Guild Wars 2

Hey all!

So I don’t have too much time on my hands now a days because I have work, school, taking care of my body etc. and I thought maybe getting back into GW2 could destress me and give me some fun here and there. I has been a while so I was wondering if you guys think playing right now would be a grind to get the right gear/skills to be viable and prepared for end game activities? Pretty much, can it be done and worth by a casual player?

Many of us are casual players, so it doesn’t take much to get Exotic Gear or Ascended accessories.

Unless, by end-game activities, you mean T4 Fractals or maybe Raids.

Good luck.

If you want to play an MMO without grinding for gear then GW2 is a good choice.

Exotic armour and weapons with ascended trinkets is easy to get and good enough for everything except top tier Fractals (where you’ll need more agony resistance and therefore more ascended equipment) and possibly raids where I think a full set of ascended equipment is recommend.

More importantly though that’s been the case for a few years now and it’s highly unlikely to change any time soon. They’ve only brought out 1 new tier since the game was released (ascended) and that was years ago. So if you do decide to go for full ascended you can work on it in your own time, as and when you feel like it, without worrying that it’s suddenly going to be invalidated by a new release.

How long would it take for a character to reach full ascended equipment?

How much Gold have you? How many Mats? How many hours to spend each day playing? How high are your Crafting Disciplines? It depends on the acquisition method.

Here’s some information on Ascended Armor:
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ascended_armor

Good luck.

Hadrian.7921:

How long would it take for a character to reach full ascended equipment?

If you have a lot of gold not long as at all if your starting with nothing a long time. The game has become a grind game sadly. That and pve has become way too important.

I dissagree with that crafting asc armor now is cheaper. And the game isnt anymore grind than what it was prehot. To Op i’d say the game is good if playing casually at your own pace and you can slowly start doing pve if you want or just pvp or w/e really.

zealex.9410:

I dissagree with that crafting asc armor now is cheaper. And the game isnt anymore grind than what it was prehot. To Op i’d say the game is good if playing casually at your own pace and you can slowly start doing pve if you want or just pvp or w/e really.

http://gw2crafts.net/

Look at the prices just to get to the point where you can craft.

Then you need to make the ascned level crafting mats if you do it with the cd it takes a long time if you buy your way though it its a lot of gold. How is crafting gear not cost a lot and or fast?

Then there the rng drops from pve best bet is high level fractals that need ascned armor to even do.

GW2 is not made for new players any more. Something got to get fixed or the community only going to age and never grow.

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

I dissagree with that crafting asc armor now is cheaper. And the game isnt anymore grind than what it was prehot. To Op i’d say the game is good if playing casually at your own pace and you can slowly start doing pve if you want or just pvp or w/e really.

http://gw2crafts.net/

Look at the prices just to get to the point where you can craft.

Then you need to make the ascned level crafting mats if you do it with the cd it takes a long time if you buy your way though it its a lot of gold. How is crafting gear not cost a lot and or fast?

Then there the rng drops from pve best bet is high level fractals that need ascned armor to even do.

GW2 is not made for new players any more. Something got to get fixed or the community only going to age and never grow.

How is it less for new players than before ? You previously couldnt get into fractals without te asc armor so the first set was always the one you crafted. We cold argue that getting enought gold to get asc armor now is slower due to dungeons being nerfed but the fractals should be quite an ok method of making the needed gold aswell as farming the dungeon paths to get that ez 5g. Also it is highly possible that the recipes gw2 crafts has for 500 are utdated i heard from wp that there are some ecto recipes that are much cheaper and easier and you get 500 with less of a cost. Coul they make it even easier? Ofc they can buff dungeons and since dungeons are already easier than prehot newer players can start from there and start climping on fractals but even tho i want that i dought anet will do that.

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

I dissagree with that crafting asc armor now is cheaper. And the game isnt anymore grind than what it was prehot. To Op i’d say the game is good if playing casually at your own pace and you can slowly start doing pve if you want or just pvp or w/e really.

http://gw2crafts.net/

Look at the prices just to get to the point where you can craft.

