Guild Wars 2

Hey there

I think this might be kind of a rant, cause I dont really understand the logic behind the system or did I just miss something?

I had more fun, playing the game alone than with friends. As an example, if you dont have a lot of AoE skills, basically all you are doing is to make sure you tag as many mobs as fast as possible before they die, which is super frustrating to play like..
Peoples response were, “Those mobs dont give a lot exp anyway, so it doesnt really matter”.

Well okey, I could agree with that, but then the story.. You can join anothers story, but you dont get any rewards which is really frustrating to play as well(at least it used to be like that). Now you guys might say, there are tons of global/dynamic events to do and level together.
Well yea, sure. But if you start the game, I dont really find it fun to just planless walk around the map and do all the events that come up..

So im kinda asking, is there anyway to share exp or something similar like that?
So when you are playing in a party, you actually play AS a party.
(And tbh, it used to be “Just make sure you chose the same race/background story”, which to me, is already a HUGE sign for it being a big flaw in this game)
Or is there a point in the story, where you will have the same Quests no matter what you picked before?

I googled and found a lot of topics about that, but those are all like 2 years old.
I hope you guys can give me some insight here

You do get reward from the personal story, IF you also need that story for yourself.
Example, if you and your friends are all humans/street rat/missing sister and later join the same Order, you can do all the story steps together and be rewarded, if you all picked different stuff, try to join the same Order, so from lvl 30 forward you guys can do the story no matter the race.

There is no way to share exp, but exp from kills is just a small part of the leveling, go do whatever you guys want to do together, events/hearts/story all will come naturally , also you guys may try WvW, quite nice exp and as a team you’ll have advantage while roaming, since most roam solo there.

Ah, thanks. If being in the same order gives you the same storyline, then thats already nice.

Another question. How is it storywise in HoT? Is it for all the same classes/backgrouds?
Or does it depend on some other stuff?

Thanks for your answers

HoT is the same story for everyone, also no story branches, perfect for groups

Hot is the same story for everyone, some of them give you choices but you can run story twice to see both of them

Yeah, the few options you have only affect the same instance the option occurs, the following instances won’t be affected.