Mickey.4207

On EU servers Drizlewood is on farm all day long. South meta doesn't need a tag and people do it independently. North sometimes needs a tag but mostly people can run it on their own once they figure out where to go. It's laughable to even think Drizlewood is deserted when it's the best place to get materials like clovers to craft legendaries. Only time people jump instances in Drizzle is when they are looking for fresh south map because north pops up more often. So maybe problem is your server but then i again i find it hard to believe since anyone who wants to craft lot of ascended and legendaries will always go to drizzlewood for getting materials. Since there is no limit to how much mats you can farm there. Same for Silverwaste, every single day of the week RIBA event is up in central Tyria lfg on EU. People are making 30 to 40 golds per hour and then you wonder why they are more popular compared to EOD. I get it you like EOD but no need to tell such blatant lies.

Because most of us are hanging out in HOT and older maps like Drizlewood. More fun and better rewards

I haven't returned to EOD since release as soon as I got all my masteries. I spend most of my time in Drizlewood, HOT and Silverwaste and all these places are lot more active these days. So i guess lot of players don't care for EOD. Maybe because EOD has some of the worst loot and rewards in game at the moment.

It's so clean and nice anyone barely says a word in chat. Atleast that's my experience in open world which I mostly play daily. If i was a new player i would think game world is dead

Agree gone are the days when you have to schedule your entire evening around specific raid times. At this age and with full time job and active social life anothe reasons raids arent for me.

I am not fond of timegates in any game. I left WOW for the very same reason. Timegates should stay in mobile games not in mmos.

HOT : Mario Bros. POF: I aggro whole map while farming a node EOD: Where is everyone

If you think this is annoying i wonder how you feel about IBS masteries. Which are lot more tight and hard to cap and makes you repeat same content for 10, 15 and upto 25 times or more to get one mastery points. IBS was the only time i was forced to do strike to get mastery because there are not just enough. EOD in comparison was smooth scaling and i got all of mine in open world events and never had to touch a strike except for one which you need to unlock turtle mount.

Meta events, farming for materials, achievements, experiment with new open world builds. I have 9 alts so there is always something to do in terms of exploration and story. I would try Strikes and Raids but the terrible attitude in LFG makes me avoid it.

"No issues" That's a lie.

As a new player you are running around in core Tyria. You see an event in distance. You run as fast the game allows. You see people swooping in on their griffons and skyscales. Even before you could land one hit the boss is dead. You are confused as to what just happened. And why are you the only one without any mount. You try to join another event on the map but same things happens. That's pretty much how it is as a new player. I shared new player experience of my friend by the way who quit the game only after two weeks and went back to playing Elder Scrolls.

Yep i will rather focus on ascended Armor. Legendary is just to show off your blings.

WOW is perfect example of how time gating chase players away.

Very below average. For me POF was the best expansion. EOD is too crafting dependent. I miss Verdant Brink and living story 3 types of maps where you could get stat selectable Armor and ascended accessories from merchants. The rewards from EOD events is just bad.

People forget the biggest problem it's takes 2 freakin hours and even if you win the meta the rewards are terrible for the amount of efforts it takes. I can get much better rewards in HOT maps in terms of time : rewards ratio.

Lol i come back to DE map after two weeks and yeah it was deserted. Just people running the pre meta to earn currency to by the egg. This is a dead map as more and more people get their egg. I have been spending lot more time in HOT again and it's worth the time spent and loot is great. Good bye DE can't say I will miss you.

You are not missing out on anything. Only do it if you are OCD completionsit like me or just dont bother. Not worth the effort. Its the most overhyped as well as useless mount in game.

Yes if they offer me to participate in the meta i am happy to help. But most comms only want to play with their own pre-made squads. And how should I leave map and where should I go? It's not like i can jump instances at someone's whim. It's rude to ask other to leave the map and order them around.

Sure if they pay me gold i will leave. Take this issue with Anet for creating such toxic enviornment. I play on me own time how i want. I am a casual player. Never before in history of GW2 i had to face a situation like this. Not my fault. No one owns the map or has the right to tell other players to leave.

Few days ago i was mining jade nodes and the Comm was telling everyone who is farming or runing achievs to leave the map because it is an "organised" map. Ofcourse peole refused and then it got bad after that. Lots of arguing and name calling. If we are not participating in end meta then we have to leave to make place for his organised squad members. This happens quite often since comm wants to bring his entire pre made squad into the map. Thanks Anet what a great meta you have created that now players are unhappy to see other players on the map.

The same leet players jumping on OP as usual for expressing his frustration with this badly designed meta. The usual suspects are at it again telling OP how he is wrong and this is best meta ever. I am sure they will have their wish in few weeks when this map will be dead and only run by few guilds who can organise a pre made raid and can afford to spend 2 hours a day on single meta. Have fun.

I am so glad I got my kill and the mastery points i needed. I am never touching this meta ever again. Feel sorry for everyone else who wasn't as lucky as me to get a pre made organised group and good RNG.

Prime time today. Only one group which was doing pre meta events only to purchase the egg. Other than that it was pretty dead. All other Cantha maps are active as hell so i am focusing on those metas now to get xp and loota nd success rate is 100% so you don't feel you are wasting your time

If you can't spare atleast 8 to 10 hours a day on this. Don't bother.

Nope. It's useless. I got it for completion sake.