Guild Wars 2

Hi folks,

I returned for the HOT and I have only been in game for 1 hour…and I’m at a loss…

I might be bored with my engineer. I have played the same engineer since release…and HOT ads nothing new for me…I hate every aspect of the “scrapper” and I will not go that elite route….

I’m also extremly confused in HOT….its a little bit to caos I think….but..in my breaks i normally play wow where everything is neat and dandy and you are sort of herded onto the things you are suppose to do..in gw2 it feels like tossing babies out on deep water and hope they learn how to swim…

But….

What can I do? Change class maybe? What class?

I have been looking at the reaper, daredeveil and revenant…

All of them seems cool in their certain ways.

Reaper is cool looking but do you have to turn all black all the time? I find the visual quite disturbing and I’m afraid it will get to me after some time playing….What i mean…can you turn off the dark smoke and sinister visuals to a degree? Basically i just want the outfit look and 2 hander sword along with animations…

Daredevil…I think the concept is cool, but I have seen the animations and they dont realy fit…and the staff animation is kinda..extremly tiering after just watching the dev vid for the elite spec…it does NOT look martial arty imo…

So that leaves revenant….i think i like this one..seems like it has new animations we have not seen before? Is this correct? I find the revenant to be martial arty..and almost korean looking when it comes to flash animation…i like it:)

But….Do i have to grind all the way from level 1 with any of these classes? I just dont think i can muster enough motivation to level up another toon. Leveling in gw2 was the worst experience I have ever had in my life….I was sooo glad when it was over for my max level engineer 2+ years ago…

Can I buy max level or something?

You can try out in Heart of the Mists (PvP) whether or not you like the feels of any of the new specializations. If you have Heart of Thorns, all of the specializations are unlocked there (remember to use the 3rd line).

As for levelling the new character:
If you already have a character that is 1, 2 or 3 years old then you get a tome which will bring your character level up to 20 (or 30 for the third birthday), maybe this can help you? You can also get Tomes of Knowledge which can be used to gain a level (get it through the daily login rewards/sPvP/daily WvW or check the wiki for a list of all options).

You can’t buy max level.
You can try what TwanBr suggested, use the level 20/30 scrolls to get started and then use tomes and writs of experience to make leveling go faster. Crafting will also give you 7-ish levels for each discipline from 0 to 400. With a level 20 scroll, you should be at or very close to 80. Costs a lot of gold, though.

I don’t remember all the details about Reaper from the beta, but the “turning black” should be death shroud? Which is something you have to activate, it doesn’t happen automatically. I mean, it’s a core feature of the necromancer class, but you can ignore it if you wish. Or turn your graphics settings way down, maybe that gets rid of the effect.

And maybe just try out leveling now. It got a major overhaul a while back. A bunch of people (myself included) hate it with a passion and wish we could go back to the old leveling experience, but since you hated the old one, maybe the New Player Experience is more fun for you.

As for the “being herded to your goal” thing… that doesn’t exist here. The new maps are designed as a whole, as in, you need to know what’s ging on on the entire map to know what you’re supposed to be doing. That’s not going to change for the HoT maps (I hope), though you’ll find any new toons you make will be bombarded with not-so-subtle hints about where to got and what to do. Might be more up your alley.