Entering the PvP lobby automatically repairs any damaged armour you have equipped. Easy to overlook nowadays since armour repair is free, but it might sometimes be more convenient than finding an anvil.
I do something similar with just going to my guild hall and repairing (since it's quick and can be done by just hitting G and then doing it and exiting, back into the same spot you were before)
@@mana_surge going to the guild hall is the better concept in many situations imo because you can do more things if you have to and get back to your former spot afterwards
Great video, couple more: You can right click an item in your inventory and click sell to when merchant dialog is open Use weapon swap/stow to cancel long animations That tiny red bar under skill indicates target is out of range of the skill you can emote at someone: /thank @Mukluk left click commander icon on map to join squad hovering over the legend icons on map highlights the ones you are missing for that type, provided you have discovered the portion of the map it's in mobs on map give more bonus exp the longer it is alive, so farm those yellow mobs
@Iron Tusk yes, and since they don't aggro people tend to ignore them so they build up a large xp bonus. When you are leveling it's worth it to kill yellow enemies around because of that
I got one. You can target an boss by clicking on the health bar in the event menu (top right of screen) very handy if you want to target the boss but there are lots of ads. Or it the joko fractal as the boss spawns clones of herself
I use the Pvp lobby to repair my Broken Armor. Just entering PvP auto repairs armor, and Exit PvP returns you to the same spot you left the map, so you don't have to do all the running, or pay for waypoints.
FFS.... For 6 years I kept complaining that there is no button to restart the adventure... I don't know how often I ran back or suicided... xD Also great to know that you can see the actual profit in tp :D
One I discovered recently - you can double-click on a waypoint on your minimap to instantly go to that location without dealing with the "are you sure?" dialog box. Nice when you're in a hurry trying to escape from enemies you don't want to deal with.
Just throwing this out there as embarrassed how long it took me to notie. Therese a little red bar below a ranged skill that will show when youre in range of the target.
I knew all of them :( some new ones are: - Type "I am Evon Gnashblade" in the trading post for a compact view of items (same to disable it). - You can hover on your condition duration icon on stats to see the increased duration of specific conditions, like you have a 50% condi duration but a 70% on burning because of a rune, etc. - You can go through enemies if you disable melee combat assist in options (that shit comes by default enabled, frustrating). - Your camera is not by default on maximum possible distance, you can set the Field of View to the right to get that. - All races have the same hitbox and speed, even if your "perception" of some of them make them look faster/slower. - Teach them about LFG, best tool in the game. - You can invite people to group with commands (/invite Name), it also works to join (/join Name) and also squads /squadjoin and /squadinvite. Useful when the game doesn't show you the right click option to invite a friend. - You can whisper yourself with the command: /tell YourName
5:45 For those that have access to it, a Fiery Dragon Sword is one of the brightest lights in the game. It's also usable on some classes that can't use a torch.
Hey man! Got into a random pvp match with you yesterday and because of your name I checked out your Twitch, then ended up here. Great content! I've played very little since 2012 and often take year+ breaks so all of your vids are super helpful. Thanks for the effort and explanations, brother.
Awesome guide! I've linked it in our Discord channel to assist new players. You could also add that any crafting station (including scribe at guild hall) can be used as a bank - irrespective of whether you have the discipline or not
Bookahs for the win! Also love how the total play time is 3,910 and he says, "As you can see I like Ranger a little bit." Then I went and checked my own play time and it was nearly 3 times as much. I guess I obsess a little bit! LOL
@Demacian Weavile well judging from the profile picture I think they are aware and use it in a playful manner as their character is human. But htank you for that wiki pagae, super interesting trivia on there!
Not everyone has Shared Inventory bags, but anyone can get Invisible bags. Anything stored in an Invisible bag will be exempt from selling (whether at a merchant or at the Black Lion trading post) unless dragged out into a normal bag, or salvaging unless done manually. This allows you to keep treasured "junk" items safe (I have a pair of Queen Jennah's shoes... don't judge), and stash away your unidentified gear until you collect a full stack.
ARCDPS has an option where you can turn off the damage numbers that sometimes obscure combat. Artificer crafting allows you to consolidate Luck! Really useful for new years festival
re: salvaging, if you put the stacks at the bottom end of your inventory bags (if you don't have sufficient shared inventory slots) these will be salvaged last. salvaging starts from top to bottom left to right.
Or you can put them in an invisible bag to not have them salvaged. I always have one equipped at the very top of the bag for stuff I carry around, but don't want to accidentally sell or salvage.
I also use the invisible bags for stuff I don't want showing at a merchant or trading post. Makes for a quicker and cleaner look when selling my stuff. Not sure if invisible/safe bags go over 20 slots though? if big bags are higher priority.
