15 ESSENTIAL NEW PLAYER TIPS For Guild Wars 2!
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- Guild Wars 2 can be a tricky game to get in to. Perhaps you've found yourself a little short on money despite putting a lot of time into farming or maybe you just can't seem to find gear and weapons which are any good - but don't worry. Many of Guild Wars 2's quirks and oddities aren't anywhere near as daunting as they might initially appear - and this handy list of 15 tips seeks to answer some of the problems that you might have encountered during your time in Tyria!
00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Use The Trading Post
01:22 - Check Your Material Storage
02:12 - Stay Near Other Players
03:39 - Respawn Quickly
05:08 - Read Your Abilities
06:19 - Exotic Gear Is Really Good
07:20 - Don't Worry About Hearts
07:59 - You Can Level In Low Zones
08:55 - Use The Wiki
09:28 - Talk To People
10:00 - Join Squads
11:19 - Change Your Build
12:16 - Try Different Things
13:47 - Don't Rush (Unless You Want To)
15:14 - You Can Play The Game In Any Order
16:01 - Conclusion
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I been playing since beta, but I still watch these "new player tips" videos, just in case I missed something. Sometimes I learn a thing or two!
Same brotha
Aye I do the same thinking of jumping back into it.
same
Ture master aways keep a beginner heart.
Same
So for some perspective...
Black Desert is my first and only MMO since 2017. So you can imagine the culture shock when I went into GW2.
I was skeptical, but the game was just nice and cozy like that.
It felt like the equivalent of coming from an abusive childhood household and finding a nice old couple in the country side giving me a roof to sleep under, food to eat, and a fire to keep me warm.
Isn't it nice getting better weapons without having to gamble on permanently destroying your current weapon? I do not miss BDO at all, aside from the visuals.
You made the right decision. 7k hours on bdo here. That game is full of egotistical edgy manchildren + gambling your life away. GW2 is so casual friendly it's not even funny. Way more fun.
Wait until you hear about this game called Final Fantasy! Coziness 1000%
@@SupraSav BDO has one of the best character creations ever. But yeah. Also the horses and horse breeding. Like I need more games to have mount breeding and me being able to have it as a profession.
You and me both!
Fantastic tips. One that I pay special attention to : Fully dead, please take a waypoint. In many cases, taking a waypoint and raptoring back is faster than waiting for a rez. I am one of the guilty - if you're down, I'll revive you; if you're dead, I'll leave you laying there and fight over your corpse. Just WP away and jump back in.
Regarding Renown Hearts: Don't completely ignore them. There are certain items in later parts of the game that you can only buy from Renown Heart-locked merchants. A lot of map events take place within the Renown Hearts area so if you see an event symbol next to a renown heart try to do the event - you'll get to complete the event and the renown heart progress bar at the same time.
and you'll need map completion for legendries later anyways! so may as well finish them! (also a completionist so I cant just leave things undone as I come across them haha)
The feeling of loading into a map and seeing you've completed everything is just 👌
came here to say that. These vids are very surface level. Hearts you can ignore I guess, but you are locking yourself out of endgame rewards
@@jeremy322345 hearts really dont matter at endgame unless you want a specific thing you can avoid doing any of them and still be perfectly fine
While I already knew 99% of the information in this video, I still learned something new!
(6:04) I never knew you could mouse over the Defiance Bar icon to get information on what happens to that boss if you break the bar.
The best tips for new players are talking to people and trying different things. Guys, do what you enjoy and find friends/guild who will do it with you. You don't necessarily have to make the most optimal gold farm, if you don't enjoy it, it can cause you to burn out and stop playing this amazing game because then it just becomes a grind. Unless you are grind enjoyer, then go and farm that juicy gold.
Thanks Teapot another great video!
Thanks for the encouragement!! Just started playing the game with my friends and started out as an ele focused on squad healing cc and mobility and ive been having a tone of fun even tho i dont do much damage. I think the ammount of options i have as an ele can be better used if i focus on just a fee abilities, otherwise i get lost with the cooldowns 😵💫
This game is good ?
