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New player resource 2[Guide] (self.Guildwars2)

RandommUser(✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ Sylvari IRL[M] が 投稿 - stickied post

Since the game just went free to play I though it would be nice to do one of these new player info collections again. I've already posted this before, but I updated the old stuff and added new info as well.

Running the game

Alright, let's start with the first thing you will probably need to know. The minimum specs to run the game are as follows:

Windows

  • Windows XP SP3 or better
  • Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, Core i3, AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 or better
  • 2 GB RAM
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800, ATI Radeon™ X1800, Intel HD 3000 or better (256MB of video RAM and shader model 3.0 or better)
  • 35 GB available HDD space (currently fresh install is about 18 GB)
  • Broadband Internet connection
  • Keyboard and mouse

Mac

  • Mac OS®X 10.8.X or later
  • Intel® Core™ i5 or better
  • 4 GB RAM or better
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® 320m, ATI Radeon™ HD 6630M, Intel HD 3000 or better
  • 35 GB available HDD space
  • Broadband Internet connection
  • Keyboard and mouse/equivalent

The game is very CPU intensive and even the more modern systems have problem running the game with full settings when there are many players around using spells. It is also to be noted that Intel CPU's seem to run the game better than AMD, though they are both playable fine. Having the game on SSD is also highly recommended, since it cuts much of the load times for maps and textures. The game can just be dragged to a new location without having to re-install it.

Finding information

We here at /r/guildwars2 have few list that give you a nice information resource on finding information about the game.

There is also the Official Wiki, that is good place to look up almost anything that you can find in game or about the lore. You can also a command in-game, /wiki, to quickly look up something from that site. I.e. /wiki sylvari, will bring up the wiki page for the Sylvari, or it will bring you to the list of the most related things it could find.

Also before asking in the subreddit use the search function, thanks. We also have weekly question threads where you can post small questions you have :)

NOTE: The sub wiki is maintained by readers, so feel free to update them.

Servers

You can only will be on one server at a time, as supposed to being able to choose many to play on.

Picking the server is now a bit less important than in the launch. Now a days we have something called mega-servers, which will make new map servers with people for all kinds of servers. This applies to PvE and to and structured PvP lobby. The only place where your server matter is the World vs World.

The game is also divided to 3 regions; EU, NA and China. The China has it's own servers and isn't connected to the others in anyway. As for NA and EU regions, you can play with friends in the same region, but not cross-region. You can choose a different region that you are actually in and you can change your region later if you want.

Changing your server will cost you gems if you have characters, but if you were to delete all your characters you can do it for free. If you are doing the free change, which you might want to think about, everything in your bank and collections will be saved.

What's a megaserver?

Whenever you try to join a map such as Queensdale or Divinity's Reach, the Guild Wars 2 Network will try to locate you to an instance of that map that (probably) fits you most. The instances aren't locked to your world (server) and can get full. Therefore, you can end up on a region where most people aren't from your server, friend list, guild, or maybe don't even speak your language.

Guilds

Being part of a guild is HIGHLY recommended. Playing with others is always better and more fun, also many guilds are very helpful towards new players as they are learning this new game. The guild system allows you to join up to 5 guilds and you can even easily make your own guilds. The guilds are account bound so you are part of them with all of your characters.

To find a guild there are few ways. We have the subreddit focused on finding and advertising guild /r/guildrecruitment, then there is the capital cities map chat. Few guilds send their guild advertisements in the cities so you can probably find some that way. If you are more interested in WvW guild, go to your borderland and ask in the map chat

Free to play restrictions

If you are reading this you probably are interested in this info due to the new free to play change. For these account there are few things that are limited from the players who have bought the game. Restrictions and how to removed them: Support FAQ

These are mostly for free to play accounts, but there are few new restrictions for all account activated after 28th of August.

Heart of Thorns

The game is getting it's first expansion, called Heart of Thorns, on 23rd October 2015. This bring new content to both players buying the expansion and those who haven't purchased it. You can find information about the expansion on The Heart of Thorns website.

