Guild Wars 2

Hello GW2 Community,

I have just recently bought ultimate GW2 package, which made me lvl 80 or max what ever it may be,

I am sort of struggling to get around much of me own.

I have played similar MMORPG game before, now trying to get hooked to this one for some time.

If there are any tips, or good guides or guidance any experienced players can give me would be really help full.

I want to build a nice character for top class PvP level,
so I believe I will need to equip and build my character before.

I have allowance of 4000 gems, if you guys can also give me a guide to what I should spend it on would be great and really useful.

So, I have the full client downloaded and installed, please what ever information or tips you can give me will be very useful.

Thanks
IGN: Bubersher

You don’t have to buy anything for structured PvP (5vs5). This thread belongs to the subforum ‘Players Helping Players’

PvP comes in two ways, World vs World and structured PvP. You can access both of these at the top menu (SPvP is the crossed sword icon). In SPvP you will be equal to everyone else in terms of level, gear and so on. The only things that may be locked are your elite specialization if you don’t own heart of thorns, but ultimate includes that if I’m correct. If you like PvP it’s perhaps best to get some character slots and bank tabs so you can have one of each class and have some space to store items. I’m sure others might have additional things to add.

Don’t get too wrapped up in “builds” or “raids” at the moment. You can have a perfectly enjoyable GW2 experience without worrying about either of those things right now. Just play around with your traits and stats until you find something that feels comfortable, and if you’ve not already done so, find a guild to join.

If you recently bought the game and this is your first character you’re leveling up:

1. Welcome to Tyria! We hope you enjoy your stay. Don’t mind the dragons. We’re working on that
2. I’d start by just exploring the world and getting used to the control system. I was initially going to say that there aren’t many games similar to GW2, but it’s been 4 years and action RPGs like Wildstar have started emerging. Even so, I’d start by taking it slow and getting to know all your abilities.
3. Thanks to the New Player Experience, I believe much of the PVP content is actually locked behind leveling up a character. Yes, you have that shiny level 80 booster, but I wouldn’t recommend you use that on your first character (assuming you haven’t yet). Each class plays very differently from one another, and many people like to take the slow path when playing a new class for the first time. Who knows? Maybe you’ll come to enjoy GW2’s story and rich lore.

In GW2 you can divide PvP into two groups;

• SPvP
• WvW

For SPvP you literally don’t need to buy a single gear. In SPvP everyone gets boosted to default level80. This is there to make PvP skilled based gameplay. Whilst in-game, all you need to do to get there is click on crossed sword icon on top left side of your screen and simply enter PvP lobby. This will teleport you to heart of the mist main lobby area for SPvP players. In this lobby area you have the option to make up and choose any build you want. When you are in heart of the mist lobby area click on Helmet icon in the middle of your screen. You can use this build window to select any stats, armor runes, weapon sigils and skill traits you want. Obviously, every profession (class) have there own specific primary stats that works for them. Some unique mixtures of stats, armor and sigils are only accessible if you purchase them using gold currency. But that wont matter until you start playing high rank games. But one thing you must have are weapons. Quality of weapons don’t matter at all. You can just buy fairly useless weapons in tradepost which can also be accessed in heart of the mist. You should also have some weapons when you first spawn as level1. You can even use them SPvP and they won’t make you any less effective. Again, because you select your stats in bulk in SPvP build area your own weapon and armor stats doesn’t have any effect in your actual stats in SPvP match and the game will never use them in SPvP match. It’s just there to give you your skill 1-5. Once the game starts you can’t change your skills.

Things are little bit different in WvW. This pvp game mode is all about epic fights between 3 different servers from anywhere between 100-200 players. And in this game mode your own gear stats do matter. You can still play this game mode even at level 1 and you will be boosted to level80 stats again. And that’s it. You wont get any other extra stats you would otherwise get from high tier armor. So, even if you’re very skilled and some how get isolated from your main server group and end up doing 1v1 solo fight against enemy player whom has full tier1 gear and you only have tier 3 gear. You are most likely going to lose that fight. But you will rarely get isolated in WvW. It’s mostly attacking castles and keeps together with a group of players around 50-100.

Both game modes are fun. If you want to master your profession you should play more SPvP game. You need to be very good at your profession to get to highest legendary tier.

Now, what to play in SPvP; you can never go wrong with thief or elementalist in SPvP. Elementalist have some fun skills to play. How does it sound to change all of your skills to 4 different magic elements with the press of a button? Fire, Water, air, earth. And each elemental form will give you unique skills.
Thief is just pain-in-*. It can zap around the SPvP map probing the enemy teams defence. Going behind enemy lines to disrupt their points. Just a nasty little stealthy devil. They have the highest burst damage in the game. In the right hands it becomes angel of death.