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Go with the Flow

6:18 pm, November 21, 2014 Match flow in PvP is affected by everything from team formation and arena queuing to the way players actually enter matches. I’m happy to announce that the process players use to enter PvP a [..] View

Points of Interest is live on Twitch this week

6:18 pm, November 20, 2014 Peter looks thrilled. Rubi and Teddy look frightened. With a planning session like that, this week’s Points of Interest might be the first to make Rubi wish for a mute button-which should [..] View

Finding the perfect match

6:18 pm, November 20, 2014 Hello, world! My name is Justin O’Dell, and I’m one of the server programmers on the Structured Player vs. Player (sPvP) team. I’m here to talk to you about the upcomin [..] View

The Guild Wars 2 Free Trial Week begins September 25

7:18 pm, September 23, 2014 For a limited time, play Guild Wars 2 for free and experience why Guild Wars 2 is the fastest selling MMO in history!* The free trial begins at 12 a.m. PD [..] View

New region incoming!

7:18 pm, August 26, 2014 Well, look what Arenanet has been teasing... For extra information, this was posted by WoodenPotatoes today.  The screenshot looks like a beta screenshot, but isn't, &n [..] View

Win a Mini Llama during the Tournament of Legends 2 Finals thisweekend!

7:18 pm, August 22, 2014 This weekend, play witness to the finals of the biggest tournament in Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 history! The Tournament of Legends 2 started with a total of 256 teams, and [..] View

Announcing the GuildWars2 World Tournament Series

7:18 pm, August 13, 2014 The Guild Wars 2 team, along with Kong Zhong, our publishing partner in China, is proud to announce the Guild Wars 2 World Tournament Series, an international compe [..] View

Watch the Tournament of Legends 2 Qualifiers Live This Weekend!

7:18 pm, July 11, 2014 Tune in for the Tournament of Legends 2 qualifiers this weekend! Play witness to the early rounds of the biggest tournament in Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 history, with over 400 individual teams sig [..] View

Your Vote Decides the GuildWars2 International All-StarsTeams!

7:18 pm, July 10, 2014 Hello Tyria, Joshua “Grouch” Davis here, Competitive Events Manager at ArenaNet. Its my privilege to announce that at this years gamescom, well be partnering with our friends at [..] View

New Hair and Eye Colors in Makeover Kits!

7:18 pm, June 17, 2014 This week the Black Lion Trading Company is proud to bring out an exciting update to character customization with some head-turning greens and pinks for your hair or eyes! Were also bringing back [..] View

Additional Crafting License, Mystical Dragon Finisher, and More in the Gem Store!

7:18 am, June 4, 2014 Its a busy week here at the Black Lion Trading Company! From a license to allow you to learn an additional crafting profession on each character to an eye-catching new finisher and returning minia [..] View

GuildWars2 Launches inChina May 15

7:18 am, May 14, 2014 Were happy to announce that weve reached another major milestone for Guild Wars 2: the game officially launches in China on May 15 at 10:18 a.m. Beijing time! A massive event in Beij [..] View

GuildWars2 Launches inChina

7:18 pm, May 13, 2014 Today were happy to announce that weve reached another major milestone for Guild Wars 2: the game has officially launched in China. A massive event in Beijing today marked the moment [..] View

Right or Wrong?

7:18 am, May 11, 2014 http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/05/09/working-as-intended-what-guild-wars-2-got-wrong/#continued There are many things about the game I believe they got right.  However, I do beli [..] View

Foostival 2014, a Celebration

9:16 pm, April 9, 2014 The Foostival event, originally held in 2013 in Paris, was created by fans, for fans, to bring many different Guild Wars 2 communities together. Last years Foostival was a success, a [..] View

Announcing the GuildWars2 Tournament of Legends

9:16 pm, April 1, 2014 Greetings fellow Tyrians! Allie Murdock here; Community Coordinator at ArenaNet. Im excited to announce our first GuildWars2 Tournament of Legends on April 26-27 for Europe and May 3-4 for North Ameri [..] View

