Guild Wars 2

So I was reading the following sticky thread: OMG If you only knew this – tips for new players

But I got confused about one point.

9. Don’t delete your first character without first sending your backpack,goggles to your new char

Does this mean the first character you ever make gets a backpack and goggles while your subsequent others don’t?
Or does he just mean, in general, its a good idea to empty you character’s entire inventory to another character before you intend on deleting it?

If someone could clarify soon ‘cos I just bought the game and haven’t made my first character yet. =P

Errr…. anyone have an answer for me? I see a couple posts on the forum from a while back about people complaining they deleted their first character an lost a bunch of non-replaceable items.

You have it right…. Empty the entire inventory before deleating your character. Only the engineer starts with goggles and a backpack.

You can always make another character with the items, of course. The thing is that if you want them on an alt you have to do a series of transmutes on the items (see other threads for details), which involves having them in the bank, and it will save you some steps if you already have them.

Not that I understand deleting characters. I love all of mine and it’s like pulling teeth to make me get rid of any of them in any game.