Guild Wars 2

Hello All,

So i am coming from WOW (I am sure youre used to that) looking for something new, after some research i found GW2 mentioned quite a bit.

Decided to by a standard Account as i hate playing with restrictions, was wondering if there are any Servers to beware of on NA, i live in Southern Cali so i am PST?

Also wondering of any name restrictions i should be aware of?

Getting started Tips are welcomed as well, ill be doing research on my own in the meantime while D/L the game.

Thanks for any feed back.

There are no servers to be wary of. For PvE all servers in a region (EU or NA) share maps. For WvW, you play with your server-mates and any servers your server is matched-up with.

There are name restrictions; for the most part, the game will not allow you to create a disallowed name. Also, names are unique. Only one unique name per the entire playerbase.

The Wiki is a great resource for all things GW2 (link above, or accessed in-game by typing /Wiki [topic of choice] in the chat panel).

Tips: Save your L80 Boost until you have leveled one or two characters naturally. Throw most of what you know about WoW-type gameplay/mechanics out the window.

Welcome to Tyria, and good luck.

Just so you’re aware up front, raiding is a relatively minor part of endgame and the “gear treadmill” is virtually non-existent. Since you aren’t constantly upgrading your gear to progress through increasingly difficult raids, it can give GW2 endgame a somewhat aimless feel to those used to the WoW style of endgame, where what to do next is fairly obvious.

If you weren’t big into raiding in WoW, this may not be an issue for you. And, in my opinion, GW2 is far better than WoW at open world content for solo players. So if that’s more your speed, you may feel very much at home with GW2’s amazing maps, dynamic events, and action-oriented combat. The HoT expansion especially has maps like nothing you’ve ever seen in WoW.

If instanced PvE is more your style, GW2 offers a variety of what we call “fractals” (dungeons, more or less). But you can play fractals on various difficulty tiers where the enemies and mechanics become more difficult.

If fighting against other players is your thing, be aware that GW2 offers no open world PvP to speak of. However, it does offer sPvP, which mostly features 5v5 games where teams compete over 3 capture points. This is quite a lot more limited than WoW’s battlegrounds, unfortunately. But if you enjoy BGs, then chances are you will enjoy sPvP.

There is also WvW, which last I checked WoW doesn’t have. These are large PvP maps where 3 servers compete in large scale battles and conduct sieges to capture keeps and other objectives.

Thanks for your input Inculpatus cedo.9234 & AliamRationem.5172 , i am enjoying the game so far, it is refreshing unlike other MMOs ive played..