Guild wars 2 hints, tips and playthrough

Angeles

Hey guys, for those of you new to the game there is quite a lot of info to take in. To help this, I've begun a series of video's to help new players.
They are titled to give some indication of what they are about.
The link is here for those interested - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFEF8D0725A1E33D2&feature=plcp

But to keep the thread alive for those not so interested in video's here are some of those tips directly.

- You can split item stacks in your bags by holding the alt key and click dragging an item to a new position
- You can paint where you want to go on the map to your other party members by holding down the shift key and left clicking and dragging across the map
Following this, shift + single click will setup a ping, and alt+ single click will set a personal waypoint marker.
-You inventory has several ways to maintain bag space by selecting the cog at the top right of the bag - surprising how many people miss this.

Anyone else manage to find anything outside of the usual, things that are not exactly told to the player?

Angeles

Oh there is a free hat related to the launch of the game available in the trade network by the way, should be under cosmetics for 0 gems.

Dcully

One that everyone seems to miss is you can add to your bank space by clicking the greyed out icon on the bottom right of your bank screen.
I think it costs 300 gems however, not even sure how much real money that is.

Kirby

For all the rangers out there, bind your pets F2 attack to a hotkey because they really don't use the ability unless you tell them too. It adds alot of dps.

Angeles

Dcully wrote: »

One that everyone seems to miss is you can add to your bank space by clicking the greyed out icon on the bottom right of your bank screen.
I think it costs 300 gems however, not even sure how much real money that is.

Currently its 800 gems = 10eur
I think the final bag slot space is 400 gems

delta36

Not sure how blatantly this is stated in game, but discovered that typing:
/[channel] and hitting enter changes your chat to whatever channel you type. For example /map /say /guild.

Dcully

delta36 wrote: »

Not sure how blatantly this is stated in game, but discovered that typing:
/[channel] and hitting enter changes your chat to whatever channel you type. For example /map /say /guild.

Pretty much standard in every mmo that mate

Just use /m /s /g etc its a lot faster

delta36

Dcully wrote: »

Pretty much standard in every mmo that mate

Just use /m /s /g etc its a lot faster

Hah, I didn't actually know about the shorter versions cheers for that!

Big Knox

For those complaining about bag space.

Make an Alt, bring him to Lion Arch, fill up with 8 slot bags and sit him at one of the crafting stations. Use him as a bank as needed.

I have an alt that does all my jewelcrafting. Whenever I want to craft I deposit my mats. Log the alt and I'm ready to craft immediately without wasting time and silver warping around on my main.

It's also great for getting your alt free levels if you plan on playing them later!