Guild Wars 2: How to get started

To help new members enter the world of Guild Wars 2, we've made a guide for everyone who is interested on how you can get started. Within these chapters you can find all kinds of information, such as how to get money and actually keep it, how to level quickly etc.

Step 1: Making your Character
When you first start Guild Wars 2, you will most likely make your main. This main will most likely also be your main in roleplay. The key to making not only your main but all your characters is that upon character creation, spend a lot of time on them.

Take time checking all the faces and play with them, test all the hair colours on all the haircuts that you like. You have only one chance to create the character that you like, and you'll be running around with him/her for a lot of hours!

Deciding your profession has a huge impact on how you can play your character, both in roleplay and in the actual game. In roleplay you don't have to be bound by generic classes, so if you want to roleplay a Monk, don't roll a profession such as a Warrior that wears Heavy Armour!

Step 2: Leveling... with no quests!
A traditional MMO player might get shocked when they first set their steps in Tyria. Guild Wars 2 has no quests for you to chase and complete. Yet you want to level quickly and pick up a line that carries you swiftly to level 80.

First, you have the "Renown Hearts". You can recognize them on every map as a black heart with golden lines around them. Renown Hearts give a small objective for the region in which they are situated, and are the closest thing there is to quests. Completing them yields you a special mail to your mailbox that holds a appropriate amount of money depending on which zone you are in and unlocks a karma vendor.

Next up you have "Dynamic Events". Dynamic Events can happen anywhere at anytime. It can be something different then the last time and the world updates through it. Maybe there is a terrible spider terrorizing a local farm or is the town under siege by Centaurs? Completing Dynamic Events results in money, Karma and EXP.

Last of all you have your Personal Storyline. Your Personal Storyline yields rewards such as gear, money, karma and EXP when you complete it. The further you go in your personal story, the higher level you'll need! Apart from that your Personal Story also takes you further into the world.