Guild Wars 2

So I have come back to Guild Wars and in the Norn starting area I have encountered now two skill point challenges I am not able to trigger/complete. The first one is Issomir’s Body where you commune with the corpse after you kill it. I am able to click the circle (or hit F) however I am not able to actually commune with it and get the point. After watching a level 2 and 3 come in and achieve this (My character is 5 at the time of this posting) I am confused as to why I am not able to trigger these challenges. My only option when I commune is “I’ll come back later”.

The second one is after the Bear line where you swim under the cavern and find the Bear Shaman Marga. Again I am not offered the option that would trigger the challenge only given the exit option. Fortunately on this one I am able to wait for someone who can interact with the NPC to start the challenge and join in (again a level 3 started the challenge while I sat there endlessly clicking and hitting F to try to get another option to activate it).

This is becoming increasingly frustrating that as I am going through the starter area I am not able to complete parts that will impact my development later (skill points). I would really like this fixed and figure out why my character cannot initiate/activate challenges… I thought it was level-related but after seeing lower level players accomplish what I had been waiting for, I can only deduct that is not a factor.

Also, I have tried this with two different Norn characters at least with Issomir’s and neither can commune. Thanks

Hello, sir.
Thank you for your inquiry. The skill challenges that you’re trying to access have been locked for your current level. It is quite clear that they would have confused you, had you been able to activate them. We like to keep our game as intuitive as possible. Please return to this area, that you’ve already completed, and try again when you’re level 13.

Are you sure that they are actually lower level and not downscaled?

In all seriousness; yes, skill challenges now unlock at level 13 if you’re on a new account.
I’m not sure exactly at what point an account is no longer considered ‘new’, but after that point you will be able to start skill challenges at any level (which is why you see some level 2-3s doing them).

I went ahead and deleted the topic out. Thanks for the answer.