Confessions of a Guild Wars Noob

I am a blog addicted lunatic who is exploring a new MMO (well, new to me). After years of nagging, my best friend finally convinced me to play gw2 with her and her family. These are my adventures, things I have noticed in game, as well as comparisons to other games I have played over the years.

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I have mixed feelings about this. I'm EXCITED! Also: I'm sad.

There's still so much in GW2 that I have not finished. So much I haven't started.

But on the other hand: SHINY NEW THING!

Who plans to play?

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Pleasantly Plaid

My very first thought when I saw this:

was this:

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Guide for new folks

I kind of wish something like this had been available when I started playing. I remember being so overwhelmed. I spent my lunch hours at work studying guides on the wiki and looking up skills, lore, and learning as much as I could during the day to use at night and on weekends during my play time. GW2 is massive, which is great. A recent new player joined [Hard] and expressed how overwhelmed they felt. I told them just to take it easy and do what they could. Not get in a hurry for anything. That there's a TON to learn and it will take time. :)

Anyways, I saw this and wanted to share: https://guildjen.com/new-players-guide-roadmap-to-endgame/

I don't get to play like I used to with my current work schedule and other obligations, but I still love helping folks in game when I DO get to play. So many nice folks helped me when I first started out, and I love to pay it forward. ♥

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Time Time Time

My play time has been severely limited by my new job and other responsibilities. That said, I did agree last night to try out Aion 2 when it hits, so I may be splitting what little time I have between GW2 and A2. We shall see ...

In the meantime, this is how I feel trying to participate in my guild's events LOL

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Yep...

Legit, this was me when I first started playing GW2:

... actually, some days that's STILL me ...

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Wintersday tip

Just a little something I wanted throw out here based on a conversation in map chat earlier: be sure to buff up as much as possible before doing your orphan run to maximize the amount of karma you get!

My suggestions:

Food buff - I always recommend ascended foods here, but if you don’t have access to any, these are also recommended: Peppermint Omnomberry Bar, Tropical Peppermint Cake, Scoop of Mintberry Swirl Ice Cream, or Plate of Island Pudding

Utility buff - Peppermint Oil, Tin of Fruitcake, and Tuning Icicle are great examples

Amulet enrichment - Karmic Enrichment available from laurels is most common, but there is also the Koda’s Warmth Enrichment which is a LS3 collection

Guild Hall buff - This is anywhere from 3-10% depending on how many enhancements the guild has unlocked

Guild Banner buff - A Guild Karma banner gives 5% whereas a Guild Karma and Experience banner or a Guild Heroes banner give 15%

Spirit Banner buff - Gives an extra 10%, grab these from Miyani in Lion’s Arch or any Mystic Forge NPC

Booster/Bonfire/Gobbler buff - An additional 50% Karma Bonus can be gained through a communal bonfire set to Karma, a random Gobbler buff, or a Karma specific booster

Winter’s Blessing buff - You get this hour-long buff from giving gifts to the orphans; I always use mine right before doing my orphan run!

Candy Cane buff - Each one you consume gives you an additional 10% karma boost, stacks up to 30 minutes

Volunteer’s Blessing buff - Rare, but can happen if a map gets low enough, and gives you an extra 5% karma for 10 minutes

Race buff - This one you can get from the race event or by doing the trial, and gives you an additional 10% for 15 minutes

My advice: do the Race event or time trial first, then buff up, then do your orphan run!

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It's that time of year again!

