Guild Wars 2

Hi, I just ask myself what is wrong with small guilds? because from the latest upgrades it looks like Arenanet is doing everything they can do to kill them of.
Not everybody loves to be a a number in a very big guild! A lot of us, like to be in a smaller group with friends and people who really help each other out. I am sure there are many like us. The original system actually made it difficult for people like us. Because lesser people is also lesser guild influence. But we where able to manage just fine. We where doing some stuff together like dungeons and more.

Then A-Net delivered the last blow to us. Something that started the end of small guilds all together. And they done it with something almost everybody was waiting for! The guild missions. By making the influence level so high at least 30000 influence for one type. No small or new guild is able to open Guild missions. The result was almost immediately, our members started to look for bigger guilds, and finding new members is nearly impossible because of it. Also its like a house of cards when one thing starts it all go’s down. Because of most members left, guild chat go’s down and when that happens new members move out within the day!
Also starting a guild must be a hell to now, when you have just a few members people see it will take long to get it open, so they also leave.

I know what you gonna say now! You can be in more then one guild. True but thats not the solution. When you do stuff in the other guild, the influence don’t add to that smaller guild at all. In fact at the start it I found it a good system. But that changed soon, wen we notised that a now big guild was actually recruiting from our members, inside our guild. One joined up, and started to recruit inside our guild.

Anyway to the developers! Thanks for taking away most of the fun!

Linda

Can I play the devils advocate Ninja?
At line 1 you write this.
“Costume brawl is a fun event that you can start with friends or strangers anywhere.’

The next line you write the following!
“Besides it gets boring fast so most brawls don’t last long.”

I don’t know, but something that is really fun, don’t bores fast! When I find something fun, I can do it for hours and it never gets boring. Hitting friends and strangers with the same skills over and over again, really bores fast! I agree to that, especially when there is no real way to see who is actually wining it. But hey thats just me. Maybe there are kids here who only are able to use 2 skills.

But nobody here ever ask to take it out! Lets be clear about that. In fact keep it in constant, but in special arenas for those who like it. That makes it even more fun for you, because then you don’t need to stay on those empty parts you seem to hate so much!

I myself am a role player, when a part is empty it is part of the world I play in. Having the 2 d cartoon crap all over the world really ruins the experience for me. I fully agree with the people who like to do it, in fact concentrating it to arenas will make it more easy to find. Nobody of us want to take away your fun! But its you who want to take away the fun out of the game for those who don’t like it. Or the people like me who get a real life headache from it and get really sick from it. I want to give you permanent Costume Brawling Ninja, not just for an event just in limited areas.

So Ninja, what you try to tell is, take away all the fun, for those people who don’t like it. Just because you have payed for a witch costume?
What Xegert asks for is not that it has to stop, but he asks for a special place where it can be done, like people who don’t like PVP and WvW don’t have to be bothered by it. But then for Costume brawlers!

If you and your friends really want to do it, you can then join all those others who want to do it to. That way nobody is annoyed by it. And don’t think that because you have payed for a costume that gives you all the right to annoy others.
I have a Witch costume to, the costume is a very cool look, but personally I get sick of the costume Brawling. And then I mean physically sick. I have a very mild form of light epilepsy, I can play the game even the events! Because the flashes are rather limited. With the flashing cartoon stuff of the costume brawlers my eyes get complete out of focus, and I had to vomit a few times because of it.

Also the fact, that you say you can avoid it, is completely untrue! I like doing the events also, but people who like doing them are completely overwhelmed with the extreme brawling that is going on in LA at the moment. Its not because of the fun of a few, you need to ruin the game for those who hate it. And I can assure you there are a lot more of those then those who like it!

And about the costume, OK you did buy it, but so did a lot of people like me, who hate the brawling. Also by making areas for it, you will have even more fun. At least don’t allow it at places where you need to wait for events, or in such a central area like LA. Everybody needs to pass LA lots of times, at-least keep that neutral! Else you gonna loose a lot of players because of it. It is way to much.
When your a new player and come into an area like that, and you don’t know the game, your first impression will be that you don’t understand whats going on. With the result you log out and never on again. And we all want more players.
If I had to start Guild Wars in a area like LA is now, I log out and never come back!

Now you gonna respond, you just don’t come to LA then, well I was not in LA for days, because the terrible headaches I get from it.

Killeen Night