You can play with anyone from any starter zone and do all of the interesting and varied starter content for any race from the start.

You then go through the Asura Gate to Lion's Arch, one of the major hub cities, from where you can take another Asura gate to any of the other major cities, or to Word vs Word (the massive 500v500v500 PvP areas). Explore! You can go to all of the other starting areas/cities and PvP areas from lvl2 (right after the tutorial) by hitting your Character Sheet (h), going to the PvP section (the crossed swords on the bottom left) and teleporting to the mists (for free).On top of that, joining someone's party is as simple as clicking them in the guild dialogue screen (which also displays what area they are in), and waypoints can be shared in chat by just shift+clicking on them in your map so others can find where you're close to and teleport there for a very small fee (like 2 trash drops worth of copper). That said, you get (your real) level appropriate drops, xp and rewards for doing that stuff, so not only are you playing through challenging content with people lower level than you, but you're losing barely any progression. There are a bunch of elements which reward team play in this game - cross profession combos are one of them, but perhaps the most important is when you go back to an earlier level area, you are scaled down so the content doesn't become lame and so you can play with others without ruining their experience. Play with the other guys in the guild.(this is an element of the design that I really hate and is the number one thing I would address - but there isn't just one part of it that I think is broken) Those same things are actually there to reward experimentation and exploration, but people are started flipping it on its head and completing those things without actually 'playing the game'. Play the game naturally, go where you want to go and explore where you want to explore. There are a bunch of things in here (heart quests, unlocking skills, map completion) that can pull you down a completionist hole that will frankly ruin your experience in my opinion. I'd say the top couple of things would be: What do you need to know? Not much really. I pre-purchased GW2 on impulse the other day, for the 3 day early access.

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