Guild Wars 2

Hi guys… I am not sure where to go and what to do in GW2. My main Character is a lv 30 Elementalist. I have mainly been going to the “Heart” icons on map and doing those quests, not much else. I am in an area for my level (Gendarran Fields), but seem to get killed easily. Thoughts/help appreciated and thanks

- There is a main quest and Living stories quest lines divided in chapters , we have now 3 Living story chapters which you’ll have to buy from the gemstore I’m afraid if you have never played before as it seems more likely

-You must be human so head off to Divinity’s reach and follow the green star ( the location changes depending on your background origin- noble-peasant-street rat) from there you can start your main quest

-As ele newb, you may want to start with a scepter and focus going earth and use skill5 when things get hard to survive

-Unlock earth-water-arcana line first and cantrips then trait following this build:
1(up) 2(mid) 3 bottom)

-earth : 3-3-3
water : 1-1-1
arcana 2-2-1

You seem to be familiar with ele and you’re able to access pvp, you should play some matches in Hotjoin to better understand how ele work

Playing in PvP will also reward you Tomes of Knowledge which is a consumable item, that when consumed will give you exactly 1 level. Don’t worry about when to use it, you will not “lose experience” by using it at the end of a level. Just be sure you have a reward track selected, although I think the game will automatically choose you one. They all have Tomes in them.

If you’ve done all the human areas, you can also go to other races starter areas to do more roaming there. GW2 has level scaling so doing those isn’t a waste of time. Keep in mind that almost everything you do in GW2 gives you experience, including crafting, seeing Vistas, Points of Interest and Hero Challenges, so while you do the Hearts keep these in mind as well.

The leveling experience in GW2 is not just questing via Hearts. Like as I said earlier, almost everything you do will grant you experience. PvP does this indirectly.

Oh and don’t worry too much about dying all the time.. If you wanna play this game, get used to the idea that you are going to die. A lot. Before you learn the kinks and curves of your class.

Shane.4023:

Hi guys… I am not sure where to go and what to do in GW2. My main Character is a lv 30 Elementalist. I have mainly been going to the “Heart” icons on map and doing those quests, not much else. I am in an area for my level (Gendarran Fields), but seem to get killed easily. Thoughts/help appreciated and thanks

my tips would be to wander as you are doing, but listen out for npc’s doing anything unusual, and talk to named npc, this will often trigger event chains. Also watch for other oeple doing stuff and join in, will often lead you to new events you would not otherwise see.

re builds, don’t worry about creating a particular build, aim to get everything and explore the builds and combos and synergies, its a great way to learn and a lot more fun than pigeon-holing into a set build early on.