Fastest way to the mainland?

NuclearDope

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Hey

Been like a year since i brought a character through Factions noob areas
Can anyone give me some sort of list in the best way to get off of the starter island asap? Considering i've Vanq'd and Guardian'd those areas i'm not enthusiastic about going through it all....

Anyone got ideas?

Thanks

TempusReborn

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

R/Mo

You have to do the Primary Quest Trail: No other way

Antithesis

Antithesis

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

BrisneyLand

Sphincter Says [What]

W/

You can knock over noob island within an hour or two.
Grab your secondary, do the primary quests...done!

Shinjinbukai

Shinjinbukai

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Palo Alto, California

Zealots of Shiverpeak[ZoS]

Mo/

I actually really like the island, usually stay until pretty decent level (16-18), but if you want to leave fast then just grab yo secondary and primary quests

Bront

Bront

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2008

Honored Order of Light

W/Me

Primary and profession quests only, should get you out quickly.

Asking a guildie to help you might make it even faster, as you might have problems with the mission if you're too low a level.

Teh [prefession]-zorz

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

wisconsin

Spiders Lair Kurz [SpL]

W/A

Have guildmates [and there heros] help you, get a run through a mission, stuff like that

credit

credit

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2008

Team Apathy [aFk]

W/P

Shing Jea is like my favourite place in guild wars, yet it only takes an hour or two to beat.

F1tzy

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2008

Koatic Avengers [KOAS]

R/Mo

Do the primary quests. The first mission you can pay someone around 500g and they'll run you in about 5 minutes. The second mission isn't that hard. Just don't bother with any other quests except the primary.

Shouzen

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2008

Netherlands

A/R

Not sure if all of you count attribute quests as primaries, but you shouldn't forget about those aswell.

Bront

Bront

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2008

Honored Order of Light

W/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shouzen
Not sure if all of you count attribute quests as primaries, but you shouldn't forget about those aswell. Those are required as part of the primary quest line, even if they are not primary quests themselves.

Grim Aragorn

Grim Aragorn

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bront
Those are required as part of the primary quest line, even if they are not primary quests themselves.
.... false .....

Bront

Bront

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2008

Honored Order of Light

W/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Grim Aragorn
.... false ..... Realy? I thought you had to complete your Primary and 1 secondary in order to complete the primary quests till they let you get to Master Cho's?

Grim Aragorn

Grim Aragorn

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

A/

no, they are *optional* quests if u look on wiki at primary quests for cantha once u get ur secondary u can go to chos.

Vengeful Spirit

Vengeful Spirit

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

Rt/

just keep going through the quest line but to be honest cantha starter island is possibly the fastest staring areas in GW so shouldnt take you that long at all

Abedeus

Abedeus

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Niflheim

R/

Actually, a monk can get to level 20 and mainland in 4 hours. If I wanted to race with someone, I could make it in 3 hours.

Maria The Princess

Maria The Princess

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Aequitas Deis

do all the primary quests without the 15 attribute quests, you will get off at around lvl 16 within 3 hours. the attribute quests you MUST do for ovious reasons, but a good thing to do is get off the n00b islands and run to GWEN, just to get the 3 lvl 20 heros. or you can always map to Lions arch and get a guildie to help you with sunspears in Kryta (since its a much easier quest then going from cantha) to get to NF and get the 5 heros you get right away (is it 5? or 4?) which will all be lvl 15. lvl 15 hero with customized build > lvl 13 henchie.

get Ogden, Vekk and Gwen, you get them right away. Ogden and Vekk in the 1sttown and Gwen after you step into HoM which is in 5 mins after you get to the 1st chapter outpost. get them and then go do the 2 attribute quests, the 3 heros will make them much faster.

oh ya, the very last n00b island mission you shoudl get a run through since its a pain in the ass to do at low level with a low level party, and a run only costs 1k, with you just following and its a guaranteed masters.

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

It's funny - the attribute quests aren't required, but I think they should be.

Even today I saw a post from someone who couldn't understand why he couldn't get 2 of his attributes to 12. He'd missed an attribute quest and had no idea it was there.

Prophecies is no better - the two-stage finding lizard-lips in the desert after walking round and round a mountain until you notice that statue has fallen down. And the ugly bint in a part of the Southern Shiverpeaks you'd never visit otherwise.

There's a faq sticky somewheres...

Age

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

I would do all the primary quest to and all the rest of them just to get tokens.