Guild Wars 2

Hi everyone, my name is Jason and well after much soul searching these last few months and looking into the new content I have decided to come back and give GW2 another try. I left after some of the changes to combat and the addition of Ascended gear as I was consistently having to pay gems to keep up in the market and I believe i was on Northern Shiverpeaks server and the people there were in their cliques and well I wanted to know what major changes can i expect and can i survive on Exotic gear alone for the time being while i amass my materials in the world. I miss doing fragments and running those dungeons consistently but there is always that hang up like a guide that says in order to get my legendary weapon (minstrel) i have to go through 20 steps that no one would be willing to help me with. I am interested in trying the “season 2 WvW” but I need to find people who actually will take me under their wing and teach me how to be a good competitor without having to throw out 20-30 bucks a month in gems.

I am coming back seeking friends and if worse comes to worse i could always restart my adventures at lv 1 and kiss my lv 80 mesmer goodbye though i do enjoy the class personally but its a new year and a new outlook. So i hope to get your opinions and hopefully I can finally find a place to hang my hat at the end of the day.

First off, you only need ascended for high level fractals. Rares and exotics will suffice for literally every other part of the game.
Secondly, Megaservers broke up a lot of the cliquishness some servers experienced.
Thirdly, WvW Season 2 is over. You just missed it by a month.
Fourthly, you do not, I repeat, DO NOT need to throw money at anything to be competitive, nor has the game ever been like that. And don’t listen to anyone that says otherwise because it is blatantly false.
And lastly, play whatever the heck you want. Mesmers are very viable and desirable in groups as is every other class, assuming it’s not a group of “ZOMG ZERKER WAR ONLY” types.

Hope that helps somewhat. And welcome back.

HIGHLY recommend not starting a new character

the new trait system is h o r r i b l e

nolij.4327:

the new trait system is h o r r i b l e

By that he means more engaging, but terribly frustrating for anyone who levels his char exclusively through crafting/boss blitz leeching/dungeoneering. So, as long as you like exploration you are better off.

Freeelancer.2860:

nolij.4327:

the new trait system is h o r r i b l e

By that he means more engaging, but terribly frustrating for anyone who levels his char exclusively through crafting/boss blitz leeching/dungeoneering. So, as long as you like exploration you are better off.

yeah, power leveling is a bit more tricky. Leveling is still easy, it’s just that you have to unlock traits by doing more than grinding a single aspect of play to quickly level.