We have a wiki page with FAQ with things you should know about (pre-)purchasing Heart of Thorns: wiki page.

That should cover all the basic, if you need more specific info ask them in the comments.

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[–]withoutportalsLuridel.5728 - Tarnished Coast 35ポイント36ポイント  (16子コメント)

There's a pretty good breakdown of the "What class should I play?" question which breaks down the basics and playstyle of each class that might deserve to be in this post - I know I'm seeing that asked a lot.

[–]SnickyMcNibitsGuide Writer[FA] 48ポイント49ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's a well written guide. The author must be super sexy.

[–]HapgamMarhyr 9ポイント10ポイント  (9子コメント)

Necromancer

When properly equipped for it, Necromancers are considered the best class in the game at stacking conditions on their unfortunate targets.

Oh how the times have changed

[–]SnickyMcNibitsGuide Writer[FA] 7ポイント8ポイント  (4子コメント)

Yeah, I'm going to be rewriting it shortly. Most of the info is still relevant though.

[–]new_thief 3ポイント4ポイント  (3子コメント)

It would be useful if you mentioned PvE viability. This spring, when starting with the game, I rolled a mesmer, excited by the "tons of unique parts" part of your guide, only to realize in a few weeks that mesmers have lackluster damage and not that essential utility in PvE. Rerolling to a warrior and then running a thief made be realize how strong and exciting can a meta choice be.

[–]Exa102 5ポイント6ポイント  (2子コメント)

Mesmer is solid PvE class, while it will loose to ele in terms of raw damge, but mesmer with 3 phantasm has surprisingly high dps output for long duration. And mesmer has access arguably to best reflects, and that updated timewarp is really good.

[–]new_thief 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I used to play mesmer before the patch, and at that point it was less viable definitely. Also, in comparison with warrior or thief (my only other lvl80 characters), the damage takes quite a while to ramp up, which feels suboptimal at least on trash. I can't say that I know a lot about mesmer, but I definitely felt how powerful warrior was immediately after switching to it, something that I didn't have mesmer after playing it for a few weeks. Maybe that's just me though.

[–]SnickyMcNibitsGuide Writer[FA] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Exactly. I don't think that there's any classes that are 'bad' at any given game type (including necromancers, :P) but playing a class that doesn't suit your style will hurt your performance.

[–]SC2GGRise 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

Damn... I just picked a necro, bad choice?

[–]SnickyMcNibitsGuide Writer[FA] 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Necros are plenty fine, just ignore all the whiners on the forums.

With the recent trait update they lost a good amount of raw condition damage output, but they maintain their 'attrition' style gaemplay just fine. There's no such thing as a squishy necromancer so while you might not have as much damage as some other condition builds you can also stay in the fight a lot longer than others. Condition Necromancers also have a lot of control capability with Fear, boon stripping and constant CC.

[–]SC2GGRise 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yeah I'm going to keep going. I like the play style so far, so no reason to change in my mind. Feels strong at level 10 anyway :)

[–]NosfvelRevelation 12:7 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

If you're not min/maxing, definitely choose based on playstyle/theme. I play necro for the theme myself.

[–]rym1469Natchniony -2ポイント-1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Shelving professions into easy/medium/hard to play doesn't indicate a well-written guide, though. Seems like the selection was done based on how many buttons you have to keybind and the guide is written from PvE perspective.

Just to point out.

[–]SnickyMcNibitsGuide Writer[FA] 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

I will be rewording that bit to reflect learning curve rather than complexity. And the guide is most definitely written with all 3 game modes in mind.

[–]PoombyBear 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I hope you update it after HoT drops, it helped me out a lot when I started playing last January.

[–]Lord_of_the_OJ -5ポイント-4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Elementalist Hard to play, Low Durability

Oh, wait. You are serious? Let me laugh even harder.

