One small thing to consider when choosing a race is that there are cultural armors only wearable by that race. So if you fancy the ninja underboob human top for your thief don’t pick norn. That’s just the most iconic cultural armor I can think of but same goes for all. We all know fashion is the REAL endgame
A good point but not worth worrying about too much, there are hundreds of armor skins now so you can definitely make something you like without a cultural piece if you lock yourself out of a good one
As someone who just got their first gaming PC and deciding to play Guild Wars 2 for the first time really appreciate the in-depth explanation of everything. Great video
Big note: Toughness is what generates aggression in GW2. If you're not specifically building a tank, too much toughness is detrimental (focus vitality for survivability instead). Unless gearing a tank, or for WvW, 3 toughness pieces is typically the most you should have
That's interesting 🤔 I don't mind b/c I'm playing a firebrand anyway (with celestial and viper/trailblazer gear), but everyone just says tank and aggro mechanics don't exist lol.
What I did years ago when I started playing,( when the game first came out), was that I listened to virtually everyone . Since this is the one and only game that I invest my time and money, they told me to never buy armor, dont use the runes, and sigils, to wait until Im lvl 40 before I do any of that. I didnt listen. I tried the runes, and the sigils, because I wanted to see how they affected my character. Didnt go hog wild, but I did get the feel, and how they actually work. I think its good to try them out, so you know what they do, and how you can build your character. Always open you BLT chests, even though some people say there is just garbage in them. I lucked out and found a infinite pick in one. Also, slowly invest in infinite harvesting tools that add to your currency. Buy one set, and pass to your other characters through the shared inventory. BTW, awesome stuff.👍👍👍
Something to note on picking the race is to also think of which voice acting you like the most. I cannot tell you how important this becomes once you get to the later expansions as some voices don't sync with your own feelings. For example, I made a human necro, and after getting it all geared to mostly ascended gear, I made a asuran engineer for kicks and giggles. Now I am serious debating switching mains because it turns out, the asura male voice acting fits me perfectly. But I cannot decide because I put in so much time into the necro already.
I mean to be sure that does affect the experience especially the voice acting. Personally I laugh because asura I find hilarious but charr always sounded gruff
@@CaffeinatedDad that's true. The voice octave for asuran is a bit on the high side. However, asuran speaks like such a smart ass and I love it! Haha I like the Charr's voice too, but not the look. There's just no winning here, unless ANet lets us pick voices. Hehehe
Seasoned vet here, the only thing I'd really like to add that the video didn't emphasize is that the game will not tell you what to do or where to go! This is a game where you have to figure things out for yourself, and choose what you want to do within it! A lot of new players often reach max level and get stuck because they don't know what to do next. That's the beauty of it: you get to choose that for yourself! So don't expect the game to handhold you through it, don't worry about screwing it up (you literally can't screw up, everything important can be changed out of combat), and just get out there and do stuff! Oh, and welcome to Guild Wars 2!
These videos are great and i'm still learning. I've been bumbling my way through mostly following the personal story line solo as a necromancer and am already at level 60. I have a few challenging things im still trying to figure out that are basic: 1) Finding quest targets on the map involves a lot of scrolling and zooming and sometimes the marker is just a place where you have to go to go through a portal which is confusing 2) Even at level 60 I still dont have a good feel for what im doing with my build/weapons etc. Hasnt clicked at all. I've looked at a bunch of builds and watched some videos but most of the builds are end game/maxed out which dont help you with the process to get there or what to focus on. This game, unlike all MMOs before it, does not hand out better gear much and is also not super generous on currency (the multiple currencies are another oddity). 3) The inventory space management isn't bad but the icons arent very differentiated to me so its a lot of clicking around 4) While I've been getting through the fights, I just kind of mash buttons when the cooldowns are down and hit heal when I need it. I dont feel like I have much of a strategy there either. 5) As a dad gamer (and a lot older), its hard to find solid uninterrupted time for raids/pvp etc so i'm mostly a PVE/solo player (yeah I know this is Guild Wars 😜).
Hey thanks for your comment! Yes locating the story instances are especially annoying as they will only highlight the nearest entrance to a zone that will lead you to the marker. Typically leveling gear and builds are less important until endgame and as such many builds focus on the aspect first. The core tyria and its story don't provide much of a challenge tbh save for a few story missions so don't worry about that quite yet. Enjoy the experience and explorations in my opinion! You definitely will be clicking around slot in this game with all the different items. My suggestion is to use the search bar in your inventory tab to find things!
I started playing a week ago. To me I feel like I have no real goal, randomly following hearts and doing the main quest(which is not really interesting to me, at least now). I hope things get better and I find the "end game" that fits me.
@@drfreeman1721 Well I am here. I didn't mention it, but GW2 is my last hope playing a MMO. I played ESO, FFXIV and other online ARPGs like POE. I came to a conclusion that GW2 is the game I always wanted. However as a newbie now, I have no idea how to approach it. I did buy all the expansions this sale, got the recommended items from the gem store such as copper salvage-o-matic, volatile set of infinite gathering tools, material expansion slots and got HOT and POF deluxe upgrades because is seems like it is a nice deal. For now I am a level 40 norn necromancer, did the wintersday festival activities and completed couple maps with quests. I am just not sure what is good and what is not worth it, what to do with different items and currencies, many NPCs and game mechanics that I have no clue what's the point of them and most important, whether I should invest my time doing this or that. Mounts are surely one of the strongest features in GW2, even though I just experienced the raptor.
@@VladiatorXIt's not your typical mmo where the endgame is mostly raids, or pvp, the endgame starts from the beginning, its not about having highest ilvl gear with best stats in game, you create your own endgame what to do, for example unlocking all maps 100%, crafting, doing meta events, for people gw2 doesn't click because in traditional mmo games endgame is always same progress your gear to best ilvl, its not the case here, create your own goals in game.
As always , a solid video from one dad to another. I see UA-cam blessing your channel this year. Keep up the solid content sir, not many growing GW2 UA-cam channels !
