6:18 pm, November 4, 2014
The Mad King is at rest again – until next year. Here at the Black Lion Trading Company, we have everything you need to get back out to adventuring. A new finisher that makes a bold stat [..]
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6:18 pm, November 3, 2014
The battle for the top spot in the North American and European World Tournament Series Invitational Qualifiers is now over and the dust has settled. Two months ago, we saw hundreds of teams step into [..]
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7:18 pm, September 10, 2014
A few weeks ago, we launched a call to arms to the WvW community, asking them for the best video footage they created. We received an overwhelming response from the WvW players of Guild Wars& [..]
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7:18 pm, September 4, 2014
As part of the upcoming feature pack for Guild Wars 2, well be shipping a change thats been a long time in the making: a brand-new Trading Post! Weve put a lot of work into it to str [..]
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7:18 pm, August 18, 2014
Hello, all! Im Karl McLain, one of the game designers here at ArenaNet. Im here to tell you about the direction were going with balance changes in the September 2014 Feature Pack.
For a more specifi [..]
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7:18 pm, August 5, 2014
This week, the Black Lion Trading Company is proud to bring you a new addition to our charr backpack line, savings on a bundle of items with the Tyrian Explorers Knapsack, and your last chance at [..]
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7:18 am, July 16, 2014
Hey guys, so I've played a few free to play mmo's and even paid for a Runescape gold membership like 5 years ago (Oh lord, go ahead, criticize me for my poor choices xD), and anyways, I don't know whe [..]
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7:18 pm, July 1, 2014
The Gates of Maguuma release begins today, and we here at the Black Lion Trading Company have the perfect items to send you on your way in style! Log in while the release is live to unlock free, p [..]
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7:18 am, May 21, 2014
Its an exciting week for the Black Lion Trading Company! Weve got a brand-new set of weapon skins, new faces in Total Makeover Kits, an adorable Mini Piglet, the return of the Bazaar Quaggan Mini [..]
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9:16 pm, April 8, 2014
Im proud to present you with this weeks newest offerings from the Black Lion Trading Company! Were bringing you three beautiful miniature birds for your collection and a drum that will revolutioni [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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8:16 pm, March 18, 2014
Congratulations, heroes, weve freed Lions Arch! Celebrate in style with new hair styles, adorable new miniatures, increased Collection stacks, and discounts!
New Hair Styles in Ma [..]
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2:16 pm, February 23, 2014
Self-explanatory title.
For me:
1. NEW Enemies. Surely, we got several new factions in Season 1 (Molten and Toxic alliance, Aetherblades) but these somehow felt more recycled than new. The only real [..]
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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 [..]
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2:16 am, December 4, 2013
Wintersday is just around the corner! The air is getting crisper, Lions Arch will soon be decorated you know, I and my fellow Black Lion Trading Company representatives are so excited, we think i [..]
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1:46 pm, November 25, 2013
Martin Kerstein
Head of Global Community
Critickitten: You mention in your first paragraph that this is your opinion. I changed the thread title to reflect that (which you could have done in the first [..]
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1:39 pm, November 23, 2013
Having leveled two characters to 80, I have the following observations and opinions:
- The time it takes to get from 1 to 80 is suitable, but the first 40 levels can feel really slow while the last 1 [..]
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2:16 am, November 12, 2013
When Anet made the change to World Boss events that guarenteed one rare a day, I jumped on the train. I had the overlay and tried to make it to all of the world bosses at least once [..]
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6:01 am, November 6, 2013
I've heard of games breaking promises, but it at least takes the community over a year before they can call bullcrap on all aspects of said promises. In the case of GW2 it only took 3 months, and we'r [..]
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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 [..]
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7:06 am, October 22, 2013
...he's so damn soft. This is the definition of a scoundrel:
scoun·drel
noun
1.
an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
adjective
2.
mean or base in nature; villainous; unprinci [..]
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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 [..]
