Guild Wars 2

I would not object to it being changed to once a day per account, that seems reasonable.

Winfernal.9208:

It’s obviously designed to work like this when it is CHARACTER bound. How is it exploiting?…

Fair point.

Maybe ‘abusing’ would be a better word then ‘exploiting.’ Still it’s kind of stupid that this guy did this all day and then came here to complain about it. Some of us don’t have a lot of time to play every day, so it’s nice to know that if I catch one of these events, I might actually come away with something nice.

Ursan.7846:

Darth Llama.9217:

Sokar Rostau.7316:

I would agree that it is too much IF these chests weren’t limited to once per day per character. This alone prompts people not to sit all day at the same handful of events and encourages players to do other events.

Well said!

You can camp your character and not move them, but then you’re not getting any other loot. The way it’s done now is fair and balanced, I like that I can hit these events once per day and have a shot at some half descent loot for once.

I wouldn’t mind as much if they were account bound. But character bound? No way. I have 3 80s, and all my guildies have quite a few. We were just cycling through our characters doing behemoth/maw/fire elemental/jormag on 3 servers until I felt super silly.

So let me get this straight..

You abuse the hell out of the system, then come here to complain and ruin it for those of us that are using it as intended? Because you choose to exploit it, you would see us all punished?

Nice dude.

I think it’s very fair.

I don’t NEED these things.. not at all. I play every day anyway, and these are basically rewards for almost nothing. I usually get my daily through the course of game play or possibly with a little extra effort. By doing that and steadily working on my monthly I’m basically getting 1 Ascended item a month for just playing the game.

Fair?

I think so.

Vayne.8563:

Guild Wars 2 was mad busy today. Plenty of people playing. Only a small percentage of them feel they MUST have ascended gear. So basically you lied to your friend. Good job. lol

+1.

Sokar Rostau.7316:

I would agree that it is too much IF these chests weren’t limited to once per day per character. This alone prompts people not to sit all day at the same handful of events and encourages players to do other events.

Well said!

You can camp your character and not move them, but then you’re not getting any other loot. The way it’s done now is fair and balanced, I like that I can hit these events once per day and have a shot at some half descent loot for once.

Today was by far the busiest day I have seen on GW2 in forever. On my server (Blackgate) zones were constantly in overflow because so many people were on.

It’s pretty obvious that a lot of people have returned or are playing a lot more then they used to. I think the fact that they finally eased the loot restrictions a little have motivated people to play again.

phaneo.4597:

For 3 months people have been crying over bugged loot drops incl. chest drops. Now they make it better and someone still has to complain. Close this thread please! Don’t make the game any more ‘difficult’ to lay your eyes on – atleast now there’s a reason to PvE! And each rare I got until now still sells for less than 1 glob of ecto – so no big deal.

Agreed, close this thread. The OP DOES NOT speak for the majority. This thread sucks.

They finally put events in the game worth doing and people complain?

Un-frikk’n-Real.

gillius.2856:

only read the op… and it makes me sad… i just started a ranger, and was finding it quite fun.. but she is only lvl 15 or so….sad panda…:(

They’re a fun class until you start getting up around level 50-60 range, that’s when all the other classes will start leaving you in the dust.

Honestly, at this point I think I’m just going to delete my Ranger and call it a day. Arena Net just refuses to be honest and make a post saying ‘we don’t care about Rangers’ because it’s pretty clear they don’t. Everyone that plays this game agrees that Rangers need a buff and instead they get a nerf.

What better way to tell the community to just give up and play something else? That’s clearly what they want, so message received. I’ll just play the classes that Arena Net has decided they want people to play.

I ran COF today and these changes made things a little tougher, but not horrible. I don’t run a Zerker build though, I mix in Knights and have good toughness, but Whirling Axe was my ‘get outta jail free’ card and that basically no longer exists. For regular auto attacks, I still seemed to get my heals from Omnomberry Bar.

In the end, I’ll likely change up my build, I was running Sword/Axe due to my preferences in skills and the ability to heal with Whirling Axe. Now that they have made that non viable, I’ll just grab a Great Sword and join the masses.

This is absolutely stupid.

The player base asks for more variety in ascended gear from the laurel vendors and this is the answer? We’ll give you variety but you’ll have to grind for months to get it?

