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Introducing the World Tournament Series finalists

6:18 pm, November 21, 2014 On December 5, the top four PvP teams in GuildWars2 will go head-to-head at the World Tournament Series Championship event in Beijing, China, all vying for the lion’s share of the $50,000 pr [..] View

Announcing Improvements to PvP and the Ladder Test Season

6:18 pm, November 19, 2014 Hello, Tyrians! We’re very pleased to announce that on December 2 we will be releasing some major updates to PvP that will enhance and improve a number of areas of the PvP experience. Matc [..] View

The ESL Go4GuildWars2 Cups Are Heating Up

6:18 pm, November 14, 2014 If I had to sum up November’s ESL Go4GuildWars2 Cups in a few words, I’d describe it as entirely unexpected. The November Cup isn’t even half over, and yet we’v [..] View

Adopt-a-Dev was a Blast

6:18 am, November 1, 2014 Hello Tyrians, A few weeks ago, some of us on the WvW team were chatting about how we can better connect with the community, and we came up with the idea of joining different guilds in different leag [..] View

How Each World Fared in the WvW Fall Tournament

6:18 am, November 1, 2014 We have a lot of talented people in the Guild Wars 2 community. One of our community members has created a series of fantastic infographics that show you, at-a-glance, how your World performed in th [..] View

Tournament of Glory Qualifiers Update

7:18 pm, September 19, 2014 After battling through a harrowing bracket last weekend, the first four of eight North American teams have qualified for the Tournament of Glory Finals! If qualifying teams meet eligibility requiremen [..] View

Introducing the New TradingPost

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 [..] View

Thoughts on the September Feature Pack?

7:18 am, August 29, 2014 I don't feel like they're at all addressing any of the actual needs of the game. New backpacks, a cleaner crafting UI, and new commander colors are all very nice things. But where is precursor craftin [..] View

Blizzard improving on ANET's Concepts

7:18 pm, August 27, 2014 Over Last one year, I am noticing Blizzard is taking ANET's concepts (at least I heard about these from ANET first) and implementing a much better solution. ANET's multiguild approach vs., Blizzard's [..] View

How Would You Change "X" World Boss?

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 [..] View

In What Unique Ways Are You....

7:18 pm, August 5, 2014 .......making gold? I've been looking around since I came back for season 2 and a lot of ghe old methods seem out of date or simply less effective so I figured Id inquire as to some of the clever me [..] View

Celebrate the Festival of the Four Winds in Guild Wars 2!

12:32 am, May 21, 2014 THE ZEPHYRITES HAVE RETURNED TO HONOR THEIR FRIENDSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LION'S ARCH! IN A SHOW OF GOOD FAITH, THEY ARE DONATING MATERIALS TO SUPPORT THE LION'S ARCH RELIEF EFFORT AND RAISE MORALE. [..] View

Tournament of LegendsUpdate

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 [..] View

Free Transmutation Charges, New Armors, and More in the GemStore!

3:16 am, April 16, 2014 [commerce_intro] We here at the Black Lion Trading Company have been busy preparing to bring some exciting inventory changes online. Were proud to present you with three brand-new armor skins, five f [..] View

Black Lion Tickets

9:16 pm, April 12, 2014 In a recent, now locked, thread I tried to discuss the objective definition of pay-to-win, and quickly found that for various reasons doing so is.difficult, to say the least. So rather than rehash tha [..] View

Introducing the new DrumInstrument!

9:16 pm, April 9, 2014 Hi Guild Wars 2 music fans! Im Aaron McLeran, the audio programmer here at ArenaNet. Im here to tell you a little bit about the new drum instrument thats available now from the Black [..] View

Introducing the MegaserverSystem

3:16 pm, April 2, 2014 Were down to the last major feature to announce in our upcoming April 15 Feature Pack, and its a pretty huge one: were making it easier to play with your friends on every PvE map, regardless of home w [..] 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

Say Goodbye to Armor Repair Costs and Hello to Free TraitResets

8:16 pm, March 27, 2014 Were implementing some changes in the upcoming feature patch to the economy and want to tell you about them now. Were excited about what these alterations will mean for the game. The End of Repair Co [..] 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

Announcing the April 2014 Feature Pack!

2:16 pm, March 20, 2014 ArenaNet is excited to announce our first release that focuses exclusively on in-game features: the April 2014 Feature Pack, which hits Guild Wars 2 on April 15! “Betwee [..] 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

Will Arena Net just let Guild Wars 2 die?

8:16 am, March 19, 2014 I know how absurd that sounds, and there was a time not long ago I would have been among the first to dismiss it. This morning in fact. But things that have happened and been said as of this newest pa [..] View

Why don't people like Activities?

