Okay, I like in Guild Wars 2 that you’re not pressured to team. Events can be done by everyone without having to be in a group, and you’re not penalized for that. I also like that people will hop in and help others in trouble without anyone getting upset because you’re not penalized as far as XP goes for that, either.
So, naturally, you have many people doing helpful things for their fellow players, which is great. However, I’ve never seen a community with a bigger bunch of in game assholes. I swear pick up groups in that game might as well be a game of Russian Roulette. I’ve only had one decent pickup group in all this time since launch. I did end up with some really fantastic groups during the Lost Shore event, but I’m sure that was a fluke.
My general rule is that I team with my guild mates who happen to be my friends outside of the game, but sometimes when we’re doing dungeons, we have to pick up a player or two. You’d think that wouldn’t be a problem since it’s one or two people at best, but somehow, we always end up with some jackasses on our team who sucks the joy out of a quest.
I blame Nightxade. She does all the inviting, and I’m pretty sure her asshole detector is broken. Or maybe our server is where other servers send their assholes to die.
Well, thanks for all the reasons not to play. You know my asshole tolerance level once I’m off the clock plummets to zero. I’d never make it out of that game alive.
Seriously, this is such a problem in a game that all but makes you play nice with other characters, and the people I do think would be great to play with, I can’t bring myself to bother.
Example story that sticks out in my mind because I wish I could find this person again. When Nightxade, Ozzin, and I did a jump puzzle in Lornar in the Windy Cave.
Incidentally, I ended up falling at the beginning and had to start over while Xade and Oz went ahead to a safer position to wait. So, a Norn guardian followed me into Windy Cave for the jumping puzzle and basically guardian’d while I mesmer’d.
I get the feeling he was trying to protect me because he saw a squishy mesmer going in by herself, but I tank with my main mesmer. I do it all the time. If I down, don’t stop to rez me. I WILL get up on my own most of the time. As long as I can get a rhythm going and don’t get overwhelmed by numbers in a fight, I will try to hold the line.
If you put me, a guardian, and a warrior in a room together, this is how the death order will go: Guardian, Warrior, and MAYBE me. And I play (and love) all those professions, too, but I still give my mesmer the BEST chance of survivability. I tend to stay alive with my main mesmer and finish off waves until I can rez my friends. She’s a force. I love her. /end Mirielle fangirling
Anyway, so this guardian trailed me, followed me when the coast was clear, jumped in front of me to do his guardian thing when it wasn’t clear, and then, submitted to my lead once everything in the way was dead. It was cute. Unnecessary, but really cute.
At one point I lost Oz and Xade. I thought they were still with me, but they weren’t. I think Xade had went back to get Oz who downed or vice versa, and I wasn’t aware. It was me and the guardian running through. We completed the puzzle together.
Okay, this might’ve been a case of using his means to achieve his end (completing the jump puzzle), but after Oz and Xade caught up, I turned around to help them kill the stuff that respawned and help them finish the puzzle because friendship is magic.
The Guardian came with us. He turned around and followed us back, even though he’d gotten his reward and he had every right leave at that point. No hard feelings. Typically, that’s what happens in those type of instanced teamwork moments where you’re trying to achieve the same goal. You work together, you get the goods, and you part ways.
So, he could be an asshole, but usually assholes in that game aren’t willing to risk death when they’d get no real reward for doing so. We thanked him for helping us, though. And I may be projecting on him because that’s stuff I do.
I help people complete objectives that will yield no real reward for me because I just like to help people in that game. I run across a map just because I see “FALLEN PLAYER” on my mini-map. I’m that player. And I’ve had other instances with other players like this, but in actual groups? No. Assholes. More assholes per capita than I’ve ever encountered. It’s Xade’s fault.
I’m sure we can find asshole reasons in his niceties. What was your character wearing at the time? With guys, it usually what your character was wearing that makes them say, “Yeah, I’m going to follow her into a dungeon to death.”
At that time? This:
I’m looking for the part of the outfit that DOESN’T say, “I should follow her into this cave and fall to my doom.” Didn’t you once say something about how the clothing flows and moves with the character rather than being stiff? I can imagine where that might be… interesting… Is that silk?
You are such a boy. I’m done with you for the rest of the night. :-P
You said at that time. What does she wear now?
Okay, I like in Guild Wars 2 that you’re not pressured to team. Events can be done by everyone without having to be in a group, and you’re not penalized for that. I also like that people will hop in and help others in trouble without anyone getting upset because you’re not penalized as far as XP goes for that, either.
