Guild Wars 2

It has been great seeing all of the veteran players who are at the starting areas greeting the new players. I do have one issue with it. I was asking in chat if any of the players were new and saying if so then welcome to the game. The problem is because of the chat restriction I apparently said it too many times and now I cannot talk in chat.

Because of this I cannot find out who is an actual new player and who is an alt that someone has made. I am standing here with food and bags and no clue who to give them to. I tried just sending them to whoever was there but I ended up sending them to alts of veteran players, some of which admitted they we not new but kept the items.

Any suggestions?

Look and see if they appear at the point new accounts enter the game (which is not right at a gate or WP). That will only eliminate alts entering the zone, but if they look a bit confused the odds are they are new. For example, I was used to something that uses the arrow keys for left/right when I joined …. so was moving rather oddly until I remapped things.

You can also friend them and then look at them in your friends list. If they have thousands of AP, they aren’t new.

Also try saying different lines every now and then. “New? I’m here to answer questions.” “Hi, welcome to Tyria! I can help you figure things out if you want!” /bow @ (targeted player), /em stands ready to answer questions, just use /say to talk. “Glad to see you! Any questions about the game so far?”

Etc.