Something to note - there are a few sets of easy, TP-buyable Berserker's gear that'll cost you no more than 3-5 gold. Those are the Devona's set (~4g 1s, heavy), the Nika's set (4g 36s, medium), and the Zhed's set (2g 96s [!!!], light). You'll probably have more than enough gold to buy these outright once you hit 80 - if you don't, 2-3 days of dailies will be more than enough to get you there. Don't waste your Bladed Armor boxes and other stat-selectable exotic gear on Berserker's stats!
@@dudder2008 Tracks that have not yet been unlocked don't count. For example, a player who has fully trained the Raptor mastery track and has no other Path of Fire mastery track unlocked will start earning Spirit Shards in Path of Fire and Season 4 maps. taken right from the wiki
This is a great guide. I've got some friends that are planning on trying the game out when it hits Steam; I'll definitely be sending this video their ways.
Mega info overload. Loved it! Just swapped to gw2 from my 16yr WoW journey. Still having a hard time even deciding what class to play, they all look and feel amazing!
Ive done every PvE encounter, normal and challenge. With the action cam. Ive done it in every role dps, tank, support, utility and kiting on all bosses. So you can 100% do everything with action cam.
This is the beginner's guide I needed a week ago! Every other guide i've seen dont really explain what things are, how the game works or what youre supposed to do with the inventory etc.
Great guide! Will definitely recommend it to new players. Quick tip: You can right click your utility skills to change them. No need to hit the small arrow above.
Man, I haven't played GW2 since before there were even Expansions to it. Decided to jump back into it recently. This video has been super helpful! I feel like I went from drowning, to at least being able to tread water lol. Thank you so much
Been playing for about a year now off and on and I didn't know how to search for meta groups with group finder. I just stumbled across them. This is going to be a game changer for PvE.
bro i started with guild wars 2 and then i was interested in endgame. i looked around for content creators and you are probably the most entertaining one. Crispy video
Great video! Something really useful to note is the Mystic salvage kit. You can combine one of each salvage kit and 3 Mystic Forge Stones in the mystic forge to get the Mystic salvage kit which has 250 uses and the same tier as the Master's, which makes it around 1.5 gold cheaper than buying the equivalent 10 Master's salvage kits.
This was so useful as a returning player from the days of old. been trying to find resources on this game and its a bit scarce so this was very appreciated. liked and subbed :)
Thank you!!! As an MMO veteran who really doesnt care for leveling and the story and focuses mostly on pvp and end game content I was personally convinced to boost my first toon to 80 because I didnt wanr go through the grind (and for me it is a grind) of attaining 1 skill at a time and slowly progressing to then encounter a whole new world at 80 anyways. Reddit and RUclips were quick to tell me I made a mistake instead of actually helping me with a choice I wasnt going to change, and then I saw this. THANK YOU
Very useful video man, answers most of the questions in one video! All the same, there is not enough fresh content on the game, especially for beginners. In the meantime, the Steam release is coming soon! However, I started playing just a week ago and this one is just great, where was it before and where was I? Suffered and struggled through other MMOs...
Thanks for this video I started the game when it came out got one character to 80 made a few alts then left didn't know what i was doing then and still don't but your video helped me at least start to understand the basics most appreciated
despite me getting lost in all this info, and its A LOT to take in, I like the video's, you are also very well articulated so its easy to listen! Thanks for the work you put in!
I appreciate that you tried to make it as simple as possible. But being on lvl 75 on my first character, I still didn't get a lot. Will have to rewatch later. Thanks!
