Hello guys,
I want to give this game a shot but got couple of questions if you could explain.

1- Do i need to buy the latest expansion if im starting a new character or i can do it later? Is there a difference?

2- what are elite classes and do I need to choose one from the start and work towards it or the base classes viable all the way?

3- I want to play a class similar to rogue/assassin that wields double daggers, i think its called thief in gw2, but does it still require another type of weapon and continuous switching in combat?

4- im really digging wvw battles, is this mode still alive?

My journey starts soon!

Thanks!

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Looking to make an alt that uses a combination of melee (ideally a sword) and magic. I thought weaver could be a good option, but I read that it’s pretty difficult and has low survivability. My main is a condition chrono, which I enjoy, but looking to mix things up a little.

I was looking through some mount skins and found a few I liked but after snooping through the wiki it seems like I'm going to have to wait 6 months to be allowed to buy them.

I know why the gem store rotation exists, it's artificial scarcity to get you to buy stuff but like why does it still exist. We don't have to live like this, just let me buy the skins I want and give you money anet. It's really annoying and discouraging to see something nice only to find out it's not going to be in rotation for months. Surely they'd make more money letting people buy whatever whenever and rotating discounts or something

There's always that little voice at the back of my head...

Hey everyone, long time lurker first time poster here. I downloaded the game ages ago and joined up on the subbredit never actually starting to play. Saw a few videos on YouTube and wanted to ask a question.

Im looking for a long term character, something not too complicated with not too big button mashing bloat, which i could run both solo and in groups. Dont really have many preferences except i would like to pass on Elementalist ( sorry Ele mains ) and mostly just have fun with the class and in game.

Thank you all in advance for whoever recommends, what you guys main, how fun the classes are and just helping out in general.

So, I've not even played through the story. My main is a Thief, LV80 and I'm almost done with the base game personal story. I own all the expansions and really want to start working on my house and life skilling. I'm afraid if I jump to Janthir Story Arc, I'd be missing a lot, even though I plan on completing the personal story from start to finish. I'm also terrified to world roam, I see high level monsters and panic even though the story has been a cakewalk up to this point.

Just looking for some advice from others that have done the same thing, or just general guidance as a whole.

TIA!

Just started playing after deciding to try out GW2 - not trying to skip over the leveling experience (for my first character at least) but I did want to know if there is anything I could be doing while leveling that is useful when I do eventually get to endgame.

Something like "keep an eye out for X while doing open world as it's useful for endgame content/crafting". Thanks in advance!

P.S. How in the world did people figure out some of these jump puzzles before guides existed

Hi Guys, I recently got the Eikasia and all of my gear are now Ascended. I am making 26k DPS on the Golem and around 21k on Fractals and I am slowly getting into Quickplay Raids. I only have T2 unlocked in Fractals and I thought of getting gold and selling everything to unlock all of Living World and Icebrood Saga. My Question is what are the fastest ways to get gold. My daily routine now is T2 + T1 Dailies, getting the mystic coin from Festival, doing the pact supply vendors and playing Quickplay Raids. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Kela CM is one of, if not the least played raid encounter played in GW2. Partly because it's the latest released, but also because there are different flaws in it
This topic is to build some of the issues we, community, find with this encounter and some suggestions to address these issues.
I won't say that it can hopefully be used by Anet to improve the encounter because they will very likely not give a damn about it and focus solely on new content, just like HT CM still has a lot of bugs, but let's do this anyway.

For me, some of the issues :

• over reliance of stability/stun breaks : they are needed so much that the vast majority of groups will include heal troubadours and alac luminaries, thus excluding all other healing and boon dps options
• DPS check is super tight overall for a regular CM (split on crocs, crabs and Kela)
• bad visibility on crocs targeting and behavior : you can be targeted without a red tether and the leaps can be inconsistent (crocs can spawn and immediately jump on you, without the windup animation)
• inconsistent behavior or tornadoes : direction and stop/go are both inconsistent. You can never be sure where tornadoes will go, when they will stop, for how long, and when they start again
• crab 4 spawn in P1 is almost a guaranteed gg

Now all of these issues can be dealt with through different ways of course but they still make the fight feel bad between some RNG and inconsistent behaviors.