[–]AmadanBright De Light 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yes, serious. Elementalist's defenses are all active defenses. Unless you know it inside and out, Elementalist is absolutely the squishiest profession in the game - especially coupled with the fact that the preferred armour in PvE is zerker. Additionally, you have to learn to juggle double or triple the number of skills on a build than with some other classes. In PvE PvP, sure, cele d/d is a beast if played correctly, but you might have not noticed that this is a "new player resource" - it will take way more play for a new player to master d/d cele, than, say, bunker Guardian, with its heavy armour, passive Virtues and low number of different skills.

EDIT: Typo

[–]eggpie.7340 Welcome New Players! Feel free to message me![M] 15ポイント16ポイント  (0子コメント)

If anyone's looking to ask some gameplay related questions, I'll be in game in Caledon Forest, the Sylvari starting area, for the next couple of hours as Lavastin. I'd be more than happy to show you around a few things - see you there! :D

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[–]Evici 19ポイント20ポイント  (2子コメント)

I'd suggest new players check out http://gw2intro101.tumblr.com/ for easy to understand visual explanations on various GW2 topics, such as combo fields and defiance.

[–]GargoameGargoame.5380 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thanks! Was getting 40-50KB/s now getting 4-5MB/S!

[–]Gandarelmetabattle.com PvP mod 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

It could use some updates though - defiance is now a bit different, and burning now stacks intensity.

[–]OKarizee 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

We are getting lots of posts about launcher conflict issues, can you include something to inform new players what it could be and how to fix it?

Many times launcher conflict issues can caused be 3rd party programs such as Sweetfx, Reshade, or Nvidia GeForce Experience. Here's the self help guide if you are having issues:
https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/93290408-Problems-Downloading-or-Patching
But if you can't find your fix there, submit a support request (upper right) and they will help you find the culprit.

[–]qZeta 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Servers

I know, you're probably from NA, so that doesn't affect you, but on EU servers, there are language specific servers, like "Abbadon's Mouth [DE]" and "Vizunah Square [FR]". The megaserver could probably confuse new players. "I've chosen 'Baruch Bay [ES]', why are there Germans on my server?".

Maybe you could add something about that? Here's an modified version of my old overflow post, feel free to use it:

However, note that you're playing on what's called a "megaserver".

What's a megaserver?

Whenever you try to join a map such as Queensdale or Divinity's Reach, the Guild Wars 2 Network will try to locate you to an instance of that map that (probably) fits you most. The instances aren't locked to your world (server) and can get full. Therefore, you can end up on a region where most people aren't from your server, friend list, guild, or maybe don't even speak your language.

So keep in mind that although you've chosen your world, it's only important for WvW. Other than that, you're always playing with people from your region, and therefore possibly with people from other servers and therefore other languages.

Edit: Typo. Some day, I will finally learn how to spell "chosen".

[–]TheChoya 2ポイント3ポイント  (10子コメント)

I've been getting this error every time I start the downloader. I'm on campus internet, which blocks peer to peer, so I suppose that might be the issue. Is there any way to download it without P2P, or to fix this issue if it's caused by something else?

[–]RandommUser(✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ Sylvari IRL[S] 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/38813526-Common-Error-Codes

check if all ports required are allowed in the network

[–]Archomeda 3ポイント4ポイント  (3子コメント)

GW2 doesn't use P2P. Instead it uses a CDN.

Try to see if you are able to ping to assetcdn.101.arenanetworks.com. If you can't, your best bet is to contact support.

[–]TheChoya 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yeah, I can ping it just fine. By the way, it downloads about 9000kb, disappears, immediately reappears, then goes to the error message about a half second later.

[–]Archomeda 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's odd. As far as I'm aware, the client only downloads from this asset CDN. Basically, the clients downloads a couple of "pre-patches". These are most likely a new client version or an updated list of game files. After that, it reboots and should go into the login screen and start downloading the game.

It's possible that connecting to a certain CDN server partly fails. Try to see if a different asset CDN server works. This forum thread explains how you can do that and it also gives you a bunch of IP addresses that you can try. This website also gives some asset servers, but this list is far from complete.

