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Logged on after 6+ months.. ran level 50 Fractals

6:18 pm, November 3, 2014 Got rewarded with 3 rares. Logged off. Related Trivia: The team consisted of people with more than 16k AP with one guy having all the legendaries and 9 world completions. Also, I noticed that inste [..] View

Have ANet responded to weapon/skill criticism? A question about ANet transparency.

7:18 pm, June 5, 2014 Hello! I rarely visit the forums but I have seen after a bit of searching that I'm not the only one who finds the skill system very boring and static. I have found a lot of threads on different forum [..] View

Gathering Tool WeekendSale!

9:16 pm, April 25, 2014 Spring here and Tyria is ripe with natures bounty! Take advantage of all that the earth has to offer with your own set of permanent gathering tools! The Molten Alliance Mining Pick, Consortium Har [..] View

Eliminate Wardrobe Charges and Improve BLC's

9:16 am, April 16, 2014 In the new wardrobe Anet wants us to buy new transmutation charges.  But I feel Anet can make plenty of money without these charges. How?  Improve the BLC rewards. [..] View

How rare will dye drops be after the big patch?

9:16 pm, April 7, 2014 Since they are making dye unlocks account wide, is there any word on how much rarer will unidentified dyes  become? To me it seems reasonable that dyes will drop at around 1/5th the [..] View

Restrict Mounts to NPC/Enemy lore

9:16 am, April 7, 2014 Restrict Mounts to NPC/Enemy lore This post is in support of mounts in GW2.  BUT to restrict mounts to NPC's and enemies.   This would exclude small cosmetic toy [..] 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

2 things to discuss

8:16 pm, March 20, 2014 First up, I mapped my PS4's Dualshock 4 controller to GW2 and thought I'd let you guys know how it's been going, and thats FANTASTIC! For the past 2-3 months when I play I play with the DS4 and recent [..] 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

Outsourced Development?

8:16 pm, February 3, 2014 So a comment I read struck me as interesting earlier today.  The concept that ArenaNet outsources parts of its development.  Now, these concepts are nothing new in [..] View

If GW2 married Skyrim

2:16 pm, January 1, 2014 I think that game would rock the world. They really should learn from each other. I just bought Skyrim LE on Steam and I can't get enough of it. Flaws of both can be seem in the other game. Here are s [..] 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

ANet can get alot of respect back by doing..

8:16 pm, December 5, 2013 As we all know, ANet seemed to have left what made the original Guild Wars so great, out of GW2. ANet could easily gain back the players they lost and the respect of all the original GW1 players, and [..] View

Black Friday Weekend Sales

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 [..] View

I miss the GW1 armors

2:16 am, November 22, 2013 I recently logged into guildwarsguru.com for the first time in a really long time and looked through my post history there. The only part I was really active was posting pictures of my armors, and wow [..] 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

New, presumably removed (again), leaked update notes

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 [..] View

Are you still doing World Boss events?

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 [..] View

Why no exotic culturals?

6:27 am, October 26, 2013 I was just wondering why cultural weapons and armor can only be gotten in rare quality... View

Is it even possible to get a Legendary without playing the Trading Post?

2:42 pm, October 21, 2013 It seems to me like the only way to get the massive amounts of gold needed for a legendary is to play the Trading Post.  By "playing the TP", I mean either flipping items, [..] View

Dungeon/Elite Missions loot system was perfect in GW1.

4:04 am, October 20, 2013 1. There were two difficulties for the dungeons/elite missions, Normal Mode and Hard Mode. 2. Chests at the end were GUARANTEED to give you rare item when you opened them. Hard Mode gave you two rares [..] View

The Family Business

9:16 pm, October 17, 2013 By the third night, the mob around Castle Thorn had grown so thick that their bonfires reached the river, making a constellation of pyres that stretched as far as King Oswald Thorn could see. &#8 [..] 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

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

Halloween Axe

4:02 pm, October 14, 2013 Does anyone know if there is a Exotic axe or axe skin in this Halloween event? I have been looking all week.. There is some nice skins for every other weapons except the Axe.. Am I just missing it or [..] View

Dragon Bash Items Available in the Gem Store!

11:22 am, October 14, 2013 The Dragon Bash celebration has begun, and The Black Lion Trading Company has created some all-new items to help commemorate the event! Were pleased to bring you a free accessory item, some shiny [..] View

You know botting is a serious problem when...

5:21 pm, October 12, 2013 You see 3 people dressed the same way and doing the same thing, and reflexively start to report them... ...before realizing it's a single mesmer.  With clones. I swear, I have tw [..] View

Haven't gotten a rare drop in days

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 [..] View

"Casual" PvP in GW2 feels godawful to me.

