Guild Wars 2

Hello all. I’ve been browsing the forum posts and I’m continually impressed by the helpful and friendly tone that seems to characterize the “Looking for Guild” threads. So I decided to post myself in the hopes of finding some like-minded players.

My main character is a level 80 human ranger on Anvil Rock. I’m not considering a server transfer at this time, because I have real-life friends as well as a couple of family members playing on AR now. One’s in a WvW-focused guild, which is fine but not what I am seeking for myself. I do enjoy running WvW every once in a while, but I’d prefer that it not be an expected thing, if that makes sense. I also am not in any other guilds and I don’t intend to be in more than one. I’d like to represent one guild at all times, I think I’m “old-school” in that way.

About me: I’m a married dad, I work full time, and I game with my teenage son who has a level 76 ranger (soon to be 80, we hope!) and I’d like to find a guild that would welcome us both. I play most evenings for an hour or two (between 7:00 and 9:00 PM Pacific time) and we both play together on weekends. My son rarely plays during the week because of school work. We both have many years of MMO experience, going back to City of Heroes, of course WoW, and we consider ourselves smart players. I don’t have the twitch reflexes that he does, of course. I read all the complaints about the ranger class and while I understand it to an extent, I really like the class and I think I’ve learned to play it pretty well. But I will never top the damage charts in PvP, nor do I have any interest in doing so. I’ve played ranger/pet classes in almost every game and they just click for me.

I’ve recently reached Orr in-game and I’ve been fortunate enough to run with a few really fun, really satisfying groups. I have the most fun in this game when I’m running around, completing events and just killing things with a group of players. In 80 levels I have yet to do a single dungeon, never mind the new Fractals “hotness”, because I have been frankly put off by the tales of supreme difficulty that I’ve heard. I’m not sure I would be up to the challenge and I don’t want to burden a group with that. I WOULD be willing to try the dungeons with a guild group. I ran 5-man heroics in WoW all the time and came to really enjoy them, but this was some time ago. I know Guild Wars dungeons are another beast altogether.

I have about 61% world completion and I’d like to work on that as well. My ideal guild would still want to run in Orr and help open the temples (I have 2 pieces of exotic temple armor and I’m working on that as a long-term goal) as well as run in Southsun Cove if we feel like it, and maybe some dungeons if the group make-up is ideal, and patient. I have zero interest in structured PvP but do enjoy WvW at times, just not as a primary thing. Maybe we’d group up to help someone get that last waypoint in a zone…things like that.

I know the whole Ascended gear/Fractals thing has changed the game, and not necessarily for the better. In closing, I guess I’m looking for a group of people who still want to enjoy the rest of the PvE end-game (since I just got there!) and not just the new elements. Anyway, thanks for your time and feel free to message me, or reply here.

I logged out of my own accord maybe 30 minutes into the event, I didn’t think it was worth the frustration and I still don’t think it was. But I really feel for the people who slogged through it only to miss out on the final chest. ESPECIALLY because no event in the game has ever given rewards of this scale. They didn’t hint that the final chest would be anything near what it was.

I don’t think they should repeat it, God knows it was bad enough once. It might be nice if Anet took a page from Trion’s book and sent everyone something like the 20-slot bag reward. Nothing overpowering, like the weapons or the accessory, but something usable by anyone. Rift did this when their first big event fizzled (I forget the name now but it was the same kind of short-sighted planning…gather hundreds of players in one area…yeah great idea). Send every active player the bag, who cares if they were even online or not. Let them claim it only once, if you want, and make it account-bound. This would go a long way toward restoring some people’s faith in the game. It would not make up for the fact that some people got precursor weapons but it would be something, a gesture at least.

Wow…I’d just like to add my own experience, same as many other users. I have not once been able to buy gems even though I used my MasterCard to purchase two copies of the game. I use the same card for Steam, iTunes, Amazon with no issues. Heck, this same card has been on my NC master account since late 2004 when I started playing City of Heroes! I’ve checked with my card company and they have not blocked any attempted charges. It really seems to be “something” on NC’s/ArenaNet’s end that is causing the problem.

I registered with the forums just now, simply to chime in on this issue. I came here looking for a shred of hope but it really seems rather pointless. I’ve not created a support ticket, why would I add another to the thousands that already exist on the same subject? Obviously they know there’s a problem. This seems to me like the kind of long-term thing that may (hopefully) be fixed a year or more from now, along with other lingering game bugs. I recently made level 80 with my first character, and it’s been great fun but I don’t think I’ll want to do it again anytime soon on an alt character. There were things I put off buying till I reached 80, such as a bank tab, my last bag slot, etc. I bought some cheap rare armor at 80 which looks horrid, so I thought what the heck, maybe I’ll buy a cosmetic armor set. Even though I’ve tried buying gems once or twice in the past, I thought “it’s got to be fixed by now…right?” Wrong. I still get the “Card Authorization Failed” message.

So while I still expect to play once in a while (my son is still leveling so I’ll run around with him) the gem buying issue has really cooled my interest now that I’ve reached level 80. I can’t do things that I had planned to do at this point in the game. I also have been completely, utterly amazed at the quality of the game and the art design, and having always maintained at least one ongoing monthly sub fee (and sometimes two) in the past, I would be more than happy to spend money in the gem shop, because I feel the ANet devs have earned it. But I can’t do it, unfortunately. I can tell you that I will certainly spend some money when this issue is cleared up – if I’m still playing when that happens. But I am not going to file a ticket and I am not going to go out of my way for what is already a well-documented issue. I’d just like to see it get fixed.