So, naturally, you have many people doing helpful things for their fellow players, which is great. However, I’ve never seen a community with a bigger bunch of in game assholes. I swear pick up groups in that game might as well be a game of Russian Roulette. I’ve only had one decent pickup group in all this time since launch. I did end up with some really fantastic groups during the Lost Shore event, but I’m sure that was a fluke.
My general rule is that I team with my guild mates who happen to be my friends outside of the game, but sometimes when we’re doing dungeons, we have to pick up a player or two. You’d think that wouldn’t be a problem since it’s one or two people at best, but somehow, we always end up with some jackasses on our team who sucks the joy out of a quest.
I blame Nightxade. She does all the inviting, and I’m pretty sure her asshole detector is broken. Or maybe our server is where other servers send their assholes to die.
Well, thanks for all the reasons not to play. You know my asshole tolerance level once I’m off the clock plummets to zero. I’d never make it out of that game alive.
Seriously, this is such a problem in a game that all but makes you play nice with other characters, and the people I do think would be great to play with, I can’t bring myself to bother.
Example story that sticks out in my mind because I wish I could find this person again. When Nightxade, Ozzin, and I did a jump puzzle in Lornar in the Windy Cave.
Incidentally, I ended up falling at the beginning and had to start over while Xade and Oz went ahead to a safer position to wait. So, a Norn guardian followed me into Windy Cave for the jumping puzzle and basically guardian’d while I mesmer’d.
I get the feeling he was trying to protect me because he saw a squishy mesmer going in by herself, but I tank with my main mesmer. I do it all the time. If I down, don’t stop to rez me. I WILL get up on my own most of the time. As long as I can get a rhythm going and don’t get overwhelmed by numbers in a fight, I will try to hold the line.
If you put me, a guardian, and a warrior in a room together, this is how the death order will go: Guardian, Warrior, and MAYBE me. And I play (and love) all those professions, too, but I still give my mesmer the BEST chance of survivability. I tend to stay alive with my main mesmer and finish off waves until I can rez my friends. She’s a force. I love her. /end Mirielle fangirling
Anyway, so this guardian trailed me, followed me when the coast was clear, jumped in front of me to do his guardian thing when it wasn’t clear, and then, submitted to my lead once everything in the way was dead. It was cute. Unnecessary, but really cute.
At one point I lost Oz and Xade. I thought they were still with me, but they weren’t. I think Xade had went back to get Oz who downed or vice versa, and I wasn’t aware. It was me and the guardian running through. We completed the puzzle together.
Okay, this might’ve been a case of using his means to achieve his end (completing the jump puzzle), but after Oz and Xade caught up, I turned around to help them kill the stuff that respawned and help them finish the puzzle because friendship is magic.
The Guardian came with us. He turned around and followed us back, even though he’d gotten his reward and he had every right leave at that point. No hard feelings. Typically, that’s what happens in those type of instanced teamwork moments where you’re trying to achieve the same goal. You work together, you get the goods, and you part ways.
So, he could be an asshole, but usually assholes in that game aren’t willing to risk death when they’d get no real reward for doing so. We thanked him for helping us, though. And I may be projecting on him because that’s stuff I do.
I help people complete objectives that will yield no real reward for me because I just like to help people in that game. I run across a map just because I see “FALLEN PLAYER” on my mini-map. I’m that player. And I’ve had other instances with other players like this, but in actual groups? No. Assholes. More assholes per capita than I’ve ever encountered. It’s Xade’s fault.
I’m sure we can find asshole reasons in his niceties. What was your character wearing at the time? With guys, it usually what your character was wearing that makes them say, “Yeah, I’m going to follow her into a dungeon to death.”
At that time? This:
I’m looking for the part of the outfit that DOESN’T say, “I should follow her into this cave and fall to my doom.” Didn’t you once say something about how the clothing flows and moves with the character rather than being stiff? I can imagine where that might be… interesting… Is that silk?
Okay, I like in Guild Wars 2 that you’re not pressured to team. Events can be done by everyone without having to be in a group, and you’re not penalized for that. I also like that people will hop in and help others in trouble without anyone getting upset because you’re not penalized as far as XP goes for that, either.
So, naturally, you have many people doing helpful things for their fellow players, which is great. However, I’ve never seen a community with a bigger bunch of in game assholes. I swear pick up groups in that game might as well be a game of Russian Roulette. I’ve only had one decent pickup group in all this time since launch. I did end up with some really fantastic groups during the Lost Shore event, but I’m sure that was a fluke.
