Guild Wars 2

Hello all!

I bought the game at launch like many others, and after a couple of months I took a break. I am now returning to the game with a friend, and when I logged in the other day I forgot a lot it, naturally.

So the reason I’m making this post is to get a refresher on a few things that have changed since I left. I have found some answers by scouring the forums, but I figured anything I missed could be answered here.

1) What are the main changes that have occurred since the turn of this year? The “Living Story” stuff seems new, but I might just be forgetting about being there before.

2) I remember hearing a lot about Ascended Gear – but I know nothing about how that works. If there is a rather dense discussion about this elsewhere, just point me in the right direction.

3) End Game: How is it? What have they added/changed to make it more content-dense? Is WvW still the main draw, or are there legitimate dungeons these days? I never ran an instance prior, so I’m interested to know how they are now.

4) Where is a good place to start when returning? Should I just do main quests in areas? Is there stuff that might be overlooked since I have been gone for so long at all?

I know that’s a lot for one forum post, but those are just general ideas I haven’t found too much information on my own. If there is a more appropriate thread that already addresses these questions or is similar, I wouldn’t mind if someone forwarded me to it. Thanks in advance. I appreciate your time.

Too long to write down. add me on game and maybe I can explain these things on ventrilo for you.

1) Living story – dredge and flame legion has combined powers getting to an end soon.
The Super Adventure Box – A Dungeon that reminds of the old video games it may reappear once living story is over.
Many character changes. And that’s all I saw but I’m fairly new (started in February)
2) Ascended gear is the gear you can get partly from and for the fractals.
It has the highest attribute stats and provides an infusion slot that can have 3 different types: offensive, defensive, utility. Depending on the type of infusion slot you can place in an infusion:

offensive – damage, crit etc.
defensive – toughness, vitality etc.
utility – gold bonus, magic find etc
omni – agony (matches in all 3 slots)

See wiki for more information:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ascended_equipment
3) There are plenty of dungeons the most liked are fractals of the mist and citadel of flames. There are plenty of bosses out there you can fight (golem mark II, megadestroyer, dragons) and WvW as well as PvP are still liked by those interested in it.
4) If you have a level 80 char you should start the living story right away before it’s gone. You’ll probably regret missing it.