Great guide! As a new player this really did help to understand a lot. (New to GW2, not MMOS) - Would love to see more. Feel like a new, updated guide linking a ton of wikis could be helpful. Sometimes can just be tough figuring what to do and where to begin
I'm Very late to the party but I wanted to say Ty for this easy to follow guide for 'What to do at lvl 80.' As a New player, I found this very helpful and it gave me a clearer roadmap for being a New 80 > Mid/late > Endgame. I appreciate the time it took to record, edit & upload your content, you're helping alot of players. Thankyou :) And a fellow Aussie 😊
I like that he explained how the boost gear isn't the best, and things taking forever to kill isn't normal. I had that problem when I tried to get into the game. I found everything taking forever to kill and basically quit the game for several months. One of the reasons I quit Warcraft, was because I just hated beating on a mob for a minute at a time. I get that bosses take forever to kill, but I don't want to spend 10 minutes killing 5 mobs just trying to explore a cave. I find early leveling GW2 to be absolutely amazing, as I love to explore everything, but I don't like getting bogged down with non-stop combat as things start respawning as I kill them. It totally ruins exploration for me. That's one thing I liked a lot about open-world FPS games, is that typically when you kill shit, it stays dead long enough to explore around.
Great vid, so happy to see you making more content these days 💖 Would love to see a "how to build your first loadout" video where you run through a generic power build vs. a generic condi build for an example class. Since there are so many ways to acquire gear for an endgame build, I think your opinions here on what's easiest for new players would be welcome!
I got about a quarter of the way through the video before I realized- Hey, I know that voice! That's Austin the editor for Skill Up's channel! Forgot you had your own channel man. Great video, I've subbed!
Agree with everyone else, great content again! Please keep it up :) I’ve been wanting to see this kind of GW content probably as much as you’ve wanted to make it! Not a new player but I love to see the content :)
Of ALL the GW2 content creators that I've watched so far, you are FAR the best at explaining stuff simply to new players! TYVM for this newb friendly content! Regards, a GW2 newb!
Hey Bloom this is such an incredible guide! A good number of my FFXIV guild mates are trying out GW2 right now and are slowly trying to learn how the game works. You've saved me so much time linking wiki pages & explaining things in such a well presented 20 minute video. Already have it plastered all over our Discord so people can check it out. I can't wait to see your part 2!
Thank you so much! I've had a lot of friends come from FFXIV as well so I can relate - I've played a lot of WoW/FFXIV myself so simplifying GW2 down to a level that other MMO players can understand is exactly what I'm going for. Glad I was able to help! :)
Been playing for a bit more than 6 months and found some stuff here very useful still, great video mate! I have yet to start progress on anything outside of Open World / maps and story. I want to try dungeons, fractals and WvW but a bit anxious about that as one of the reasons I stopped playing WoW was because people were playing more like robots (and being arseholes) than humans. Looking forward to part 2! :D
Go to PvP to test out builds, weapons, stats and elite specs without having to pay or unlock anything! (On the golems) Best way to find a build you like in my opinion. Just it see how it flows and how much damage you do
New player tip if you don't know a good open world build check out lord hizens builds he makes an entire series of builds designed to solo champions and be tanky while doing lots of damage in open world PvE
your xp dont vanish. THey go into "hidden" xp bar that is once filled you get spirit shard for mystic toilet recipes. You can see progression of this bar only if you unlocked all masteries in that expansion or central tyria, no xp is wasted
I've played the below 80 part until this year and now i decided to go beyond(before it was just a small escape from other mmos for me ) now it feels like there are lots of chores so i'm having second thoughts if its worth the boring part (hero points etc.)
I could have used this back in 2012 when I first tried GW2. I leveled a thief to 80, and was like "now what??" So I gave it up. Back then no expansions and people were still figuring out the game. On returning, there is SO much more content at 80 and just sinking my teeth into all of it.
I always just farmed the Citadel of flame dungeon for a day to get zerker gear fast because one well executed run took less than 10 minutes or so but I don't know if it is still viable or not, it was years ago.
There's no item level in a moba. But there's absolutely a vertical power level and in the case of lol there is AP/AD which could serve as an item level of sorts. Tough comparison there.
Great video. I'm one month in and have my first lvl 80. Question - since it's possible to move around the content in any order, do you recommend jumping to certain expansions for their additions? Example - I've seen characters using gliding and it seems like even a basic version of that would be really useful
If you don't care about story continuity then I definitely do recommend that! The 1st mission of Heart of Thorns will get you Gliding and the 1st mission of Path of Fire will get you your first mount :) Alternatively, jumping straight into End of Dragons will give you Gliding, the 1st and 2nd Mounts, as well as all of EoD's new editions!
