Hello readers. I’m known as Ginger and am one of the founders of Twilight Brigade. I just wanted to post here to tell you a little bit about my goals for our server.
I’ve been playing this game since launch, and too often I've seen people hit level 80 or finish the story, and look at the game and go, “Is that it? There’s nothing to do in this game,” but whenever I ask them if they’ve ever raided before and the answer is always no. No wonder they feel that way. They aren’t playing the most thrilling content this game has to offer. Too many players don’t know the fun and amazement of end game content, and a lot of them just assume it’s something they’ll never be able to get into because it’s inaccessible to new players.
Well I’m here to tell you that I don’t agree with this. ArenaNet has done a wonderful job at introducing strikes as a stepping stone for raids, and I believe the more people that can get into strikes, will also start raiding, and the more people that start raiding, the more people will keep playing this game.
Our guild has multiple raid statics filled with both new and experienced players alike that run at set times every week, and we create more raid statics through our raid surveys as people express interest. These statics also frequently need fills for member absences, so even if you can’t commit to a set schedule, there is always room for you to join the end game in this guild.
Lastly, I have a bit of a selfish reason for wanting to get people into this content. I firmly believe that the more successful strikes are, and the more people that graduate from striking to raiding, the more ArenaNet can justify making a case to NCSoft for spending time and money developing more raid wings. This is how we get Wing 8, people! Drag all your friends into end game, and get them to drag in their friends too. We need to show ArenaNet that this content is alive and in demand, and we do that by making it as accessible as possible!