![]() ![]() In one of my worst criticisms of the game, there is so much that the game has that is either very poorly explained in game or not explained at all. Guild Wars 2 isn’t secretly referred to as “Guild Wiki 2” for no reason. Browse the Official Wiki by Typing /wiki in the Chat Window Good way to level up those mastery tracks. I’m not sure if “Champion Trains” are as popular as they used to be, but running dynamic and timed events back to back will reward you with lots of experience AND loot. While maybe not being the fastest way (which I believe is crafting), dynamic map events and timed events are a great way to earn lots of experience very quickly. The best part is once you’re done, just exit the PvP lobby by using the window again and you’ll appear right back in the same spot on Tyria you left! Dynamic and Timed Events are a Great Way to Earn XP There you will find, all within a very short distance of each other: a bank, auction house, and general vendor. Say you’re out exploring and run out of salvaging kits and need to hit a vendor or the bank real quick but don’t want to fully teleport back to town, what do you do? Instead of spending coin to teleport, you can just open the PvP window and enter the PvP lobby. The PvP Lobby is a Quick Place for Town Services Maybe periodically check your bank crafting tab. Be a bit careful here, too, as some materials used for crafting can also be used to upgrade your gear directly, like precious stones. ![]() Deposit All Crafting Materials Directly Into Your Bank from your InventoryĪnd after salvaging all that gear, you can deposit all the crafting materials directly into your bank! In the upper right corner of the inventory pane there’s a button that will do just this. Of course, if your character’s gear hasn’t reached full 80 Rares and Exotics yet, you should just do a quick double-check to make sure any gear isn’t an upgrade first before salvaging. So, after identifying all that gear in the above step, you can very quickly dismantle all the gear as well. If you right-click on a salvage kit the menu will have options to salvage all gear of a certain rarity or lower. Salvage All Fine/Rare and Lower Gear All at Once Plus, you’ll unlock all the armor skins that come along with all the gear. So, 10 unidentified Masterwork gear could have 1 or 2 Rares hidden in it. You can salvage or sell the entire stack as is, but if you “use all” or double-click them, gear of that quality or *above* will come out. Identify Gear Before SalvagingĪfter playing a while, you’ll notice you’re acquiring stacks of unidentified armor in Fine, Masterwork, and Rare gear. Not every chest will let you do this, but a great majority will. If you’ve saved up quite a few of them before opening, like I tend to do, it’s a quick way to claim them all. If you right click on the reward chests that appear in the bottom right corner of the screen after you complete achievements, they’ll automatically place their contents directly into your inventory. Right Click Reward Chests to Collect Them Quickly Also, keybinding dodge to a specific key instead of double-tapping (I use Shift) helps make dodging a lot easier. So if you can’t get out of the way fast enough, timing it so that you dodge as the hit occurs will still negate the damage and is the best way, if not the key, to defeating many of the game’s bosses. In a mechanic that isn’t found in many other games, dodging not only is a way to get out of a big telegraphed attack, but also negates all damage while you do so. Dodging Negates Damage, Not Just Moves You Out of the Way Just little things that I’ve found very helpful, and if they’ve helped me, I hope they help you. However, if you’re one of the lucky ones able to, here are my top twelve basic tips for new and old Guild Wars 2 players. That’s why I’m putting my tips here, in my blog where most players will never see it. If you’re not sure, it’s always better to wait for those players to *seek out help themselves*. I have seen players in other games, too, absolutely soured due to an over-helpful community, it’s not just GW2. There are a lot of players, like myself, who see games as a puzzle to figure out and take pride in doing so without guides or handouts from other players. Sidenote: For real GW2 community, not every new player needs to be coddled and taught how to play the game. Well, at least those players that the community haven’t scared away, anyway. With the new release of the game on Steam and despite how they, oddly, set it up so that you need to play as a new account to do so, there are a lot of new players coming in. Guild Wars 2 is a pretty great game that I’ve played on and off for quite a long time now and despite not progressing that far due to my own snail-pace playstyle, I think I’ve learned a thing or two along the way, especially some stuff that might be helpful to new players. ![]()
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