PvP Reward Tracks and GearUnification

8:16 pm, March 28, 2014 Hello again Tyria! There are a lot of great new changes happening in the Mists with rewards, gear, build-making, and more! Its incredibly exciting to finally be able to share with you all of the updat [..] View

Introducing the WardrobeSystem

2:16 pm, March 25, 2014 One of the many exciting features coming in the April 2014 Feature Pack is the new Wardrobe, an account-wide system that allows you to collect every skin in the game! Account Wardrobe: The Basics [..] View

Brilliant New Items in the Gem Store

2:16 pm, March 25, 2014 The Black Lion Trading Company is pleased to present new dyes, a flashy new finisher, and the Frost Wasp Logging tool. A portion of all profits goes to the welfare of the citizens of Lions Arch! R [..] View

Runes, Sigils, and BalanceUpdates

8:16 pm, March 21, 2014 Yesterday we introduced you to some of the upcoming changes to the traits system. Those changes, while exciting, are just one part of the balance updates bundled into the April 2014 Feature Pack! Toda [..] View

Traits Unleashed: Forty New Traits and More!

2:16 pm, March 20, 2014 Hello there! I’m Roy Cronacher, and as a game designer for ArenaNet, I’m excited to tell you about upcoming changes to the trait system. These changes focus on improving the ease o [..] View

Friendly fire

2:16 pm, February 13, 2014 I know I have brought this up before but I have a new take on it and was wondering what people think of it. So friendly fire is when an attack you make damages characters on your own side. Nothing to [..] View

Outsourced Development?

8:16 pm, February 3, 2014 So a comment I read struck me as interesting earlier today.  The concept that ArenaNet outsources parts of its development.  Now, these concepts are nothing new in [..] View

Jute/linen farm exploit and bans.

8:16 am, December 30, 2013 http://www.reddit.co...ans_last_night/ Quote... It seems there was a popular farming spot for linen. I don't think there's any point on hiding where, if you google "guild wars 2 linen farm" [..] View

Release Notes for A Very Merry Wintersday

2:16 am, December 11, 2013 Although the nights are long and dark, folks all over Tyria are in good cheer Wintersday has begun! Snowball fights, festive activities, and (best of all!) toys all help to keep joy alive through the [..] View

A map, and expansion theorizing

8:16 am, November 18, 2013 So at this stage I'm mostly just the guy who wrote that lore summary once and drops by like once every year to contribute something, probably half-finished, and then leaves because Guild Wars 2 just h [..] View

Release Notes for TowerofNightmares

8:16 pm, October 29, 2013 Marjory Delaqua and Kasmeer Meade have found a way to pierce the veil protecting the krait in Kessex Hills! When the illusion falls, brave heroes need to be nearby to deal with the kraitand whatever i [..] View

Mad King, Bloody Prince, andOther Halloween Outfits for Sale

3:16 pm, October 22, 2013 Were one week in to the Halloween festivitieswhy not celebrate with some new Black Lion Trading Company costumes? Last years Witch and Mad King outfits are both making an appearance alongside the [..] View

The Family Business

9:16 pm, October 17, 2013 By the third night, the mob around Castle Thorn had grown so thick that their bonfires reached the river, making a constellation of pyres that stretched as far as King Oswald Thorn could see. &#8 [..] View

A Guide to Blood and Madness

9:16 pm, October 15, 2013 Halloween has returned to Tyria, along with the Mad Kingbut a new menace has emerged to threaten both the Mad Realm and our world! Magister Tassi needs your help to keep everyone alive long enough to [..] View

Release Notes for Blood and Madness

9:16 pm, October 15, 2013 Edrick was a monster, he brought his family shame So the locked him in a box, mouth stuffed with candy corn But now the son has risen to take his fathers name Beware the Bloody Prince, the son of [..] View

