Guild Wars 2

The Origins of the Dragon Bash Theme Song

3:26 pm, November 13, 2013 Hello folks. It’s Maclaine Diemer, back again with another post about music. For this month’s Dragon Bash content, we wanted to have a recognizable theme, and the idea was brought [..] View

Anyone else getting bored already? First impressions, LONG

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 [..] View

How does anet test their updates?

9:14 pm, October 5, 2013 It always feels like they never ever test their updates themselves. It's like they add random skills onto a mob and think about it theortically and go "yup, feels balanced, I think the new skill [..] View

Friends online?

6:31 pm, October 5, 2013 Hi guys, My name's Mary and I am writing a paper on the dynamics of friendship and community in Guild Wars 2. I'm interested in whether or not people share their real lives with online friends, and h [..] View

Gender-Bending - playing as the opposite gender

4:03 pm, October 4, 2013 Hello, folks! Now, I know that there is a thread about this topic (and I am going to read it) but please, hear/read me out. I am conducting a research on gender-bending in GW2 for my Game Culture cl [..] View

Taking the R out of RPG

1:54 am, October 4, 2013 Moderator Edit: Please note that this thread is not about the definition of the word "role." Think of it as a play on words for impact as opposed to a misinterpretation of what "rolepla [..] View

Why I'm probably quitting the game after only a few weeks

11:56 am, October 3, 2013 Just a quick background on myself. I consider myself the casual gamer that ArenaNet said would especially love this game (MMO Manifesto). I have a PS3. Ive played popular games like Skyrim and Assassi [..] View

Wintersday Calendar/Wallpaper

1:12 am, October 2, 2013 Hey Everyone! I went ahead and made a Wintersday Calendar-Wallpaper, that way it's easy to look up the Times, Dates & Locations for the event. Enjoy! Link: http://i.imgur.com/5Ilty.gif?1  [..] View

GW2 2012 Best (Worst) of Awards

11:20 pm, October 1, 2013 GW2 2012 Best (Worst) of Awards   Its that time of the year again! Where we look back into the previous year and project into the new year. To make the best of 2013, we have to look [..] View

A Guide to Dragon Bash

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 [..] View

The GW2 Holy Trinity

11:00 am, October 1, 2013 Now, Before you watch this video going over the Guild Wars 2 Holy Trinity please have a look at this here: http://gw2101.gtm.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/combat/healing-*****/ Or if you don't trust the [..] View

The Lost Shores Grand Finale: A Survivor's Memoire

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 [..] View

Depth & The Trinity

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 [..] View

Some of my suggestions for GW2 so far

5:47 am, October 1, 2013 1. Movable target health frame. it gets in the way of seeing the whole world 2. A target of target frame -> we need this because its not the easiest thing in the world to know when you are be [..] 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

Why i am bored.

12:37 pm, September 30, 2013 I prepurchased GW2 and played the head start, and let me tell you. This game was the most fun i have ever had.... from levels 1-60. Therein derives the problem. I loved finding secret areas, and wande [..] View

Dual Monitor Wallpapers By Anet

11:03 am, September 30, 2013 They released these for people that have dual monitors and such with pictures the starting cites. Its posted on their flickr. I dont know if this warrant a thread or not but it will help some people [..] View

Ascended & You

3:35 am, September 30, 2013 I'd like to share my thoughts positively on this matter. As you all know, a decent sum of the community are currently upset with the idea of a new tier in gear. Whether casual or people that just sha [..] View