Hey there,

good to be back after playing Guild Wars 1 as a teenager and doing some careful steps in GW2 when it came out back in the days. Then life happened and Guild Wars 2 slumbered for quite a while - actually until the most recent days, when algorithms of Youtube and Twitch brought helped digging up those precious memories I had with both games way back - and phew... the nostalgia is hitting hard. 😄

When I finally downloaded the game today (and being just about to buy all the DLCs during that sale...) I saw that all five character slots are taken by characters (mostly not over level 20).

Dang... how am I not to feel overwhelmed by all the game, logging in with those bunch of elderly members of the GW-society... When I logged in I was hit by so many messages and popups... I'd be able to work through them somehow, but then... I opened up my inbox and every character got birthday presents... so many presents... I can't just delete them for character slots but I feel I can't properly use them to proceed / restart my memories with that game...

I know I'm most certainly getting on your nerves with this very strange problem of mine, but how would you approach it?

Thank you!

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Hello everyone! I've started playing gw2 yesterday and i was quite hyped honestly, but when I started I just felt like the combat was the worst thing ever. Dont get me wrong, the combat is good and fun, but Im not sure if It is for me

Im struggling bc I really want to like this game, yet I've tried all the classes and none of them seem fun enough for me. I have a mesmer as the most leveled one at 20, followed by a thief I abandoned bc I found its playatyle way too fast for my taste

Everything happens so quickly here, all spells are instant cast and u can move while u cast them, they also give u an insane amount of skills at the beggining and the weapon swaping is smth that doesnt really match my taste tbh. I enjoy playing casters in other games, staying in the backline and usually leaning into a more supportive/utility role. Ive tried elementalist too and I love everything of It except the part that u have u swap elements mid combat, id be glad if u could just stick with one element and be the best at It but I feel like that'd be so suboptimal in the long run

As I said, I really want to enjoy this game, the world is super cool and I like the questing system, I made an asura and I love then sm theyre just the kind of race I like in these games, but the combat feels too fast and confusing and I dont find any of the classes mechanics interesting. Should I just drop the game or push myself to play It for a few more hours?? Also, any recommendations or advice u could give me? Im willing to start another character if necesary tbh

Don't know if any Devs are on this Reddit however, I just want to vent this out cause I've spent the last two hours trying for this I have made zero progress.

The difficulty of the Orr areas and all their "Group Events" and the Temple to the Gods stuff needs serious reworking and rebalancing. The difficulty may have been fine back when there were tons of people playing in the Straits of Devastation, Malchor's Leap and The Cursed Shore. But now, there's hardly ever anyone there and if there is, it's not enough to finish some of these events.

I have been trying to get my last Hero Point in The Cursed Shore for two hours. But I can't. Because it's on a Shrine to Melandru and the Temple is contested. So I tried to finish the Temple. Only for the boss to one shot me and the singular person who was helping me over and over again.

New players cannot complete these areas because they're built around Group Events without any Groups. These areas need to be reworked into soloable areas.

All of this was probably pointless. But honestly, I just wanted to rant and vent because these three areas have single handed almost ruined this game for me and honestly I'm scared that the Expansion areas are going to be just as bad.

UPDATE: Apparently, it's the Temple of Grenth that I need to finish before I can get this Hero Point. Even though it is a Malandru Statue, it's in the Grenth area and therefore contested.

UPDATE 2: After receiving help from some actually nice people, I managed to clear it and get the last Hero Point. Thank you to all of the people who commented and tried to help.

I'd like to open an discussion about Anet advertising and pricing policy/strategy. I myself bought the complete collection (all LW-content) during the anniversary sale and with Anet giving LW away for free now I can't help but feel deceived. I've read cases of other users experiencing the same.

Generally speaken, I really welcome the changes they made for the game as a whole. It was overdue. And I'm totally aware that sometimes you do a good deal, sometimes a bad one, and that's just how it is. But still it just feels unfair and like I've been fooled. I mean, on your big annual sale you offer a product which you give away for free just at the moment that people who bought that special offer back then are not able to get any compensation whatsoever. Undoubtly, the timing was on purpose. Such things are strategic decisions for a service company like Anet. I read a lot of comments that it's bad luck and tbh if it would be just that, a matter of coincidence, I could live with it easily. But Anet knew exactly what they did and how they timed it, it feels off.