3:09 pm, October 8, 2013 How dare I say such a thing. Kinda long rant here. But really, there are 2 forms of PvP for a non-hardcore player like me: random sPvP and WvW. Both of them, both of them feel like zergfests. And I' [..] 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

Anyone else have trouble with their guild?

4:12 pm, October 6, 2013 Hello there As I could see there wasn't any topic related to what I'm about to tell so I created one myself. View

Gamasutra - Pre-End-Game Economy Screwed Up

11:42 am, October 6, 2013 http://gamasutra.com...nomy_Review.php QuoteWith the exception of craft materials, the pre-endgame item economy is broken. As an example, I can buy a L39 coat of green (good, better than blue) qualit [..] View

Mystic salvage kit broken?

7:41 am, October 6, 2013 SO I did a study on this comparing: Mystic salvage kit: 25% chance of getting rare materials. Basic salvage kit: 10% chance of getting rare materials. Journeyman Salvage kit: 20% chance of getting rar [..] View

Money

6:49 am, October 6, 2013 Hi there, I have huge problem with money, I tried farming mets, 2 hours and got only 1 powerful blood, I tried to farm rares and I get maybe. Rare a day, I have around 120-130% MF, I've tried crafting [..] View

I no longer get drops in Orr.

5:46 am, October 6, 2013 I've heard a lot about the loot drying up, and I've experienced it constantly - I would farm for 30-40 minutes at events, getting 2-4 rares, and then suddenly get nothing else with my 120% MF. No big, [..] View

Desirable loot from mobs that isn't available from crafting/vendors?

4:32 am, October 6, 2013 Has anyone come across any rare-ish loot that has dropped from mobs? I.e. something like the golden phoenix sword from GW1, only farmable from a specific area and not otherwise obtainable through vend [..] 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

ANet's handling of Halloween has been nothing but disappointment

9:37 pm, October 5, 2013 Reposted from the R and D thread on Black Lion Chests since it wasn't 100% on topic so I brought it here. This thread is to discuss the way that ANet has handled this installment of Halloween, most n [..] View

Login Dead?

1:19 am, October 5, 2013 Has anyone else had the problem where you login and your character is dead?  It has only happened to me twice so it is pretty rare.  When I logged out I was not bei [..] View

Growing Disappointment

3:55 pm, October 4, 2013 I've been playing this game a bit now, sitting at about Lvl. 73(almost 74) and I am rapidly becoming less and less excited to finish it up. 1) The story continues to get worse and less cohesive. Voic [..] 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

Dungeon Rewards

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 [..] View

Wasted 250g in the Mystic Forge so far..

8:44 am, October 4, 2013 I did the whole, custom, buy order thing on Rare daggers in the hopes of getting Spark. So I've spent 250g already, made about 100g back thanks to exotics. But seriously.. Is this what Anet intended [..] View

Birthday 2013

8:36 am, October 4, 2013 Guild Wars 2 is already 8 months old, I'd say thats old enough to start speculating about Birthday Presents! With the 1 year anniversary rapidly approaching, ANet has not said much about what plans th [..] View

N00bish question: how to defend like a pro?

3:16 am, October 4, 2013 Guild Wars 2 provides lots of ways to defend yourself.  Presumably, every class/build has access to two or more.  I make use of whatever I have on hand, but am neve [..] View

Why Samwell Loves GW2

2:16 am, October 4, 2013 I'm tired of seeing all of these threads about people crying over how 200 hours of content at launch isn't good enough. Here is my response to (for lack of a better term) cry babies. I'm not sure if i [..] 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

Anet on why there is vertical progression

8:05 pm, October 3, 2013 some of you may have the same question as a user lately: Quote How is slowly introducing more and more elements of CEVP respecting the player? I made an informed decision about this game based on the [..] 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

When people say Berserker

6:23 am, October 3, 2013 Not promoting/bashing zerk groups/gear linking, but for those groups that require gear, what is the minimum quality of gear that they expect? I understand armor have to be Exotics What about Back, Am [..] 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

ANet changes that actually went your way?

11:37 pm, October 2, 2013 Anyone ever have a positive response to an update? I'll share one nice story.  I bought a rare rifle early on that was changed into an exotic later on. Anyone else see a change and [..] 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

Is anyone else not bothered about changes to dungeons?

10:50 pm, October 2, 2013 I am just not bothered. Mainly because if anything it will maybe make people more inclined to actually go to some of the other dungeons. Because standing outside some of the others just make me feel [..] View

Hall Of Monuments features....