Dungeons imho are highly underrated content. Even if you don't like it, I recommend doing them especially if aim for playing healing builts since dungeon exploration mode gives some currency to buy runes of the monk from the dungeon vendor. This rune is mostly used for healing builts. But dungeons as I said are great content with unique bosses and so on. And you're rewardes with nice cosmetic armors (and the Rune of the monk 😂). For everyone reaching lvl80 my tip is: focus on 1-3 projects (at max 3) and work towards those projects. GW2 has so many things to do and a lot of things are grindy and hard work. If you don't focus on a few things you'll probably never accomplish the projects and reach your goal. Just because there is an overwhelming amount of things to do. Great video btw. I feel like this might be one of the most beginner friendly introduction video I've seen so far. Cheers
I just started playing this week and Engineer does have acces to 2 weapon sets you just can't switch them mid combat. Thanks for explaining this game, makes it a little more manageable ;)
Ive owned guild wars 2 a while and have hardly played it. I may have to go ahead and give it a shot. Ill steer clear of Raids or group stuff because I lack any form of recognizable coordination for group gaming especially on a keyboard. ill hit every wrong key so consistently that I may as well not be in group at all lol.
A note about expansions: -Heart of Thorns (first expac) is included with Path of Fire (second) for free. -5th expac just dropped but this video remains heckin valid
Brand new player here. Yesterday, I reached the Heart of Thorns area. At the starting point of the map, there was an event. I had no idea what to do and followed a player with a blue marker who seemed to know what they were doing. In the chat, I saw another random player calling for a vote to kick me! I wasn't even in any group :D I need this guy to calm down. Now I've lost all my confidence and I'm back to exploring the base game xD I watched this video to figure out what I did wrong, but apparently itseems it just wasn't the other player's day :D a very good and helpful video!
I just started GW2 as a Ranger, really enjoying it so far. Feel a bit overwhelmed though lol. I have to collect all the map icons or I might get struck by lightning or something lol.
For new players that might be confused as I was when I first started, Followers are people that added u on your friendlist but you haven't accepted them yet, if you send them a friend request they'll stop being a follower and go to your friends tab.
As a current new player there is certainly a "am I doing it right " paralysis. I have only played a few sessions and suddenly i am lvl 45. Do i have good gear? How do i get good gear? Am i using my skills well? Which utility skills should i select. Crafting? Salvaging? Dungeons? Just so much information and its hard to know what is important to learn first.
I am in the same situation as you are and from my understanding, GW2 is different from other MMO’s as in it doesn’t take you by the hand and tells you wich way to go. Simply do what you you enjoy doing and you’ll get there eventually. Try different weapons, different skills, different areas, etc. There’s no real guideline to follow. At least that’s what I’m assuming.
I would like to do crafting but gold is the issue at the moment dont have enough is it better to do crafting at lv 80 or until level 80?@@CaffeinatedDad
Thanks for the Breakdown. I am about to rejoin the journey again after several years off from playing. Hope you are continually going to drop content to help an inexperience player learn more of the game.
what i miss: Speaking of Mount Skins but not speaking about colouring your mounts? In other games you pay for a different colour of a skin while you get millions of combinations for free in GW2. Guild Halling: While other games have Housing Guild Wars 2 has Guild Halling where a guild can decorate a complete map instance to their liking up to a point it is a completely differentexperience. There are selfmade Jumpingpuzzle and even Rollerbeetle race tracks with a comunity that holds tournaments. Also Festival Events in Guild Wars 2 are exceptional in the mmo genre. The super adventure Box for april fools day, Lunar new year, wintersday, Dragon Bash Festival, Halloween each of them offer lots of content to explore unique rewards and so on. Mini games finally are often overlooked but the game actually hosts quite a few fun minigames like Keg Brawl or all the festival minigames to be engaged in not as popular like in the past but stil good for a round or 2 if you feel like it.
Never knew there were training videos. Am on my 4th reroll of Ranger. Seeing all these training videos. Made so many mistakes. Never used that boost. Though cannot access the wizard vault until 80. 40 more levels to go.
Also keep in mind, that for some reason, the game looks way better when you actually play it than it looks on youtube and screenshots, idk why, but that's how it is
I think it's because the game has this texture to a lot of it that looks like paint brush strokes, or water color. Which looks really cool if you're directly immersed, but makes the graphics look muddy on streams
I liked your 2023-video a bit better and not so hasty. Esp. the class-part was more neutral and not so hm...+absolute+. But still thanks for the new video.
Yayyy now I got something to day drink to!(I'm on vacation , don't judge me) If I'm a brand new GW2 player at lvl 57 and I decide to pop a lvl 80 booster how much more does the game have to throw at me? Is that close enough to pop it without missing much?
Hahaha let's go! Honestly at that point I'd say don't use your boost and level the traditional way. It really helps out when you want to get a character to max quickly!
I'm getting back to my GW2 account after six years. My RL friends and I have been playing LOTRO for long over a decade. However, we can't all play and level at the same rates. It's dang near impossible for us to do all the same quest(s) together because of the extensive pre-requisite sequences. Is GW2 more forgiving in that way? Moreover, in LOTRO, the PvE is either ridiculously easy (open-world grinding) or insanely hard with insta-wipes unless you have super uber gear. I may be able to sell my buds on this game if in general, such as with zone scaling, foes might fight at the group average level or something? Does the game NPCs offer quests to a wide variety of levels, without as much quest line prerequisites? Does it have group-based content for 3-4 player groups to have a challenge? I'd welcome your thoughts or those of any other player who has played both games.
I am just a new player who bought the game's expansion bundles this winter sale from steam. Though as much as I want to immerse myself to this game, I always got so overwhelmed by the ten years worth of convoluted content. Luckily you have videos like this to guide you to better enjoy the experience. Well I guess this is the only disadvantage of playing late in the game, though it is always better to be late than never 😊 I chose Revenant by the way, do you think it's good for beginners and mostly solo? I am also thinking of going Ranger or Elementalist.
