New to Guild Wars? New Player? Not sure what to do? Have a question?

Please forgive my stupidity, RPG gaming is somewhat new to me. I enjoy it, but I get frustrated with 'not knowing".

Does anyone know of a link or anything that will assist a new RPG player? (or in particular with GW)... I make myself crazy trying to understand upgrading armor, weapons, spells etc. Thanks for any help.

Where is rte keyt in the registered edition. I just got it today, and I wanted to know,,, I looked all over...

Any former (or current) Star Wars Galaxies (SWG) players here?

I am considering purchasing Guild Wars to replace the SWG I"ll no longer be playing.

I am interested in a contrast/comparison of Guild Wars vs. SWG. I realize that there's no crafting and/or player economy in Guild Wars. I'm more interested in the basic gameplay and combat system aspects.

After completing certain amount of quests, speak to Sir Tydus, near the academy gates. He will say something like "Are you ready to go? You will leave everything behind, etc, etc." And if you chose yes, then you will proceede to the real part of the game, which I won't spoil for you.

Great thanks will keep checking in with him then!

Ok I'm a n00b to all this. Just got the game wandered about a bit, danced a little. But I have to say I am really excited about the game, just need to get my bearings.
One dumb question , what happens if you get killed? My kids want to play but you only get four charicters for now, so do I buy another game just to add an account?
Thanx in advance.

Hi All! I am currently playing wow. It is costing me a futune but i have a good friend playing it. so i was wondering how much guild wars is better then world of warcraft?

You get a temporary 15% death penalty (15% less max health and energy) that you can work off as long as you are in that instance. It will be gone/resetted if you leave the area. If you are killed in a mission then you would have to restart; if you are killed in explorable areas you would be ressurected at the nearest rez point in that zone. Do a search for more detailed explanations.

You get 4 character slots and guild membership, friendlist, and storage are account based so you may want to get another copy for your kids if you don't want them to share these.

Thanx mostro.

got a question, are skilled only obtained through the trainers to find? i worry that i won't find all the skilled available for my class. If you proceed with the story can you come back and get the skills you missed? how do your character get stronger? how do you raise strength, energy etc. does it automatically raise your stats when you lvl up? thanks.

Greets everyone,

I've just got a few questions and comments. I've desperately been searching for a sort of online role playing game, where you get to level your character, create him/her how you want, a game where you can really be unique in a sense. For 6 months I participated in the various stages of the "RYL" betas, and I have to say that after seeing a MMORPG go from decent to complete and utter crap, where you sit there and group-kill, group-kill, group-kill, group-kill, to level for an unfathomable amount of time...well it left me with many negative feelings. I should not...by ANY means, have to LIVE in a game to have fun in it. So I went, and stumbled upon Guild Wars. I've done a fair bit of research and figured out about all the classes, zones, instances and what not, and then I headed down and viewed several movies and screenshots submitted by you good people. I have a few questions though, after all this.

Just how unique are the characters in the game? Can your character really be unlike all the others? I've played loads of games and I always see the same armor, the same skills, the same clones of people walking around with different names. Can you actually tell who's who in the game? Apparently there are many many skills available, does this allow for some unexpected surprises from time to time in a battle? I couldn't find the answers to these questions just by reading what I've seen thus far.

And the final question...how is the community? In the majority of the betas and games that I've played the chat is LITTERED with everyone yelling for an admin and people insulting eachother and what not. Is there a lot of that in this game, or is it generally a decent good-natured community? From what I've seen on these forums it seems a lot better than most other games, with the exception of the usual ego-build and ill-mannered no-it-all.

Thanks for your help, I'm just looking for a game where I can don my armor pull out me sword and have some fun when I feel in need of some good gaming...not a place where I've got to live my life in the game to have some hope of getting a decent armor...