Ridiculously stupid. I’m not even going to bother attempting to get this even though it would be perfect for my Guardian.

Just adding a +1 to the OP.

My Ranger continues to sit on the back burner waiting for any love from ANet. Until then, I just keep playing my Warrior, Guardian or Elemenatlist and waiting.

It would be nice to at least hear that it’s being worked on.

benda.4893:

Dungeons is what i do the most with this build. Currently at fractals 40+ and a dungeon master aswell. It feels perfectly balanced and i rarely die at all.

Runes is really a personal choice, you can go divinity, you can go scholar, or even eagle. It’s up to you and wont make significant difference. I like divinity the most

Good to know, thanks for the advice. I was considering going divinity on my Runes, maybe I’ll revisit that idea. The nice thing about going all Zerker is I can get a full set from COF which is fairly easy so that makes it an attractive option. Thanks again, sounds like your idea might work well for me.

benda.4893:

If you plan on doing PvE with 0/10/0/30/30 Go full berserk. The survivability you get from that trait build is enough to do about anything in PvE

The highlighted accessory is the only thing that is not berserk on me, and necklace is Syzygy. The rest is berserk. Traits are 10/10/0/30/20. For my personal playstyle it’s perfect balance between not being utterly useless by dealing no damage and not dying on every trash pack. 30 in water also bring high support capabilities for your group.

Are you able to survive well in Dungeons as well?

What do you do for Runes on your Zerker Gear? You go full Zerker there too (Ruby Orbs?)

Good day fellow Elemenatlists.

I have recently started playing a Staff Build Ele (0/10/0/30/30) and while I’m currently only Level 31, I’m planning out my end game and was curious if what I’m planning is viable.

As a general rule, I’m not a ‘Glass Cannon’ type of guy. It’s good for some people, and I totally respect that, but it’s not my style. My goal is to gear my Ele to be balanced and do respectable damage while maintaining survivability. After all, your DPS is always Zero when you’re dead right? Right now I’m planning to spec around Power/Precision/Vitality and I’m curious if you guys think I’ll be viable with little to no toughness. I have some Tokens saved up from COF and was going to get a couple pieces of that set and mix with Valkyrie pieces. Right now I’m looking at going with 4 Zerker and 2 Valkyrie pieces with 5 Warrior Runes (Vitality/Power.) For the sixth rune, I was just going to use 1 that gives Precision like a Rune of the Ranger.

For trinkets, I was going to add a bit more precision or power and socket some +Healing for helping groups in Dungeons/PVE. The only big drawback I see with this going forward is I’ll have pretty much no Toughness since I’m going zero in Earth and not planning any Toughness Gear. My plan is to try and avoid close combat as much as possible and use my high Vitality and Water skills to outlast/cure conditions. This would let me sacrifice toughness in exchange for the ability to hit a little harder in combat. I realize I won’t ever match ‘Glass Cannon’ damage but hopefully I will be more well rounded.

Do you guys think this can work? Can a Staff Elementalist be fairly durable with a high Vitality and no Toughness? Thank in advance for any advice.

Sokar Rostau.7316:

UnderdogSMO.9428:

You also get a good amount of gold for a dungeon run and a garentead 60 tokens of some swort witch can get you 2 golds crush into ectose to sell if you like.

And by “2 golds” I think this person means “two Exotics”. There’s a reason people don’t talk about selling golds for gold. Although, how you get two exotics from 60 tokens is beyond me… Unless by “2” he means “to” which is a very different word with a very different meaning to 2.

Are we going to do two too?

I think instead of ‘Golds’ he meant ‘Yellow’ or Rare items.

A lot of people grind dungeons and then use the tokens to buy rare items from the Dungeon Vendors. The Rare (Yellows) are cheaper then the Exotics, so you can usually get one for doing 1 run. They break them down to try and get Ectoplasm which they sell on the Trade Post.

After I get all my gear, I might try my hand at this method since the drop system in this game sucks. People talk all the time about making money grinding dungeons, but it sure doesn’t work for me. I run them for tokens to get the Exotic Gear I need, I find absolutely nothing of any value in dungeons beyond the Tokens.

redhare.9210:

Darth Llama.9217:

I think I’m going to start selling them.