Disconnections increasing

11:11 am, October 10, 2013 So I keep being disconnected quite often lately. Yesterday my whole group got disconnected and all our progress from the last 5 minutes (including items, karma, etc) were lost/rolledback. This is beco [..] View

Additional Gear Tiers: Economic Inevitability

12:38 pm, October 9, 2013 Looking at market prices from launch until now of staple items we see a clear trend of decreasing price,  namely exotic armors and weapons.  This is partly because [..] View

A question for knowledgeable players: Given my situation, what would you do? (Exotic armor/weapon advice)

7:54 am, October 7, 2013 Here's my current situation, I'd appreciate your advice:I have 8 characters of each of the 8 professions, all level 80.  Currently all 8 characters are mainly wearing level 80 green [..] View

Gamasutra - Pre-End-Game Economy Screwed Up

11:42 am, October 6, 2013 http://gamasutra.com...nomy_Review.php QuoteWith the exception of craft materials, the pre-endgame item economy is broken. As an example, I can buy a L39 coat of green (good, better than blue) qualit [..] View

Ascended-tier Stat Projections (theorycrafting)

1:34 am, October 6, 2013 Some people may argue that it is largely pointless to speculate about a future tier of gear when it has barely been released, and I would agree. However, it gets exceedingly tiresome to read thread af [..] View

ANet's handling of Halloween has been nothing but disappointment

9:37 pm, October 5, 2013 Reposted from the R and D thread on Black Lion Chests since it wasn't 100% on topic so I brought it here. This thread is to discuss the way that ANet has handled this installment of Halloween, most n [..] View

HUGE fps drop @ launch.

1:39 am, October 5, 2013 hi, been getting 35-60 fps solid thru all tests, including the recent ones. logged in today, and getting 1 - 5 fps...... gtx560ti View

Does GW2 need damage meters?

9:16 pm, October 4, 2013 Does GW2 need the option to turn on damage/healing output for the group/people around you fighting? I think it does, desperately. I say this because nothing made me want to be a better player than ad [..] View

Hair limitations

6:06 pm, October 4, 2013 In the dying minutes of today's stress test I was trying desperately to get the look of a human male ranger I planned to main just right.  However, I couldn't find a single hairstyle [..] View

What did you think Guild Wars 2 would be like?

2:27 am, October 4, 2013 Anet own quote "Were a company of passionate gamers with one mission: to make Guild Wars 2 the best MMORPG ever created." Since for some, including myself, the game is no where as great as [..] View

Bag Slots and Bank Tabs are 20% off in the Gem Store through February 26!

9:24 pm, October 3, 2013 Reminder: take care that you do not purchase more bank and bag slots than you can use! Your character can have up to 8 bank tabs (including your...Read More View

Queens Jubilee Release Notes

7:10 pm, October 3, 2013 Divinitys Reach is hosting a magnificent celebration! Her Majesty Queen Jennah of Kryta is commemorating the tenth year of her rule and using the occasion to celebrate the triumph of humanity over the [..] View

Returning to gaming/GW2. What's new?

5:55 pm, October 3, 2013 Hi guys! So I played this game religiously since the second BWE up until the first part of Flame and Frost. Totaled about 1400 hours played from Launch until then, so I pretty much did it all at the t [..] View

misogyny in GW2

4:58 pm, October 3, 2013 ant possibly be the only female to experience this. It makes me ill to experience this. So: the gaming world comprises of more than just males. I dont think this issue being taken seriously. 1. No the [..] View

I finally get why you can easily rep more than one Guild

11:43 pm, October 2, 2013 I played GW1 from start to finish in one guild.  When I heard about the guild system in GW2 I was a little confused to why they changed it so dramatically.  I liked [..] View

Register Today for the Guild Wars 2 Free Trial on August 23-25

5:17 pm, October 2, 2013 From August 23-25, you can experience the living, ever-changing world of Tyria and see for yourself why Guild Wars 2 is the fastest selling MMO in history.* All you need to do to pl [..] View

Game world and the hidden "dungeons" in it.