Addendum to "Maps and Targeting": You can shift and hold left mouse button on the map (mini or full) to open a small radial menu with additional pings another one: you can also hold control Ctrl and left-click on an NPC or player to "target" them (as at 5:08) The targeting reticule = see in the dark is cheating!!!1!!111!! I used it so many times in the Weyandt's Revenge JP. xD I'll definitely try the tip at 5:57 in the future. It's such an obvious one. :D
The hiding unidentified armor from salvage also works if you use an invisible bag, put anything in an invisible bag you don't want to accidentally salvage.
How could you forget the emote glitch!!! Step 1: make sure your headpiece shows. Step 2: type any CONTINUOUS emote such as /dance /sad /upset /sit /talk (use /emotelist to see all your options) Step 3: Hit enter and an individual mount key AT THE SAME TIME. It is working if you are doing the emote on top of your mount instead of holding the reigns. Step 4: dismount. DO NOT MOVE. Step 5: unhide your headpiece. Congratulations!!! You can now emote glitch!! Your top half will be doing the animation for the original emote, and you are free to move around, do combat, glide, mount, emote again to combine the emote bottom half, and take interesting screenshots. Your weapons will reappear. ****additionally if you want your weapons to not disappear while doing a NON-CONTINUOUS emote, simply zoom in to first person when you hit enter. This works for back pieces as well. ;)
8:16 How to show all skills that are in that slot with shift + RMB click With shift + LMB click (just change mouse button) - you create a chat link [control + LMB make a skill to repeat itself: there is white frame around skill when this is enabled] It is also possible to create a chat link this way by using shift + LMB click. If you want to know one skill from wiki type /wiki in chat and use shift + LMB (which each creates one link) with ENTER/RETURN and now your default browser will open with info from Guild Wars 2 wiki. If you want to know several skills from GW2 wiki, then just add chat links after the first /wiki in chat and this way when wiki will open you will have all those links in one page which now can be used one by one or create tabs in your web browser. This is a fast way to look up skills directly from game without useing search ion GW2 wiki. This can also be used on icons for boon, traits that put icons on weapon bar etc. Useful if you want to read in chat tooltip information.
The Balthazar backpack also helps illuminate the ground in dark spots of the game. It’s the largest reason I use only that skin as a back item. So helpful!!
Muk about the pvp lobby portal to lions arch, its only available to a character at level 35+, although its available to anyone with an expansion. Still, nice guide! Very helpful
Lions Arc is accessible from lvl 1 for Accounts that have purchased the game (As you can only purchase the game with PoF and HoT). Free Accounts are however not allowed to access Lions Arc before lvl 35, and it is per character.
Great tips, but I would add that when map completing and can't find what you are missing you can hover your mouse over the left side of the map where it shows your completion it will ping those missing spots on the map, HPs, Vistas, etc. Almost always, sometimes it redirects you to a Scout. Otherwise, consult the wiki.
The "open bags with low lvl character" is outdated. Cost of iron and platinum used to cost around 1s70c. The priced has dropped to 60c which is the same as mithril. Its even better to open bags wirh max level now for a chance to get orichalcum
I've never had to use the PvP lobby portal to get to Lions Arch on a new toon. After the starting instance, you begin right in front of your capitol city, which has a portal to Lions Arch in it already.
I knew all the tips except the part where you need to keep your health above 0 and reduce enemy health to 0. Thank you so much for this priceless wisdom
At 9:35, Obsidian Sanctum in WvW is the best poor vip lounge: -quickly to load than PvP lobby -almost every PNJs (except those from guilds) which are WAYYY closest to the tp!! (cf. wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/World_versus_World#Obsidian_Sanctum) Otherwise thanks for the 2 smalls tips that I didn't know till today :P Great video with an exhaustive list of tips, well done!!
Ahh - I'm not the only one who thought, "A druid must wear a druid-like hat." :D I think the most know it, but just in case if not: - right mouse click on the tab number of the build template to get the context menu for "store, copy, paste, inspect, rename ... clear" ( even if, or especially when "Build Storage Spaces" are full )
Super useful guide, I always enjoy these types of videos as a veteran. A couple of these I had no idea about! Also, I just found out yesterday while grinding out Vision that while you're diving down on a griffon- if you press the space bar while diving you can double dive and increase your speed even more.
A few additional points: About map ping, you can also Shift+Left click to do the standard ping. and Shift+ hold left click -> select for special pings. You can move the minimap the same way you move the chat. Invisible bags also work to prevent salvaging. Another thing that I would have added is that you can cancel skill/animations/actions by using the stow/draw weapon key.
