Guild Wars 2

Something is really confused me. I know a lot of things could do after level 80: Dungeons, Fractals, PVP, HoT map completions. However, those things are complicated to me right now.
My initial though is to finish the story in Maguuma. However, I am stuck into one task since I cannot find the NPC, and I am always been killed on my way to the story quest which makes me really frustrated.
Then I turned to practice dungeons. But I am not that confident on my gear since I do not spend so much time thinking which gear is better for me.
Back and forth, I feel really discouraged.
Any ideas, suggestions?
Thanks.

In order:

Map completion,
Dungeons & low level fractals,
Wvw,
Decide on power or condition build,
Create build how you think it should be and play it,
Come to class forums and see what others are doing.

Work through that list over the next couple of months. For now just learn what things your class has with skills and traits.

You’re best trying to get atleast a full set of Exotic quality equipment if you’re doing the HoT story and beyond. The expansion content is harder than the core content. This is where you should initially decide how you want to play your character, every option (Tanky, healy, condition or raw damage) is viable, some slower than others though, but all able to do story content. Once you get comfortable, you can try different playstyles, but you need to find a starting point.

There’s several ways to get Exotic armor, Dungeons, crafting, WvW (Badges of Honor), WvW/PvP reward tracks (Mimics dungeon loot, when selecting a dungeon track) and the Trading Post.

Browse the profession subforums, some post builds and guides for playing them.

It would probably help if you could tell us which story step you’re up to and which NPC you can’t find.

Nojet.5701:

Something is really confused me. I know a lot of things could do after level 80: Dungeons, Fractals, PVP, HoT map completions. However, those things are complicated to me right now.
My initial though is to finish the story in Maguuma. However, I am stuck into one task since I cannot find the NPC, and I am always been killed on my way to the story quest which makes me really frustrated.

Just a few pieces of advice here:
1) Running away is often the best thing you can do. If you’re outnumbered and it’s not going to go well, run. No point in dying.
2) Don’t stand still. I rarely die in this game not because I’m particularly good but because I don’t stand still. In melee the NPCs aim at where you are, so if you move around the NPCs in a circle they’ll miss a lot of the time, in ranged combat the NPCs aim where you’re going to be if you keep moving straight, so if you “jink” over and back in ranged combat most of the range attacks miss (arrows especially).
3) If you are going to fight multiple opponents then kill the ranged NPCs first. They tend to be squishier so they die quicker and they will chew you up when you’re fighting the melee characters.

Nojet.5701:

Then I turned to practice dungeons. But I am not that confident on my gear since I do not spend so much time thinking which gear is better for me.
Back and forth, I feel really discouraged.
Any ideas, suggestions?
Thanks.

http://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki

Is the main source for good builds (good choices of traits, gear and equipment) some of them have very good guides on how to use the build. I would use fractal builds in dungeons.

Nojet.5701:

Something is really confused me. I know a lot of things could do after level 80: Dungeons, Fractals, PVP, HoT map completions. However, those things are complicated to me right now.
My initial though is to finish the story in Maguuma. However, I am stuck into one task since I cannot find the NPC, and I am always been killed on my way to the story quest which makes me really frustrated.
Then I turned to practice dungeons. But I am not that confident on my gear since I do not spend so much time thinking which gear is better for me.
Back and forth, I feel really discouraged.
Any ideas, suggestions?
Thanks.

GW2 isn’t gear based. Exotics is all you really need.
I recommend you check out my guide on how to improve in combat and make builds as it’s the best way to get better if you want to improve in general.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/GW2-Combat-system-101-Guide/first

This guide is also a sticky thread on the players-helping-players subforum.
Best wishes too you.

First
I guess you should figure out what you’d find interesting. Things which hold your interest will be fun, if they do not interest you (yet) skip on them and look on…
Do not worry. I have many friends and even if they might want to do the same content the reasons why can vary so much…. you’ll notice you want a reason to further content and want to gear to allow you to perform fast/stabile or allow you to help others play easily

As for gear and level of gear:
Understand it’s perfectly normal for ppl to have 2 or 3 armors/ char or multiple haracters of 1 class so they can provide more builds/options whith a class and/or have them geared to be used in multiple gamemodes…
PvP gear is completely not connected with your armor (you will need armor and weapons slotted but the stats are not used, you can use white l80 weapons for this and they’ll work the same as ascnededs of others… in PvP
As for PvE/ instanced content/WvW/Exploration/farming and so on… All things have their own builds and gear… In farming in SW you’ll want fact characters/thieves with a build based upon speed and swiftness to maximize income/hour… in dungons and fractals you wan high dmg builds, in WvW you want a character who can stay alive in a battle of dozens of ppl fighting dozens of enemies….
Getting new gear tends to be easy and cheap and later on you could consider restatting it when you’re owning ascneded’s or legendaries, also making stat swaps pretty easy…

• All open world vanilla content can be completed in rare’s and exotics…
• All open world HoT content can be completed in exotics
• All story can be completed in rare’s and exotics
• Dungeons can be completed in rare’s and exotics
• Fractals can be completed in exotics (until lvl 19) and in increasing levels with more and more ascneded gear added
• Raids can be completed in a mix of Exotic and Ascneded gear, though Ascended would be highly preferable
• Gear stats will vary on goals… condi, DPS, Heal or support in either glass or bunker will vary extreme from gamemode to gamemode

As for what to do….