Sadly I have 4 lvl 80's and coming back I have lost where I am, because I been gone for over 2+ years, and lets face it this game is NOT returning player friendly, yes people will help you but would you take me into Fractals never seen one?? When you take me on a raid knowing I never been there, or maybe farming legendary gear would you take me never knowing where to start? Yes it sounds like please hold my hand but isn't asking questions the very thing of holding hands to begin with.
@@jasons718 I came back to the game after 8 years. 1 year later and I'm clearing strikes, raids and T4 fractals. I even managed to clear some CMs.
Find a training group for Strike/Raid on LFG or join a guild. There are so many guild doing training runs every week for complete beginners. Tier 1 fractals (0-25) are for complete beginners, that does not even require you to have ascended gear, go for that and learn there.
If you don't have guild, LFG is your friend, just join a group and tell them you are new, they will either kick you or tell you what to do.
I was also joining training groups at the beginning, and majority of the commanders were super friendly, because they expect you to suck at the game.
Also, watch MightyTeapots zero to hero here on youtube, that will teach you a lot ;)
Wise words! I almost wish I didn't instant 80v
If you're working on putting together your first set of Exotic equipment and money's still tight, shop around and check the wiki for various ways to get gear with the prefix you want. Sometimes much sought after sets like Viper's and Celestial will have alternate sources that can be much cheaper than buying at the trading post or even crafting them yourself.
verdant brink my beloved
Like iron legion pistols. They are stat selectable and only cost 6g compared to the 11g of vipers or whatever 20g celestial costs
Great video! Specially appreciate mentioning staying close to your team. As a support player I hate it when I'm forced to chase my team members in order to keep them alive and boons running!
Great video! Started playing roughly two and a half weeks ago and just got my first character to lvl80. I took my time and just engaged in everything I saw while going through the different maps. Doing it that way was very enjoyable for me and a little confusing at the same time because in every other mmo I tried out or played a while I very much had the urge to rush and I can't really tell why...
Maybe GW2 just hit different because being in the open world is way more fun than in other games. Well, it seems like all I did was only the beginning of my GW2 journey... there's so much to do and I haven't really figured out where to start. It's great. This is exactly what I want when it comes to mmo's. Had to get that out. I like this game!
Only recently started playing!! Like…2 days ago recently. This video was absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much!! I’m so excited to have all these options and choices. It’s such a rich, beautiful game 💚
Thanks for the video, Teapot, I learned a few things and reaffirmed quite a bit I thought I knew already!
I've only been playing about 2 or 3 months now, but it's been a blast so far... got my Necro to 80, and almost finished 2 specializations but I've been debating branching out to another profession or buying the latest expansion for new specs for a bit more variety! Decision paralysis got me bad xD
Anyway, have a great day, and thanks for what you do! 💚
8:54 use the english wiki
I play in english, though i'm german. The og wiki is just better, you can switch between languages by holding right strg on your keyboard, if you want to know what the strange thing in your german/ french or whatever inventory is called in english and the other way around.
If npc's stop talking, you need to change the language in the launcher to download the voice files.
All interface and menu stuff will be translated when holding right strg, including [linked] stuff in the chat.
I'm not sure theres ever been an individual player who's ever done more for an MMO than you have for GW2 Teapot.
Your videos helped get me back into the game (was a typical "played it pre expansion, enjoyed it but lack of endgame = quit" player) and I enjoying it so much.
Even got some of my WoW raider buddies to come along, and things are clicking so much for us. Your site helped us understand the psuedo trinity of GW2 with offensive / heal supports so we have everything covered as a group...I think.
Im on a P Quick Herald, also gonna put together a heal set. We've got a H Alac Druid, Spellbreaker DPS, Weaver DPS and Reaper DPS. I'm sure it's far from perfect, but we have the basics covered thanks to your content so thank you (and the community as a whole)!
if you type /ip in chat you will get a large number, the last 3 digits are the ip of the map you are in. if in open world you dont see other people from your squad maybe you are in a diferent ip of the same map, right click the squad icon of a player in the correct ip and join them.
The efficiency page and that PvP lobby trick were definitely the most important pieces of information for me. Thanks a lot for the tips dude!
Great video! The tip regarding why your gold count doesnt go up much despite farming is so good. Even though I've played for a decent amount of time and I know you get gold via mats/etc... I still get caught off guard with not seeing my gold count go up from time to time.