-PieXags

I'd like to know that as well...

i'm still completley confused with how the worlds work. i haven't got the game, so i dont' have a clue how it works. I stil ain't sure about PvP out side of towns, or what the hell are districts? I am completley confused as how ppl meet up in this game

Though you can dye armor (and even mix dyes for "unique" colors), there are a very limited set of armor pieces for each character class. So while people will often look different depending on dye, they will still be wearing 1 of 6 or so different armors, and there's always going to be 1 or 2 which are popular. You can mix and match pieces from different armor sets, though.

As far as skills though, this is very variable. While you may be defined in your group as having a certain role, you can always pack other skills which will be "surprising" or "abnormal". For example, a warrior/monk could concentrate on melee damage and healing, or on melee damage and nuking. There are other class combinations which offer MUCH more diverse skills (take a look at the diversity of the ranger skillset).

In referance to this, chat is indeed littered with people. You can choose to not have certain channels displayed on your chat menu if you want. But alot of shouting for trades, and selling and buying. And ofcourse the immature stupid banter of the ignorant ones. But just mute it out and you will have a blast! Me personally i would prefer they kept it real and didnt have an "ALL" talk channel to prevent all this BS chat, but then im only a player in the game.

As for the armor system, this was probobly my biggest dissapointment. Im the type that loves diversity in a character, and so far i havent seen any. When you make a character theres going to be 1,000,000 more like it. The only difference would be the dyes, but even then its not that unique. And you wont "find" any good armors, the only viable way ive seen so far is to have them crafted in town, thus making everyone have the same crap.

All in all i loved it for a while, but its already getting a bit boring for me. Basically you go out and collect as many skills as possible. Each character you create goes through the same basic quests except for a few different ones. Once your done the main game once you wont really want to do it all again. Unless you dont mind a totally quest driven atmosphere (Same world, same module, same everything!) Then that leaves you to PvP. Which only keeps you entertained for so long when you have designated areas, and must ask someone before killing them. Dont know about you but it ruins PvP when its not roleplayed out. Guess im too much of a PnP kinda guy.

My best advice, if you want this game, join a guild that is very active. And enjoy the pretty sights!

I'm new to GW and didn't get to participate in beta. I understand that you get 3 RP and 1 PVP char and that as you gain skills on your RP chars you will unlock skills for your PVP char.

The question I have is this....I've noticed that my PVP char cannot leave the arena he is in and I know he's not supposed to be able to enter PVE areas. With this being the case, if our goal is to participate in GvG and Tournament events are we required to use RP characters for those?


**Also...in GvG is there a limit on the number of people can participate or is it unlimited?

You have 4 character slots. You can make all your characters as PvP chars or all RP chars. You are not locked into 3 RPs and 1 PvP char. The PvP chars can access the guild hall and therefore can participate in GvG. GvG is limited to a team of 8 only.

Hello everyone my name is Eomor King and I currently play on the American server, I am level 10 and I'm a Ranger / Warrior. Anyways, I've just entered the 4th mission zones, the one after the Ruins, I don't recall what the names are right now. Well, I've been searching up and down through these forums trying to find where I get my next set of skills, where the Ranger and Warrior skill / attributes are. Do you think you can direct me to the area where I get my new attributes? If this helps any I haven't got any new skills since lvl 7, and those are from the Trainers in Ascalon City <-- If that's spelled right. I'm so very sorry if this doesn't make any sence, I'm in a hurry at the moment.
Thanks A Bunch!!
Eomor King - Level 10

Heard there were a number of FAF from SWG on here. I'm playing Romborgat Reliosa here also, so get hold of me!

I'm just like u, RPG's and didn't want to pay a sub, but I bought this game and tried it. Go for it, it'll be a very pleasant experience. U can play as little or as much as u like, at your own pace. I like the fact that experienced players can't kill newbies off before they get a chance to find their way. If u want PvP u can choose it, or not.

The F1-F4 buttons are used to quick swap between weapons... how do I add more weapons down there? The manual has NOTHING about that, I tried a search for something along those lines and got nothing also.