Then you need to make the ascned level crafting mats if you do it with the cd it takes a long time if you buy your way though it its a lot of gold. How is crafting gear not cost a lot and or fast?

Then there the rng drops from pve best bet is high level fractals that need ascned armor to even do.

GW2 is not made for new players any more. Something got to get fixed or the community only going to age and never grow.

How is it less for new players than before ? You previously couldnt get into fractals without te asc armor so the first set was always the one you crafted. We cold argue that getting enought gold to get asc armor now is slower due to dungeons being nerfed but the fractals should be quite an ok method of making the needed gold aswell as farming the dungeon paths to get that ez 5g. Also it is highly possible that the recipes gw2 crafts has for 500 are utdated i heard from wp that there are some ecto recipes that are much cheaper and easier and you get 500 with less of a cost. Coul they make it even easier? Ofc they can buff dungeons and since dungeons are already easier than prehot newer players can start from there and start climping on fractals but even tho i want that i dought anet will do that.

Inflation and the lack of ppl running low level open world content.

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

I dissagree with that crafting asc armor now is cheaper. And the game isnt anymore grind than what it was prehot. To Op i’d say the game is good if playing casually at your own pace and you can slowly start doing pve if you want or just pvp or w/e really.

http://gw2crafts.net/

Look at the prices just to get to the point where you can craft.

Then you need to make the ascned level crafting mats if you do it with the cd it takes a long time if you buy your way though it its a lot of gold. How is crafting gear not cost a lot and or fast?

Then there the rng drops from pve best bet is high level fractals that need ascned armor to even do.

GW2 is not made for new players any more. Something got to get fixed or the community only going to age and never grow.

How is it less for new players than before ? You previously couldnt get into fractals without te asc armor so the first set was always the one you crafted. We cold argue that getting enought gold to get asc armor now is slower due to dungeons being nerfed but the fractals should be quite an ok method of making the needed gold aswell as farming the dungeon paths to get that ez 5g. Also it is highly possible that the recipes gw2 crafts has for 500 are utdated i heard from wp that there are some ecto recipes that are much cheaper and easier and you get 500 with less of a cost. Coul they make it even easier? Ofc they can buff dungeons and since dungeons are already easier than prehot newer players can start from there and start climping on fractals but even tho i want that i dought anet will do that.

Inflation and the lack of ppl running low level open world content.

orr is still runned boss trains still exist even tho fewer so idk what other openworld content is not played as much as it used to

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

I dissagree with that crafting asc armor now is cheaper. And the game isnt anymore grind than what it was prehot. To Op i’d say the game is good if playing casually at your own pace and you can slowly start doing pve if you want or just pvp or w/e really.

http://gw2crafts.net/

Look at the prices just to get to the point where you can craft.

Then you need to make the ascned level crafting mats if you do it with the cd it takes a long time if you buy your way though it its a lot of gold. How is crafting gear not cost a lot and or fast?

Then there the rng drops from pve best bet is high level fractals that need ascned armor to even do.

GW2 is not made for new players any more. Something got to get fixed or the community only going to age and never grow.

Yes and then you realise that:

- they basically made rings, amulets, accessoires and backpiece close to free of charge in the new maps

- they added multiple collections which provide ascended armor pieces

- they have an entire specialised set of weapons which are cheaper ascended weapons

- they added even more ascended weapons with the Caladbolg questline which are cheap to make.

- they added TONS of ways to get exotic gear. It’s easier than ever to get your first set of exotic items without having to TP shop

- there is tons of different ways to play the game and gather gold unlike pre HoT where Silverwastes was basically the best way by far

Stop focusing on 1 topic and leave out everything that was added to make the game casual friendly. Yes if you want to craft your ascended armor set straight off the bat, it will be expensive. It has always been expensive. You do NOT want to look up gold/hour possible and ascended gear cost on a timeline. That’s a comparison where the nay sayer crowd would lose drastically.

and these too ^

Hadrian.7921:

Hey all!