There are only a couple colors I even want and I’ll probably never get them. I would probably get them quicker by selling the unidentified kits, banking the money and saving up to just purchase the colors I want outright.

If you identify them you can sell them for lots more than the few copper for unidentified ones.

Not if you have luck like mine..haha.

I always identify them, and I always get colors that no one seems to want. I’ll probably just keep opening them with the slim hope that I’ll either get a color I want or one I can actually sell.

I think I’m going to start selling them.

There are only a couple colors I even want and I’ll probably never get them. I would probably get them quicker by selling the unidentified kits, banking the money and saving up to just purchase the colors I want outright.

Sadly, it’s all working as intended.

The Way Point thing was to stop people from ‘Zerg Rushing’ in dungeons where they would die and then charge right back into the fight.

The bigger issue to me is the loot issue, I’m in the same boat as you. I run dungeons all the time and find nothing but blues, some green and very rarely a yellow. Others find a pack full of yellows and even exotics which I have never found. Worst part, it’s something with my account because none of my characters ever find loot.

Apparently, there is some patch on the 26th that fixes some issues they found with the loot table and that’s my last chance before I have to decide if it’s worth it to even keep playing knowing I’ll never be able to buy anything. Even with the best Magic Find food I can get the game will not drop any loot for me that isn’t garbage.

Welcome to the club.. it sucks.

I would just let it finish, it sounds like the game needs to rebuild something. Once it’s done you should be good to go. Hope it finishes soon so you can play!

Sounds like your game is doing a rebuild/repair. Did you crash the last time you played?

I just logged in and there wasn’t any patch to download.

I wear it because I like it, I don’t really care if others wear it or like it. My Charr wears a mix of Berserker and Knights and I use COF for the Berserker Parts, Cultural 2 for the others. I like the way it looks, if it’s ‘cliche’ then I couldn’t care less. The only person I focus on when I play is me and I don’t care about impressing anyone else. I go to the Vendos in Lions Arch and preview armors when I make a new Character, whatever looks best.. I go for that. If everyone else shares my opinion then good for them.

People need to learn to play the way they want and worry less about what other people are doing.

I agree that universal tokens aren’t a good idea for the reasons mentioned in this thread.

A friend of mine had an idea that I thought was kind of cool, they should rotate weeks where one dungeon is ‘featured’ and for that week your first run drops 80 tokens instead of the normal 60. They could rotate dungeons every week to make sure all of them get focus and this would encourage people to fill less populated dungeons like CM and Honor.

Seemed like a good idea to me.

If I wasn’t playing the character, I would delete them without a 2nd thought. You can salvage/sell all the gear and put the gold in your bank for your next character. Plus it’s not like it’s really hard to get to 80, you level fast in this game. The only way I would hesitate would be if I had geared that character out with exotics. If the character was level 80 but just using Rares or worse.. sure I would delete.

No real comparison..

One of them has too much lag, mind numbing daily tasks, inferior level design, tons of bugs, too many griefers and spam bots, no real plot and nothing all that interesting to do.

The other one is GW2.

Thanks for the suggestion, I did get the point eventually. Someone read this and offered to help using a fully geared 80 and we were successful. I have an 80 Guardian in full Exotic and she was able to do it as well. The encounter can be done, but considering it’s in a 1-15 zone, I’m assuming that it’s not working as intended. The Mobs can be beaten, but for a team of the ‘appropriate level,’ by the time you defeat 80% of the mob, the first one you killed is already respawning. The encounter design is fine, the thing that could use adjustment is the respawn times.

Big thanks to the kind person that read this and decided to give me a hand, that was really cool of you.

Ok, I’m going to list this as a bug because it simply HAS to be a bug..

In the Plains of Ashofrd (Level 1-15 Zone) there is a Skill Challenge East of the Acalon City Waypoint. This challenge is bugged to the point of near impossibility.

The challenge is guarded by about 10 Ghosts and 1 Veteran Ghost. As if that in itself isn’t enough, they all respawn in 20-30 seconds making the challenge impossible unless you have either a very large group of players or a smaller party with at least 1 high level. I tried for an hour today to get this skill point and it just can’t be done with a group of players that are at the level of this zone.