I've just ordered the game, and am looking forward to it coming

But I have a couple of questions...
Are there "cookiecutters?" (Builds made by many because they are obviously more powerful then others)
And "ultimate equipment" (basically the same as cookiecutters, except it's items)
And does your secondary profesion change the skills you get for you first? i.e. do ranger/monks get the same ranger skills as a ranger/warrior?

Obviously these are that important to me since I have already ordered the game, but I'd still like to know.

Cheers

I quit SWG, all 3 accounts I had there, due to the CU. This game is infinitely better than the CU. The major diffs are that:
1. there is no crafting in GW. Of course, they totally nerfed crafting in SWG, so it doesn't really have it any more either.
2. This is not a persistent world game e.g. when you get a mission or a quest, you get your own personal instance so no one can camp on spawns, grief you or steal your loot / credits. You form groups in cities and outposts, then the group gets its own instance of the quest / mission / exploration area and the group members share in the loot and gold collected.
3. You get four toons and there is no monthly fee. You choose a primary and a secondary (optional) profession and train these up as you go toward the fully matured toon at "level 20". I'm not there yet, but I understand the real game begins once you reach this level and the majority of the content is unlocked.

Hope that helps. I understand there are many that have switched over, including most of my guildies from SWG.

Open up your inventory and look under your weapon/armor slot - you should see a button called "Weapon Sets". click that and it bring's up a popup where you can select/deselect weapon sets to have "available" for use.

Once you have more than 1 weapon-set available, you can either click on it's icon or press F1-F4 to switch to that weapon set.

When you switch weapon sets, the weapon/shield/icon/etc that was in your other set gets deposited in your backpack (or belt-pouch/bag/etc if thats where you had it before & there's space) and you'll have a empty weapon & shield slot for you to fill.

Hope that helps

I have been playing now in the 'New World"as some say it is the Tutorial World.
I started out as a Elementalist and now am a N/E - I am now at level 7.

I have done a lot of quest and gain lots of experience - but I was wondering what a good time will be to talk to Sir Tyrus and enter the academy and then the Old World.

And what s teh difference between the Old World and the previous world.

I have noticed that in the previous world you arenot able to have total 2 players in a party ?

Or is there a thread that explaisn all this ?

Okay 2 Questions:

1: How to upgrade your weapon?

2: Some salvage items have for example 20 armor, but what to do with this? I'm only able to salvage it to get crafting material so what does it matter when a salvage item has high amor or not?

I also have a purple coloured (rare I think) salvage item? Is there anyspecial use for this item?

question, please answer here and PM me too incase I can't find your answers to this in the sea of posts


topic: unlocked skills for PvP


If you make a character, unlock a crap load of skills then after a while you delete the character will you still have the skills you unlocked with your now deleted character or do you lose access to them as well?

I was talking to Sir Tydus and he asked me if i was ready to leave or something like that, he said i couldn't come back so i should do everything i need before i leave. What level should i be before i leave?

20
The game is incomplete beyond that point.
There's little chance for advancement. There's two areas. One with tough monsters that don't take damage. The other area is an empty desert.

*chokes* lvl 20, yeah right. Way to go giving the person bad advice there.

NB - you can leave pre-searing at any time you want, but generally ppl advise you to be lvl 7-8 if your not comfy with what your doing, altho ppl do leave as soon as lvl 2-5 and have no problems.. but they know what they are doing and/or have friends to help them out post-searing.

what you *SHOULD* do before you leave is make sure you have visited EVERY npc in pre-searing that offer's quest's relating you both of your professions. This way you get the maximum amount of free skills - and free skills is good! you want to get all the skills you can in pre-searing as it doesn't cost you any skill points to get, while in post-searing you either need to do tuffish quests (a lot tuffer then pre-searing quests) or pay a skill trainer in gold and a skill point to learn sills..

Pipahh - once you have unlocked a skill / rune / armor / weapon / etc it stays unlocked for pvp characters to use. doesn't matter if you then delete the roleplaying chars, if you have unlocked them with a roleplay char, they stay unlocked for you.