8:16 am, March 19, 2014 Over the past month or so, I've spent a lot of time playing Sanctum Sprint, making an effort on my own part to see how fast I can finish the race.  In that time, I've witnessed a lot [..] View

Things to do in Lions Arch before the patch

2:16 am, February 18, 2014 Things to do in Lions Arch before the patch QuoteHey everyone, inspired by the various discussions on Guild Wars 2 subreddit, I have decided to make a list of things to do in Lion's Arch before all t [..] View

"We were making [the wurm] specifically for the hard core groups"

2:16 am, January 25, 2014 http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1w1bpt/josh_foreman_we_were_making_the_wurm_specifically/ QuoteHey, thanks everyone! We spent a lot of time tweaking the balance on this, and Im glad that [..] View

Random Derpy Observations Upon Returning

2:16 am, January 8, 2014 Because I am an insane person and a huge derp, I have decided to end my sabbatical and resume playing GW2 at least for a time.   I hope my derpness amuses someone slightly in a parra [..] View

Job-o-Trons Journey: TheEvolution of a Gag

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 [..] View

Good job on the new healing skills /sarcasm

2:16 am, December 12, 2013 So I fully support adding more skills to the game, and even support Arena Nets reasons for starting with healing skills. However I have a problem with their current implementation. Two problems, actua [..] 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

WvW Season 1: Congratulations, Winners!

8:16 am, December 10, 2013 For the last seven weeks, brave heroes have been going into the Mists to battle for the glory of their world and prove their worlds dominance in WvW Season 1. On Friday, December 6, Season 1 ended and [..] View

Take Part in the GuildWars2 Great MMO Migration!

2:16 am, November 28, 2013 The Guild Wars 2 Great MMO Migration has begun, and new citizens from all over are being welcomed to Tyria! How can you, as a current citizen of Tyria, help the effort? Welcome in n [..] View

So We Are 80 Ongoing Series Weekly "Get Ready Get Set Fractal!"

8:16 pm, November 26, 2013 Episode 27 Get Ready Get Set Fractal! So this time we are preparing for the Fractured patch. This should go a long way into getting us to stick around longer in game. Because right now the game is re [..] 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

Perception of "Grind"

10:36 am, November 19, 2013 I've come to the conclusion that people only drop the "grind" bomb when the content itself is not intrinsically fun. When people aren't enjoying doing X content for Y item, they complain abo [..] 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

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

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

Available Now: Kasmeers Staff, Marjorys Weapons, andMore!

8:16 pm, November 12, 2013 The fight against the Toxic Alliance is a joint effort. The bravest heroes, the Lionguard, members of the interracial Orders we’re all in this together. But perhaps nobody is fighting t [..] View

World vs. World: MidseasonReport

2:16 am, November 12, 2013 For the past three weeks, the first World vs. World season has been packed with intense battles for power and dominance. North American and European worlds have been divided up into three leagues apie [..] 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

How to discuss topics (like a guru)

2:16 pm, October 31, 2013 GW2G is a discussion forum. This means that we expect a certain level of quality in our posts, but it also dictates how we expect our users to act. We try to allow you to discuss all subjects in a non [..] View

Why so much hate?

9:18 am, October 30, 2013 Just a general question. I am not trying to troll or flame, but I have been wondering about this for near 6 months now. After reading these forums since November pretty actively I see so much negativi [..] 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

The lag

2:16 am, October 28, 2013 So it's been a year and the lag has gotten worse (understatement) not better.  With the introduction of WvW leagues the lag has hit extrodinary levels. We all know it's there, we've [..] View

How to Create a Successful MMO (Part 1)

3:16 am, October 17, 2013 Source: http://www.guildwars.com/events/tradeshows/gc2007/gcspeech.php Jeff Strain, one of the three founders of ANet, was asked to make a speech about how to make an MMO. I would like to provide a f [..] View

Warbands - Larger Sized Parties (~24 people)

1:31 pm, October 16, 2013 One of the only 3 things I dislike in this game...Max party size of 5 I have my reasons why I want this...unfortunately I don't think it will be implemented Petition to make?!? 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

Limited Skills?

2:27 pm, October 15, 2013 I wasn't sure if other's felt the same way I did on the topic of limited skills. Mind you, when I say skills, I am referring to your skills on the left side of the interface or more commonly - your we [..] View

Order permanency makes zero point zero sense.

10:48 pm, October 14, 2013 I've led all of the orders against Zhaitan victoriously, surely they'd have enough respect for me to sell me their armors after I've finished the personal story. But noooooope, I'm still restricted to [..] View

Anyone feel like the can't play the game because their favourite names were taken?