Thx for this vid. Ive returned to GW2 after years! One question though... I just reached 80 with my newly created ranger and...I cant unlock my elite specks. Is there anywhere I have to go for that?
For the elite specs you’ll need to collect more Hero Points to unlock them first (in the Training tab within your Hero panel) then plug that elite spec into your Build (build tab). You’ll want to do the Hero Challenges in the expansion zones as they net you 10 points each :)
Good content, I literally JUST started playing today. Thought I would check you out from shillup. I’m going to play the free content then get an expansion on sale lmao. What do you do for ping in oce? I’ve got avg 270ms :(
Welcome!! I don't do anything special - sort of just adjusted to the 250 ping. GW2 certainly doesn't make you /feel/ that ping in the same way as other MMOs, have done all the content just fine with it :)
This there a way to see how many condition stacks a skill will do? For example, I was noticing on dagger 1 thief it will cap out at 4 bleeding and 8 poison.
The equipment I get from the level 80 boost seems to be better than Bladed set? And it takes forever to get when you're new. And you have to wait for a meta event to get the chest piece. Is it really worth it? I thought it'd have some set bonus that makes it better than the equipment you get. It also has less HP... Since the stats are focused, you do get more damage, but it seems your overall survivability is lower.
do not start end of dragon even if u don't care about the story... always start with Path of Fire because it has 5 mounts that u can unlock and it's very useful to all expansion.... both path of fire and end of dragon are very easy.... the only reason u felt PoF hard because u still have to unlock mounts but once u unlock all the mounts the rest of the game including HoT which the hardest expansion would be easy for you...
ok which armor is that? the new heavy set for cantha or is specific for some map? I can only recognize the shoulders been from the willbender elite spec collection
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Something to note - there are a few sets of easy, TP-buyable Berserker's gear that'll cost you no more than 3-5 gold. Those are the Devona's set (~4g 1s, heavy), the Nika's set (4g 36s, medium), and the Zhed's set (2g 96s [!!!], light). You'll probably have more than enough gold to buy these outright once you hit 80 - if you don't, 2-3 days of dailies will be more than enough to get you there. Don't waste your Bladed Armor boxes and other stat-selectable exotic gear on Berserker's stats!
Many thanks! Saved me a lot of gold/aggro
That's actually very useful to know. I've just been putting "Berserker" into the TP instead of any named sets.
Life saver!
Commenting to bump the comment higher, since it's what I wanted to share also.
Great advice for beginner
If your mastery bar is full, extra earned XP does NOT vanish into the ether. It accumulates and you receive spirit shards.
You do ? Do you know where this can be read up on ?
@@dudder2008 Tracks that have not yet been unlocked don't count. For example, a player who has fully trained the Raptor mastery track and has no other Path of Fire mastery track unlocked will start earning Spirit Shards in Path of Fire and Season 4 maps. taken right from the wiki
This is a great guide. I've got some friends that are planning on trying the game out when it hits Steam; I'll definitely be sending this video their ways.
Mega info overload. Loved it! Just swapped to gw2 from my 16yr WoW journey. Still having a hard time even deciding what class to play, they all look and feel amazing!
Ive done every PvE encounter, normal and challenge. With the action cam. Ive done it in every role dps, tank, support, utility and kiting on all bosses. So you can 100% do everything with action cam.
Action cam gang rise up
What about PvP tho
Thanks Bloom! I feel like you're definitely making some of the best gw2 content out there. Very focused and helpful :)
Xp not used for levelling a mastery is used to generate spirit shards, it's about 252 000 xp per shard if you are not training a mastery
This is the beginner's guide I needed a week ago! Every other guide i've seen dont really explain what things are, how the game works or what youre supposed to do with the inventory etc.
@@panyarou Yo, glad it’s helped!! 😁
Great guide! Will definitely recommend it to new players.
Quick tip: You can right click your utility skills to change them. No need to hit the small arrow above.
Man, I haven't played GW2 since before there were even Expansions to it. Decided to jump back into it recently. This video has been super helpful! I feel like I went from drowning, to at least being able to tread water lol.