I seriously need help with my inventory. I'm so overwhelmed not knowing if things are worth saving for the AH or if I should just salvage everything. Coming from WoW, I knew what things to save or sell on the AH for transmog or expansion mats/items, vs. vendoring, but I'm so noob on GW2 that I have no idea and I keep running out of space. I can't even play with my bestie right now on my character because I have so much stuff and I'm like scared I'll salvage something I should sell on the AH or vice versa. Ughhhhh
What eventually helped me was clustering the random bits together and then seeing what i wanted to keep. I don't know a lot about it, but some basic info that helped: Trophies tend to be junk left over from quests/events and can usually be safely tossed/sold. Anything that says "this item only has value as part of a collection," are achievement or farming items you can look up to see if you even want what it gives you. For gear/gems/etc, the rare ones have an orange name (or pink for Ascended, which is Very Rare). Anything lesser than that you can break down for crafting materials or sell it if you're not using it. Idk I unlocked a few extra bank slots to keep recipes and collection items that I don't want to deal with yet. 😅 Edit: you can also right-click and select to unlock the skin of weapons/gear that you can't equip on your current character. This binds it to you, but tbh I feel breaking them down after for materials is more valuable than selling on the market board anyway.
Click the button to deposit materials because those then don’t take up space and go into there own little thing and you can have them to craft with later ,they all cap at 250 per item. Other than that go to merchants and hit the button that says sell junk. Then just sort through the rest and see if it’s something better you need to throw on if if it’s an item already replaced that you can just sell. You can also go and just sell right away on the trading post as well with most things and get more than what you would at a vendor. Most things you don’t need to save because you can buy good enough gear from the trading post later if you need upgraded gear for a new level.
Trying guild was 2, as of this comment I am level 4 and have skipped most messages the game has thrown at me (probably a bad idea). So far, I am not fully enveloped into the game yet, I am still curious enough to log in once a day to learn something new and gain a level. I gotta say, my only dislike about the game so far, is the UI, it feels very dated, even compared to other games that came out around the same time. I'm gonna keep investing bits of time hoping that the deeper I get the longer my stretches of time in the game get.
damn just started playing yesterday, this came out at a great time!, say what should i buy with 4k gems I grabbed the complete pack for $50 and solo ult for $75 so everything is unlocked but i'm fresh with no unlocks in the gem store. what would you recommend to make the game very enjoyable?
If you already have the living world seasons there are some good quality of life items in the gem store. If you think you’ll fill your character slots more is always nice. The copper fed and silver fed salvage o matics and runecrafters will prevent the need to keep going to merchants to salvage drops. They have a small fee per use and each is better used for different gear for maximum profit Bank expansions are good quality of life. Another quality of life improvement are the unbreakable tools reducing the need to go back to merchants.
How do you recommend to move around and use attack hotkeys at the same time? Do you stretch your fingers to the hotkeys while moving, or click the action bar while moving so you don't have to take your fingers off of the WASD keys? Thanks.
I would honestly love to get into this game. It seems cool. It's just the fucking sign in process. I tried signing up for an account, just to be met with bs. Apparently, my account got created, but something was invalid?? I wasn't sure, so I reset my password to see if my account exists. Maybe this was a mistake, but they accepted the account I put into the password reset prompt. Now, it's saying that I can't go into my account. It knows my IP, so any device related to my PC has no access in creating an account. I would either have to 1, ask someone outside of my house to create an account for me and give me the password they choose, or 2, uninstall the game entirely and install it through Steam. I chose the 2nd option, and now I have to wait hours for a game that I could have already been playing... Not looking forward to the game atm... By the way, if you're wondering why I don't ask for customer support. I need to be in my account to be able to talk to a human being. I cannot be in my account because every time I try sign in it says my account is not authorized or something. If there's a fix, can someone please tell me. I want to know how these systems work so I can avoid making this type of mistake in the future.
I'm looking to play this for it's lore. Am I able to start at the very beginning and learn of the story that GW2 offers from when it first released? I haven't played Guild Wars since Guild Wars 1, I was there when it first came out back in 2005 and played everything that it had to offer including all DLCs. One of my favourite experiences.
Hi, new player here! I appeciate the concise info here, however, I see a specific mentality here which I don't particularly appreciate in MMO. Its this idea of "Max level of where the game begins" - I have a great time in the early levels and exploring content at low levels and this game seems super alt friendly with branching stories. And you have super high exp returns with the Adventure Path thingie on the top right corner which you don't even mention. You kind of make it sound (and tbf, this isn't unique to you, its a lot of MMOs and their players) like everything below 80 is just some busywork keeping you off the real game. I don't think that's true, I'm level 21 on the free trial now, and I'm having a great time doing that content. Something you could have mentioned is how drastically different group content works in PVE for example - like, this game doesn't do dungeons like WoW or FFXIV where you queue for some dungeons every few levels in the expansion, its so cool actually.
yo great videos as always best content to the point, with humor and everything great! But I can't understand for the life of me, we get the traits right? and we train with hero points. So that means I get all the benefits I train for right? SO WTF DOES BUILD have to do with anything? I choose 3 of my traits and specs and then choose from them too which skills I use? and lose all the other traits? what is the point of giving hero points to train each and every one then?
So in each column you can only choose one of those three, the other two are simply inactive. So when builds come out it focuses on what choices you made ethere, the actual traitlines, and then gear really! It's mildly frustrating to be sure
@@CaffeinatedDad ty for taking time respond to me. really appreciate it and love your work for real. informative and funny af. i still dont get it tho but thanks anyway. To my mind 1 of 2 things makes sense. 1 Only get the traits as you go. 2 Only have the build and choose as you go. Together they defeat each other's puprose?
