thats one of those things where you have to suspect if they are doing it on purpose

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Geez, hadn't played this game in a couple weeks and logged in today and boy does it seem to have dropped off hard. Last time I played there were what seemed like 100's of people in the world and today I ran across 1 person, not a single word in general chat, and not a single overflow. I checked and my particular server showed "Full". Could just be most people are high level in the corresponding areas or PvP but damn it felt like a ghost-town.

Anet has been pissing people off with some bad patches, nerfs, and lack of endgame content in general. Most people are 80 and doing pvp or instances so finding people to help with events in the world can be extremely difficult. Just sampling what people are playing in our vent, there's BL2, TL2, LoL, pandas, and. . .nobody playing GW2. So yeah, there you go.

Originally Posted by woodcan Geez, hadn't played this game in a couple weeks and logged in today and boy does it seem to have dropped off hard. Last time I played there were what seemed like 100's of people in the world and today I ran across 1 person, not a single word in general chat, and not a single overflow. I checked and my particular server showed "Full". Could just be most people are high level in the corresponding areas or PvP but damn it felt like a ghost-town.

You got left behind.

But check out Kessex Hills. I'm sure you'll find tons of people.

Yeah, the game really feels empty compared to the first couple of weeks. I'm still coming back to it to level up my second character, but I'm starting to feel ronery. I really didn't mind the presence of other players, especially with how there really is no KSing in this game.

All the people on my friend's list have remained gray for a while now.

Originally Posted by option.iv Yeah, the game really feels empty compared to the first couple of weeks. I'm still coming back to it to level up my second character, but I'm starting to feel ronery. I really didn't mind the presence of other players, especially with how there really is no KSing in this game. All the people on my friend's list have remained gray for a while now.

I stopped playing this a few weeks ago. This game has one of the biggest communites of assholes I've ever seen in an MMO. Anytime I'd ask a question the only response I'd get is "Go back to WoW" (Which is pretty funny since I haven't played that since early Cata. But I'd play WoW over this. At least people are nice enough to answer my goddamn questions there.). I'd like to say that is the reason why GW2 is dying, but League of Legends proves that a game can thrive despite a toxic community.

That has not been my experience at all. When questions are asked in map chat on my server there's usually half a dozen helpful answers. Maybe it's your server.

I've been making bank.
Got myself a fully decked out exotic zerker set and finally some 15 slot bags.

Currently doing dungeon runs to get the desired look and then it'll be off to WvW till new PvE stuff comes out.

I'm almost ready!

Originally Posted by crystalklear64 I've been making bank. Got myself a fully decked out exotic zerker set and finally some 15 slot bags. Currently doing dungeon runs to get the desired look and then it'll be off to WvW till new PvE stuff comes out. I'm almost ready!

Did you get your guild backpack yet and socket it with an exquisite ruby? Costs 5g, but it's BiS!

Originally Posted by Jodou Did you get your guild backpack yet and socket it with an exquisite ruby? Costs 5g, but it's BiS!

aw yea.

Originally Posted by Genocidal That has not been my experience at all. When questions are asked in map chat on my server there's usually half a dozen helpful answers. Maybe it's your server.

Same here. I did see occasional "Get a better computer" or arguments about how GW2 is better than WoW in the first couple weeks, but now, not so much. It's mostly people chatting together and calling out waypoints for events. If I can't complete an event by myself, I ask nearby people and most of the time they're like "Sure" and we get stuff done. This is all on Eredon Terrace.

Originally Posted by option.iv Same here. I did see occasional "Get a better computer" or arguments about how GW2 is better than WoW in the first couple weeks, but now, not so much. It's mostly people chatting together and calling out waypoints for events. If I can't complete an event by myself, I ask nearby people and most of the time they're like "Sure" and we get stuff done. This is all on Eredon Terrace.

Isn't that an EU server? Perhaps that is why you're getting so much help, because you're playing with European people.

I've had pretty much the same experience on Darkhaven. Only time I see someone being an asshole is when they ask a stupid question like how do I jump, and then I'm the one calling them an idiot.

Originally Posted by Thekrakrabbit Isn't that an EU server? Perhaps that is why you're getting so much help, because you're playing with European people.

