Guild Wars 2

Hi i’m new to this game and i have almost no experience with this type of games.
Would you mind telling me what should i focus on at start?
Should i do my personal story, just explore and do the task/quests and random events?
Should i start crafting from the start or should i just get my equipment and gold from monster drops?
As i said i’m a total newbie and all guides i checked already expected from me to understand basics of the game.

By all means do your personal story, hearts, events and explore- all are great fun and you get a ton of xp.
Remember to gather everything you see, you can get gathering tools form a merchant, even if you don’t craft you can sell the mats on the trading post.
Crafting is a nice source of xp and I found it useful to keep my characters geared but be aware that is it a gold sink.
My advice to you would just be to relax and get lost in the world and let things take you were they will.
Welcome to the game

edit:
every heart you complete also turns into a shop that sells useful stuff for karma.
When you complete an event stick around and follow the guy for a bit because often there will be a second event- at the end the event guy also turns into a shop for a short time.
Get salvage kits at a merchant as soon as possible- salvage all whites and vendor blues and greens you can’t use.
there is a deposit collectibles button in your inventory that will send your crafting mats straight to your bank. You can also access your bank from any crafting station.
Hope this helps to get you started

Hi Soulmyr and welcome to the game

I would start with the hearts and dynamic events in the starter zone you’re in. They’ll ease you into game and get you used to the combat system. It also helps with unlocking all the different weapon skills. Hopefully some of the mobs will drop the weapons you need but if you desperately want to try a particular weapon then you can always buy one or even ask in map chat and see if anyone is willing to give you one.

The personal story is a good way of leveling up but they can sometimes be a bit challenging if you’re not used to how your character works.

As for crafting I got all my weapons from mobs or buying them of the trading post but as Morrigan says it is a good source of xp though you’ll need either materials, or money to buy them, to craft anyway so you might want to wait a bit until you’ve collected some. Remember to buy some gathering tools from a merchant. You’ll need them to harvest materials and harvesting also grants xp so it’s worthwhile and easy to do.

If you want to make things easier then you could fully explore your home city then use the asura gate to travel to Lion’s Arch, explore that and then the other race’s cities. At a low level this’ll give you quite a bit of xp and you’ll end up several levels higher and it’ll be easier and safer to explore the starting zones then.

You also might want to think about investing in some more bags so you don’t run out of space but remember you can send all crafting materials directly to your bank from wherever you are and can also put items on the trading post from wherever you are too if you’re really stuck for space.

Personally way I started was to do the heart quests and any dynamic events I ran in to in the starting area. When I had enough money I bought some gathering tools and then some extra bags and a salvage kit. Once I’d unlocked all my weapon skills and was happy I had some idea what I was doing I started doing my personal story too. Once I had a reasonable amount of materials I dabbled with some crafting. And after this I just did whatever I felt like doing at that time.

Have fun

Thank you both for your tips, this helps me a lot.
So when i salvage an item should i bank the materials for future crafting or is it worth selling them?
Also do you suggest me using the black lion trading company or is it better to stick to merchants.

I say bank the items for when you get the crafting recipe/when you feel like selling it

Soulmyr.8094:

Thank you both for your tips, this helps me a lot.
So when i salvage an item should i bank the materials for future crafting or is it worth selling them?
Also do you suggest me using the black lion trading company or is it better to stick to merchants.

My suggestion would be to bank it and then either sell it in batches from your bank to the Black Loin Trading Post.
If you want you can keep them to craft your self. By banking them you free up inventory space. Never vendor crafting mats- always sell to the TP

Guys why can we only store collectibles? Is there a way to store weapons and armor…?

Well you can store other items in your bank but you can’t just send them straight there like you can with crafting materials and mini-pets. You’ll have to visit the bank in a city or use a crafting station to access your bank tab before you can deposit them.

Note that there are 2 bank tabs on the left side of the bank window. The top bag one accesses your general bank slots and the bottom 3 × 3 grid of small squares accesses your collection of materials and mini-pets. Also your bank is account wide so all your characters use the same bank.

You can buy more 30 space general bank tabs with gems for 600 gems each up to a maximum of 8 tabs.

It is very handy to be able to sell gear from anywhere in world on Trading Post though Great way to empty those bags while adventuring.

I’d rather not have the game become to easy and collections into bank from anywhere is enough (for me) in that regard.. I want to exercise some brain power

I like being able to quick store some stuff but usually my bags are full of like 500505050505 things of gear from all the monsters…. xD