Apparently a French gamer going by the name Surfeuze has become the first player to reach level 80 — which is the highest level you can achieve in "Guild Wars 2." According to the Massively blog In about 2-3 week you can get max level no problem without any foods and boosts and rather casual play. To buff you could grab the guild buffs from guild hall if you have one. You can also use any banner giving exp you see around (other players place them but everyone can use them). You can grab foods and utilities. You can't play expansion content until level 80 (don't worry, leveling goes pretty quickly) and it's usually not recommended for your very first character to make use of the level 80 boost that comes with expansion purchases, so you can have time to learn various systems gradually as you level - your time before reaching level 80 is kind of an extended tutorial, in addition to just having a 362. Posted May 6, 2018. WvW upscales your character to 80, but while in theory you can join in at any level, often you're using gear that only has 1-2 stats per item vs. 3 or 4, so you'll technically be below expected performance. Also, you won't have the trait lines at your beck and call (unless I overlooked something). For Factions - It is VERY easy to get to level 20 here. After the second mission, if you have done all the quests on Shing Jea, you should be around lv 18, maybe 19 if you killed mobs for awhile before you started on quests. Once you hit the mainland, level 20 is a handful of normal quests away. For Nightfall - It takes about double the time to Here's my argument: Start two characters and level each a little ways. Take the character you LIKE THE LEAST and boost it to level 80. With that boosted character run to Silverwastes and start HoT story; do the first two chapters. This will give you a glider and basic glide mastery. At level 11, you'll be able to use hero points to unlock new traits and skills. Don't worry too much about what skills and traits are the best for your class; from now until level 80 is the time where you want to experiment with different skills, different weapons, and different armor stats to find your playstyle. Tier 2 lets you unlock Mist Attunement which provides far better rewards (+health/s, +encryptions, +5 AR, +1-2% dps, etc). By the time you get Fractal God, you'll have +30 AR without any AR in your gear. Please note: You need a ludicrous amount of +1 AR just to complete Fractal God but do not buy these. How long does it take to level up to 80 in Guild Wars 2? Following our tips, you should be able to reach level 80 in 20-30 hours of playtime. There's a possibility that it requires more time to get if you focus on exploring the world and farm, instead of optimizing the experience gains. For weapons. Warrior seems to get Axe/Shield - Rifle. Guardian gets Greatsword - Scepter/Shield. Revenant gets Sword/Sword - Hammer. Ranger is unknown. Thief gets Dagger/Dagger - Shortbow. Engineer gets Rifle. Necro gets Staff - Scepter/Dagger. Elementalist gets Staff. QNpI3f.