So I don’t have too much time on my hands now a days because I have work, school, taking care of my body etc.

Keep lifting, or even do cardio. Will provide better rewards in the long them that being here.

If you want to prepare for end game activities, it still does require a lot of time, gold and effort. Especially for raids, as due to strict group composition requirements, it’s good to have more than one fully equipped character, so you will be able to accomodate better to the group needs (and let’s be honest – as someone that has no prior raid experience, compared to other more experienced players you will be the one that will need to accomodate the most).

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

I dissagree with that crafting asc armor now is cheaper. And the game isnt anymore grind than what it was prehot. To Op i’d say the game is good if playing casually at your own pace and you can slowly start doing pve if you want or just pvp or w/e really.

http://gw2crafts.net/

Look at the prices just to get to the point where you can craft.

Then you need to make the ascned level crafting mats if you do it with the cd it takes a long time if you buy your way though it its a lot of gold. How is crafting gear not cost a lot and or fast?

Then there the rng drops from pve best bet is high level fractals that need ascned armor to even do.

GW2 is not made for new players any more. Something got to get fixed or the community only going to age and never grow.

How is it less for new players than before ? You previously couldnt get into fractals without te asc armor so the first set was always the one you crafted. We cold argue that getting enought gold to get asc armor now is slower due to dungeons being nerfed but the fractals should be quite an ok method of making the needed gold aswell as farming the dungeon paths to get that ez 5g. Also it is highly possible that the recipes gw2 crafts has for 500 are utdated i heard from wp that there are some ecto recipes that are much cheaper and easier and you get 500 with less of a cost. Coul they make it even easier? Ofc they can buff dungeons and since dungeons are already easier than prehot newer players can start from there and start climping on fractals but even tho i want that i dought anet will do that.

Inflation and the lack of ppl running low level open world content.

Have you tried stepping out of wvw and doing fractals ?

They literally turn out ascended weapons and armor pretty much 1-2 every week.

TexZero.7910:

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

I dissagree with that crafting asc armor now is cheaper. And the game isnt anymore grind than what it was prehot. To Op i’d say the game is good if playing casually at your own pace and you can slowly start doing pve if you want or just pvp or w/e really.

http://gw2crafts.net/

Look at the prices just to get to the point where you can craft.

Then you need to make the ascned level crafting mats if you do it with the cd it takes a long time if you buy your way though it its a lot of gold. How is crafting gear not cost a lot and or fast?

Then there the rng drops from pve best bet is high level fractals that need ascned armor to even do.

GW2 is not made for new players any more. Something got to get fixed or the community only going to age and never grow.

How is it less for new players than before ? You previously couldnt get into fractals without te asc armor so the first set was always the one you crafted. We cold argue that getting enought gold to get asc armor now is slower due to dungeons being nerfed but the fractals should be quite an ok method of making the needed gold aswell as farming the dungeon paths to get that ez 5g. Also it is highly possible that the recipes gw2 crafts has for 500 are utdated i heard from wp that there are some ecto recipes that are much cheaper and easier and you get 500 with less of a cost. Coul they make it even easier? Ofc they can buff dungeons and since dungeons are already easier than prehot newer players can start from there and start climping on fractals but even tho i want that i dought anet will do that.

Inflation and the lack of ppl running low level open world content.

Have you tried stepping out of wvw and doing fractals ?

They literally turn out ascended weapons and armor pretty much 1-2 every week.

we were talking about low tiers tho like tier 1 tops 2 since the person will not haver armor. But then again i havent dont t1 in years so i can say if the drop rates are good.

Hello.

I’m casual and I have 3 full sets of ascended equipment. It’s not that hard if you are dedicated enough to get it. Average 4h per day playtime / 5 years.

tbh 4 h per day dont really transate to casual but w/e even if 2 hours u should be able to make 1 set pretty easily

demitel.1340:

Hello.

I’m casual and I have 3 full sets of ascended equipment. It’s not that hard if you are dedicated enough to get it. Average 4h per day playtime / 5 years.