[–]AAParker94Asura = Best Skill Animations 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

You might have better luck going to the forums with this problem or contacting customer support. Not that someone here can't help you, but you'll be asking the question to a larger audience.

[–]TheChoya 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

I think I read somewhere that free players don't get forum access, so I'm not sure I can do that.

[–]AAParker94Asura = Best Skill Animations 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

That seems odd but you've made an account, so you still have access to tech support, surely. Haha

[–]HapgamMarhyr 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

My friend is also getting the same error actually. Support was unable to figure out why either.

[–]RautiaGandara 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Are you using IP blockers like Peerblock? I turn mine off whenever I play GW2.

[–]Hellriser77 3ポイント4ポイント  (10子コメント)

Quick question, I've been playing the game for about an hour or so after the free to play announcement. I have never played an mmo before so i picked the elementalist because it sounded cool. After reading the class description thing in this thread, it sounds like I picked the hardest class to get good at and enjoy, is it worth starting over with a different class?

[–]Fishydeals 5ポイント6ポイント  (2子コメント)

I did the same and started over with warrior. Elementalist really is a hard class, but can be amazingly powerful in offense and supporting. Playing solo with an elementalist is really hard if you compare it to classes like warrior or thief. Back to your question: Yes, start over with warrior. It's the easiest class IMO and perfect for solo PvE. My elementalist is still about lvl 28 right now while I have a lvl 80 warrior with some ascended gear and a lvl 80 thief with cool weapon skins for pvp. Have fun and please keep the community as friendly as it was before GW went free to play.

[–]Hellriser77 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I for sure will do my best to keep this community as fun and friendly as it was before, I'm a pretty chill dude. And thank you for the advice! I'm thinking I'll start over but keep the elementalist for later to come back to once I'm more used to mmos

[–]600162374288 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Have fun and please keep the community as friendly as it was before GW went free to play.

You know it wont...

[–]tinnicTinni C 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

Hi, elementalist is hard because of how "squishy" it is. But lot of people have started with that class and thrived! Only thing to remember is that you can't stand and take a beat down and so have to constantly keep moving and dodging. If anything, elementalist will teach you the game quicker. Also what makes them "hard" is the "attunement dance". That's how you cycle between fire, water, air and earth constantly by pressing F1 to F4. That can bit a bit much but still doable. My suggestion is that you play a bit as an Elementalist and see how you feel. If you feel you are dying too much or just becoming overwhelmed, you can switch to a simpler class like warrior. But don't delete your elementalist. It's a cool and popular class and very fun to play!

[–]Hellriser77 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thanks! I think I'll keep the guy around but for the moment switch to ranger until I can pick the game up and understand more about it (never played an mmo before) its definitely satisfying as hell to use the elementalist but if its not the best class for a newbie to the genre I'll come back to it later

[–]Stragolore 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

The four easiest profession's are Guardian, Warrior, Ranger and Necromancer. So you can switch to one of those if you would like.

In terms of playing the game, make sure you keep moving. If you are standing still you are most likely going to die. The dodge key is V. If you see an enemy charging an attack (there is normally a yellowish spark effect around an enemy) get back or out the way. Use your dodge.

What weapon are you using? Your first five skills are determined by your weapon and if you are still using your dagger you get from the first instance I would suggest switching to a sceptre. Dagger for elementalist is a high damage, highly mobile melee weapon which is only really useable at level 80.

The sceptre is a mid range weapon. It is designed to keep you at range from an enemy. Also water skill 3, Water Trident, is a nice little heal if you aim at yourself to keep your health up while your healing skill is on recharge.

[–]Anthrozil7[Att] [Cry] [EVOS] 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Everyone says Guardian is easy to play, but they mean easy in open world content. Guardians are actually quite difficult to play well in a dungeon setting. A lot is riding on you.

[–]Hellriser77 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

I picked up a sceptre and am using that atm, and tbh I'm having a lot of fun with the elementalist right now, using the fire tooth ability is a lot of fun but if its going to make things hard on me in the future, especially for my first mmo ever, I think I'm going to switch to a ranger. Thank you for the advice!

