A newbie (not n00b) looking for a guild...

I haven't played guild wars yet therefore i'm a newbie i'm looking forward to playing in the april betaweekend and have been trying to find as much information i can about the game. A little background on me, I'm 18 years of age, I live in the United States of America. I'm not new to MMORPGs I've been a long player of D2 but recently retired, I also used to play Phantasy Star Online. I'm willing to answer anymore questions that you mite have.

Well you should maybe learn about GW a little before joining a guild.

I think most guild leaders try to make small guilds but with excellent players then instead of crowding it with bad players.

Make sense?

I'd say take a look around the Guild Wars Guru sight first, see what you can learn, browse through the forums, and post a lot of questions to see what you can find out about the game first. I know at least that I will be looking for players in-game now that we have a base of players built up, and I'm interested in seeing how strong players are during missions and arena battles. There are a lot of people around here who are willing to help (me included) so that you have a general idea of what's going on and what you should do once the April BWE rolls around.

i have... and i must say that the newbie guide on the main page is very very informative... there is one thing i'm confused about adn that would be salvaging items what exactly does that do... i read about it yet i'm still confused.

You salvage items you get in PvE with a kit and get material to make things like armor.

As nigs said you purchase a salvage kit from an Outfitter (100 gold for 25 uses I think... someone correct me if I'm wrong). Then on your adventuring you pick up items. Let's say you pick up a bow and your a caster... you really have no need for a bow but you desperately need wood planks. So you click on your salvage kit and then click on the bow. Voila Wood planks. Also, just a little FYI here but let's say the bow you would sell back for 2 gold... but EVERY non-rare crafting item (i.e. the wood plank) I've seen sells for 5 gold... so you could essentially gain money by salvaging... this may not work if they decide that you can't sell used salvage kits back to the outfitter for half price no matter how many uses are left (meaning you could have just 1 use left on your salvage kit and you can sell it back for 50 gold instead of the theoretical value of 4 gold).

Lansing Kai Don

I think its 200 gold. But its not hard to get that much gold.

Hi and welcome in the GW Community!

I just wanted to add here some more info about the salvaging.
Some items you gain like monster shields and such can't be used by you and are only salvage items.

To salvage those you can do what Lansing already wrote.
Though there are also High Salvageable items as also some rare items with attributes and stuff (yellow text on them mostly but not always) which could content runes, weapon upgrades as also could give you more common or rare crafting materials then normal things.

Those should be salvaged by a Expert Salvaging kit not by a normal one.

Example: you are using a normal salvaging kit and you get 1 bolt of raw cloth, you use a expert kit instead and you get 4 - 5 of them and maybe something else too.

If you would like to, you can add me to your friendslist in the april beta and send me a whisper when you see me online so we can wander around a bit together or do some missions and stuff.

This way I would be able to explain more stuff to you as also show you a bit around in the game and help you with some quests or builds for PvP.

I'm in GW since the first world preview so, I should know what I do or what I say by now.

My Main Character has the name Dumeka Shoren.

lol very cool thank you i def. will take you up on that offer!

I've been playing this since WPE and I still feel like a newbie at times, as there's a LOT I still don't know about the game. Did my first GvG battle at the weekend and didn't really have a clue what I was doing (though we won ). I also find the Tombs maps difficult to know what to do and not enough info is provided.

I really hope the game ships with a decent manual or that the online help will be decent. Good fansites do help as they post guides etc.

You are correct sir; Salvage Kits are 100 Gold for 25 uses, as were Identification Kits after the first day of the event (they were 400 Gold on Friday when we started, which was incredibly overpriced).

expert kits are 400 aren't they?

I.....believe so. I'm trying to remember exactly right now, but I can't for sure. But yeah, I'm thinking 400.

Yuppers, you're right. The first place you can buy them is Yak's Bend.

bouncing soulx, welcome to the wonderful world that is Guild Wars. Like lots of others have said here, we're all still learning about the game.

If you can't find Dumeka online, you're welcome to add me too... Jade Moonfire, and I/we would be more than happy to run around with you. Also, if you're still looking for a guild, or just another place to hang out, give us a holler at www.fastguild.com. We'd love to have you. ^.^

Yeah, me and my freind are just gonna walk around do some quests, get used to the game, and level up to 20. Before we join any real guilds.

Thats what i suggest the poster of this thread should do.

~NBK~ is always looking for first class members. Stop on by www.nbkelite.com and check us out. (if you haven't already) We've recently gone from a DF2 squad to a multi-gaming group. Several of our members have been playing Diablo 2 for quite some time, so we're not strangers to RPG games.

Our reason for existence? To make friends, have fun, and do some serious killin'! LOL

We're primarily a US based group, but we've got guys in Europe, India, and Canada as well. For communications we use TS.

i know how it is starting from new, If you need any help leveling up just let me know , be more than happy to help you out.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=1822

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