Guild Wars 2

Ukerric said:

My biggest problem with legendaries is farming the dungeon currency. Never set foot in dungeon, never wanted to.

So, no legendaries.

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Eh, how much do you need ? I read that the dungeon marks almost rain from the sky.

Ukerric said:

My biggest problem with legendaries is farming the dungeon currency. Never set foot in dungeon, never wanted to.

So, no legendaries.

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You can do the dungeon track in WvW for the currency. Have 2 legendaries and that's how I got the dungeon coins. Doesn't take long. Just follow the zerg around over the weekend and that should get you plenty. Plus a ton of exotics (mostly weapons).

You may have to wait a few weeks for the dungeon track you need to show up though. They are only available for a couple of weeks every few months. There might be a way to open the track up all the time but I never cared enough to look into it.

Ukerric said:

What? How?

(by an odd coincidence, it looks like the game decided to launch and patch itself right now. On its own. I swear)

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Reward tracks in the WvW/PvP menu

Half way through PoF, loving it. As a casual scrub, I am taking easy on my Griffin mount progression. This expansion is gonna last 1-2 year at least.

So haven't played this in years. I think my highest level char is 50......
Reading this thread made me want to give it a go. I assume it's casual/solo friendly still? Looking for easy class suggestions. Like gw2 and chill, not hardcore fucking levels of APM. Any thoughts?

bleedat said:

So haven't played this in years. I think my highest level char is 50......
Reading this thread made me want to give it a go. I assume it's casual/solo friendly still? Looking for easy class suggestions. Like gw2 and chill, not hardcore fucking levels of APM. Any thoughts?

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Best advice I can give is to play a class that you think you will enjoy. Most of the classes (if not all) have solo videos out for practically all content outside of raids (including high level frac solos) and balance patches mix up power levels. I think Ele/Weaver currently has the highest levels of APM now though so if that's really a concern skip that. Necro/Scourge feels really good right now but I expect them to get hit with the nerf bat again.

bleedat said:

So haven't played this in years. I think my highest level char is 50......
Reading this thread made me want to give it a go. I assume it's casual/solo friendly still? Looking for easy class suggestions. Like gw2 and chill, not hardcore fucking levels of APM. Any thoughts?

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Keep in mind if you buy the expansion you get a free max level boost. They allow you to pick and try any class and if you don't like it you can undo the boost and try another. Read about what sounds fun and then try some level 80 stuff and see what you like the feel of.

Mesmer is by far the most complicated, so if you want depth go that route. There was a thread on Reddit for easiest to hardest to play classes. It may help you pick your poison.

So I just dinged 80 on my thief. I aim to finish off the main story (again the design concepts blow my mind. 'Lets start off with a really tedious, underwater temple quest thing the minute you hit 80, THEN give you some really great stuff after it').

Any advice where to go from there? Don't mind dropping some money now for the xpacs and they are both on offer, I believe daredevil is the spec to get for thievery? Should I play the living world first? Do i need to get any more gear or can I just derp straight into it right away?

EDIT: just to add to that I got caught up in some quest line and ended up in a cool cathedral and was able to pick up 4 pieces of berserkers, so thats pretty nice. Love this so far.

You don't need any new gear or high end gear and you can derp straight into it right away.

The way it works is Anet releases Living World Story chapters before the expansion that are free if you log on while they are ongoing, otherwise you'll need to pay gems per chapter to unlock them permanently. For the most part the living world chapters consist of a story instance or two with the purpose of leading up to the new antagonist(s) who are dealt with during the following expansion story.

The story thus far has been: Your Personal Story / Zhaitan (Vanilla Gw2) --> Scarlet Briar/Living World 1/Destruction of LA (One time events that lead to LWS2 and can't be replayed or purchased) --> Living World 2 --> HoT (First Expansion) --> Living World 3 --> PoF (Second Expansion).

If you're into the lore and story, I'd suggest picking up the living world chapters (1,300 gems?/275g) and playing them before the expansion(s), but they are not crucially needed. You will be missing out on the lead up to the antagonist and why you're heading to X to battle Y, but you could always Youtube a recap. There used to be a recap NPC in Lions Arch for LWS2 for HoT but I'm not sure if it's there anymore (was like the first NPC you run into from the South West WP or something).