A good inventory tip > Use any kind of invisible/hidden bag at the last spot in your inventory. Not just does it hide the equipment you really do not intend to sell, it also prevent's blue/green/yellow gear bags to be salvaged and materials from being deposited. (Like when you exchange some mats daily like the quartz crystals)
If you go to the crafting menu and want to craft a higher amount of an item, hover your mouse over the number you want to craft. The cursor changes into an "up/down" arrow symbol. Hold the left mousbutton and drag the mouse up and down to change the number fast. Or type it into the field... ''>_>
Can't believe from all this video I only learned the most useless things the click dodge and the dodge standing 😂😂😂 but nice video any way lots of people don't know any of this 👍
Mukluk: “Soulbeasts! They took away our ability to swap pets in combat-“ Me, a soulbeast main wiping a single tear from my cheek: “Yeah. Yeah, they did.”
Elementalist tip: I don't know if it's a bug or a hidden mechanic but it has been around for a long time and it's useful in all game modes. In Fire staff you can use 4 and while dashing backwards quickly click 5 - this way you will dash but the meteor shower will be cast in the same place as you would cast without dashing. This gives you free range and is super useful in PvP.
What would I ever do if I hadn't found out that I could Dodge by clicking my health bar. I can finally achieve optimal dps in raids now. 😂 Honestly tho thanks for all the tips lot of them will help me by reducing effort especially the drawing on map thing so useful when running dungeons with first timers.
Did you know that if you type /wiki in chat that it automatically takes you to the gw2 wiki site to search for achievements or that pesky Poi in Verdant Brink so it won't be a hastle?
Ok actually tho, that dodge while sitting would be really useful for my deadeye in jumping puzzles. I go faster while stealthed and don't always have the space to dodge or the ability to use my stealth skill because I don't want to accidentally mess up anyone else's jumps
I am looking to have some fun with GW2 again I literally haven't played in 5 years, it's very overwhelming! All these anniversary boxes I do not know what items to select haha I am a Ranger - also somehow I have 4k Gems, i certainly do not remember buying any. What would you recommend to spend the gems on? Thanks!!
I have an "is it worth it" playlist on this channel where I cover a bunch of the gem store items, but my number 1 life changing quality of life recommendation is the copper-fed salvageomatic on the gem store. Infinite use salvage kit.
@Iron Tusk I'd rate the storage expansion from 250 to 500 storage above extra bag slots (400 💎) which are just character-bound (soulbound?). You can get the material storage up to 2000 per material with these (but every one of them costs 800 💎). Bank slot expansions (600 💎) were the first things I bought.
@Iron Tusk Bag slots depends on whether you play alts or not. Constantly jumping between at least 7 or my 19 characters makes them a waste... in which case, Mukluk's suggestion with a shared-inventory slot.
On the note of targeting: If you put the CTRL+LMB target on an ally, the "lock on target" shortcut key will make you target your allies target. Also, while not always 100% reliable, when you use Tab to cycle through locked on targets, it'll prioritise more powerful targets (champs/legendaries).
Something else worth noting: if you're in a guild and it has a guild hall and scribing station, you can open the guild UI and go to your guild hall. Activate the station, and use the tabs on the left to flick through normal bank UI. And if the guild has got that far, then they've probably got a normal merchant next to where you spawn in, too.
PgUp-PgDown also helps with elevation on the map. =) Didn't know about right click on reward chest though. Yeah, today years old when I learned about tool-tip on selling items.
Amazing GW2 Tips and Shortcuts!! (youtube algorithm).... I did the thing for twitch. I'm buying a tons of things in amazon NL. I hope is helping your partner program.
This tought me i really need to read tooltips more or something. It was almost if i was playing a different game. Very helpful especially the salvage all, here ive been spending minutes spam clicking all the crap i get LOL not to mention depositing materials by hand!
- Similar to underwater sigils, if you have a stacking sigil (bloodlust, corruption, etc) on your land weapons but NOT on any underwater weapons, you will lose your stacks when going in the water. This sucks for WvW where you might dip in the water for a second and have to regain all stacks! - When mystic forging a lot in short succession (like upgrading mats or making clovers) you can interact with the forge again immediately after hitting "forge" to cancel the long animation - At NPC merchants you can drag the number up or down to increase or decrease the amount you're buying. - Worth noting that only one combo field can be "active" at a time! So if you lay down a smoke field to blast for stealth but then your friendly Guardian buddy puts down a light field, you're going to blast the light field instead of the smoke. - You can type /wiki in the chat box followed by what you want to wiki (i.e. /wiki mystic forge) and it'll open a browser window with the wiki! - You can click the endurance bar to dodge :D
I KNEW there was a way to add a personal marker!! I didn’t believe for one second that a game like this wouldn’t have that kind of feature. I expect that from Borderlands 1, not this.
Also on chat, u can write /party or /say for example to change which chat ur gonna be using. It also doesn't need to be the whole word, it can be /p or /s for example. Experiment!
You can use wvw as a free banking access too, and us Waypoint to friend to get into new maps.You may consider that finding your cursor is easier using yolo mouse, and preset overlays allow for better visual setting often resulting in better fps and ping
