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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

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

World Tournament Series Finals Dated and Slated

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 [..] View

1-80lvl in 2 minutes after 2nd feature pack

7:18 am, September 15, 2014 Many veterans in recent days complaining that leveling is hard, annoying, long drawn etc, etc... So I decided to show that you can do it otherwise. Simply in 2 minutes Here's my guide: https://www.y [..] View

Evon Gnashblades Weekend Finisher Extravaganza andMore!

7:18 am, September 13, 2014 To celebrate the recent addition of finishers to the account Wardrobe, were holding a weekend sale! From now until 11:59 PM PDT (06:59 UTC) on Sunday, September 14, you can pick up all of our permanen [..] View

On YouTube: Ready Up Episode 21

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 [..] View

Ready Up: Episode 21

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 [..] View

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

Ready Up: Episode 19

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 [..] 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

So I come back and I'm Perma-Banned.......

7:18 pm, July 6, 2014 ....for "botting, extended unattended play, using macros, or similar behavior." ................. ....whaaaaat? I literally just came back and I've never done those things, and I've playe [..] View

Phoenix Weapons, New Faces, and More in the GemStore!

7:18 am, May 21, 2014 Its an exciting week for the Black Lion Trading Company! Weve got a brand-new set of weapon skins, new faces in Total Makeover Kits, an adorable Mini Piglet, the return of the Bazaar Quaggan Mini [..] View

Looking for GW2 writers for gaming website

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 [..] 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

gw2spidy on smartphone = fail

3:16 pm, April 7, 2014 Hey there, I recently tried to access gw2spidy via smartphone (Google Nexus 4). The site loads fast and looks almost exactly like the desktop version...with one major exception: it is missing the co [..] 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

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

Account wide agony resistance and a mission with it.

2:16 am, March 13, 2014 Recently a person on CDI-Fractal Evolution named Esya.3427 posted the  idea of Account wide agony resistance(like Magic Find i think). The response from Chris Whiteside :I will dis [..] View

How does Arena Net gague the popularity of Living Story?

2:16 pm, February 20, 2014 This is a tie-in thread to my existing karma thread. There is a link and you'll understand where I'm going with this after we all ask the vital question (cangemsfixlivingstory?): How does ANet gague [..] View

New Watchwork Mining Pick and More in the Gem Store!

2:16 pm, January 28, 2014 A new week means new, innovative items in stock at the Black Lion Trading Company! Mine to your hearts content with the new, infinite Watchwork Mining Pick, or look your best with the new Mask of [..] View

Fractals: My gripes.

8:16 pm, November 30, 2013 Hey all. I'm a supporter of fractals, I enjoyed them immensly prior to the patch, as it seemed the only truly challenging pve content (L40 and above only). However, the recent changes has left me di [..] View

Where are the world builders?

8:16 pm, November 26, 2013 So recently there has been a ton of talk about the living story, the quality of it, the cons, the pros etc etc(please keep that discussion out of this thread). All of this has me wondering, where are [..] View

Isn't this an example of horrible customer relations by Anet?

1:46 pm, November 25, 2013 Martin Kerstein Head of Global Community Critickitten: You mention in your first paragraph that this is your opinion. I changed the thread title to reflect that (which you could have done in the first [..] 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

Starting Today: World vs. World Season 1!

9:16 pm, October 18, 2013 It’s almost time for the inaugural World vs. World Season! Tonight, when the weekly WvW matchups reset, the season will officially begin. European and North American servers will be broken [..] View

Been gone for 9.5 months, what'd I miss?

3:16 pm, October 18, 2013 Stopped playing just after the Christmas holidays and recently redownloaded the game. Has a lot changed since then? Have they added a lot of new content? What's there to do after finishing the story l [..] View

Gems accidentally gone

10:47 pm, October 17, 2013 The recent update changed currency exchange interface, It automatically listed all my gems when go into gems->gold tab. I want to go back to other tab but I accidentally hit the Trade button. [..] View

A new class or race?

12:11 pm, October 17, 2013 So i've been playing GW2 for about a month or so after its release and i really enjoy playing it and haven't really stopped ever since I got it. But recently I've come to notice that i'm really gettin [..] View

Just Some Desired Quality of Life Changes

6:01 pm, October 14, 2013 First, I suppose I should give the required statement of "I didnt see any similar threads, please direct me to them if they are in existence". Ok, so after my time with the game so far, the [..] View

Alt leveling (which levels for events, which for crafting)

11:53 am, October 14, 2013 Does anyone have some alt char leveling tips that might be good to apply. 1) Any recently popular areas that I can put in my go to places for dynamic events that are easily repeatable and well populat [..] View

Why Not Buy Gold From Gold Sellers?

