Guild Wars 2

I’m only level 26, but I already have a bunch of skill points stacked up, and nothing to do with them. I don’t need any of the remaining ranger skills (why would I want more than 2 guardians or 3 different traps??). Now I find myself totally lacking in motivation: why grind levels when there seems to be nothing to gain from it? I have to be missing something, so could somebody please explain so I can regain some motivation for leveling.

Well, trait points, for one thing. Also, you can use skill points to buy certain items in the game. Check the wiki for “skill points” to learn more about that. But, yeah, mainly traits.

EDIT: Also, some skills are situational. You may not always want them out, but sometimes they help in specific encounters, so it’s always good to have a variety of skills. Not to mention, you can’t have unlocked all of your skill slots yet, right? At the very least you’ll need to get an elite skill.

Leveling for the first time should not be a grind in any way. You just explore the world and gain levels from it. This should be fun when you’re doing it for the first time because you’ve never seen those places before.

So your motivation should be:
- See the beautiful world
- Getting 100% map completion will give you an item to craft a legendary weapon with.
- Getting 100% map completion will also get you to level 80.

I would like to add that the game is not about the skill points but about enjoying the world. The grinding process comes later when you want to start grinding your cosmetic look at level 80.

Here’s a site what shows you what you can do with your skill points:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Skill_point

ok, thanks for the replies! I suppose I just explore the world, though it would be nice that were some purpose for completing the quests.

I have over 1.000 unspent skillpoints. Still waiting for a few more skills to unlock….