Best tips ever. Been playing since Steam release and consider my self newbie still. A lot can be learned from these videos and community in general. Awesome job you guys are doing. Massive thank you.
GW2 is a truly great experience. You can really play the game any way you want. Just walk around a zone and an event will *literally* fall into your lap and you can do it, then get an upgrade out of it. Totally organically. So much fun.
I have to say that I have had the game/account for 6 years, but for some reason I never gave the game a chance, I only got deeper into the game a few days ago. I have to say that this is the best thing that I "discovered", I can't stop playing and there is so much. . . Definitely the best mmo so far. Old veteran of WoW even after GW2 I can't play those slow outdated games anymore
I disagree with not completing hearts... I would advice to complete 100% of each map as you go. After completing 100% of a map (quests, vistas, points of interested, hero points and waypoints) you will unlock rewards, including dyes and transmutable charges to customise your character's appearance. Moreover later on if you want to craft a first generation legendary weapon you will need the gift of exploration, which will be given to you when you complete 100% of all the maps. If would make it more smooth to complete maps every now and then and have that ingredient ready to go than to grind hard later on to get a legendary weapon. Exploration is one of the greatest features of gw2
Great video! One of, if not THE, most useful new player tips video i've seen of GW2! 👏
okay. yap. been giving the game a go since yesterday. this a straight treasuretrove of useful info, packed into a well edited visual aid. thank you!
Really, really great video. Your attitude throughout was encouraging and entertaining. Thanks!
very nice guide, i remember doing so well in gw1, making builds and all, and on the surface level i said this should be a breeze, but there are so many nuances in gw2. i was like its a frickin collage coarse. so i tell people study one thing at a time. it will make it so easy. a guide like this cuts through alot of the learning curve.. ind i can say, to this day i forget to change my armor and build to the environment, then im like due,, after Dyeing (sp?) thank you mighty teapot
Thanks for such an informative video, I just started less than a month ago with a few friends and we are having a real blast doing pretty much everything we can.
Great tips m8. Been playing a few days and tons of great info here. The blue bar thing especially.
Can't thank you enough. That's one of the best guides - or however you wanna call it - vid of any game i've ever seen. Great job and respect
Very nice!
A minor thing, but if you try builds in PvP area, it may be different than doing it in PvE, because skill splits.
Ye i am a newb so im not sure why but in the pvp area abilities had a lot more cd than when i play the same build in pve. Maybe it has to do with some buff or something.
Great Video, im new as a lot of players i think, so this content is great for me, just lvl 80 doing living world S1 and trying the first fractals and that, the game is great
Amazing description of GW2, wonderful video, amazing community and amazing game. You have described the game better than any video I've seen
Many thanks mate, this video helped a lot.
thank you soo much for this video. It really sums up most of the questions I had
gw2 efficiency was a great tip I love this website ! I found so many items I had no clue that they had value and made alot of gold !
Thank you so much, I’m brand new to the game, and it’s been really difficult learning everything all at the same time.
Started playing this a couple of weeks ago and absolutely loving it so far
Thankyou for this, I've recently returned to GW2 after a 10yr absence (played in the beta and got a ranger to lvl 80). On returning I have been completely lost, this video has helped me start to get beck into the swing of things.
Great tips! Thank you!
Thanks for these tips, they’re greatly appreciated!
Well said, very informative. Thanks.
I quite recently(179 days ago according to /age) started to play, while I intentionally try to limit myself to roughly doing things in order(in terms of expansions) I've yet to get bored of anything. Sure the personal story for the third time is a bit of a drag, but just doing something else for a bit and not actually feeling like I'm losing "progress" is great. To my mind the sheer amount of ways to progress is the best thing about gw2.
I'm a new player to GW2 and at first I laughed at the read the skills part thinking "Why wouldn't you. . ?" Then I remembered all the other MMO's I've played, and yeah it's valid.
Amazing video!
This is, in fact, one of the best MMORPGs out there, specially to those who don't really have much time to play games anymore.
