Guild Wars 2

ive been playing on maps to get all completion and level up for the next story phase, but i cant get some skill points without a team. i cant find a single competent person to grab a skill point with me. and it really sucks that no way in hell will i be able to solo some of the fights. i cant just stealth and grab it because i need to kill the war beast thats three times as big as me, not to mention trying to get ALL the way back there without dying. there was one guy working on the same area as me, but this….person…. completely ignored my party request, and whisper. i mean seriously? this is a half rant half plea for help/change ive been on this game for about two weeks now, lvl 38, and this has happened multiple times. ether make the skill point bosses solo-able (still hard) or make the map spread even, i dont care that the shadow behemoth gives good loot once. put a big instance boss on every map. so people can change it up and have more to do at early levels. i dont understand the point of making it so miserable leveling up, with no one around its not very easy to do much…..sigh at least ill get good experience for wvw…i guess. if anyones willing to help im on northern shiverpeaks

Ask for help in Lion’s Arch. There are a lot of people there willing to help (and me there to troll you!)

But seriously, in Northern Shiverpeaks, the community in the open-world will do their own thing. Try finding a guild to join in Lion’s Arch and move on from there.

Lastly, all skill points are soloable, albeit some harder than others.

I could go on but I’m really tired.

To add, you can always guest if northern shiverpeaks players are not helping and shout around in lion’s arch. Best bet is a guild.

Guilds are definitely the best bet. Joining a guild can help a lot of Guild Wars 2. Not just because you’ll have people to help you, but also because Guild Missions can be entertaining and provide you with rewards that are otherwise quite a bit harder to get.

As someone that has 100% map completion, and has seen the entire map several dozen times by now, I can only think of 1 spot that you absolutely need help to get – The Temple of Balthazar Skill Point if the Temple is contested. You need someone to leash the vets away, because due to their numbers (and the fact that they’re vets) they tend to respawn and annoyingly interrupt you faster than you can channel. And even then it might be possible to solo, it’s just usually not worth it.

Everything else can be done solo with either fancy footwork or a little ingenuity.

What you’re experiencing is most likely just the result of you being new and, naturally, relatively unskilled at the game yet and becoming frustrated instead of looking for a different solution.

What point are you getting stuck on and what class are you using?

LOL, yeh i know its cus im a theif. and it was the snowdrift something with the raven girl and her ghosts or whatever…with a vet ice imp before her. god, i finally did it but whateva

If you are a thief, then I have some advices for you: First of all #5 skill of SB is your friend. You can move between mobs easily with this, and also you have caltrops to cripple mobs and make them slower. Finally, when you get to the SP, use Shadowrefuge and claim the Skill point without any risk. I’ve done this with all skill points, Orr included and you don’t need anyone, but is better with friends, as you can hide everyone and make them all take the skill point.

Bjornen.5218:

If you are a thief, then I have some advices for you: First of all #5 skill of SB is your friend. You can move between mobs easily with this, and also you have caltrops to cripple mobs and make them slower. Finally, when you get to the SP, use Shadowrefuge and claim the Skill point without any risk. I’ve done this with all skill points, Orr included and you don’t need anyone, but is better with friends, as you can hide everyone and make them all take the skill point.

In most situations this is true, however the one he just mentioned is annoying because you can’t always just run past her (there’s a wall of vines that don’t go away I think until you kill her).

DIENASTY.6358:

LOL, yeh i know its cus im a theif. and it was the snowdrift something with the raven girl and her ghosts or whatever…with a vet ice imp before her. god, i finally did it but whateva

You can do any skillpoint that only requires channeling (The ones that say “commune with this place of power”) by just dropping Shadow Refuge. It’ll give you enough time to do it while stealthed. And veterans are very easy when you realize how to fight them.

Additionally, if you’re using a Thief in PvE, use Sword (Mainhand) and Pistol (Off-Hand) and thank me later. First, unlike Dagger, Sword cleaves, which means that each attack hits as an AoE in front of you, for quite a decent amount of damage. Dagger has more damage, but it’s entirely single target, and in PvE AoE is king. Second, Pistol Whip is a ridiculous skill for PvE, not only does it have really high damage (and AoE due to cleave), but you can’t be hit for the duration, so it’s essentially free damage, and you get a single target stun as a bonus. Lastly, Black Powder is another skill that is amazing for PvE, as it drops a field around you that blinds enemies inside it for the duration, meaning that any monsters that try to melee you while that’s active will just miss their attacks entirely, so you get to hit for free.

A lot of people who pick up a Thief, especially new players, go for daggers, because of “style points” and because the dagger style is usually why they picked a Thief to begin with, but their Daggers really are more PvP weapons than PvE. They’re actually quite mediocre to bellow average there… For PvE, on a Thief, nothing beats Sword Pistol.