Thank you so much
i'm a few levels away from 80 and this is just what I was looking for. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! This videoand action cam has returned me to GW2 after an 8 year hiatus, and the game has finally stuck.
Been playing for about a year now off and on and I didn't know how to search for meta groups with group finder. I just stumbled across them. This is going to be a game changer for PvE.
Almost lvl 80, thanks for tips, ive played about 40hrs total and still have no idea. I've subscribed for more!
Just reached level 80 with my first character. Thank you very much! :) I absolutely love this game.
bro i started with guild wars 2 and then i was interested in endgame. i looked around for content creators and you are probably the most entertaining one. Crispy video
Great video! Something really useful to note is the Mystic salvage kit. You can combine one of each salvage kit and 3 Mystic Forge Stones in the mystic forge to get the Mystic salvage kit which has 250 uses and the same tier as the Master's, which makes it around 1.5 gold cheaper than buying the equivalent 10 Master's salvage kits.
Thanks man. As a new level 80, this is a huge help.
Thank you! I've been doing mostly solo stuff after starting, so I'm glad to know where to start for joining group stuff.
This was so useful as a returning player from the days of old. been trying to find resources on this game and its a bit scarce so this was very appreciated. liked and subbed :)
I am a year in to playing GW2 and still feel pretty new to the game. This video was a huge help thank you
as far as guides go, this one has been by far the most informative and enjoyable! Thank you for the work you put into it!
Thank you!!! As an MMO veteran who really doesnt care for leveling and the story and focuses mostly on pvp and end game content I was personally convinced to boost my first toon to 80 because I didnt wanr go through the grind (and for me it is a grind) of attaining 1 skill at a time and slowly progressing to then encounter a whole new world at 80 anyways. Reddit and RUclips were quick to tell me I made a mistake instead of actually helping me with a choice I wasnt going to change, and then I saw this. THANK YOU
YOU ARE A HERO thx so much for that action camera
Very useful video man, answers most of the questions in one video!
All the same, there is not enough fresh content on the game, especially for beginners. In the meantime, the Steam release is coming soon!
However, I started playing just a week ago and this one is just great, where was it before and where was I? Suffered and struggled through other MMOs...
damn this is the best video i've seen for new players
Great guide my man! Also shoutout to the people in the comments leaving tips! They help a lot as well!
I just started playing, so I really appreciate the video and advice. I definitely feel lost after joining so late.
This video is really well done. Thanks, dude!
Glad to see RUclips giving GW2 some love
Thanks for this video I started the game when it came out got one character to 80 made a few alts then left didn't know what i was doing then and still don't but your video helped me at least start to understand the basics most appreciated
despite me getting lost in all this info, and its A LOT to take in, I like the video's, you are also very well articulated so its easy to listen! Thanks for the work you put in!
I appreciate that you tried to make it as simple as possible. But being on lvl 75 on my first character, I still didn't get a lot. Will have to rewatch later.
Thanks!
Very informative and thoughtful. Thank you
I felt so overwhelmed, thanks for the guide!
Awesome video, thanks mate. I feel you're talking directly to me haha - I literally boosted and have no damn clue what Im doing.
I thank you so much for advice of action camera! Its definetily the best feature)
Great guide! As a new player this really did help to understand a lot. (New to GW2, not MMOS) - Would love to see more. Feel like a new, updated guide linking a ton of wikis could be helpful. Sometimes can just be tough figuring what to do and where to begin
Getting into this and im so genuinely happy . Took the 80 character boost went to wnd of dragons im in love. I feel like im 12 playing wow again
This toggle action cam option
Great content and presentation style ! Thank you so much ;-)
Gotta hate starting the game, getting your level 80 boost then getting locked out of trading post for 5 days for verification... good start NCSoft
Thanks for this, I just returned after many years and felt very confused. This helped a ton.
I'm Very late to the party but I wanted to say Ty for this easy to follow guide for 'What to do at lvl 80.'
As a New player, I found this very helpful and it gave me a clearer roadmap for being a New 80 > Mid/late > Endgame.
I appreciate the time it took to record, edit & upload your content, you're helping alot of players.
Thankyou :)
And a fellow Aussie 😊
Ay glad to be of help - welcome to the game!! 😄
Great video! This explained a lot of questions for me.