[–]Stragolore 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's fully up to you of course. Try all the profession's. You may find an unlikely favourite. Also the race affects the feel of a profession as well. I used to have an Asura Mesmer that I could not get the hang of. I switched to Sylvari Mesmer and instantly found it a lot better.

[–]Stragolore 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Also if you are going to switch to ranger you need to understand that the pet is not there to be a tank. The pet is an extension of your damage and provides the ranger with additional utility. Every pet has a different F2 skill.

[–]soostronk 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Those minimum specs are VERY low. I have an i5 quad core with 8gig ram and GT520 and I am running 10-15fps in new areas with all 4 of my CPU's running at 100%.

[–]notFREEfood 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

my laptop isn't much better than the minimum specs (core2duo 2.4 ghz, 9650m gt, 4 gigs ram) and it performs as well as your computer in those areas.

might want to check on your drivers or something else

[–]soostronk 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Already tried everything I can :)

[–]Stacy_Xoooh shiny 0ポイント1ポイント  (6子コメント)

Having the game on SSD is also highly recommended

What's SSD?

[–]AnubArackDiana (Ethereal/Kuunavang) 4ポイント5ポイント  (5子コメント)

Solid State Drive. The fast flash-based storage ones ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive

[–]Stacy_Xoooh shiny 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

I have a 2 TB Seagate Backup Plus Drive - is that considered a Solid State Drive?

If so, and I move my game to that drive - would it slow my game down to load it from there as opposed to my PC's drive? This post says that it's recommended - but when I open stuff up from that drive it seams to take longer. I've not tried putting an MMO on there though.

Thanks in advance for helping me with these questions. :)

[–]Scars641 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

No that is just a basic external hdd and is probably being throttled through a usb 2.0 cable. Putting an mmo or any game on it would be a terrible idea unless you are just transferring the files to another computer. SSDs are smaller in storage space unless you want to pay a fortune, usually 128g or 256.

[–]Stacy_Xoooh shiny -1ポイント0ポイント  (2子コメント)

Oh ok. I'll look into getting a SSD then. I really have long load times on each map (I usually have time to go get a cup of coffee while waiting for LA to load and come back still waiting for it to load) and if getting a SSD will help on that, that would be great.

Thank you for the help. :)

[–]AnubArackDiana (Ethereal/Kuunavang) 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yes, investing in an SSD does wonders for games and GW2 especially. I just did an LA load straight after opening the PC and it took 20 seconds on max details.

[–]Stacy_Xoooh shiny -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Dang!~ NICE! I've been looking into it since this post but wow, I wish they weren't so expensive.

[–]rym1469Natchniony 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

You could possibly include some list of most useful sites, YouTube GW2 content creators and streamers in another sticky thread.

[–]snapmeJARLYARL 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Is is possible for a EU player to play on the NA server? im currently downloading the game and would like to play with pals from the usa but it says my region is eu and doesnt seem to be a way to change it?

[–]RandommUser(✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ Sylvari IRL[S] -1ポイント0ポイント  (1子コメント)

You can choose EU and NA servers when picking your home server

[–]snapmeJARLYARL 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

thank you my good man :)

[–]XechStMicah Saint [Cmaj] 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

I've been looking at laptops for GW2 to use when I'm not at hone with my PC and curious if anyone has good suggestions for laptop gpus. The GPU the seems to appear a lot is the GTX 820m. Anyone fancy helping a brother out?

[–]domericano 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Don't under any circumstances go for a 820m. It's complete garbage and even if you get an i7 to accompany it you will still have crap fps. gpu's like that are little more than a marketing stunt. 570m/670m is the bare minimum for gaming in my book. Those two give you about the same performance as a R7 250 / 550 Ti, so still not really anything to write home about in any way. Better would be 680m/780m which is comparable to a GTX 660 / R7 265.

[–]Sweet_Moonsugarstuff Stuff STUFF! 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I have an Asus ROG750 (2 years old or so) with a haswell i7 and gtx770m, runs pretty smoothly on high-ultra settings, even in huge WvW encounters. Its a nice laptop, maybe a bit overpriced.