So, 4 hours per day, every day, and less than one set per year. From what OP mentioned it seems that it would equate to a lot of effort for him. Also, he seems to not be geared yet, so the best approach (t4 fractals) is not available to him, and won’t be for a long time.

Astralporing.1957:

So, 4 hours per day, every day, and less than one set per year. From what OP mentioned it seems that it would equate to a lot of effort for him. Also, he seems to not be geared yet, so the best approach (t4 fractals) is not available to him, and won’t be for a long time.

Keep in mind that I haven’t been playing every day, I just calculated my average playtime per day / overall playing hours these past 5 years. And I don’t have any idea how long the OP have been playing Guild Wars 2, but yeah, Fractals is the best choice if you don’t have enough time and resources to craft your own set.

zealex.9410:

tbh 4 h per day dont really transate to casual but w/e even if 2 hours u should be able to make 1 set pretty easily

I’m really casual player, but that’s just me. I know that people can be really hardcore when it comes to playing games.

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

I dissagree with that crafting asc armor now is cheaper. And the game isnt anymore grind than what it was prehot. To Op i’d say the game is good if playing casually at your own pace and you can slowly start doing pve if you want or just pvp or w/e really.

http://gw2crafts.net/

Look at the prices just to get to the point where you can craft.

Then you need to make the ascned level crafting mats if you do it with the cd it takes a long time if you buy your way though it its a lot of gold. How is crafting gear not cost a lot and or fast?

Then there the rng drops from pve best bet is high level fractals that need ascned armor to even do.

GW2 is not made for new players any more. Something got to get fixed or the community only going to age and never grow.

How is it less for new players than before ? You previously couldnt get into fractals without te asc armor so the first set was always the one you crafted. We cold argue that getting enought gold to get asc armor now is slower due to dungeons being nerfed but the fractals should be quite an ok method of making the needed gold aswell as farming the dungeon paths to get that ez 5g. Also it is highly possible that the recipes gw2 crafts has for 500 are utdated i heard from wp that there are some ecto recipes that are much cheaper and easier and you get 500 with less of a cost. Coul they make it even easier? Ofc they can buff dungeons and since dungeons are already easier than prehot newer players can start from there and start climping on fractals but even tho i want that i dought anet will do that.

Inflation and the lack of ppl running low level open world content.

Do you have any proof of this claim?

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

I dissagree with that crafting asc armor now is cheaper. And the game isnt anymore grind than what it was prehot. To Op i’d say the game is good if playing casually at your own pace and you can slowly start doing pve if you want or just pvp or w/e really.

http://gw2crafts.net/

Look at the prices just to get to the point where you can craft.

Then you need to make the ascned level crafting mats if you do it with the cd it takes a long time if you buy your way though it its a lot of gold. How is crafting gear not cost a lot and or fast?

Then there the rng drops from pve best bet is high level fractals that need ascned armor to even do.

GW2 is not made for new players any more. Something got to get fixed or the community only going to age and never grow.

How is it less for new players than before ? You previously couldnt get into fractals without te asc armor so the first set was always the one you crafted. We cold argue that getting enought gold to get asc armor now is slower due to dungeons being nerfed but the fractals should be quite an ok method of making the needed gold aswell as farming the dungeon paths to get that ez 5g. Also it is highly possible that the recipes gw2 crafts has for 500 are utdated i heard from wp that there are some ecto recipes that are much cheaper and easier and you get 500 with less of a cost. Coul they make it even easier? Ofc they can buff dungeons and since dungeons are already easier than prehot newer players can start from there and start climping on fractals but even tho i want that i dought anet will do that.

Inflation and the lack of ppl running low level open world content.

orr is still runned boss trains still exist even tho fewer so idk what other openworld content is not played as much as it used to

When has orr been low level…

Well if you have the right attitude, get the right build and find a good guild, you could farm LS3 maps for ascended trinkets and get into training raids in a couple of weeks or a month. None of this play for a year stuff. You’d ideally have full ascended gear for raiding but it’s not a hard requirement unlike T4 fractals, where agony procs just 1 shot you if your AR is too low.

