Well for me I've still been in the "find your character" mode(still new and not much playtime so haven't broke lvl 30 yet) I'll probably try them later but enjoying the game atm. Having played EQ from launch plus 8 years I know to take the forums with a grain of salt but I can easily see someone never trying them just reading some posts going back. Granted EQ had it's elistists but rarely the amount of venom that's portrayed on these forums. I will also admit a whole generation has gone since EQ so there are changes and perhaps console has something to do with it(not meant to be disrespectful. I play on Xbox myself. My computer was stolen and old one is out of date. Not up to another one time wise or cash wise) it's good when I read about someone willing to take the time to teach new players(as long as the new players are willing to learn) some may just keep hearing new players suxors, newbs ruin everything, l2p dumb *** and don't see that there ARE people that help. (which I will be a part of once I learn everything I can)
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Well for me I've still been in the "find your character" mode(still new and not much playtime so haven't broke lvl 30 yet) I'll probably try them later but enjoying the game atm. Having played EQ from launch plus 8 years I know to take the forums with a grain of salt but I can easily see someone never trying them just reading some posts going back. Granted EQ had it's elistists but rarely the amount of venom that's portrayed on these forums. I will also admit a whole generation has gone since EQ so there are changes and perhaps console has something to do with it(not meant to be disrespectful. I play on Xbox myself. My computer was stolen and old one is out of date. Not up to another one time wise or cash wise) it's good when I read about someone willing to take the time to teach new players(as long as the new players are willing to learn) some may just keep hearing new players suxors, newbs ruin everything, l2p dumb *** and don't see that there ARE people that help. (which I will be a part of once I learn everything I can)
I personally love running dungeons, especially with new players. It's a lot of fun teaching people how to kill it in Imperial City Prison with a bunch of level 15s. Maybe it's because I tend to tank with PUGs, but I very rarely have the issues I hear people complain about with the Group Finder.
Unfortunately I play PC/NA. It seems like it's much harder on console than PC...it's very easy to find a group willing to do a random dungeon or two in Grahtwood zone. It does seem like the console guild forums are decently active, though. Joining a guild is by far and away the best way to find people to run content with consistently.
I am playing solo.
But I will go into dungeons. ... After I compete the quests,
Why bother with PUGs? Not worth my time.
Or maybe I tag along in the guild I joined. If I play a char of that alliance. I'll see.
Vipstaakki wrote: »Because i like to build my character MY way not do any pre-determined cheese builds.
I have a group occasionally that just wants to have fun in dungeons and does give a hook about achievements.
I am playing solo.
But I will go into dungeons. ... After I compete the quests,
Why bother with PUGs? Not worth my time.
Or maybe I tag along in the guild I joined. If I play a char of that alliance. I'll see.
You don't have to be the same alliance to get in an instance with other players, though. Sometimes the group mechanics will be tricky, but as long as you are making a fresh group, you can get four players together of any alliance and either use the queue or port straight to the dungeon.
Vipstaakki wrote: »Because i like to build my character MY way not do any pre-determined cheese builds.
I have a group occasionally that just wants to have fun in dungeons and does give a hook about achievements.
I'm pretty torn when it comes to builds.
I love the idea of playing the way you want, making something totally different from the rest. Surprising someone in PvP with something they weren't expecting is one of my favorites.
On the other hand, there are a bunch of particular builds that vastly outperform the rest in terms of DPS. And it's these builds that get used by endgame players, and in turn it's these builds that future content gets built upon. It's my hope that dungeon designers continue to move towards fun mechanics rather than stack and burn DPS races.
As a healer with all yellow gear and well over CP cap, I like to play dungeon finder roulette. FInd the worst team possible and try to carry them with heals and dps.
Wolfenbelle wrote: »I've been in the game since pre-launch 2 years ago. Have done plenty of delves, some trials, DSA, Imperial Sewers, and a few dungeons. I avoid the Undaunted pledge dungeons because my experience with other players has not been good. To me the game is supposed to be about having fun. It most definitely is NOT fun when someone screeches, scolds, insults and whines about how I or other people are playing. I've encountered far too much of that, so these days I mostly play solo or participate with my guild in trials.
I would like to get my Undaunted level up to at least 7, but don't know if that will ever happen because I just hate doing group dungeons.
Sylveria_Relden wrote: »As a healer with all yellow gear and well over CP cap, I like to play dungeon finder roulette. FInd the worst team possible and try to carry them with heals and dps.
A very "rare" breed, indeed.
As a former "healer" archtype player, I seriously applaud your efforts.
In this day and age of "min/max" and "efficiency", you won't really see much of this at all.
WoW cured me of pugging forever...and not in a guild here,so my plan was to go back and solo once I got high enough...
Then Zos in their "wisdom" decided to take that option away from me with their forced scaling
So never actually seen the inside of any of the dungeons in this fine game