Wonderful guide! Thanks for putting it together.
Cheers Bobby :)
I like that he explained how the boost gear isn't the best, and things taking forever to kill isn't normal. I had that problem when I tried to get into the game. I found everything taking forever to kill and basically quit the game for several months.
One of the reasons I quit Warcraft, was because I just hated beating on a mob for a minute at a time. I get that bosses take forever to kill, but I don't want to spend 10 minutes killing 5 mobs just trying to explore a cave.
I find early leveling GW2 to be absolutely amazing, as I love to explore everything, but I don't like getting bogged down with non-stop combat as things start respawning as I kill them. It totally ruins exploration for me.
That's one thing I liked a lot about open-world FPS games, is that typically when you kill shit, it stays dead long enough to explore around.
Great vid, so happy to see you making more content these days 💖
Would love to see a "how to build your first loadout" video where you run through a generic power build vs. a generic condi build for an example class.
Since there are so many ways to acquire gear for an endgame build, I think your opinions here on what's easiest for new players would be welcome!
This is a great idea honestly - will definitely put it on the list! 😄
As a new player, I agree, that would be helpful
I got about a quarter of the way through the video before I realized- Hey, I know that voice! That's Austin the editor for Skill Up's channel! Forgot you had your own channel man. Great video, I've subbed!
Agree with everyone else, great content again! Please keep it up :) I’ve been wanting to see this kind of GW content probably as much as you’ve wanted to make it! Not a new player but I love to see the content :)
really informative and great production value, thank you!
Great video, I played GW2 when it released and came back now and didn’t know where to start. Thank you for all the info
Of ALL the GW2 content creators that I've watched so far, you are FAR the best at explaining stuff simply to new players! TYVM for this newb friendly content! Regards, a GW2 newb!
Well done! I'm just returning after being away from the game for a couple years and this info is SUPER helpful... strong work!
this is really great content for new players! hope you keep making more
Hey Bloom this is such an incredible guide! A good number of my FFXIV guild mates are trying out GW2 right now and are slowly trying to learn how the game works. You've saved me so much time linking wiki pages & explaining things in such a well presented 20 minute video. Already have it plastered all over our Discord so people can check it out. I can't wait to see your part 2!
Thank you so much! I've had a lot of friends come from FFXIV as well so I can relate - I've played a lot of WoW/FFXIV myself so simplifying GW2 down to a level that other MMO players can understand is exactly what I'm going for. Glad I was able to help! :)
Been playing for a bit more than 6 months and found some stuff here very useful still, great video mate!
I have yet to start progress on anything outside of Open World / maps and story. I want to try dungeons, fractals and WvW but a bit anxious about that as one of the reasons I stopped playing WoW was because people were playing more like robots (and being arseholes) than humans.
Looking forward to part 2! :D
This video was very good, thanks.
I'm loving your approach in this video, man ^_^ Thank you for simplifying the insane content in GW2!!! It's been most helpful to me
This is a great guide.
This has helped so much! Thank you!
This is very helpful.
Ty for the info, big help
Great video, keep up the great work!
Great vid! Keep it up!
Go to PvP to test out builds, weapons, stats and elite specs without having to pay or unlock anything! (On the golems)
Best way to find a build you like in my opinion.
Just it see how it flows and how much damage you do
New player tip if you don't know a good open world build check out lord hizens builds he makes an entire series of builds designed to solo champions and be tanky while doing lots of damage in open world PvE
your xp dont vanish. THey go into "hidden" xp bar that is once filled you get spirit shard for mystic toilet recipes. You can see progression of this bar only if you unlocked all masteries in that expansion or central tyria, no xp is wasted
Thanks!
I've played the below 80 part until this year and now i decided to go beyond(before it was just a small escape from other mmos for me ) now it feels like there are lots of chores so i'm having second thoughts if its worth the boring part (hero points etc.)
That xp fanishing into the ether actually goes towards spirit shards so it is not actually lost..
amazing video man! Keep it up! You deserve to be much bigger than you are haha I subbed
The GW2 RUclips scene has been lack-luster in my experience but I'm glad to see that there is some actual quality videos like this one.