Even if you're not that interested in the story, I'd still recommend picking up Living World 3 anyway. Each chapter for Living World 3 introduces a new zone and each zone introduced provides a new currency that you can use to purchase a full set of Ascended Accessories for cheap as well as a collection that rewards a Legendary Accessory.

Tl;DR,
Purchase LWS2 -> HoT -> LWS3 -> PoF if you're interested in the story and want as close to the full experience you can get (Can buy Living World with Gems from Gold).
Otherwise
Youtube LWS2/LWS3 and just purchase HoT -> PoF

Did Tequatl last night with Valderen and got a chest of Ascended weapons. First time I ever got anything worth a shit from him.

I guess I need to start working on ascended gear pieces since I have weapons now.

skribble said:

So I just dinged 80 on my thief. I aim to finish off the main story (again the design concepts blow my mind. 'Lets start off with a really tedious, underwater temple quest thing the minute you hit 80, THEN give you some really great stuff after it').

Any advice where to go from there? Don't mind dropping some money now for the xpacs and they are both on offer, I believe daredevil is the spec to get for thievery? Should I play the living world first? Do i need to get any more gear or can I just derp straight into it right away?

EDIT: just to add to that I got caught up in some quest line and ended up in a cool cathedral and was able to pick up 4 pieces of berserkers, so thats pretty nice. Love this so far.

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Skip the vanilla storyline, past lvl 60 or so it gets really tedious, maybe once if you want to see how it ends, but I could never force myself to wade through it after launch. LWS2 is generally forgettable, I played it, but it's still kinda ass. HoT is a bit better, but it forces you to grind a bit for the starting masteries, so you can't rush through and for the big metas, you need to camp LFG and join the right maps, otherwise you will get frustrated quickly, however they are definitely worth doing. Eventually you will make it to LWS3, which is mostly soloable and the story improves a lot with every chapter opening a new map, especially Draconis Mons is really awesome.

Still, PoF is the new hotness and I think the best story they made so far, the maps are also much better, new specs, the loot is more profitable etc etc

Zaphid said:

Skip the vanilla storyline, past lvl 60 or so it gets really tedious, maybe once if you want to see how it ends, but I could never force myself to wade through it after launch. LWS2 is generally forgettable, I played it, but it's still kinda ass. HoT is a bit better, but it forces you to grind a bit for the starting masteries, so you can't rush through and for the big metas, you need to camp LFG and join the right maps, otherwise you will get frustrated quickly, however they are definitely worth doing. Eventually you will make it to LWS3, which is mostly soloable and the story improves a lot with every chapter opening a new map, especially Draconis Mons is really awesome.

Still, PoF is the new hotness and I think the best story they made so far, the maps are also much better, new specs, the loot is more profitable etc etc

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Aye, the vanilla storyline is garbage, couldn't hit the skip button fast enough.

Unfortunately, because of that I skipped through most of the other stories (LWS2, HoT, part of LWS3) before realizing that they are pretty good. Going to have to go back and do them again on another toon. I especially liked the season 3 and PoF story.

Finally settled into a class, Guardian. I love the idea of Mesmer but I just couldn’t get back into it.

I’m enjoying the game a lot more than I did at release. It’s hard to put my finger on it but a lot of itches are being scratched here.

One question that isn’t readily answered via google/poking around...how the hell do you make money? I’m making a few gold a night through casual play and that seems awfully low to me. I break down and list damn near everything I get.

I read above griffin costs around 150...I think I have 15 and I’m starting act 3 of PoF.

Chersk said:

Finally settled into a class, Guardian. I love the idea of Mesmer but I just couldn’t get back into it.

I’m enjoying the game a lot more than I did at release. It’s hard to put my finger on it but a lot of itches are being scratched here.

One question that isn’t readily answered via google/poking around...how the hell do you make money? I’m making a few gold a night through casual play and that seems awfully low to me. I break down and list damn near everything I get.

I read above griffin costs around 150...I think I have 15 and I’m starting act 3 of PoF.

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Silver wastes is the fastest, do world bosses, the first two give extra chests. Try to do tequatl or the like they give better and more chests.

Pray you get a sweet skin that you don't want and sell it.

Alrighty I’ll give it a whirl. Gracias.

I’ve seen some nice skins on the wiki but jack shit in game. My dude is still sporting a wooden shield and he’s supposed to be a badass commander of the ages fighting gods like it’s nothing.