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Posted by: Mattay.8904

Mattay.8904

I literally have not played since the first ever Halloween event. I was a big Guild Wars 1 player, but found when I got to the end game of GW2 I just wasn’t feeling it.

I’ve heard over the years the game has got a hella lot better, and to be honest I really want to give it a go and enjoy it. I’m thinking of just starting completely over again, any recommendations on what class to play, and are their any guilds out there willing to help a complete noob out? :]

Also, do I need to buy the expansion right off the bat or can that wait? :] Not really interested in the boost to max level, just content wise really :P

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Posted by: Redfeather.6401

Redfeather.6401

Most fun I had was playing a thief in core game, then at lvl 80 I got the heart of thorns expansion and made my thief into a daredevil. Daredevil is most fun class I have played, and I played them all. Exploring with the HoT zones with a daredevil is very challenging and fun. I went with pistol/pistol and staff for that.
It’ll be a long journey, but it will keep adding new things to your character that keeps things fresh and frantic. My daredevil is the only character I have taken the time to fully complete zones with after I got gliding, because it’s just fun!

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Posted by: AliamRationem.5172

AliamRationem.5172

Most fun I had was playing a thief in core game, then at lvl 80 I got the heart of thorns expansion and made my thief into a daredevil. Daredevil is most fun class I have played, and I played them all. Exploring with the HoT zones with a daredevil is very challenging and fun. I went with pistol/pistol and staff for that.
It’ll be a long journey, but it will keep adding new things to your character that keeps things fresh and frantic. My daredevil is the only character I have taken the time to fully complete zones with after I got gliding, because it’s just fun!

Hey! Your story sounds just like mine! I liked thief (dagger/pistol) from the start, and daredevil is just a faster, more powerful thief. I also ended up running staff with pistol/pistol in HoT.

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Posted by: Redfeather.6401

Redfeather.6401

Most fun I had was playing a thief in core game, then at lvl 80 I got the heart of thorns expansion and made my thief into a daredevil. Daredevil is most fun class I have played, and I played them all. Exploring with the HoT zones with a daredevil is very challenging and fun. I went with pistol/pistol and staff for that.
It’ll be a long journey, but it will keep adding new things to your character that keeps things fresh and frantic. My daredevil is the only character I have taken the time to fully complete zones with after I got gliding, because it’s just fun!

Hey! Your story sounds just like mine! I liked thief (dagger/pistol) from the start, and daredevil is just a faster, more powerful thief. I also ended up running staff with pistol/pistol in HoT.

It is very fun. I put together a build that reminds me of Tracer from Overwatch. XD

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Posted by: AliamRationem.5172

AliamRationem.5172

Most fun I had was playing a thief in core game, then at lvl 80 I got the heart of thorns expansion and made my thief into a daredevil. Daredevil is most fun class I have played, and I played them all. Exploring with the HoT zones with a daredevil is very challenging and fun. I went with pistol/pistol and staff for that.
It’ll be a long journey, but it will keep adding new things to your character that keeps things fresh and frantic. My daredevil is the only character I have taken the time to fully complete zones with after I got gliding, because it’s just fun!

Hey! Your story sounds just like mine! I liked thief (dagger/pistol) from the start, and daredevil is just a faster, more powerful thief. I also ended up running staff with pistol/pistol in HoT.

It is very fun. I put together a build that reminds me of Tracer from Overwatch. XD

Yeah? Care to share? Always curious to see what other thief players come up with.

I’ve been running around with this, mostly just doing open world stuff on my own:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAW6an8lCFOhFmCOOBkmiFqiqrnCgGYLHHsqbu63+yH-ThRBABPcRAwT3wV7PK/oU9HzUCCwTAgUA6pMC-e

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Posted by: Behellagh.1468

Behellagh.1468

Concur D/P Thief for leveling up. Heck of a lot more fun than mesmer but best for picking at the edges of a mob. Although I think they modified it since I leveled so some of the dagger attacks can hit more than one target. But I may be wrong there.

And it’s best to start a new character after such a long absence, it allows you to familiarize yourself to how the various game mechanics now work. There’s been loads of QoL changes that make the game alt friendly. Dyes, skins and minis are now account wide. Unlock them on one character you’ve unlocked it for all. That’s one example.

We are heroes. This is what we do!

RIP City of Heroes

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Posted by: Redfeather.6401

Redfeather.6401

Most fun I had was playing a thief in core game, then at lvl 80 I got the heart of thorns expansion and made my thief into a daredevil. Daredevil is most fun class I have played, and I played them all. Exploring with the HoT zones with a daredevil is very challenging and fun. I went with pistol/pistol and staff for that.
It’ll be a long journey, but it will keep adding new things to your character that keeps things fresh and frantic. My daredevil is the only character I have taken the time to fully complete zones with after I got gliding, because it’s just fun!

Hey! Your story sounds just like mine! I liked thief (dagger/pistol) from the start, and daredevil is just a faster, more powerful thief. I also ended up running staff with pistol/pistol in HoT.

It is very fun. I put together a build that reminds me of Tracer from Overwatch. XD

Yeah? Care to share? Always curious to see what other thief players come up with.

I’ve been running around with this, mostly just doing open world stuff on my own:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAW6an8lCFOhFmCOOBkmiFqiqrnCgGYLHHsqbu63+yH-ThRBABPcRAwT3wV7PK/oU9HzUCCwTAgUA6pMC-e

This is what I use. Equipment is what I have now, so you might notice a mixture of berserker and ascended in there. I bookmark the page and update it as I update my character as it helps me keep track of my character when I’m not logged in.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAqaWn8MBdPh9NBGOBkmiFeCbrAMbKQzHwGYFU7M9DCAA-TxCBQBJwESK0TgD1fyjmAso8BAPBgGcCBMiSIBu/ADOUAnRJYAAEAu5Nv5NbzA-e

It’s pretty squishy and relies on avoiding attacks when in p/p. For staff it relies on healing through auto-attacking and using staff skills to blind/evade. Lots of might in the build too. Reaching 25 might is merely a matter of whether you think you’ll need it, as it only takes a few seconds of setting up, but it comes at a cost.

edit: Had to relink because it didn’t have updated equipment. XD

(edited by Redfeather.6401)