I find that wandering around gets me where I need to go. I am looking for map completions. Only thing I will adjust slightly from the BWEs is getting one last good look before I wander away from an area. I found in a good handful of occasions that I had missed a PoI or a Map Vista (BWE3) when I was really only a few seconds away. Sure it's easy enough to go back but if I am there the 1st go round, why double back.

I tended to go for SP and Hearts so I missed some of the less 'valuable' (for leveling) map locations. But since they are all equally valuable for map completions, a good last look saves me some time.

Not in any rush to level. I know it won't be months until I hit 80 with my 1st but it won't be days either. I'll probably have at least a PvE, a PvP and a Hybrid if I can ever decide on a class I like enough.

Read every quests kinda sounds wrong but I will surely take my time exploring the game as I play.

I might rush with my alts later though, it really depends.

Originally posted by Magnum2103
I don't know if I'd call it "rushing" since we don't intend to skip content, but our guild plans to run a group 14 hours a day the first week to hit 80 within the first week for WvWvW domination.

That's not rushing...that's Blitzkrieging...

I'm motivated to get to 80 so I can go everywhere in the world, but I'm going to be too focused on what's going on in the area I'm playing in to worry about what level I am at the moment, or whether what I'm doing is getting me to 80 faster than some other activity.

For example, during the last couple of stress tests I got caught up trying to advance an event chain in Brisban Wildlands or w/e.  I mean I knew I wasn't trying to advance my character because it would be wiped.  But it wasn't the only time I just focused on the area itself and almost completely disregarded the leveling process.

Developers said each level takes around 1.5 hours for the casual players. Last stress test which was an hour long, I got 1 level from 25 to 26, and that was from exploring new areas, unlocking waypoints and doing 1-2 dynamic events...

I honesly don't think you need to rush to 80 because the leveling curve is so smooth. Many MMOs have programmed us to rush to max level for "epic" content and levels 1-max level is just a hinderence but this is not the case with GW2, you should enjoy the journey as much as the end.

Completionist in me is going to make me complete every zone haah before I move seeing as everything scale down no need to worry about losing exp/loot/items etc.

I'll probs follow the storyline with regards to the zones I level with

Didn't vote because i didn't see a Get lost and have fun exploring option...

Which is what i'm gonna do, The journey to level cap should be just as fun if not funner than hitting cap.

I'm an explorer at heart. The journey is the most important thing to me, and as such I prefer it to last as long as possible.

In other words, I am probably the world slowest leveler in these games. Luckily both conditions compliment easch other well :)

I'll see you guys at 80... in about 6 months to a year most likely :)

Or immediately... in WvW!

I'll go at the speed it interests me to go.  None of the driving forces that make me want to rush to max level are present in this game.  And that's a good thing. 

If I play for long hours, it's because the gameplay compels me to.

why rush to 80 in this game? unless you have other games you want to play.

I think what will happen is that people will quickly outlevel the zone they are in. The head start people will find that there aren't enough people in the higher level zones and perhaps go back to lower more populated areas. They will continue to level while half assissting the newer people, bringing them upto the zones the higher level players are at.

These players will be over leveled because they went back to the lower zones.

I think people will reach level 80 way before they get to the 80 zone.

Gonna take my time and explore at whatever rate I feel like. I want to see everything.

This may result in gaining levels semi quickly as I will be out in the action much of the time.

Will take time out for crafting and dealing with guildmembers when I feel the need.

Originally posted by baphamet

why rush to 80 in this game? unless you have other games you want to play.

People who are interested in WvWvW.