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Tyestor · Jan 30, 2011, 11:10 AM // 11:10

Hi guys. So I just got my first level 20 (A/ME) and I am wondering what do I do now? What's the first few things I should do once I hit 20. I have all campaigns and EotN. I don't have much money (left), like 1 plat and 500 gold. I'm just a little overwhelmed here. I used to play WoW and thought "2 85s and numerous 70+ toons in WoW, do a lot of raiding know how MMOs work, guild wars should be EZPZ." How wrong was I, GW is completely different. Don't even know what to do, what builds to use where to go next or anything. Any tips? Thanks and sorry for being a noob.

Pleikki · Jan 30, 2011, 11:33 AM // 11:33

Finish all campaings. Get max armor if u dont have, Some good builds and decent weapons if u dont have, After uve finished all campaings u can start doing side quests or titles or dungeons what so ever farming, or just make new character to play with :9

Pvx wiki site helps u with builds alot, and normal wiki for quests & missions and dungeons etc

Also Get some good guild so u'll have ppl play with, helps alot and u can get nice tips & builds there

Hope it helped

Tyestor · Jan 30, 2011, 11:40 AM // 11:40

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Originally Posted by Pleikki

Finish all campaings. Get max armor if u dont have, Some good builds and decent weapons if u dont have, After uve finished all campaings u can start doing side quests or titles or dungeons what so ever farming, or just make new character to play with :9

Pvx wiki site helps u with builds alot, and normal wiki for quests & missions and dungeons etc

Also Get some good guild so u'll have ppl play with, helps alot and u can get nice tips & builds there

Hope it helped

I have full seitung (25 AR) with maxed Sai (7-17 damage). I don't have the money to get the full 70 AR yet. Steel ingots cost so much ;_;

Do you have any suggestions on which A/Me build I should use to finish all the missions and such? I tried doing some of the EotN quests (for Against the Destroyers) but I find that I get killed in like two hits by any of the mobs I need to kill for the quests. My current goal is to finish all the campaigns, before I posted, but that takes a lot of time and I don't want to do it non stop. What are some good productive things to do in between?

Thot · Jan 30, 2011, 11:52 AM // 11:52

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Originally Posted by Tyestor

Hi guys. So I just got my first level 20 (A/ME) and I am wondering what do I do now? .... Any tips? Thanks and sorry for being a noob.

You have an A, so you started in Shing Jea Monastery, and should have done all quest on Shing Jea isle, especially the one which gives 15pts of attributes each (Lost Treasure, and an unwelcome guest)

If it's not already done, go to Kaineng Center, and craft a max armor (70AL). From there, take the quest Sunspears in Cantha to have access to Kamadan Jewel of Istan. Another quest is usefull here : Capturing Orrian Tome but you can come back take it later if desired.

When you are in Kamadan, take the quest Battle Preparation and Hole of Istan. Follow this quest until you have Against the Destroyer

You should now have some heroes and can begin Eye of the North quests to get as many PvE skills as possible. They will be very helpfull to roll over ohter campaign.

This is probably the easyest way to begin, but you can also simply follow the main story in Cantha, or go to Lion's Arch from Kaineng center to start with the first campaign (chronologically)

Hope this can help you....

Edit: i'm typing too slow....

Tyestor · Jan 30, 2011, 12:01 PM // 12:01

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Originally Posted by Thot

You have an A, so you started in Shing Jea Monastery, and should have done all quest on Shing Jea isle, especially the one which gives 15pts of attributes each (Lost Treasure, and an unwelcome guest)

If it's not already done, go to Kaineng Center, and craft a max armor (70AL). From there, take the quest Sunspears in Cantha to have access to Kamadan Jewel of Istan. Another quest is usefull here : Capturing Orrian Tome but you can come back take it later if desired.

When you are in Kamadan, take the quest Battle Preparation and Hole of Istan. Follow this quest until you have Against the Destroyer

You should now have some heroes and can begin Eye of the North quests to get as many PvE skills as possible. They will be very helpfull to roll over ohter campaign.

This is probably the easyest way to begin, but you can also simply follow the main story in Cantha, or go to Lion's Arch from Kaineng center to start with the first campaign (chronologically)

Hope this can help you....

Edit: i'm typing too slow....

Thanks. I don't have the cash yet for max seitung armour. I have done Lost Treasure but not an unwelcome quest. I currently have access to Eye of the North and Lions Arch. I started doing the norn requirement for Against the Destoyers (up to Blood Washes Blood). I think I still have a few quests left on Shing Jea (I've done most of them though). I'll get to finishing that off though.

