Guild Wars 2

Is a title really worth the amount of effort? And wouldn’t you rather display a shiny new GW2 title instead? And wouldn’t you rather the time spent go towards new stuff in the new game?

Personally, I’d have a hard time going back to GW1 now.

Rather than WvW, click the PvP icon on the top-left of your screen. A quick run puts you through the portal to LA. No worries about queues, then.

And explore each of the towns as well, gives XP and rewards.

I highly doubt they would change it so existing tools don’t work in the expansion. after all, nodes are nodes. More likely to add even more tools to choose from. I only hope they even them out so all offer the advantage of the sprocket one.

Vistas are normally the last things I complete on a map, and I haven’t completed a single jumping puzzle. Ever. Like others have said – wasn’t raised on jumping games, older, have trouble landing and staying on small platforms. Bother.

I’m always up for more nodes.

They could add more to the home instance as well.

I don’t know, but they are both right outside the Citadel and only take a few minutes to complete, so just do it?

As Obery said, I recommend leaving the Engineer alone for now and create a new character to refamiliarize yourself with the game. In the GW world, it’s rarely ever a good idea to delete a character, especially one that is 2 years old. May lose out on future anniversary gifts.

If you want to “redo” the story your first toon went through, then make similar choices as far as race and background.

Unless you’re loaded with gold, an advantage of waiting is that it gives you time to accumulate materials along the way. You are collecting at most every node you find, right? (veggies/wood/ore)

Still, you can get started and go until you run out of materials for that craft, then switch to the other one and do likewise.

Note that you can add crafting professions through the Gem Store. By spending gems you can have up to four crafting professions active on each character on your account.

Last I remember seeing, 58%. But growing!

1) I don’t have a particularly special PC and have no trouble. I only recall it ever crashing when one of those “you need to exit for an update” message was up and I hadn’t yet.

2) Dungeons, Fractals, new high-end areas, acquiring max gear.

3) You only mentioned WvW, but there is an entirely separate PvP available. Plus more coming with the expansion.

6) I still enjoy it, but do take breaks where I do other things (ie, Civ5) if I feel I’m getting bored. There are now rewards simply for logging in on a daily basis, which is nice.

Yes, armor is individual pieces – chest, boot, helm – and outfits are one piece. Think of it as wearing a dress that goes over the armor you are wearing. The armor is still there, but hidden beneath the dress.

You can pick and choose which armor pieces you use.

Armor can also be dyed to change appearance.

And like you said, not much point in spending transmutation charges prior to getting to level 80 and having some gear that you’ll use for a while. Otherwise, it gets swapped out too often for better stuff you find along the way.

Also, if you go to your Hero panel and look at Achievements, there may be short term goals there that may inspire you.

Absolutely not.

Hard to say what you should do without knowing what you have done? Have you completed all the zones (mapping/100%)? Gone through your story? Those are the kind of things that interest me, but what do you prefer? I’d say keep plugging away, explore, and try out WvW and PvP. Work on upgrading your gear as you go.

There are many posts, plus the wiki, to guide you into all that stuff, so look around.

I’ll try to remember… considering…

Look up the Personal Story and Living Story/World on the wiki. In game, type in /wiki.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Living_Story

New accounts have limits that ease over time. Have you tried adding the accounts to each others friend lists?

If it truly exists, I’d steer clear unless you want to get banned. Look around on the forums and you’ll find plenty of conversations about the topic.

I’ve used an n52 (google it) for years, but still find myself with sore hands. I’m going to try a PC game controller, similar to the xbox suggestion above. Like the OP, I’m also in my 50’s. I’ll let you know how it goes once I’ve had a chance to get used to it.