Guild Wars 2

I received the email about the new tutorial. What do people think?

GW2 needs more tutorials. There are some elements of the game that are just not intuitive esp. for players from other MMOs.

This is a helpful first step. It’s particularly good how they emphasize the need to use dodge (Don’t laugh, there’s nothing in the game that explains the dodge mechanic. I’ve had friends who have played without ever knowing characters could dodge until I explained it).

It’s also useful how dynamic events as the main way to see content is emphasized. I think they might have mentioned how big DEs can show up on the mini-map.

Unfortunately, this kind of thing still needs to be in the game not on websites outside of it. In-game information is worth more than all the Youtube vids, gamesite interviews, wiki articles, Twitter tweets, Facebook posts and every other form of out-of-game communication.

Not everyone who plays GW2 may use Twitter. Not everyone who plays GW2 may check the wikis or forums.

Everyone who plays GW2 logs onto the game. Information like what is in this video needs to be presented in the game first and in a playable tutorial format IMO.

out side of dungeons and wvw/spvp you really don’t need dodge at all though.