Anyone have anymore tips or anything I can do? I need to make like 6 plat so I can get max Seitung.

Thot · Jan 30, 2011, 12:12 PM // 12:12

Max armor should be your first priority, but for now try using tanking skills, such as Shadow Form (available early in Cantha) or some build to avoid contact such this one.

Use it with any staff for energy or scepter and shield for more armor.

Edit : A very good repeatable quest to make some plats for beginners : http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Kilro...t_Extravaganza!

Bright Star Shine · Jan 30, 2011, 12:20 PM // 12:20

Well, best tip I can give for someone from your experience to make 6k would be: play the game, and pick up EVERYTHING that drops, identify it, and sell it to the merchant. If you identify an item, the merch value will usually go from like 30-40g to up to 60-100g, so an identification kit is an investment well spent in my experience. Also, once you gather like 20k, you should be on the lookout for good farming locations/options. As assassin, there are an incredible amount of places where you can farm, and an elite skill that should be able to help you out is Flashing Blades, and that one can be captured early on in the Kaineng City area somewhere.

You will need some backup money to invest in a new armor set to farm, and the right equipment, but eventually, it should pay itself back. http://www.gwpvx.com/PvX_wiki should help you out on all sorts of farming locations.

Also, something for survivability in this game. You have no idea how important armor is. I have different armor sets and shield sets for just about everything I do. Especially for example chest running with my ssin, or for certain builds etc, just because those sets are optimal in the place I will need them.

Once you have finished all campaigns (with a max armor set

) you can try to enjoy the endgame content from GW, which is kind of one of the only things that still thrives here.. And, of course, the endgame is where the big money is, as usual

Hope that helped you out.

Just Sai · Jan 30, 2011, 12:24 PM // 12:24

roll a dif class and do it all again
try caster, necs are awesome imo, or a mes for obscene damage spam

either that or explore speedclears involving sins,
Soosc kath UW etc
can make loads of vault didgets doing that but its a bit mind numbing

Tyestor · Jan 30, 2011, 12:34 PM // 12:34

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Originally Posted by Bright Star Shine

Well, best tip I can give for someone from your experience to make 6k would be: play the game, and pick up EVERYTHING that drops, identify it, and sell it to the merchant. If you identify an item, the merch value will usually go from like 30-40g to up to 60-100g, so an identification kit is an investment well spent in my experience. Also, once you gather like 20k, you should be on the lookout for good farming locations/options. As assassin, there are an incredible amount of places where you can farm, and an elite skill that should be able to help you out is Flashing Blades, and that one can be captured early on in the Kaineng City area somewhere.

You will need some backup money to invest in a new armor set to farm, and the right equipment, but eventually, it should pay itself back. http://www.gwpvx.com/PvX_wiki should help you out on all sorts of farming locations.

Also, something for survivability in this game. You have no idea how important armor is. I have different armor sets and shield sets for just about everything I do. Especially for example chest running with my ssin, or for certain builds etc, just because those sets are optimal in the place I will need them.

Once you have finished all campaigns (with a max armor set

) you can try to enjoy the endgame content from GW, which is kind of one of the only things that still thrives here.. And, of course, the endgame is where the big money is, as usual

Hope that helped you out.

Thanks for the post. I just worked out that I need 27528 gold not 6k for full Seitung. The way people talk that's pocket change (oh I only have 50k plat...). I have 9 purple and 1 gold item in my storage chest but I don't know if they're worth anything. Dunno how I'm going to scrounge up 27.5k.

What is end game like in GW? How do you make money with end game in GW? I know in WoW you can sell the BoE epic drops on the AH for thousands of gold, sell orbs that drop from bosses etc...Lol, I really have no idea. Any good farming spots you would recommend? For someone who has AR25 armour and Kaineng City Sai? I'm currently up the the Naphui Quarter mission (the one with the oracle) so I'm a long way from finishing all the campaigns. Also what's the Luxon and Kurzick factions? People always talk about them but I don't know what they are.

Thot · Jan 30, 2011, 12:53 PM // 12:53

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Originally Posted by Tyestor

Thanks for the post. I just worked out that I need 27528 gold not 6k for full Seitung. The way people talk that's pocket change (oh I only have 50k plat...). I have 9 purple and 1 gold item in my storage chest but I don't know if they're worth anything. Dunno how I'm going to scrounge up 27.5k.

