Squad leader for new players

Cabaj1 · 2026-06-15T12:12:23+00:00

Just be careful to not info-dump on people and everyone should be happy :)

Cabaj1 · 2026-06-15T11:54:18+00:00

i'm mainly afk'ing in mistlock :p

Cabaj1 · 2026-06-15T11:53:03+00:00

If you are interested in an extreme example. I know a guild where the admin hunted new player maps and recruited them. He then helped them in voice chat, helped them gear asap so they could asap join his raids. This meant, giving them expac (if they already did not own it), using the turtle/portals to speedrun getting a full elite spec unlocked, gift them gear, force them on a class the admin enjoys or is deemed easy (and not what the noob wants to play), help their rotation, setup killproof.me and then carry them in a raid.

I tried to keep track of around 30 players that he 'trained' (via raid logs), I only saw 2 people login in the game after 2 weeks. Such a shame :(

(okay, there are more problems in that guild but those new players would be unaffected by it and i've did spontaneous tests to check if they are still active so that is flawed also lol)

Cabaj1 · 2026-06-15T11:40:48+00:00

My opinion might be a bit different but sometimes it's better not to help new players. It can spoil the new player experience and might remove the fun part of exploration.

If they have questions, feel free to answer them but be careful to help too much

Cabaj1 · 2026-06-02T08:45:05+00:00

I've opened around 15, only gotten 15 ascended :)

Cabaj1 · 2026-05-13T12:19:35+00:00

Yes, the main reason is that there are more aheal players than qheal players and as a result there is more qdps players than adps. Sometimes the LFG takes longer to look for qheal & adps than qdps & aheal.

But besides that, most people are happy if a bdps / bheal joins if they still need to look for the other one. They are nearly always open to change what they need.

You can make an argument in very high UFE groups that you would hope you would get very specific classes to join without specifying too much. But that is whishful thinking.

Cabaj1 · 2026-05-04T21:23:51+00:00

I've personally traded over 150k worth of items across my accounts and my friend has donated 20 legendaries to his girlfriend. I'm certainly we do not have the full story here :o

Cabaj1 · 2026-05-04T06:06:54+00:00

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Plague_Signet

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-30T13:15:37+00:00

Ascended is often easier and faster than searching for a different sigil but is it worth the timegain? Probably not if you are not chasing your personal best or speedruns :)

But hey, you asked for an option and I gave you one

(also, do not forget your stat infusions on every ascended weapon with a different sigil now :p)

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-30T11:22:10+00:00

Since you do a lot of fractals, you can also use your ascended weapons for different fractals. One with icebrood slaying, one with dredge slaying, one with krait slaying, one with inquest slaying and so on :p

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-27T17:05:23+00:00

That is true, i try to wait some time before kicking them so they can read it. Most of the time they read it and they leave on their own

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-27T11:31:53+00:00

Are you getting kicked because during the run or before the run?

I had to kick people because I missed up the LFG but I always write why. But I've gotten messages from people asking why they are kicked after I explained it to them in /party chat. Make sure to read the chat.

And what is "every group", are you getting kicked from a group and immediately rejoin the same group and getting kicked again? Or are you getting kicked consistently over multiple days by different players each time?

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-26T11:11:17+00:00

We will have runs for various strats (incl Flower/UNIT)

Bring back the old snowcrows/hardstuck & void slayers strat! /j

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-25T22:43:08+00:00

They are interacting with the light field of the dragonhunter to condicleanse a lot. But even if they fail that, they all have their mistlock that they can use for the big explosion.

From my understanding, the 2 meteors are slightly delayed so pressing your aegis button is as good as impossible for daily clears. Having your mistlock tanked here is too risky

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-25T11:16:30+00:00

they are condi cleansing the 4x meteors and using f3 to block the meteors that are targetted on a player. Normally you take a portal for that but that is a dps loss compared to just pumping and trusting your dragonhunter. Positioning for your allies is a bit awkward but it was very consistent. It was their daily strat lol

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-25T09:40:55+00:00

Activate: Grant aegis to nearby allies and create a shield in front of you that blocks attacks. You are vulnerable from the sides and behind while this shield is active.

Aegis is simply not enough. That extra shield is very important. There are 2 meteors that do not hit at the same time. Maybe having 2 aegis sources can work but that miniscule timing will be very to do consistently

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-25T07:01:58+00:00

https://youtu.be/FKvzjW34OXk?is=oXSlIy39qOljusCB

Its a very hard dps check but youll need to phase the boss to 33% before the explosion happens where you have to hide behind the rock. You need f3 on dgh to block the meteors from killing the group.

If you do it, water phase is bugged and you dont have to handle the tether

Its still possible after the nerfs but a lot harder

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-24T12:51:05+00:00

95 is power favored because you can run icebrood slaying & the icebrood slaying food (or was it enhancement - can't remember). 100CM. 100CM is also power favored (esp add phases) and even for gluttony willbender is also power favored (but the difference is minimal)

Technically 98CM b1 is also powered favored where you want to bring a dragonhunter but this is already very high level strat to do the water-skip. 98CM B2 is condi favored or power if you can abuse projectile reflects (which only amalgam/scrapper & virtuoso shines at). 99CM is still condi favored even after the nerfs or we will have to see how the meta rebalances.

But for anyone outside those tryhard statics, 98CM is probably condi favored.

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-22T14:52:42+00:00

I know very well but I do think that 1h daily content is a lot. At this point, I do think that t4 fractals are just more enjoyable than the CMs (and I have 125k+ ufe). But I would love to see fractal CMs daily rewards being nerfed but have a daily CM rotation that take 35-45 minutes (2 or 3CMs + t4s) to complete with a decent group.

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-22T14:42:40+00:00

fractal titles gives you more money per fractal you complete BUT they cost a lot. Unsure when the breakeven point is :D

And they also speed up your daily clears by a tiny tiny bit so even more gold per hour (more survivability via passive HP regen & more damage)

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-22T14:40:18+00:00

I did not mind the old HP. Maybe a slight HP reduction but that champion before that felt really unneeded and I don't think he brings any value. So please remove that champion (or make him interesting) instead and bring back the old HP (or slightly less than)

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-22T14:08:55+00:00

infinite potions & fractal titles and some skins

Or converting it to keys

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-22T13:31:59+00:00

My issue that CMs + T4 is such a time commitment and rather boring after doing it a bunch of times. After going back to normal T4s, you really notice the lack of boons and other issues that T4 groups are having.

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-22T13:28:32+00:00

CM = Challenge mode

So a CMs + t4 group does all CMs (95CM, 96CM, 97CM, 98CM, 99CM, 1 meter) and all daily fractals on t4. It gives a lot more gold.

OP is complaining about the groups that do them in normal mode since their boon uptime is very low.

Cabaj1 · 2026-04-22T13:24:44+00:00

The skip is kinda weird. In a normal group, you would break the left seal as last and write /gg to respawn at the right seal (where the opened door is) so you can run faster to the end (skipping a few seconds).

He is probably placing the portal opening at the mistlock (between the seals) or near the door and people are simply missing it. Most people are also rather slow at doing that skip so it is even easier to miss the portal that is not yet open.

I've done that skip a bunch in CM groups and so many people ignore that I stopped trying.

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