7:56 pm, October 12, 2013 This is a pretty simple argument that I recently though up. Why did we dislike people who bought from gold sellers in Guild Wars 1? Because, they could buy their way to get whatever they want in the g [..] 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

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

Instances Continue Disappointment

1:41 pm, October 10, 2013 Recently just tried to run CM.  Seemed to be more mindless than I remember, spending more time looking at the map to respawn than actually fighting and having fun. I hear they beefe [..] View

hero achievement bug

10:33 pm, October 9, 2013 So I didn't have this problem until recently when I got 50% map completion, but the hero achievement ''been there done that'' says I got 49%. So from now on and up I miss 1% in the achievement panel t [..] 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

A small request among a sea of big requests

10:05 am, October 8, 2013 With the recent sale of the character slot, I have bought myself a 8th slot for my last profession. When I got the new slot in my account, I am surprised to see that I cannot see all 8 of my characte [..] View

GW2 Let's Play Feedback

3:52 pm, October 7, 2013 Hello, I have recently started to record let's play videos on youtube, It's not much, my first time doing something like this, but I would love if you guys would take a look and tell me what you think [..] View

Anyone else annoyed and avoiding streams/forums?

2:55 pm, October 7, 2013 Before Gw2 release I played a bit of WoW, Dota 2, LoL and CS:GO and watched a lot of game streams and frequented some forums and things were generally good. However I have had to completely avoid all [..] View

"Tightening the lid?"

2:10 pm, October 7, 2013 So, I have a theory. I'd like to share it for discussion. Between the most recent stress test and the one before it, we went from 3 servers listed as full to 11. I have a hard time believing that th [..] 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

What should i do?

1:32 pm, October 7, 2013 Well I have two level 80's (1 being a Mesmer and another a Warrior), a lv 68 Elemental, 40 Necromancer, 35 Engineer. On my Mesmer i have reached 100% map completion and 75% on my warrior. &am [..] View

John Smith on the Guild Wars 2 Virtual Economy

6:13 pm, October 6, 2013 Hello, all! Im John Smith, and Ive recently had the unbelievable opportunity to join the ArenaNet team and work on Guild Wars 2 as the resident economist. Guild...Read More View

New to the game how should i get gold?

10:10 am, October 6, 2013 yeah this has probably been asked a billion times before but i looked up some places to "farm" and so far very few of them have worked out for me. I dont particularly like farming. I cannot [..] 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

Server population/server transfer mechanics

9:58 pm, October 5, 2013 I've been recently considering a server transfer for a variety of reasons, mostly revolving around WvW (rankings, guilds, alliances, drama, etc.) and, due to the difficulty in determining the variable [..] View

Missmatched Items

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 [..] View

Overheard in ...

7:59 am, October 5, 2013 Overheard in Lions Arch Central Plaza: As many times as I've been through the area, I've not heard this before which makes me think it was just recently added, a short converstion between a sylvari a [..] View

HUGE fps drop @ launch.

1:39 am, October 5, 2013 hi, been getting 35-60 fps solid thru all tests, including the recent ones. logged in today, and getting 1 - 5 fps...... gtx560ti View

Concerning the dungeons

3:19 pm, October 4, 2013 A couple friends and I decided to so our first dungeon today and it was a total train wreck. We sat outside the Ascalonian Catacombs to get 2 more people to join us and found them pretty quickly, but [..] View

Server with highly active Jelako d/e farmers?

9:58 pm, October 3, 2013 Trying to level an alt and having a sluggish time.  Let me state up front I am not a completionist and I prefer to shove as much time into direct levelling as I can, when levelling [..] View

The Effect of Quasi-Living for the Success of an MMO.

9:43 pm, October 3, 2013 I saw this post: http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/19/enter-at-your-own-rift-what-do-the-trion-layoffs-mean-for-rift/ in relation to Rift's recent staff redundancies. However the paragraph that ca [..] View

What's a Trading Post without.... trading?

9:08 pm, October 3, 2013 So recently I've been talking to some friends how they regret going for a specific Legendary but unless they knew 1000 of people there was no way they could maybe trade it for another, but rather pay [..] View

Engineer, Thief, or Mesmer?

9:54 am, October 3, 2013 I'm a noted alt-aholic in games like these, and I'm trying to avoid getting mired too much in fiddling around with different characters.  In the 4-5 months I played WAR, I never got [..] View

The Summer PR Storm, What Gives?

7:27 am, October 3, 2013 So I will say that I have never seen such a tightly controlled message as I have this week. An interview embargo that just released Wednesday/Tuesday in the first week of July, with the ArenaNet Comm [..] View

What race do you think has worst clipping issues?

7:22 am, October 3, 2013 I say charr. Recently ive been playing with the PvP locker and ended up dissapointed with so many armors that have clipping issues with my charr. 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

What looks best with "Dark Armor"?

10:12 pm, October 2, 2013 Hey everyone, I just hit 80 with my first Norn warrior and im now on the hunt for skins for my exotics. I always liked Logan's armor (looks similar to this , paladin-y) But I recently bought the PvE [..] View

Over enthusiastic banning?

7:08 pm, October 2, 2013 Two of my guild-mates bumped into each other in-game, and one made a jokey comment in guild chat about the others *****, and they started to do the /dance emote. Next thing we know she finds herself w [..] View

Gem store suggestion?

