Guild Wars 2

I like PvP but I hate grinding. I’d love to be able to jump straight into a PvP environment without having to go through the tedium of grinding out levels and all that.

Is it possible to do this in GW2?

Yes. You will be lvl 80 and you can use any of the gear available in the mists that you want.

Will any of the experience I gain there carry over to the PvE game?

You don’t get XP in SPvP.

You get Glory which is what ranks you up. You can also spend Glory to get cosmetic rewards and such.

However, in return, all skills, traits, weapons, runes and sigils are unlocked from the get go and you’re boosted to 80.

There is also WvW, which is 3 servers facing off. In that, you take your character as they are (skills and weapons unlocked, PvE gear), and you can level to 80 which will also carry on over to PvE.

you don’t gain exp, you gain honor. it’s a seperate system that ranks you up and alows you to equip better looking gear.

Fair enough.

Thanks for all the info, folks!

To elaborate a bit, there are two different pvp modes – sPvP and WvW. Both bump you to level 80.

The first one is battlegrounds, where you automatically have all skills and gear unlocked.

The second one is a large-scale pvp mode, where you do not get any skills or gear unless you play PvE first. If you run with a large group, you will survive just fine. You can’t really win a 1v1 against a properly leveled and geared player though.

Thanks for the additional information.

Gotta admit, I’m completely overwhelmed by all of this, especially with simply playing my class. The game offers a lot of training but most of it seems kind of vague. I’ll have to snoop around a bit to figure out what I’m doing and how to do it well.

Again, thanks for all the help everyone. Definitely one of the most helpful communities I’ve ever seen.