Returning Player looking for tips to get back in.

[Deckire]

Hello, used to play on original release, stopped around the early Living Worlds Season 1 due to my Laptop melting from playing this game. I didn't get back in until around HoT, where everything changed quite a bit making me feel Lost and Alienated, so much so that I lost my motivation to play.

Now being 8 years since then, I'm trying to get back in Casually, but don't really know where to start. Any Advice would be helpful.

I am most likely going to not pay any money nor join any guilds because I don't know how long I will play and I would just be a waste of a player slot with how casual I most likely will become for this game.

[DarkSlayer197]

Start a new character and work your way up. About the best thing to do for returning players to find their groove again.

[Hefutoxin]

Join a casual guild.

Many have players on their roster that haven't logged in for years. It'll be alright.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Main_Page
Check the wiki if you have questions.

If I were you, I'd use my old character and do World Bosses to get back in my groove:
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/World_boss

Then work from there. The game still isn't linear, so you can pick and choose what you want to do and when you want to do it.

Since you have Heart of Thorns. Look into Masteries. Use that as a goal to follow.

[LSD]

Living World 1 used to be time-limited, so the stuff you played 10 years ago was only around 10 years ago...until last year or so, when they re-added it to the game (besides the, uh, stuff they didn't actually add back).
You can pick up where you left off with that. It's a bit crap though.

[SinisterSlay]

If your NA region I'd be happy to give you a tour again

[ieatyoulol]

welcome back my brother! Definitely reccomend this vid for ya, it has so much useful info for new and returning players!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCCv9MMrOw4

[Pixel]

This was from november