My general rule is that I team with my guild mates who happen to be my friends outside of the game, but sometimes when we’re doing dungeons, we have to pick up a player or two. You’d think that wouldn’t be a problem since it’s one or two people at best, but somehow, we always end up with some jackasses on our team who sucks the joy out of a quest.
I blame Nightxade. She does all the inviting, and I’m pretty sure her asshole detector is broken. Or maybe our server is where other servers send their assholes to die.
Well, thanks for all the reasons not to play. You know my asshole tolerance level once I’m off the clock plummets to zero. I’d never make it out of that game alive.
Seriously, this is such a problem in a game that all but makes you play nice with other characters, and the people I do think would be great to play with, I can’t bring myself to bother.
Example story that sticks out in my mind because I wish I could find this person again. When Nightxade, Ozzin, and I did a jump puzzle in Lornar in the Windy Cave.
Incidentally, I ended up falling at the beginning and had to start over while Xade and Oz went ahead to a safer position to wait. So, a Norn guardian followed me into Windy Cave for the jumping puzzle and basically guardian’d while I mesmer’d.
I get the feeling he was trying to protect me because he saw a squishy mesmer going in by herself, but I tank with my main mesmer. I do it all the time. If I down, don’t stop to rez me. I WILL get up on my own most of the time. As long as I can get a rhythm going and don’t get overwhelmed by numbers in a fight, I will try to hold the line.
If you put me, a guardian, and a warrior in a room together, this is how the death order will go: Guardian, Warrior, and MAYBE me. And I play (and love) all those professions, too, but I still give my mesmer the BEST chance of survivability. I tend to stay alive with my main mesmer and finish off waves until I can rez my friends. She’s a force. I love her. /end Mirielle fangirling
Anyway, so this guardian trailed me, followed me when the coast was clear, jumped in front of me to do his guardian thing when it wasn’t clear, and then, submitted to my lead once everything in the way was dead. It was cute. Unnecessary, but really cute.
At one point I lost Oz and Xade. I thought they were still with me, but they weren’t. I think Xade had went back to get Oz who downed or vice versa, and I wasn’t aware. It was me and the guardian running through. We completed the puzzle together.
Okay, this might’ve been a case of using his means to achieve his end (completing the jump puzzle), but after Oz and Xade caught up, I turned around to help them kill the stuff that respawned and help them finish the puzzle because friendship is magic.
The Guardian came with us. He turned around and followed us back, even though he’d gotten his reward and he had every right leave at that point. No hard feelings. Typically, that’s what happens in those type of instanced teamwork moments where you’re trying to achieve the same goal. You work together, you get the goods, and you part ways.
So, he could be an asshole, but usually assholes in that game aren’t willing to risk death when they’d get no real reward for doing so. We thanked him for helping us, though. And I may be projecting on him because that’s stuff I do.
I help people complete objectives that will yield no real reward for me because I just like to help people in that game. I run across a map just because I see “FALLEN PLAYER” on my mini-map. I’m that player. And I’ve had other instances with other players like this, but in actual groups? No. Assholes. More assholes per capita than I’ve ever encountered. It’s Xade’s fault.
I’m sure we can find asshole reasons in his niceties. What was your character wearing at the time? With guys, it usually what your character was wearing that makes them say, “Yeah, I’m going to follow her into a dungeon to death.”
Okay, I like in Guild Wars 2 that you’re not pressured to team. Events can be done by everyone without having to be in a group, and you’re not penalized for that. I also like that people will hop in and help others in trouble without anyone getting upset because you’re not penalized as far as XP goes for that, either.
So, naturally, you have many people doing helpful things for their fellow players, which is great. However, I’ve never seen a community with a bigger bunch of in game assholes. I swear pick up groups in that game might as well be a game of Russian Roulette. I’ve only had one decent pickup group in all this time since launch. I did end up with some really fantastic groups during the Lost Shore event, but I’m sure that was a fluke.
My general rule is that I team with my guild mates who happen to be my friends outside of the game, but sometimes when we’re doing dungeons, we have to pick up a player or two. You’d think that wouldn’t be a problem since it’s one or two people at best, but somehow, we always end up with some jackasses on our team who sucks the joy out of a quest.
I blame Nightxade. She does all the inviting, and I’m pretty sure her asshole detector is broken. Or maybe our server is where other servers send their assholes to die.
Well, thanks for all the reasons not to play. You know my asshole tolerance level once I’m off the clock plummets to zero. I’d never make it out of that game alive.
Soul Reaver on my PS Vita. Nope, still no in-game screenshot support, so more crappy phone pics will ensue.
Aye!
You’re not going to make me play this game.
See how you taunt me? Aren’t you cheating on Geralt with this game?
