Best way to get started?

Looked at all the various threads so far about builds and such but wanted to ask, what is the best way to get started in PvP? The best way to go about getting all the skills unlocked to have available for builds in any situation? Thanks for any help in advance. Looking forward to fighting against and with you all.

You can buy skill packs to unlock them all but I guess you can buy them with faction this option is free but takes time. I advise starting in the in Random Arenas or Fort aspenwood / jade quarry to earn the faction needed to unlock.

Build advice read this over

http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Basic overall help on everything can be found here

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Main_Page

Good luck to you

Do the zaishen challange daily for a fast 6k balth, cap every elite in PvE to unlock those, as pain said, Arenas/CM missions are fastest for beginners for getting balth

Play Factions PvP. Mission based and with more people, plus NPCs. I don't play anything else though... I like TA but the wait takes forever and RA is just definition of annoying. Sounds fun but in reality, feels like a sly ragequit arena. The other stuff I don't have the keyboard skills or reaction times for yet.

Here is my recommendation for PvP - unlock EVERYTHING for your favorite/main profession first. This includes basic and specialty runes and all weapon mods. You don't ever wanted to be gimped in PvP... others won't be gimped, it will put you on a different playing field. From there just keep playing, unlocking different things.

Unlocking all the non-elite skills with faction does not that THAT long. I did that for nearly everything. Elite skills is another thing, it will take forever... that double AB week was critical in it though, I unlocked a hell of elites from that.