[–]BrainKatana 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Any of the recent Alienware laptops will run the game at medium to high settings with decent performance. Dell does deals on them every month or so. Back in the day I got a M11x (the 11 inch model, unavailable now) for like 700, and even it ran a solid 30+FPS unless things got nutty in WvW.

Also, look for higher end CPUs, like i5 or i7. They matter a bit more than your GPU when it comes to running GW2 smoothly.

[–]XechStMicah Saint [Cmaj] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah, there's a catalogue in my area that allows you to pay off purchases weekly, many featuring i5 and i7 CPUs and a heavy dose of RAM, so I've been keeping an eye on that. Cheers for the feedback!

[–]nakedpeanuts 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

i want to ask whats the client file size of GW2?

and is there a torrent mirror cause i have a low bandwidth and need to pause the downloader

[–]qZeta 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

i want to ask whats the client file size of GW2?

About 25 GByte on-disk, not so sure about the download (given the nature of the files, probably at least 22GB). You need to download at least a third of all files to play the game. The rest can be downloaded on-demand (or even streamed in background). However, if you have a really low bandwidth download, you probably want to get a physical copy of the Gw2.dat.

The Australian GW2 community has been known for doing that. Maybe someone in your Country can send you a bunch of DVDs with a split Gw2.dat, if your bandwidth is really crappy (not meant as an insult; a friend of mine needed 4 days for his PayDay2 update, and I remember what it's like to have low bandwith).

and is there a torrent mirror cause i have a low bandwidth and need to pause the downloader

You can exit the launcher to "pause" the download, and simply start it again. It doesn't delete the already downloaded files.

[–]nakedpeanuts 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thanks

il go with thw launcher i thought theres no pause haha but it takes me more thn a week to DL evertyhing

[–]RizenDukRisen.1360 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The file size is quite large and grows as more patches are released. It's currently at 21gb I believe. The plus is that you can download a certain amount of the game and it'll become Playable, which means u can play as it downloads the rest of the game.

[–]ev00lution 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

The game showed me some tips in a small window when i started, i closed it be clicking the (x) in the corner, can i turn these back on?

[–]EdenFlorenceIsle of Janthir 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Sadly no. If you start a new character it will pop up again though :)

[–]MrManicMarty 0ポイント1ポイント  (6子コメント)

Hey, thanks for this - just started playing and it's pretty fun. Thing is, I'm the kind of guy who likes one of everything, so I'd love to try out all the classes and find out which one I like the best, but I only have 2 character slots - I don't want to shell out any money when I've just started playing, but how much do character slots actually cost? Says that it costs gems in the character select screen, but I have no idea what those are...

[–]RandommUser(✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ Sylvari IRL[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

they are the premium currency used to buy stuff from the gemstore. You can buy 800, which is the cost of a character slot, for 10$/€ or you can trade your gold to gems

[–]MrManicMarty 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

How much gold? I'm guessing a load, more than a newbie will make in a while...

[–]AmadanBright De Light 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah, it's a lot of gold for a newbie. To make the best use of your two slots without having to upgrade to HoT, use one slot as a guinea pig: make a new character, then enter PvP lobby; you will be instaleveled to 80. Choose your PvP equipment my clicking the helmet icon, middle of the top of the screen (Berserker amulet is usually a safe bet); then try out your skills against the practice dummy golems there. When you feel you got the idea about the class, delete the character and make the next profession.

[–]EdenFlorenceIsle of Janthir 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Keep in mind if you are a F2P (free to play) account, gold > gem conversion is disabled. In order to access this feature you will need to purchase the game.

[–]RandommUser(✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ Sylvari IRL[S] -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

depends on the exchange rates

[–]FracOMacFracOMac.3647 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Your slot cost question was already answered, but I'd also like to mention that paid accounts come with 5 character slots. So thats 3 less slots to buy if you want all classes.

