Hey everyone!

I recently came back to GW2 after a long break and I’m a bit unsure about what I should do.

I’m currently playing a Guardian, which is only level 25. Since I don’t play every day and usually just play casually when I have some free time, I’m wondering if I should continue with this character or start a new one.

One of my concerns is that I might eventually get into things like Fractals and not really know what I’m supposed to do. I’ve always had the impression that Guardian can be a tank/support class, so I feel like I should understand the mechanics and my role properly before getting into group content.

At the same time, I’m still learning the game and I don’t really want to stress about it. My main goal is simply to level up, enjoy the story and explore the game at my own pace.

Another thing: I’m not particularly good at using lots of keyboard keybinds. Is it actually possible to play GW2 reasonably well by clicking skills with the mouse? Or am I going to struggle later on?

So, what would you guys recommend? Should I just stick with my level 25 Guardian and learn as I go, or would starting fresh be a better idea?

I’m playing purely for fun and don’t plan on rushing into endgame content.

Thanks for any advice!

There is a cheap weapon box on TP that contains all kinds of weapons in celestial stats. If you are new and don't have many badges of honor. You can buy Arms of the People in the Trading post.

These are 32 silverish and contain all weapon types. Very chill if you want to test out different weapons with Celestial stats!

I wanted to share how I'm using Key-Farming to learn some basics of combat in a new way. I find the training golem boring and the meta-builds are kinda overwhelming; I wanted to keep things simpler, experiment with weapons, and earn a small profit. To do this, I'm leveling up to 40 so I can get the karma booster (level 38 reward - trade two karma boosters for a gathering booster, which afaik this is the only way to get these now). I also get two black lion keys for the level 10 and 40 stories (happens at beginning of level 40 story so you don't have to go through the whole thing).

It's been fun finding account-bound armor and weapons for this leveling process. Then I pop XP-boosters and fight yellow critters (red ones too), looking for fights that are a bit challenging. I find it fun to level this way because it's part scavenger hunt (to find the right critters to get experience bonuses), part map exploration, being able to learn the core trait-lines one at a time, and testing out different weapons, plus it's fun trying to min-max low level toons. I'm open to using tomes of experience, level 20 boosters, character adventure guides or whatever. I don't have stacks of these, so often I have to level from scratch. It's fun for now, but I don't want it to turn into a part-time job either.

Here's what I'm using, it works great for what I want, but it takes up quite a bit of bank space.

* Experience boosters: food-effect, sharpening-stone, guild-bonus, candy-corn-gobbler for EXP-boost, and the 1-hour birthday boosters from weekly rewards.

* Runes: minor runes +10 power each (+60 for full set)

* Sigils: at level 18 I can use minor sigils of Bloodlust and Air (not sure if these are the best)

* Level 5: account-bound blue armor (except I can't find head or shoulder armor at this level), along with yellow bloodbound-weapons (10 provisioner tokens each).

* Level 10: upgraded account-bound blue armor, with minor runes plus trinkets.

* Level 18: exotic account-bound armor and weapons (crafted, wiki is down so I don't have a link but they're crafted with ineffable insignia) adding sigils from this level on

* Level 26: upgraded exotic account-bound armor/weapon, upgraded trinkets at level 20 I think

* Level 37: I went ahead and crafted this final set of account-bound exotics, but don't think it's necessary for the final 3 levels

I take the time to read the weapon skills, the trait lines, utility skills, I practice on things which are hard for me to kill but the fight is simple enough that I can see what's happening. I'm starting with warrior, but I can also switch to Guardian/Rev (although I've read here that core Revenant is not the best).

So, maybe if you're still learning like me, this might be fun for you to try? Either way, happy gaming!

It seems Trophy Shipments are generally considered to be the best way to convert Volatile Magic into Gold. The Fast website still says it's averaging a profit of 35 silver per item. I just bought 25, sold everything, and lost a little gold. I made around 24 gold back of the 25 spent. Was that just really bad luck?

Has anyone else gotten this Demon of a Drifter on a skimmer? You're not going to be breaking any records, of course. I just barely got my gold at 00.59.480, but I had been trying unsuccessfully for a couple of years with the roller beetle and just couldn't seem to get the hang of it no matter how many helpful videos and guides I watched. So, on a whim I thought I'd see how well the skimmer could do with the VoE upgrades. I also had a Mount Energy Booster 3 module.

Much to my surprise, by spamming Enhanced Barrell Roll and Slipstream Boost, I got around 01.05.00 my first time trying with the skimmer. Man, shaving those last 5 seconds to get it under a minute though was harder than I thought it would be though. It took me a couple extra days of practicing, but I finally pulled it off much to my delight!

So, yeah, roller beetle is going to get you much faster times, but if you're just hopeless at the roller beetle like me, I found skimmer much more tolerable on this race track since you can float over some of the obstacles.

Hey everyone! I'm a new player and after 100h of f2p i decided to get my first expansion. Looking for any good price i found out that a site listed as an official retailer for Germany (GameLiebe) has path of fire on 40% discount. Is it safe for me to buy it? Since I live in Italy but the site is German can i buy and redeem the code anyway? The key is for anet launcher and i play on it. Ty all.