-_-

Last I checked, everyone typed in english and it was an America server.

Originally Posted by crystalklear64 I've had pretty much the same experience on Darkhaven. Only time I see someone being an asshole is when they ask a stupid question like how do I jump, and then I'm the one calling them an idiot.

Just don't. You're feeding the trolls and instigating at the same time... Best thing to do is ignore...

So apparently there is a little known bug where a friend will be "blocked", but nobody blocked him. No option to unblock either, which is very odd.

Originally Posted by JasonTerminator I stopped playing this a few weeks ago. This game has one of the biggest communites of assholes I've ever seen in an MMO. Anytime I'd ask a question the only response I'd get is "Go back to WoW" (Which is pretty funny since I haven't played that since early Cata. But I'd play WoW over this. At least people are nice enough to answer my goddamn questions there.). I'd like to say that is the reason why GW2 is dying, but League of Legends proves that a game can thrive despite a toxic community.

Not sure whether you are trolling or what. The server I am on <Sorrows Furnace> is full of helpful and good people. Yeah there is the occasional trolling in Map Chat, but 99% of the time it is done in good fun by people that are doing the same events together. In all honesty, most of the real "bullshit" i have seen occurs in overflow, but even then it is mostly done in jest. Yes, every now and then some jackass pops their head up to try and stir up some kind of crap, but 99 times out of 100 it is quickly diffused by showing them what a dumbass they are being by deflecting their crap back on them.

Originally Posted by Spyder187 Not sure whether you are trolling or what. The server I am on <Sorrows Furnace> is full of helpful and good people. Yeah there is the occasional trolling in Map Chat, but 99% of the time it is done in good fun by people that are doing the same events together. In all honesty, most of the real "bullshit" i have seen occurs in overflow, but even then it is mostly done in jest. Yes, every now and then some jackass pops their head up to try and stir up some kind of crap, but 99 times out of 100 it is quickly diffused by showing them what a dumbass they are being by deflecting their crap back on them.

Nope, I'm not trolling, and Sorrow's Furnace was the server I played on, and there were tons of assholes. So yeah.

Been playing The Secret World after getting it on sale this week, and that game seems way better in terms of community.

The Secret World better do amazing. I do NOT want Dreamfall to get cancelled because they went full retard with a MMO out when WoW and GW2 are around. I've waited too long for this!

So I decided to check out just how badly they nerfed dungeons today after taking a break since tokens were all buggy. Big mistake. Ran CM story on an alt, which took two hours because they added so much trash and people were mostly res zerging EVERY PACK, not just the bosses. We weren't awful either, because people were dodging and doing their best, it was just every pull was filled with silvers that would hit hard and knock you down. Keep in mind this is STORY mode, not even explorer so this to me is extremely overtuned for people just leveling. It went from extremely enjoyable with great rewards to complete ing garbage in one patch. I'll never go there again.

Then I had trouble even finding a group for CoF (fewer people out there plus most already have their gear I guess) since I was going to grind out a few tokens for an alt. When I did, nothing much had really changed except we had to do the defend magg event legit after they removed a rock you used to be able to use as a 'jumping puzzle' exploit lol. We tried and tried so many different tactics of kiting and dropping all sorts of CC, but never could get past 75% with magg alive. Leader finally gave up, dropped group, which kicked us all out of the dungeon and I got a rage tell from him telling me my guild was blacklisted on gw2guru ROFL (w/e the that means, but it made a great SS for the lulz later). So after an hour or so, I had a 20s repair bill and zero reward thanks to Anet's infinite wisdom of making tokens at the end of the run only now.

I logged in disgust, the first time I've EVER just straight up logged out of the game because I wasn't having fun. The idiot devs are absolutely killing this game and the PvP has already lost its charm for me. I was pleasantly surprised by this game, but the zero testing of these balance changes completely turn me off.

A lot of people are unsatisfied with dungeons now, but I can't help but wonder if that is simply because it was too great before. People who used to be able to speed run/jumping puzzle/run through a dungeon with ease were spoiled by that and can't take doing a dungeon with lesser rewards that is more difficult. That's fair, but to people who haven't experienced dungeons pre-patch, the "new" dungeons shouldn't be bad to them because they won't know what to expect.