Returning after a LONG break....

I been on a 2 years break, and I just returned to the game and it is like I don't know anything.I remember picking druid for my ranger, but that about it. I can't remember any of the lore orhow I got to where I am, so my question is....a few ones...

1. do I continue with the ranger?
2. do I instead start a new toon to re-learn anywhere?
3. what profession is interesting but not boring yet not so complex that if I miss a press of the key my whole rotation flaunders?
4. I got boosts, if I start a new toon, should I use the boosts, can I use them and still do the low areas?

what your advice?

Hey. My break even longer 3 yrs lol

i got back around a month now. i suggest you to purchase POF. by the time i get back it feel like lived in a jungle and walk into modern world. most of player use mount these days. and without a mount it will be hard for you to catch up. specially if you join a HP farm run in HOT map.

its rare for people doing dungeon, pvp, and wvw these day.s most people are busy doing event around the map.

about your question. how many character you got? maybe try different class before you boosts them

i personal had 11 character in all class. only 5 had elite specialisation. i feel like it change whole way to play the class. like engineer (scrapper) it become more support and PVE class. etc.

about interesting and not boring class. i feel like guardian with (dragonhunter and firebrand) is really coved every situation by swapping the elite. Guardian base skill is more tank class, dragonhunter is more berserker, firebrand is more support. but it just me.

Ranger i had one but not my favour so not sure about Druid.

I have 1 toon, thats the ranger/druid, and a level 42 elemental...thats it... so I am an open book in trying out new stuff, just as long as its notcomplex 45 buttons remember to press in sequence kind of playstyle :)

@Jotunhammer.7029 said:I have 1 toon, thats the ranger/druid, and a level 42 elemental...thats it... so I am an open book in trying out new stuff, just as long as its notcomplex 45 buttons remember to press in sequence kind of playstyle :)

you must have bad experience on ele, elemental is one of the hardest class.the easier class to start with is guardian, warrior, nerco, ranger,

the class need a bit playing skill is thief and renegade.a bit hard to play with is elemental , mesmer and engineers.

mesmer : you need to well knowing your skill and have good combination in timeengineer: base weapon is a bit weak need on top skill to support ( that what i feel)element : can be really powerful, but as you said. you need to remember all skill does and really complex. plus for the new specializtions (weaver) - 2 element can combine to a new skill, event more harder to play.

I suggest u go with guardian to start with is a really friendly and welcome class in a team or in a big event run.

or a necro (reaper) with minion build. a really lazy build class (my mainly use class) you only need to use 1~5 skill. its strong and easy to play with. but you may feel boring sometime. and its not too team friendly ( the minion is running everywhere ) specially on dungon.

If you enjoy ranger, keep it. Don't destroy your druid, gettting enough hp's to get an elite spec is time consuming.

Don't need to start a new toon unless you want to play a different class.

Dragonhunter (guardian), tempest (ele), reaper (necro) maybe spellbreaker. Herald (revenant) if you use a weapon other than sword, like hammer. Unless you want to raid, don't make a mesmer/chronomancer. The class was gutted in the last balance patch. Don't know about thief, i hear staff is good, i'm sure dual weapons need a good rotation.

Try a class out a little bit first at level 80 with the boost before deciding on making a class level 80. It will take you to the silverwastes where you have can try it out , if you leave that map your boost will be consumed and your character will be permanently level 80.

When you hit level 80 you can go to lower level maps , your character will be scaled down. But you can't go to those maps with the level 80 boost active. I don't think it's necessary to start from the very beginning to learn the game unless you enjoy that, once you use a boost, play how you want, you'll learn the game as you play anyhow and be at an advantage with the level 80 exotic gear rather than half rares and greens and an exotic piece here and there. Change the default keybindings to suit you, and your game settings, there are lots of guides on youtube. Once you get the hang of the game and have a littel bit of gold, go to the tp or karma temple vendors in orr maps and get some gear which can deal damage.

Pro tip: Uninstall the game, Its dying. Invest time on something else that actually has content and support

What snapz said. Sorry to disappoint you but the game is not what it used to be, it's basically a cash shop game now. Anet are constantly putting things on their gem store to get those players with addictive personalities to waste their money. They're always bringing out new skins instead of listening to their player base and working on what actually needs to be fixed. Players and complete guilds have left the game, some are just waiting on the aug 30 announcement before making a final decision. I wouldn't invest anymore cash into the game and don't recommend anyone buy pof or any expac. This game is not for casuals, you need to invest alot of time to get all of your gear, proper gear, for all game modes but spvp. Even spvp players are about who has the best skin. If you hear them say otherwise, they are lying! If you really want to play, wait till aug 30 before spending any money.

