7:18 am, September 27, 2014
The Guild Wars 2 World Tournament Series will name a champion this December in China!
Its our first truly international tournament, bringing together top PvP teams from North America, Europe and Chin [..]
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7:18 pm, September 18, 2014
Guild Wars 2 is headed to Eurogamer Expo! Since our livestreaming crew will be at Eurogamer, were not going to have our regular 12:00 p.m. PT livestreams on September 19 and Octobe [..]
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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 am, September 4, 2014
This week on Ready Up, join our Competitive Events Manager and host Josh Davis and Competitive QA Embed, Jessica Boettiger as they talk about the upcoming World vs World Fall Tournament and cover up [..]
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7:18 pm, August 28, 2014
Hey, folks,
As we continue to grow Guild Wars 2 and plan our next steps for the future of the game, its important we have a solid foundation for all the new players we plan to welcom [..]
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7:18 pm, August 28, 2014
This week on Ready Up, join our Competitive Events Manager and host Josh Davis and Competitive QA Embed, Jessica Boettiger as they talk about the upcoming World vs World Fall Tournament and cover upd [..]
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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 [..]
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7:18 pm, August 21, 2014
This week on Ready Up, join our Competitive Events Manager and host Josh Davis as he talks about the upcoming Tournament of Legends 2 Finals taking place this weekend and the Guild Wars& [..]
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7:18 pm, August 19, 2014
So my server successfully downed Tequatl today. It was the first time I personally had even attempted the revamped boss since returning to the game and it was AWESOME.
That single win was far more gr [..]
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7:18 pm, August 7, 2014
This week on Ready Up, join our Competitive Events Manager and host Josh Davis as he is joined by ChroNick, one of our authorized shoutcasters from Germany. Together they will talk about the Tournam [..]
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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 19, 2014
This cinematic may contain spoilers for anyone who has not played through the story of Entanglement.
Taimi discovered Omadds machine, the device that Scarlet used to see the Eternal Alchemy [..]
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7:18 am, July 17, 2014
Entanglement is live Guild Wars 2, and were ready to talk it over on Points of Interest! Our host Kate Welch is joined by writer Peter Fries, environment artist Tami Foote, and Env [..]
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7:18 pm, July 16, 2014
Entanglement is live Guild Wars 2, and were ready to talk it over on Points of Interest! Our host Kate Welch is joined by writer Peter Fries, environment artist Tami Foote, and Env [..]
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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 [..]
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7:18 pm, July 1, 2014
The Zephyrites have met with trouble, and there are rumors of a disturbance in the tangled western reaches of Brisban Wildlands. Work together with your friends and Marjory, Kasmeer, Rox, Braham, and [..]
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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 [..]
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7:18 pm, May 2, 2014
Congratulations to the Civilized Gentlemen, winners of the European Tournament of Legends! Its not over yet though; the North American Tournament of Legends starts tomorrow!
Join John Blu Mullen and [..]
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9:16 pm, April 19, 2014
Hello GW2 players. My name is Kellth and i recently have launched a news/blog website about video games. Currently we are covering two video games for we only cover games we are passionate about. We a [..]
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3:16 pm, April 19, 2014
Thank you all for such an overwhelming turnout to the Tournament of Legends!
Weve seen well over 200 teams register to battle it out for their chance at a legendary weapon! Because the community came [..]
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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 [..]
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8:16 pm, March 28, 2014
Its almost time for WvW Spring Tournament 2014 to start! Tonight, when the weekly WvW matchups reset, the tournament will officially begin. Prepare to represent your world in the Mist War in nine week [..]
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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
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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 [..]
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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 7, 2014
We extinguished the molten alliance, blew up the aetherblades, poisoned the toxic alliance, and finally ****** scarlet in what to me felt like five seconds. . . But that doesn't stop what's coming fro [..]
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2:16 pm, February 25, 2014
Its time to take back Lions Arch: log in on March 4 and participate in the final confrontation with Scarlet Briar!
