Do I just attract unfriendly guild behavior?

Hello, I've been a long time player of GW-1 and have continued to be active
on GW-2. Most of you that know me recognize that I am generally quiet
and am shy about participating in Guild activities.

I generally believe that the Army of Lightness guild is probably the best guild
around. I am a 58 year old guy and am just playing for the fun of it. I do not
consider that I will ever be as good as many of you with regard to gaming skills.

On GW-2, I have been left behind on guild activities twice recently. That
is twice out of 2 events. As you can see, I am part of the guild but not
particularly active. Being left behind does not make me want to be part of more
activities. Did I tell someone? The first time, I messaged my team and
asked them what I was supposed to do. The leader asked if anyone could see me on the
map. When they couldn't identify where I was, they proceeded without me
and said nothing more to me. I talked to one of the guild leaders about it
later. We discussed possible problems i.e. everyone in the guild activity
was on Mumble except for a few of us. I wasn't the only one to be short changed.

Last weekend, I participated in a guild bounty. I made it clear that I
wanted to take part but didn't have any idea what I was
supposed to do. The leader of my party indicated that was OK. I informed
everyone that I was on Mumble but my microphone didn't work. Then I waited.
and waited...and waited. After waiting, I whispered to my group leader and asked
what was going on. He told me that they had departed to a particular way point
and gave me the link. When I clicked on it, I found it taking me to a section
of the map that I hadn't been to yet. (I have only completed 41% of the
map)

When I informed my leader, he told me to go to Gedarran fields "and just
run around." (I could have done this without being part of any guild.)
Note that my listening in on Mumble didn't help! As it is, I am considering
abandoning the guild. There is no room for a quiet older guy. However,
I don't think I am the only person who has this complaint.

I find this kind of forgetfulness to be quite unacceptable. Is it that hard to
organize a team of 4 players such that you can't keep track of one member?
Are your feelings of excitement so overwhelming that you can't remember
to inform your team what is going on to make sure everyone is on board?
If you are that excited, should you reach down and see if you also wet
your pants?

Do you want me to give names of group leaders?

Joshua Eleesha

Finnguala wrote:I am sorry... saying that we're new to it is a minimal excuse. I've tried to make sure everyone is in a party, but (thank you for posting) - I guess the message is lost or we don't advertise enough.
Next time I/we will private message everyone in the guild to make sure everyone understands if they wish to participate.

I agree with Finn about the being new to it thing. That said, I know that this doesn't represent the guild as a whole, nor do I think that those who do it do it all the time. We should definitely make more concerned efforts to make sure if there are people who want to do something. As for not being able to do something because you don't have the waypoint, I don't think there's much we can do to make it so you're able to do the event. However, there are much better ways to tell you that you're unable instead of saying just run around Gendarren Fields.