Guild Wars 2

Hi im a new player and recently bought the expansion and used the instant level on my mesmer. But now I have no idea what im supposed to do. Currently im doing the character story quest but i would also like to get some good gear besides the random default as one of my objectives right now. Others being exploring the world and getting into crafting (dunno where to start in crafting). Also im not expecting great gear just whatever is good and better than the default level 80. Any suggestions?

My suggestion would be to park that character and create a new character and level up naturally. You won’t miss all the tutorial messages and rewards from each level-up that way.

The Wiki is a great resource for all things Guild Wars 2, and can be accessed via the link above, or in-game by typing Wiki (topic of choice) in the chat box.

Welcome to Tyria, and good luck.

Welcome to Tyria. The above given advice is very good IMO. Just take your time to learn the game’s mechanics with a new character one by one. Doing the personal quest and generally exploring the world is a good way to start.

Concerning the gear: The boost gives you an exotic gear set, if I remember correctly, which is already the second highest type of gear in the game. There is only one other type of gear above that, which are the ascended armor amd weapons, but those take some time to aquire and you need a high crafting skill. So I wouldn’t worry about those for now. The Legendaries have stats equal to the ascended equipment. Guild Wars doesn’t have much of a gear treadmill.

So you do not need to worry about better type of gear than exotic at the moment, but you may want to choose other stats than what the boost provides you. I suggest take your time to learn about the different stats and if you know what you want you can get yourself a new armor/weapon set.

A good way to aquire affordable exotic armor is the so called Temple armor which you can buy from certain karma merchants in Orr. There are six different merchants spread through all three Orr maps who sell each a different type (stat-wise). Refer to the wiki for the merchants locations. They are only availible if the quests related to their locations are successfully executed though. I would not start looking for them before you have reached level 80 in your personal story though, at least not with a new character.

Crafting is a good way to level. I would suggest to pick a crafting discipline that allows you to craft the equipment relevant for your class. You can use the wiki do research about what the various crafting disciplines can do. You can choose two crafting disciplines per character, so you can pick one for crafting armor and one for crafting weapons, for example. Or the jeweler to craft your accessories etc.

Good luck and have fun.

Thank you both so much. I will make a new character.