Keep track of the constantly changing world of Tyria with the Living World Atlas, an [..]
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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 [..]
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8:16 pm, February 21, 2014
In many threads here I keep coming across a baseline conspiracy theory which is that Anet is bleeding people dry of their money and they are doing it successfully because ... Well that's where the log [..]
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8:16 pm, January 23, 2014
Looking to satiate your competitive urges? Weve got you covered. Whether you want to watch some high-level gameplay or jump into the action yourself, weve got Guild Wars 2 tournament [..]
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2:16 pm, January 7, 2014
As we announced back in December, were down to just four releases to go in the current storyline of living world. The first of those four releases is nearly upon us, and we wanted to help take a momen [..]
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2:16 am, December 19, 2013
Writing for Guild Wars 2 is a hugely collaborative effort, and at times that collaboration transcends the sum of its parts. Sometimes a character takes on a life of its own and we, t [..]
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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 3, 2013
Welcome to the month-long Black Lion Wintersday Rewards Event! Evon Gnashblade of the Black Lion Trading Company will be rewarding December customers with exclusive gifts!
Black Lion Trading Company [..]
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8:16 am, November 29, 2013
In celebration of the spirit and season of giving, the Black Lion Trading Company is holding four straight days of sales! This Friday through Monday, you can pick up all manner of stylish and conv [..]
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8:19 pm, November 19, 2013
So I go to log in after putting the game down for a bit to discover that my password doesn't work. I press "forgot password" and the screen comes up saying "service u [..]
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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 [..]
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8:16 am, November 18, 2013
So, my previous thread got deleted, and I haven't (yet) been informed why. (Shoutout to you, admins!) Here are the contents of the disputable and controversial upcoming update.
I am NOT supporting o [..]
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11:09 pm, October 17, 2013
hey all
iv been watching these forums for a long time and thaught id do my first post
iv played gw1 since first beta, and cannot wait for gw2, but the one thing im not 100% on is the exploration, in [..]
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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 [..]
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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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11:57 pm, October 12, 2013
Hey everyone, since I am going to be leveling alts soon what is the most efficient way/ fastest way to level? I am not sure how I am going to approach this. I do not care if I will be missing any cont [..]
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1:56 pm, October 12, 2013
I have not logged in for over a month. Updated and tried to log in and it says my password is wrong. Not sure if system is down (which has happened before) or there is something wrong with my password [..]
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12:36 pm, October 10, 2013
Has anybody else had this happen? I've completed all 8 story modes for the respective dungeons, and all 8 individually show 1/4 paths completed, but the separate Dungeons Discovered [..]
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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
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We will be conducting a st [..]
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3:16 am, October 10, 2013
Reddit link: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1o35kp/psa_watch_what_you_buy_on_the_tp_duping_bug/
QuoteBasically, players have been duplicating siege prints for wvw for profit on the tradi [..]
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4:40 am, October 9, 2013
In this video, Guild Wars 2 Narrative Designer Scott McGough discusses The Consortium, an influential corporation whose pursuit of profit leads to big trouble on the island of Souths [..]
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12:57 pm, October 8, 2013
Wallabies VS All Blacks | Wallabies VS All Blacks live | Wallabies VS All Blacks online stream | video | TV schedule | watch Wallabies VS All Blacks | Rugby online stream | Wallabies VS All Blacks Rug [..]
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5:56 am, October 8, 2013
To keep the game semi-fresh I have a new strategy. I basically go farm the Oricalcum spawns Log onto an alt and do a book, log onto another alt and do a heart and maybe discover a few points. Take a b [..]
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6:08 pm, October 7, 2013
I'm writing this simply to try and create a system that will allow us to talk about character builds and create builds easily and without hassle.
Here's the template:
Build Name
Primary Weapon-Offh [..]
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10:53 am, October 6, 2013
So I've been playing for a few days now.
