Guild Wars 2

Okay so, I’ve been a long time GW player (since the GW1 Beta and onward). I’ve maxed out most crafting (GW2), explored MOST of the map, do daily world bosses, and just enjoy the scenery/gathering, etc.

What’s a good path to take to get ready for the new expansion? I’m not really striving to get full Ascended to do Raids, but I don’t want to miss out on most of the new achievements/content that’s forthcoming. Any advice on where I should go from here?

(Farmed all the dungeons already, occasionally I’ll do Fractals, etc.)

I had a good answer and then when I hit post I got a site error so uh…… find cool gear and skins to wear for PoF. And get ascended stuff if you want, raids or no.

Do all the jumping puzzles.

Wait for the expansion and just jump in. There’s bound to be a bunch of exploration to do as well as grabbing those HPs for your elite. There’ll be a lot to do – at least until you finish it all

Do everything in Explorer achievement category (except the legendary stuff) and finish getting world completion while you’re at it.

Unless you’ve seen all of Central Tyria including the hidden nooks and crannies, such as all the jumping puzzles (there’s several dozen) and mini-dungeons, there is still more to do before moving on to the new maps.

When PoF hits, start training new characters so you can unlock the elites and experience all of the different playstyles in old and new content.

I do advice to get at least one character in full ascended, to serve as your main, but I don’t recommend to do it by grindy means. Instead, spread yourself out and obtain it piece by piece by all the different means neccessary like fractals, guild missions, HoT, LS3, collections that reward ascended armor/weapons, etc.

The main reason to do this is because after you do, it costs only the price of an exotic set to change all of your stats in the mystic forge, so you can modify that character freely (for like 30-40g) going forward though it can be tricky to change the stats on ascended jewelry and needs some research.

It makes it alot easier to approach future content.

I also recommend trying to create at least one legendary. Its just something that ever player has to do, even if its a huge grind. I didn’t feel particularly rewarded at the end but I was glad to finally get it out of the way.

1. Continue with your story, including all available Living World seasons.

2. Strive for ascended gear, because it’s better not just for raids but in general. Also, what did you max the crafting disciplines for if not for that?

3. Check all achievements in the Hero panel and see what you would consider fun to do.