CrustyBot.3564:

Well if you have the right attitude, get the right build and find a good guild, you could farm LS3 maps for ascended trinkets and get into training raids in a couple of weeks. None of this play for a year stuff. You’d ideally have full ascended gear for raiding but it’s not a hard requirement unlike T4 fractals, where agony procs just 1 shot you if your AR is too low.

That the thing they cant do all of ls3 unless they pay for it. If you miss the LS as it comes out you got to pay for it after the fact to go into the new maps. This game is not made for new ppl.

Jski.6180:

CrustyBot.3564:

Well if you have the right attitude, get the right build and find a good guild, you could farm LS3 maps for ascended trinkets and get into training raids in a couple of weeks. None of this play for a year stuff. You’d ideally have full ascended gear for raiding but it’s not a hard requirement unlike T4 fractals, where agony procs just 1 shot you if your AR is too low.

That the thing they cant do all of ls3 unless they pay for it. If you miss the LS as it comes out you got to pay for it after the fact to go into the new maps. This game is not made for new ppl.

im sorry but how the fact that the new maps are b2p if you didnt log in makes the game unfriendly? If he has hot then he can join do the story then move on from there. And what is the low lvl open world content?

Hadrian.7921:

How long would it take for a character to reach full ascended equipment?

Depends on what you have. Also having the expac makes it also easier to get asc stuff.

I’d struggle to find an MMORPG currently more accommodating to new people. It’s a bit of a cash grab from Anet admittedly, but each episode is what, 200 gems? So $10 for all 4 episodes so far. Combined with the price drop on HoT, you’re still saving money on what you would pay compared to last week.

Most importantly, there is no additional imposition on time, as access to the maps isn’t locked behind anything aside from bare minimum story progression.

It’s definitely not like most other MMOs, where best in slot gear is continually changing when new endgame content arrives. Between farming the LS3 maps and the repeatable Caladbolg event, both of which can be done relatively quickly and at your own pace, it has to be easier than ever to obtain ascended gear. And even then you don’t need full ascended gear to attempt anything outside of T4 fractals.

Granted, someone new to the game will take much longer to accomplish these steps than a veteran. But the game does do well at providing multiple ways to partially gear up, some of which are not time or gold intensive.

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

CrustyBot.3564:

Well if you have the right attitude, get the right build and find a good guild, you could farm LS3 maps for ascended trinkets and get into training raids in a couple of weeks. None of this play for a year stuff. You’d ideally have full ascended gear for raiding but it’s not a hard requirement unlike T4 fractals, where agony procs just 1 shot you if your AR is too low.

That the thing they cant do all of ls3 unless they pay for it. If you miss the LS as it comes out you got to pay for it after the fact to go into the new maps. This game is not made for new ppl.

im sorry but how the fact that the new maps are b2p if you didnt log in makes the game unfriendly? If he has hot then he can join do the story then move on from there. And what is the low lvl open world content?

Because they have to pay for something that others did not…. that a blunt tax on ppl who are new to the game.

I would call it low level in that unless your a taging class your not going to do enofe dmg nor will you last long enofe to get good loot from these events and often your still better off running fractals for the ascneded level armor box drops.

Lets get to crafting a full set if you do the daily (that where put there to simply stretch out content when they first added it in) it takes months to get the gear you want. Another block to new players because of such a high grind wall.

I played the game for 5 years now and i even do not want to craft for a new ascneded set of armor due to the cost and time. I simply bit the bullet and MF to a new set and hope it works out for the build i am aiming for.

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

CrustyBot.3564:

Well if you have the right attitude, get the right build and find a good guild, you could farm LS3 maps for ascended trinkets and get into training raids in a couple of weeks. None of this play for a year stuff. You’d ideally have full ascended gear for raiding but it’s not a hard requirement unlike T4 fractals, where agony procs just 1 shot you if your AR is too low.