10:33 am, October 13, 2013 Eh, I logged in on Saturday, a few hours after the headstart had began to find out that 4 of the names I had planned to use were taken and then I find out that the names are not unique to the sever, b [..] View

Looking For a Map

9:58 pm, October 12, 2013 I've looked around the internet and can't seem to find a map that has the information I can use. To start, I'm a cheap sob. I hate spending money on waypoints. So when I travel, I Mist Port to Lions [..] View

PUGs are Bad, Guildies are Great

3:41 pm, October 12, 2013 This concept somewhat bothers me. I have done every single dungeon path and fractals (37 and stopped there) in GW2 with PUGs. And I have done them without any difficulty. I generally form my own grou [..] View

Proffession Quests

12:07 pm, October 12, 2013 Hey guys, have not posted here in a long time, how are things? Just posting something that has been bugging me when I roam around Tryria. You ever feel like your proffession does not feel like a prof [..] View

Why are games getting worse and worse? GW2

4:36 am, October 12, 2013 Hi, I'll keep this short. I NEVER PLAYED WOW. wow was made in 2004 and GW2 was made 8 years later in technology. Just have a look at the trailers. And explain in the comments please why game DEVELOPE [..] View

What Happened to the Direction of ANet?

9:16 pm, October 11, 2013 Kymeric hit on something that I wanted to respond to, but felt it needed it's own thread. Here is the quote and the source is here: http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/86228-x-post-chris-whiteside-on- [..] View

Guild Wars 2 Live Stream Thread

12:21 pm, October 11, 2013 I tried doing a bit of searching for this before making a thread and the ones regarding streaming that I did find were more about people wondering if so and so was streaming during the stress test. I [..] View

How satisfied are you with your profession?

2:25 am, October 11, 2013 Survey Link: https://docs.google....vUFgzWjA5MHc6MQ I've seen lots of complaints from people that their profession has issues or the other profession is too overpowered and so on and so forth. I'm in [..] View

Pre-emptive Guesting List

2:19 pm, October 10, 2013 Yes. This thread. We all knew it was coming. ArenaNet have stated you need FRIENDS on a server to guest to it. Now, of course... that means we can simply work around the issue (why we should have to [..] View

The *unofficial* emote thread

1:27 am, October 10, 2013 This is all taken from an Anet employee's FB page. Cheers mate! I didn't implement this feature but it's super awesome so you should use it. It's most popular with the /dance emote, but it actually w [..] View

X-Post Chris Whiteside on "Collaborative Development"

9:16 am, October 9, 2013 From the official forums. QuoteHi All, I would like to thank everyone for their support toward the pioneering work we are doing, as we drive the world of Tyria forward. The passion, and intelligence [..] View

The Aesthetics Dilemma

1:28 am, October 9, 2013 Ok so a lot of people have bee vaguely talking about this subject but I though I would narrow it down and offer an actual debate for it rather than mindless whining and criticism. Ok so in an averag [..] View

A living story and world in a MMORPG: is it possible?

12:26 am, October 9, 2013 I have long had a soft spot for story telling in games. I unashamedly use cheats in single player games as I am more interested in seeing where the story goes than in the gameplay "challenges&quo [..] View

New Permanent Harvesting Scythe and More in the Gem Store!

9:16 pm, October 8, 2013 This week, the Black Lion Trading company is pleased to present the Jack-in-the-Box Scythe, the latest and greatest innovation in the realm of portable harvesting technology. In addition, weve got [..] View

Areas after level 80

1:39 pm, October 7, 2013 Recently I have seen many people who grow bored of the game. One possibility to improve the current situation is to have more lvl80+ areas. Unlike guildwars 1, when I reached level 80, there are only [..] View

Stylish New Items Available in the Gem Store!

8:22 am, October 7, 2013 Thanks to the innovation and efforts of the Black Lion Trading Company, you can now show off your trendy side with our new armor skins, honor one of the Order of Whispers finest agents with a spec [..] View

New Festival Items Available in the Gem Store!

8:10 am, October 7, 2013 The Dragon Bash celebration is in full swing! Celebrants all over Tyria are snacking on Zhaitaffy, trading blows in the Dragon Ball arena, and bashing the stuffing out of dragon piatas. The Black [..] View

What have you not attempted yet?

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 [..] View

Revive vs. Run Back

1:43 am, October 7, 2013 All emotion aside, which is the better option to revive a dead( not downed) player mid event/ dungeon or make them run back from the nearest waypoint? Looking at in a logical manor I would say its be [..] View

Is the personal story too optional?

10:10 pm, October 6, 2013 The personal story ended up being one of those GW2 features that managed to massively reduce my enjoyment of the game. And it's not the story's writing, rewards or something similar - it's the way it' [..] View

Current state of PvP.