8:12 pm, October 2, 2013 Why don't we have anything like this in Guild Wars 2? We had a place to look at our minis, companions, greatest achievements, armor sets, and rare weapons. I feel like this was one of the best feature [..] View

Make gold very very easy!

3:27 pm, October 2, 2013 Hi, i'm cryslea commander from Gandara,i'm italian then i'm sorry for my bad english.Now I told you how to make gold! This is my first metod and i have make over 31G and the tier 3!(30g) Now... We n [..] View

Should "Vanquishing" be reintroduced into the game?

12:38 pm, October 2, 2013 With the current state of the game, the moment you 100% a map, you rarely ever revisit it. People only do when they're partying up with a lower level friend, and even then most are reluctant to go bac [..] View

Megadestroyer not dropping rares

9:09 am, October 2, 2013 Anyone else not getting rares or better from this guy's chest?  I've don't at least 5 times since the feb patch and have yet to get a single rare. Sorry if this is a topic already, [..] View

Magic Find = Placebo Effect ?

8:39 am, October 2, 2013 I crafted my mf gear yesterday and I went to HotW with my friends 4 times. I have about 100 MF. I got only 1 rare item. My friends without mf gear got 2-3 rare items. It's broken or something ? View

After playing GW2, I decided I'd prefer a sub fee over any cash shop

6:15 am, October 2, 2013 To preface this, let me say that I'm not trying to say "QQ I'm quitting". GW2 is still fun. Now, on to the conspiracy theory. If you don't feel like reading a wall of text, there's a tl;dr [..] View

The "Nice drop I got today" thread

4:29 am, October 2, 2013 It's back! You might remember this thread from GW1 Guru forums. This is the thread for the nastiest drops you've gotten. So today I got 2 rares in Orr. I decided to buy 2 more and try my luck on Mys [..] View

Guild Wars 2: From Excitement to Frustration

3:58 am, October 2, 2013 This will be a long post. There is a TL;DR at the bottom if you're not invested in reading a lot. ------- I am a hardcore MMO player, as I'm sure some of you are as well. I hold this title because I [..] View

mystic forge and anti farm code

3:28 am, October 2, 2013 Hi, anyone knows about anti farm code while using mystic forge ? For example if i want to forge 100 rare things, can i do it at once ,or better is to split forging at few hours/days ? View

Anyone else starting to plan around never having guesting?

2:04 am, October 2, 2013 Now, I don't mean to be a doomsayer here, but because of the delayed implementation of guesting, I've started to dial back the "home server doesn't matter unless you're into WvW" pitch when [..] View

ridiculous low drop rate

1:30 am, October 2, 2013 heya guys, i just wanna ask if u experienced the same. im running around with full mf-gear+omnombars and sometimes the gemstore mf-buff, but still dont get golds or even exotics. im farming cursed sho [..] View

Arah farm is back, just much worse.

10:07 pm, October 1, 2013 I'm opening this thread to discuss the effect of the november the 15th dungeon update (http://wiki.guildwar...ki/Game_updates). I actually love the update in itself as it made many dungeons look much [..] View

New Hair Styles and More in the Gem Store!

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 [..] View

Making money converting greens to rares in the forge

8:43 pm, October 1, 2013 Hi, i'm cryslea commander from Gandara,i'm italian then i'm sorry for my bad english.Now I told you how to make gold! This is my first metod and i have make over 31G and the tier 3!(30g) Now... We n [..] View

Anyone else feel like they fell for the old bait and switch?

8:41 pm, October 1, 2013 I was a former WOW player, Guild Wars 2 wasn't the reason I quit but I thought of it as the next step of the evolution. I've gone through UO, Ascheron's Call, Everquest, WOW, and a little Diablo 2. Up [..] View

New 20 slot bags from Lost Shores + Fra update?

7:30 pm, October 1, 2013 Can someone give some info about the new 20 slot bags from the Lost Shores and Fractals of the Mist updates? 20 slot bag from the one time event: http://wiki.guildwar...Karka_Shell_Box And then thes [..] View

So who got a precurser from the final Karka event?

7:01 pm, October 1, 2013 I think about 4 people from my guild got a precurser from the chest and another bought one cheap right after the event.  How did you all fair? The 20 slot bag and account bound exot [..] View

Manifesto In Flames - What Can Be Done?

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 [..] View

The Gem Store Survey In Five Seconds - The Statistical Conclusion

6:42 pm, October 1, 2013 Abstract Would someone get Anette-chan out of here?! We don't need her tomfoolery now. Shoo you damn charr, go back to Ascalon! Gems are bad 'kay? That's what I always say. And thanks to Cube's [..] 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

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

What is the alternative to RNG?

