Guild Wars 2

I stopped playing this game about 8 months ago, and am starting to get back (if I can convince my friends, who also quit).

I have the armor I think I need, max level, a legendary weapon, in WvW it takes 20 or so minutes to run back to where you died (which is mind rottingly boring), and playing pvp is out of the question because I won’t run around in rags again.

So what else can I do other than wait for Jormag to spawn once every 3 hours? Because at the moment the only thing I do is run around in LA like the village idiot or do jumping puzzles.

Have you read this thread?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/So-You-Hit-80-A-Quick-Endgame-Handbook

Dungeons? Also, find a good guild. Gameplay keeps me interested in games initially, but for the long haul it’s the people you know who will keep you going and interested.

Thanks for the responses! One issue I have with the link you gave, is that for example when I played other games (Cabal Online for example) grinding was no issue for me, I could sit for hours and do that, because there was an ultimate goal which was to get a high level, good items, and go and kill in pvp. Here I don’t have that (I mean there’s WvW but when you die to a zerg it’s not very fun). I don’t see the point for me to grind anymore (like it says in the link) because I’ve already got the armor and legendary on my guy. Dungeons are pretty much only for the tokens for armors too right?

Is there maybe some sort of PVP arena that uses the PVE gear? Or is it in the works?

… I just remembered they added a new level of rarity right?

It sounds like you just wandered into WvW once or twice, found your Zerg, and then found a bigger enemy Zerg. Here is my suggestion to you, as i was in an identical situation a month ago. Actually go in there and learn the map. Instead of tagging with the Zerg, roam by yourself or in a small group. Dont expect to just no exactly whats going on. I took a good week of 100% WvWing to get the basics and still go in there and learn stuff everyday.

You mentioned friends. Make an alt of a class you think is cool, and level with them. Who knows, that alt could become your main!

Did you check out the Living Story?

Sicktor.7285:

in WvW it takes 20 or so minutes to run back to where you died (which is mind rottingly boring),

I’m not gonna go into anything else (because of various reasons, such as “you do what you want, if you don’t wanna do anything in the game maybe it’s not the game for you” and such), but this is beyond an over-exaggeration.

20 minutes is what you’d probably take to do a lap around any of the WvW maps walking. And I mean walking, not running normally. Maybe perma-chilled as well. If you’re taking that long to get somewhere you’re doing something horribly wrong. WvW greatly emphasizes mobility (and not just to get back wherever you were cause you died). If your build is so severely lacking mobility you should revise it.

Necros are the slowest characters in the game by far, and even they don’t take that long to get anywhere.

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Sicktor.7285:

in WvW it takes 20 or so minutes to run back to where you died (which is mind rottingly boring),

this is beyond an over-exaggeration.

Today I learned both my friend and I over exaggerated about the same thing.

Ok, so assuming it takes you 10 minutes to cross the map, I strongly doubt that it’s worth waiting 10 minutes for 2-3 minutes of fighting. Maybe it’s not my game after all. Close thread please.

What server are you on? On SFR if you zerg you can keep alive for hours since we have good pugs and strong commanders. If you want to up your chance of surviving even further, try getting in to a strong WvW guild. If your server has teamspeak, use that as well, it keeps you on top of things and aware of threats.

Sicktor.7285:

Today I learned both my friend and I over exaggerated about the same thing.

Ok, so assuming it takes you 10 minutes to cross the map, I strongly doubt that it’s worth waiting 10 minutes for 2-3 minutes of fighting. Maybe it’s not my game after all. Close thread please.

I was assuming 20 minutes was an hyperbole, an assumed exaggeration for dramatic effect, and even then it was excessive.

If you literally mean 10 minutes there is no way in hell any half decent build in WvW will take that long to cross the map. Half of that, maybe. Slower builds at a leisurely, careful, Metal Gear Solid-esque pace.

What class are you using and what build, cause I can’t take anywhere near that long with my Necro, extensively the slowest class in the game.

Also if you routinely die in 2/3 minutes you’re doing something awfully wrong. Once in a while it happens, “kitten happens” and all, but routinely… You’re doing it wrong.