I moved to GW2 because I was tired of playing ESO and with every patch I had to grind new gear to stay "up to date". GW2 does not have this pressure fortunately.
the material storage thing was such a relief and probably kept me playing the game when i was about to quit because I reached level 80 and the exotic gear seemed like it would take too long to get but i could buy several sets with the gold i didnt know i had in the material storage
I dunno if I'd tell people to ignore renown hearts. 100% zone completion rewards are a big deal.
Time effectively, not so much.
This. This was the only iffy advice Teapot gave, but the rest was great.
That isn't what I said though, I said you DON'T HAVE TO DO HEARTS, not that you SHOULD NOT. Those two statements are not the same.
Awesome video! I have been playing for TEN YEARS and I'm still so clueless. I've opened all the maps and finished all the main expansions (except HoT because I just couldn't get into it until I had mounts). I really have a good time still, even though I'm not a badass. I do feel dumb though because I still know NOTHING about builds, I only play one character, and I don't know lingo. So when I ask for help or look up help in the sub-reddit, I can't even understand the advice or instructions. I got the big GW book but it came out before any expansion. It probably has a lot about builds and optimizing etc.
Anyway, thank you for this video. I will be checking out more of your channel.
Great video, Thank you! I am going to give it a go on this game it looks great!
Im still pretty new to the game (like a month and a half), i never knew you can test skill freely in the arena which is pretty neat, still looking for good rotation for my weaver and exotic build set.
I have tried Fractal and its pretty nice even for LFG.
I done the dungeon mostly three man with my friend but soonish maybe do an lfg.
Thank you, quick and easy to understand !
My adventure begins!
If you don't care about the specifics and want to learn general roles (boon dps, healers, pure DPS), it might help to ask around for easier high end builds. For example, Power Soulbeast (a ranger elite specialization) is considered to be quite easy to learn, and Druid (another ranger espec) is considered to be both good and pretty easy to learn (although in raids you become the toolbelt/mechanic monkey player).
do you know of any easy to learn Engineer builds? I picked Engineer cause it looked really cool with all the gadgets and stuff, and then found out that it's got a huge amount of different things it can do and it's kinda overwhelming
Shift click an item/poi/way point to chat bar for easy sharing is also helpful like if you wanted to know what an item does it used for that you just received, type /wiki then shift click that item
My best advice for newer players who are struggling with the game is that success in this game when it comes to combat is reliant on your knowledge of enemy abilities and attack animations.
You could have a perfect build and set of gear, but if you don’t know what enemy attacks do, or when to dodge, or when they need to be interrupted, you may just be killed and not know why.
There are tons of enemies in this game and a lot of them are challenging until you know how to fight them, so the best advice I can give is just don’t be afraid to die and keep trying. Learn the enemies, and you will start to succeed.
Just started GW2 and this has been incredibly helpful to say the least
Here are my own 2 tips.
Reading revisions! Skills in gw2 are a bit complicated if you are a new player. You don't have to remember the whole skill just what does in general but you should go back and read again at different times of your journey and reevaluate the information. You will often find skills that you previously thought useless to be much Much better, and skills that initially sounded good to be useless. Others may have components that you missed or forgot or new syngergies that you didnt know/understand before like combo fields or only doing condition damage when you have a power build.
The other important information is atttributes or stats. They are important in almost everything, from foods to gear to skills and traits. Understanding what each attribute is and does is actually really simple but infinitly important. Trust me on this one.
honestly, both of these tips could be applied to anny mmo.. people are really bad about not actually reading skill tooltips in pretty much any mmo imo. and if you dont understand basic attributes.... then its pretty much garanteed youre going to suck ass..
Great tips!
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As someone, after many years, just now getting back into WoW, I was looking for something new to try and was torn between GW2 and FF14. This video has convinced me to start with GW2.
Ty!
I'm a returning player(played at launch then left till a couple months ago) and this video was very helpful! Two things I still can't wrap my head around tho are 1. the absurd amount of items you get from login, quests, events and so on(a lot of those present stuff to choose from and I store them in the bank because I don't know which to pick atm and the bank is now full) 2. dungeons
I'm levelling a toon from start despite having the insta 80 tomes, and I'm almost level 70, and while leveling I got the dungeons invitations in the mail as I was progressing but they say something confusing like that you first have to do them "In story mode"(how?) and then you can just do them again. I thought "in story mode" meant I could do them alone but even the first one, which was the Ascalonian Catacombs if I'm not mistaken, was too hard.