That the thing they cant do all of ls3 unless they pay for it. If you miss the LS as it comes out you got to pay for it after the fact to go into the new maps. This game is not made for new ppl.

im sorry but how the fact that the new maps are b2p if you didnt log in makes the game unfriendly? If he has hot then he can join do the story then move on from there. And what is the low lvl open world content?

Because they have to pay for something that others did not…. that a blunt tax on ppl who are new to the game.

And that is unfriendly, how exactly?

Sounds like a business to me.

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

CrustyBot.3564:

Well if you have the right attitude, get the right build and find a good guild, you could farm LS3 maps for ascended trinkets and get into training raids in a couple of weeks. None of this play for a year stuff. You’d ideally have full ascended gear for raiding but it’s not a hard requirement unlike T4 fractals, where agony procs just 1 shot you if your AR is too low.

That the thing they cant do all of ls3 unless they pay for it. If you miss the LS as it comes out you got to pay for it after the fact to go into the new maps. This game is not made for new ppl.

im sorry but how the fact that the new maps are b2p if you didnt log in makes the game unfriendly? If he has hot then he can join do the story then move on from there. And what is the low lvl open world content?

Because they have to pay for something that others did not…. that a blunt tax on ppl who are new to the game.

I would call it low level in that unless your a taging class your not going to do enofe dmg nor will you last long enofe to get good loot from these events and often your still better off running fractals for the ascneded level armor box drops.

Lets get to crafting a full set if you do the daily (that where put there to simply stretch out content when they first added it in) it takes months to get the gear you want. Another block to new players because of such a high grind wall.

I played the game for 5 years now and i even do not want to craft for a new ascneded set of armor due to the cost and time. I simply bit the bullet and MF to a new set and hope it works out for the build i am aiming for.

The story updates are by default buy to play the existing and dedicated players get the bonus that they get releases for free and therefor dont have to play as a thank you. OP if ou read this make sure you log in to store the living world episode in case you dont have the expac or to unlock it in case you have the new maps are agreat way to get asc trinkets with whatever stats.

Yes crafting his first set will most likely take him a while and whats bad about that? Its a long term goal the first set and it only gets easier from there on. He can still find a guild do some gm’s unlock trinkets do the tier 1 fractals unlock some rings as well and he slowly moves towards the goal. Its not unreasonable its expected.

For my life i cant understand what you mean with the low lvl. And yes i agree crafting is a pain it was better when it was the requirement for the first set and then the ventors unlocked the rest for ya.

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

CrustyBot.3564:

Well if you have the right attitude, get the right build and find a good guild, you could farm LS3 maps for ascended trinkets and get into training raids in a couple of weeks. None of this play for a year stuff. You’d ideally have full ascended gear for raiding but it’s not a hard requirement unlike T4 fractals, where agony procs just 1 shot you if your AR is too low.

That the thing they cant do all of ls3 unless they pay for it. If you miss the LS as it comes out you got to pay for it after the fact to go into the new maps. This game is not made for new ppl.

im sorry but how the fact that the new maps are b2p if you didnt log in makes the game unfriendly? If he has hot then he can join do the story then move on from there. And what is the low lvl open world content?

Because they have to pay for something that others did not…. that a blunt tax on ppl who are new to the game.

I would call it low level in that unless your a taging class your not going to do enofe dmg nor will you last long enofe to get good loot from these events and often your still better off running fractals for the ascneded level armor box drops.

Lets get to crafting a full set if you do the daily (that where put there to simply stretch out content when they first added it in) it takes months to get the gear you want. Another block to new players because of such a high grind wall.

I played the game for 5 years now and i even do not want to craft for a new ascneded set of armor due to the cost and time. I simply bit the bullet and MF to a new set and hope it works out for the build i am aiming for.

The story updates are by default buy to play the existing and dedicated players get the bonus that they get releases for free and therefor dont have to play as a thank you. OP if ou read this make sure you log in to store the living world episode in case you dont have the expac or to unlock it in case you have the new maps are agreat way to get asc trinkets with whatever stats.

