Guide Us Guiding You

With the upcoming BWE and all we'd like to start filling in the "basic" information on this site. We tend to concentrate on the deep, dark information that makes most people's eyes spin. The high end stuff, really, and I think it's well represented here. But we also want to be a site that helps people get to that high end. So, we'd like to have FAQs and guides and information not just for the experienced and knowledgable players but for the novices as well. The problem, though, is time and effort. There's a lot to cover and we can't get it all done at once so we need to pick our battles.

That in mind, we'd like to ask the various members of our community who frequent here just what sorts of guides and beginning information would you like to see here?

We can't, obviously, break the NDA or anything, but what sort of stuff would you like to see?

Would you like guides to fighting in the Ascalon Arena? Or in the Arena in general? Would you like us to talk about forming groups and parties? Do you want us to start cataloging all the sidequests? Do you want information on just what's the best way to level? Armor dyeing? What? Let us know so we can hopefully get it done.

I'd like to say everything since all of that is useful to new players and some even to old players who aren't in alpha.

I'd like to se a general introduction to GW that outlines the general concept as well as touching on crafting, dyeing, trading, skill aquisition the PvE system and the different options for PvP. From this overview there could be links to more in depth topics in each area such as the best places to level and the strengths and weaknesses of the monters in PvE or beginners tips for the different PvP arenas in the PvP section. A section like this would be nice to point out to people who know absolutly nothing about GW.

An general overview with a few sentences about each area might be the easiest way to break a new player in to the GW world.

well the march BWE isnt my first but the feb was. but heres some things i would of really liked to know

1) the prices of items to real players (i know i mentioned this but...)

2) the baisics of where to find stuff (expert id kits, ext..)

3) the best weapons for the lvl your at

4) best maps to find things (rares, iron, silk, ext)

these are just a few ones that i thought would be good

A big plus would be a newbee starter guide. You've got some info for "Old Ascalon" but it has a lot of holes - I would also consider chanding the name to Pre-Searing rather than Old - it might get confusing. I've got a partial done, but I'm still missing some information.

the only thing that a pre-searing guide would do bad is it would take away from the first time you play, it would be more like reading insturctions and following them you wouldnt really learn, but i might be thinking of a completly diffrent guide then you i read stuff wrong alot

I was meaning more of the idea of things that you should do befor joining the acadamy, not nessisarily how to do it. I don't want to see a walkthrough.

I would like to see a list of all the possible items that can be crafted and what materials and gold is needed to craft that item. Also listing the NPC in w/e town it can crafted in.

-EDIT- nvm i found it, i feel stupid for not seeing it

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