@dragontree.8092 said:What snapz said. Sorry to disappoint you but the game is not what it used to be, it's basically a cash shop game now. Anet are constantly putting things on their gem store to get those players with addictive personalities to waste their money. They're always bringing out new skins instead of listening to their player base and working on what actually needs to be fixed. Players and complete guilds have left the game, some are just waiting on the aug 30 announcement before making a final decision. I wouldn't invest anymore cash into the game and don't recommend anyone buy pof or any expac. This game is not for casuals, you need to invest alot of time to get all of your gear, proper gear, for all game modes but spvp. Even spvp players are about who has the best skin. If you hear them say otherwise, they are lying! If you really want to play, wait till aug 30 before spending any money.

True. current gw2 is not the gw2 use to be. anet is now hunger and greedy. i remember back in core game's time 100 gem is around 1~2 gold. and no outfit. i believe they were pursuit of their dreams. not like today's 100 gem around 20g + its more likely hard to get gems without purchase. any they still keep release outfit, skin try to dig player's money.

However i dont think gw2 is dying. but it just difference.

@dragontree.8092 said:What snapz said. Sorry to disappoint you but the game is not what it used to be, it's basically a cash shop game now. Anet are constantly putting things on their gem store to get those players with addictive personalities to waste their money. They're always bringing out new skins instead of listening to their player base and working on what actually needs to be fixed. Players and complete guilds have left the game, some are just waiting on the aug 30 announcement before making a final decision. I wouldn't invest anymore cash into the game and don't recommend anyone buy pof or any expac. This game is not for casuals, you need to invest alot of time to get all of your gear, proper gear, for all game modes but spvp. Even spvp players are about who has the best skin. If you hear them say otherwise, they are lying! If you really want to play, wait till aug 30 before spending any money.

Please remember that the team that develops content for the game is different from the team that fixes bugs. Just because there is new content being added to the store does not mean that there will be a delay in fixing bugs.

It does not take a lot of time to get fully geared in order to be successful in the game. You just need Exotics to complete most of the game modes. Getting fully geared in exotics does not take that long. With this game not having vertical progression, of course people are going to care about skins. That's not a bad thing.

FYI: I'm a casual.

Personally, I would poke around in the game some before buying anything unless you can afford to toss that money in the trash in case you decide that it's not the game for you still. If you really want to get an expansion and don't have one, I'd get PoF simply for the mounts.

I never mentioned a bug fixing team, but Anet, meaning the whole of Anet, the higher ups in particular are what i was referring to. Not once did i mention bugs. They are not even the biggest problem in game. Yeah, you can play the game in exotics and still have fun but if you really want to make the most of the game, you need ascended, and it takes alot of time and effort to get ascended gear. Unless you have already been playing for a while and have mats and gold and maps completed and time to farm living season maps for ascended trinkets, it takes a whole lot of time to gear up for someone still getting into the game. Even if you decide to get all your gear from pvp or wvw instead of pve it takes time to complete the reward tracks, and then getting the currencies needed to buy the ascended versions. Not to mention the time gated mats and getting all your hero points for elite specs takes a couple of hours. About skins- no it's not a bad thing to care abut skins, it's what most businesses do, play to people's weaknesses to get the most cash out of them that they can. When a game development team cares more about putting time and effort in to releasing new skins every other week, and lure people with the small chance that they may get an exciting new item dropped from a black lion chest (called gambling), or only make certain skins available from the gems store, i.e mount skins, instead of listening to the community and balancing the game i wouldn't call that a good thing. it's quiet obvious that Anet have become greedy and care more about their gem store and server transfer income than much else.@Seera.5916 said:

Please remember that the team that develops content for the game is different from the team that fixes bugs. Just because there is new content being added to the store does not mean that there will be a delay in fixing bugs.

It does not take a lot of time to get fully geared in order to be successful in the game. You just need Exotics to complete most of the game modes. Getting fully geared in exotics does not take that long. With this game not having vertical progression, of course people are going to care about skins. That's not a bad thing.

FYI: I'm a casual.

