An Overview of Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is a MASSIVE game. One of the biggest struggles that new players deal with is figuring out what exactly there is to do in this game? While this guide is not going to help you specifically get started with any specific piece of content or guide you through that content, it should hopefully serve to help you understand what kind of content there is in the game and direct you in the right path to get started with that content if that multi-aforementioned content is something that is interesting to you! Written version of this guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile... Table of Contents | 0:00 Introduction 0:28 What is Guild Wars 2? 1:19 Character Creation 4:13 Story 5:44 Combat, Skills, and Builds 7:00 Open World Gameplay 8:20 Festivals 9:36 Gathering and Crafting 11:19 Leveling and Masteries 12:48 Instanced Content: Dungeons 14:00 Instanced Content: Fractals 14:52 Instanced Content: Raids 15:26 Instanced Content: Strikes 16:56 Player versus Player 21:58 World versus World 23:41 Rewards 25:11 Achievement and how to figure out what to do 27:03 AddOns 28:56 Various Resources 30:41 Conclusion A Long List of Links | Profession Picking Guide //    • Guild Wars 2: ALL Classes (Professions) & ...   Full List of Story // https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Stor... MetaBattle Builds // https://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattl... Snow Crows Builds // https://snowcrows.com/ Overview of Combat //    • An Overview of Combat in Guild Wars 2   Overview of the Open World //    • An Overview of the OPEN WORLD in Guild Wars 2   Festival Guides // Lunar New Year:    • Get To The Point: A Lunar New Year for Gui...   Super Adventure Box:    • Get To The Point: A Super Adventure Box Fe...   Dragon Bash:    • Get To The Point: A Dragon Bash Festival G...   Festival of the Four Winds:    • Get To The Point: A Festival of the Four W...   Shadow of the Mad King:    • Get To The Point: The Shadow of the Mad Ki...   Wintersday:    • Get To The Point: A Wintersday Guide for G...   Crafting Guide //    • A Guide to Guild Wars 2 Crafting: Basics a...   Overview of Mounts //    • An Overview of Mounts in Guild Wars 2   Overview of Fishing //    • An Overview of Fishing in Guild Wars 2   Tips and Tricks for Movements //    • 10 Tips and Tricks for MOVEMENT in Guild W...   Complete Guide to the Roller Beetle //    • A Complete Guide to the Roller Beetle   Full List of Dungeons // https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dungeon Fractal Guide //    • Intro to Fractals: Getting Ascended gear &...   Full List of Fractals // https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Frac... Raid Video Guides //    • Get To The Point: Raid Guides   Snow Crow's Written Raid Guides // https://snowcrows.com/guides/raids Full List of Raids // https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Raid Get started in raids (and strikes) guide //    • How to get started in RAIDS - a Guild Wars...   Mukluk's Full Guides Playlist //    • Guild Wars 2 Guides   Snow Crows Written Strikes Guides // https://snowcrows.com/guides/strikes Player versus Player Guide //    • A Stronger Start in PvP (Player VS Player)...   World versus World Guide //    • A Stronger Start in World Vs World - A Gui...   ArenaNet's Third Party Programs Policy // https://help.guildwars2.com/hc/en-us/... arcdps AddOn Website // https://www.deltaconnected.com/arcdps/ BlishHUD AddOn Website // https://blishhud.com/ Additional Links for Various Resources | Recommended YouTubers // Mukluk:    / @muklukyoutube   Laranity:    / @laranity   AyinMaiden:    / @ayinmaiden   Athis (Me):    / @athis   Guild Wars 2 Resources // Website: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/ YouTube:    / @guildwars2   Twitter: https://x.com/GuildWars2 Forums: https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/ Reddit:   / guildwars2   Wiki: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Main... Event Timers: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Even... Other Resources // Fast Gold Farming: https://fast.farming-community.eu/ Crafting Guides: https://gw2crafts.net/ Black Lion Trading Post Resources: https://www.gw2bltc.com/ Account Information: https://gw2efficiency.com/ Build Optimizer: https://optimizer.discretize.eu/?m=fr... My Guild Wars 2 Video Guides:    • Guild Wars 2 Guides [COMPLETE]   My Guild Wars 2 Vista Guides:    • Guild Wars 2 Vista Guides   My Guild Wars 2 Written Guides: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/7... My Top 10 of Guild Wars 2 Playlist:    • Top 10 of Guild Wars 2   My Guild Wars 2 Let's Play Series:    • Let's Play Guild Wars 2   Socials | https://linktr.ee/athisel #gw2 #guildwars2 #mmo #mmorpg #guide #newplayer #newplayerguide