@@CaffeinatedDad 1 ty for taking time respond to me. really appreciate it and love your work for real. informative and funny af. I still dont get it tho but thanks anyway. To my mind 1 of 2 things makes sense. 1 Only get the traits as you go. 2 Only have the build and choose as you go. Together they defeat each other's puprose?!! Example on me ok, I have a Thief. My traits in the training tab are: Signets, Preperation, Trick, Venom, Deception, Deadly Arts, Critical Strikes, Acrobatics, Shadow Arts, Trickery. And I have points in all of them. In my BUILD tab I get to choose only 3! Why? And from those 3 I have to choose again a path!!! WHY?? DON'T I ALREADY have all the traits!!? So I have Shadow Arts, Deadly Arts and Critical Strikes and a path to each one. DO I lose all the other traits I gave hero points for? In CRITICAL STRIKES for example in the Build tab, I have 3 choices, Assasin's Fury, Signet of Power and Twin Fangs. I choose Twin Fangs. But what about the other 2? I already have them unlocked in the Training tab why I have to choose????!! What about signets and preperation and venom etc? (really I think I am the only one who can't understand how this works.)
You unlock all the traits to give you all the options. Its not about activating them all, its about having the option to build with different combinations. And example is Destiny 2, you have 2-3 aspects but can only choose 2 at a time, and about 16 fragments to choose from, but you can only use 4-5 at a time. Mixing and matching is whats called buildcrafting @liquidbotanorama3786
The first dungeon “Ascalonian Catacombs” unlocks at level 30. If you follow the adventure guide in your achievements you’ll be getting far more xp than you would from normal map completion. Took a character from level 1-40 in a few hours the other day for example
Going to start playing again but have to start over. Am i able to purchase the newest expansion and get the previous ones, or do i need to purchase each individually
@@CaffeinatedDad will do that then on my fresh made ranger :) , just got back after 2 years left at lvl 77. But cant remember allot. So a fresh start is a must i guess
Only for specific features (like the Glider in Heart of Thorns - unlocked after the 1st chapter - and the extra mounts in Path of Fire), other than that most content is unlocked by default
honestly main reason i dont fully play the game is that i jus cant buy the expansions but game is fun still but yeah the no expansions make me not wana get to into it
HI can you tell me if you get the same items for expansions from steam and games website? Does the games website have bonus items? like level up to 80 and inventor add-on? does the steam site not have them? I would like to play the game on steam just for piece on mind. was thinking about getting the ELDER DRAGON SAGA-COMPLETE COLLECTION and Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure™ Expansion when on sale. both items cost the same price without sales. Thank you.
One small thing to consider when choosing a race is that there are cultural armors only wearable by that race. So if you fancy the ninja underboob human top for your thief don’t pick norn. That’s just the most iconic cultural armor I can think of but same goes for all. We all know fashion is the REAL endgame
A good point but not worth worrying about too much, there are hundreds of armor skins now so you can definitely make something you like without a cultural piece if you lock yourself out of a good one
Bro is out here making better tutorials than the game itself. Always great to have refresher vids like this.
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As someone who just got their first gaming PC and deciding to play Guild Wars 2 for the first time really appreciate the in-depth explanation of everything. Great video
Big note: Toughness is what generates aggression in GW2. If you're not specifically building a tank, too much toughness is detrimental (focus vitality for survivability instead).
Unless gearing a tank, or for WvW, 3 toughness pieces is typically the most you should have
Omg thank you for this. I thought toughness would decrease the amount of attack I take. Lmaoo..
That's interesting 🤔 I don't mind b/c I'm playing a firebrand anyway (with celestial and viper/trailblazer gear), but everyone just says tank and aggro mechanics don't exist lol.
What I did years ago when I started playing,( when the game first came out), was that I listened to virtually everyone . Since this is the one and only game that I invest my time and money, they told me to never buy armor, dont use the runes, and sigils, to wait until Im lvl 40 before I do any of that. I didnt listen. I tried the runes, and the sigils, because I wanted to see how they affected my character. Didnt go hog wild, but I did get the feel, and how they actually work. I think its good to try them out, so you know what they do, and how you can build your character. Always open you BLT chests, even though some people say there is just garbage in them. I lucked out and found a infinite pick in one. Also, slowly invest in infinite harvesting tools that add to your currency. Buy one set, and pass to your other characters through the shared inventory. BTW, awesome stuff.👍👍👍
Something to note on picking the race is to also think of which voice acting you like the most. I cannot tell you how important this becomes once you get to the later expansions as some voices don't sync with your own feelings.
For example, I made a human necro, and after getting it all geared to mostly ascended gear, I made a asuran engineer for kicks and giggles. Now I am serious debating switching mains because it turns out, the asura male voice acting fits me perfectly. But I cannot decide because I put in so much time into the necro already.
@@WhataboutBingo I can?
I mean to be sure that does affect the experience especially the voice acting. Personally I laugh because asura I find hilarious but charr always sounded gruff
@@CaffeinatedDad that's true. The voice octave for asuran is a bit on the high side. However, asuran speaks like such a smart ass and I love it! Haha
I like the Charr's voice too, but not the look.
There's just no winning here, unless ANet lets us pick voices. Hehehe
Seasoned vet here, the only thing I'd really like to add that the video didn't emphasize is that the game will not tell you what to do or where to go! This is a game where you have to figure things out for yourself, and choose what you want to do within it! A lot of new players often reach max level and get stuck because they don't know what to do next. That's the beauty of it: you get to choose that for yourself! So don't expect the game to handhold you through it, don't worry about screwing it up (you literally can't screw up, everything important can be changed out of combat), and just get out there and do stuff!
Oh, and welcome to Guild Wars 2!
These videos are great and i'm still learning. I've been bumbling my way through mostly following the personal story line solo as a necromancer and am already at level 60. I have a few challenging things im still trying to figure out that are basic:
1) Finding quest targets on the map involves a lot of scrolling and zooming and sometimes the marker is just a place where you have to go to go through a portal which is confusing
2) Even at level 60 I still dont have a good feel for what im doing with my build/weapons etc. Hasnt clicked at all. I've looked at a bunch of builds and watched some videos but most of the builds are end game/maxed out which dont help you with the process to get there or what to focus on. This game, unlike all MMOs before it, does not hand out better gear much and is also not super generous on currency (the multiple currencies are another oddity).
