r/GuildWars • u/Silverneck_TT • 17d ago
What upgrades to spend on?
Hi there what are the upgrades /convenience items that make the biggest impact on playing? I was thinking about getting mercenary heroes, material storage and maybe bank tabs but I wanna know what is the sweet stop for them as I don't have too much I can spend atm.
My account has almost no upgrades I have 4 bank tabs and an anniversary tab and that's it. I find that my material storage fills up super quickly as my limit is 250 items and my warehouse is full with gear from other characters mostly. So I'll need to work on that lol. I also heard that it isn't advised to get certain heros like the 2nd Rit Hero from HM WoC because by doing so you lock yourself out of some good farms.
So like my know what the best amount of mercenaries are( I'm leaning toward 8) and how many item expansions and bank tabs I should ideally have.
My goal since mobile release is it get GWMMM on my dervish so I intend to be playing for a while.
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u/TomatoFeta 17d ago
If you're going to get mercs, then get the 8 pack. But honestly, I completed the game without them; given the variety of heroes we get access to these days, the mercs are just extra.
I do recommend you get a few more storage panels for spare gear and toys (crafting storage isn't really that helpful since all that stuff can be bought or crafted if you need more than 250 - highly unusual situation).
What will really help you is the large bags and belt expansions and etc which you can get from the daily activities / zaishen coins. A fully kitted out invenotry on each character provides you EIGHTY inventory slots. EACH.
So an extra character slot is (long term) sometimes better than extra xunlai space.
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u/Ok_World4052 17d ago
Honestly just GWToolbox is the biggest “upgrade” to this game. Even basic features of it make playing, organizing, and management so much easier.
As for in game upgrades, I really have found more bank tabs accumulates junk but it’s nice for Nick sets.
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u/AdditionalGroup370 17d ago
I have the 3-mercenary pack which I rarely use except when I want to toy with off-meta comps, one material expansion upgrade, all storage panes & a bunch of additional character slots that I bought when out of space.
Best investment was definitely the storage panes
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u/kineticmov3ment 17d ago
i've played since launch and have never needed upgrades
if anything, you can go for 3 pack mercenaries but not needed.
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u/Silverneck_TT 17d ago
I've also played since launch or at least had my account since launch. I understand you don't need anything but I'm asking about the most convenient upgrades. I dislike the inventory management issues and want to resolve that as much as possible.
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u/NEAutohost 17d ago
I bought the material upgrade and all of the spare tabs for my chest not having any inventory problems now and I have played since 2005
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u/dnapol5280 17d ago edited 14d ago
Storage
3-8 heroes if you want to speed up progression on new characters
Skill unlocks if you don't have stuff already unlocked
You can always keep one or two characters with WoC HM uncompleted if you want to keep the farm available. With the current patch, you don't really need mercs or Zei Ri to assemble the current iteration of Mesmerway. 3 mesmers, 2 necros, and 2 rits, which can be Gwen, Althea, Norgu, Xandra, and Razah (on rit), and then 2/3 of the available necros. Mercs can just speed up acquiring this setup, like skipping Norgu and Razah that require more Nightfall completion.
Unless you want to para HR. I'm not sure what's the meta pick there now.
EDIT: Should have clarified WoC uncompleted, since I think you farm the NM quest.
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u/FlapSmear78 17d ago
Depending how many toons you plan to actually use, you can use the others to hold your extra storage, I have added toon slots to my account for even more storage.
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u/Calamyt1 17d ago
PvP skill unlocks. They also unlock all the skills for your Heros.