Guild Wars 2

I used to like underwater combat, but I’m finding at the higher levels the characters I am fighting are far more powerful than I am. I’m a level 80 Norn Ranger and I have a level 80 water cannon — I just played a level 47 quest — NOT a group event and I was down there chipping away for over an hour and 20 minutes, meanwhile getting ravaged by so many minions that can shoot farther and at more angles than I can, so I can’t even collect my loot. It’s just not worth it any more. How is it possible that I’m getting blasted from an angle that I can’t shoot from, I have to get to a level plane of some sort yet the minions can cause damage. Not to mention that I’m out of range yet taking huge damage from rocks being thrown not form cannons or turrets by enemies. I was so over matched that I almost gave up — not at all like me, I love a good challenge, normally. The inability to shoot from most reasonable angles needs to be adjusted IMO and I also find my targeting sucks too, double click, double click, double click and I can’t lock the target in, and auto targeting only works sporadically and it seems far worse in some venues more than others. Just my two cents — In fact, I killed a champion/veteran shark, by myself, that was supposed to be a group event way easier and in 1/5th the time of the individual quest on the same level.

EXACT WEAPON LEVEL 80 WATER CANNON OF FORCE (sigil of force) RARE.
Instance that I just played with great frustration — Blood Tide Coast, destroy psyllium generators and free quaggan prisoners. The generators took about 50 hits to destroy as well.

Am I missing something, other than the targets? lol

Excellent! Popped my dungeon cherry today! What a blast. VERY nice pick up group. No pressure, just fun.
If you put together a more casual group to learn dungeons, I’m in. I’m not sure my in game communication is working, Nellie Mae Clampet is my handle.

I’m interested in running dungeons but don’t have a guild as a resource. I’m only a level 55 — I’d love to get some experience in the lower level dungeons. So, if that might work, hit me.
:)

Prism.5649:

Reason.4918:

I would like to know when they are going to implement a Dungeon Finder tool. I have spent about 10 hours trying to find a group for a Dungeon, and I have yet to even start a single Dungeon. It is completely ridiculous that anyone thinks alt-tabbing to a third party website is an acceptable method of finding groups.

Maybe it works fine for people doing the most popular instances, but if you have joined the game late and are locked out from doing Explore modes until you finish the Story mode first, then it is literally impossible to find a group.

Maybe when you learn to play the game you’ll have more luck. For example:

There is no need to ever do story mode on any character. As long as one person in your group has done story mode before then the entire party can enter explorable mode.

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Also, think about the Dungeon Finder situation for a moment. Right now there is a perfectly usable and efficient LFG tool (aww you have to alt tab to use it, so what? Pressing those two keys is super difficult…That’s what the “Windowed Fullscreen” resolution option is for), so ANet has two options available to them:

1. Put their own LFG tool on the backburner while they work out some bugs/mechanics that need immediate attention as well as work on pushing new content sooner.
2. Work on an LFG tool to replace the one that already works and as a result fix bugs and push new content at a slower pace.

It seems pretty common sense that for the moment ANet should focus on other more important issues before they tackle an LFG tool. The delay also probably means that ANet will be adding pretty features to their own LFG tool when it is released.

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Instead of ranting and raving about how tough your life is, why don’t you take action to make it better yourself? Dungeons are incredibly easy to get groups for, and if you really and truly cannot find a group after 10 hours then the problem is 100% your own. Just today I have run 9 or 10 dungeons (mix of CoF, HotW, and Arah), and many of those runs were completely with PuGs who only stayed for 1 or 2 paths.

If you just shout “LFG _XYZ dungeon"_ every minute or two in LA then of course it is going to take you a while to get a group. Instead try the following:

GW2 Dungeon Finding Tips

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1. Find yourself a guild that does dungeons regularly. We can be in multiple guilds in this game so even if you are already in a guild of friends who don’t do dungeons you can still join another guild and only rep them when you are LFG.

2. Use GW2LFG. It is a magnificent and safe site. Post your own LFG and also check it regularly for anyone else who is LFG. If you have a smartphone then don’t hesitate to get the GW2LFG app (this would also fix your precious alt-tab problem).

3. Shout your recruitment in both LA and the map of your desired dungeon, and of course pay attention to other people who are looking for groups.

4. Actively look for other players outside of map chat such as players you have run with previously, friends, players in the dungeon zone who may not be looking at map chat, etc.

5. As much as your schedule allows, try to get dungeon groups during peak server hours. Trying to get a dungeon going during off-hours will be enormously more difficult than during peak.

6. Guest onto other high pop servers and broadcast your LFG in their LA and map chats.

Above all, be proactive! Don’t just sit there hoping other players will do the LFG work for you.

If you really and truly follow the above guidelines you will have a group within an hour no problem (unless you’re going for Arah; many players avoid that dungeon so getting a group can be a bit more difficult regardless of the quality of LFG tool). Don’t forget you can quest/farm/WvW/sPvP/etc while looking for groups.

I guess I’m just daft, this is my first MMO experience and I’m lost trying to find a group. I can’t seem to communicate in game with anyone already in a group. I stand outside of dungeons for a period of time with my LFG on, and I post txt bubbles when there are characters standing around. Everyone seems to be waiting for group members. I’ve also done the same in Lions’ Arch. So, since Prism pointed out that this is 100% my fault, I guess I’d like something more constructive than what I’ve already been doing. What do I need to do after I go to gw2lfg? Do I go in game and try to email or contact the person listing the group request??? If it was just posted, do I just go to the dungeon, lift my skirt a bit and stick my leg out? — I really don’t get the social aspects of these games.