3) The inventory space management isn't bad but the icons arent very differentiated to me so its a lot of clicking around
4) While I've been getting through the fights, I just kind of mash buttons when the cooldowns are down and hit heal when I need it. I dont feel like I have much of a strategy there either.
5) As a dad gamer (and a lot older), its hard to find solid uninterrupted time for raids/pvp etc so i'm mostly a PVE/solo player (yeah I know this is Guild Wars 😜).
Hey thanks for your comment! Yes locating the story instances are especially annoying as they will only highlight the nearest entrance to a zone that will lead you to the marker.
Typically leveling gear and builds are less important until endgame and as such many builds focus on the aspect first. The core tyria and its story don't provide much of a challenge tbh save for a few story missions so don't worry about that quite yet. Enjoy the experience and explorations in my opinion!
You definitely will be clicking around slot in this game with all the different items. My suggestion is to use the search bar in your inventory tab to find things!
I just started a couple days ago... this video is going to help so much! thanks!
Happy to help!
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I haven't played in over 2 years... It's so overwhelming I'm scared to come back.
What overwhelms you? There is no pressure for you to rush through things here!
I only played the time of base game and could use an update what changed
You act like you gotta consume everything at once lmao
I feel the same I logged on after 3 years and didn't even know how to leave the pvp zone😂
gw2 is a play at your own pace type pf game. dont be scared
Just got back after 8 years, it’s a lot but videos like this really helps, appreciate it
Happy to help! The game is in a great place!
I started playing a week ago. To me I feel like I have no real goal, randomly following hearts and doing the main quest(which is not really interesting to me, at least now). I hope things get better and I find the "end game" that fits me.
One tip, watch videos about the game on YT. :)
Veteran, over 10 years of playing
@@drfreeman1721
Well I am here.
I didn't mention it, but GW2 is my last hope playing a MMO. I played ESO, FFXIV and other online ARPGs like POE. I came to a conclusion that GW2 is the game I always wanted. However as a newbie now, I have no idea how to approach it.
I did buy all the expansions this sale, got the recommended items from the gem store such as copper salvage-o-matic, volatile set of infinite gathering tools, material expansion slots and got HOT and POF deluxe upgrades because is seems like it is a nice deal.
For now I am a level 40 norn necromancer, did the wintersday festival activities and completed couple maps with quests.
I am just not sure what is good and what is not worth it, what to do with different items and currencies, many NPCs and game mechanics that I have no clue what's the point of them and most important, whether I should invest my time doing this or that.
Mounts are surely one of the strongest features in GW2, even though I just experienced the raptor.
What would you like to do at endgame? Is this your first MMO or are you hailing from other online worlds?
Same issue. I’ve tried this game like 3 times and it just doesn’t click…
@@VladiatorXIt's not your typical mmo where the endgame is mostly raids, or pvp, the endgame starts from the beginning, its not about having highest ilvl gear with best stats in game, you create your own endgame what to do, for example unlocking all maps 100%, crafting, doing meta events, for people gw2 doesn't click because in traditional mmo games endgame is always same progress your gear to best ilvl, its not the case here, create your own goals in game.
Oh snap! You weren't kidding, you were almost done with the 2024 version 😅 can't wait to watch this on my lunch break!
Oh this took a bit of time to produce but I'm hoping it can help out!
Great job man! Your presentation style is also casual and refreshing to listen to. Subbed.
Hey much appreciated!
As always , a solid video from one dad to another. I see UA-cam blessing your channel this year. Keep up the solid content sir, not many growing GW2 UA-cam channels !
I appreciate that! I'm hoping this year will be my best ever!
Thank you!
@@CaffeinatedDad 😤💪
Dungeons imho are highly underrated content. Even if you don't like it, I recommend doing them especially if aim for playing healing builts since dungeon exploration mode gives some currency to buy runes of the monk from the dungeon vendor. This rune is mostly used for healing builts. But dungeons as I said are great content with unique bosses and so on. And you're rewardes with nice cosmetic armors (and the Rune of the monk 😂).
For everyone reaching lvl80 my tip is: focus on 1-3 projects (at max 3) and work towards those projects. GW2 has so many things to do and a lot of things are grindy and hard work. If you don't focus on a few things you'll probably never accomplish the projects and reach your goal. Just because there is an overwhelming amount of things to do.
Great video btw. I feel like this might be one of the most beginner friendly introduction video I've seen so far. Cheers
Hell yeah man, amazing video as per usual :)
Amazing addition to new 2024.
Also wish you all a lovely and amazing upcoming new year :D
Thanks! You too!
I just started playing this week and Engineer does have acces to 2 weapon sets you just can't switch them mid combat. Thanks for explaining this game, makes it a little more manageable ;)
It's the only class that can't switch in combat
Ive owned guild wars 2 a while and have hardly played it. I may have to go ahead and give it a shot. Ill steer clear of Raids or group stuff because I lack any form of recognizable coordination for group gaming especially on a keyboard. ill hit every wrong key so consistently that I may as well not be in group at all lol.
I've been following your channel for a while, and it keeps getting better and better. Awesome video! Perfect for new folks. Have a Happy New Year. :)
A note about expansions:
-Heart of Thorns (first expac) is included with Path of Fire (second) for free.
-5th expac just dropped but this video remains heckin valid
literally just started the game today, what a coincidence !
Thanks!
About to jump back into the game after a loooong time, and appreciate the guide :)
Absolutely! I am happy to help!
Brand new player here. Yesterday, I reached the Heart of Thorns area. At the starting point of the map, there was an event. I had no idea what to do and followed a player with a blue marker who seemed to know what they were doing.
In the chat, I saw another random player calling for a vote to kick me! I wasn't even in any group :D I need this guy to calm down.
Now I've lost all my confidence and I'm back to exploring the base game xD
I watched this video to figure out what I did wrong, but apparently itseems it just wasn't the other player's day :D
a very good and helpful video!
Just ignore weirdos like that
Hell yeah! That's what I've been waiting for :D
Hope you enjoy!