Berserker gear can be found in dungeons. Quite fun to play, sadly no players :(
I wouldn't recommend salvaging the unidentified gear, its better to identify it and then salvage or sell it straight to the trading post unidentified.
6:18 - is that a samurai class? :O
Yes indeed! The Bladesworn spec for Warrior :)
@@BloomHD Very cool! I am currently levelling the warrior so I will have to check this out. :D
Great guide give part 2 tell Shill Up that editing his videos can wait :)
Great video :)
FUCK YES, Mention Action Camera.
I could have used this back in 2012 when I first tried GW2. I leveled a thief to 80, and was like "now what??" So I gave it up. Back then no expansions and people were still figuring out the game. On returning, there is SO much more content at 80 and just sinking my teeth into all of it.
ITS AUSTIN FROM SKILL UP I LOVE YOU I CANT BELIEVE I FOUND THIS
I always just farmed the Citadel of flame dungeon for a day to get zerker gear fast because one well executed run took less than 10 minutes or so but I don't know if it is still viable or not, it was years ago.
There's no item level in a moba. But there's absolutely a vertical power level and in the case of lol there is AP/AD which could serve as an item level of sorts. Tough comparison there.
@Bloom, What is that (1), (2), (3) ... (6) in the equipment slot? I should use 6 gems in that equipment?
0:15 truer words have never been spoken lmao
thx for this vid
Great video. I'm one month in and have my first lvl 80. Question - since it's possible to move around the content in any order, do you recommend jumping to certain expansions for their additions? Example - I've seen characters using gliding and it seems like even a basic version of that would be really useful
If you don't care about story continuity then I definitely do recommend that! The 1st mission of Heart of Thorns will get you Gliding and the 1st mission of Path of Fire will get you your first mount :)
Alternatively, jumping straight into End of Dragons will give you Gliding, the 1st and 2nd Mounts, as well as all of EoD's new editions!
Cool set btw
Thx for this vid. Ive returned to GW2 after years! One question though... I just reached 80 with my newly created ranger and...I cant unlock my elite specks. Is there anywhere I have to go for that?
For the elite specs you’ll need to collect more Hero Points to unlock them first (in the Training tab within your Hero panel) then plug that elite spec into your Build (build tab). You’ll want to do the Hero Challenges in the expansion zones as they net you 10 points each :)
Good content, I literally JUST started playing today. Thought I would check you out from shillup. I’m going to play the free content then get an expansion on sale lmao. What do you do for ping in oce? I’ve got avg 270ms :(
Welcome!! I don't do anything special - sort of just adjusted to the 250 ping. GW2 certainly doesn't make you /feel/ that ping in the same way as other MMOs, have done all the content just fine with it :)
This there a way to see how many condition stacks a skill will do? For example, I was noticing on dagger 1 thief it will cap out at 4 bleeding and 8 poison.
Worth mentioning about runes, you ALWAYS want 6 of the SAME rune
The equipment I get from the level 80 boost seems to be better than Bladed set? And it takes forever to get when you're new. And you have to wait for a meta event to get the chest piece. Is it really worth it? I thought it'd have some set bonus that makes it better than the equipment you get. It also has less HP... Since the stats are focused, you do get more damage, but it seems your overall survivability is lower.
I'm having trouble even getting hero points in expansions, with rare gear. Mesmer mirage, feels like doing something in the wrong order.
hey bloom how long do you think it will take for a new player to grind enough gold to buy a season?
do not start end of dragon even if u don't care about the story... always start with Path of Fire because it has 5 mounts that u can unlock and it's very useful to all expansion.... both path of fire and end of dragon are very easy.... the only reason u felt PoF hard because u still have to unlock mounts but once u unlock all the mounts the rest of the game including HoT which the hardest expansion would be easy for you...
What is this badass samurai looking class you play?
Bladesworn - the new EoD spec for Warrior :)
Old but gold
came here at random from my GW2 feed.. is this Austin from Skill Up?
Yes :)
ok which armor is that? the new heavy set for cantha or is specific for some map? I can only recognize the shoulders been from the willbender elite spec collection