Am I doing something wrong or is there somewhere...better for me??

[Deebs15]

You start to see how this game has sort of a rhythm with content and when people are playing what. Maybe when the next expansion comes out and I can learn everything at the same time as everyone else it'll be a little different.

You guys are all rad...I really appreciate the tips

[Makeda]

You start to see how this game has sort of a rhythm with content and when people are playing what. Maybe when the next expansion comes out and I can learn everything at the same time as everyone else it'll be a little different.

Sadly it is unlikely to work like this.

I've been in many MMOs and the pattern repeats every time.

There's always a beta, closed or open, and people always get a massive guide ready and... either break the NDA and post it, or post it the moment the NDA is lifted.

- Even if they post that massive guide the day AFTER the expansion goes live... by the time people hit that content, even if that very same day, you will see folks getting booted out of groups for not knowing the content already. Sometimes even if a guide has not been posted - if you're a tank you can get booted for not having learned it during the closed beta you didn't even have access to...

Its actually BETTER right now than it tends to be around the time when expansions launch in MMOs. New expansions and young MMOs bring all the worst-attitude players back into active play... where they zerg stuff like crazy, find and exploit glitches, exploit bugs in trading systems, and pay a LOT to RMT sellers... fueling a lot of account hacking, accusations, and flame wars...

I've been booted out of groups before for refusing to use TOS-violating exploits. In fact in Guild Wars 2 such booting is the norm anytime someone finds such an exploit...
- and the people who have that kind of motive, are most active around launch time of new content...

Right now is the time you want to find a nice friendly guild, and start building up a long term friendship with them, so that when all the really amazingly nasty players come back next major release of something... you can play with your buddies and ignore it all.

The worst thing you can do for your morale, is to be stuck guildless (free-company-less) and friendless in a new or old MMO around launch time of new content. That is a very quick path to burnout and bad vibes.

Start friending people now... and insulate yourself.

[AskaRay]

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Ahhh yeah I remember the first day World of Darkness was out, maybe two hours after the server had gone live again...
"What do you mean you guys don't know how to beat Cerberus???"

luckily I think it was a joke because they stayed quiet for the rest of the run. However real people like that do exist