Guild Wars 2

Silly question Im a real beginner.
How do I join a guild, do i need to be invited and so how do i do that? And do you get lots more stuff joining one?

You need to be invited to join a guild. Whether or not you get anything for joining the guild is up to the individual guild. You can be in more than 1 guild at a time and you can chose which guild you want to be actively representing at a specific time. Go to http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild and you should find most of the information you need about the way a guild works in GW2.

The benefits of joining a guild differ per guild.
Many builds are running buffs. These buffs are ‘paid’ by influence. the more active members a guild have, the more influence they gain and so the more buffs they can provide.
Wich buffs a guild run depends on the guild. Some smaller guilds are still trying to unlock guildmissions and are running little buffs. Other guilds are specialized in WvW and run mostly buffs for WvW..

Many PvE orientated guilds run guildmissions. these can be done once per week (and there are 4 types, so you get the reward 4 times max in a week). Succesfull participation will result in 50 silver, 2 rare items and 1-2 guildrecommendations that can be spend on e.g. ascended trinkets.

If you are interested in guilds, you can use the specific subthreads. There is one where you can post that you are looking for a guild and one where guilds post that they are looking for members. Make sure you ask them bout things important for you. Good questions are:

- Are you PvE, WvW or PvP orientated?
- Are you running boosts and if so wich ones?
- Are you doing weekly guildmissions and if so wich ones?
- How many active members do you have?
- Are there any rules I should be aware of?
- What aother things are you organizing for your members?