Don't forget your Snargle book! https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Goldclaw_Holiday_Collection

GuildJen's guide is here: https://guildjen.com/wintersday-festival-achievements-guide/

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Something is very wrong with me

But I'm so proud of this. LMAO

I was upset that I couldn't keep my Kamohoali'i Kotaki as both a water weapon and land weapon at the same time, so I made a second. I made all the components for the precursor then found that I could only make one of those. EVER. /sadfase

So yeah I had to buy the pre, but I'm happy that I can carry it both ways now. :3

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Accessibility Wars

Accessible Builds for the Guild Wars 2 Community

Someone on GuildJen pointed me to this site. Great for beginners and LI (low intensity) builds! Wanted to share as the other nice LI site I had disappeared. /sadfase

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Music Mod

Since Tumblr broke the link post format my bookmark site is no longer being updated, I'll just post 'em here ... here's a nice music mod. In fact this whole site is nice if you like playing music in game! :)

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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

New content! My heart is so happy right now. :)

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Stay outta my cabbages!

Y'ALL! If you have not done your new SotO mastery, GET. ON. THAT! There's all kinds of advantages to it, especially a new currency exchange NPC. Oh. My. GOD. Y'ALL!

Get it, then go see Gharr Leadclaw in Outer Ring in Wizard's Tower (near jade bot). If you're crafting anything, or need any kind of any currency, you need to see this cat. Pronto!

Also, grab one of these: Portable Wizard's Tower Exchange.

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GW2 - Cosmetic Inspection in Guild Wars 2 - Fashion Feature or Faux Pas? - GuildJen

Cosmetic Inspection allows any Guild Wars 2 player to see the fashion of another player by identifying the skins and dyes they use.

Interesting take on this new feature. I've barely had time to play myself, but am hoping to get a few more hours in this coming weekend!

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Shutting down

With my personal life gone crazy, and recent loss of my job, I've had both no time nor energy to keep up this site.

ArenaNet finally put up a nice events calendar on the GW2 game site, so from now on I will be linking there. Please update your bookmarks!

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/events/

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Reblogging this here as an FYI. I'll be updating my links in the nav above to reflect the new link ArenaNet has put up.

I'm a little sad that the calendar site didn't take off the way I'd hoped. I had hoped for more contributions from the community, but there's just not the stability of trains and such as there were in the past. I completely understand why and place no blame on anyone. Besides, the Anet calendar has subscribe features that I like, so I'm fine with the replacement. I may find a way to incorporate those postings into this blog at some point when I have more spoons (and a job).

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Dear ArenaNet

Could I please have ANYTHING except this for a daily? It seems like this is a daily once a week or more now. I HATE this place. I REFUSE TO DO IT. I have all expansions, so please PLEASE for the love of all that is unholy, GIVE ME ANOTHER FREAKING MINIDUNGEON.

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Wintersday

Sorry I haven't posted in a bit. Real life is kicking my ass hard core with health and mental issues. Plus with my work schedule being all over the place, I mostly only play on weekends now. (spoons allowing, ofc)

So if you have not already seen, Wintersday is upon us once again!

GuildJen has an updated guide out: https://guildjen.com/wintersday-festival-achievements-guide/

And don’t forget to grab your Snargle book! https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Goldclaw_Holiday_Collection

These tips are still recommended! https://newtogw2.tumblr.com/post/637851178241294336/wintersday-tip

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Skyscale Medicine Masker

OK so this is part of the A New Look achievement.

BUT! The description is a little misleading. Apparently only champs count towards this. Dunno if that's intended or not, but that's where we are right now. I put together a short list of links where champ worms spawn outside of the two world bosses: Jungle Worm and Triple Trouble.

Just copy and paste this list into chat:

[&BOkAAAA=]NW, [&BFsCAAA=]NW, [&BNkAAAA=]S, [&BAECAAA=]NW, [&BH8CAAA=]NE

Each includes the general direction of the champ spawn, and they're all pretty close to their respective waypoints. Hope this helps!

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Renown Heart Daily

If I may offer some unsolicited advice: When there's a Renown Heart daily for PVE in the Wizard's Vault, and if you have the End of Dragons expansion, go do the Training Grounds heart in Seitung Province.

You'll gain a nice XP buff upon completion and can then buy an additional XP buff on top of that!

These are two separate buffs. Very handy when you're trying to level up those SotO masteries! :)