Originally posted by: brad
Of you that are playing guild wars, how long is it taking you to get to lvl 20?
Are there any tricks to getting quick exp? quick gold?
What's the difference in purple and gold items? Do you NEED an expert salvage kit for both? Is there any easy way to get steel ingots?
FWIW, im a lvl 12 w/m doing missions around yak's bend atm.
I started on may 2nd with a Elementalist / Necromancer combo, got to lv 20 on may 9th a week later. The key to leveling up quick is doing missions and completing them (obviously). At first i was running around killing mobs but quickly realized this game doesnt give much Xp based on mob kills, but rather on quests you complete.
I reached lv 20 when i was back around "The Wilds" area, but currently i am questing around "the Amnoon Oasis" Desert.
Getting "quick XP" i just kept doing and completing quests and sub quests.
Getting "quick gold" i waited pretty much till i was much further into the game and found some good wands and other rare weaps to trade with players. Recently i made about 2-3k gold per trade on various items. You get very decent drops around amnoon oasis / desert area.
Salvaging steel ingots are very random. Ive used expert salvage kits on various swords, shields, axes and other weaps and gotten steel out of them. Its really random tho.