Guild Wars 2

When i log on , sometimes i have friends online, sometimes there are none, but my objective is clear, i just want to roam and pvp. But i cant, here’s why.

Roaming solo or small man requires a few things :

A killing field area> a good roamer, always has a few spots that are his terrority he will camp , constantly running round and round the map never nets positive results for kill to death ratio due to high exposure to unfamiliar territory, and ganking from zergs.

A low time to kill (decent to high dps builds) that ensure you dont get add-ed upon.

A high level of obscurity>> areas that arent high in traffic , and has terrain that can hide me (bridges/bushes/ditches/water etc) ; or a build/class that grants me obscurity, thieves ,small character scales , mesmers.

Movement speed > always have your horn/staff/shortbow ,whatever that lets you get in and out of combat.

And most importantly , the ability to utilize tactics to constantly deal with greater odds , as this is guerilla warfare, never expect a fair fight.

Problems with gw2 roaming (non biased, just observations)

The map layout is situated to always have a funnel of players streaming through due to the many amount of cap points, meaning a spot that might offer good obscurity for a while, will not be that way >>> cancels out being able to have a designated area for small man roamers.

The rally system. Down system is fine, though it elongates time to kill that is perfectly ok, as you can still build to burst , but the rally system, means you may kill him, and he gets rallied and your time to kill goes OUT OF WACK , this essentially makes it very hard to not get added upon.

Im a visible , i expect to not have as high survivability as a stealth type , when roaming , but once again, the terrain pathing for locating a fixed killing field , makes me move. I will never be found again by my top returning customers for another encounter* which destroys any form of reputation building , or said bragging rights .

GW2, pvp punishes all forms of smart tactics , except zerging . This is also another unfortunate side effect of the rally system. As a solo guardian, my record on chain fights within less than 5 seconds of each other is 13 in a row ! My record of 1v x fights , is 1v3 , and i had a 20 second jump on them as they were fighting an event mob , i downed 2 , was on the third , DOWNED the third with event mob helping, and they pelted me to downed. The event mob died through conditions, we all rallied, and i died subsequently 1v3. I cried.

Oh i hate you rally system. But more importantly. I just want to roam! Stop punishing me in all ways possible gw2!

Kazzuki -RR8 daoc ranger/hero/valewaker/zerker/heretic .. solo roamed all the way.