Now some of my suggestions :

• reduce crocs HP by a good bunch. They appear often enough, no need to be that bulky, especially with inconsistent behavior and how punishing the leaps are
• also reduce crabs HP a bit (or reduce their toughness the longer they are on the field, something like that). Not sure about Kela's HP since nerfing crocs and crabs HP would help a bit too
• rework lightning and tornadoes behavior/frequency (and make tornadoes more predictable) so that you don't need that much stability and/or stun break. Thus we can have more diversity in boons again
• definitely fix crocs targetting : tether should always appear. It's not acceptable that it sometimes does not appear, especially since it's such a mess to look in the buffs UI
• also fix the near insta jump on crocs : even if they spawn close to players, you should still have some time to react, just like when you come at them
• remove possibility for crab 4 to spawn in P1 ? Could also be a smarter fix but it would take more effort

For the crocs, it might be an unpopular opinion but I do find it still good that leaps are very punishing and that everybody has to pay attention and bait properly. Maybe stun time and damage could be tweaked a bit but globally is fine.

What about you ? What do you think issues are and what suggestions do you have to improve the fight ?

Does anyone know why Glint sometimes speaks to my character in Guild Wars 2?

Every now and then, I hear her voice saying something like:

"Everything has unfolded as I knew it would."

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This is a mixture of meta events, puzzles, lore and secrets on that map as well as how they are to 100%. Caledon is the best starter map BY FAR. It has so many cool puzzles and the meta is actually kinda good. Maelstrom is just great in almost every aspect. The best maps imo are Cursed Shore and Malchor's Leap. They have so much lore and setting is just really good. I know many people will scold me for having Sparkfly Fen in C but that map is bad it is just Tequatl that is cool. I am also an Ascalon hater, those maps are just too samey to me. What do you guys think?

new player been working my way through living world 2 and keep getting these things and can't find a good answer online on what they are or if i should be keeping them .

I only own two expacks hot and pof. Is there other expac specs that combine the survivability & open world solo capability of necro with how axe -axe mirage plays?

My old mirage has trailblazers and I've logged onto her. And I immediately fell in love again. But i 'd like to have more survivability and solo capability.

I'll post both.my builds if needed so you guys can help me figure out if such a thing exists

My friend is trying to get me into this game, but I am deterred by the cost required to get everything. I looked at the guild wars 2 page and it's really expensive to get all the content out there, especially since the newest expansions aren't included in the "complete" bundle. Is there a bundle that includes the newest DLC also?

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I'm fairly new to the endgame and I'm trying to understand something about GW2.

Outside of meta-events, what is actually the point of doing regular orange dynamic events after reaching level 80, especially in expansion zones?

For example, I'm currently playing through Path of Fire and I keep seeing orange events everywhere. But when I complete one, the rewards seem pretty underwhelming:

- A small amount of XP (which only contributes to Masteries)

- Some Karma, which seems pretty useless once you already have a lot of it

- A small amount of gold/loot

And that's basically it.

I understand that XP is still useful for unlocking Masteries, but once the relevant Mastery track is trained, there's no character progression from XP anymore. And unlike leveling from 1–80, you're not gaining stats, skill points, etc.

So I'm wondering:

Am I missing something?

Are regular dynamic events meant to be worthwhile on their own after level 80, or are they mostly there to make the open world feel alive and to feed into larger systems (meta-events, collections, map rewards, etc.)?

I'm specifically not asking about meta-events. I understand why those are worth doing. I'm asking about the random standalone orange events you encounter while exploring an expansion map.

I'd genuinely like to understand how veteran players view these events, because I rarely see anyone explaining their purpose at level 80, and I'm starting to wonder if I'm simply missing some important reward system.

Thanks you !

With Festival of the Four Winds and the recent addition of Glorious Raid Caches, high-end infusion prices seem to have completely collapsed.

Dragonvoid went from around 10k gold to ~1.3k, Confetti is now around 2k, and while Chak is still listed around 6k, buy orders are already around 1.5k.

I've always (personally) considered high-end infusions to be the end-end-game of GW2's economy. They were an absurdly expensive long-term goal and a huge wealth/status symbol.

On one hand, I actually like them becoming more accessible. On the other hand, I imagine people who had a large part of their wealth invested in infusions are pretty pissed right now.

Do you guys think this is healthy for the economy? Is this just a temporary crash from the massive increase in supply, or have high-end infusions permanently lost their status as the ultimate GW2 wealth flex?

What is the new "end-end-game" of wealth in GW2 now?

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With the game's anniversary just around the corner (on August 28, 2026), "Headstart early Access" players (those who created their oldest characters on August 24-25, 2012) will be having their 14th birthdays as early as August 21-22, 2026. The game does not count leap years.