I started playing GW2 in March, and was amazed by the visuals, the gameplay, and things were all pretty kitten sweet. I leveled a bit, crafted a bit, did some dungeons and I was suddenly level 80, and I started feeling like I had nothing worthwhile to do anymore. I’d seen most of the content from level 1 to 80, the dungeons were interesting once in a while, but not really my cup of tea. I’d done a bit of random PvP and WvW, but I had nobody to do it with and as such, the first impressions weren’t all that awesome. PvP was too similar to other games I’ve played to be of much interest, and WvW seemed to me too big of a deal for me to tackle then and there. I was ready to uninstall and move on.
Then I joined FG, and straight off the bat some hardass volunteered me for a dungeon. I figured, ‘hey, why not, I’ll tag along.’ This guy then started talking to me about theory crafting, in regards to WvW, and this got me a little bit interested in that aspect of the game. It led to my participation in a guild event in the borderlands. Imagine, if you will, joining a raiding party as a total scrub, knowing literally nothing about what you’re doing, how to do it, and why you’re doing it in the first place. The first few times were a bit confusing to say the least, but exciting for all that. There was, naturally, another event the following evening.
I’m still a WvW scrub, but the FG community helped me through the confusion, and I’ve had a ton of fun in the process, more thanks to the players than the gameplay, even though the gameplay is a lot of fun. The hundreds of hours I’ve logged in-game since joining have been an unexpected privilege.
Maybe you’ll join us for the next few hundred.
-Mag
(edited by hild.4190)