Guild Wars 2

I wanted to hit up all newbie areas while still little enough to enjoy them, but after finding my wayto a new racial town, I was completely unable to figure out where the newbie zone was. Is there a guide that might help me see where to go from within the cities to the newbie areas? It’s alot to take in at once!

Try this: http://www.guildhead.com/map

Thanks, will go check it out

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I did this as well, I loved going through each newbie area. The drops are scaled to your level, and the bonus XP you get for 100% map clearing the towns and level 1-15 newbie areas is amazing!

Very nice , thxs for the link

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Off-topic a bit …

I did this as well, I loved going through each newbie area. The drops are scaled to your level, and the bonus XP you get for 100% map clearing the towns and level 1-15 newbie areas is amazing!

Drops aren’t scaled. The XP is scaled slightly, but not enough. At the same time, you’re scaled down, but get to keep your gear and traits. There are no reasons to go back to low-level areas in favor of high-level areas other then to brag about your character, help newbies or try for 100% Tyria completetion.

If you are talking about karma vendors, no they do not scale. However, drops from mobs do indeed scale.

For example, I leveled with a friend in a level 25ish zone. I was level 68 and he was level 29. I received many drops from these mobs that were my level and were upgrades. I also received drops that were of the level of the mobs. So you get a bit of both.

As for experience that may be true, I never noticed. This game throws experience at you for about anything you do. I mainly play with friends who are lower level than I am. And I flew through the levels. All in zones that were many many levels behind me.

As a matter of fact, I have not leveled in a zone my level since about level 15! Just play the way you want to, the game won’t punish you for doing so.

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If you are talking about karma vendors, no they do not scale. However, drops from mobs do indeed scale.

For example, I leveled with a friend in a level 25ish zone. I was level 68 and he was level 29. I received many drops from these mobs that were my level and were upgrades. I also received drops that were of the level of the mobs. So you get a bit of both.

As for experience that may be true, I never noticed. This game throws experience at you for about anything you do. I mainly play with friends who are lower level than I am. And I flew through the levels. All in zones that were many many levels behind me.

As a matter of fact, I have not leveled in a zone my level since about level 15! Just play the way you want to, the game won’t punish you for doing so.

I’ve a level 80 thief. With him I cleared out the Asura and Sylvari starting zones, going for 100% completetion, and gained lots of (had to clean my inventory at least six times) level 10-14 items as drops and a few more low-level items for completing the maps. Don’t tell me that those things scale.

XP gained does scale, but not by much. From those areas I gained 3,5k XP from dynamics and hearts, whereas in areas fit for my level I’d gain 15,6k in considerably less time, especially if following a zerg.

I’ve done the exact same thing as you. My friends have too. Almost all of us are doing zones that are many levels behind us and we still get drops at our levels, repeatedly! So clearly we’re having different results than you are. We did this all pre-80. You did it at 80, maybe there is a difference. It is certainly something to think about. I’ll ask my friends to track what drops they get from what level mobs, as I’ve already hit 80 and they have not. We will see if there is a difference.

Well of course the zerg thing gives more exp, who is debating exp rates in this thread? I have participated in some of the zerg stuff after I hit 80. It is incredibly fast. If and when I want to farm exp/karma, I’ll likely do that some more.

The only reason I brought this up is because this forum is about helping other players and I felt you were conveying the wrong picture about doing content below your level. You said there were no reasons to go back and do lower level content versus higher level content. I disagree. If you enjoy exploration and really want to check out a zone, even if it is below your level, you are not harshly punished for doing so as far as leveling up is concerned. However, the heart vendors do not scale, so that is a disadvantage.

Like I said, I only played in an at level zone when I was level 15 and below. From that point onward, I was playing with friends or simply exploring and just found I never quite got to a zone my level again. It felt weird being down-leveled all the time but it never slowed my leveling down.

It’s an option, that’s all I want to say. A viable option. You can play how you want to play and level just fine.

While you can play as you want to play, you won’t get fairly rewarded for doing so. I said it before and I’ll say it again – the only reason why anyone would want to play in areas lower then them is to get 100% map exploration (skillpoints included).

I recently did the Norn starting area, as well as finished the Asura/Sylvari 15-25 area, while I got a masterpiece of two, they were all low-level.

Lastly, you missed my point about the high-level area / zerg thing. There you gain 5 times more XP, twice as fast and even faster if with a zerg. If you’re exploring lower level areas, you won’t gain too many levels for it.

Without the items or the XP, my opening statement is further proven, especially when you remember that you get scaled down enough to make high-level areas an attractive option. If you’re level 30, there is no reason to go into a 15-25 zone, instead of a 30-40 zone. In the latter you get higher-level drops at a higher chance of being of high-quality (masterwork and up) because the monsters are of higher level then you, at the same time, you gain more XP, karma and coin and in the end – it’s as hard for a level 30 to fight 30-40 monsters as it is to fight 15-25 monsters – gear doesn’t make that much of a difference yet and a level 30 would not have many useful traits.

The map showed me why I was so hopelessy lost in Lion’s Arch. It’s not technically a starting city so doesn’t have a connecting lowbie zone I"ve since visited a few cities that do connect to newbie zones, so it’s going along better now!