Yes crafting his first set will most likely take him a while and whats bad about that? Its a long term goal the first set and it only gets easier from there on. He can still find a guild do some gm’s unlock trinkets do the tier 1 fractals unlock some rings as well and he slowly moves towards the goal. Its not unreasonable its expected.

For my life i cant understand what you mean with the low lvl. And yes i agree crafting is a pain it was better when it was the requirement for the first set and then the ventors unlocked the rest for ya.

I am talking about walls to start the game i am not sure what he has vs what he dose not have.

Its bad because things like raids tend to leave ppl behind. Part of the reason why i played gw2 because other mmorpgs often would be if you missed some time play or missed the event you fall back very far. That why GW2 was the game made for ppl who do not like mmorpgs.

As for low level i am talking more on the lines build up gold and items to get you to where you can start to get asnced level. The progression in this game can be super stagger with getting to level 80 then gearing out in exotic (with krama gear or wvw gear because real exotic gear now is worth a lot to craft due to leather) then there a major grind to get to the next level of content. Then there a leap to get to the “high level” of raids (i guess this is the highest level of pve content).

There realty got to be a cache up dungeon or even raid. Where you can make progress with out that much skill to a point. Maybe a LS 3.1 or a LS recap where you can get some gear.

It would be nice if they would cut back the cd on crafting too to maybe 2 a day.

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

zealex.9410:

Jski.6180:

CrustyBot.3564:

Well if you have the right attitude, get the right build and find a good guild, you could farm LS3 maps for ascended trinkets and get into training raids in a couple of weeks. None of this play for a year stuff. You’d ideally have full ascended gear for raiding but it’s not a hard requirement unlike T4 fractals, where agony procs just 1 shot you if your AR is too low.

That the thing they cant do all of ls3 unless they pay for it. If you miss the LS as it comes out you got to pay for it after the fact to go into the new maps. This game is not made for new ppl.

im sorry but how the fact that the new maps are b2p if you didnt log in makes the game unfriendly? If he has hot then he can join do the story then move on from there. And what is the low lvl open world content?

Because they have to pay for something that others did not…. that a blunt tax on ppl who are new to the game.

I would call it low level in that unless your a taging class your not going to do enofe dmg nor will you last long enofe to get good loot from these events and often your still better off running fractals for the ascneded level armor box drops.

Lets get to crafting a full set if you do the daily (that where put there to simply stretch out content when they first added it in) it takes months to get the gear you want. Another block to new players because of such a high grind wall.

I played the game for 5 years now and i even do not want to craft for a new ascneded set of armor due to the cost and time. I simply bit the bullet and MF to a new set and hope it works out for the build i am aiming for.

The story updates are by default buy to play the existing and dedicated players get the bonus that they get releases for free and therefor dont have to play as a thank you. OP if ou read this make sure you log in to store the living world episode in case you dont have the expac or to unlock it in case you have the new maps are agreat way to get asc trinkets with whatever stats.

Yes crafting his first set will most likely take him a while and whats bad about that? Its a long term goal the first set and it only gets easier from there on. He can still find a guild do some gm’s unlock trinkets do the tier 1 fractals unlock some rings as well and he slowly moves towards the goal. Its not unreasonable its expected.

For my life i cant understand what you mean with the low lvl. And yes i agree crafting is a pain it was better when it was the requirement for the first set and then the ventors unlocked the rest for ya.

I am talking about walls to start the game i am not sure what he has vs what he dose not have.

Its bad because things like raids tend to leave ppl behind. Part of the reason why i played gw2 because other mmorpgs often would be if you missed some time play or missed the event you fall back very far. That why GW2 was the game made for ppl who do not like mmorpgs.

As for low level i am talking more on the lines build up gold and items to get you to where you can start to get asnced level. The progression in this game can be super stagger with getting to level 80 then gearing out in exotic (with krama gear or wvw gear because real exotic gear now is worth a lot to craft due to leather) then there a major grind to get to the next level of content. Then there a leap to get to the “high level” of raids (i guess this is the highest level of pve content).

