Guild Wars 2

I am new to pvp though not new to GW. If i wanted to make a thief or ele and jump rightinto pvp with it could i level up to 80 just doing that? If so would it be faster than leveling in pve? Like for one hour of each which would get me the farthest?

In PvP you’re automagically 80.

Thanks, but you aren’t understanding my question. Can you level up your character by fighting in PvP or not? If I have a level 10 character and do an hour in PvP will I come out at level 11? I do get that IN pvp I am level 80.

In PvP, you get PvP ranks. When you “levelup” in PvP, your PvP ranks go up.

If you’re talking WvW, however, your character will retain the levels.

Ok thank you for the help.

Just to expand on what Esplen said.

The PvP ranks have no bearing on your PvE level at all. They just determine what PvP vendors will sell to you (and what finisher you can use). But everyone is automatically set to lvl 80 and you are allowed to choose what lvl 80 exotic gear you wish to use (for free) and all skills are unlocked and can retrait for free. Everyone here is meant to be equal for competitive play.

In WvW, you use your PvE armor/weapons/skills/traits/etc. but you gain normal exp like you would in the PvE world (also included are needing to repair your gear if you die). You are just upscaled to lvl 80 (the base 916 in each stat, though I have no clue how weapon/armor scaling works) but only have access to as many trait points as your normal level would allow. Here being lvl 80 gives you an advantage over someone who’s lvl 10, or having exotic gear gives you an advantage over someone in just rares.

Thanks Wallace for the more thorough explanation.

To actually answer the main question, yes you can level up in sPvP; however it is slightly different in that you “buy” your level. When you play a match in sPvP you gain glory for winning or losing. This is considered PvP currency as you use it to purchase from Glory Vendors in the Heart of the Mists. At one of the glory vendors you can buy a tome of knowledge for 1,500 glory and 20 silver. A tome of knowledge grants your character 1 level up. For losing a match in sPvP you get ~125 glory average (sometimes less, sometimes more); for winning you get ~200 glory average. Each match takes anywhere from 5-15 minutes. At 1500 Glory a piece it will take roughly 8-12 matches to “gain a level”. So worst case on average would be you lose 12 matches that last 12 minutes each. That is about 2 Hrs 24 minutes of nonstop sPvP matches for 1 level. This may seem slow, but remember that it is A) worst case as you are likely to win as well and you are gaining PvP rank points that apply to your account. So really in doing this you can kill 2 birds with one stone. So yes, you can level your character strictly though PvP at the rate of ~1-2.5 Hrs/Lvl.

~Cheers

Flux.9523:

To actually answer the main question, yes you can level up in sPvP; however it is slightly different in that you “buy” your level. When you play a match in sPvP you gain glory for winning or losing. This is considered PvP currency as you use it to purchase from Glory Vendors in the Heart of the Mists. At one of the glory vendors you can buy a tome of knowledge for 1,500 glory and 20 silver. A tome of knowledge grants your character 1 level up. For losing a match in sPvP you get ~125 glory average (sometimes less, sometimes more); for winning you get ~200 glory average. Each match takes anywhere from 5-15 minutes. At 1500 Glory a piece it will take roughly 8-12 matches to “gain a level”. So worst case on average would be you lose 12 matches that last 12 minutes each. That is about 2 Hrs 24 minutes of nonstop sPvP matches for 1 level. This may seem slow, but remember that it is A) worst case as you are likely to win as well and you are gaining PvP rank points that apply to your account. So really in doing this you can kill 2 birds with one stone. So yes, you can level your character strictly though PvP at the rate of ~1-2.5 Hrs/Lvl.

~Cheers

This!!
To add on, there are plans on ditching the glory in pvp, when or what then is unknown.

In this game you need to make a clear distinction when you say ‘PvP’. Your question was a bit ambiguous in that regard.

