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Balance Changes in the September 2014 Feature Pack

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 [..] View

Proposal to pause Living Story for more content patches

7:18 am, May 13, 2014 Hi, I'm a fairly casual player and just wanted to make a suggestion. Overall, I really enjoy how GW2 is free to play and has regular updated content. I really like the previous April patch in that it [..] View

Pay-to-win

3:16 am, April 3, 2014 A lot of the pay-to-win arguments Ive seen lately stink of what I call subjective advantage. It was summed up best in a recent thread I shall link at the end of this post. In a nut shell the purposed [..] View

Cash->Gem<->Gold Conversion

9:16 pm, April 2, 2014 Forked from here.  Quoted for context. Mordakai, on 02 April 2014 - 02:40 PM, said:So, Raspberry brings probably the most controversial aspect of GW2 up:  buying a [..] 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

Why Healing Power Sucks, By WoodenPotato's (also bad mob design)

8:16 pm, March 14, 2014 Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.co...ng_power_sucks/ tso said:The problem is not the numbers, it is the ham fisted mob design. We can see this clearly when a mob gets zerg scaled, as it magnifies [..] View

Just something I noticed

8:16 am, March 7, 2014 So Arena Net said that they would be addressing the issue of condition builds being completely outclassed by direct damage builds in all forms of content. Now they have released a patch featuring thr [..] View

So much to buy, so little laurel

2:16 pm, March 5, 2014 Hello. I have 81 Laurel and 900 Badge of Honor but I have 4 classes I actively play and i cannot consider any of them as "main". I have Warrior, Thief, Guardian and Elementalist. (Although E [..] View

Damage Downtime as a Component in DPS Calculation?

2:16 am, February 24, 2014 What is Damage Downtime?: DDT is the time spent not attacking that is unrelated to an attack's central action window. What increases DDT?: Dodges, Movement, Knockdowns, Interrupts, Fear, etc. Why ca [..] 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

Dev for a Day: Condition Damage

2:16 pm, February 3, 2014 The purpose of this thread is to discuss Condition Damage in the game whether you think it's fine, is completely broken, or could just be tweaked to be more useful. My thoughts: Instead of a global [..] View

The most important thing (opinions)

8:16 am, February 1, 2014 Edit: Thanks much to Konzacelt for posting this on the official forms for me. Heres the link if you want to follow or partake in the discussion there. https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/T [..] View

What do you think of the Trait Lines in GW2?

8:16 am, January 18, 2014 A simple question up for discussion; we've talked extensively about gear but most of the impact a person has in game actually comes from traits and getting the skills "just right" so to spea [..] 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

Release Notes for Fractured

2:16 am, November 27, 2013 Ellen Kiel has done it! After being supported by players in her bid for a seat on the Captains Council of Lions Arch, Kiel has made good on her campaign promises specifically, the promise to head up [..] View

Upcoming Changes for the Fractals of the Mists

8:16 pm, November 19, 2013 With the release of Fractals, were making several exciting additions and changes to the Fractals of the Mists infinite dungeon. Heres a brief overview of the changes you can expect! Changes to Fracta [..] View

Now, how do you feel about the Living Story? (11/13/13)

8:16 pm, November 13, 2013 I think I will begin this thread every LS patch to get feedback from everyone. My opinion... Hopefully the LS is coming to an end.  The releases are becoming more lackluster with e [..] View

Tower of Nightmares Guide

2:16 am, November 5, 2013 A massive, deadly Tower has been revealed in Kessex Hills, built by the new Toxic Alliance of krait and Nightmare Courtiers! This guide will help you get started in the fight against this new threat. [..] 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

Toxin; the anti-zerg?

2:16 am, October 27, 2013 So I was watching Guildcast and early in they started discussing the new cross-profession healing skill coming with the next patch. And naturally this lead to speculation of what exactly this strange [..] View

ideas for combat?