What is end game like in GW? How do you make money with end game in GW? I know in WoW you can sell the BoE epic drops on the AH for thousands of gold, sell orbs that drop from bosses etc...Lol, I really have no idea. Any good farming spots you would recommend? For someone who has AR25 armour and Kaineng City Sai? I'm currently up the the Naphui Quarter mission (the one with the oracle) so I'm a long way from finishing all the campaigns. Also what's the Luxon and Kurzick factions? People always talk about them but I don't know what they are.

Don't even think to end game until you full max armor, equipment, runes, insignia and so on....

Luxon and Kurzicks are factions you encounter later in cantha. You can choose your side and obtain powerfull PvE skills, but again, you should first do Eye of the North. Quests there gives you many plats. As i said, take a look at http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Kilro...t_Extravaganza!
By doing this quest a few times you should have enough for your armor

Edit: Everything you drop should be identified and sell to the marchand, except for materials (iron, dust...), lockpicks, dye, skill tomes...

Anshuri · Jan 30, 2011, 01:03 PM // 13:03

Anyother way to get your armor a bit cheaper is to salvage the materials yourself. Whenever you get some item that you think might give you the material you need for your armor (you can look that up on wiki), salvage it and keep the materials in your material storage for later. Its gonna give you a bit less money than selling them, but you dont have to buy the materials = its gonna save you money.

End · Jan 30, 2011, 01:06 PM // 13:06

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Originally Posted by Tyestor

Thanks for the post. I just worked out that I need 27528 gold not 6k for full Seitung. The way people talk that's pocket change (oh I only have 50k plat...). I have 9 purple and 1 gold item in my storage chest but I don't know if they're worth anything. Dunno how I'm going to scrounge up 27.5k.

you may look into getting this

Yeah the looks might not be what your looking for. But, your at a point where ya shouldn't be picky. This. should cost significantly less.

Tyestor · Jan 30, 2011, 01:28 PM // 13:28

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Originally Posted by Thot

Don't even think to end game until you full max armor, equipment, runes, insignia and so on....

Luxon and Kurzicks are factions you encounter later in cantha. You can choose your side and obtain powerfull PvE skills, but again, you should first do Eye of the North. Quests there gives you many plats. As i said, take a look at http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Kilro...t_Extravaganza!
By doing this quest a few times you should have enough for your armor

Edit: Everything you drop should be identified and sell to the marchand, except for materials (iron, dust...), lockpicks, dye, skill tomes...

Ok, I'll go spam that quest now. Seems easy enough.

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Originally Posted by End

you may look into getting this

Yeah the looks might not be what your looking for. But, your at a point where ya shouldn't be picky. This. should cost significantly less.

Yeah I might have to do that. I'm fine with it, thanks.

Kamara · Jan 30, 2011, 01:34 PM // 13:34

A few things I feel the need to point out:

* Ignore Eye of the North content for now. It's an expansion to wrap up the three main games.

* Quest a bit around Shing Jea again, you'll find stuff you missed. A lot of these quests give Monastery Credits, turn these in for scrolls in the monastery and sell them to a merchant for 100g. That will add up and help you towards your armor. Similarly, there's a few quests around Kaineng that offer Imperial Commendations, 5 of these gets you a sup salvage kit that you can then merch for 1k.

* As someone else pointed out, ignore the armor that wants steel for now. Look at the other options. Go for function right now, worry about looks later.

* I'd recommend not going any further in Factions until you can get your max armor. Feel free to plod around Tyria though (via Lion's Arch) as that area is geared towards level 12~ ish. You'll find that you can slice through mobs easy enough and can gain the cash needed for your armor.

* Don't worry too much about builds right now, you'll find you're spending your gold on skills and stuff that would be better suited to getting you into max armor. Providing you're doing some damage (lead attack, offhand attack, dual attack) and can get out of a fight, chance are you're fine.

* Pick up everything and take it straight to the merchant. Identify it and sell sell sell. There's a very very very very slim chance of getting a drop worth anything where you are. I wouldn't worry about it. Similarly, if you get any armor-drops with runes on, pull those off with an expert salvage kit and sell them to the trader. You'll find yourself with enough cash to get the basic armor, and rune it up, to meet your needs.

Once you have your max armor and stuff *then* you can worry about dealing with the extra things. And you can move through the Factions campaign without blowing up every 2 seconds \o/

Bristlebane · Jan 30, 2011, 03:02 PM // 15:02

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Originally Posted by Tyestor

I have full seitung (25 AR) with maxed Sai (7-17 damage). I don't have the money to get the full 70 AR yet. Steel ingots cost so much ;_;

There is a max armor collector armor you can get, look here:
http://www.guildwiki.org/Assassin_Canthan_armor

Basically you have to kill some mobs to get the items needed, which you then trade for armor. A full armor set would require 10 Venerable Mantid Pincers, 5 Jade Bracelets, 5 Putrid Cysts, and 5 Plague Idols. You can find theese items on mobs in Bukdek Byway, and Wajjun Bazaar, zones very close to Kaineng City.