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5:41 pm, October 11, 2013
So,
I have done quite a few dungeons so far, ranging from level 30 to 80. Overall, I am very happy with them, I think they are great fun and the rewards are usually pretty good.
As far as some of th [..]
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1:41 pm, October 10, 2013
Recently just tried to run CM. Seemed to be more mindless than I remember, spending more time looking at the map to respawn than actually fighting and having fun.
I hear they beefe [..]
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7:36 am, October 10, 2013
I have spent on average 2 hours a day for the last week in Orr, Frostgorge, the new explorable zone, and a 60-65 area of a Charr zone. I have not gotten a single rare drop and I use 26% food, 5 travel [..]
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8:18 pm, October 8, 2013
I understand I'm going to receive a lot of flac for posting this but I just feel it has to be said. I'm only lvl 12 and already the game is aging quite badly for me. I'm going to try promptly outline [..]
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3:10 pm, October 8, 2013
After I completed many dungeons, many routes and many times.
I feel there are many things that should be fix and improve in dungeons.
Sorry, my english is not good.
1. Model - Anet gives me very fa [..]
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1:35 pm, October 7, 2013
So I play a warrior, and with a group of friends, we went to AC explorable mode. Our comp was as follows:
Warrior x2
Guardian
Mesmer
Engineer
We choose the 3rd route and made it to the Extraction pa [..]
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8:05 am, October 7, 2013
Almost unplayable every map is filled with 30-40 Bots.
This prevents real players from getting on the maps.
No matter how much Threads you are going to delete,
this is getting out of hand and ruins th [..]
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4:44 am, October 7, 2013
Basically, what I've yet to do:
Dungeons:
- CoE explorable (no one wanting to do that)
- CoF explorable (can't be arsed to do it)
- Arah explorable (from what I've read, it's too hard, long and has a [..]
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2:45 pm, October 6, 2013
this has happened to me more than a few times and its really annoying
start attack a monster, doing damage, then it says it is invulnerable, then after like 15 seconds i can attack it again.
it has [..]
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4:38 am, October 6, 2013
Theres no reason why they should cost so much for a 40th level item when you can get something comparable from karma rewards doing quests or off the trading co. 9000+ karma on&n [..]
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2:28 am, October 6, 2013
I am trying to farm tokens from dungeons in explorable mode but it seems like the PuGs never ever do explorable? All I see in LFG chat is for story modes, I've spent ages looking for a group to do exp [..]
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11:12 pm, October 5, 2013
Hey folks, it’s Chap again! There are a lot of changes coming in this release, and I wanted to explain the thought processes behind some of them. Today I’ll be joined by Karl and R [..]
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8:00 am, October 5, 2013
I'll start by saying that i run dungeons with a group of friends, all of us run exclusively with this same group.
We run 1 or 2 dungeons every night, tonight we ran CoE storymode and CM Explorable, f [..]
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3:52 pm, October 4, 2013
There are already a lot of threads discuss about the social issue in gw2.
Personally I think it the difficulty.
You can solo your story, explore, farm, and level to 80.
Some new comer already felt bo [..]
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2:28 pm, October 4, 2013
If this is in the wrong section I'm sorry I couldn't find a section for dungeon discussion like there is for WvW/PvP.
We have been clearing every explorable since the 1st week of launch on a weekly [..]
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1:42 pm, October 4, 2013
Hello! Im Isaiah Cartwright, the lead game designer for Guild Wars 2, and I would like to talk to you about some of up upcoming changes to the ways we reward players for participatin [..]
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12:35 pm, October 4, 2013
It's pretty annoying that mobs go invulnerable during underwater fight so often.
If they can't fight you, they flee/become invulnerable.
Sometimes they keep attacking while being invulnerable.
Despite [..]
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10:53 pm, October 3, 2013
Some people like to customize their characters to have look-a-like themselves. Some likes to customize it by the way they dream/see themselves. Some want to look the most adorable or coolest, and some [..]
