The game is actually best as a new player, because that's where all the good content is. And there's a truckload of it. After you're done with the Path of Fire expansion it's all downhill, largely due to the original devs leaving the team. Enjoy the incredible base game and the two great expansions. The restrictions on F2P have two sides. There's the social/transaction side (no traveling to cities for the first few levels and no buying/selling things on the AH (Trading Post, TP, in this game)) to restrict the gold-sellers and such. And then there's the restrictions that incentivize getting the full game, which are mostly inventory and 2 days ago · Small Green Haft (1) Resilient Bronze Plated Inscription (1) Make: 9 Resilient Bronze Axe. Tier 2. Levels 75-150: Buy List (Only Tier 2) Notice: If you are following the full guide then you already purchased these materials. This buylist may be missing items that are used in later tiers, but are crafted in this tier. Once you reach the max level of 80 in Guild Wars 2, you will still get experience from all activities, but all of it will go to the Mastery bar. With it, you can train into all sorts of things depending on the regions you have unlocked. RELATED: Guild Wars 2: Non-Meta Builds That Are Actually Good Using the boost on the very first char and then taking the new level 80 directly into the expansion content because of impatience basically just skips what you get for free and leaves you with an endgame character with no idea how the game works, now having to learn everything at once instead of a slower pace. Here are the ones that are required to finish the story, and that you should probably focus on: Glider Basics (Gliding Level 1) Bouncing Mushroom (Izel Lore Level 1) Exalted Markings (Exalted Lore Level 1) Updraft Use (Gliding Level 2) Nuhoch Hunting (Nuhoch Lore Level 1) So you just hit max level in Guild Wars 2.. but what now? Guild Wars 2 is a GIGANTIC game, with a huge amount of activities and gamemodes, so a lot of player 2 days ago · Rawhide String (1) Malign Bronze Plated Inscription (1) Make: 9 Malign Green Wood Short Bow. Tier 2. Levels 75-150: Buy List (Only Tier 2) Notice: If you are following the full guide then you already purchased these materials. This buylist may be missing items that are used in later tiers, but are crafted in this tier. 1) Buy POF and unlock the raptor but don't play it too far beyond that (so you don't spoil too much of the story). Even vanilla raptor will be great for mobility. 2) Finish base game story, map completion, etc. 3) (if you don't want story gaps), buy and play LS2. it bridges vanilla GW2 and HOT. If you are using a free account, purchasing the expansion will automatically upgrade your Guild Wars 2 account and unlock all the core game has to offer. Secrets of the Obscure even comes with a max-level boost to help you level-up and equip one character with everything you need to play the expansion content right away. amOS.