Personally, I would poke around in the game some before buying anything unless you can afford to toss that money in the trash in case you decide that it's not the game for you still. If you really want to get an expansion and don't have one, I'd get PoF simply for the mounts.

thank you all for your insights. I really like that GW2 is a game made so you can go around solo, not being forced to group. thats the big draw to GW2.I do not have a single friend thats got GW2, so I am doing this alone.

The thing with my druid is that I don't know anything about what I am suppose to do, where I am suppose to be, I get my butt handed to meregularly and I can't seem to get into the groove, thats why I was looking into going at it from scratch, so I get into each skill and know what/when/howto use it instead of just speculating.

I been sneaking a peek at engineer, the hammer/shield specc seems solid defence and decent survivability....

@"Snapz.4702" said:Pro tip: Uninstall the game, Its dying. Invest time on something else that actually has content and support

Nonsense,

• invest time in a game, pfft, gaming is per definition "wasting time"
• Gw2 has a lot of content, and should it really be dying, play the content now, before it's dead ;)

If you just change from druid to soulbeast it will be fine. Now this is advice from me that has never played much Druid so for me SB is much easier.Engineer also is a good choice, I feel the easiest is Necro and Mesmer but if you do not like those classes go engi :)And GL dont let the people above who need to go play others games get to you.

@dragontree.8092 said:I never mentioned a bug fixing team, but Anet, meaning the whole of Anet, the higher ups in particular are what i was referring to. Not once did i mention bugs. They are not even the biggest problem in game. Yeah, you can play the game in exotics and still have fun but if you really want to make the most of the game, you need ascended, and it takes alot of time and effort to get ascended gear. Unless you have already been playing for a while and have mats and gold and maps completed and time to farm living season maps for ascended trinkets, it takes a whole lot of time to gear up for someone still getting into the game. Even if you decide to get all your gear from pvp or wvw instead of pve it takes time to complete the reward tracks, and then getting the currencies needed to buy the ascended versions. Not to mention the time gated mats and getting all your hero points for elite specs takes a couple of hours. About skins- no it's not a bad thing to care abut skins, it's what most businesses do, play to people's weaknesses to get the most cash out of them that they can. When a game development team cares more about putting time and effort in to releasing new skins every other week, and lure people with the small chance that they may get an exciting new item dropped from a black lion chest (called gambling), or only make certain skins available from the gems store, i.e mount skins, instead of listening to the community and balancing the game i wouldn't call that a good thing. it's quiet obvious that Anet have become greedy and care more about their gem store and server transfer income than much else.@Seera.5916 said:

Please remember that the team that develops content for the game is different from the team that fixes bugs. Just because there is new content being added to the store does not mean that there will be a delay in fixing bugs.

It does not take a lot of time to get fully geared in order to be successful in the game. You just need Exotics to complete most of the game modes. Getting fully geared in exotics does not take that long. With this game not having vertical progression, of course people are going to care about skins. That's not a bad thing.

FYI: I'm a casual.

Personally, I would poke around in the game some before buying anything unless you can afford to toss that money in the trash in case you decide that it's not the game for you still. If you really want to get an expansion and don't have one, I'd get PoF simply for the mounts.

Gem store team is still different from the teams that fix things. Be it new content for the game or fixing WvW or fixing PvP.

Time to gear up for end game in an MMO is something that should be expected. It doesn't take as long as some other MMOs from what I've heard and no sign that better gear is in the pipeline so it's not like there is a treadmill for the gear.

@Snapz.4702 said:Pro tip: Uninstall the game, Its dying. Invest time on something else that actually has content and support

...says the person investing time in commenting on GW2 forums. sheesh

@"Jotunhammer.7029" said:I been on a 2 years break, and I just returned to the game and it is like I don't know anything.I remember picking druid for my ranger, but that about it. I can't remember any of the lore orhow I got to where I am, so my question is....a few ones...

1. do I continue with the ranger?
2. do I instead start a new toon to re-learn anywhere?
3. what profession is interesting but not boring yet not so complex that if I miss a press of the key my whole rotation flaunders?
4. I got boosts, if I start a new toon, should I use the boosts, can I use them and still do the low areas?

what your advice?

When you use a boost, it sets your character to level 80, portals you to Silverwastes and provides you with exotic Soldier gear. At that point, you are in a kind of "trial mode": you can play around as long as you want in Silverwastes, trying out that character. The one downside is that you only get access to the core spec, not to the other specs for that class. But it should give you a good feel for if the class in general is of interest to you.

