Guild Wars 2

I have been finding issues with mining copper and what not. i have the equipment to the mining in my characters bag but when i try to go mining it says i dont have the equipment. I have tried equipping it where i put my weapons but it still wont work.

I remember being very confused by this initially. I think it would be worth giving newbies a stack of 10 of each gathering tool in their inventory with instructions. Or perhaps make it a starting area quest to mine something…

Either way, it wasn’t immediately obvious and could be made more clear.

I agree, I had a guild mate explain this process to me when I first started to play the game. Otherwise, I would have been left in the dark. Not exactly clear on how it works unless someone points it out.

Oh, and you cannot equip anything while in combat. So if you are a Ranger and your pet decides to run off and start pounding on something, you are considered in combat. NOW THAT is annoying. Pet pathing/control is a mess.