1st try to figure out where you want to put your time in. As I am not you I cannot foretell what you’d find the most enjoyable gameplay, but a lot of options exist… I listed the basic choices

Try to have a general idea how you can fit in your trial gamemode:

• this can be open world content/story(Vanilla, w story dungeons, LS S2, HoT, LS S3…)
• this can be instanced content (dungeons, fractals, raids)
• this can be PvP and/or WvW (WvW GvG)
• this can be Worldbosses/Meta maps

And when you found your main point of interest, use it to facilitate other tasks/ goals:

• this can be crafting
• this can be farming
• this can be flipping
• this can be achievement hunting
• this can be skins/dyes/looks/aura’s (fashion wars)
• this can be legendaries
• this can be (advanced) min maxing (asc trinkets, asc weapons, asc armor, infusions)
• this can be alt-ing. (I have 22 characters…)
• this can be RP-ing
• this can be social play (no goals, just friends)
• this can be exploring (mapping)
• this can be teaching
• this can also just running around enjoying the view
• this can be relaxing
• this can be virtually everything….

2nd when you know the answer to your 1st question you can gear and trait your character… and play your preferred game mode to the fullest.
people will suggest qantify builds, metabattle and many more, whcih is really only important for mid and high level fractals, Raids, and GvG Raiding in top tier wvw servers.
IF you do not care for those thingss (yet) you can allways gear as you want, play as yu want as long as you remember you stay away from “The Elitist(’s) High End Content” (there are alternative builds and options for ppl not following the zerk/viper track. You will need some added patience…maybe (mostly depending on the quality of the glass party’s capabilities….)….
If or when you have more things you are really interested after you’ve geared up for 1 mode first. then proceed to get a set for the second later… do not try to rush, DO however try to distinguish between primary and secondary/optional interests so you gear up best for the things you like best…

3rd Just enjoy the ride. find a dedicated guild, learn and after a while revaluate and commit if it’s for you. Have fun…

TL;DR:

• Do what you think is fun. If you want to solorun dungeons naked, well who’ll stop you?
• In the end this is a game, so spending time here while having fun is your main goal I guess…

Corrected somthing which obviously got botched in translation…

Pifil.5193:

http://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki

Is the main source for good builds (good choices of traits, gear and equipment) some of them have very good guides on how to use the build. I would use fractal builds in dungeons.

People keep recommending metabattle.com to new 80s, but none of those builds are labelled for open world HoT. Is there some general rule that certain builds are good enough? Is the rule the same across all professions?

Please don’t say “It’s open world, use whatever you like.” The HoT zones are more challenging and players post numerous threads saying “I die a lot in the HoT zones.” Obviously some builds are better than others for HoT content. Some explicit direction would be more helpful.

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Keltan.1827:

Pifil.5193:

http://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki

Is the main source for good builds (good choices of traits, gear and equipment) some of them have very good guides on how to use the build. I would use fractal builds in dungeons.

People keep recommending metabattle.com to new 80s, but none of those builds are labelled for open world HoT. Is there some general rule that certain builds are good enough? Is the rule the same across all professions?

Please don’t say “It’s open world, use whatever you like.” The HoT zones are more challenging and players post numerous threads saying “I die a lot in the HoT zones.” Obviously some builds are better than others for HoT content. Some explicit direction would be more helpful.

the person you quoted recommended it for dungeon/fractal builds because the OP wasn’t comfortable enough with their build/gear to try them out. in that case, metabattle is a great recommendation.

if you find yourself having difficulty in open world HoT, switch gear out for tankier options (things with toughness, and perhaps take extra condi clears). the traits found in builds on metabattle should still be good. metabattle can be used to give you an idea of what traits work well together, but it doesn’t mean that you have to 100% copy what is there if you find yourself dying. alternatively, you can look at the WvW/PvP (conquest) builds on there, they generally offer more survivability.

Well, I made eighty, got world completion (classic maps) and now spend a lot of my time in new player zones (1-15) showing new players how to do things. I do not even need the mentor tag. I just wade in, answer questions as quickly and accurately as possible and give them practical demos on purchasing inventory expansion, tools, etc.

And frankly fee that this is a benefit. The number of times I’ve met both new and experienced players who thank me for doing this is not easy to count. I also offer a ‘’tour service’’ to players, aiding them in dealing with the tougher elements or standing shadow over them while they do it (they falter, I flatten whatever flattened them and then pick them up).

Additional services (all free, I would not dream of charging) includes the position of ’’scout’’ into the regions they have not visited with optional ’’bodyguard’’ position while they explore and toughen up. And yes, yes I do feel its a good thing – makes me feel GOOD INSIDE to be helping others. Hurrah! (Arcos Shiningpaw)