Should I use My lvl 80 boost now?

Should I use My lvl 80 boost now?

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Posted by: OlsenSan.2987

OlsenSan.2987

Hello Guys,

I am new to the game, just started playing it 2 days and my only character is lvl 12 now.

I recently received a lvl 80 boost after buying GW2 path of fire expansion and I dont know if I should use it right now, after trial, on this actual character, or If I should keep my lvl 80 boost for another character.
Since I am new, I dont know much about the game, builds, neither I know well my class (Thief) So I wonder if I use it now, I would be wasting it, and if I lvl up gradually I will learn about it and I can just use my lvl 80 boost on another character.

what would you guys recommend?

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Posted by: JustTrogdor.7892

JustTrogdor.7892

I suggest saving it until you have at least leveled one character to 80. In my opinion it’s better to learn the basics of the game from leveling a character the normal way.

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Posted by: Lanhelin.3480

Lanhelin.3480

If you like the profession of your first character you also can use it when you are Level 79. You’ll be more experienced with the profession and get free exotic gear and weapons you otherwise need to craft or buy. Just the rune maybe needs to be replaced.

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Posted by: OlsenSan.2987

OlsenSan.2987

Thanks both for answering.

If you like the profession of your first character you also can use it when you are Level 79. You’ll be more experienced with the profession and get free exotic gear and weapons you otherwise need to craft or buy. Just the rune maybe needs to be replaced.

Lan, Thanks so much. I think I will do that. I was watching a video today made by the devs, saying that if you are already lvl 80, you can also use the max lvl boost and you will still get the rewards from it. I just am not sure if would get the gear, just other items… I will post the youtube link by GW2 bellow.

She tells how lvl 80 should use it and what they will get starting at 5.03.

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Posted by: Faaris.8013

Faaris.8013

In my opinion, it’s smarter to use the boost right away. You get gear with Soldier’s stats, all skills and traits and 4 × 15-slot bags. Those things are big for a new account. They are rather meh for a not so new account. When I purchased PoF and got another boost, I used it for a Guardian and within the same day, I destroyed all weapons (except underwater ones) and trinkets and the 15-slot bags and replaced them with gear that has Berserker stats and got 20-slot bags.

Using the boost now spares you the grind it takes to get gold for bigger bags and you will not suck because you have mixed gear and don’t understand how runes work yet, simply because the developers made a good enough choice on that on the boost gear. I levelled my first character (a thief) and it was really hard because I used dropped gear with whatever stats it came with. I probably had a mix of healer, condi and power stuff, and vitality mixed in. I had 6 different runes on 6 armor pieces because I didn’t get how they work. I did the whole story including HoT like that, and I died a lot. Then I got myself proper gear and understood how runes work, and it’s much more fun that way.

You can boost your thief and just play it like a new, low level character. You can do the story quests, you can explore, you get more hero points on the way. Your level will be adjusted to the zone you arer playing in, so you cannot one-shoot mobs. It’s still a challenge to play for a new player.

I don’t agree with the arguments that say it’s better to “learn the game” through levelling manually. You might even find yourself sticking with Heart quests and get bored. As Level 80, you can do what you want because you don’t need the xp from those. Also, in your case with thief, you will not even play the game in the first 80 levels as you’ll do afterwards because the main weapon you’ll use, staff, is not available until you are level 80 and have the elite unlocked. You will probably end up learning dagger/dagger + shortbow, which sucks in PvE. And you will not even use the same skill set as before but add elite ones. What you learned about your class on the way to 80 will be mostly useless.

As level 80, you can participate in all boss events right away and learn the mechanics. Game play after level 80 is much different compared to how combat mechanics work before. You can spend the first two weeks levelling manually and then learn the game, or you boost and start learning right away. Levelling is not meant to teach you the game, for that it’s way too short. My first character took me 2 weeks and I only started learning afterwards.

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Posted by: OlsenSan.2987

OlsenSan.2987

In my opinion, it’s smarter to use the boost right away. You get gear with Soldier’s stats, all skills and traits and 4 × 15-slot bags. Those things are big for a new account. They are rather meh for a not so new account. When I purchased PoF and got another boost, I used it for a Guardian and within the same day, I destroyed all weapons (except underwater ones) and trinkets and the 15-slot bags and replaced them with gear that has Berserker stats and got 20-slot bags.

Using the boost now spares you the grind it takes to get gold for bigger bags and you will not suck because you have mixed gear and don’t understand how runes work yet, simply because the developers made a good enough choice on that on the boost gear. I levelled my first character (a thief) and it was really hard because I used dropped gear with whatever stats it came with. I probably had a mix of healer, condi and power stuff, and vitality mixed in. I had 6 different runes on 6 armor pieces because I didn’t get how they work. I did the whole story including HoT like that, and I died a lot. Then I got myself proper gear and understood how runes work, and it’s much more fun that way.

You can boost your thief and just play it like a new, low level character. You can do the story quests, you can explore, you get more hero points on the way. Your level will be adjusted to the zone you arer playing in, so you cannot one-shoot mobs. It’s still a challenge to play for a new player.

I don’t agree with the arguments that say it’s better to “learn the game” through levelling manually. You might even find yourself sticking with Heart quests and get bored. As Level 80, you can do what you want because you don’t need the xp from those. Also, in your case with thief, you will not even play the game in the first 80 levels as you’ll do afterwards because the main weapon you’ll use, staff, is not available until you are level 80 and have the elite unlocked. You will probably end up learning dagger/dagger + shortbow, which sucks in PvE. And you will not even use the same skill set as before but add elite ones. What you learned about your class on the way to 80 will be mostly useless.

As level 80, you can participate in all boss events right away and learn the mechanics. Game play after level 80 is much different compared to how combat mechanics work before. You can spend the first two weeks levelling manually and then learn the game, or you boost and start learning right away. Levelling is not meant to teach you the game, for that it’s way too short. My first character took me 2 weeks and I only started learning afterwards.

Faaris, thanks so much. I really enjoyed your reply. I’ve seen many people, new people, asking this question in-game. So I think this was a important question and your advice is really appreciated. I decided to use the boost pack yesterday and I am glad that I did. Because I was having problem to understand all of this and now it is easier since when I go to any map I already have the right gear to play it, so I dont have to worry and also, as you said, they reduce my char lvl to fit the map/region that I am in, so I am never too weak or too strong.
Although everything you said above I have no idea how they work yet, I have to figure it out. Specially about the staff. I see I can only use staff after I unlock daredevil and I have no idea how to do this. So I am just running around exploring, doing some bosses events and trying to understand the dailies, since it is a bit different of other mmorpgs that I’ve played before.
I appreciate everyone for the answers but I have to agree that Faaris suggestion is the best in this matter. Thanks guys!

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Posted by: AdaephonDelat.3890

AdaephonDelat.3890

Although everything you said above I have no idea how they work yet, I have to figure it out. Specially about the staff. I see I can only use staff after I unlock daredevil and I have no idea how to do this.

To unlock the Elite specialisation (in the case of Thief that’s Daredevil) you need to spend Hero Points. These are earned from the Hero challenges dotted around Tyria. In core Tyria each challenge is worth one hero point and in the HoT areas each challenge is worth 10 hero points.

To fully unlock an Elite specialisation you need 250 hero points.

Whilst the HoT areas look more appealing as they give more points per challenge I would advise against charging straight in there until you a bit more comfortable with your class. Some the enemies hit a little harder there :-P

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