I believe the respawn times are either bugged or need to be adjusted, you can’t have the entire mob respawn in less then half a minute, that’s way over the top. I understand it’s supposed to be challenging, but this point is hard only because of poor game mechanics and not because of the design of the encounter.

Thanks.

What dungeon did you run out of curiosity? The first one I ever ran was AC and I was in the same boat as you. I died probably 30 times in Story mode and constantly in Exp Mode and was just amazed by how hard it was. I have since done a few other dungeons and had little to no problem with any of them. I’ll never set foot in AC again, that dungeon is just awful but others aren’t nearly so bad. I just finished my Citadel of Flame set for my warrior and it was pretty fun and not very difficult at all.

It’s possible you just picked a dungeon that wasn’t a good match for your class setup or particular skill set. I’m sure if I went back now that I’m more experienced and tried AC again that I would do better, but I just decided to accept that I hate that dungeon and just skip it.

I never favor removing variety as a possibility. I would much rather that the professions in question get ‘fixed’ instead of removed. Even if they don’t get fixed, removal is still unnecessary since the inclusions of these classes don’t hinder people that don’t like them. If you don’t like Rangers, simply don’t play one. If you don’t feel they can be successful in a dungeon group then when asking for a group look for only the classes you want. Leaving them as an option doesn’t hurt those that don’t like the classes, their inclusion doesn’t detract from others so their removal is unnecessary.

Just for the record though, I have partied up with many Rangers, Engineers and Necros for dungeon runs and most of them have done just fine. I don’t believe for one second that any of these classes aren’t viable options in PVE or Dungeons. I don’t do PvP so I can’t speak on those topics, but for PVE and Dungeons these classes are all viable options. I think they just need a slight boost to bring them up a little closer to other classes, but other then that, they’re all just fine. I have a Ranger that I really enjoy playing and would be sad to see them go if removed.

I just want to say I love your vids. They’re always very helpful and I like the way you don’t try and say anything is ‘better’ then anything else, you just post what works for you and explain why. I just started playing an Ele and I’m going to use a lot of tips from your video. Thanks, and please keep posting, your GW2 Vids are among the best out there.

I’m a pretty casual player.. I have days where I play an hour or even less. Yes, occasionally I get long blocks where I play several hours in a clip but mostly I just play a little ‘here and there.’ After a couple months, I have 2 80’s one is in all exotics and the other is just short a couple rings which are rare. All I do is check the TP regularly for good deals, run dungeons, and try to complete areas. With the addition of the Laurel System, now I can even get Ascended Gear.. I get my amulet today in fact. The way Laurels work out I can get one Ascended item a month for nothing more then just playing. In fact, Legendary gear is the only thing that’s really not an option for me because the process is so incredibly stupid.

I can’t think of many other games where you can get basically the best gear in the game through just normal game play.

There are various dungons located around Tyria that you can do in 5 player teams. The first time you play a dungeon, you do so in ‘Story Mode.’ This mode gives you the storyline for the dungeon and lets you play through it to receive moderate gold/loot rewards.

After you beat a dungeon in Story Mode, you then have the option to again team up with 5 people and play the dungeon in Explorable Mode. Explorable Mode has 3 paths to pick from and completing each path gives you a reward of 60 Tokens from that dungeon. If you do all 3 in a day you’ll get 180 Tokens. You can take these tokens to Lions Arch and exchange them for level 80 Exotic Weapons and Armor. That’s the ‘free’ way to do it. You will also make gold doing these runs and can use that to buy exotic rings, accessories, etc from the Trade Post. You can also improve your accessories with Ascended Gear using Laurels that are gained from Daily/Monthly.

Crafting is also an option, you can take Armorsmithing or Weaponsmithing and make your own gear if you wish. The downside of this is that it seems to require a lot of grinding for materials and it’s more fun to just do the dungeons instead.

If you have specific questions, feel free to ask.

I haven’t played a Norn yet, but I can tell you for sure that jump puzzles with a Charr is a total nightmare.

Ok, here is an option for you. Why not put the Primeval Skin in your bank and then go back and get the one for your Ranger? Then later on if/when you decide to make a Guardian or Warrior, you can use the Primeval Skin. You have 5 character slots, you’re never going to make a Heavy Armor character? The Primeval Skin looks better then 90% of the Heavy Armors in the game. Just a suggestion if you can’t get a refund, at least you can get your moneys worth and not feel like you wasted it.