If you decide the class is not for you, you can click on the boost again and undo it, which drops you character back to where it was originally. You can then create another character in another class and boost that one to try it out, etc. Once you find a class that you like, then you can commit the boost, which makes you permanently level 80 with the exotic Soldier gear.

As for class choice, I like Guardian (core and Firebrand), and Necro. Necro has good survivability with its minions, and both Reaper and Scourge are good specs, with quite different styles. Guardian is more straightforward, but is somewhat squishier than warrior since Guardian has the lowest innate health pool, and relies on active defenses instead of passive ones. Firebrand is great at melting things, while also offering good group support. (I like Elementalist too, but you've said that's not for you.)

Advice: once you decide on a class to focus on, get at least basic gliding mastery, and then join a HP train for Heart of Thorns to accumulate enough HP points to activate the spec you want in that class (e.g., Soulbeast on Ranger, Firebrand on Guardian, etc.). In NA, I see regular HP trains offered on Sundays for HoT and PoF. It really helps to open up the maps, and get you the waypoints and hero points you need to start feeling like you can play the game and not work at opening up those maps.

@Seera.5916 saidGem store team is still different from the teams that fix things. Be it new content for the game or fixing WvW or fixing PvP.

Time to gear up for end game in an MMO is something that should be expected. It doesn't take as long as some other MMOs from what I've heard and no sign that better gear is in the pipeline so it's not like there is a treadmill for the gear.

It's not about what team does what. It's about where they put their money and resources into. So you're implying ascended is only required for endgame content. What about Fractals? T4 Fractals is not endgame content.

As for the OP, engi is fun, although a bit more complex than say guardian, warrior and necro. Look at metabattle.com for builds and tips on how to play a class, and the wiki is full of info. You may want to look for a guild to join, one that plays in your timezone, they can be very helpful. Ask in map chat or look on https://www.reddit.com/r/guildrecruitment/

Personally, I save my boosts for a class I really don't want to play. Any class I do want to play, I'm going to level. To each his own tho.

HP's if you have PoF are not that bad. PoF and HoT HP's reward 10 and there's enough of them in PoF to max out one elite spec and make decent headway on the other.

@dragontree.8092 said:

@Seera.5916 saidGem store team is still different from the teams that fix things. Be it new content for the game or fixing WvW or fixing PvP.

Time to gear up for end game in an MMO is something that should be expected. It doesn't take as long as some other MMOs from what I've heard and no sign that better gear is in the pipeline so it's not like there is a treadmill for the gear.

Content designed for level 80 players is end game content. T4 Fractals might not be the hardest end game content, but it is still end game content. And not all end game content in this game requires anything past exotic. So not all end game content requires the same time frame. Players should do the content that doesn't require ascended until they get fully geared up. Lower tier fractals, level 80 maps, dungeons, etc.

If you're angry with how they are using the money they are getting, don't get mad at the gem store team. Get mad at the team that decides where the money gets spent. Because that's not the gem store team.

First off, read my replies. So, if endgame is content designed for level 80's than all those level 80 maps are endgame content. In this, we strongly differ, and i think you'll find many players do. Players should do what they want and many players like to get ascended gear before they get into endgame content. Again, read my replies. I said 'ANET', not 'team'.

so, my friends, things gotten real...I bought PoF, and I got a level 80 boost...

1. can I use it and still do the "old" quest chains?
2. can I use it and still "learn" the profession, or am I zap maxed of things and got to learn game, lore, gear at same time?
3. would it be better to not use boost at all and just do "normal" quest level uyp together with the xp boosts(or without xp boost)

which is the way way to get a feel of where "we" are in game, storywise and history?

@dragontree.8092 said:First off, read my replies. So, if endgame is content designed for level 80's than all those level 80 maps are endgame content. In this, we strongly differ, and i think you'll find many players do. Players should do what they want and many players like to get ascended gear before they get into endgame content. Again, read my replies. I said 'ANET', not 'team'.

Anything designed for max level character is end game content. Because isn't end game content the things you do once you hit max level that are designed for characters at max level? And either way, having to take time to gear up for the end game content that requires ascended is something that should be expected. There's end game content that can be done until you are fully geared in ascended. And some of it may even give you some ascended gear or currency to get it.

So you're saying that the gem store people should not do their job because the people who decide how the money they bring gets used doesn't put the money where you think they should? I think the gem store people would find themselves without a job if they did that.

You just like to argue. Bye.

please friends, no arguments, its seriously not helping me decide :)