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Sicktor.7285:

Today I learned both my friend and I over exaggerated about the same thing.

Ok, so assuming it takes you 10 minutes to cross the map, I strongly doubt that it’s worth waiting 10 minutes for 2-3 minutes of fighting. Maybe it’s not my game after all. Close thread please.

I was assuming 20 minutes was an hyperbole, an assumed exaggeration for dramatic effect, and even then it was excessive.

If you literally mean 10 minutes there is no way in hell any half decent build in WvW will take that long to cross the map. Half of that, maybe. Slower builds at a leisurely, careful, Metal Gear Solid-esque pace.

What class are you using and what build, cause I can’t take anywhere near that long with my Necro, extensively the slowest class in the game.

I am a mesmer, with greatsword and staff. It really sucks for moving around but it’s a lot of fun to fight with (my friend is a thief).

Why don’t you havea sword, focus and pistol in your inventory? Even if you don’t want to use them in combat, just swap your focus in temporarily for swiftness then swap it out, you can access your inventory and still move.

Sicktor.7285:

I am a mesmer, with greatsword and staff. It really sucks for moving around but it’s a lot of fun to fight with (my friend is a thief).

There’s your first mistake. WvW needs mobility. Mobility is very important in GW in general, but it is arguably the most important thing in any WvW build. Not only to get to places fast, but because sometimes you find yourself in way over your head (for various reasons, especially roaming) and you need to get away. Sometimes you need to chase someone. It’s just a fundamental aspect of WvW.

Switch one of those for something with an off-hand focus (I’d recommend sword mainhand). It’ll do miracles. And you should have Blink slotted on your utilities as well (especially if you don’t use focus).

Alternatively just carry a focus in your inventory and use it to run up to places, then switch to the weapon you left out.

Even without those, though, you shouldn’t be taking 10 minutes to reach any point in the map.

Your friend, on the other hand, is absolutely inexcusable. I don’t even know how to make a half-decent Thief build without high mobility. It’s just inherent to the class. Have a shortbow. Tada! You have swiftness on roll and spammable 900 range blinks. That’s before you factor in other potential speed boosts, mobility skills and shadowsteps.

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Sicktor.7285:

I am a mesmer, with greatsword and staff. It really sucks for moving around but it’s a lot of fun to fight with (my friend is a thief).

There’s your first mistake. WvW needs mobility. Mobility is very important in GW in general, but it is arguably the most important thing in any WvW build. Not only to get to places fast, but because sometimes you find yourself in way over your head (for various reasons, especially roaming) and you need to get away. Sometimes you need to chase someone. It’s just a fundamental aspect of WvW.

Switch one of those for something with an off-hand focus (I’d recommend sword mainhand). It’ll do miracles. And you should have Blink slotted on your utilities as well (especially if you don’t use focus).

Alternatively just carry a focus in your inventory and use it to run up to places, then switch to the weapon you left out.

Even without those, though, you shouldn’t be taking 10 minutes to reach any point in the map.

Your friend, on the other hand, is absolutely inexcusable. I don’t even know how to make a half-decent Thief build without high mobility. It’s just inherent to the class. Have a shortbow. Tada! You have swiftness on roll and spammable 900 range blinks. That’s before you factor in other potential speed boosts, mobility skills and shadowsteps.

I’ll try switching staff with sword/pistol (cause the greatsword is the legendary so i cant switch it since i spent so much time farming it :p) hope it’s viable. The weird thing is though, despite being so slow I don’t recall players getting away from me often in a chase, and usually when I’d be too far out I invis and hide (if i can ofc) or stack chaos field with the blink from staff so I get distance from pursuers + chaos armor. If what I’ll just carry the items around in the inventory and use them for speed only like colesy suggested (hope I won’t have to do that though because if you get ambushed you can’t switch weapons if i recall correctly)

Ugh. Remembered why I didn’t use swords. When you send out the illusion to charge, sometimes it will bug and slowly jog to the target :P

It has the highest DPS of the mesmer weapons and has blurred frenzy which is insane (even better pre-nerf). Wielded off-hand you have access to a block and a powerful phantasm with an evasive attack.