7:37 am, October 20, 2013 since we can't get addons like WoW a more noticeable combo interface would be nice. right now i have no idea when i actually pulled one off unless it's a tried and true one like when a mesmer puts u [..] 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

So on Stat Focus...

8:53 am, October 15, 2013 What's the best approach on this? I have seen people recommend on builds to focus on a balance.  If your trait selection is focusing on these stats, you should focus on the others i [..] View

Stress Test Wednesday August 15th

5:12 am, October 10, 2013 This was posted on FB a couple of hours ago.  I didn't see any threads about it so I figured I would post it. https://www.facebook...ars2?ref=stream Quote We will be conducting a st [..] View

[Challenge] The Immortal

3:20 pm, October 7, 2013 To anyone who's feeling bored, I bring this challenge: The Immortal The goal of this challenge is not to die once during the game & fulfilling the conditions bellow. Rules: 1. Level 80 2. 100% [..] View

You can log out anytime, including during combat. It restores you fully and removes all conditions.

1:26 pm, October 7, 2013 You can log out to character select anytime you like. Close to dying in a fight? Log out. Got a lot of mobs chasing you? Log out. Got conditions you don't want to wait for? Log out. Low health and stu [..] View

A bit disappointed in ArenaNet

2:25 am, October 7, 2013 Hello there, Even though I owned GW1 and played it a tiny bit, I still consider myself a new GW player. I'm not familiar with ArenaNet but I have to say that with this new patch I feel a bit disappoi [..] View

How to turn GW2 into GW1 without breaking the game

10:46 pm, October 6, 2013 This thread is for everyone who agrees that GW1 was a better game than GW2. If you don't agree, stop reading now please. The idea here is to build ideas on how to improve GW2 based on gameplay streng [..] View

Upcoming Skill and Trait Changes

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 [..] View

I'm forced to use weird quest toolkits too often

7:37 am, October 5, 2013 You know the kind. Some quest requires you to use a certain gun or enter a golem suit or something, and it gives you a new bar of skills. And it almost always sucks. This is just not good gameplay. I [..] View

Condition damage gear?

12:28 am, October 5, 2013 Why does it seem like the majority of condition damage gear has precision & condition damage?  Since dot's can't crit this doesn't seem to make much sense to me. &nb [..] View

Seeing gw2's eSports globally

3:16 pm, October 4, 2013 Hey guys ! So I'd like to talk with you on the PvP of Guild Wars 2. But also on the gameplay in general, the design on general of Guild Wars 2, sPvP and Esports. (It will get more specific to GvGs an [..] View

I absolutely do not like this..Gear grind in GW

3:07 pm, October 4, 2013 QuoteIn November well unveil the first Ascended items. This new rarity type falls between Exotic and Legendary on the spectrum of rarity and has slightly higher stats than Exotics. Source: https://ww [..] View

What would YOU change in the combat system?

2:23 pm, October 4, 2013 To start with, this is not a suggestion thread - hence it is not in the Primordus visions section. It's just meant as a sort of place to share our ideas about the games combat system. I am not conside [..] View

Need help: I really **** as a player!

11:50 pm, October 3, 2013 I first picked this game up on the pre-order early access.  I have since made many characters (one of every class) and got three of them (Ranger, Elementalist and Mesmer) into mid-le [..] View

I dont know what to put as a title

10:37 pm, October 3, 2013 Well, i love Guild Wars 2, i have a Female Sylvari Thief at level 16(just turned 16) and now ill go to the nearby 15-25 area in order to continue leveling, which is actually A LOT OF FUN, all these ev [..] 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

Making Combat Decisions, How do YOU do it?

