An introduction

I've heard many people say that a casual guild wars player can get everything they need just by playing the game through - an assertion which is contrary to my experience. I've decided to illustrate this by making a new character and playing him though, recording every income and expense along the way.

So here's what I'll be doing

• Starting a character from scratch
• No access to any funds or items obtained from other character
• No Farming!
• All primary and secondary quests completed within Nightfall
• No player to player trade
• Always play with a full party
• Pick up and sell everything to the merchant except materials needed for crafting
• Do not use preorder items
• No cheating through ferries etc
• Hero points should be used where possible
• Use quest reward items to purchase kits where possible
  

The goal is to see if its possible to have a fully equipped character by the end of the game, which would include

• Max armour with insignias
  
• Max Weapons (with max/near max mods)
  
• Runes including swappable headpieces.
• A decent selection of skills (most primary plus 10 to 20 secondary)

Additionally I'll be recording every time that I needed a basic game element (eg skills, kits etc but not vanity items like gold weapons or ascended armour) but didn't have the required funds for it.