I just started GW2 as a Ranger, really enjoying it so far. Feel a bit overwhelmed though lol. I have to collect all the map icons or I might get struck by lightning or something lol.
For new players that might be confused as I was when I first started, Followers are people that added u on your friendlist but you haven't accepted them yet, if you send them a friend request they'll stop being a follower and go to your friends tab.
As a current new player there is certainly a "am I doing it right " paralysis. I have only played a few sessions and suddenly i am lvl 45. Do i have good gear? How do i get good gear? Am i using my skills well? Which utility skills should i select. Crafting? Salvaging? Dungeons?
Just so much information and its hard to know what is important to learn first.
I am in the same situation as you are and from my understanding, GW2 is different from other MMO’s as in it doesn’t take you by the hand and tells you wich way to go. Simply do what you you enjoy doing and you’ll get there eventually. Try different weapons, different skills, different areas, etc. There’s no real guideline to follow. At least that’s what I’m assuming.
Just started, and your video help me a lot
Welcome to the game! Hope you enjoy!
Damn, complete 2024 guide up before 2024 even begins?
Bloody hell, my man is proficent with the Crystal Ball.
Too much caffeine!
@@CaffeinatedDad all i get from coffeine overdose is insomnia and advancing ugly syndrome.
Life is so unjust.
Been offline for like a year at this point so thanks for the refresher course
I'm playing the game right now for about 2 weeks, and I still get lost on what to do and have not done any training. T_T
Well I'd say your first objective would be to play through the core story and level to 80. That's when the can of worms opens!
I would like to do crafting but gold is the issue at the moment dont have enough is it better to do crafting at lv 80 or until level 80?@@CaffeinatedDad
Best Tutorial I have ever watched. Great Job.
Wow, thanks for the kind comment!
Thanks for this great new video, I needed some endgame info :D
Glad I could help!
Thanks for the Breakdown. I am about to rejoin the journey again after several years off from playing. Hope you are continually going to drop content to help an inexperience player learn more of the game.
You are a legend! I'm starting today!
Great video. :)
/salute
"Decade Devotion"
Thanks for the kind words!
Hi Caffenated Dad! I'm back and loving your video's still buddy! Rock On!
what i miss:
Speaking of Mount Skins but not speaking about colouring your mounts? In other games you pay for a different colour of a skin while you get millions of combinations for free in GW2.
Guild Halling: While other games have Housing Guild Wars 2 has Guild Halling where a guild can decorate a complete map instance to their liking up to a point it is a completely differentexperience. There are selfmade Jumpingpuzzle and even Rollerbeetle race tracks with a comunity that holds tournaments.
Also Festival Events in Guild Wars 2 are exceptional in the mmo genre. The super adventure Box for april fools day, Lunar new year, wintersday, Dragon Bash Festival, Halloween each of them offer lots of content to explore unique rewards and so on.
Mini games finally are often overlooked but the game actually hosts quite a few fun minigames like Keg Brawl or all the festival minigames to be engaged in not as popular like in the past but stil good for a round or 2 if you feel like it.
Goated with the sauce. Very cool 🐐
Never knew there were training videos. Am on my 4th reroll of Ranger. Seeing all these training videos. Made so many mistakes. Never used that boost. Though cannot access the wizard vault until 80. 40 more levels to go.
Help me get into this game! Nice video. Watching all the gw2 vids i can for motivation.
In 2017 I stumbled across this game played for year and half.
I pretty much forgot everything 😂
Starting from bottom again
Perfect timing!
It's like I knew!
Tequatl was my first ascended piece! His box dropped and I got my Greatsword from him, what a time. I was HYPED!!!
Without a doubt my first and favorite open world boss!
I'm trying to return to my level 80 after not playing for like 15+ years and I'm overwhelmed as hell lmao
I am starting this for the first time, overwhelming lol but fun.
The game can be alot but it is certainly worth it in the end!
THE caffeinated dad... implying there is an imposter somewhere...
I haven't found him.... yet
Also keep in mind, that for some reason, the game looks way better when you actually play it than it looks on youtube and screenshots, idk why, but that's how it is
totally know what you mean, probably the reason why there aren’t much gw2 viewers on twitch
I think it's because the game has this texture to a lot of it that looks like paint brush strokes, or water color. Which looks really cool if you're directly immersed, but makes the graphics look muddy on streams
I liked your 2023-video a bit better and not so hasty. Esp. the class-part was more neutral and not so hm...+absolute+.
But still thanks for the new video.
Yayyy now I got something to day drink to!(I'm on vacation , don't judge me)
If I'm a brand new GW2 player at lvl 57 and I decide to pop a lvl 80 booster how much more does the game have to throw at me? Is that close enough to pop it without missing much?
i wouldn’t use it on a level 57 , id just level that character to 80 and use the boost on another
Hahaha let's go!
Honestly at that point I'd say don't use your boost and level the traditional way. It really helps out when you want to get a character to max quickly!
You wouldn't miss anything but it's kind of a waste tho. But if you never plan on making a second character you should just use it
wild i was just installing the base game to try it out for the first time
It's like I knew....
I'm getting back to my GW2 account after six years. My RL friends and I have been playing LOTRO for long over a decade. However, we can't all play and level at the same rates. It's dang near impossible for us to do all the same quest(s) together because of the extensive pre-requisite sequences. Is GW2 more forgiving in that way? Moreover, in LOTRO, the PvE is either ridiculously easy (open-world grinding) or insanely hard with insta-wipes unless you have super uber gear. I may be able to sell my buds on this game if in general, such as with zone scaling, foes might fight at the group average level or something? Does the game NPCs offer quests to a wide variety of levels, without as much quest line prerequisites? Does it have group-based content for 3-4 player groups to have a challenge? I'd welcome your thoughts or those of any other player who has played both games.
big thanks!
You're welcome!
