What do you know now that you wish you knew then?

I am very new to GW...only been playing a few weeks. I have all three campaigns and the expansion, but am focusing on my Prophecies El/Mo right now. I am at level 13 and just made it to Yak's Bend.

I have learned a lot by asking questions and perusing the Guru forums, and think it is a great resource. Some stuff I learn is really beneficial...like today someone helped me realize that I can add mods to my equipment and then salvage them later for reuse.

What are some really important tips, suggestions, facts, etc. that you have learned that you would like to pass on?

Thanks and good fortune.

P.S. If there is a list of these somewhere already out there...I would appreciate the link.

I posted a buying/selling guide a while back you may find of some use


http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10219547

Dont try to flank the other team in ra while using a warrior that is diseased. First of all, I died before I got half way there and ummmm they can see me.

Sell black dyes to a dye trader and not a merchant. Took me a few days to realise they paid more back then.

dont use black dye on non max armor---you will get that when you make it to dorks (or kaneng or command post)....and the collector armor is just as good as the stuff from the armorer. (as are the non-max weapons until then)....

what I wished I had known was there was going to be titles and that not dying before I reached level 20 would in the future be an accomplishment (not worth deleting my almost 3 year old character for, but well).

join a nice friendly helpful guild/alliance, make GW much more enjoyable

I wish I knew there was a title for getting level 20 in presear, because I would have gotten it. By the time I found out about it, I'd already completed prophecies and factions and gotten about 10 titles, and wasn't going to remake the character. But man, I wish I'd known.If it even existed when I first started playing, which I kinda doubt.

GvG is quite fun and i really should have kept an eye on what happend to [Evil].

never delete any characters even if your not happy with them, you'll find a use sumday if not, you'll wish you had them on that 1yr mark.

All my experience is in pve but I would say.

Try out all secondary professions before choosing one.

Always use the collectors in the game to that end pick up everything and use sell or salvage it all.

By the time you reach the location of max armour and weapons you should have a reasonable amount of money to equip yourself.

If you need to find any item or material to complete a mission consider getting more than you need and selling the rest to players too lazy to do it themselves.

Buy only what skills you feel you need as the cost of skills and capture signets rises to a max of one platinum, its a mistake to waste resources when your just beginning.
Plenty of time to splash out when your richer.

Unless your into solitary play make friends and try to get into a good guild, rule of thumb being if you do missions with members of a guild and like their style try to join them.

Sometimes its easier to explore an area first before doing a mission there, missions often add extra groups of monsters so accepting multiple missions then doing one of them can cause problems.

take your time and enjoy the game

listen to more experienced players, thats number one.
also make sure u dont overpay items while buying.
and try to find a good build early in game, that will make everything so terrible much easier.

guildwiki is great help, even how much u know and how good u are

Don't rush through stuff and enjoy it; have fun . Explore different skill combinations too; it makes things more exciting, and makes you a better player.

There's also a really old thread with some other advice too.

The Survivor title exists.

I second this. If I had known Anet was gonna toss this title in before it was released things would've been a little different.

The merchant gives you more money for white loot if you identify it first. The profit is greater depending on how hard the area is. As a rule of thumb I'd say that if the town you came from allowed you to have 8 team-members, then the white loot you get in that area will be worth identifying before selling it.

And I'd agree that joining a guild that's helpful to new players is key. Also bookmark the guild wars wiki (note that it has a section on game basics too)

Something else would be to check both wikis too. They're both lacking things that the other has :P

The one linked to above is actually GuildWiki. The GuildWars Wiki usually refers to the official wiki (second link).
GuildWiki
GW Wiki

there is an amazing build called a 55 monk that is uber for farming, this will get you elite armour in about 3 days if you get a lucky drop.

http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Build:Mo/any_55hp_Solo_Monk

Becasue its a monk you can change back to a general build and you will find that you will always be a ble to get a party.

http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Build:Mo/any_WoH_Hybrid

try them 2 builds and see how you get on.
use the top one for farming and the bottom one for general pve use.

p.s. you will need about 20k first to buy all the equipment needed for the farming build. you will also need another set of equipment for the bottom build.

A lot of good stuff here. Very helpful to me and hopefully others. Any advice about salvage kits...when to use expert vs. regular etc.

I use expert mostly, on the chance that I will salvage rare crafting materials. I don't use regular that much anymore.

Don't rule out a particular skill, class, or campaign. Keep an open mind...you never know from where you can gain an advantage.

