So..ahem...I have a dumb question.
I attempted to play multiplayer on my xbox one for the first time last night and I was really confused so I quit.
To anyone who played GW2- is the multiplayer a bit like running a dungeon in GW? Is there a dumb-person tutorial? I want to play but I don't want to be a stupid newb.
It's a little like dungeon running in GW2, I suppose.
Each map has 5 stages. Between each section is a door that is locked. The way you get the key is by killing (pretty much) everything in the section.
There are treasure rooms scattered throughout that require either a Warrior, Rogue, or Mage to open. Warriors kick down stone walls. Rogues pick locked doors (bright white light emanating from these). Mages dispel Barrier doors. Really small treasure rooms will just have the chest inside, but larger rooms can either have enemies inside when you go in, or spawn a "Guardian(s)" when you try to open the chest. If a Guardian spawns, you have to kill it/them before the chest unlocks. The chest is otherwise unlocked, even if there are enemies in the room when you first enter. You DO NOT have to do any treasure rooms to get the key for the next stage, but most people opt to go for them. The implication is that your team ideally has at least 1 of each Warrior/Rogue/Mage.
Once you open the locked door leading to the next stage, you enter a little hall with a Recovery Font. This is a one-time-use team-full-heal. There is one between every section. You can use it at any point before or during the next stage, but once you unlock the stage after THAT, you lose access to the previous font.
The 5th and final stage will have a steady stream of mobs spawning and trying to kill you. Conventionally, teams stay in the font room to bottleneck the incoming enemies. There will be a boss specific to the faction that you've been fighting in that map, but you have to clear every single enemy to complete the stage and finish the operation.
Each player is allowed to use a maximum of 2 Healing Potions per game, so be judicious when considering using one.
There are numerous tactics and strategies depending on what classes are in your team, the enemies you're facing, etc, but these are the basics.