Guild Wars 2

Well, I wanted to wait and get a character to 80 first in PvE so I would have complete understanding of all of my skills and Tactics unlocked, but alas I seem to have Toon ADD where I just can’t stop alternating which profession I am playing :-/

So here is my solution. I would like to jsut start leveling the character I want to WvWvW with IN WvWvW.

I have read the Stickied explanation of WvWvW but I still have a few things that fall outside of that tutorial.

So here come the questions.
Being a lowbie (yes, I understand they kick you up to 80) what’s the best way to level in WvW? (aside from finding a zerg as I have noticed I may have chosen an underdog sever when I switched to get my friend to play :-( )

While leveling and getting my face kicked in by the enemy, is there ways to make money so I can repair my gear? (I’m playing an Engi so I’m twice nerfed. Lowbie Eng and underdog server)

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind being on what may be a challenged server (I haven’t logged in to play WvW much yet so I only have one time frame to actually take my info from, although the point spread didn’t bolster my opinion) and I’m pretty sure I can weather any frustrations of not being the BEAT All RAWR OMG HERE THEY COME RUN AWAY Beasties. I would like to last long enough, while leveling, to at least still want to smash face when I finally earn my 80 and gear.

Also, please keep in mind that I’m not looking for advice on choosing a better profession. I also don’t mind playing a support role, I don’t need to be the Hey I can 1v4 Rawr class :-) I wouldn’t mind being able to hold my own 1v1 while levling though, but as I will most likely run across geared people, Ill settle for my lot in life. I just like the Engi. I have high hopes for the profession to pan out.

Back to the Questions:
Is WvWvW all one place (Zone)? Or are there Different WvWvW’s as there are different sPvP “Battlegrounds”? I noticed when I entered through my WvW tab that I had a choice in where I went, but didn’t notice if those selections were the same as the Portals from the main area that lead you to the 4 different Contended spots within the Zone. (Did that make sense? I’m at work and only really get a bit of time to jump in and play with the needs of my family taking precedence)

I saw the Skill points and Vistas and Places of interest in the WvWvW zone, are there also heart quests to do? DE’s? Etc.

Ill have to post more in here as they come to me.

Thanks in advance for anybody who has taken the time to posts some answers and serious suggestions.
:-)

Wait for enemies to go to sleep, auto attack their gates down.

This is how most servers gain tiers

I find leveling in WvW to be fairly slow and unrewarding. You won’t get as much gold compared to pve, it’s harder to kill people than npcs especially since most will be level 80 in exotics, and there aren’t enough skill points to buy multiple different skills. There are probably more issues, but there are some.

That being said, I’m leveling my guardian via WvW. Because I find all other facets of this game boring. But once I get frustrated with him, I’ll switch to my 80 ranger or Mesmer.

Leveling through WvWvW would take forever these days. They nerfed xp or something because at release I gained much more xp in WvWvW.

There are 4 “battlegrounds”. 3 have the same topography but different names and are the “Border Lands”, the fourth is Eternal Battlegrounds. All have PoI’s, Vistas, and Skill Points to capture, you get the Waypoints automatically, and there are no heart quests there.
Almost every attack/defend is a DE. You will get XP, Karma, cash for most captures and some defends. Because of early botting issues, defending Dolyaks is rewardless except for a token point in “Defending Dolyaks” achievement. But make no mistake, those Dolyaks provide “supply” that is crucial for all the fortified locations.
There are some PvE type DE, Kill the Veteran “grub”, “wurm”; Kill 30 Skritt, Centaurs; and the like.
You have the possibility (and should do these), of “friending” non-player groups such as Quaggans, Ogres, Hyleks. Friending these groups does 2 things, it means they are not your enemies friends, and they provide some small assistance in various ways.
Engineers are under-represented in WvW for a number of reasons. There are a few still, someday then may get some positive attention from the developers.
Travel with groups, assume you have invisible foes that want to see you lying lifeless on the ground. Stunbreaker, and toughness and fast reflexes are all good things.
Quick bottom line, travel with a group that has the goal of capturing camps, towers and more. Defending is currently not treated as well by the developers. Offense is valued way more than defense.
These are my opinions only, and are not necessarily endorsed by the developers or other players.

don’t level in WvW craft as high as u can then if you insist on lvling in WvW hop on a karma train (off hours PvD)