Temple of the Elitist

I think, since the nerf, that GW has lost a little of its soul.

I stand in ToA now and it just astounds me how rude people are if someone uses the 'U' word and it looks increasingly hard for people to just PuG as they wish. Permas and Terras are all the rage and even if you want to try and play one of those not that many people seem eager to pass on a build they probably swiped from here or wiki in the first place.

In my view, it's not a happy place.

Same for DoA now. It's void of people and banter. Yet for all of this, there will be several people thinking 'Good, gtfo, noob' for those that want to try to play post-Ursan but have yet to experience playing in such a fashion. PuGs are not a friendly way to learn as failure is not acceptable anymore.

Man, I gotta find me a guild...

Guilds are happy places, PUG's are not.

Simple.

if you want to play the way you want to play, joining someone else's group is not the way to do it. you seem to be forgetting that you aren't the only person who wants to play a certain way. you can't expect other peoples groups to conform to your play style all the time. if you want to "pug as you wish" you'll have to make your own group. if there are enough other people who want to play the way you do, you'll have yourself a pug. if not, you're SOL.

yes

The game is better now.
If you feel otherwise - you are mistaken.
End of discussion.

Man, it's a good thing that "don't like, don't use it" applies to playing with people also!

QFT. the only reliable way of having fun in this game.

The ursan nerf will be a good thing for guild wars, in the long run. While I will miss it, I am fairly happy it is gone.
Joining a guild is a good thing, if you look carefully and pick one that is close to yoru play style. Guild Wars Wiki has several guilds listed, pick your faction, zone and play style then shop around. To me, if the guild leader has not taken the time to build a wiki page, then the guild is not worth giving a second look.

Muahahaha gotta love the state of chaos with an Ursan nerf!

Hopefully, your F-list is full of folks that know PvE?
Otherwise, I don't mean to be rude...lrn2play guild warz PvE better.
We all had to adapt to nerfs/buffs on our skill bars, we all had to go thru the missions ect....
ELITE areas are meant to be the 'final tests', NOT 'Gimme gimme teh phat lewt...I can only stay a few minutes before the next PvP battle'.
Time management is poetry in motion.
Guesting with another guild is a 2 way street..

Well, if you're in a PvP guild, make friends with a PvE guild. There are numerous instances of this happening.

And why would you be in a PvE guild if it doesn't pve?

You are mistaken.

UW Pugs = Can't do anything without their Preciousssss my precioussssss Shadowform.

FoW Pugs = Even worse they still believe in tanking and nuking *sigh* its been 3 years now.

So today I join a pug, they wanted a NUKER. They ask me to ping skills and so I do....3 sec later *kick*, I whisper party leader and ask the reason why, his reply: we need a continous nuker.

Sadly most gw players are close minded.

@ The OP: If you want fun fow clearouts using creative builds join a good guild, Pugs are hopeless and never learn.

It's great huh.

Yeah, I also like it.

A continuos nuker? Are you even a nuker if you spec for DPS and not spike damage?

Why not get a warrior with cyclone, triple chop, and whirlwind attack instead?

Since when do pugs use warriors for damage ?

..

That's what I thought.

Warriors are tanks, didn't you get the memo?

Now shut up and cast Obsidian Flesh.

This soooooo very true!!!!!!

Its even worse when they mod the build someway and they will call u a noob if you dont know it. Not many friendly people as there was before thats for sure.

Exactly. I haven't pugged since like.. late factions/nightfall; besides, heroes have essentially made it so pugging isn't a requirement anymore.

Ohai welcome to Guild Wars

Post in the Hero thread, maybe if we get enough people, we can just do UW/FoW with heroes (and I don't mean running gimmicky builds or farming builds, I mean legitimate 1 human, 7 heroes teams).