Any suggestion about these two things?
wasnt the usual general tips I hear. Take my like and subscribe.
The number 1 issue I saw with the influx of new player videos was the lack of reading the UI. These new players were ignoring the pop ups and level rewards then complained about the game. One guy didn't know you could weapon swap for a long time lol. READ THE USER INTERFACE and interact with things. That's how you learn new software...
I always say, "developers put that on screen for a reason...". Always look at hover state and right click actions. I'm a web developer/designer.
Honestly, if someone doesn't know about such basics, there's no point in continuing to play because it's definitely not a product for them
Great tips and video
Very good tips, thanks
this is great info thanks for the video
You just sold the game for me! I'm going to try and play as soon as I can. Thanks!
As a returning player this was really well done, thank you!
Nice work, thanks.
Hi I know im late to this but I thought I'd add a tip for new players that is a god send when learning.
when you get into game on first character, go into settings and hotkeys, find "Action camera toggle" and find a suitable bind (i use left alt next to spacebar but you do you). Ok so GW2 uses two styles for combat that you can change between freely, standard feels much more like a standard MMO with tab targeting while action camera turns your character with your mouse and sets your main action bar ability onto your mouse clicker too.
Its arguably a lot smoother and easier to learn the game in action camera and learn to switch based on whats easier, I wish I had known about this option in the settings at the start as its really really handy
Back after a few years, logged in and was instantly lost, this vid helped alot, thanks dude!
You can actually level up just by crafting as well. The best thing that anyone can do is, start crafting. Teaches you what goes together and how it goes together. Plus, if you don't like the gear you crafted, salvage it for materials and make something different. I think this is severely overlooked in game. People tend to buy gear, armor, weapons from the trading post, when in fact, they should be crafting it. Believe it or not, GW2efficiency helps with this as well. Relying on the RNG gods to give you an ascended piece from a drop is futile, since it's not a 100% guarantee you'll get such a drop each time.
I do complete the hearts for each map for the reason, you won't get map completion without those hearts being done. Hence 100% map completion won't happen. Getting into a good helpful guild is also a big plus. Hardstuck is a good one, right Teapot?! :P
Best tip of all, never let the game "overwhelm" you and it will at times. Take a break, ask questions, learn and just enjoy the game. Cheers :)
Nice tips thanks allot 😁
just picked this up and this definitely is helpful and promising
Thanks for the tips, I only have 1400 hours and I needed these so bad. Keep em coming!
Damn bro that’s a lot of hours ! Hope you still enjoy it !
@@Temoorman34 love it more everyday! Playing it casually make me taste everything of it without burning out ;)
great tips tysm, havent played guild wars 2 since it first came out ^_^ been looking for a new mmo to play
I just came back after 13 years and as such I´m a complete newbie again. This video helped me out a ton, so TYSM for that!
I've just started playing. Game seems awesome. Love the open world questing.
I just started and I'm loving every minute of it
great video!
nice tips for new player. thank very much
One of the things i find great about and sometimes but rarely enrages me is the fact that after years of playing you will still be able to find things you can do even in content you allready played through lots of time.
The Treasure Hunter achievement being the one achievement that sometimes enrages me because the drop chance of most and particularly the most expensive items is very low... hence the value of such items like that one amulett or sam or rhendaks signet ring.
That is why i do from time to time rewatch and search for tips and tricks or "new player" content as such we have here... because let's face it peepawz... you just need to go through all the crafting recipes to know you're in for a fun "learning" experience... not to mention all the mostly unknown mystic forge recipes... like the bulk of armor recipes many ... even vet players don't know about
Thank you, coming from WoW retail this is so different in a refreshing way.
I bought the game 2 years and I didn't really play, now I tried again and it's been nice so far. I was kind of bored farming mobs only at some point and finished "heart quests" in a zone that's my level and got lazy to search an other zone that's around my level.
I love the heart quests tbh. But the only thing that is a bit hard to master for me, is the navigation between zones (especially following the wiki).
Even if you discover a zone you won't see immediately all the name of the subzones. Also it's kind of hard to know the outlines of a specific zone.