1:39 pm, October 3, 2013 Hi all, as my post title states, I'm in a bit of a bind. I've found myself (and I believe many people have also voiced their concerns and opinions on this) to be guessing on what ability I should use [..] View

Arathi Basin, Alliance Battles and GW2

11:22 pm, October 2, 2013 Little bit of context: for the past 8 years I've considered GW1's pre-Nightfall PvP to be the best PvP among MMOs, no contest. In particular I think GW1's Alliance Battles were the best casual hot-joi [..] 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

Rune Question

11:31 am, October 2, 2013 I looked and can't find a solid answer on this... I run a Grenadier build on my Engineer, which uses both condition and flat damage. The question I have is this: Superior Rune of the Thief, will the [..] View

GW2 Evolution to

8:35 am, October 2, 2013 I'm here to ask you a question. is it worth it to keep investing in GW2? read this before you answer. after almost a year and we still have 1- Game mechanic broken (support /control). 2-Condition dama [..] View

[WHAT IF] Raids

9:54 pm, October 1, 2013 [WHAT IF] is going to be my series of sporadically added threads into General discussion forum, focusing on, well, discussions about various game changes, what would happen if they occurred and how to [..] View

Release Notes for June 11 Dragon Bash

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 [..] View

LOL Stress Test in 15mins; Arenanet took down the message though

3:46 pm, October 1, 2013 Was just on facebook home screen and Arenanet posted (I am paraphrasing): Stress test in 15mins 9:10PDT to 10:10PDT. They took down the message when I went to their page...Edit: 10 mins for the stres [..] View

Borderlands Bloodlust in World vs. World

11:26 am, October 1, 2013 Greetings! We are excited to introduce you all to the new and improved Borderlands maps and the Borderlands Bloodlust buff. As part of our continuing efforts to introduce new and interesting mechanic [..] View

Borderlands type of loot!

10:56 am, October 1, 2013 I don't know how to describe it other than what the title says.  I am getting tired of the same boring stats on everything.  I fell in love with the randomization o [..] View

Sky Pirates of Tyria Begins Today

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 ****** [..] View

The Official Soundtrack has arrived!

10:28 am, October 1, 2013 It has finally arrived! It comes with four disks and was signed by Jeremy Soule!  Mine got squished sometime during shipment cause some of the plastic case got shattered but the dis [..] View

Survivability for damage and vice versa?

9:13 am, October 1, 2013 I guess you can call this "Someone just got owned by a thief" - But i honestly have not had ANY trouble at all against other classes. Sure, I've met skilled players that outplayed me, my ha [..] View

My Thoughts On Guild Wars 2

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 [..] View

Revealed - Redundant Thief mechanic

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 [..] View

Lack of Dev Commentary on Professions

7:34 am, October 1, 2013 While everyone else salivates about new content, or complains about gear progression I see a lack of actual change or even dev commentary to have anything to do with the real core of the game- profess [..] View

Ascended Gear and Fractals - The Shortcomings

6:48 am, October 1, 2013 I'll admit, the Fractals have been pretty fun and I'm sure there is some way to make the Ascended gear work in some way down the line. Right now though both the Fractals and Ascended gear are carrying [..] View

Exposing the Truth, Past and Present.

6:14 am, October 1, 2013 Purpose:  In effect, what I intend to do is expose ArenaNet of lies, deceit, and otherwise facilitating or spreading  false information for the sole purpose of garn [..] View

Long Run Damage Calculation, Math is Fun!

5:43 am, October 1, 2013 Hi all, Don't know if this has been posted before but I was wanting to figure out how to maximize my raw power stats (before weapon damage, traits, skills and boons/conditions are added which can be [..] View

We are missing some features on the Hero page.

5:17 am, October 1, 2013 So we missing alot of info in the hero page, i mean were is the: conditional damge amount? I mean that is very important for me, and were is the magicfind %? You guys could make one tab that we can cl [..] View

The Power of Nonsense

4:55 am, October 1, 2013 So, I main a Necromancer class now, and I have to say after using most every class. Mesmers are nonsense. Pure utterly complete nonsense. Being able to make portals for teammates to continuously retur [..] View

Stack bleeding, which is better: Condition Damage or Condition Duration

1:49 am, October 1, 2013 Recently I am considering a build to stack bleeding. I do understand that in the current game status, condition builds may be inferior to power builds due to stacking cap and in a certain degree, the [..] View

Ascended Amulets : No knight stats ( tough/pow/prec)?

