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Nincpower, on 08 January 2013 - 04:20 PM, said:

Other people might find it usefull.

• Have a character at every order (your character doesn't have to be high level, just ask a friend/guildie to help you with personal story untill you're in an order)
  
  
• Buy the pieces you want (they will be soulbound here)
  
  
• Transmutate it onto a white/blue item and bank it (transmutating them will make them account bound)
  
  
• Then transmutate it onto the item you want.

littleXuro, on 29 September 2012 - 10:57 AM, said:

Ok, look...

Guild wars 2 is not responsible for taking gamers at large in their community and making them something they not all are: overtly social creatures.  This doesn't mean we're basement dwelling manchildren, but it does mean that it takes all kinds to populate an MMO community.  There are overtly sociable people playing this game, but you're going to have to go find them, specifically, because logging into the same area as a bunch of people doesn't entitle you to social inclusion.

Straight up, my guild is pretty sociable, but the vibes you're putting out would tell me that you, respectfully, wouldn't fit among us, because you're radiating high maintenance "pay attention to me" with this thread.  We  aren't here to pay attention to you.  We're here to play a game that DOES provide some of the greatest opportunities and tools to seek the gameplay and group experience we want.  Put your name out, tell folks what you want out of the game.  If you happen to line your seemingly high social maintenance needs up with a big hearted guild that will tolerate that, I wish you all the happiness you can handle, seriously, I'm not being sarcastic.

The only experience you can consider yourself guaranteed and entitled to is the mechanical world, because with so many self-motivated, personally empowered ways to enjoy GW2, the ONLY people that are going to be overtly social are those that WANT to, since, unlike other games, and thank goodness for this, there is no NEED to do so.

I don't need you, you don't need me, because of this, the only communication you will receive from me is that which I WANT to provide.  From person to person, this will vary, and unlike other games, that won't cripple anyone.  Thank goodness for that.

Look for the support group you seemingly desire.  If it's that important to you, you'll be up front, proactive, and maybe you'll find it.  It sounds to me like you need to look in the mirror before you look outward, though.

If you want forced, false smiling co-dependence ("be nice to the healer or we won't down the boss!"), there are many other games for that.  I'll enjoy my freedom here, and those that appear worthy of my interaction will receive it.

Good luck.

Dunno, I usually play with some of my friends/bf, but there are times when I just log in and start playing alone, and the fact there are many people around me doing events and stuff is the exact reason why I DON'T feel alone... fact that you don't have to group with people could be contributing to the feeling of you being lonely but the game was designed so you can always jump in and help others, which makes this game, in my honest opinion, best MMO I ever played. To me, game starts feeling lonely when there are no people on the map which happened maybe 2 times in remote areas with no events, but think about it, this is how most games of this genre start feeling early on, when you complete all the quests and move on.

And about talking in chat, well nobody can help you there, people don't generally talk very much not at least on my server, too busy LFG-ing for dungeons and such. I know we can't agree on everything but I find this game to be a social sucess ,not a failure.

Gilles VI, on 11 December 2012 - 10:13 PM, said:

This just shows a complete lack of understanding about "good" raid mechanics.

Make the group split up into smaller groups and require them to coordinate attacks.

Make the mob put a debuff on a person every 30 seconds that they must cure or they die and spawn adds the raid has to deal with. One person not paying attention means a wipe, so more people is actually a disadvantage.

There are so many ways to make better content than the 5 man garbage GW2 currently has. The curent content is nothing more than 5 people soloing in the same area trying to keep themeselves alive while trying to tag as many mobs as possible for loot.

The ONLY content in GW2 that even resembles a good group mechanic is Jade Maw. The rest are just zergfests with more HP and DPS than the completely trivial open world zergfests. Everything else is just a matter of keeping yourself alive by kiting so you can loot the sparkling corpses at the end of the fight.

Happiness Factory, on 08 December 2012 - 10:02 AM, said:

Everquest 2 and I think Everquest both give you free "veteran's rewards" for playing for longer than other people.  It isn't like they are giving it away "for free," this is a digital item that once it is made there is absolutely no cost in giving it to everyone who wants it.

I, for one, think it would be nice if they said "to everyone who prepurchased the game originally, you will also get a free upgrade."  It would be a sign of good faith towards the early adopters of their game and it might just keep a few people on their side.  That isn't exactly something to be taken for granted considering the amount of people they have disappointed lately.

As someone who had the game pre-ordered and didn't have the $$ at the time for the digital deluxe edition i find this promotion says "Screw You" to everyone who bought the game already. I mean where is our Thank You gift/promotion for being with the game since day one and still play it even after all the bumps and bugs with the events and such.

Darkobra, on 11 December 2012 - 10:05 PM, said:

Coordination on that scale is certainly possible you just need incentive. I am in favor of raids in GW2 which focus on multiple groups of players in a single instance tackling multiple objectives and coordinating with one another to progress. Rewards such as Guild trophies and unique weapons/armor would be cool.