Guild Wars 2

Hey guys and gals! While I’m not new to MMO’s (SWG 04-12) I am new to GW2 and lemme tell you, after grinding to level 80 and then purchasing the game, I am a bit overwhelmed..

Who wants to be the noble volunteer that wants to help and give the basics to the end game?

Mastery Points, crafting, PvP (build and gear), WvW, fractuals. There’s a lot to this game with HoT and level 80..

Sorry in advance for how generalized this topic was.

EDIT!!! Should have add I’m a Necro on Darkhaven

Hey I’m not online right now, but will be tomorrow. I’m from the EST Timezone (7:44 PM at the time of this post.) If you have questions feel free to add me, or post a precise list of what you’d like to know. I’ll be more than happy to help you through the end-game with what I know.

Best of luck.

Thanks! I’m EST too. I’ll be on for like an hour or so when i get home from work tonight around midnight. Are you Darkhaven too?

Well, let me start by saying going as a necro is a verry good/lucky choice (a proffesion fun and verry forgiving at the same time). So, one by one:
– Masteries are like another end-game leveling system – you earn exp, collect mastery points and when you fill the bar and have enough mastery points, you gain a mastery of your choice. Mastery points are earned either by completing achievments or finding mastery spots on HoT maps.
– There are crafting guides for the easiest/cheapest ways to get max at a discipline complete with shopping lists and recipes. Try searching “GW2 crafting guide”
– For pvp at first try any build what you find viable in unraked games, then make corrections if necessery. If you are struggling try finding a fitting build in metabattle.com
– The same goes for WvW as for the pvp.
– The fractal system is somewhat more special. Fractals are kinda like dungeons with a few twists. They are leveled. With every fractal completed, you unlock the next level. Going higher you will need more agony resistance (agony is a unique condition happening in fractals that damages your toon, with higher agony resistance you decrease the negative effect of agony).

Fractal seems interesting. Where do you get the stuff for the agony resistance?

So here’s another question.. Gear… in other MMO’s there’s always like “The best set of armor” say, and you can only get it from this boss and it MIGHT drop. How does that work over here?

Also, what is the best dungeon?

One of the tenets of the game is that there is no gear treadmill. That means that the level cap will always be at 80, numerically, and there are many ways to get the best-stat gear. Initially, that was having exotic (orange) gear. Ascended gear is somewhat higher, but mostly used in fractals so they can have agony resistance (which drops from running fractals).

At the moment the highest tier gear is ascended. There are multiple ways to get ascended gear pieces, so players who enjoy playing different game types (pve/pvp/wvw/fractals exclusively) all have their way to get some nice gear. It can also be crafted by a toon with maxed crafting proffesion.

I’ve made a few posts about “endgame” in this game over the years (as have many other posters). If you care for a bit of a read, try these links:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Longevity-and-content-how-is-it/first#post4330441
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/End-Game-in-GW2/first#post6508138
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/What-IS-the-end-game-content/first#post4998831
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/What-to-do-at-80-4/first#post5569155
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/How-s-the-Endgame/first#post4024677

Have fun!