Guild Wars 2

Is it possible to go through the personal storyline with other players in your party? How does it work in that case? Does it only count for one person (presumably the one who started the party)? Does it not count for anyone?

I really do apologise for how that probably sounds, but I’ve only been playing for a month and a half and haven’t been able to find this out, hah. I’ve scoured the wiki (which isn’t very clear) and tried to find the answer to this elsewhere on the internet (which… also isn’t very clear. Boo. :P ). The game itself makes it sound like you have to do the storyline on your own, but I know you can enter non-story instances with other people (theoretically?).

Thank you so much!

Yes. And the question is one I asked myself.

Have to agree with you about information. Most games do tend to be a bit obscure. But most have decent Wikis run by people who like to inform rather than score points.

If I may, can I offer some further suggestions?

You can skip forward. So, if a quest is just too difficult, leave it and come back later.

If you buy the Heart of Thorns expansion, don’t use the Lev 80 boost thing until you have take at least one character there by graduation.

Also, do use the bonus to buy Season 2. It’s a lot of fun and answers a lot of questions for later.

I have not done the PS in a while but if I recall correctly you can do it with someone else.
The other people have to be in the a party with you and the same map. Then when you start a PS instance the party members will get a popup where they can confirm and join your instance.
If they are on the exact same story step as you then at the end of the instance they can should get a popup that says “Accept credit for this instance” or something along those lines. You the instance opener will naturally receive credit. If your party member(s) are not on the same step then they don’t receive anything.
Hope this helps!

Anyone can join your party and help with Story instances, Personal or otherwise. Do be aware: If someone accepts progress on the instance-owners Personal Story Level Arc instance, they will be moved to that storyline track until the beginning of the next Level Arc, where they will be placed back on their own storyline.

Welcome to Tyria, and good luck.