Guild Wars 2

Noppy, Garambola, GuzziHero, Jayne and Bel Geode thanks for your replies.

I really am getting some good advice here.

To be honest i’m going to start by rolling a handful of characters, probably go with Engineer, Elemental, Guardian, Mesmer and Ranger to get a good feel for which one i’ll enjoy the most.

After all, I can always delete the ones I don’t enjoy and try rolling a different Profession.

I’ll probably also give Gunnar’s Hold a go server wise and then try others out as I create more characters to get a feel. That way if I settle for one server I can just move the other character over there.

Am I right in thinking that guilds in GW2 are cross server?

Garambola, Donari, Gilosean, Morrigan, Noppy, gimmethegepgun and Danikat, thanks for all your replies guys. Really appreciate you taking the time out to drop your thoughts and opinions on here.

It certainly sounds like Gunnar’s Hold could be a great server choice, I notice you can move servers every 7 days, this was certainly one of the draws of the game…

However, i’m sure I read somewhere this may be changing sometime in the near future!? Is this true? Is there a set date for a paid service being rolled out? and/or any news on possible costs?

Also, I did consider choosing a Very High population EU server as my home… Such as Aurora Glade, Blacktide, Desolation, Gandara and Underworld.

From your experiences what are the positive and negative aspects of choosing one of these Very High population servers in GW2?

Ha ha, changed the topic title to use Newb instead of Noob…

Thanks gimmethegepgun,

I do play other MMOs, mainly WoW, but i’ll have a think about my Profession a bit more. Although Elementalist is probably where my heart is at I don’t want to choose a Profession thats going to noodle my brain with Micro-Management, especially when i’m already trying to get to grips with a new game.

Sounds like some nice advice there for the old crafting professions

Thanks

Thanks Morrigan,

You say your server doesn’t do much WvWvW, Is World Vs World a large part of the end-game content within GW2?

Just looked up Heart of The Mists… that’s a fantastic addition to an MMO! I’ll take your advice once i’ve chosen a server and create 5 chars so I can try before I buy ;D

Thanks xCrusadentx

Would Ranger be a good alternative to Elementalist? I’d prefer a scholar class if i’m honest but at the moment only Elementalist appeals to me.

Wanting to make a decent choice from the start because it will probably take me a while to reach level cap. So, I want to choose a character that will be pretty useful in groups for end game content

Hey Guys,

I’m Flux…

and I’m totally newbtastic… only downloaded GW2 last night!

Looking for a spot of friendly advice, at the moment I pretty much know diddly, just bits and bobs from searching the community sites.

I’d like to know some of the standard whiz, like:

What EU servers would you recommend?

- I’d like it to be busy, i’m playing an MMO after all.
– I’d like English to be widely used.
– I’d like a server where I don’t have to queue to log-in, or if so a very short wait time.
– I’d like a good economy.
– I’d like some helpful, understanding folk to be wandering around.
– Most of all i’d like it to be filled with loads of chilled out friendly folk

What Professions are good for new players like me?

- I’d like to go with Elementalist, think I can handle that?
- Is there a generic new player profession, like Hunters in WoW?

Are there any choices I should or should not make while creating my character?

- Are there any Profession/Race combinations that are a no-go?
- If you’re picking certain professions such as Elementalist are there any specialisations to avoid because they are very weak etc?

Not asking for much right? ;D

If anyone fancies tackling any of the questions above i’d really appreciate it, even if your answer is just a link to another topic or an outside site.

Peace.