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[email protected] · Jan 29, 2008, 10:29 AM // 10:29

Yesterday i brought Guild Wars Nightfall, i am completly new to Guild Wars but i am not new to MMORPG's i have played The Matrix online for the past year and a half. I have created a RP player called Ouroboros Of Zion and a PvP player called Grandmarshal Mattku i hope to see you all in game and i will probably pick your knowledge of the game

Jamison0071 · Jan 29, 2008, 10:42 AM // 10:42

Welcome to Guild Wars! You're going to have a really fun time, it's a great game

Genie100 · Jan 29, 2008, 12:22 PM // 12:22

Welcome! I too am a relative newbie. I am now a level 20 elementalist, but still very much learning the game. I think you'll enjoy Guild Wars. I am loving it so far ( except for the Crystal desert missions where I am dead more than alive...one day I'll complete those!)

Horus · Jan 29, 2008, 12:32 PM // 12:32

hehe, welcome to GW m8:

im sure you'll enjoy it, just find some cool guild to have some funny chat(might sometimes be boring if there are just just HH missions going on). anyway, maybe we'll see in game at some point

till then, just have fun...

mr_groovy · Jan 29, 2008, 12:36 PM // 12:36

Have fun. Ahh the pleasure of not knowing everything, and discovering everything about the game.

Tip: When pvp -> Skill slot 8 == Ress Sig!

RhanoctJocosa · Jan 29, 2008, 12:39 PM // 12:39

welcome to gw

keep in mind that tip doesn't always apply to all situations in pvp; you don't always need a resurrection signet on your bar.

Coridan · Jan 29, 2008, 12:40 PM // 12:40

but until you know when you don't use one unless team leader says not to.

NathanMurray · Jan 29, 2008, 12:44 PM // 12:44

Hi my name is Nathan Murray and I am also a relatively new person to the game. I would be playing but fate has dealt me a bad hand and I'm now waiting a MONTH yes 30 days yes 730.484398 hours yes 43 829.0639 minutes and finally yes 2 629 743.83 seconds.

MY CPU MOTHERBOARD DIED SO CAN WE PLEASE MAKE THIS AN INTRO/MOURNING THREAD.

Stolen Souls · Jan 29, 2008, 12:50 PM // 12:50

Welcome to the game.

Oh how I miss the noob days. Always having something to do...entering a new explorable for the first time. The first time doing a mission. Watching a new cutscene.

WTB...Time machine

quickmonty · Jan 29, 2008, 01:45 PM // 13:45

Welcome to GW and Guru. I hope you have as many hours of enjoyment that I have had.

[email protected] · Jan 29, 2008, 01:49 PM // 13:49

Thank you for your welcomes, from what i gather im best off working with my RP fella to earn the runes and skills?

Malice Black · Jan 29, 2008, 02:21 PM // 14:21

Yeah. Learn which profession you like via PvE, learn the skills, learn the skillbars then move onto PvP.

Crom The Pale · Jan 29, 2008, 02:37 PM // 14:37

Now you do not have to move to PvP, many of us stay with PvE.

There is a great deal to do in PvE, not to mention you don't just have to "test" each proffesion but can actually create several chars and keep using all of them.

I have 9 different lvl 20 chars and when a guild member needs a hand with something I have 9 different options depending on what kind of help he/she needs.

While some proffesions may be more fun than others to each of us, there are certain proffs that just work better than others for certain missions/quests/dungeons/ect...

Muspellsheimr · Jan 29, 2008, 02:47 PM // 14:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_groovy

Tip: When pvp -> Skill slot 8 == Ress Sig!

Usually not when monking.

& for those of you who for some reason consider Alliance Battles PvP (other than the fact you are playing against other players...)
Not there either.

Cale Roughstar · Jan 29, 2008, 02:53 PM // 14:53

Welcome to guild wars! We hope that you enjoy your stay! Best tips I can offer are:

1. Join a guild.
The best guilds are the ones that make you feel the most comfortable. Don't spring for one that makes you an officer right away (hard to believe, I know). Try and find one with a bunch of high level players who would be happy to help you learn the game.

2. HAVE FUN!
This is the most important rule of all. So many people get so far into this game that they will do things even if it bores them to tears, (and then they come and QQ in riverside

) If it feels like you dont want to do someting, then DONT do it! Never feel like you have to do something.

3. Read Guru (but not too much).
Try browsing guru a bit to see what you can learn. Try "the campfire" section to see what you can learn about PVE and skill bars and such. However, be careful. However, be warned. A lot of people who have largely quit GW still hang around these forums and point any flaw they can find, and "flame" excessively.

Good Luck!

nebuchanezzar · Jan 29, 2008, 03:09 PM // 15:09

Welcome to GW.
First of all http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Main_Page is a good site for a lot of questions concerning the game.

As far as your last question about acquiring runes and skills goes there are two ways to do this.
The first is thru the role playing aspect(called PvE) where you unlock skills via the story line. Runes and weapon mods are unlocked by "finding" them on items as you identify them. You can only use skills you have bought/unlocked for your PvE character.
The second option opens skills and mods/runes for your account's heroes and PvP characters. By playing any of the PvP modes of the game you gain faction. Faction can be used to buy skills, mods, and runes. These can be used fully by any PvP character or hero you acquire. A subset of this is the pvp unlock packs you can buy from Anet that speed up that process for you.
Keep in mind though, even if you have everything unlocked with faction, your PvE characters are still limited to what skills they have learned themselves.
Hope that doesn't confuse you and still answers your question a little bit.
GL and HF

Oukanna · Jan 29, 2008, 03:17 PM // 15:17

Welcome new players ^_^

I remember first buying this game, i was so daunted and running around like a headless chicken xDDD

If you need help feel free to ask :-)

One important thing you need to learn from the start is how your aggro bubble works, ive come across many players who say they have been playing for 2 years and they still dont know how to keep out of aggro range lol xDDD

Albert Algorn · Jan 29, 2008, 04:10 PM // 16:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stolen Souls

Oh how I miss the noob days. Always having something to do...entering a new explorable for the first time. The first time doing a mission. Watching a new cutscene.

WTB...Time machine

Welcome to Guild Wars I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. We are always looking for fresh meat in PvP (nothing personal).

My advice: read Guru, search guild listings for one that might suit your style. As a new player learned a lot from listening to GuildCast. See you in game.

zwitterion · Jan 29, 2008, 04:15 PM // 16:15

Welcome

everyone's advice here is really good, thought I'd mention one more thing;

I and a lot of my friends had to go through a kind of roleplaying adjustment process when we started GWs simply cos we're all so used to RPGs being about doing endlessly repetitive tasks in order to level up or work through a skill tree. When you're given a GWs character that has attributes and skills you can change every time you enter town, and you don't have to grind the whole time to make your character or skills better... it can feel strange.

Don't worry! Give it some time, it's better. What you develop while playing is your own skills and creativity with the game, not just some arbitrary numbers on your avatar's character sheet, and that ends up being way more fun than RPGs you've played before.

(yah what can i say i love the game and i'm biased)

Nemo the Capitalist · Jan 29, 2008, 04:44 PM // 16:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamison0071

Welcome to Guild Wars! You're going to have a really fun time, it's a great game

the community is poop for the most part although some really nice ppl to balance it out