I am just a new player who bought the game's expansion bundles this winter sale from steam. Though as much as I want to immerse myself to this game, I always got so overwhelmed by the ten years worth of convoluted content. Luckily you have videos like this to guide you to better enjoy the experience. Well I guess this is the only disadvantage of playing late in the game, though it is always better to be late than never 😊 I chose Revenant by the way, do you think it's good for beginners and mostly solo? I am also thinking of going Ranger or Elementalist.
I seriously need help with my inventory. I'm so overwhelmed not knowing if things are worth saving for the AH or if I should just salvage everything.
Coming from WoW, I knew what things to save or sell on the AH for transmog or expansion mats/items, vs. vendoring, but I'm so noob on GW2 that I have no idea and I keep running out of space. I can't even play with my bestie right now on my character because I have so much stuff and I'm like scared I'll salvage something I should sell on the AH or vice versa. Ughhhhh
What eventually helped me was clustering the random bits together and then seeing what i wanted to keep. I don't know a lot about it, but some basic info that helped:
Trophies tend to be junk left over from quests/events and can usually be safely tossed/sold. Anything that says "this item only has value as part of a collection," are achievement or farming items you can look up to see if you even want what it gives you. For gear/gems/etc, the rare ones have an orange name (or pink for Ascended, which is Very Rare). Anything lesser than that you can break down for crafting materials or sell it if you're not using it.
Idk I unlocked a few extra bank slots to keep recipes and collection items that I don't want to deal with yet. 😅
Edit: you can also right-click and select to unlock the skin of weapons/gear that you can't equip on your current character. This binds it to you, but tbh I feel breaking them down after for materials is more valuable than selling on the market board anyway.
Click the button to deposit materials because those then don’t take up space and go into there own little thing and you can have them to craft with later ,they all cap at 250 per item. Other than that go to merchants and hit the button that says sell junk. Then just sort through the rest and see if it’s something better you need to throw on if if it’s an item already replaced that you can just sell. You can also go and just sell right away on the trading post as well with most things and get more than what you would at a vendor. Most things you don’t need to save because you can buy good enough gear from the trading post later if you need upgraded gear for a new level.
what expansion u need for skyloord
Secrets of the obscure!
This is gold, thanks!!
Thanks dude
Happy to help!
I’m just getting into the game… it’s very overwhelming
Trying guild was 2, as of this comment I am level 4 and have skipped most messages the game has thrown at me (probably a bad idea). So far, I am not fully enveloped into the game yet, I am still curious enough to log in once a day to learn something new and gain a level. I gotta say, my only dislike about the game so far, is the UI, it feels very dated, even compared to other games that came out around the same time. I'm gonna keep investing bits of time hoping that the deeper I get the longer my stretches of time in the game get.
How did the drinking cup at the beginning get it
surprised to see you in cute guild. that was one of my first guilds but it is a wvw eotm guild though. didn't know you do wvw?
Occasionally I'll tap into wvw and try some new things but recently I've just been focusing on some guides for core stuff!
I hope they make new classes in the future soon.
They haven't written it off from what I can tell. I hope they do too!
Thanks bro
No problem!
damn just started playing yesterday, this came out at a great time!, say what should i buy with 4k gems I grabbed the complete pack for $50 and solo ult for $75 so everything is unlocked but i'm fresh with no unlocks in the gem store. what would you recommend to make the game very enjoyable?
If you already have the living world seasons there are some good quality of life items in the gem store. If you think you’ll fill your character slots more is always nice.
The copper fed and silver fed salvage o matics and runecrafters will prevent the need to keep going to merchants to salvage drops. They have a small fee per use and each is better used for different gear for maximum profit
Bank expansions are good quality of life.
Another quality of life improvement are the unbreakable tools reducing the need to go back to merchants.
do you think that Elite Jump-Start Package is worth it for 1920 gems? I don't have any of that stuff@@ellishorne840
I'd recommend you grab the copper dismantler, and the basic infinite gathering tools
i miss the sale so im waiting again to buy the first 2 expansion. for now guardian lvl 50 in 4 days xD
how do you feel about warrior? ive played for about 20 hours, i enjoy it, however i see warrior mains complaining almost exclusivley on the forums
Race matters with jumping puzzles!! An Asura has a way eaiser time than a Norn because of how small they are.
Silly question but for me wardrobe costs 1 transmutation every time (per item), why is that? Not for dye though
Honestly I'm not sure why. I suppose it's meant to be a limiting factor to either participate in pvp or drive players to the cash shop unfortunately
But for a new player, brand new . Likes to play alot of solo, no PVP what class do you recommend?
Thank you so much!
awesome video
Glad you enjoyed it!
How do you recommend to move around and use attack hotkeys at the same time? Do you stretch your fingers to the hotkeys while moving, or click the action bar while moving so you don't have to take your fingers off of the WASD keys? Thanks.
I would honestly love to get into this game. It seems cool. It's just the fucking sign in process. I tried signing up for an account, just to be met with bs. Apparently, my account got created, but something was invalid?? I wasn't sure, so I reset my password to see if my account exists. Maybe this was a mistake, but they accepted the account I put into the password reset prompt. Now, it's saying that I can't go into my account. It knows my IP, so any device related to my PC has no access in creating an account. I would either have to 1, ask someone outside of my house to create an account for me and give me the password they choose, or 2, uninstall the game entirely and install it through Steam. I chose the 2nd option, and now I have to wait hours for a game that I could have already been playing... Not looking forward to the game atm...
By the way, if you're wondering why I don't ask for customer support. I need to be in my account to be able to talk to a human being. I cannot be in my account because every time I try sign in it says my account is not authorized or something.
If there's a fix, can someone please tell me. I want to know how these systems work so I can avoid making this type of mistake in the future.
yes yes yes yes, this is what I need, thank you
I'm looking to play this for it's lore. Am I able to start at the very beginning and learn of the story that GW2 offers from when it first released? I haven't played Guild Wars since Guild Wars 1, I was there when it first came out back in 2005 and played everything that it had to offer including all DLCs. One of my favourite experiences.
Yes the entire story is still there, no it doesn't include the gw1 story
id love to get back into gw2
Nows a great time!
