Guild Wars 2

I used to love dungeons in gw1. We had Heroes and Mercenaries for those occasions when we couldn’t get enough people to group together and it was great to have a mix of Heroes and real players or just go with Heroes and take your sweet time in completing a dungeon.

In gw2 I avoid dungeons after some bad experiences. As much as I would like to get my monthlies done and simply experience the dungeons, I’m not sure if I ever will based on the current setup where you are being forced to group with other players weather you want to or not.
Also, due to my time zone, I often find myself playing alone as most US folks are asleep when I play, so it makes it almost impossible to find a group even if I wanted to or I have to stay up all night to find some people and got to dungeons half-asleep.

Since the game launch but especially since Fractals, I’ve seen lots of posts complaining about being kicked from the party b4 getting chest which is what happened to me as well.

I suggest introducing Dungeon Heroes or Mercenaries that are only available in dungeons, where solo player can hire 4 Heroes or make up the numbers if one can’t find a full group. You can even charge a small hire fee, but ofc these Heores would have to be good at what they do, be tough and have a good AI.

I think this would eliminate lots of griefing that’s developing in gw2 dungeons, as well as allow those people who normally wouldn’t do dungeons, experience them. I often see people looking for that last 1 or 2 to make up their group that they cannot find, Heroes would do nicely to fill this gap. And for those who would like to do it solo, they can and take their time doing it, instead of people always looking for short-cuts, skipping mobs etc.

For those who are gonna say this isn’t gw1, I know that, but I also see the need for Heroes developing in gw2 at least for the dungeon aspect of the game and frankly I don’t see anything wrong with it. If gw1 could have them, if Allods Online can have them (which is also a MMORPG) why can’t gw2?

Happy for fellow players to comment but please be constructive and stay on topic, I don’t want the thread to be shut down.
Thanks

I remember Allods…anyways even though they do have npc’s that follow you in the dungeons it would be nice to have temporary npc’s that would fill up the gap when you want to try it by yourself or it is taking too long to find another person. I would support it but I do not think they will want to add it because this game is meant to have teamwork and socialization with other fellow players.

Sure but frankly there’s nothing social about doing all the work to get to the boss chest, then being kicked form the group b4 you get it.

just switch to a server where majority of population comes from australia and SE asia. besides there’s a great website, i’m not sure whether i’m allowed to post addresses here, that helps you find a group real fast.
i personally quit playing gw1 because of that hero system. If they add heroes here, people will either find out that, “Hey, i can do dungeons without actual people in my group” and start doing that, leaving those who do dungeons with people out of the boat and eventually quitting,
OR which is more likely – failing. Some of the dungeons require human cooperation, not just having bots around you. Imagine doing CoF p2 boss for example, or twilight arbor up-fwd path, and a ton of other examples where actual human intelligence is needed.
Personally hope that heroes will never be added to this game.

NPC for dungeon is great, i support it

FKwrong.9104:

just switch to a server where majority of population comes from australia and SE asia. besides there’s a great website, i’m not sure whether i’m allowed to post addresses here, that helps you find a group real fast.
i personally quit playing gw1 because of that hero system. If they add heroes here, people will either find out that, “Hey, i can do dungeons without actual people in my group” and start doing that, leaving those who do dungeons with people out of the boat and eventually quitting,
OR which is more likely – failing. Some of the dungeons require human cooperation, not just having bots around you. Imagine doing CoF p2 boss for example, or twilight arbor up-fwd path, and a ton of other examples where actual human intelligence is needed.
Personally hope that heroes will never be added to this game.

I know I’ve heard of the lfg website but I’ll be kitten if I’m going on some 3rd party website just to find a group in gw2! In any case, they could add another mode to accommodate the Heroes so that everyone can experience the dungeons in this game and not just a bunch of elitists or hard core players.

And, I don’t think this would detract from real players getting into dungeons, in fact it would enhance it, making it more inclusive, rather than exclusive as it stands currently.