any tips,tricks, etc i should know before i start?
thanks and looking forward to playing with you all
new player
Ma-Deuce81
hey guys, i just bought guild wars and will be starting tonight
any tips,tricks, etc i should know before i start?
thanks and looking forward to playing with you all
any tips,tricks, etc i should know before i start?
thanks and looking forward to playing with you all
Loco roco
Just play through the game and you will learn the basic, then soon enough you will be killing people in PvP, unless you are a PvE person.
Anyway.. welcome to the game.
Anyway.. welcome to the game.
crazybanshee
Don't worry about too much when you start. Pick any class and play a while, then you'll get a feel for what you want to do. Then you can pick your main class and play that a bunch. Oh, and find a good guild that looks for new people, they'll help more than the forums will.
izzywish
Welcome to GW
For anyone new to the game I would suggest not leaving the starter area too quickly; learn as much as you can early on. Also I agree with crazybanshee 100% if you can find a good Guild that welcomes new players do so; the experience of long time players can save you a lot of grief.
Enjoy
For anyone new to the game I would suggest not leaving the starter area too quickly; learn as much as you can early on. Also I agree with crazybanshee 100% if you can find a good Guild that welcomes new players do so; the experience of long time players can save you a lot of grief.
Enjoy
Wirt
Have fun in the beginner area, its quite pretty. Whatever your primary class is, try out all the secondary professions before you commit to one.
Also dont sell dye in the beginner areas, as when you move on to the non-beginner area, the dye may sell for more, some dyes sell for LOTS more.
Play a build (set of skills that you use to fight) that you like, not one that someone brags about. But try to take advice into consideration.
Have fun, be nice, and enjoy the game.
Also dont sell dye in the beginner areas, as when you move on to the non-beginner area, the dye may sell for more, some dyes sell for LOTS more.
Play a build (set of skills that you use to fight) that you like, not one that someone brags about. But try to take advice into consideration.
Have fun, be nice, and enjoy the game.
Alex the Great
don't listen to whiners, this game is awesome!!
Mr. G
we could give more advice if we knew what game you own, there are 3 Guildwars camapigns and an expansion
Guildwars: Prophecies (proph)
Guildwars: Factions
Guildwars: Nightfall (NF)
Guildwars: Eye of the North (EoTN or GW:EN)
If you ever need help ingame feel free to PM me
<-- my names on the left here
(open friends list with N)
Guildwars: Prophecies (proph)
Guildwars: Factions
Guildwars: Nightfall (NF)
Guildwars: Eye of the North (EoTN or GW:EN)
If you ever need help ingame feel free to PM me
<-- my names on the left here
(open friends list with N)
Quantisha
A new player? How exciting! MY favorite!
Tips:
The area you begin in is very people friendly. Enemies will not harm you unless you intend to do the same.
Take your time, and explore a bit; you might find that extra thing to help you hold more items, or find someone who can provide you with new armor.
If you want to find where to go for a quest, don't spend an hour searching for it. Press M or U and you will bring a map or mini map respectively and the Green Starburst shall give you a hint.
Do not hesitate to ask a question. There are many people who will return an answer, without the attitude.
This might sound complicated, but you can make a PvP character and take a look at all the skills you could learn. That way, you can get a sense of what you might want to have as your secondary.
I hope I did not overload you with hints, but one big thing to keep in mind is this: The game gets more exciting as you progress. So do not feel like this game is not providing the thrill you want. You will find that and great rewards as you play through. Hope to see you online! [:
Tips:
The area you begin in is very people friendly. Enemies will not harm you unless you intend to do the same.
Take your time, and explore a bit; you might find that extra thing to help you hold more items, or find someone who can provide you with new armor.
If you want to find where to go for a quest, don't spend an hour searching for it. Press M or U and you will bring a map or mini map respectively and the Green Starburst shall give you a hint.
Do not hesitate to ask a question. There are many people who will return an answer, without the attitude.
This might sound complicated, but you can make a PvP character and take a look at all the skills you could learn. That way, you can get a sense of what you might want to have as your secondary.
I hope I did not overload you with hints, but one big thing to keep in mind is this: The game gets more exciting as you progress. So do not feel like this game is not providing the thrill you want. You will find that and great rewards as you play through. Hope to see you online! [:
Mr. G
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A new player? How exciting! MY favorite!
Tips: The area you begin in is very people friendly. Enemies will not harm you unless you intend to do the same. Take your time, and explore a bit; you might find that extra thing to help you hold more items, or find someone who can provide you with new armor. If you want to find where to go for a quest, don't spend an hour searching for it. Press M or U and you will bring a map or mini map respectively and the Green Starburst shall give you a hint. Do not hesitate to ask a question. There are many people who will return an answer, without the attitude. This might sound complicated, but you can make a PvP character and take a look at all the skills you could learn. That way, you can get a sense of what you might want to have as your secondary. I hope I did not overload you with hints, but one big thing to keep in mind is this: The game gets more exciting as you progress. So do not feel like this game is not providing the thrill you want. You will find that and great rewards as you play through. Hope to see you online! [: |
Omega Precept
Be sure to make a pvp character too! don't be afraid to fail when you are mixing and matching builds! Playing Random Arenas (RA) is a great way to get familiar with all sorts of skills and builds to help better understand what each class purpose is!