Hi all,
Well, just a couple of questions for you all before I go pick up the game. First, let me say that I have visited many sites for GW and this has been the one most enjoyed.
Now, I am not into game comparing ego trips, I do enjoy many types of games and mostly for the social part i.e. good freinds and company. I have done only a couple over a year. Eve; tight crew to acheive. Operation Flashpoint; teamwork and coop. Ok so i have no life. Im retired military and full time student. Here are the questions.
1. Tutorial; EQ2 had one of the best tuts I have come across. The npc talked and told you what to do. AO was equally coo. Does GW have a good tut?
2. Regular of collectors ed? Is there a differnce?
3. Community; are there any Over-da-hill crews formed yet and if so, can I get a recommendation on a mature guild? Nothing against young, I was once young, but would like to experince the game with those of similar goals and objectives.
Holding out until you all get a wack at this one. Hope to see u all soon in game.
SEA

How many missions are there in the Ascalon area, and how do you get to the Ruins of Syrmia mission? And after the Ascalon area is it the Northern Shiverpeaks? And one final question, what's a good level to be at during the Ruins of Syrmia mission? Because I am currently a level 9 and a half R/Me.

Is the Collector's Edition really worth buying over the regular edition? Is forking the 30 extra bucks out worth it?

Also, I've read some about the collector's edition but I have a question about it, what is the Ithas Bow?

Thanks so much for whoever helps me...

The Collecter's Edition is cool, because you get a lot of extras, including the Ithas Bow. The Ithas Bow is a high damage dealing bow that is excellent ifyour looking to be a Ranger or sub-class ranger. You also get teamspeak to actually talk with other, so it really comes down to what you want, I was highly considering getting it, but then I got a copy from a friend, but there is no HUGE gameplay difference.

Hi I have been looking in to this game for about a week. It is not in our stores as yet
I am a faithful player of FFXI how is the game play versis that game?
I guess what I want to know is how does it compare?
I love the no fee of course I will keep the both games can't just drop one I have played for 6 months daily.
Another question I have is what are views on buying a used copy that someone does not play anymore like on Ebay?
I hope to see some of you ingame soon I love helping ppl and being in a group that is friendly.

Hope to see you all soon
Lady Navada

Sorry if I have missed this answer. I have been looking around different threads here for awhile and still havent found a clear cut answer.

I'm just curious when you are able to begin PvP activites with a RP character?

From what I can tell you have to speak with Sir Tydus and join the academy first... can someone please verify this?


TIA

p.s. I have been having a blast playing in the PvE sections of the world and am only L-7 W/Mo so I dont wanna leave too early to join the academy!

-Mud

Ok...well, if you're playing a cooperative mission - let's say, you're making the trip to Yak's Bend with other players who need to get there and need your help to get them there - then it will probably be a problem just leaving the game, especially if you're so near to finishing the mission. However, most are just like you; They, as well, have a life and need to go AFK sometimes. At a point in the game where you know you can take a break, just tell them you need to go AFK real quick. Most will wait, some will carry on to finish the mission.

I will say that when you're in a co-op mission, it is more difficult to just get up and go afk as in other online RPGs I've played.

What you might want to do is start a mission with some NPC henchmen. That way if you need to leave the mission ASAP you won't piss anyone off.

BTW....this game is VERY addictive. Sure, it's easy to step in casually play. But you may find yourself - after being offline for a bit - wanting to jump back on. It is also as FUN as is it ADDICTIVE. I'm actually looking forward to the first expansion set.

Are there any kind of party loot options available?

What comes after the Nolani Academy mission? Is it the Northern Shiverpeaks, if not how many missions are there until come to the Shiverpeaks? Because I really want to get out of Ascalon. It's way to dreary. Another question, I'm level 10 is that a good level to head through Nolani, or should I level up?

Nolani is the last mission in Ascalon.

;D

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As for loots, there's no way to change loot drop settings. I'm not even sure how drops are determined.