I've played quite a few mmos now . The best communitys I've seen to date have been in Lotro and DDO . Given GW2 is so successful I thought it might end up being a bit like WoW in terms of unfriendly players but thus far I'm finding its a good crowd . The majority of people I've met have been sociable and helpfull . Thats always a big plus in my books . Have still yet to ignore a single player .

Originally posted by Khondor
No need to ignore people when no one is talking.

I don't know what server you're on, but on Gate of Madness people are always talking in /map and /say no matter what time I'm on or what map I'm in. As to the OP, so far the community in general does seem better than most online games I've played. There's still the occasional asshat, but they seem to be few and far between. Hopefully that lasts.

Originally posted by gessekai332
people are friendly and you get meaninful social interactions from time to time, but nothing like in old school MMORPGS with smaller, more hardcore communities. server size is so big its really hard to encounter the same person twice. Not only that, but due to down-leveling system and dungeon locations you have max level people spread all around Tyria. then theres also the situation with the overflows and the fact that a lot people are casual players or only talk to people in guild/vent. i think the social aspect is there you just have to look for it. probably in more drama-oriented guilds/servers?

This right here. When I sporadically play it mainly solo and I haven't communicated with anyone except my guildies. The way the game is set up there is no need to unfortunately.

Originally posted by Badaboom
I also felt that LOTRO had a good community.  So was Vanguards.  This will sound crazy but I think the best community that I have experienced was from Darkfall although I must say GW2 is trumping that so far.

Darkfall had a really good community. They might gank you and take your stuff, but everyone was always willing to give advice or explain things. I had a great experience in Darkfall and I am looking forward to the new one. If the UI is fixed like they say then I am in.

Originally posted by Quailman

Originally posted by Khondor
No need to ignore people when no one is talking.

I don't know what server you're on, but on Gate of Madness people are always talking in /map and /say no matter what time I'm on or what map I'm in. As to the OP, so far the community in general does seem better than most online games I've played. There's still the occasional asshat, but they seem to be few and far between. Hopefully that lasts.

People are always talking on aurora glade too (EU) Which server are you on Khondor ? You can still move for free you know .

Originally posted by RavingRabbid

Originally posted by gessekai332
people are friendly and you get meaninful social interactions from time to time, but nothing like in old school MMORPGS with smaller, more hardcore communities. server size is so big its really hard to encounter the same person twice. Not only that, but due to down-leveling system and dungeon locations you have max level people spread all around Tyria. then theres also the situation with the overflows and the fact that a lot people are casual players or only talk to people in guild/vent. i think the social aspect is there you just have to look for it. probably in more drama-oriented guilds/servers?

This right here. When I sporadically play it mainly solo and I haven't communicated with anyone except my guildies. The way the game is set up there is no need to unfortunately.

The same could be said is true of Rift an WoW . Both are city centric games with very few people questing and both have cross server instanced play which probably makes it less likly to meet players . It is a matter of making the effort to talk to people then add them to your friends list . Being a nice guild is always a plus too . I think gessekals332 is right though old school mmos did have closer communitys because they were more like villages where everyone got to know everyone else . 

In dungeon related areas most things one sees on the chat are requests for dungeon parties.

In Lions Arch discussions are going on 24/7 and people are VERY chatty whenever I'm there.

Subjects from religion, politics, movies, games, relationships and more. :p

Also saw many times "champion X at location X spawned!" for people that were interested so people gathered and killed a boss together grabbing their goodies. :)

All in all I too had mostly good experiences with people in the game.

Always tend to say that the people that are social, will remain social in the game aswell.

People that are rather loners will avoid any interaction as long as it isn't forced by the game anyway.

Originally posted by roo67

I've played quite a few mmos now . The best communitys I've seen to date have been in Lotro and DDO . Given GW2 is so successful I thought it might end up being a bit like WoW in terms of unfriendly players but thus far I'm finding its a good crowd . The majority of people I've met have been sociable and helpfull . Thats always a big plus in my books . Have still yet to ignore a single player .

Experince may vary from server to server so no one here can claim that entire GW2 community is good or bad based on their own pesonal experince of one or two servers.

Agree the community so far has been pretty great overall. Think Ive only run into 1 whiny troll, which should have been made pretty obvious by his name. I forget exactly what the name was, Brosomething, but when i saw the trolling / whining and the name together it was just like "Yeah. Makes complete sense".

For the most part though its been mainly people looking for and offering help, with a bit of casual BSing mixed in. Unlike many games where someone does something like ask a question and they get answers like "OMFG ur such a noob. L2P!"

GW2 community rocks compared to any other mmo.

Ive seen a few idiots, but when asking stuff i always get friendly answers and thats enough for me to see its a diffrent community then lets say WoW / Aion / SWTOR.

I've met a few people that are 12 year old and kick you from dungeon groups because you try to explain to them how the dungeon works. Then you get kicked before last boss and more than 2 hours spent with no rewards.

Most people i've met are kind and funny, but then you got those 12 year old.

The usual for me.

The "honeymoon players"
who will claim the color of centaur droppings are the best thing ever.

The "successfull Trolls"
but i like gw2 more than WOW, because i just want you all to talk over wow for the next half hour.

The "failed Trolls"
GW2 sucks, i hate this game (and repeat it for the next 2 hours instead of leaving)

The "elitist wannabe"
Sorry no Warrior for COE EXP P2, we need someone ranged (like if having a group wide buffing aoe burning / bleeding dot longbow build with 1200 range isn't range enough).

The "elitist"
sorry only lvl80 with 1212 max damage weapons and that setup. (For CM EXP - ouch).

The "12year old"
wha, this sucks why you guys are so weak! (invited 3 other warriors with only a 2 hand sword and 5 sigils - for an dungeon EXP run. Counting a total of 4 Origami Rambos)

The "denial"
nO this is not a bug this' a feature.