There realty got to be a cache up dungeon or even raid. Where you can make progress with out that much skill to a point. Maybe a LS 3.1 or a LS recap where you can get some gear.

It would be nice if they would cut back the cd on crafting too to maybe 2 a day.

i agree with the daily cd on crafting they should increase it somewhat imho.

Hadrian.7921:

Hey all!

So I don’t have too much time on my hands now a days because I have work, school, taking care of my body etc. and I thought maybe getting back into GW2 could destress me and give me some fun here and there. I has been a while so I was wondering if you guys think playing right now would be a grind to get the right gear/skills to be viable and prepared for end game activities? Pretty much, can it be done and worth by a casual player?

Yes. This is the best time in the game’s life, and it’s really easy to get the gear you need for endgame stuff. Your level 80 boost for HOT gives a full set of Exotic gear. If you need more Exotic Armor, you can run Verdant Brink and get Exotic pieces from the vendor to save a little money.

For ascended; you do the following;

Weapons: You can get Ascended weapons from the Specialization collections. GS for Necro, Staff for Thief and Ranger, Torch for Warrior, Shield for Mesmer and Revenant, Warhorn for Ele, Hammer for Engineer and Bow for Guardian. There’s a Current event going on now, you NEED TO HAVE BEATEN THE STORY JOURNAL FOR HOT TO UNLOCK IT, where you can get a Sword, Shield, Scepter Dagger or Greatsword. The only weapons not covered are Pistol, Short Bow, Focus, Axe and Rifle; and all of the Aquatic weapons. Those you generally need a crafting skill at 500 for.

The Backpiece; you can get a Rare from progressing through the HOT story. The Rare+ Backpieces have an infusion slot. You can also get Ascended Backpieces from the new LWS3 zones(bloodstone fen and Ember Bay). You can also get Rings and Accessories from them.

Fractals are a really good place for you to get ascended gear. They are also very low minimal time investment. If you can cover 3 infusion slots from your weapons and backpack, you can buy the Agony resistance you need for all of tier 1 for less than 7 gold(you can get 2 gold per day just from your daily achievements), you probably won’t need to buy all those infusions, but you can if you need to.

Rings you can get from turning in Pristine Fractal Relics, which you get from clearing a Fractal, with a daily cooldown on that particular fractal. Buy the time you get to Fractal Scale 20, you should have enough for 2 Rings.

For Raids, most people expect you to show up with ascended Weapons and Trinkets; the proper runes and sigils(which will probably cost you about 25 gold); food and utilities.

Armor is the pain to get; because you pretty much need 500 crafting to get it.

If you want to do raids, I recommend building a Hammer Support/DPS Guardian as; 1) All the weapons are covered from solo PVE 2) Heavy Armor is the cheapest for ascended 3) It’s a ridiculously simple-to-play role.

Astralporing.1957:

demitel.1340:

Hello.

I’m casual and I have 3 full sets of ascended equipment. It’s not that hard if you are dedicated enough to get it. Average 4h per day playtime / 5 years.

So, 4 hours per day, every day, and less than one set per year. From what OP mentioned it seems that it would equate to a lot of effort for him. Also, he seems to not be geared yet, so the best approach (t4 fractals) is not available to him, and won’t be for a long time.

If that’s all he was doing every second of the day was work on legendary armor sets. The thing is, I’m sure that’s not the case, since for the first year of the game, legendary armor didn’t even exist in the game.

Vayne.8563:

Astralporing.1957:

demitel.1340:

Hello.

I’m casual and I have 3 full sets of ascended equipment. It’s not that hard if you are dedicated enough to get it. Average 4h per day playtime / 5 years.

So, 4 hours per day, every day, and less than one set per year. From what OP mentioned it seems that it would equate to a lot of effort for him. Also, he seems to not be geared yet, so the best approach (t4 fractals) is not available to him, and won’t be for a long time.

If that’s all he was doing every second of the day was work on legendary armor sets. The thing is, I’m sure that’s not the case, since for the first year of the game, legendary armor didn’t even exist in the game.

im sure you mean asc armor there buddy?