1:49 pm, October 2, 2013 A rather simple question I hope someone can give some feedback on. I'm trying to find some good tucked away "dungeons" that are built into the world (admittedly for RP, but that's irrelevant [..] View

Racial and Elite Skills as a Sylvari Guardian

12:34 pm, October 2, 2013 I know racial skills aren't the focus of the game, and they're kind of a tack-on thing to add flavour to your character, but I can't help but feel like Anet didn't really think them through all that w [..] View

Why Attack Zhaitan?

11:57 am, October 2, 2013 A note before starting; this is intended as a conversation about the story (non-lore) behind why we are fighting Zhaitan and where the story may progress from here. It is not meant to be bashing Anet' [..] View

Karka chest

11:06 am, October 2, 2013 I was in cursed tonight when I got mail informing me that I had a replacement for my inventory. It was a Karka chest. When I got it my Ranger said "ooh treasure". It was full of exotics incl [..] View

Extra layer of protection when deleting certain items.

11:01 am, October 2, 2013 This seems new, no? I tried deleting the HoM Portal Stone and had this pop-up: You need to copy the name just as it's written, including the capital letters. Part of yesterday's update? View

Weekend Sale! Save 20% on Black Lion Chest Keys; Baby Minis Return!

2:56 am, October 2, 2013 This Friday May 24 through Sunday May 26, Evon Gnashblade is hacking 20% off the price of Black Lion Chest Keys and restocking the shelves with Spring minis including the Mini Hippo Calf, Mini Moa Ch [..] View

No Weapon Abilities - HELP!

2:55 am, October 2, 2013 So I zoned into a story instance, and when the combat part came up, I found that all my weapon abilities had disappeared.  As in they are not there at all.  The num [..] View

Anyone else feels burnt out already? Nothing to do, nothing to aim for.

12:45 am, October 2, 2013 First of all, this is not a flame or troll post and if you have nothing insightful to add, I ask you to simply not reply. I have put a little over 250 hours in the game now, playing with my old Guild [..] View

Been there done that achi and title - no reward, and Anet response

12:03 am, October 2, 2013 Hello everyone, I am uZu, and I am overly pissed @ Anet's costumer service. As a start, I must say that I enjoy GW2 a lot and I think it is an amazing game, however, it's costumer care/support (even i [..] View

Arah farm is back, just much worse.

10:07 pm, October 1, 2013 I'm opening this thread to discuss the effect of the november the 15th dungeon update (http://wiki.guildwar...ki/Game_updates). I actually love the update in itself as it made many dungeons look much [..] View

All Three Champion Dragon Encounters (Shatterer,Tequatl,CoJ)

7:16 pm, October 1, 2013 Hey guys! I was going through some clips, and found that I had all three clips from all three dragon encounters that is currently available, not including story quest dragons! So I decided to compile [..] View

Why can't my light armor dye black?

7:00 pm, October 1, 2013 I've spent over 10 gold trying to get my light armor to look black.  Every dye I use including abyss makes my armor look brown/grey.  Are we hopeless with light arm [..] View

creating a legendary weapon

6:55 pm, October 1, 2013 ok i'm confused on this subject i'm wanting to get frostfang and preditor someday.... ok where i'm confused at is there was a recipe floating around saying bloodstone shard + gift of metal + gift of [..] View

GW1: HoM group?

12:43 pm, October 1, 2013 I am curious to see if anyone out there is interested in a forming a group in GW1 strictly to get HoM achievements for vanity items in GW2. I'm interested in tagging along. I have a level 20 Warrior/ [..] View

The NoXCast on youtube

11:52 am, October 1, 2013 As the title states, we (NoX = Norse Oil eXpedition) are starting our very own cast shows on youtube with the main emphasis on Guild Wars 2 only. We recently started our videos and they will focus alo [..] View

Orr Map Completion LFG

9:17 am, October 1, 2013 Hello everyone, It appears that Orr is dead on my server (Crystal Desert for the week, but usually Isle of Janthir). As such it is quite difficult to get all the exploring done for map completion. Th [..] View

I am astonished GW2 is still alive, what keeps you guys playing?

