Guild Wars 2

hello and happy new year.

i am totally new to MMO and to this game. game so far is great, really having a good time with it, but as you can see from the title, i have no idea how to change clothing/armor and how to buy things from the markets i find in the game.

i have created 2 characters; one is a ranger (sylvari) and one thief (human). both of them have the same clothing/armor on when i was creating them. but i coulndt see anything about clothing wile creating them.
i see other players having totally different clothing on and i have no idea where i can change them. the “hero” option has nothing and getting better armor makes no changes either.

the other one is buying from the markets. doesnt matter if its a weapon ( i think its called “huntsmaker” or something) store were i could see bows and arrows for display or fabric were i can see clothing and armor for display. as soon i click on the seller, i see nothing to choose from. the other options on the left reveal nothing useful either.

would be really nice if someone can explain it to me. and wile at it, anything else i should know that might be similar to my questions or anything i should know as a total greenhorn to MMO?
thanks.

i see. thanks for the responds.

well, i guess im unhappy with it since its my first MMO. never played others because of the monthly fees . this was always a huge turn off for me. but after watching the review from angry joe, i thought i give this one a try. always like to create my own characters and have some fun online with others (just at the beginning i think i will suck big time).1

i agree that it is nice of the developers to upgrade and give it all for free on top of it but still a big shocker to see suddenly a huge amount being downloaded before you can play the game. i think this should be optional if you want to have the new maps or at least let us choose what we want.

i guess i proof that i have no ideas about MMOs and my complaint is a big laughter for you guys.

well, downloaded so far 53%, over 35000 files to go. yes, my connection is not very fast.

got my self this game today (first timer to this game and MMO) and i have to find out in shock that it has to install 10gb worth of files (over 71000). thats insane.
i find that not particularly good if a developer has to patch things with such a huge amount, after such a short time of release.
i hope these patches dont become permanent.