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9:58 pm, October 3, 2013
Trying to level an alt and having a sluggish time. Let me state up front I am not a completionist and I prefer to shove as much time into direct levelling as I can, when levelling
[..]
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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 [..]
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9:35 am, October 3, 2013
Why is it that after every maintenance they seem to break something new. Ive been running all the explorable paths of TA for the last week and they have worked fine, we encountered a dc bug on vevina [..]
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11:54 pm, October 2, 2013
Did CoF route three for first time and had a good time. Made it through the muck, fought the waves of spawns, and made to Burntclaw's island. That's where a Legendary creature became very underwhelmin [..]
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10:16 pm, October 2, 2013
I'm not sure where this post should belong because i couldn't find the thread to write it on. if there is one please redirect it there.
My friend and i are looking for group or people to party with [..]
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8:40 pm, October 2, 2013
When I think back to GW1, I think of the nostalgia factor of Droknar's Forge, Marhan's Grotto (remember the icy floor?), Ascalon City, Kaineng, Yak's Bend, and many of the other outposts. They were me [..]
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12:50 pm, October 2, 2013
In my quest to achieve 100% world completion i have found 2 obstacles, WvWvW on a loosing server and Explorable Dungeons.
I have done 3 Explorable Dungerons so far, in the following orderArah - The F [..]
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12:15 pm, October 2, 2013
I find while i'm playing that i don't get to do a personal story line quest often and that is my favorite part of the game. You only get one quest for like every 3 levels so after the quest you need t [..]
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5:33 am, October 2, 2013
Not posting this to start anything, but I was just surprised this site: http://www.guildwars2hub.com/features/editorials/ten-websites-all-gw2-players-should-bookmark was not one the list not even for [..]
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4:54 am, October 2, 2013
Your dungeons are awful. They aren't fun, they aren't challenging, they aren't engaging.
Do you not want people to see the content? Would you rather people just farm like china farmers? I don't under [..]
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1:10 am, October 2, 2013
This might need to go in the Q&A section but...
Ok so am I right in saying that for 100% world completion you need
- All renown hearts, POIs, skill points, waypoints and vistas in cities and exp [..]
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12:26 am, October 2, 2013
How do we craft an online world that feels like it is a truly living world?
For years, MMO developers have been chasing the answer to this question; it’s one of the holy grails of MMO dev [..]
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10:58 pm, October 1, 2013
I am all for difficulty in a game as long as the rewards are large enuff to sort of compensate for the risk.
I did the first dungeon on Storymode and had some fun. We died a few times but it wasn't l [..]
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9:16 pm, October 1, 2013
Welcome to the Twilight Assault Release! If youre ready to start fighting Aetherblades and exploring the shadowy recesses of Twilight Arbor but arent quite sure how to go about it, this spoiler-free g [..]
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6:49 pm, October 1, 2013
As of Yesterday
https://www.guildwar...-ascended-gear/
"This is just the beginning. In November, were only adding the first level of Infusions and Ascended Rings and Back slots, so that leaves [..]
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5:55 pm, October 1, 2013
LIVING WORLDDragon Bash
The Ship’s Council of Lion’s Arch is sponsoring Dragon Bash, a celebration of the Tyrian spirit and resolve to defeat the elder dragons. Bash on dragon pia [..]
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5:10 pm, October 1, 2013
Hello, fellow Dragon Bashers! Want to know where to go and how to get started with the celebration? Read on!
Spoiler-Free Mini Guide
Spoiler-Free New Items and Rewards
Spoiler-Free New Achievemen [..]
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1:38 pm, October 1, 2013
Its easy to bash the game for a variety of reasons, but lets face it, we all play and enjoy some aspects of GW2. List the moments that really made an impression on you.
Some of mine:
Finally getting [..]
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11:11 am, October 1, 2013
I mean what am I going to spend this on, why does almost every event generate it but at 80 all i can spend it on is 1 set of armor, and maybe some cultural weapons (that are stupidly expensive for jus [..]