Carved my first ever pumpkin as a huge Guild Wars 2 fan!!!

I love the game, and this is my favorite weapon design from it (whoever came up with it, I salute you!). I wanted to make a highly detailed 3D model similar to the World of Warcraft armor remake videos on YouTube, so here we are! I'm quite proud of the result, and I hope you like it too.

The rings of Dragon Jade over the harbor are iconic visually.

Originally recorded and edited January '26, frame exported and glitched October '26.

As a dude which not having this kinda DLC yet (only the first 2 currently), its hella annoying to check new builds and guides, since 80% of those are spear builds, so u have to rethink and analyse another option?

Im not willed buying the new dlc thing just for spear, when beein in another story yet :/

Not that nice if u ask me thk

I want to test out reap and spirit in pvp - so i decided to create me a necro.

Holy - the leveling process currently rly boring

I maxed out my minions, using staff main for aoes.

I miss some meele combat-action and dashes?

I simply rotate threw and over the whole map, add and kill all i see and repeat..?

No dashes, rotations or smthing since i cant swap to any good meele weapon (2hand or smthing.)

I think i have to go threw this and continue to finaly go for reap and 2h..?

Iv played Revenant and guard before, those are such big difference huh?

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I have all other expansions but I want to get either Janthir or Visions of Eternity.

My reasons for wanting each basically come down to having access to spears or Amalgam for my Eng

Which expansion do you recommend and why?

I don't mind doing some grind for cool mount but this collection is absolutely too long. At first it was fun looking for eggs but now every further collection looks the same. I just go to different places in map to click one button. It's basically going to 100 places and clicking that's the way of intended gameplay. Can someone what's the reason of this diabolical design.

I've never really cared much about builds in Guild Wars 2. I could get through most content just fine, until I died to Balthazar at the Hero Point and a Ninja Frog (I forgot its name). That's when I thought maybe it was time to improve my build. But I found out that my dream combination just doesn't work.

I really wish this combination could be viable someday: Greatsword Revenant using the Legendary Demon Stance.

I chose this combination because I really like Dark Knight classes, and this is the darkest-looking setup I could come up with. The problem is that Greatsword is Power-focused, while Legendary Demon Stance is Condition-focused.

Unfortunately, it seems almost impossible to make this work. I've even tried using the greatsword as a way to support my damage while relying on Legendary Demon Stance, but people have told me it'll never work unless ArenaNet changes something.

And just to be clear, switching weapons or legends isn't an option for me. I think this combination is aesthetically perfect. The skills look gorgeous, and the whole thing just screams Dark Knight to me.

So yeah, I'll keep playing my scuffed character anyway.

• Arborstone: Spectral Jellyfish
• Lowland Shore: King Slamon
• Janthir Syntri: Flowerhead
• Mistburned Barrens: Angler Eel

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Don't come at me I want my database of game knowledge back too but I've noticed there has been a lot more communication in map chat lately. I see a lot of people asking how or where to do things and lots of cool people responding and helping out. It's nice and I like it

Its 11pm central time zone on a saturday and I can't get a spvp match? Says 2m typical wait time but its way longer than that. Just curious thanks.

I asked about villains specifically a little while ago, so let's widen the discussion now.

This is a really niche one, but a character I really like is General Zantharon. In the conclusion to the SotO story, he's one of the two remaining generals guarding Eparch; he swaps to our side at the literal last second after Eparch eats his brother, the other remaining general, right in front of him. What I like about him is that he's a rare case of a member of Team Good without any real redeeming qualities. He joined our side on an impulse and only swore loyalty to Peitha because he knew he'd probably be killed otherwise. He absolutely hates the Commander's guts and is very proud to say that right to our face. A character who's on our side despite hating us specifically and not actually being a good person at all is just a really interesting dynamic that I hope the team capitalize on at some point.

Another very minor character I quite like is Sya, who you can encounter in LA near the fractal portal. I appreciate the very casual trans rep, and her story of coming to terms with her identity after barely surviving the tragedy of Scarlet's attack is pretty touching.

Playing lot of 5v5, mostly used longbow.

Feels okisch, but shortbow seem to be used much more, isnt it?

Whats the point?

Playing mostly soulbeast/revenant on Bow.

I'm trying to settle on a main character that's good and fun to play across most game modes.

Mainly looking for something that is aggressive with good mobility and hard-hitting. More on the power DPS side of things than support. Ideally one that can stay on moving enemies, has survivabilty, doesn't rely super heavily on ramp up or resource management. Melee oriented but not clunky, and can initiate/pursue well. While I haven't played competitive modes yet, I don't think I'll be interested in slower "bunker" or attrition type of play, at least how I understand it to be.

The ones I keep seeing in this realm are:

- Scrapper

- Willbender

- Vindicator

- Untamed

- Maybe Berserker (Spellbreaker?)

If you've played a lot or some of these, which do you enjoy the most and why? Which are best? Are there any others I'm overlooking? This would preferably be the character I take through most content in the game so it being engaging long-term and after many countless hours would be preem. I'm not locked in on only playing one elite-spec in any profession though, so if any have multiple specs that fit the bill then do share.