6:29 Oh! you are in Blackgate now?@@ I thought you were in Gate of Madness lol
Some of the wvw footage is older rotations (maybe a month?) So it may not be accurate. I am on eredon terrace!
@@CaffeinatedDad ah~ no wonder lol my bad xD
Hi, I was just wondering what your pc specs are, if you could reply that would be very helpful thanks :)
Hi, new player here! I appeciate the concise info here, however, I see a specific mentality here which I don't particularly appreciate in MMO. Its this idea of "Max level of where the game begins" - I have a great time in the early levels and exploring content at low levels and this game seems super alt friendly with branching stories. And you have super high exp returns with the Adventure Path thingie on the top right corner which you don't even mention.
You kind of make it sound (and tbf, this isn't unique to you, its a lot of MMOs and their players) like everything below 80 is just some busywork keeping you off the real game. I don't think that's true, I'm level 21 on the free trial now, and I'm having a great time doing that content. Something you could have mentioned is how drastically different group content works in PVE for example - like, this game doesn't do dungeons like WoW or FFXIV where you queue for some dungeons every few levels in the expansion, its so cool actually.
Considering the majority of activities are for level 80, yes.
yo great videos as always best content to the point, with humor and everything great!
But I can't understand for the life of me, we get the traits right? and we train with hero points. So that means I get all the benefits I train for right?
SO WTF DOES BUILD have to do with anything? I choose 3 of my traits and specs and then choose from them too which skills I use? and lose all the other traits? what is the point of giving hero points to train each and every one then?
So in each column you can only choose one of those three, the other two are simply inactive. So when builds come out it focuses on what choices you made ethere, the actual traitlines, and then gear really!
It's mildly frustrating to be sure
@@CaffeinatedDad ty for taking time respond to me. really appreciate it and love your work for real. informative and funny af.
i still dont get it tho but thanks anyway.
To my mind 1 of 2 things makes sense.
1 Only get the traits as you go.
2 Only have the build and choose as you go.
Together they defeat each other's puprose?
@@CaffeinatedDad 1 ty for taking time respond to me. really appreciate it and love your work for real. informative and funny af. I still dont get it tho but thanks anyway.
To my mind 1 of 2 things makes sense.
1 Only get the traits as you go.
2 Only have the build and choose as you go.
Together they defeat each other's puprose?!!
Example on me ok, I have a Thief. My traits in the training tab are:
Signets, Preperation, Trick, Venom, Deception, Deadly Arts, Critical Strikes, Acrobatics, Shadow Arts, Trickery. And I have points in all of them.
In my BUILD tab I get to choose only 3! Why? And from those 3 I have to choose again a path!!! WHY?? DON'T I ALREADY have all the traits!!?
So I have Shadow Arts, Deadly Arts and Critical Strikes and a path to each one. DO I lose all the other traits I gave hero points for?
In CRITICAL STRIKES for example in the Build tab, I have 3 choices, Assasin's Fury, Signet of Power and Twin Fangs. I choose Twin Fangs. But what about the other 2? I already have them unlocked in the Training tab why I have to choose????!! What about signets and preperation and venom etc? (really I think I am the only one who can't understand how this works.)
You unlock all the traits to give you all the options. Its not about activating them all, its about having the option to build with different combinations. And example is Destiny 2, you have 2-3 aspects but can only choose 2 at a time, and about 16 fragments to choose from, but you can only use 4-5 at a time. Mixing and matching is whats called buildcrafting @liquidbotanorama3786
ty!
Happy to help!
Can I have a decent game experience as a solo player? Do i need a full group before entering fractals and raids or are they queued?
There's so many menus, menus within menus! It gets a bit overwhelming. lol
Welcome to the world of MMOs
Are there any worthwhile side activities around lvl 30 or the good stuff is behind lvl cap ? I've done majority of the stuff for 25 lvl zone.
I'd keep an eye out for world events in your current zone. I've jumped in on a few and they're a bit crazy but really fun.
The first dungeon “Ascalonian Catacombs” unlocks at level 30. If you follow the adventure guide in your achievements you’ll be getting far more xp than you would from normal map completion. Took a character from level 1-40 in a few hours the other day for example
Depends on what you want to get into. Personally I play some pvp when I need to liven things up!
As a note now a days servers mean very little across most mmos
Best game !
It's pretty damn good!
i should had play this game 10 years ago. bloody best rpg i ever play since rapplez and wow.
I was kicking myself for bot putting more time into it myself!
Going to start playing again but have to start over. Am i able to purchase the newest expansion and get the previous ones, or do i need to purchase each individually
Map completion to level?
You can do that! It also helps down the line when you are looking to complete legendary weapons!
@@CaffeinatedDad will do that then on my fresh made ranger :) , just got back after 2 years left at lvl 77. But cant remember allot. So a fresh start is a must i guess
do you have to go through the story arch of the expansions to unlock the features of them?
Only for specific features (like the Glider in Heart of Thorns - unlocked after the 1st chapter - and the extra mounts in Path of Fire), other than that most content is unlocked by default
is secret of obsecure free rn ?
It Is not free at the moment!
Is the game worth playing if you don’t pvp
yes. so much so the devs don't actually care about pvp lol
Can you do the same for f2p please
Just had my fourth cup..
honestly main reason i dont fully play the game is that i jus cant buy the expansions but game is fun still but yeah the no expansions make me not wana get to into it
They go on sale for like 75% off every year
i can stop laughing at how funny your character looks with the sweet robes and then baby face white guy underneath XD XD i'm sorry
HI can you tell me if you get the same items for expansions from steam and games website? Does the games website have bonus items? like level up to 80 and inventor add-on? does the steam site not have them?
I would like to play the game on steam just for piece on mind. was thinking about getting the ELDER DRAGON SAGA-COMPLETE COLLECTION and Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure™ Expansion when on sale. both items cost the same price without sales. Thank you.
Steam is just an easier way to play
I’m new lol what’s the best class to play for pvp & pve I play solo mostly
There is no best class