Good luck!

Right outside the Black Citadel (Charr staring area) there is a group of Earth Elementals above the Vault Waypoint. It’s a low level area accessible to even newly made characters. The Elementals attack first with a ground attack that rumbles up underneath you. You literally have a 3 second window to dodge and it counts for your daily. I recommend this place to finish daily dodger.

Daily Crafter is only 10 items.. any items. Make 10 Iron Ingots and you’re done.

Honestly, once you learn what spots you like for each challenge, it’s actually much easier and more fun then it used to be.

Thank god.. an actual positive thread!

No, the game isn’t perfect, but they’re fixing things all the time. I used to say the same thing that there is nothing to do ‘end game,’ but I agree with the OP that I was wrong on that. The scaling system makes it so I can take my high level character anywhere in game I want and have a good time. I can travel with friends regardless of their level, participate in dynamic events, work toward my daily/monthly, do WvW, complete Jump Puzzles.. there is plenty to do.

Like any game, it’s not perfect, but it’s a very enjoyable game and well worth the money I spent on it. I have tried several MMO’s and I drop most of them very quickly, but this one has actually managed to keep my interest. I’m kind of surprised that the forum is generally so negative with the exception of Legendary stuff, that’s just dumb. If you don’t care about Legendary Weapons, then this game is pretty fun.

Hellkaiser.6025:

“noob”

A player that pretends to be incredibly experienced, often arrogantly spouting bad directions to other new or even experienced players, lies constantly about their ingame experiences and accomplishments, blames other for their inadequacy and quickly resorts to flaming. More often than not will claim to the “pro” and is the very first person in any given situation to wrongfully accuse others of being “noobs”

-Please for the love of bob, stop misusing the term “noob” and instead use the proper term “newb” or “newbie”

Ok, I’ll admit it.. I didn’t know the difference. Good to know, thanks.

As said above, the groups you want to avoid are the ones labeled ‘speed runs,’ ‘looking for pro,’ or ones that will only take a Warrior, Mesmer, or Guardian. I joined a PUG the other day with my Warrior and as soon as I joined they asked me to link my gear in chat. I just had a good laugh and left the group. My gear is more then good enough, I just thought that was the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Most groups I have joined though are pretty good and welcoming to anyone that wants to try. Heck I did a couple COF runs today with 2 Rangers which are supposed to ‘suck,’ but we did perfectly fine.

You only get this problem from people that want to do runs in 5 minutes or less. If you’re willing to be patient you don’t need 5 pros in all exotics.. not even close.

I would never even attempt to get a Legendary, the entire process is just incredibly silly. Couple in the fact that the entire process is based on dumb luck and Grinding which will likely get you banned for ‘botting,’ and the whole thing is just one big joke. I’m happy with Exotics that I get from Dungeon Tokens. Not quite as flashy, but at least I have more time to actually enjoy playing the game. I admire the patience of those that have gone through the entire process though, you have far more time and patience then I ever will.

Absolutely not.

The only reason I even tried GW2 to begin with was the fact that there was no subscription fee.

First of all, your name is not ‘Awesome,’ it’s juvenile and silly. If I saw it in game, I wouldn’t report it, it doesn’t offend me. I would however, assume the player was about 12 years old. It’s the chance you take when you make a name that might offend someone. If enough people report it, you will have to change it. The entire thing is 100% your fault, take a short break and just change the name. I’ll never understand why people pick names like this and then act surprised when they get suspended.

I had a similar issue, I was mistakenly banned for ‘botting,’ and Support handled it quickly and professionally. I was banned about 7pm and was back on playing by 10am the following morning. Yes, it was a little annoying to have to quit for the night, but I understand that mistakes happen. The up side of the whole experience was that support was understanding and quick to resolve the issue. For that I was grateful.

If it’s any consolation, I had a similar problem (different zone) and support resolved it and restored my access the very next morning. Yes, it can be a little bit of a hassle, but from what I hear the chances of being falsely banned twice are minimal at best. The good news is, that if he is innocent then his account will be restored. I imagine it’s a pretty tough thing for support to tell if someone is a legit player or a botter, it’s definitely a challenging issue. As a general rule, I’m trying to limit ‘grinding’ to 1 hour or less per zone so that it doesn’t happen again.