Tyestor · Jan 30, 2011, 03:37 PM // 15:37

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Originally Posted by Bristlebane

There is a max armor collector armor you can get, look here:
http://www.guildwiki.org/Assassin_Canthan_armor

Basically you have to kill some mobs to get the items needed, which you then trade for armor. A full armor set would require 10 Venerable Mantid Pincers, 5 Jade Bracelets, 5 Putrid Cysts, and 5 Plague Idols. You can find theese items on mobs in Bukdek Byway, and Wajjun Bazaar, zones very close to Kaineng City.

That's good to know but I've already bought the materials for full Shing Jea. All I need now is the plat to get it crafted. Thanks for the tips Kamara, got me the cash I need.

What should I go do after I finish all the campaigns and get max armour?

frodoofpool · Jan 30, 2011, 04:14 PM // 16:14

Can I suggest one last thing.

Join an active Guild, the game really came together for me once I started regularly playing with a few people. Great for discussing builds and getting help with missions etc. Then when you do start getting near end game you and your Guild can look at speedclears, dungeons etc etc.

???

Bright Star Shine · Jan 30, 2011, 04:23 PM // 16:23

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Originally Posted by Tyestor

That's good to know but I've already bought the materials for full Shing Jea. All I need now is the plat to get it crafted. Thanks for the tips Kamara, got me the cash I need.

What should I go do after I finish all the campaigns and get max armour?

Enjoy the game? Try the endgame perhaps (although I'd wait a bit with that if I were you)

Also, a good place for you to make money is outside seitung harbor. Go in NM and kill the sensali guys there, use a dagger build, I'd suggest something along the line of this:
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:A/Mo_Flashing_Blades_Farmer

You can change your secondary profession later on in the game.
These sensali drop feathers, and if you complete a run you should get ~70-90 feathers (make sure to salvage their Feathered crests and scalps for more feathers) per run which should take ~10minutes. 250 feathers = 10-11k, so that's pretty easy money..

aelesia · Jan 30, 2011, 04:26 PM // 16:26

Or you could start doing Prophecies quest first since people don't get max armor in that campaign until much, much later on. I had 40 plat on both of my Prophecies characters combained and neither of them were level 20 yet.

Bristlebane · Jan 30, 2011, 04:36 PM // 16:36

Agree, kill birds in Jaya Bluffs and collect feathers. You should easily be able to get 11k for 250 feathers.

Jan 30, 2011, 11:10 AM // 11:10	#1
Tyestor Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Brisbane, Australia. Guild: If You Build It They Will Come Profession: A/D	So, now what? Hi guys. So I just got my first level 20 (A/ME) and I am wondering what do I do now? What's the first few things I should do once I hit 20. I have all campaigns and EotN. I don't have much money (left), like 1 plat and 500 gold. I'm just a little overwhelmed here. I used to play WoW and thought "2 85s and numerous 70+ toons in WoW, do a lot of raiding know how MMOs work, guild wars should be EZPZ." How wrong was I, GW is completely different. Don't even know what to do, what builds to use where to go next or anything. Any tips? Thanks and sorry for being a noob.

Jan 30, 2011, 11:33 AM // 11:33	#2
Pleikki WTB q8 15^50 Weapons! Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: ???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]	Finish all campaings. Get max armor if u dont have, Some good builds and decent weapons if u dont have, After uve finished all campaings u can start doing side quests or titles or dungeons what so ever farming, or just make new character to play with :9 Pvx wiki site helps u with builds alot, and normal wiki for quests & missions and dungeons etc Also Get some good guild so u'll have ppl play with, helps alot and u can get nice tips & builds there Hope it helped __________________ -->My Buy Thread!<--

Jan 30, 2011, 12:12 PM // 12:12	#6
Thot Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jan 2011 Profession: P/	Max armor should be your first priority, but for now try using tanking skills, such as Shadow Form (available early in Cantha) or some build to avoid contact such this one. Use it with any staff for energy or scepter and shield for more armor. Edit : A very good repeatable quest to make some plats for beginners : http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Kilro...t_Extravaganza! Last edited by Thot; Jan 30, 2011 at 12:24 PM // 12:24..