I would join a small friendly guild to start out with! Sometimes large guilds can be intimidating for new players.
Feel free to shoot me any questions you might have or if you need some help let me know!
In Game Name (ING): Omega Precept
Depending on what class you start out as I may have some freebies for you
Welcome to guildwars
I would join a small friendly guild to start out with! Sometimes large guilds can be intimidating for new players.
Feel free to shoot me any questions you might have or if you need some help let me know!
In Game Name (ING): Omega Precept
Depending on what class you start out as I may have some freebies for you
Welcome to guildwars
wetsparks
One thing all Guild Wars newcomers need to know, [skill]mending[/skill] and [skill]live vicariously[/skill] don't make you invincible.
Crom The Pale
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One thing all Guild Wars newcomers need to know, [skill]mending[/skill] and [skill]live vicariously[/skill] don't make you invincible.
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In the early parts of the game just about any skill combination will work. As you progress you will find the monsters use different skills that require much more thought in your OWN skills and your party combination as well.
Possibly the best advice I can give you is to use the OBSERVER mode to watch a few GvG matches or HoH. While not every PvP build will work in PvE you will get to see some interesting ways skills mesh as well as team work to make the most out of each build.
Gift3d
Being a newb is fine.
Be the resourceful, observant newb.
Not the obnoxious, ignorant newb.
Be the resourceful, observant newb.
Not the obnoxious, ignorant newb.
slaximus
Have fun! Explore, read the quests, be friendly and again have fun! If you have any questions feel free to whisper me (Slaximus Danor is my name)
CyberMesh0
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Being a newb is fine.
Be the resourceful, observant newb. Not the obnoxious, ignorant newb. |
Personal suggestion, don't believe anything... unusual sounding that anyone tells you ingame, especially regarding item values. There are a lot of people out there that play to make you the fool.
Oh, and bookmark wiki.guildwars.com and gw.gamewikis.org. They will answer almost any question you throw at them.
Accursed
1. Welcome to Guild Wars
2. Listen to all the people above me
3. Have fun with the game
Cheers!,
Blizz
2. Listen to all the people above me
3. Have fun with the game
Cheers!,
Blizz
Jam Jar
You might want to start out by picking a good class for you . They're all pretty good, but if you keep replaying classes it will get very boring :/. Stick with one, and hope for the best! They're all good!
. They're all pretty good, but if you keep replaying classes it will get very boring :/. Stick with one, and hope for the best! They're all good!
FiftyFiveD
type /bonus if you have the game of the year edition ..... it helps a lot when your new
AshenX
Welcome!
Youve just started one of the best games around...enjoy : )
word of advice...dont delete a character just because you have changed your mind about your choice of secondary profession. You get the opportunity to change secondary profession later in the game.
Youve just started one of the best games around...enjoy : )
word of advice...dont delete a character just because you have changed your mind about your choice of secondary profession. You get the opportunity to change secondary profession later in the game.
Dr Evove
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I want my flare ranger back...
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Doofledust
No one thought to add either wiki to their advice?
Official Guild Wars Wiki
Unofficial but more complete Guild Wars Wiki
Official Guild Wars Wiki
Unofficial but more complete Guild Wars Wiki
Mr. G
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gsampl4
When your finished playing at night run the "..\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -image command to download ALL of the game content to prevent loading between areas, Towns, and Outposts. From the run line (or command prompt) it will be somthing like this if you took the defaults durring install
"c:\Program Files\Guild Wars\gw.exe - image"
From the Official Wiki site:
-image
Forces the game to load a complete update.
Important: The program terminates after the update is completed; since Guild Wars will not be able run with this parameter on, make sure to remove it after all the content has been downloaded.
Downloading all the contents takes approximately 6 hours to complete at 150KB/s (broadband connection).
Recommended: Create an additional shortcut on your desktop to Guild Wars that is labeled "Guild Wars Updater" and has this command line switch.
Hope this helps out.
"c:\Program Files\Guild Wars\gw.exe - image"
From the Official Wiki site:
-image
Forces the game to load a complete update.
Important: The program terminates after the update is completed; since Guild Wars will not be able run with this parameter on, make sure to remove it after all the content has been downloaded.
Downloading all the contents takes approximately 6 hours to complete at 150KB/s (broadband connection).
Recommended: Create an additional shortcut on your desktop to Guild Wars that is labeled "Guild Wars Updater" and has this command line switch.
