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I just got my first character to level 80 about a week ago and I'm really finding it hard to do anything multiplayer. I feel like there's a huge disconnect between those who have been playing for years and those who just got to level 80. I joined 4 different guilds and anything party related that people want to do is always either "T3/T4 Fractals", Raids/"Strikes", or "DRM"s, which turned out to be things you do when you already have full ascended gear and fully completed your specializations at a minimum. I've been playing for about a month to reach this state, 95% of the time single player; The other 5% was fighting world bosses with randoms, which got old pretty quickly. So, now I'm under the impression that I need to spend another 2 or 3 months playing more story consisting of season 2, Heart of Thorns (HoT), etc, more focusing on crafting to get it to lvl 400 (which requires gold I don't have), more single player gameplay just so I can qualify as a party/squad member. FYI, I've already finished the personal story and cannot 'rush' the hero points in HoT without spoiling the story for myself and not completing season 2 first. So, is this how it is or is there really something multiplayer I can do that's not single player with just exotic gear and a not yet complete specialization? (I don't want to go into PvP yet)

So, my main mesmer is level 60 at the time of writing. I also have a level 26 thief on the side.I want to unlock the specializations, but I also want to do the story in order so I don't spoil anything for myself.When I looked it up it seems the order is like this: Personal storyLiving World Season 1 SummaryLiving World Season 2Heart of Thorns storyLiving World Season 3Path of Fire storyLiving World Season 4The Icebrood SagaI understand that I would need to purchase living world separately and I'm fine with that.I am very interested in thief's daredevil spec and mesmser's mirage spec. From what I read, daredevil comes from HoT and Mirage comes from PoF. If I want to follow the story, would it be more appropriate for me to play thief first all the way till I finish HoT and then come back to my mesmer when I get to PoF?or should I just focus on one character (the mesmer) all the way through season 2, HoT, season 3 and PoF before switching back to my thief?Lastly, I've been pretty much playing solo up till now - would I need a party to do all these? or can it all be done solo?

Hey, that never occurred to me. Yes, I still have access to my hotmail account and I can still login, I guess. I might just try your idea and see what birthday gifts are there, at least. But how would I go about sending them to my new account? by mail? or do I trade the items to a friend face to face somehow and have him give it to my other account?

It feels a little strange playing Guild Wars 2 without a guild.My main character is level 32 so far.When is a good time to start searching for a guild? Will I need one for later content?

Thanks a lot for the replies! I'm mainly trying to help them out get into the game so that they don't pick a class they end up hating. I guess PvE at first and maybe later other game modes when we get more confident later on (after level 80?). Basically, we're all new and just here to have fun, while still wanting end-game stuff (PvP, WvW) once we've mastered the basics Yes thanks that's very helpful! I can copy-paste things like this to them to help them out. Yepyep, but we also want to have fun on our way to level 80 and not feel like a total grind.I do really like the idea of that melee elementalist. I might just make a new character based on that!

Hey there. I am a newish player who's been playing Guild wars 2 seriously for about 1 and a half weeks so far. I say seriously, because I first bought the game when it was released in 2012 and played it for about 2 months before life got in the way and I never came back to it (until now). I created a new account this time; because the old account was useless without access to expansions, and because I didn't want to depend on my old Hotmail account that I don't use anymore. So, I committed and bought the game on my new account. I've played all kinds of games in the past. What attracted me to Guild Wars 2 was how I can play something like a fantasy action RPG that is fluid and quick, but doesn't end up being like traditional action RPGs like path of exile, where you would only use 1 skill over and over to kill loads of monsters in just 1 hit over and over. I love information and I read a bit too much about everything I can. I also prefer to play more complex classes, as I get bored if things feel too easy.So, I'm currently focusing on 2 characters: A level 23 thief class focused on sword/dagger aiming to become daredevil, and a level 29 Mesmer who is playing with sword/sword and undecided weather to go Chronomancer or mirage later (I want to go power build but I also feel like Mirage might be more fun...). So far I've convinced 1 friend to play the game (he's maining a level 26 thief with 2 pistols going into deadeye later) and another to start downloading the game last night.I want to convert more people over to guild wars 2, but I'm having trouble explaining to them what classes they should try, being how different the classes here are. We did play a lot of Dota 2 in the past, so I managed to explain that Mesmer is similar to phantom lancer there and Elementalist is like invoker, maybe. So for my question: If I were to give a very brief overview of each class to someone opening the game for the first time, what would I say for each class? EDIT: So would this be right? Mesmer: Class that fights with illusionsGuardian: The Paladin class like in other gamesNecromancer: Traditional necromancer like in other gamesRanger: Archer that plays with petsElementalist: Complex spellcaster that plays with 4 sets of skills all the timeWarrior: Basic class that can tank and throw banners?Thief: Typical Rogue class like other games?Engineer: Super complex class to stay away from as a new player.