Guild Wars 2

So I just joined Guild Wars 2 yesterday, I was a huge fan of the original GW but I have to say so far this one is way different. Currently I only have a thief, I want to try out all the classes that interest me first.
Just looking for any advice I could get from veteran players.

Welcome to GW2. For starters this thread has some good info for you:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/OMG-If-you-only-knew-this-tips-for-new-players

Also, shortly someone is going to come into your thread and tell you how much they hate the game. Ignore it and don’t let this forum get to you. Play the game and decide how you like to have fun with it.

Welcome!

First, I’d advise you to accept that GW2 is not GW1. There are substantial differences, and not all elements of GW1 have been retained.

a) Gear now matters much more. GW2 is grind-LITE, compared to the competition, but there’s still quite some grind compared to GW1.
b) Combat is very different. You have to stay active and you cannot rely on passive defences. You can’t take three hits from a boss – you need to dodge, block, blind and generally be a nuisance.
c) PvE is all about doing the most damage in the least time. Unless Anet change the game design, this IS the way to go, hard as it may be. Try this: an all out defense character will be only twice as resilient, while an all out offensive one will be five times more damaging. And both will have the same amount of dodging – the main REAL defense.

Plus the all out offensive guy will finish content five times more quickly…

d) In relation to above, Melee weapons deal significantly more damage than ranged weapons.

e) have fun. GW2 is still an amazing game in its own right

I want to keep it short.

First of welcome to gw2!

I for myself played 3 years gw1 and play since beta gw2 and if you are looking for gw1 with better graphic then gw2 is NOT the game you are looking for.

Why?

- Skill system compared to gw1 is just a bad joke.
- Combat System is more action based as you probably recognized.
- No big group instances 5 players is maximum.
- No special item you can unlock by doing special dungeons quests etc.
- Pvp and pve are not good balanced in terms of skills

etc.

I will say it loud and clear for you. GW2 is a total different game it has nothing to do with gw1 (except lore but most ppl dont care about lore i gues) If you want to play it you have to accept that this game has almost nothing do to with gw1 it is an other game with only the same name.

So still i wish you good luck with gw2 and or maybe better luck with gw1 :P

Oh, BTW – search the net for a Gw1-Gw2 comparison map, and be sure to check out the remains still in GW2