After Spent Lots of Time playing this wonderful game, I have come to the realization that there is quite a few things that I would do differently after my pl...
  • Necropola❌@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I created 8 characters at launch (all professions back then) and fully completed all 5 starting zones on all of them. This was when loot did not scale up with your level and I ended up being heavily over-leveled and never getting useful gear or materials from loot or rewards.

    I also picked 2 crafting professions on each and tried to keep them relevenat, i. e. I wanted to carft my own gear. Silly me.

    I played a bit of sPvP but no WvW. I did no Dungeons and Fractals did not exist.

    So, what would I do different or rather what would I do today, if I were to start from scratch (on a fresh account) again?

    • I’d still create one character of each profession (9 = 5 + 4 additional slots) and play all of them for a bit, i. e. until level 40 or 60 which really does not take long with today’s increased XP rewards.

    • I’d buy 3 Unlimited Gathering Tools, a Copper-Fed Salvage-o-Matic and at least enough Shared Inventory Slots to transfer/share these items across all characters.

    • I’d (initially) only do Essential Map Completion, i. e. remove all map fog, unlock all Waypoints and get all Hero Points when exploring zones while avoiding to over-level too much.

    • I’d pick 3 (one of each armor class) out of the 9 professions/characters I played until level 40 or 60 to be my Scouts and continue leveling them to 80, get Exotic Gear for them and a decent Open World Build.

    • I’d buy an additional crafting license so that I can cover all 9 (8 + Scribe) Crafting Disciplines on my Scouts and start leveling up crafting. No rush, but the goal is get to Ascended Crafting on all disciplines (but Jewelcrafting and Scribing of course).

    • I’d commit to one of my (now level 80) Scouts to be my Main which will be the first (and probably only) character to complete all Living World content and all 3 Expansions. Other characters (espoecially the Scouts) may follow, e. g. to complete missing achievements while freshen things up a bit.

    • At least on my Main (maybe all Scouts) I’d start doing Fractals and getting Ascended Gear (at least Ascended Trinkets).

    • I’d start playing WvW on my Main or one of my Scouts, whichever has the best (easy to play) Roaming Build available.

    I find WvW to be much more casual and less toxic than sPvP. WvW dailies are also often faster to complete than PvE dailies.

    • I’d completely ignore sPvP apart from maybe trying out builds/gear in the lobby.

    • I’d play/progress my other characters whenever I get bored with my Main and/or Scouts.

    • I’d take more frequent (but shorter) breaks from GW2 and play something else or not play at all to avoid getting burned out (essentially hating to do something I used to enjoy).

    Note @meldrik@lemmy.wtf: Extracting the thumbnail from videos or rather links in general now (0.18.0) appears to work.