I just uninstalled the game after playing four classes, leveling up to 20 on several of them, and trying out both WvW and structured PvP.
The PvE game is mos [..]
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9:11 am, October 6, 2013
Charr have a decent variety of furr patterns and colors you can choose from.
But the problem I encountered myself is that 90% of the time you won't be seeing it ingame.
I just created a charr that mi [..]
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7:13 am, October 6, 2013
In an effort to keep the noise down over discussing the various points hit upon by Colin's most recent post, I've taken the time to create different threads in the General Discussion forums to cover t [..]
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6:49 am, October 6, 2013
In an effort to keep the noise down over discussing the various points hit upon by Colin's most recent post, I've taken the time to create different threads in the General Discussion forums to cover t [..]
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6:46 am, October 6, 2013
*Whoa there guys! Before you type your reply how about listening to the first mintue of the video. After that you're welcome to ignore the rest *
Now I know there are those that hate videos/my voic [..]
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9:05 pm, October 5, 2013
So recently i've discovered a few items with some... discrepantcies, i suppose might be the correct word. Has anyone else noticed any of these? both were around the time i turned lvl 30, and the only [..]
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7:46 am, October 5, 2013
Ironically enough, the part of the game anet has been neglecting the most, WvW (World vs World), is the only reason I'd recommend this game. Rather than explain why, I'll link 1 of [..]
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9:58 pm, October 4, 2013
http://www.allprouda...-R-T-U-R-E.html
"A golem named BUY-4373, an NPC named Subdirector Blingg, and a jumping puzzle named Under New Management."
South Sun Cove waypoints are "Lion& [..]
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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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9:02 am, October 4, 2013
Youre all that stands between the Southsun Cove settlers and annihilation in this monstrous finale! Learn more!
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11:59 pm, October 3, 2013
I'm not claiming anything by stating this but as we all know, before release Nexon purchased a large share of NCSoft (enough to make decisions I believe) and hired somebody onto the Guild Wars 2 team. [..]
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11:09 pm, October 3, 2013
I posted the text below on the Guild Wars 2 site earlier this evening. I hope that many of you feel the same way and will lend your voice to getting this changed. Happy hunting.
Dear Devs,
I've bee [..]
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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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3:38 pm, October 3, 2013
As some of you may have noticed, copper is... overpriced.
This current bubble is caused by high level players on their first character, people who probably sold all their copper to the merchant (lik [..]
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2:51 pm, October 3, 2013
I don't know if anyone else has had this problem with their human, and it's likely trivial to most people, but this has been bugging me for quite a time-- does anyone find that when using light skin, [..]
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2:19 pm, October 3, 2013
Here at the Black Lion Trading Company, we’re always looking for ways to help you that’s why we’re pleased to present our newest time-saving innovations! Read on to [..]
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1:30 pm, October 3, 2013
I haven't done everything in the game by a long shot. I have a level 38 Elementalist, a level 10 Guardian and a level 13 Engineer (well, and a level 1 Mesmer). Bu [..]
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9:19 pm, October 2, 2013
This patch is great its the best we've gotten so far but they still find a way to nitpick about it. Now that it's eventually been discovered that this is pretty much linking up to the crystal desert a [..]
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8:45 pm, October 2, 2013
I asked a question asking whether world population meters include people that were logged out on the official forums.
The thread resulted in 20 or so replies.
https://forum-en.gui...ple-logged-out/
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8:16 pm, October 2, 2013
Although on my main character I have only covered roughly 81%, so I know full well that there are complex journeys to certain vista but the following video is one of two vistas that I find interesting [..]
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2:35 pm, October 2, 2013
If you are interested, check it out here.
Ill be updating it regularly, and will cover every sort of topic related to the game.
Let me know if you have any criticisms, complaints or comments.
Thank [..]
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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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12:34 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 [..]