Hope this helps out.
t00115577
Beware of the BUNNY!!!!!!!
you will know what i mean when the time comes
(might not be for months but always remember it )
you will know what i mean when the time comes
(might not be for months but always remember it
)
Another Felldspar
Here's one of the tips that really helped me early on and didn't come intuitively:
Hold down the alt button and take a look around -- it will show you all of the creatures/NPC's that are not hostile to you in green. This works for merchants etc. while you're in a town or outpost, and makes it easy for you to find who you're looking for, even if your line of sight is obstructed by a wall or hill, kinda like X-Ray vision. You can then double click the text to auto-move to the NPC.
On the same note holding the ctrl button down while you're in an explorable area will show you the hostile creatures so you'll know what you're coming up against before you get there. You can use that to choose a target before you ever engage in battle.
Have fun -- this is a great game!
Hold down the alt button and take a look around -- it will show you all of the creatures/NPC's that are not hostile to you in green. This works for merchants etc. while you're in a town or outpost, and makes it easy for you to find who you're looking for, even if your line of sight is obstructed by a wall or hill, kinda like X-Ray vision. You can then double click the text to auto-move to the NPC.
On the same note holding the ctrl button down while you're in an explorable area will show you the hostile creatures so you'll know what you're coming up against before you get there. You can use that to choose a target before you ever engage in battle.
Have fun -- this is a great game!
Wirt
Good advice Ayelet, I didnt learn the ALT key until after playing for 2 years, haha.
After someone told me about it, i thought, "Oh, thats friggin' useful!"
After someone told me about it, i thought, "Oh, thats friggin' useful!"
Highlander Of Alba
My Advice is simple..
This is a game you will enjoy immensley if you take your time
As you said you have nightfall(do tutorial and gets you some gold as well as akills and not forgetting Koss your first hero
This will give you heros as you progress into the game from level 5
These guys will assist you as part of your team when your exploring ect
Do all the little quests this helps you learn as you go along...
As starting out pick everything up and sell it to the merchants,thats of no use to your own char...
I wont go into what char to chose..all i will say is....Try an elementist to begin with so that by using it as a learning curve you then can see first hand whats in store for you.....But dont listen to this is best thats best
Play what you enjoy thats the main thing to enjoy g/w good luck and enjoy the game
This is a game you will enjoy immensley if you take your time
As you said you have nightfall(do tutorial and gets you some gold as well as akills and not forgetting Koss your first hero
This will give you heros as you progress into the game from level 5
These guys will assist you as part of your team when your exploring ect
Do all the little quests this helps you learn as you go along...
As starting out pick everything up and sell it to the merchants,thats of no use to your own char...
I wont go into what char to chose..all i will say is....Try an elementist to begin with so that by using it as a learning curve you then can see first hand whats in store for you.....But dont listen to this is best thats best
Play what you enjoy thats the main thing to enjoy g/w good luck and enjoy the game
sigshane
And one more note on what AshenX said - don't delete a character just because you forgot to pick up an item from Pre-Searing. You can always just go buy the Xunlai storage space, then make a second character, get the item you needed, save it in the Xunlai chest, and it will be available to your first character.
Is that right, upper classmen, or am I way offbase?
Shane
Is that right, upper classmen, or am I way offbase?
Shane
Commander Ryker
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And one more note on what AshenX said - don't delete a character just because you forgot to pick up an item from Pre-Searing. You can always just go buy the Xunlai storage space, then make a second character, get the item you needed, save it in the Xunlai chest, and it will be available to your first character.
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Znare
The most important thing you should know is that make sure when you choose how your character looks like on the creation screen, it is the look that you really really want =) Those are the only things that you cannot go back and change for your character =) It sucks to get stuck with a character with looks that you're bored with. It sucks even more if you have to remake it =)
Cheers.
Cheers.
sigshane
I'm referring to the tapestry shred, which everyone says is crucial...
Wirt
Nassau, the tapestry shread is really not too necessary. You use it to obtain a side quest in GW:EN, afterwhich you will be given a mesmer green off-hand (I believe, since I have never completed the quest, and I never used a shred) However by the time you have completed your campaign and completed GW:EN, you will probably have several or plenty of green weps that you bought or found. I forgot the stats for the off-hand, but I believe there are better ones out there. And btw, you gotta store that thing in storage for who knows how long until you actually reach that quest.
Crom The Pale
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Nassau, the tapestry shread is really not too necessary. You use it to obtain a side quest in GW:EN, afterwhich you will be given a mesmer green off-hand (I believe, since I have never completed the quest, and I never used a shred) However by the time you have completed your campaign and completed GW:EN, you will probably have several or plenty of green weps that you bought or found. I forgot the stats for the off-hand, but I believe there are better ones out there. And btw, you gotta store that thing in storage for who knows how long until you actually reach that quest.
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Unless all your char slots are full you can always make a new char, get the shred, give it to another char in GWEN and get the quest/item.
Its a Flute if memory serves.