I am kind of a packrat when it comes to this game and I pick up anything and everything I can while exploring/questing (lotsa time in the dungeons nowadays). What I have come to use as a general rule of thumb is, if it is worth less than 50g and white I salvage it with a normal salvage kit (100g for 25 uses and I go through plenty) if it is worth more than 50g I merch it, anything colored (blue, purple, gold obviously) I identify no matter what, always raises value by a little at least. I use a superrior salvage kit on colored items and white items that are dropped armor, robes, things of that nature (hoping for rare crafting mats) and perfect salvage kits on things I don't want broken.

1) You will at some point in your GW career want to go title hunting. Leg Defender of Ascalon/Leg Survivor are not things you can pick up just any time!

2) There IS such a thing as the perfect salvage kit (0% chance of losing the item, anyone can use) even if you don't have the faction in GWEN!

3) Do the storyline, THEN go exploring. My wife all but lost interest (and she's a gamer chick) in GW after we got to Amnoon, because we spent so much time running around and looking at stuff and doing all the quests we could find that we half forgot why we were actually there. If you go straight through with just missions and major storyline quests, then come back and hit up the "My grandmother broke her leg, will you bring her these rare flowers?" quests, the storyline is much more engrossing.

4) It's been said a couple times already, but always identify EVERY item before selling to the merch. Higher level areas it's not unheard of at all to have an item showing worth 47 in the sell window, then ID it and it goes over 100. I've met 2 year veterans who didn't know this one, so it bears repeating!

5) Save. The. Cape.

check out the stickies. those are really helpful.
good luck on your adventures

Don't always listen to people, when it comes to builds and what not. There are tons apoud tons of ways to go about something.

You should find your own way frist so you better understand why people do the things they do, and try to not use the many cookie cutter builds out there. And no matter what people tell you, if your playing the game the way you want to play it, your playing it right, there is no wrong way *that goes for all games:P*

ok well 3 pieces.

When you ID things check the runes value at rune sellers. Sometimes its wroth it to pull that one rune out even if it breaks the rest.

Find a good guild that fits your playstyle and interests. The game is a lot more fun when you can team up with friends for the missions and elite areas. I enjoy pugging with random people, but most folks don't. You'll find about 10,000 guilds recruiting in the major towns and about 9,990 of them are crappy little kiddie guilds that just want recruits.

Determine what you want from a guild and post a message in guru's find a guild forum. Do you want a small friendly guild containing just a few close friends or a huge mega guild? PvE oriented? PvP guild? Farming guild? AB Kurzick Faction Farmers? Or perhaps one that is related to your real-life interests. Christian guild? Gay/Lesbian guild? UCLA College students? Kitty Kat Quilters? HackersRUs? Girl Gamers? Yankee Fans? Or if you have good leadership skills and a committment to the game, start your own guild and build it up to suit your style.

Once you join a guild you can learn a lot about the game from your guildmates. Most folks will help out a newbie guildie with free weapons/runs/advice, but just don't make a pest of yourself. If you are constantly asking newbie questions then your guildmates won't want you around. (But judging from most of your forum posts you appear to be a mature and capable gamer, unlike most of the gimme gimme gimme kids)

Don't attempt trading with others until you read thru the common scams page on wiki and never buy or sell an item unless you're sure of the value of the item.

There is a man in our guild who's teenage daughter was recently lucky enough to win a rare minipet in the mini mania contest. She hadn't checked her e-mail and didn't even realize she had won, however when she logged into the game she was immediately besieged with hundreds of PMs from folks offering to buy her pet. She was offered prices from 20k to 200k for the pet (which is worth much much much more) and she sold it for about 200k immediately. Unfortunately she wasn't much of a minipet collector and didn't know the true market value on them.

I wish I knew now, what I knew then. It was more enjoyable when I didnt know stuff.

Woah...deep!!! Hopefully you can somehow retain some of the innocence from your virginal gaming days...at least to some degree.

farming... your ele haves access to shadow form from factions elite assasin skill combined whit silver armour it works as a nice farming build if you dont want to waste time whit leveling a monk or necro for farming

edit: also prophecies isnt that good really,its boring to me btw all i like from it is hm
i would rather go and do missions in eye of the north whit a new char this would help alot
also once you finish eye f the north,faction,and nightfall you get some green weapons and all you get from proph is hardmode :P
...dun flame i dont like prophecies ,but the skillz

hotkeys are your friend

That roleplaying actually exists in this game. :P