Guild Wars 2

Hello, i just started this game and its great. But the problem is, i see alot of people already level 80 and my guild members level from 1-80 really fast. I always level to around 20 and give up on my character, the fun starts dying out. Am i doing something wrong? Or is it just a lack of motivation, because if it is its starting to feel like grinding again.

I’ve got two level 80 characters and to be honest the 15-35 level range seems like its by far the hardest. It’s the exact time you run out of starting area to work with so you can’t move to the next area and you can’t continue your personal story. There’s really only three alternatives I’ve found.

1. Craft. This is a little expensive but if you have the gold then you can go 1-80 in a couple hours. Even if you just spend some time gathering you might be able to just get those 2-5 levels that will bridge the gap to your next personal story mission or area. Make sure you’re gathering all you can! Free crafting experience is always a bonus

2. WvW. At any level gives exp for completing objectives. I.E. capturing towers, supply camps, recruiting NPC’s, defending towers, the works. This can be slow if you don’t know what you’re doing but once you get the hang of it can be both fun, rewarding, AND get you to 80.

3. Move to other areas starting zones. Portal to lions arch using the pvp tab and then use the portals at the gate hub plaza to go to other areas. Run their quests, do their dynamic events.

One thing I forgot to mention is gathering in general giving tons of experience and daily requirements (kill 15 types of enemies, do 5 events etc etc) gives pretty good experience. Some people like to just camp a zone and run the same dynamic events over and over but that’s boring to me.

Once you get to 35+ the game is much smoother in my opinion. Dungeons open up for you. wvw becomes easier. There’s many more areas you can access, and the personal story level gaps are smaller in my opinion. But yes, I’ve felt the 15-35 level gap downside multiple times.

Ok thanks, that helps alot actually.

If you don’y mind grinding here is a guide for you:
1. Get to level 35
2. Go to Harathi Hinterlands, there will be a chain event that restarts in ~13 mins after it is finished (top right side of the map). Grind this event until you are 50. You will also get a good amount of money. Be sure to bring AoE weapons and skills.
3. Go to the area right beneath the LA (forgot the name). On the bottom left side of the map there will 2 events that have a really small break between them (escort+town defence). During the break, you can WP to the top of the map and kill the alpha mob and then go back. Grind untill you get to 55-60.
4. Go to Sparkfly Den. In the center of the map (well, not exactly the center) there will be a village of frog-people or whatever they are called. 3 defence events pop-up frequently around this area. When none of them is up, you can check if the undead ship event is up or the escort mission at the keep to the north (again, I don’t remember the names).
5. Straits of devastation evets+skill points until you are 75, then move to next area and do events+skill challanges until you are 80. Ta-dam!

You really missed the fastest way to level up, though – the Mad King’s Labyrinth. I did like a level in 30-40 minutes + drops + event rewards.