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11:00 am, October 1, 2013
So I was a GM in gw1 and an officer in wow. I've had many years experience in being a guild leader. My gw1 guild was a top 100 gvg guild for a while (not bad for pvp casuals), we owned hzh, had some s [..]
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10:54 am, October 1, 2013
With the new dungeon Fractals of the Mists, ArenaNet hit a new standard. Will they ever revamp the old dungeons, atleast the explorable versions?
I've seen them talk about updating the rewards for th [..]
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10:42 am, October 1, 2013
Warning, the following thread is long as it is not just a "this is what I hate" list but is an explanation of where I feel those lists come from and a look at possible ways to fix the issues [..]
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10:30 am, October 1, 2013
A ****** at the Dragon Bash has thrown lions Arch into Chaos! The culprits responsible for the mayhem have holed up in their hideout. Inspector Ellen Kiel spearheaded the investigation into the ****** [..]
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10:12 am, October 1, 2013
The Digital Deluxe Upgrade is packed with helpful stuff that will come in handy during your adventures in Tyriaeverything from the deadly to the oddly adorable. Whether you...Read More
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9:43 am, October 1, 2013
After quitting the original GW, I have tried playing countless MMOs both F2P and P2P, and I never did find a replacement for GW. There just wasn't a game that could give off such an incredible impress [..]
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8:34 am, October 1, 2013
Although there's certainly no shortage of strong opinions to be had about the Lost Shores Event in these fine forums, I figure I might as well share mine -- in the form of a long, drawn-out retrospect [..]
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8:30 am, October 1, 2013
Warning: Massive Wall of Text Ahead. A 3001 word wall to be exact!
I will start out by saying that I have played a wide variety of games over the years, however guild wars was the very first online m [..]
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8:01 am, October 1, 2013
If you haven't played a thief before, you might not know what this mechanic is.
"Revealed- You cannot stealth for 2 seconds."
You are afflicted with this condition every time you drop out [..]
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6:39 am, October 1, 2013
One of the posts at the official forums caught my attention. Ensign, a well known member of the GW1 community posted the following in response to the lack of combat depth and the trinity as it applies [..]
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5:56 am, October 1, 2013
I played guild wars since just before Factions, its the best online game ive ever played, been waiting for so long for GW2. Its not a bad game, its far better value for money than most games,  [..]
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5:44 am, October 1, 2013
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/dungeons/How-logn-until-the-Lt-exploit-is-fixed-in-AC-explorable/first#post480873
They said that good loots from champs/dungeons/raid bosses are way too low [..]
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5:36 am, October 1, 2013
So today, I broke my dungeon cherry with Ascalonian Catacombs Story Mode.
So far, when playing GW2, I've been over-leveled for the content as I enjoy exploring. However, this time I wanted to try&am [..]
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5:34 am, October 1, 2013
https://forum-en.gui...irst#post477887
Scroll down.
"Its not an exploit to skip Kholer. Hes a bonus boss that unlocks a central waypoint, drops loot, and also gives a chest.
People skip him b [..]
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2:55 am, October 1, 2013
Please don't troll my post or have a unwarranted negative view on it. I used to be pretty against these sort of posts but have built up resentment lately.
Well, been playing since launch. Got all my [..]
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1:26 am, October 1, 2013
So the whole quarry of people complaining about the nerfed Dungeons preventing people and me from being able to run them to get money has been really evident so far. You could have easily netted 1 gol [..]
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1:03 am, October 1, 2013
Did anyone else started to notice that Anet hasn't added any ascended gear to the game with toughness/power/precision stats?
For some this might not be a problem, but I would like to see knight stats [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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12:09 am, October 1, 2013
Has anyone else noticed them? They are in cities and in explorable world. What are they!?!?!!
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11:47 pm, September 30, 2013
Repost of a repost - OP was lost in the shuffle. I apologize.