8:33 am, October 1, 2013 I quit the game around level 50 several months ago because I just couldn't take it any more. This is a guy who played several F2P mmo's, including a korean mmo, and getting pretty far in it. What keep [..] View

Zhaithan fight,Personal Story *SPOILER*

6:27 am, October 1, 2013 I have heard so many disappointed fans and i've been told the so called "fight" to not be a fight. I've been given detailed information of this meaningless fight we have waited 5 years for. [..] View

How much does this resonate with you?

6:17 am, October 1, 2013 Here's a review written by forbes. I like to think of forbes as a reputable source. Much of what's written there is reasonable and it resonates with me as what I see to be problems with GW2. Whilst G [..] View

Thoughts on the Temple of Balthazar event

5:37 am, October 1, 2013 I have recently played my last class to level 80 and am now in the process of map completion. Having been to Orr with 5 chars before this one gave me sufficient insight to say this event has never bee [..] View

Starting to miss special unique drops. Am I wrong feeling this way?

4:53 am, October 1, 2013 So with the fractals came some changes I was not totally expecting. The introduction of items that could not be gotten any other way. They have special stats and also a resist that is unique. This lea [..] View

Info regarding upcoming patch

4:10 am, October 1, 2013 QuoteJohn Peters has answered a few questions while running around in the Heart of the Mists.  He revealed some juice tidbits including talking about some of the upcoming patch notes [..] View

Dragon Bashers Welcome

3:55 am, October 1, 2013 Hi, my name is Steve Hwang, and I bash dragons. The war against the Elder Dragons can take its toll on the even heartiest of heroes. With that in mind, the June Living World team has made it our goa [..] View

What to do this evening as a level 80?

2:17 am, October 1, 2013 This topic is in the form of a question because I am not trying to troll, but seeking answers or work-a rounds from the community. My assumptions from sneaking a peak at some forums from work today: [..] View

is Arena Net losing it?

1:46 am, October 1, 2013 More than usual I mean... Bad glitches in SAB, along with a rather difficult game. Erasing monthly progress, no fix. Time gating everything (including SAB!) I don't get it...   [..] View

Post Mystic Chest results here!

1:22 am, October 1, 2013 Hey there, in case you hadn't seen the update today. Arenanet added some new temporary recipes to reduce over-inflated items. Recipe is: 1 Glob of Ectoplasm, 1 Mystic Coin, and 2 stacks of 250 of som [..] View

Is it Fun?

1:03 am, October 1, 2013 Been having a bit of fun using the Wayback Machine to peer through ANet's blog, which they decided to take down. I thought I would share something from their blog and see what kind of discussion it l [..] View

Cutthroat Politics Begins Today!

12:37 am, October 1, 2013 Two candidates, war hero Ellen Kiel and Black Lion trader Evon Gnashblade, are trying to secure a trade agreement with the Zephyr Sanctum but neither of them can seal the deal without your support! T [..] View

Can we try not to die?

12:35 am, October 1, 2013 ***** is easy. In Guild Wars 2 ***** means waypointing/waiting for a rez, and at worst a silver or two in repair costs. If you want to charge into the unknown with reckless disregard for safety, it wo [..] View

Fractal Improvements....end of jan :(

12:03 am, October 1, 2013 https://www.guildwar...m_source=client Improvements including rejoining party after disconnect and a more social friendly fractal lvl system. All good and dandy but we have to wait "they hope&q [..] View

Nerf the Fun: What's Up Here?