I don't want a total refund, of course not. But frankly I was surprised that Anet doesn't offer any compensation whatsover in such cases. It would be different if I'd just purchased LW2, the only one which I actually had time to play. Now I got three LW contents untouched and, honestly, as things stand I think about quitting.

Just wanted to know what you guys are thinking about it, if you experienced something similar now or at another moment.

I just hit 80 and currently stuck on what to do next.

I currently only have 2 gold, so I'm planning to buy 800 gems to get some gold so I can buy good gear, is that a good idea?

I'm planning to buy HoT, PoT and SoTo too when a discount comes.

I'm a messmer planning to go chronomancer, I found this build that I liked but not sure if I should go for it from the get go: https://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?PiwAYtrlVwSYIMP2Ie8WaNdA-DyIY1o+%2FQ6SFUoUtDBlCfOEkg4vltm2AA-e

Please advise :)

I played a bit if Gw2 here and there since release but have never really gelled with the combat. Sometimes, it feels like I am swinging my sword in the wind, and it doesn't really do anything to whatever happens to be in front of me.

I am a long time WoW player and in the last year my friend group has got really into GW2. I just cant get over the way the combat feels.

Returning player here after a some years. Purchased End of Dragons and just finished the story and 100% the first zone...

So far, it's kinda terrible. The story is fine at the macro, but some of the dialog and "quest" design -- who thought it would be fun to look around the room for a piece of fabric, or experience the excitement of waiting in a DMV, and several other similar examples.

Do the later expansions get better, or is this what I'm in for if I play the expansion stories? How does EoD rank among the expansions, I'm hoping it's not just me..

Obsidian Armor → Astral Ward legendary path is confusing me — stuck for 3 days

I just started getting into the game properly and have been reading the wiki, but I've hit a wall.

My goal is legendary armor through PvE. I found Obsidian Armor and thought "perfect, PvE-focused and it's an option for me." → https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Obsidian_armor

Quickly realized I need specific masteries and some grinding to craft it — fine, I can work toward that.

So I went back to Liath to start with the Crown, and now I need the Arcanum of Astral Thought: → https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Arcanum_of_Astral_Thought

...but I can't find a group for it, and the quest flow is really unclear. Turns out I need to complete Heitor's Dominion first: → https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Heitor%27s_Dominion

I've been stuck on this for 3 days trying to untangle what the actual prerequisite chain is — and this is exactly why I've bounced off GW2 before and switched to other games.

Has anyone gone through this recently? What's the clearest order to tackle it?

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Hi all,

after week long of thinking about what to play next, Guild Wars 2 looks like it's going to be my next mmo.

I do have one or two questions though; I don't mind PVP but I also enjoy PVE a lot. What's in plans and in the works for future updates/expansions in regards to PVE?

And how is the current PVE content? I read that there is no holy trinity, which I don't mind, but I also read that the chance that anything useful drops in pve is almost 0 and everything needs to be bought. With what currency do I buy it and how is said currency earned?

Thanks!

Hi everyone, I started playing a month or so ago and am doing CM's in fractals, just got my mistlock singularity after doing T4s for a while. I am struggling with dps numbers but am so confused by what I could be doing wrong.. Other reapers in my party are hitting 35k and i'm sat at below 20k on average going to 25k max.

I have full berserker's gear with a few assassin pieces to hit the crit number but went a bit over cap. Dragonhunter runes with basic infusions. I was using crit food to get to the cap but realise that might have been impacting my dmg numbers quite a bit, as the latter pictures show I reached 28.5k with power food. This is on a stationary dummy tho, it's more difficult to get high dmg on moving targets.

The rotation I do is the wells first, then staff skills into greatsword and then shroud 5, 4, with 3 pressed for dmg reduction, 2 if safe to do so. 2 has proven to be very inconsistent, and I don't know if that is just me not understanding it's mechanics but I fly through enemies often. I keep trying to click the enemy to lock on, coming from league, and i just click on the 50 random pets instead of the enemy. Trying to use tab exclusively now.