Loli Ruri.8307:

Best advice I can give is, don’t hang around an area, move on. Do not stay logged in when you go afk, go back to character selection screen. If you see bots, run for it as fast as you can. You don’t want to even risk hanging around bots. If you see hackers, also run for it as fast as you can, because you don’t wanna get banned along with them. Do not trade gold or expensive items, risk of getting randomly banned for RMT. Yes I understand that lots of people trade items and gold every day. Technically if you get banned in error, you should have nothing to worry about. But I honestly feel that when you get banned in error, there is also the risk that you might stay banned in error. Like how did it go wrong in the first place?

Good advice.. problem is that I did all of that and still got banned.

The Bots were there earlier in the day but at the time I was hit the Bots were gone. Now, I don’t know when they were banned, for all I know they were removed 5 seconds before I zoned in, I have no way to know that. I never spend more then 45 min in a specific area unless I’m trying to complete it or doing events. I was there for 20-25 min tops when I was banned.

This is all good advice, and I’ll try and follow it as closely as possible, I’m just worried because I honestly was making a concerted effort to be mindful of such things and was still banned. From now on if I see Bots, I’ll stay away for at least 24 hours.. that might help. The area I like to farm isn’t an area that’s commonly farmed so I might be able to make that work. I appreciate the suggestion.

I had an issue recently that I really need some clarification on from Arena Net Staff if they could please. I just want to start by saying this isn’t a ‘rant’ thread and I am not looking to start an angry debate. The intent is to address a serious issue with user accounts and hopefully come to some type of consensus on a resolution.

The other day, I was farming for crafting components when I was suddenly banned for ‘botting.’ I was quite surprised when I saw this message because I had only been in the zone for about 25 minutes. This zone was populated with Bots earlier that day all of which were reported (by me) but for some reason I got caught in the net when they decided to get rid of all of them. After this happened, I opened a support ticket and my account was quickly restored by Arena Net for which I am very grateful. The ANet staff was very courteous in helping me and handled my issue very quickly. I was unbanned by 10am the following morning and I thank them for that.

The issue I now face is that I’m a little timid to play because I’m honestly not sure what I am and am not allowed to do. I would like to say that I very much appreciate the aggressive stance that ANet takes against botting and I realize this policy is necessary to protect the integrity and economy of the game world. As a player though, I’m concerned that the trigger might be getting pulled a little too quickly. Am I allowed to Grind? Not only is there no rule against it, but if you look up the process for attaining most ‘end game’ (Level 80) and Legendary items you’ll see that Grinding is actually a vital part of the game. My question is, how do I gather materials without being flagged as a ‘bot?’ Is there anyway I can gather materials without incuring another ban/suspension?

My fear is that it will happen to me again and then my record as a player will show a trend of problems that will lead to me not being able to play at all anymore. Again, I appreciate the effort ANet puts into protecting the game and I have no desire to infringe on that. What I’m asking is if there is a way we can find a middle ground that lets players actually play without risk. Maybe if someone would have sent me a message first and asked me a specific question that a scripted bot wouldn’t be able to auto answer? My goal in this discussion is to find a way to be able to play without being lumped in with rule breakers that have no business being in game.

Thanks again for resolving my issue so rapidly and professionally, and thanks for any input you can provide on this topic.

I like this thread a lot. I’m kind of a hybrid player, on days I work I get in maybe 1 or 2 hours, but on my days off I’ll sometimes play 5-8 hours depending on my schedule that day. I played a Guardian (Meditation tank build) up to 80 and then decided I liked the Ghastly Sword/Shield and took my happy self off to AC to get tokens. The experience was not good, not at all. I got my backside kicked all over the place and had almost no fun at all. I did eventually get the Sword and Shield but walked away from the experience thinking I just sucked at the game which was a shock because my Guardian is practically unstoppable in regular PVE. Like some other people have, I made the exact assumption you’re talking about, I assumed that I was a ‘casual’ player and therefore by comparison, a ‘bad’ player.

