GW (Guild Wars) is accessible to new players. This not only because of the level cap of 20, but also the smoothness with which you can go through the story campaigns. The different stories are: Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall and Eye of the North.
By the time you are halfway though one of the campaign
s you’ll be at the maximum level and you’ll gain access to better gear. These armors are made by NPCs (armorers) in towns and outposts in exchange for materials that are acquired from killing monsters (loot). A benefit from this system is that you don’t waste time and money on crafting items you don’t need, to get to the point where you can make what you need. You are going to have maximum armor (also named 1.5k armor) rather quickly, but this armor is cheap and in our opinion not the best looking. More experienced players will wear prestige armor which is a lot more expensive (from 15k to a lot more).
By the time you are halfway though one of the campaign
s you’ll be at the maximum level and you’ll gain access to better gear. These armors are made by NPCs (armorers) in towns and outposts in exchange for materials that are acquired from killing monsters (loot). A benefit from this system is that you don’t waste time and money on crafting items you don’t need, to get to the point where you can make what you need. You are going to have maximum armor (also named 1.5k armor) rather quickly, but this armor is cheap and in our opinion not the best looking. More experienced players will wear prestige armor which is a lot more expensive (from 15k to a lot more).Skills and builds
Besides this you can survive and 
finish a campaign with a limited amount of skills. Yet to be a more than average gamer you need to have access to a wider range of skills. Though you will only be able to equip 8 skills on your skillbar. So you need to put some thought into which ones will fit best for the task ahead. Of course new players who are not familiar with the combinations of skills (builds) can get help from the community (e.g. PvX Wiki).
finish a campaign with a limited amount of skills. Yet to be a more than average gamer you need to have access to a wider range of skills. Though you will only be able to equip 8 skills on your skillbar. So you need to put some thought into which ones will fit best for the task ahead. Of course new players who are not familiar with the combinations of skills (builds) can get help from the community (e.g. PvX Wiki).For more detailed info on skills you can visit the Guild Wars wiki:
Farming
Specific builds are generally created to be used for farming or title hunting, solo or in a group. Farming plays a large part in getting gold and crafting materials for armor, weapons and offhand items (focus items and shields). When farming players go to certain regions and attack creatures and/or bosses to attempt to obtain rare items, experience and gold. Different popular areas are Bogroots ("froggy farm"), Slaver’s Exile ("vsf"), Shards of Orr ("SoOSc"), Domain of Anguish (DoA), Fissure of Woe (FoW Sc) and the Underworld (UW Sc).
The latter was updated (nerfed) a few days ago. With the patch ArenaNet made numerous adjustments to NPC and monster locations. This was done to reduce the Speed Clearing* (Sc) of the dungeon with the popular farming "perma sin" build, or at least to make it a lot harder to finish it.
* Speed clearing means finishing a dungeon/area with specific farming builds within a very short period of time compared to regular groups who take much longer.
Update notes can be found on the Guild Wars wiki:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Game_updates/20091022
Trade
All that farming gives you lots of good loot which is worth a lot, but you won’t need everything you find. So obviously you want to sell these items to other players because just selling them to NPCs (merchants) won’t yield much gold at all. Due to the lack of an auction house, like in other online games, selling items can be a tedious job.
The only way to sell things is by typing a message in the chat. There is a chat channel specifically for trading, but these channels are not linked between towns/outposts so people come together in specific towns to sell their items. An example of such a town is Kamadan (Nightfall). With the result that these trade channels get flooded by people trying to sell their items by spamming their messages. And thus Kamadan became known as "Spamadan".
Also there is a limit in the amount of gold (100k) you can trade. Of course there are several rare weapons and other items that are worth far more than that. This resulted in the usage of highly-demanded items (e.g. Globs of ectoplasm a.k.a. ectos) as a currency. Like real-life gold these items fluctuate in prices, so prices of items are usually hard to keep track of. Some community websites offer auctions, but of course this doesn’t work as good as an in-game option.Overall we like the game alot and we'll continue to play it.
Please don’t hesitate to tell us your opinion or if you got remarks on ours!
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