The two forms of PvP are ‘sPvP’ and ‘WvW’.
sPvP is a standard ‘capture the point’ kind of fight between two small teams. There are about a dozen small maps on which it’s played and the individual matches are quite short.
Your character is levelled to 80, so are your traits and skills and the gear you can get is standardised to make it all ultra-fair.
WvW is an epic, week long battle between three servers ranging over 4 maps (not counting the Edge of the Mists). There are towers, castles, keeps and supply camps with a variety of siege weaponry, defences and PvE events mixed in. You can join and leave whenever you please.
Your character is levelled to 80 and so is your current gear is up-levelled pro-rata to a standard depending on how good it is compared to your current level. If you have good current-level gear you will be OK but lacking any high-level traits.
WvW is an excellent way to level. The karma and XP are higher than normal PvE, especially if you join the ‘karma train’.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vIoGp3R7ZI

mercury ranique.2170:

Flux.9523:

To actually answer the main question, yes you can level up in sPvP; however it is slightly different in that you “buy” your level. When you play a match in sPvP you gain glory for winning or losing. This is considered PvP currency as you use it to purchase from Glory Vendors in the Heart of the Mists. At one of the glory vendors you can buy a tome of knowledge for 1,500 glory and 20 silver. A tome of knowledge grants your character 1 level up. For losing a match in sPvP you get ~125 glory average (sometimes less, sometimes more); for winning you get ~200 glory average. Each match takes anywhere from 5-15 minutes. At 1500 Glory a piece it will take roughly 8-12 matches to “gain a level”. So worst case on average would be you lose 12 matches that last 12 minutes each. That is about 2 Hrs 24 minutes of nonstop sPvP matches for 1 level. This may seem slow, but remember that it is A) worst case as you are likely to win as well and you are gaining PvP rank points that apply to your account. So really in doing this you can kill 2 birds with one stone. So yes, you can level your character strictly though PvP at the rate of ~1-2.5 Hrs/Lvl.

~Cheers

This!!
To add on, there are plans on ditching the glory in pvp, when or what then is unknown.

Actually March 18th is when glory will be taken out.

CountzuCrytus.7256:

mercury ranique.2170:

Flux.9523:

To actually answer the main question, yes you can level up in sPvP; however it is slightly different in that you “buy” your level. When you play a match in sPvP you gain glory for winning or losing. This is considered PvP currency as you use it to purchase from Glory Vendors in the Heart of the Mists. At one of the glory vendors you can buy a tome of knowledge for 1,500 glory and 20 silver. A tome of knowledge grants your character 1 level up. For losing a match in sPvP you get ~125 glory average (sometimes less, sometimes more); for winning you get ~200 glory average. Each match takes anywhere from 5-15 minutes. At 1500 Glory a piece it will take roughly 8-12 matches to “gain a level”. So worst case on average would be you lose 12 matches that last 12 minutes each. That is about 2 Hrs 24 minutes of nonstop sPvP matches for 1 level. This may seem slow, but remember that it is A) worst case as you are likely to win as well and you are gaining PvP rank points that apply to your account. So really in doing this you can kill 2 birds with one stone. So yes, you can level your character strictly though PvP at the rate of ~1-2.5 Hrs/Lvl.

~Cheers

This!!
To add on, there are plans on ditching the glory in pvp, when or what then is unknown.

Actually March 18th is when glory will be taken out.

Not really. As of march 18th you will stop getting glory as a reward for playing sPvP and the Glory reward vendors will be removed (not the generic glory vendor). The glory you still have on your account is still spendable at the glory vendor and you can still buy your levels with it, but you won’t make new glory anymore.

Bumping this thread to ask if this is still possible / decently fast to lvl up a character while doing sPvP after the glory removal.

chibbi.3706:

Bumping this thread to ask if this is still possible / decently fast to lvl up a character while doing sPvP after the glory removal.

Tome of Knowledge is fairly easy to get. So far I’ve done the Balthazar track and there is 1 Tome of knowledge for every tier in that track. It should take you somewhere around 4 tournament wins to get to it.