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 [..] View

Why hasn't Anet addressed the current zerker or gtfo pve endgame?

1:02 am, October 1, 2013 The current optimal group layout only favors teams that stack full berserker armor and faceroll DPS through everything while simply learning what and when to dodge.  Most classes are [..] 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

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

How to beat NULL

9:30 pm, September 30, 2013 It's a bit late but here's my guide to the NULL encounter as well as a few sugestions on how it could be improved. Anyway finally beat him… 2 warriors, a guardian, a thief, and me (conditi [..] 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

Few things I just have to rant about

6:36 pm, September 30, 2013 Love the game, but as most say, people go to forums only to complain.   I have a few MINOR complaints, and thought it wasn't much to complain about, but... then I keep running into t [..] View

[X-Post] Present and Future Direction of the Game

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 [..] View

GW2 Combat System

5:09 pm, September 30, 2013 Originally I just wanted to do the math, but then it became more than that and i feel the need to share my thoughts. Disclaimer: Lots of text, also might belong in suggestion/ideas but that's what mod [..] View

Present Etiquette - snatch and run?

4:59 pm, September 30, 2013 Seems the latest "best practice" regarding the large presents is to pop them,  snatch the actual presents that spawn and run, leaving the mobs behind. It's really sad to s [..] View

Crucible of Eternity Exp - Too Difficult?

4:39 pm, September 30, 2013 I've thought about writing this a lot before I decided to actually do it, because I wanted to get some feedback from other players to make sure it wasn't just me. I held off a day when I saw the patch [..] View

[Guide] Damaging Tequatl Guide By The Gates Assassin

4:00 pm, September 30, 2013 This is not MY guide its The Great Assassins Guide off the GW2 forums i think it will be helpful so i am posting it here This guide has one purpose: To teach people how to damage a world boss. This is [..] View

Release Notes for Tequatl Rising

1:00 pm, September 30, 2013 The scourge of Splintered Coast has risen, more deadly and powerful than ever before. Band together with other heroes, old friends, and new allies to fight the rising evil. Bewareagainst a foe of this [..] 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

25 silver and you can get a 5 gold guild back(s ability)!

8:55 am, September 30, 2013 Go to TP and type spineguard And there are new rare backs: Soldiers Spineguard Wayfarers Spineguard Rabid Spineguard Cavaliers Spineguard Magis Spineguard Where solders spineguard only sell at around [..] View

How do the condition dmg mechanics work?

7:52 am, September 30, 2013 Someone care to elaborate how the hell condition dmg works on a SINGLE target while there are shitloads of ppl applying conditions to them? I've recently switched to condition build and after that I d [..] View

Alt for a guardian main.

7:45 am, September 30, 2013 Hello! I've been reading posts a lot on guildwars2guru and I decided to seek advice on something that has been a particular problem for me the last few weeks: alts. My main is a charr shout focused [..] View

[WHAT IF] Uncapping conditions

7:37 am, September 30, 2013 [WHAT IF] is going to be my series of sporadically added threads into General discussion forum, focusing on, well, discussions about various game changes, what would happen if they occurred and how to [..] View

bug? - incorrect stats for ascended rings/amulets

4:58 am, September 30, 2013 http://www.gw2db.com/items/71367-vassars-band http://www.gw2db.com/items/71357-ralenas-band The in-game link says 50 vitality, 50 toughness, 71 condition damage.  So far so good.&am [..] View

Jewels are cheaper and better then runes and go in your armor

4:11 am, September 30, 2013 So I always assumed Runes were way better then Jewels to put in your armor.  Turns out that was an incorrect assumption.  Not only can you get similar/better stats [..] 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

Level 80 events broken for almost a week on my server (Gandara)

2:41 am, September 30, 2013 This is starting to get a bit annoying. The level 80 zones are in much worse condition than they were right after the launch and on Gandara the situation is pretty bad, main event chains have been bro [..] View

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