11:14 pm, September 30, 2013 Penitent/Shelter playing in Cursed Shore has been effectively crushed recently by two highly effective changes: first, the baby vet spider zergs that often last long enough for loot to disappear, and [..] View

My Beefs w/ GW2 & ArenaNet

10:47 pm, September 30, 2013 Please let me preface this with: If you are still enjoying GW2 and/or happy with ArenaNet, that's fine and I'm happy for you. --- Some of you may recognize me (mainly for my math posts) if you freq [..] View

New Ascended prefixes and suffixes?

9:34 pm, September 30, 2013 I'm really happy about the new acquisition method and the newly added prefixes and suffixes, but is there any word I may have missed about including Carrion or Rampager's to the list of trinkets? (Or [..] View

The Bazaar of the Four Winds Begins Today!

8:04 pm, September 30, 2013 LIVING WORLD Bazaar of the Four Winds The Bazaar of the Four Winds is gathering; merchants are converging from all corners of Tyria to sell their wares. Its not just shady characters and risky trade [..] View

How do you map your controls?

8:00 pm, September 30, 2013 During the last month I switched my keys quite a few times and I still can't say I'm totally happy with the result. So i decided to share my control map as a subject to criticism and suggestions. And [..] View

Personal Storyline summaries (spoilers)

5:14 pm, September 30, 2013 The game has been out for a few days now but there is surprinsingly little information on the internet about the Personal storylines (the only stuff I found is what i believe to be some very basic dat [..] View

The Battle of Claw Island, to save a certain some one (spoilers)

4:42 pm, September 30, 2013 The level 50 story line quest is to fight off the risen at claw island but the main issue I had was my mentor decided to randomly stay behind and die when I was quite capable of fighting a way out and [..] View

A Guide to Bazaar of the Four Winds

2:53 pm, September 30, 2013 Welcome to our newest release, the Bazaar of the Four Winds! You may be wondering what there is to do and how to get around, so what follows is a short guide to point you in the right direction. Spoi [..] View

Release Notes for SuperAdventureBox: BacktoSchool

10:12 am, September 30, 2013 Motos Super Adventure Box is once again open for business in Rata Sum! Enter Tyrias first and best virtual reality simulator and prepare to get schooled! The revolutionary edu-tainment experiment has [..] View

Eurogamer Expo 2013 - Guild Wars 2

8:47 am, September 30, 2013 Quote The Living World conceptAn ever changing worldUnique experience with each loginPlayer banding together and building towards a persistent world.New content every 2 weeks with unique rewards and a [..] View

How do you get the Mad King's set?

7:45 am, September 30, 2013 Not including the shoes, does anyone know where and how? View

World Boss Event Chests - Bad idea?

5:55 am, September 30, 2013 Ok so I was happy when I read: Increased the loot rewards on many world boss chests, including the chests in Orr temples and the dragon chests. But then I read: Fixed a bug on certain world boss ch [..] View

Guild Wars 2 Demographic Infographic

4:00 am, September 30, 2013 Hello folks, A couple of weeks ago on this very site I posted a survey pertaining to demographic data of Guild Wars 2 players.  The response has been pretty good thus far and I've t [..] View

Give us a REAL Living story Guild Wars 2!

3:28 am, September 30, 2013 Does anyone remeber when we were told GW2 was going to be a living breathing world that responded to player actions? I go over why don't have this and how we can get it. As always I'm open to all f [..] View

Guild Wars 2 frequently asked questions

2:45 am, September 30, 2013 General Questions Will there be a subscription fee? No. There is no monthly subscription fee. Once your purchase the box or a game key, you are free to play as much as you want. Will there be micro [..] View

A Guide to Sky Pirates of Tyria

2:32 am, September 30, 2013 Mini Guide New Rewards New Achievements Week 2 Addendum Mini Guide Starting Tuesday, June 25: Upon logging into Guild Wars 2, you’ll receive a mail from Lionguard [..] View

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