Guild Wars 2

Hi, I am pretty new to guild wars 2, and so far I have really enjoyed the PvP aspects to it, but I have questions when it comes to the world vs world, I joined WvW last night and I had NO idea what was going on, it is genuinely confusing, I ended up following a huge group around, “hello 10fps” and was attacking forts ect.. But I really felt like I did nothing, I made no real difference, I am not expecting to be able to go in and take on 20 people at once, but I like to feel like I am doing something, so my question, when I enter WvW what should I do? Just follow one of these groups around, or is there anything I can do to make a meaningful contribution to my world?

-Arc

You could join a smaller party and take camps and sentries? roam the world and be annoying as hell to zergs, report on what the zergs are doing and if they are seiging then tell a guild or a commander what is happening and approximately what health the wall/door is on. That being said, you don’t even have to do any of that. you can just talk in map chat to people and have a good time and craft and make jokes.

When you enter WvW, at the very spot you spawn in is an instructor. He will show you the basics of WvW and answer a lot of questions you may have. In terms of contribution, you do what you want or see fit. Whether it’s following the zerg, escorting yaks, running with a small team, or upgrading towers.

Thanks, yeah, I was part of a big group, they were taking a fort, and apart from the people using the catapults, we didn’t seem to be doing much, I get why it is fun, I like the chatting ect.. But I like to fight as well, and not just in huge battles where I cant really do much as a melee character :P

If you’re a thief, you can do a lot as a melee character in big groups. Guardians and warriors go without saying that they are good support and dps classes for groups.

If you’re not level 80 yet, I wouldn’t suggest going solo, but you can definitely get into smaller groups either in EBG or side BL’s. The BL’s give you an easier method of getting into smaller groups (unless you’re in a top tier server) and also help teach you a lot of WvW without the same zergy tactics normally emplowed. If you are not comfortable going solo and don’t have too many WvW friends, just stick with your servers borderland as it will be a fine mixture of giant zerg and small groups.

Once you get to 80 and start gearing/speccing, go solo. You’ll improve your build by practice (assuming you can understand what skill/trait will benefit you where/when, which is why the forums are a nice place to research) and then find your own playstyle. Eventually you’ll be able to solo camps by running into them instead of just pulling one mob at a time.