How Does Rushing a Low Lvl Char work? - Guild Wars Forums

mehoo · Jul 06, 2005, 09:22 PM // 21:22

Hi everyone...

pardon my newbishness, but asking questions and having them answered is the way to break out of that isn't it?

I hear everybody talking about rushing low lvl chars through the tougher zones... and I don't understand how this can be at all beneficial...

For example, i have a secondary character, War/Me lvl 6 atm. I want to see all the W and Me skills, so that i can use them on my PvP chars.. but redoing all the missions and quests is kind of boring for me. I've seen all the cutscenes, and know how the plot goes, and i just don't feel like sitting through it all again, but I want to be able to play Warrior and Mesmer in PvP.

So i suppose i can hire a guide and rush him to the end, but i don't understand how that could help me, because even though I'll have access to all skill trainers, i won't have very many skill points with which to get them.

So how does this whole rushing business work? Or is there a different way that i'm not thinking of.

Also, my friend and I were playing our low lvl chars together, but he's recently pulled ahead of me. Is there any quick and easy way to catch up with him so that we can play together rather than me redoing all the missions by myself trying to catch up?

Amnisac · Jul 06, 2005, 09:24 PM // 21:24

People don't rush characters to get skills ussually. I would suggest using your main character and witch his secondary, buy the skills you need, then switch back and make your PvP character.

arnansnow · Jul 06, 2005, 09:25 PM // 21:25

Some people rush them to be able to get the good abilities at the end unlocked for PvP, others rush for droknar's armor. Some people rush because they don't like playing the entire game as they have no attention spam.

kleps · Jul 06, 2005, 09:25 PM // 21:25

a lot of people leaving pre-searing at around level 3. from there they get rushed from old ascalon to beacon's perch and on to droknar's for the current end-game armor.

Uldrath · Jul 06, 2005, 09:26 PM // 21:26

You can have people rush you to the missions or to extremely hard places to get to, such as Droknar's Forge, where end game armor is. For example, you could have a person rush you to Droknar, and have end game armor at your current lvl of 6(expensive though). This would make the rest of the missions and quests WAY easier.

Also, if you complete all the missions only you'll still get quite a bit of experience and lvl up. Having the best armor and skipping right to the missions would greatly speed up the game so you can catch up.

Blight And Ruin · Jul 06, 2005, 10:11 PM // 22:11

It used to be that Ascending would auto-level you to level 20, so you could skip the whole leveling process by getting rushed to Ascension area and successfully completing it.

Since that's no longer possible, you can also get other players to rush you to Droknar's (either for platinum or because they are nice), where, if you choose, you can buy armor which will make you fairly invincible.

Blight And Ruin · Jul 06, 2005, 10:14 PM // 22:14

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Originally Posted by Amnisac

People don't rush characters to get skills ussually. I would suggest using your main character and witch his secondary, buy the skills you need, then switch back and make your PvP character.

This won't work if you are after *all* skills for both primary and secondary, like I did for my N/Me - or not without spending a lot of time getting XP for new skill points.

If you want a small subset of skills from two possible secondary classes this could work very well for you.

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Originally Posted by mehoo

Also, my friend and I were playing our low lvl chars together, but he's recently pulled ahead of me. Is there any quick and easy way to catch up with him so that we can play together rather than me redoing all the missions by myself trying to catch up?

Go for quests with high XP rewards. Mission + bonus is excellent for this.

Jul 06, 2005, 09:22 PM // 21:22	#1
mehoo Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2005	How Does Rushing a Low Lvl Char work? Hi everyone... pardon my newbishness, but asking questions and having them answered is the way to break out of that isn't it? I hear everybody talking about rushing low lvl chars through the tougher zones... and I don't understand how this can be at all beneficial... For example, i have a secondary character, War/Me lvl 6 atm. I want to see all the W and Me skills, so that i can use them on my PvP chars.. but redoing all the missions and quests is kind of boring for me. I've seen all the cutscenes, and know how the plot goes, and i just don't feel like sitting through it all again, but I want to be able to play Warrior and Mesmer in PvP. So i suppose i can hire a guide and rush him to the end, but i don't understand how that could help me, because even though I'll have access to all skill trainers, i won't have very many skill points with which to get them. So how does this whole rushing business work? Or is there a different way that i'm not thinking of. Also, my friend and I were playing our low lvl chars together, but he's recently pulled ahead of me. Is there any quick and easy way to catch up with him so that we can play together rather than me redoing all the missions by myself trying to catch up?

Jul 06, 2005, 09:24 PM // 21:24	#2
Amnisac Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Marhan's Grotto Guild: Running Makes It Worse [Run] Profession: R/E	People don't rush characters to get skills ussually. I would suggest using your main character and witch his secondary, buy the skills you need, then switch back and make your PvP character.

Jul 06, 2005, 09:25 PM // 21:25	#3
arnansnow Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: DOOM Profession: E/N	Some people rush them to be able to get the good abilities at the end unlocked for PvP, others rush for droknar's armor. Some people rush because they don't like playing the entire game as they have no attention spam.

Jul 06, 2005, 09:25 PM // 21:25	#4
kleps Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jun 2005 Profession: W/Mo	a lot of people leaving pre-searing at around level 3. from there they get rushed from old ascalon to beacon's perch and on to droknar's for the current end-game armor.

Jul 06, 2005, 09:26 PM // 21:26	#5
Uldrath Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Twin Cities, MN Guild: The Harbs [TH] Profession: E/Mo	You can have people rush you to the missions or to extremely hard places to get to, such as Droknar's Forge, where end game armor is. For example, you could have a person rush you to Droknar, and have end game armor at your current lvl of 6(expensive though). This would make the rest of the missions and quests WAY easier. Also, if you complete all the missions only you'll still get quite a bit of experience and lvl up. Having the best armor and skipping right to the missions would greatly speed up the game so you can catch up.

Jul 06, 2005, 10:11 PM // 22:11	#6
Blight And Ruin Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: May 2005 Guild: Never guilded ;-)	It used to be that Ascending would auto-level you to level 20, so you could skip the whole leveling process by getting rushed to Ascension area and successfully completing it. Since that's no longer possible, you can also get other players to rush you to Droknar's (either for platinum or because they are nice), where, if you choose, you can buy armor which will make you fairly invincible.