Beside that, I love everything in the game so far.
So now that I know about level scaling, I'm gonna finish all the heart quests in every zone.
There’s an add on that overlays arrows that you follow in game to fully explore every zone.
What keeps me to this game now is the engagement!
I loved FFXIV still do for the story but for me gw2 has the fluid combat and environments look better and I just can't stand wow I played it and just feels empty compared to gw2
We all get bored/burnt out of games sometimes so we ultimately always swap and change xD
@markswaim-tf2gl yes but s9metimes even by using that it's not very obvious in some zone. Or maybe I just need to learn how to interpret better all those arrows and stuff in the add-on
@recur9245 I feel you. For me, I had my share of mmos, but it was with my friends. Now that everyone have their jobs, I'm the only one who kept playing time consuming games. (Even with my job)
But in recent years, I'm more into arpgs like poe diablo and last epoch and lost ark at some point. But it doesn't stop me from trying games like this one.
Great tips for a newbie like me
Some of your currencies for maps will end up in your material storage, this especially for living story maps.
I've been playing since beta and these are fabulous tips.
Thanks for the tips
Thank you very helpful
Just found your Channel, great work! How Long do you think the Servers will Continue Running as we just experienced a new Addon this year and a huge amount of new players coming to the Game? ❤
12:00 - F2P Players can not use specializations from expansions in PVP only core class traits, keep that in mind
Rightly so if you like the game like buy expansion
"yeah, i'm gonna watch the whole video."
-me (even though i've played since gw2 launched 2012)
Yup, same
I have been playing for years on and off. But my urge to do all the content in order probably killed a lot of fun :-))
Thank you!
The MOST IMPORTANT, recently added, and may require the latest expansion (not sure), is the Wizard's Vault. Currently, you can spend only 1800 points to get an Ascended Weapon + 3 pieces of Ascended Armor. SUPEREASY to get some of the best equipments in the game.
Btw, though this is a great video, I don't agree with everything here. For example, I recommend to do the story lines as quickly as possible, since they unlock quite a lot of goodies or even essentials. And if you like the game, get all the expansions and Living Worlds asap.
If the Wiki can't help your problem, other players almost certainly can. Good tips!
it took me 2 days to find a group for one of the older LW chapters. not 2 days of contant spamming, but i would log in many times and try my luck.
and when we finally got in, it was one of the worst gaming experiences of my life. no thanks.
I have a 10 year old account but I have been playing on and off until like 2 years ago and decided to make the commintment to this game. I still play others obviously but this is my main game. And I can say without a shadow of a doubt that trying new things is the best tip you can do in Gw2. And especially when you try it you really try it not like a few hours and done you gotta do enough that you actually understand it. I make alot of leggies so I tthought that getting the gift of battle was a hassle and a waste of time but I ended up really liking WvW. I don't main it but I like playing it when I have to for something. Or better yet I just sometimes just go onto it just to get dailies and a few pips just to have them. Point is that when you try something it is gonna be a bit uncomfortable but that's ok and natural just don't let it affect the rest of your experience and always try new things.
Been playing Wow on and off over the course of it's lifespan. It's been fun but there are a lot of small annoyances that have piled up so much it's become a chore now. I played GW1 back in the day but never check out the sequel. It sounds way less restrictive than Wow. Gonna check it out today!
Never played this game before and really considering it! Never played MMOs in general actually lol, but hey we all start somewhere.
great video for beginners
Buddy up with a guardian and keep beside them. Thatd the best advice I have. At low levels you will get knocked out of fights very quickly without them. Seek them out. Learn what they look like. They are your safety against boons.
One thing that I've noticed was that the masteries needed to boost up your mount skills have been maxed out. I know for sure the last time I stopped playing I didn't unlock all of them. But once End of Dragons came out, suddenly I have all the abilities for all mounts and expansions.
Don't ignore the hearts. 100%ing a zone gives you some valuable items. Sure, cosmetic, but transfiguration charges and getting 10 statuettes for a complete makeover ticket might be worth getting. And if you have any expansions, you can alt farm the starting city as soon as you load in. No hearts, just run around and collect all the points of interest and fast travel points.
Coming back after a 9 years of hiatus, thank you for the tutorial.