Guild Wars 2

Great guild you should check it out.

My understanding of what dungeons were going to be like may differ from how ANet actually wants them to be.

My understanding of what dungeons were going to be was that story mode was for pick up groups and explorable mode dungeons were for highly coordinated groups of 5 people (probably with some type of voice communication). This was to fill the “raid” itch for those that love raiding. I love the idea of five man group “raiding” cause I hate organizing 15 – 50 people.

Currently imo explorable dungeons are not this way. I can pick up any 4 level 80 people in Lion’s Arch and run pretty much any explorable dungeon. We my die a lot but given enough time we will win. It doesn’t feel epic and mostly it just feels like every other MMO dungeon run. Fun to do with friends but you don’t get a sense of super accomplishment once you beat it.

So my idea is to make a dungeon mode (lets call it raid mode) that would be different from story or explorable. These would be seperate dungeons with new bosses/mechanics that would be specifically harder for a “raid” encounter.

The first thing these “raid” mode dungeons would have is only one waypoint (the first one). Zerging from the closest way point does not feel epic. It feels like cheating. If I can’t down a boss without dying 20 times then I’ve lost to the boss and don’t deserve to beat it.

The second thing these “raid” mode dungeons need would be a timer and/or perma death. Lets have some real consequences for wiping to a boss. If the dungeon has a timer then you can’t just keep attacking the boss hoping to get lucky at some point and beat it. The timer puts pressure (aka why raids are fun for some of us) on getting things right the first time.

The third thing these “raid” mode dungeons need is once you win you get a piece of loot. How explorable mode dungeons are now is you run it 6 times and win 6 times and get one piece of armor. The formula I would like to see is run it 10 times win 1 time and get one piece of armor. I want the possibility of failure. I want to fail a lot. So when I win it feels legendary and I will talk about it for years with the friends that I completed it with. This is what I enjoy about “raiding”.

I love this game and if it never has anything close to this I will still keep playing it but adding something like this would be SOOOO cool.

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Our mission statement in youtube form

Saints of Lion’s Arch

Leaders: Dosmas, Mirakle, Tarsis, Keero
Website: http://sola.enjin.com/
Type: PvX
Server: Sanctum of Rall
Current Size: 90+
Voice Chat: Mumble
Age: any and all

A Bit About Ourselves:
The Saints of Lion’s Arch was established by a group of online friends to provide an environment where gamers can enjoy Guild Wars 2, and to develop a community of acceptance and encouragement. SoLA was founded with Judeo-Christian teachings and a Biblical world-view in mind. As such we strive to show respect to everyone including our enemies. Our goal is to be known as friendly and helpful members of the Guild Wars 2 gaming community. We will do this by holding ourselves to a high standard of respect and maintaining the honor of the Saints of Lion’s Arch. We will provide a family friendly environment for gamers and a place to enjoy Guild Wars 2 in a community of friendly individuals.

The founding members of SOLA receive their authority from Christ, and the Bible is used for much of our guidance and structure. While SOLA was founded by Christians, it is not required for membership.

Many of us have been playing for years together and now we are branching out to play GW2 and meet even more new people and make many new fiends. We range from Hard Core PvP to PvE and very casual gamers, from people in their 60s to teens and maybe younger (Though most of us are in our late twenties early thirties). Many of us have experienced incredible success through games such as EQ, DaoC, WoW, SWTOR to name a few. We have former members of high end Raiding guilds and RvR guilds that still have the heart and skills just not the time they once did.

SoLA focuses first on a clean and friendly environment. We’re looking first and foremost for people who can add something to our community, get along with other people, and can handle keeping things PG13 for the people who have kids.

After that though, we do press for the big leagues and will be fighting to own keeps, taking out world bosses, and accomplishing everything end game has to offer. We’ve been highly successful with this in the past and plan to continue to do as we’ve always done.

If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or even just want to meet me, please feel free to send me a private message, visit our site, or just respond to this thread here.