Then I poked around this forum for a bit and now I realize it was just my approach. I did no research on the dungeon before doing it, I knew nothing about the dungeon and didn’t communicate to my party that I was new. I had a hard time not because the dungeon is impossible or because I ‘suck,’ I struggled because I simply screwed up and tried to tank everything like I do in PVE just to get steam rolled by anything above a silver mob.

I have since created a Warrior as an Alt because I want to have a ‘Tank’ and a more DPS focused character. I have decided that I want the COF Armor Set, but this time I’m going to do it different. I’m going to watch the guides posted here, I’m going to read the tips on the Wiki and when I join my group I’m going to relay to them that I’m a first timer but I have done my research and I’m going to try and do a better job. For those in the same boat, there is a sticky thread at the top of this section that has links to walkthrough videos on Youtube that are narrated and tell you step by step what to do on each path. The Wiki also has tips and written walkthroughs as well. Maybe it’s time that us ‘casuals’ simply took a little more time to prepare instead of treating dungeons like they were regular PVE encounters. Will I be successful? Maybe, maybe not, but I’m sure I’ll do better this time. Just because we don’t play 5+ hrs a day doesn’t mean we can’t contribute and play well, we’re just going to have to make better use of the time we have.

DigitalKirin.9714:

Good on you for having a spirit to be better even before joining the dungeon, Darth Llama!

While I agree that no one wants to be that ‘one guy’, just remember that there are people out there willing to also step up and be a Teammate and help res you because they know you’d do the same for them.

If you do a gw2lfg post, maybe just ask for casuals so that people won’t freak out on you if you do make a few mistakes.

Good advice, thanks.

When I was doing AC, I didn’t communicate to my party that I was new and that was on me. I was afraid that if I told them I was new that they would kick me which was perhaps an unfair assumption on my part. This time I’m going to do the research first and tell my team that I’m new, but that I studied what to do. I’m sure if I can get with a couple groups willing to work with me I can get it down. I’m generally pretty good at Video Games, just need some practice. I do use gw2lfg, I’ll just be more forthright about my experience level when I decide to try AC (waiting until I hit level 80.)

The Gates Assassin.9827:

To me, mastery is boring. No one cares about the story where everything goes perfectly. It’s boring. I prefer worse players, as long as they’re good people and try. I did CoF Path 2 with a crappy group and it took about 25 minutes to get it right. It took a lot of work from me. I did it again with an experienced group and we did it flawlessly the first time.

Which do I prefer? The nub group all the way. The more desperate the situation the better. The harder it is to just stay alive and get people up, the better. It makes my character a hero in the dungeon, instead of just another part of the team.

I’ll take a nooby over an elite player in dungeons anyday.

tPvP is a different story.

Kudos to you. As an inexperienced player who is really trying to improve I can say that I wish more people were like you. I have had mixed results doing dungeons, a few good people like you and a few that I have no desire to travel with again. Most n00b’s will gladly listen to experienced players and do what they’re told, personally I’m more then happy to take advice and instruction from people that know what they’re doing.

The players like you make players like me better, so thanks for that.

I’m pretty worried about this too. I realized after doing several runs of AC that I just suck out loud at Dungeons and this new change has me feeling like I just might have to never try a dungeon again. I do really want the COF armor for my Charr Warrior (Because they look really cool in COF Armor) so I’m going to try a different approach this time. I realize I sucked at AC because I had no idea what I was doing. I joined a public group and just tried to follow their lead, I was able to get enough tokens to get a Sword/Shield for my Guardian, but it wasn’t fun at all for me.

This time, I’m going to try watching videos of the paths before I ever go in and reading strategy guides for each path on the Wiki. I’m not sure if this change will exclude less experienced players or not, but ultimately I think it will. I’m willing to do more research and try to get better, but I honestly don’t think most people will. With this new system, people are only going to want the best players they can get and ultimately that will cause newer players to filter away from dungeons leaving only the most skilled of players that do them. I’m going to try and do it right though and learn what I’m doing and see if I can become a better dungeon player, but I’ll admit that the new change has me wondering if maybe I would be better off finding something else to do.

No one wants to be that ‘one guy’ that hinders his/her team. Before, if I died, I would have to respawn, repair and make my way back.. the punishment was on me. Now I cost my whole team and that honestly kind of sucks.