[–]ArtGamer 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

i have a question

does it worth buying equipment with karma? i have done some low level quests and i have 800 karma but i don't know if it's better spent it or save it for later

[–]Zherros[FluX] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

You will find that at some point the karma will just pile up and won't have any uses. I think using it to buy leveling gear is a perfect way to spend it. I'm still sitting on 1.6million of it.

[–]pleasesir1more 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Is this gameing going to be a one time buy ( HoT) and youre good to go? Or will this game run on a subscription basis?

[–]Katreyn 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Theres no sub fee. All the Guild Wars series ever required was to buy the game itself. No monthly fees, etc. Of course you can buy things off the gem store with real money. But nothing is really necessary to enjoy the game.

If you buy the expansion then you don't have any of the free account restrictions and are just like every other player.

[–]thomseximus 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I can't log in, whenever I enter my password it just gives me this message: "Guild Wars 2 has encountered an error...

Connection failed. Please try again.

Build: 52476 Error Code: 1076:4:5:2304"

I've tried to reset my password, and I use my email address as my account name. I can log perfectly fine into arenanet with it, why can't I get into the game?

[–]RandommUser(✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ Sylvari IRL[S] -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Error is not with your login input, the game cant connect to the server

[–]DeltaDarkwood 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Could you add to the "servers" section that Piken Square is the unofficial EU RP server and Tarnished Coast the unofficial NA RP server?

[–]RandommUser(✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ Sylvari IRL[S] -1ポイント0ポイント  (1子コメント)

but those are not that valid anymore due to the megaservers

[–]DeltaDarkwood 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

They are because you will be instanced first with others of the server you pick. RP hotspots are still filled with Piken Roleplayers but you won't see them if you pick another server (unless you are very lucky).

[–]DaenerysTargaryen69 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I see that Mastery is only for the people who bought the Thorns expansion. They aren't referring to the WVW mastery I hope?

[–]icito 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Can someone explain?

Starter maps only until character reaches level 10.

I kinda dont get it.

[–]diction203 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Is Radeon 5570 good enough to run this? I have 8gb of ram (1gb video ram I think).

[–]Tacticalrainboom 0ポイント1ポイント  (9子コメント)

The tech specs for GW2 are highly misleading.

No way will you run this thing with an i3 and Intel HD. My i5 gets 20 fps when I'm inside a refrigerator.

[–]mooreman27warning: noob 1ポイント2ポイント  (4子コメント)

Can anyone back up this statement, would prefer not to invest the time it takes to download this game if I can't run it at above 15 fps on my craptop

[–]dat3nshiTarnished Coast[🍰] 8ポイント9ポイント  (2子コメント)

If you are willing to run at low graphics settings, this game will pretty much run on anything. I used to play on a bargain bin laptop with a Celeron and integrated graphics. If you want the bells and whistles, though, at higher graphics levels this game is more demanding than many out there.

[–]mooreman27warning: noob 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Much appreciated, can't wait to get started now I know I can play the thing, just wish they made it f2p at the start of the summer.

[–]BlackfishBluesI have no idea what I'm doing 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah, I was able to play on my shitty four year-old work laptop for the week or so that my PC was in for repair. It won't look as pretty, but it's entirely playable.

[–]imheretocommentAurora Glade 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Eh, I disagree. I played for 6 months with my i5 and integrated gfx and the game looked like crap but ran reasonably well in low to mildly populated areas. Don't expect to be zerging in wvw with payable framerates but everything else should be good.

[–]AwesomeBrainPowers 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The Intel integrated graphics are certainly inadequate, but I run GW2 on an i3-4370 and get upwards of 90 fps in solo PVE (highest settings) and 50ish for things like Frozen Maw (mid settings, no shadows).

[–]ihaveabuGW2: Horde Mode 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

I get 30 fps at low rez low quality on a Surface 3. Not Surface Pro 3, Surface 3...

[–]imheretocommentAurora Glade 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I used to play on i5 with integrated gfx and the game was certainly. Sure it look a little shit but it was in no way unplayable.