Guild Wars 2

I have quite a few of these, and I was wondering if any of you knew a good way to level alts. Of course I have some conditions, otherwise this would be fairly easy. I like to understand a class. When playing my Mesmer and Thief I did a lot of research on different builds and watched a lot of videos trying to find a build that best fit my play style. I understand that following the personal story is one of the best ways to get exp. but during those times when you are not a high enough level, what is another place to level.

So for those who don’t like to read: Other than personal story where can I best level my characters while also learning how to play that class? AND, What is a great way, outside of reading a lot of sites and watching videos, that I can best understand class skills and play-styles of my alternate character’s classes?

Thanks ahead of time if you took the time to read. I appreciate any and all help.

I am currently levelling one character by doing the daily and another with map completion. The latter has explored the starter areas and two of the lvl 15-25 areas and is now at the lvl 43. I am finding it an interesting experiment to see how far he will get before hitting 80. But if you want to lvl fast with explorer always move to level appropriate area.

If you want to try out the skills there are the training NPCs availabe in the Heart of the Mists. I am not that dedicated, I fear. I just jump into it and learn as I go.

Exploration is a good way, I also think. I have just finished leveling an alt to 80, di the 1-15, 15-25, Gendarren Fields, Fields of Ruin, Bloodtide Coast and Sparkfly, got to 80 and Orr at the same time. I did keep food buffs up, and did dailies with that character.

go do sPvP, you gain like 1 tome of knowledge every hour of play time and you get to understand the class like nothing else, that is, unless you enjoy losing 60 matches in a row.

Dungeons, PvP, WvW, exploration, personal story…they are all the same.

Yea some may be faster but face it, it gets boring down the road. So choose the one with the most fun and enjoy the leveling process.

My story:
My first ele was leveled through exploration and personal story (the normal way most people did when the game launched). I enjoyed playing her and understood her well.

Then I went on to level 5 other characters through wvw and dungeons to 80. It was fast as I had a guild to help. First few were fine, but it got boring soon when I reached my 4th/5th.

After I made my legendary, I got so bored of the game that I quitted.

10 months later I came back. I played the game normal way again with a mix of exploration, wvw, PS and dungeons. I leveled my last two professions (necro and engineer) to 80 and even remade a new mesmer.

My faves now are my ele and mesmer, my first and last professions.