Guild Wars 2

Hey all! I’m a new player here. Like, I am literally downloading the game as I write this. I’m not particularly new MMOs, as I have played around with WoW a bit.. but this seems like a whole different ball game. A better ball game. XD

I have no idea WHAT I am doing here. I’ve only been reading up on racials and professions and stuff. If I could get some advice on just general things, that would be so great. <3

I’ve heard that one of the most important things is to be social and join a guild, dungeon with friends and stuff. If so, I am hoping to meet a group of people to join..!

TLDR; I need some beginners advice. Please

(P.S. I hope this is the right place to post this.)

Okay, beginners advice: Try out everything. Classes, races, go to the different starter areas to see what the game offers, zone-wise. If you have any questions, ask in map chat. With HoT, there is also the “Pact Commander”, which is a red icon with a little cross (?) in it on the minimap, or an apple with an exclamation mark inside over a player’s head. This means they are mentors and happy to help new players. The mentor rank is also visible in chat windows.

The New Player Experience is basically an extended tutorial in the open world and there to guide you through your first steps in the game, telling you where events are, where you can do heart quests for XP, where to find vistas and waypoints… it’s fairly easy to understand (though if you do it for the 18th time, it can get annoying… shut up, game, I know what I’m doing^^).

To find a guild, you can either post in map chat what kind of guild you are looking for (language, continent/country, PvE- or PvP/WvW oriented…), preferably in Lion’s Arch (the main hub), or answer players who advertise their own guilds. There is also a subforum “Looking for…” where you can make a post detailing what you are looking for in a guild, or browse the posts made by guilds for one that fits you. You can also just look for buddies in your time zone to play with occasionally, if you want to see what the game has to offer before joining a guild.

Just create a character and go exploring for a bit, a lot of things are self-explanatory or easy to work out.

Welcome to Tyria

Yup perfect place to post it! First off welcome to the game, glad to have you aaa part of the community!

First thing to think about is when making a character what you like to play. Do you wanna be a bunker or glass cannon, pew pew from afar or get up in someone’s face, etc, and read up on the classes then test them out. If the initial test of a class doesn’t go well doesn’t mean it’s not for you, just means you might not have found the right build yet. PvP is a great place to test this, especially if you have some friends to test builds with.

If you haven’t picked yet be careful what server you choose! It only matters in WvW but it can be the difference between how well you experience this aspect of the game.

As for guilds your absolutely right there, one of the best things for new players is to find a guild that shares your interests and can help you learn the game.

Welcome to Tyria!
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