4:20 pm, October 1, 2013 RNG, I understand = Random Number Generation Which means the game will pick a random number from 1-10 and the loot that drops will depend on which number you got.  For example, getti [..] View

So ArenaNet why no player moderators?

3:45 pm, October 1, 2013 So ArenaNet why no player moderators? Ok so we all have seen an increases in botters, hacked accounts, cash for gold for spammer and people spamming you mail inbox FUUUUUUUU!! and I'm for one am sick [..] View

Gold sinks, a solution?

2:34 pm, October 1, 2013 So, as we all know, Arenanet has placed many "gold sinks" into Guild Wars 2 and vastly limited the ability to productively farm, as opposed to how easily possible it was in Guild Wars. Their [..] View

What makes the Prototype fractal capacitors worth getting?

2:28 pm, October 1, 2013 You can't put upgrades in them it seems. This means my current back item (a rare) will always be better than a P capacitor (an exotic).... Doesn't make sense View

Arah story mode & me - SPOILERS

2:16 pm, October 1, 2013 Ok so this weekend I finally got my personal story completed. Those were 2 long hours (my party was not exactly pro, myself included) and I'd like to share my feelings about this part of the game. Thi [..] View

Will I enjoy this game as a casual player who can only play in short spurts?

12:44 pm, October 1, 2013 I've done some search and found a few old threads that address this topic in certain ways, but I have some lingering questions and I was hoping some of you pros can provide some sagely wisdom. I'm lo [..] View

GW1: HoM group?

12:43 pm, October 1, 2013 I am curious to see if anyone out there is interested in a forming a group in GW1 strictly to get HoM achievements for vanity items in GW2. I'm interested in tagging along. I have a level 20 Warrior/ [..] View

No Guild Wars in Guild Wars 2?

12:39 pm, October 1, 2013 This thread is meant to be a semi suggestion thread. Also I would like constructive information regarding why Guild wars 2 is losing so many damn people. 200 member clans running 20 ppl online at thei [..] View

A seven-step guide to fix GW2's PvE

12:32 pm, October 1, 2013 Before fixing anything, let's quickly identify the core problems with GW2's PvE today. And by "PvE", I mean only the open-world PvE here, not personal story or dungeons. So, the problems: - [..] View

A players thoughts or GW2 State of the Game

12:06 pm, October 1, 2013 Good Afternoon Fellow Tyrians! I sat down this morning was looking over the forums again and started writing.  This post may be a little disjointed and hop around a lot but I think [..] View

gw2 devs 'missed concept' very important

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 [..] View

Blue book, green book, yellow and orange for 3rd/4th act? :)

11:14 am, October 1, 2013 I was thinking about these halloween books we get for doing the scavenger hunt for the priory and I found it wierd that they would give us a blue one with cool skin, but for act 2 give us a green one [..] View

Karma is useless?

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 [..] View

Special New Items in the Gem Store!

10:51 am, October 1, 2013 Merchants from all over Tyria are putting out their finest wares for the Bazaar of the Four Winds and the Black Lion Trading Company is no exception! Were bringing you new miniatures, great deals [..] 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

120 DE for 1 Exotic armor acceptable?

9:24 am, October 1, 2013 Doing a little mathhammer, it comes up that you will have to do 120 DE in Straits of Devastation to get only 1 piece of karma Exotic. Yes I know these don't have the highest rewards, but they zerg cha [..] View

Clockwork Chaos Guide

8:50 am, October 1, 2013 Emissaries and citizens are gathered in Divinitys Reach, but someone else has plans for the Queens speech! NOTE: At the beginning of this release, the Crown Pavilion will become temporarily unavailab [..] 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

Where can you get exotic drops?

7:22 am, October 1, 2013 I was curious if exotics drop of dragons? And if so does mf gear effect chest? Can you get level 80 exotic drops? How rare is an exotic drop? What is the best place to get exotic drops? 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

GW2 doesn't feel like a true sequel to Guild Wars

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,&nbsp [..] View

How my Ban for Snowflake is different and unjustified!

5:37 am, October 1, 2013 I am posting this topic here because I needed a place to type this text since I can't post on the official forums. Letting my friend copy paste it here and thought well the more people that see this t [..] View

The Queens Jubilee Guide

1:43 am, October 1, 2013 Welcome to the first release of August, the Queens Jubilee! Upon logging in to GuildWars2, you will receive a mail from Queen Jennah of Kryta inviting you to a celebration being held in Divinitys Rea [..] View

Ecto's, ecto's, ecto's....

1:35 am, October 1, 2013 Ecto's? Does anyone else feel ecto's are over used in the game in general for too many things? Lets just say for example you would like a legendary, an exotic skin thats hard to get, upgraded ascen [..] View

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