Friends Abound!

One aspect of MMOs that I never really got quite into was the group thing. I’ve been very much of a solo player for most of my short game play career. I’m not one to chat much in group. Most of the time I tend to get carried away with what I’m doing to really pay any attention to what goes on in the group. When I did join up with anybody for some reason I always ended up doing what they wanted. That’s why I was so surprised and solo-player-shocked that in GW2 getting into a group just happened so naturally.

You’re exploring an area and you’re told that something is happening and me, being a naturally born nosy-parker, I always have to check it out – and suddenly I’m in the middle of a centaur onslaught, with hooves flailing and arrows streaming by, a hero of Tyria doesn’t let such an opportunity pass by. So in I jumped into the chaos with all the other heroes……….and I had a blast! I didn’t know who the other players were, we didn’t speak to each other and yet reviving each other was the most natural thing to do. I never knew that teaming up with anybody could be such fun!

The next really fun packed experience was when I teamed up with my guildies and ventured forth with them into WvWvW. In the first BWE I didn’t get a chance, but in  BWE2 I was determined to see what all the fuss was about. Well, they were right to fuss. It was terrific! At first I went into it on my own. I ran around exploring a bit, killing some vicious bats and joining up with a group of people clobbering some beasties in a bog. According to the map I was on the Green Team so I journeyed to a green supply camp and was checking things out when suddenly, out of nowhere this mob of people just descended on us (me and the NPCs!) and I went down faster than it takes to swat a mosquito! Crazy, I tell you! Whatever you do don’t go alone in WvWvW! Sometime later my guildies followed me in and I had the pleasure of giving the opposing team a good clobbering! Payback is fun! *Sighs* I sat back and happily sipped my glass of wine, thoroughly pleased with myself. Honestly I have never really participated in such an open world before and for a first-time  pvp’er that was absolutely brilliant! Apart from that I have to give credit to my guildies, who are an amazing group of people and who made the experience more entertaining.

My guildies – Knights of the Isle

GW2 really knows what it’s about when it comes to community. It has pulled out all the stops and has made it so easy for a not-so-much-solo-player (now) such as myself. It has certainly given me a shove out of my solo-ing stupor and that working with others is just as gratifying. Now I have an idea of what guild wars really means………Let me sit back and enjoy this!