community, I just consider them a team, they don’t let people join, they don’t interact with other people, etc. GASM, that is what a guild and community is that is devoted to PvP. GASM interacts with other people, have popular servers for everyone to play on, hosts try outs, not geared to one elite team but rather towards the PvP community (multiple players, multiple teams), they allow people to join if they are up to there standards, etc. Like it or not, GASM is the best thing going for NA community/guild wise in the PvP scene.
Example, the dueling server, its the GASM dueling server that’s almost always full all the time. Ask yourself why is it the GASM dueling server almost full all the time when theres like 20 other dueling servers?

I know this thread is intended for EU, but just want to let people on NA know of a guild/community that has a strong presence on NA.

i agree, that the new lfg forum is messy as hell and i also kinda like your idea, but what is a “skilled” player in your opinion? and wouldnt it be good to give all players a chance to find a team? Also there is already a guild with many “top” players in it to pug for ranked/teamq (ask lypion if you think you should be in it)

I think it would be a better idea to tell the devs in the forum, that we need the old lfg forum (pvp) back. Finding teammates with the new one is hard bc a post is on the 2nd page in matter of seconds

uberkingkong.8041:

There is a guild on NA, it ranks you by what the other members of the guild feels about you, like if your certain rank it means your pretty good, and what not. No rep required either, its just based on what rank you are.

It’s sad how the PvP community has barely any strong guilds out there promoting PvP.

I blame this mostly on the developer of PvP, due to lack of reasons why one would do so, the biggest problem I see with PvP is that there really is no community at all, its just a bunch of random people and a few actual parties of players.

The only real PvP guild/community on NA is GASM. They have very popular 1v1 server that’s very active and they have another active server too. However, I do notice they get a lot of negative publicity from people talking in map chat and so on.

If people are hating on the only guild community devoted to PvP, than that’s not really good for the game.

People like Abjured, I don’t consider them a guild or community, I just consider them a team, they don’t let people join, they don’t interact with other people, etc. GASM, that is what a guild and community is that is devoted to PvP. GASM interacts with other people, have popular servers for everyone to play on, hosts try outs, not geared to one elite team but rather towards the PvP community (multiple players, multiple teams), they allow people to join if they are up to there standards, etc. Like it or not, GASM is the best thing going for NA community/guild wise in the PvP scene.
Example, the dueling server, its the GASM dueling server that’s almost always full all the time. Ask yourself why is it the GASM dueling server almost full all the time when theres like 20 other dueling servers?

I know this thread is intended for EU, but just want to let people on NA know of a guild/community that has a strong presence on NA.

It’s nice to know that the NA has such a thing going!

Anti.9156:

i agree, that the new lfg forum is messy as hell and i also kinda like your idea, but what is a “skilled” player in your opinion? and wouldnt it be good to give all players a chance to find a team? Also there is already a guild with many “top” players in it to pug for ranked/teamq (ask lypion if you think you should be in it)

I think it would be a better idea to tell the devs in the forum, that we need the old lfg forum (pvp) back. Finding teammates with the new one is hard bc a post is on the 2nd page in matter of seconds

I do know of at least 2 large PvP guilds that cater players of all skill-levels, so creating a new one feels a bit pointless to me.
As for how the players are assessed on their skills: I break it down to 3 categories – 1. mechanical skill (1v1, teamfight, etc) 2. rotations and map awareness (this is tested through playing games together) 3. communication skills (use of TS to call out useful information such as cc chains and movement)
Other than this I want to have people that are in a team-focused mindset, meaning that they give advice and help others improve, rather than relieving frustration in map chat and TeamSpeak.
I also want this to be the known go-to option for enthusiastic PvP players.

helllo ….
i am still looking for good spvp guild
contact me in game if u want me …
SirMadman.8429