11:24 am, October 6, 2013 I made this thread on reddit and would also like to receive feedback from gw2guru community as well. I haven't experienced the whole experience of PVP in Guildwars 2 (as in reaching level 80 and so o [..] View

[Looking Ahead Discussion] New Skills & Traits

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 [..] View

[Looking Ahead Discussion] PvE Reward Restructuring

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 [..] 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

Map Completion Issues

12:27 pm, October 5, 2013 So I've just realised (maybe the horse has well bolted but still) that for 100% map completion, you need to do the WvW zones too... at least I think that's right? This seems like such a stupid idea, [..] View

I Don't Care for Weapon Swapping

10:58 am, October 5, 2013 Okay, let me start out by pointing out that I'm not saying that weapon swapping is a stupid, unneeded mechanic that should be cut from the game. So now that that's clear... In GW1 I was never one to [..] View

Outside the Clock Tower...

10:33 pm, October 4, 2013 Found a way to get outside the Clock Tower and have a swim around the various points of interest in the Clock Tower instance. The lobby is pretty funny because you can swim beneath it and watch play [..] View

What bothers me the most in PvE

9:57 pm, October 4, 2013 First i wanna say there are many things that aren`t right in pve,but there are also many that are amazing,so this is not just another random bashing thread. I played 500+ hours,and i played since rel [..] View

Why better gear is a must

4:09 pm, October 4, 2013 Let me start this by saying that I LOVE Guild Wars 2 but noticed how lacking its content is after just one week of playing! Everyone I've encountered so far has always told me how bored they are of do [..] 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

Keybinding- help me become comfortable with GW2

3:59 pm, October 4, 2013 Hey, I can't get comfortable with my mouse and my razer nostromo when playing guild wars.. i dont like movement with my mouse only and when i try movement with my nostromo it takes away from my abilit [..] View

Decided to cancel my subscription

3:42 pm, October 4, 2013 There's nothing to do in the game really. In an effort to "destroy the trinity", ANet succeeded in destroying most depth in the gameplay. Coupled with simplification and sterilization of th [..] View

Guild Wars 2 Research [Revisited]

3:22 pm, October 4, 2013 Hello everyone. Some of you may remember me from this thread: http://www.guildwars...r-gather-here/. Im backbut not with the best news. Unfortunately the survey program ate one of my questions, and [..] View

Perfect example, terrible reward for decent effort

3:18 pm, October 4, 2013 So I just finished the jumping puzzle at SS. Getting up to the top wasn't terribly hard, but it took a modicum of effort. The reward for that was a green level 76 item, a sapphire orb, and a green lev [..] 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

Why are we playing GW2?

1:39 pm, October 4, 2013 I want to start off by saying - This is NOT meant to be a post to complain about the game I'm just wondering if anybody has an idea of what they plan on doing to add substance to the game's content. [..] View

Are events an entirely brand-new system people have never seen before?

12:42 pm, October 4, 2013 Are events an entirely brand-new system people have never seen before? Are events an entirely brand-new system people have never seen before? No, they are not. They are our attempt to innovate on t [..] View

Dragons were the main threat, right?

8:47 am, October 4, 2013 Maybe it's me but during the wait for the game I had envisioned with the constant mention of the lore about how it is the 'time of the Dragons', that Dragons would actually play more of a role in the [..] 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

Got my account back. Cautionary tale

10:04 pm, October 3, 2013 So this is a cautionary tale. I played guildwars 2 since launch for a good while. My buddy that I mainly play games with stopped playing saying he didn't like the non-trinity thing. After losing my b [..] View

'' Big '' events feel too easy and pointless?

7:49 pm, October 3, 2013 -->   First of all,if you are a fanboy with a biased opinion that is unable to express your opinion in a reasonable manner or read about what other people think without getti [..] View

New Items and Packages in the Gem Store!

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 [..] View

suspended / banned for no reason help

2:09 pm, October 3, 2013 Char name : Volrick Server EU : Gandara on Feb 7 i tried to login my account and it was suspended for account issue , i contacted support and this was their first reply This e-mail is to notify you [..] 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

VP - Reading Between the Lines

2:49 am, October 3, 2013 In this thread we will be discussing the most recent addition of vertical progression to GW2 with the Lost Shores update & what it really means for GW2.  This topic has a tendenc [..] View

The WvW - its problems and how to fix them

8:36 pm, October 2, 2013 Lately I've been doing WvW mainly to explore the zone's maps and I've noticed a few things that would make this massive battle feel much more pleasant than it currently is. The system itself is intere [..] View

The Perfect Server for a Bunch of UK Friends?

12:13 pm, October 2, 2013 Me and a few of my friends are going to start playing on the 28th, about 15 or so of us and we're all from England, UK and we just wanted to make the right decision when it comes to a server choice, I [..] View

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