Jan 30, 2011, 12:20 PM // 12:20	#7
Bright Star Shine Furnace Stoker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Belgium Guild: Club of a Thousand Pandas [LOD???] Profession: E/	Well, best tip I can give for someone from your experience to make 6k would be: play the game, and pick up EVERYTHING that drops, identify it, and sell it to the merchant. If you identify an item, the merch value will usually go from like 30-40g to up to 60-100g, so an identification kit is an investment well spent in my experience. Also, once you gather like 20k, you should be on the lookout for good farming locations/options. As assassin, there are an incredible amount of places where you can farm, and an elite skill that should be able to help you out is Flashing Blades, and that one can be captured early on in the Kaineng City area somewhere. You will need some backup money to invest in a new armor set to farm, and the right equipment, but eventually, it should pay itself back. http://www.gwpvx.com/PvX_wiki should help you out on all sorts of farming locations. Also, something for survivability in this game. You have no idea how important armor is. I have different armor sets and shield sets for just about everything I do. Especially for example chest running with my ssin, or for certain builds etc, just because those sets are optimal in the place I will need them. Once you have finished all campaigns (with a max armor set ) you can try to enjoy the endgame content from GW, which is kind of one of the only things that still thrives here.. And, of course, the endgame is where the big money is, as usual Hope that helped you out.

Jan 30, 2011, 12:24 PM // 12:24	#8
Just Sai Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: aotearoa Profession: Mo/	roll a dif class and do it all again try caster, necs are awesome imo, or a mes for obscene damage spam either that or explore speedclears involving sins, Soosc kath UW etc can make loads of vault didgets doing that but its a bit mind numbing

Jan 30, 2011, 01:03 PM // 13:03	#11
Anshuri Academy Page Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sweden Guild: Children Of Horrigan Profession: N/Me	Anyother way to get your armor a bit cheaper is to salvage the materials yourself. Whenever you get some item that you think might give you the material you need for your armor (you can look that up on wiki), salvage it and keep the materials in your material storage for later. Its gonna give you a bit less money than selling them, but you dont have to buy the materials = its gonna save you money.

Jan 30, 2011, 01:34 PM // 13:34	#14
Kamara Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ponie Hill, Lion's Arch International Guild: Blinkie Kaulitz Armie Profession: E/	A few things I feel the need to point out: * Ignore Eye of the North content for now. It's an expansion to wrap up the three main games. * Quest a bit around Shing Jea again, you'll find stuff you missed. A lot of these quests give Monastery Credits, turn these in for scrolls in the monastery and sell them to a merchant for 100g. That will add up and help you towards your armor. Similarly, there's a few quests around Kaineng that offer Imperial Commendations, 5 of these gets you a sup salvage kit that you can then merch for 1k. * As someone else pointed out, ignore the armor that wants steel for now. Look at the other options. Go for function right now, worry about looks later. * I'd recommend not going any further in Factions until you can get your max armor. Feel free to plod around Tyria though (via Lion's Arch) as that area is geared towards level 12~ ish. You'll find that you can slice through mobs easy enough and can gain the cash needed for your armor. * Don't worry too much about builds right now, you'll find you're spending your gold on skills and stuff that would be better suited to getting you into max armor. Providing you're doing some damage (lead attack, offhand attack, dual attack) and can get out of a fight, chance are you're fine. * Pick up everything and take it straight to the merchant. Identify it and sell sell sell. There's a very very very very slim chance of getting a drop worth anything where you are. I wouldn't worry about it. Similarly, if you get any armor-drops with runes on, pull those off with an expert salvage kit and sell them to the trader. You'll find yourself with enough cash to get the basic armor, and rune it up, to meet your needs. Once you have your max armor and stuff then you can worry about dealing with the extra things. And you can move through the Factions campaign without blowing up every 2 seconds \o/

Jan 30, 2011, 04:14 PM // 16:14	#17
frodoofpool Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: UK Guild: SaV	Can I suggest one last thing. Join an active Guild, the game really came together for me once I started regularly playing with a few people. Great for discussing builds and getting help with missions etc. Then when you do start getting near end game you and your Guild can look at speedclears, dungeons etc etc. ???

Jan 30, 2011, 04:26 PM // 16:26	#19
aelesia Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2010	Or you could start doing Prophecies quest first since people don't get max armor in that campaign until much, much later on. I had 40 plat on both of my Prophecies characters combained and neither of them were level 20 yet.

Jan 30, 2011, 04:36 PM // 16:36	#20
Bristlebane Desert Nomad Join Date: Jan 2008 Profession: Mo/	Agree, kill birds in Jaya Bluffs and collect feathers. You should easily be able to get 11k for 250 feathers.