Guild Wars 2

I’ve recently started playing GW2 and I have to say I’m enjoying just levelling and exploring so far. Level 19 Mesmer, I think its probably going to be the class for me. Ultimately however my focus will be PvP. I’m an ex WoW player with a decent amount of arena experience, but jaded with WoW in general.

I would like to know whether I should level normally and start PvP at level cap, or should I level with PvP. The PvP systems are still a bit confusing to me, and I am not sure if its futile to PvP before max level with little experience, gear and/or knowledge.

I’m pretty stoked for this game, I would just like a little guidance on the best course of action as a new player seeking to mainly pvp in the long run

Thank you.

The only thing getting to max level in PvE will help you with in PvP is having a basic understanding of the weapon skills and utility skills.

There is no need for you to wait until max level in PvE before you start PvP. Just dive in.

As said, no reason to wait for PvP, you gear is normalized so even a lvl2 can play against a lvl80, its all about skill. Of course leveling your character first can help you to get used to the ingame and character mechanincs, more if its your first char, but no problem if you want to jump directli to pvp. Also, dont hesitate to pm me or ask something in map chat in order to get rid of your doubts

Well jumping into PvP immediately is always an option, but you might want to try leveling the traditional way to learn your mechanics.

Having said that since you’re an experienced MMO player there is no reason you couldn’t jump right in, I would suggest looking for some PvP Build guides on youtube to give yourself an overview of the class with its strengths and weaknesses as well as just how to set up your PvP Build (I suggest going into Keybindings and binding PvP Build to a key in the User Interface section first).

You will always have access to the same gear/skills as everyone else in PvP from day one so you don’t need to worry about not having the right gear etc.

Good luck!

Welcome to GW2. What are you particularly confused about?

Unlike PvP in other MMORPGs, the PvP in the GW series tries to level the playing field no matter what your current level or gear is on PvE/WvW. So all players have level 80 stats and level 80 exotic quality gear. PvP in GW tries to put more emphasis on your skill and how you play, rather than the quality of your gear being the basis of your chance of success.

I made a simple info image to cover the very basics of PvP. As you play more, you will realize some things about the game, about how to play, some good tactics to use, etc. We’ve all been there, we were all noobs once.

Here’s some PvP basics. Dated post but still relevant.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Guide-Learning-the-trade-of-PvP/first#

Thanks for the help guys, I really appreciate it

Check out my characters’ level. I have a lvl 80 for each class but I’ve created alts mainly for pvp. The rest of my alts are now lvl 80 coz I’d get bored waiting for queue and use up tomes to level.

What I like about this game is that there is no barrier to entry to play pvp. Also, stats are universal across the board.