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10:44 am, October 2, 2013
we got a great new area in the game, some new jumping puzzles and a great instance
check out this little montage of the lovely places on the island (southsun cove)
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10:06 am, October 2, 2013
When I first started playing, I was afraid that there wouldn't be much difference between zones since they were all set in the same 6 regions (Ascalon, Kryta, Orr, Shiverpeaks, Maguuma, & Steamspu [..]
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9:58 am, October 2, 2013
The recent fiasco on Ascended items has prompted me to pop out of lurking, so I typed up a lengthy blurb on the state of progression in Guild Wars 2. Hopefully this can spiral into some meaningful and [..]
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6:50 am, October 2, 2013
After playing quite a few rounds of keg brawl and learning the secrets of the game I decided to share what I have learned.
First are the buttons you can use when you don't have the keg.
1. A light pu [..]
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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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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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9:34 pm, October 1, 2013
I just chalked it up to luck at first, but it has become so consistent, I am starting to wodner if there is some sort of loot bug related to your class. I have had serious problems [..]
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9:16 pm, October 1, 2013
The year turns on, Caithe and the Lionguard are busy trying to infiltrate Scarlets new secret base, and Halloween approaches! This weeks offerings from the Black Lion Trading post have a little so [..]
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8:35 pm, October 1, 2013
ArenaNet has posted a handy little guide for those of you who want a push in the right direction. Think of it as flipping through a player's guide of a game you're playing through. We'll also be pos [..]
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8:24 pm, October 1, 2013
Here are mine:
Spoiler
Christmas has come and gone. For the most part, so has Wintersday. The events will run through Jan. 3, but no new content is scheduled between now and then. So I think its t [..]
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5:57 pm, October 1, 2013
Summer is here, and things are heating up on Southsun Cove. To commemorate the brave Southsun settlers, were introducing the permanent harvesting sickle from the inventive entrepreneurs at...Read More
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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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4:49 pm, October 1, 2013
Hello guys!
It seems that the Shaman Reward Medium Armor covers up the shoulder armor portion when it is equipped.
Is this intentional or is this a bug?
Cheers!
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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 [..]
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2:41 pm, October 1, 2013
Well, I just want to share some funny thing I discovered today.
when you reflect the last projectile of the chain of a mesmer's scepter autoattack, a clone gets created of your character, no matter t [..]
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1:38 pm, October 1, 2013
I tried for probably half an hour to come up with some combination of facial structure for a male asura to make them look half decent. The best I could muster still looked like dise [..]
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11:59 am, October 1, 2013
I've just received two alerts in my gmail telling me I've linked two gmails I've never seen before to my account as recovery e-mails. I've took them off already but am wondering if I should go a bit f [..]
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11:34 am, October 1, 2013
Ive seen a large amount of threads being made regarding such things as:
Server Populations
Server Xfers
3 Teams
Server Rankings
Zerging
Although these are separate factors, they all come together to [..]
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11:23 am, October 1, 2013
So, I got the game when it released and did a lot of coverage for the game on YouTube and noticed it pretty much exploded However, for me personally the game really didn't seem to d [..]
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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 [..]
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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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10:08 am, October 1, 2013
Has anyone tried putting guild emblems over exotic dungeon armor yet? For example, ones that have a lot of things going on in the Chest piece like the Citadel of Flame chest pieces. Do the guild emble [..]
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9:52 am, October 1, 2013
For close to a year, I've been running my gaming channel, The Awesome Incarnate, and within 6 months picked up such an audience that I was partnered with TGN. After my successful coverage of SWTOR, Ma [..]
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9:51 am, October 1, 2013
Somewhere along the way, I decided I wanted to play a female norn. But it bothered me that the race of Norn suffers from WoW-like sexual dimorphism--where the men are huge and the women are just...... [..]
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9:16 am, October 1, 2013
Hi everyone,
I decided to compile a map of all POIs, Waypoints, Events and other map elements (like jumping puzzles) on the new Southsun Cove map.
This is still Work in Progress but I hope you might [..]
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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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