New persons thoughts...

[LygerZero]

First and foremost, the lvl 40 requirement to post is beyond BS...in my opinion. 20 I could see, 15 would be ideal! How else is a new person to ask questions in a thread they can't create to draw attention to it?

But that not this communities fault, so I digress

I would like to start off by mentioning my gaming history (as most probably do!) in my almost 31 years of life.

King in Utopia for about 5 years (though not an MMO!)

Officer in a guild in City of Heroes (a guild in which the dev's stated was the sole reason for having to change the end game raid (Hamidon)...twice) for 7 years

Raid leader in World of Warcraft, and main raid tank for 5 years

Guild Leader in 2 different guilds in SwtoR, and an officer with my alt in another. Also main raid tank in 2 of the 3 guilds. Played since closed beta.

Guild Leader in GW2 for about a year. Meh.

Lead tank in Aion (Glad, then switching to Templar) for about 4 years.

Overall, not a LOT of gaming, but many years of it instead. There's more I'm sure, but those are the bigger ones.

I've been DYING to get in here to post my opinions on this game, and since I've been here a little over a week now, I finally get to do so. This is not a rant, far from it. (First paragraph aside)

I REALLY like this game. The FATES, the story, the class turning into Jobs, and most of all (and SO FAR <---emphasis) the community. I'm new, and I mention that in dungeons. MOST of the folks, if not all, don't care and are HAPPY to teach me the ropes and how and where to tank whichever boss we're on. I know how to tank away from the group, I've been there and done that in each and every game. I'm a tank, and I'm a damn good one in the other games.

Each and every time there is a wipe, we rebound and tackle it again. No one has berated me. No one has bashed me or starting shouting obscenities about my mother. No one has threatened to set my dog on fire using a blowtorch.

This game and the way it is currently is pretty much everything Guild Wars 2 should have been, and then some. I'm know this game has some CON's on top of all the pros, and I'm not going into that here. The community and the game is everything I never knew I would enjoy and for that, I say thank you.

[Meleena]

You are welcome.
The bitching starts at cap levels though :P

Final Fantasy 14 version 1.0 was a much better community but we were a lo of less people as well.
I hope your oppinion remains in the following months.

[alhandra]

welcome to the party!

[Artemiz]

The rude behaviour isn't anything like as bad or frequent as it can look from reading the forums but it is there unfortunately. Glad you're enjoying he game.

[C-croft]

The new player forums do not have the limitations of General Discussion I believe. Besides, GD is the general poo poo party of the forums. Someone is bound to shit on the coats.

And like Meleena says, hopefully you enjoy the game for some time post 50 as well. Because that IS where the game changes pace.

[Anapingofness]

^^ I'm glad you're enjoying the game. Reading these types of threads makes me feel better as well.
I hope your experience continues to be a positive one even when you hit endgame.

Personally, I've hit endgame not too long ago and overall I have had a good experience. Hopefully, you will too. ^^

[Livilda]

I would like to start off by mentioning my gaming history (as most probably do!) in my almost 31 years of life.

I stopped reading right here.

[LygerZero]

I stopped reading right here.

There's one in every group. Also, I liked your post to return the jerkiness

[Milmoko_Gemoko]

Welcome to Ezorea
Congrats on choosing a tank, we're in short supply so it means no DF qeues for you
Most people are quite nice I've found so far, had a few jerks since Vote Kick/Abandon was introduced but thats to be expected, and to be honest I usually end up vote kicking them myself lol. BUT overall the in-game community seems nicer then the small annoying minority on the forums

This is my first MMRPG so I guess I've rose tinted views but I've enjoyed been here since P3/EA and finally the (painful) launch day.
Loving the world and the story that I've seen so far (still not off 2.0 content, no spoilers please!) since I've just done Garuda the other day.

[Shakarlyn]

First and foremost, the lvl 40 requirement to post is beyond BS...in my opinion. 20 I could see, 15 would be ideal! How else is a new person to ask questions in a thread they can't create to draw attention to it?

Welcome to the nuthouse.

About the above mentioned situation. You can post at lower levels, but only in certain sections of the forums.

Each and every time there is a wipe, we rebound and tackle it again. No one has berated me. No one has bashed me or starting shouting obscenities about my mother. No one has threatened to set my dog on fire using a blowtorch.

I'm glad to hear that. From what I see on these forums, that kind of changes in the level 50 scene I guess. So, put some anti-flame coats on your dog. Regardless, keep your perspective and I think you'll be fine. Make friends, have lots of fun, die and win together, all is well in the world.