This thread has been deleted from the official forums without any reason. Banns have been issued to the people posting. Please spread th [..]
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11:39 pm, September 30, 2013
So, I'm having a problem with the mission Intercepting the Orb. (Mods, feel free to move this if it's posted in the wrong section.) The mission goes fine until I get to the point wh [..]
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11:12 pm, September 30, 2013
Anyone miss the days of going to playing an area is GW1 and hoping to get a storm bow, or a celestial skin or a chaos axe?
What about the icy dragon sword that only dropped in the imp caves?
Yes, I [..]
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10:56 pm, September 30, 2013
Ok, letter drops through the post. By some whim of fate you now find yourself in charge of Anet. You know people have an issue with stuff to do after 80. Given that you cant spend millions on an expan [..]
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10:50 pm, September 30, 2013
What is your favourite map?
And more importantly, why?
Mine is Lornar's Pass.
It has the most convincing mountain shapes i've seen for a while. It is almost foto-realistic in it's depiction of an [..]
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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.
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Some of you may recognize me (mainly for my math posts) if you freq [..]
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9:02 pm, September 30, 2013
The title is such b/c I thought it less argumentative than "my victory lap over the GW2 community". I was basically right about all my predictions for GW2 widely derided as "trolling&qu [..]
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8:07 pm, September 30, 2013
When I first heard about Guild Wars 2 being a "dynamic" centered mmorpg, I had no idea at all what it meant, after following the news for years I grew to like the idea of it. To me it meant, [..]
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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 [..]
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7:33 pm, September 30, 2013
I think they should be reintroduced in the dungeons, it's healthy for the game.
On top of the tokens you acquire, you should also have a moderately low chance of acquiring a unique skin for weapons i [..]
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7:29 pm, September 30, 2013
For a while like a lot of people I thought explorable mode dungeons were just a mess of spells and waypoint zerging. I do feel this way still to an extent. But the purpose of this thread is that I rec [..]
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7:21 pm, September 30, 2013
Hi everyone,
We are now about 5 weeks into the release, and most players have had time, if inclined, to play at level 80 now.
While there is plenty to do, I am wondering when we will get info about h [..]
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6:25 pm, September 30, 2013
https://forum-en.gui...ion-of-the-Game
C&P'd for those blocked, but spoiler-tagged to de-spam. It is hefty, but a good read, IMO.
Spoiler
There have been many different so [..]
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5:27 pm, September 30, 2013
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/arenanet-tracker/topic/245481-ill-be-honest-about-the-gear-and-gearchecks/
The results aren't pretty...
QuoteThis is something that existed prior to ascended gear, and [..]
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5:14 pm, September 30, 2013
The system has 5 different types of tiers which dont have common things.They are based on different farming methods.The models are made like this because people should do different things.They shouldn [..]
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5:13 pm, September 30, 2013
I know there are already hundreds of threads across the forums and gwguru regarding the recent nerfs/buffs to dungeons and so forth. But I do want to point out certain things I've noticed so far regar [..]
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5:13 pm, September 30, 2013
In this thread we'll be discussing magic find. The benefits, the negatives & its impact on GW2 as whole. This topic has a tendency to draw opposition from bot [..]
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5:01 pm, September 30, 2013
https://www.guildwar...res-and-beyond/
QuoteGreetings Heroes of Tyria,
Last weekend we released our free Lost Shores mini-expansion, which introduced a new level 80 map, a brand new PvP map, over 40 [..]
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5:01 pm, September 30, 2013
Hi!
Basically since I looked at the game for the very first time to me it was obvious that I would be farming dungeons for equipment. Doing WvW all day seemed very slow to me (SO many badges ...) and [..]
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4:54 pm, September 30, 2013
(Warning Spoilers!)
Mini Guide
New Rewards
New Achievements
Mini Guide
Available Tuesday, June 18th
Dragon effigies have been placed in all of the explorable maps for levels one to 35. Pe [..]
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