I started playing GW 2 less than 2 months ago. I was brought in by a good friend who had been playing about 6 months. Within a few weeks of starting I had leveled a Warrior and ele to 80 and was outfitting them in exotics.
My friend asked me where I got that cool sword and I linked my gear for him. He was flabbergasted. He linked his gear and he was totally outfitted in a mishmash of green and blue gear that “he liked the look of”.
Over the course of the next few weeks as we discussed our characters and classes I realized his traits were a mess and he had no understanding of the meta game at all.
He chose trait lines to get a certain skill that didn’t harmonize with his weapons and because that trait line “gives me X stat boost”. All the while I had been working on my build theory and crunching numbers at the test golems extensively. (He didnt’ even know how he could enter the PvP area).
But you know something? We both love the game. We play together, we kill mobs and do personal stories, JP’s, events and dungeons with pugs or my guildies.
He doesn’t die much more than anyone, or suck or slow me down. We have a blast in TS and laugh at people who rage in game or on the forums.
I learned to slow down a little and hopefully he’s learned that if he really wants to do condition damage he should maybe think about putting that stat on some of his equipment.
I guess the point of this pointless story is that there is stuff here for everyone. We can enjoy the game from completetly different perspectives and yet come together and have a laugh.
okay.
And this just means we’ll have more bounty hunts on another night sometime this week