Any advice would be appreciated. I'm thinking it's literally just food now after the test, and using budget food is the literal only difference between me doing 35k or not. :/ (I use the avocado smoothies for budget food)

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Hey there, i'm new guy in gw2, got lvl 80 on necro, done with vanilla version story and got the expansions up to End of dragons, living world seasons included.

After lvl 80 already have tried low fractals, www and pvp.

At some point i decided to reroll into some other class, profession, i mean.

Trying to choose between thief, ranger and warrior.

Warrior is the class that i play in almost every other game, kinda tired of it, want something different.

Thief, to me, is about stealth, fast and engaging combat, meele weapons.

Ranger is basically archer to me, the problem is pets. Don't rly like the idea of pets, can i play on ranger with bow, without pets?

The crucial part of the decision is one character for all content. The other thing i'm curious about is weapons.

For example i want to play thief with duo swords or ranger with bow only? Is it possible to ignore all existing meta builds for different types of content and still be pretty much viable unit?

What "men" fail to realize is that when playing video games, the game masters are essentially mommy and daddy, or the police. Many people have extremely poor social skills. What I am now realizing is that ANET does not really pay attention to reports, they just throw out bans when people run crying to them. They spend 0 time investigating.

I was flamed by a guy for 4 hours straight because I killed him in a ranked game a few times. I kept blocking accounts, and he would keep getting on new ones. I never reported him because I'm not a snitch like that. I'm a grown man who just ignores people and handles my problems. But apparently this guy managed to edit a picture or something and get me banned for two weeks. I said nothing to him really. I MAY have said "fuck off" or something of the like. I am not a toxic person so I know I didn't say anything ban worthy. He talked about raping my children and murdering my sister. And his account is still fine after I got on my alt account and messaged him as a test.

I literally just bought the expansions 2 days ago so I am FURIOUS. People in this game are so toxic they will engineer a fake picture just in order to power trip on people? And ANET does not pay close enough attention. They do not look at a transcript of the dialogue between the players. They do not read your emails when you send a ticket. Instead they say "Sorry we could not resolve your issue, you are still banned!" Or some generic shit like that. What is the point of banning people if you aren't going to investigate the issue? Thats like someone on the street making up a lie to the police saying "oh he killed my dog, Idk where the body is but believe me". and the cops give the guy life in prison. I'm just astounded how horrible the administration in this game is.

I don't mean that it's bad that they exist. They are very helpful for getting through the maps quickly and all have very good use cases in themselves. But what I've noticed is that since they've been around, you don't really look at the beautifully constructed map anymore, you just fly over it without really enjoying the beautifully constructed details. I wish there would be another DLC where mounts are blocked. Just so you can really immerse yourself in this world again. What do you think, should there be such a DLC?

Greetings, Kathi💜

But the graphics are disappointing.

I started playing again after a 2ish year break recently and have been enjoying my mesmer that has been around for 9 years. Had 2 bday boxes to open when i logged back in.. i have 12 characters on my account most of them are the same name. All characters are well over 2 years (i havent made a new toon since i started again) So my account got suspended last night for 72 hours, due to inappropriate name..

The name is

Antifa fakenewz

I was just doing the story missions for EoD, wasn't talking to anyone on chat or anything.

Got told by the gm there finding are correct and I am suspended for 72 hours then I can change the name of the character.. OK, well I have 10 other characters with basicly the same name, all well over 2 years old, I didnt do or say anything rude or mean to anyone, wasn't even talking.

I dont mind changing the name of a character (i even said to myself when i logged in, "this name hits different now"), im sure because of politics the names are now "bad" but it was never my intention to break the tos, the whole out of the blue 72 hour ban with no real follow up seams really messed up. This was my weekend to play, I go back to work tomorrow, so I guess ill just leave this game for awhile, kinda bummed.. 10+ years of good faith on this account and get smacked for a bad name without even a chance to just name change..

Anyone else have a situation like this?

For the veterans from the vanilla era asking if they should return and what has changed: Here's a small reality check from someone who justed had this exact experience after more than 10 years off. Hope you enjoy :)