6:41 pm, October 2, 2013 I recently bought 1600 gems, to get one of the 2 outfit sets and the boxing gloves, with the left over 600 going to either dyes or minis. I can't decide which of the two to get (pirate or cook), which [..] View

How to make silver

2:39 pm, October 2, 2013 Hello all, recently started playing in the head start.  One thing I've noticed is that I've been having a hard time making any money in the game. Thus far, most of my income has bee [..] View

Any recent profession popularity stats?

12:37 pm, October 2, 2013 I was hoping someone might be able to direct me to a somewhat recent poll or source of info on profession popularity/prevalence, since I find it interesting, and know many others do as well. View

Anet No Longer Selling GW2

12:19 pm, October 2, 2013 https://www.facebook...151098751069209 QuoteEffective immediately we have disabled sales via buy.guildwars2.com. To be clear, box and digital sales are still available via our retail partners. We are [..] View

Constructive Game Process Improvement (Opinion)

12:15 pm, October 2, 2013 Hello all! First and foremost, I would like to give a very deserving shout out to the entire Guild Wars 2 development team which has (in my opinion at least) had one of if not THE best launch in the [..] View

Trading post's ''preview'' option

11:33 am, October 2, 2013 Hello First off, I apologize if this is in the wrong part of the forum... I couldn't really figure out where to post this. Maybe in the questions and answers, but since it's probably more of a bug, [..] View

Seeking advice; should I quit Guild Wars 2?

10:08 am, October 2, 2013 Preface; the following is born of my own personal opinions, preferences, and principles. It is in no way intended to defame or challenge the views of others, nor to begin an argument or flame war. I s [..] View

Guild Wars 2 and Progression

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 [..] View

Swampland tutorial [Fractals of the Mists]

9:09 am, October 2, 2013 Hi! I recently made a Swampland tutorial video. Its main subtitles are Hungarian, but it has English closed captions. I'm not a pro fractals player, but I wanted to teach some of the tricks for star [..] View

ArenaNet is Very Sensitive to Criticism

6:53 am, October 2, 2013 In a recent post on the official GW2 forums hosted by ArenaNet, I criticized ArenaNet for not disabling the WvW orbs because of an orb exploit that was causing a great deal of trouble. &n [..] View

Guild Wars, NCSoft, ArenaNet and the future...

6:16 am, October 2, 2013 This is more intended for ArenaNet employees to read. I know they read these forums and I'm hoping they will see this, think about it, and maybe even respond to it. It is also open for discussion from [..] 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

What is the best/most efficient way to spend Karma?

3:23 am, October 2, 2013 I recently hit level 80, and I've been saving my Karma since day one. I haven't even reached Orr yet, as I've been focusing on getting world completion. I have accumulated 50k Karma, and I'm wondering [..] View

GW2 vs RIFT?

12:59 am, October 2, 2013 I've recently started playing RIFT since it's F2P now and it's been fantastic. Yeah it's a gear grind game but you don't have to gear grind for top of the world gear (outside of dungeons is what I mea [..] View

Unhappy with race choice

12:34 am, October 2, 2013 So I just recently hit 80 on my Norn warrior and began aquiring a lot of the more detailed looking gear. Unfortunately I hate the way most of them look on my body type. I am debating whether or not I [..] View

Living World in Guild Wars 2

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 [..] View

Partying for instances

11:37 pm, October 1, 2013 I did a quick search, and I couldn't find a recent thread on this issue, only the mentioning of it in various different threads. So, days into the game, I'm sure many of you have either reached level [..] View

Claudecus's Manor story mode one shots.

10:58 pm, October 1, 2013 I am all for difficulty in a game as long as the rewards are large enuff to sort of compensate for the risk. I did the first dungeon on Storymode and had some fun. We died a few times but it wasn't l [..] View

Lost as an 80

10:41 pm, October 1, 2013 Hello everyone I recently got back into GW after a long hiatus. Unfortunately, in my absence my account was hacked and banned. I explained the situation to Anet and they gave me my account back. But w [..] View

The future of NCSoft, ArenaNet, and Guild Wars 1 & 2.

9:31 pm, October 1, 2013 This is more intended for ArenaNet employees to read. I know they read these forums and I'm hoping they will see this, think about it, and maybe even respond to it. It is also open for discussion from [..] 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

Lost & Found / Secret Contracts Broken!

3:50 pm, October 1, 2013 Pretty hard to complete the Molten Alliance achievement when every server I tried last night were missing these. Anyone see an ArenaNet response to this? Servers I tried:  Sanctum [..] View

Best solo PvE class?

2:33 pm, October 1, 2013 Getting back into GW2 after a long hiatus. I already have a level 80 mesmer but i've been wondering what class should I level next. Basically my question is, what class(es) do think work the best whe [..] View

Hidden areas - true 100% completion

2:32 pm, October 1, 2013 I have not been able to play a whole lot recently and I keep hearing about all these secret areas and thing that I am missing in the map. Can someone please give me a rundown of just one area about th [..] View

level 80 in a week...

1:36 pm, October 1, 2013 before people start saying, reaching level 80 is pointless an that everything in the game gives exp, and so forth. I would like to state discussion is more for leveling Alt purposes. Now, since the g [..] View

Buying "bargain" character slots with gold.

1:22 pm, October 1, 2013 Today's sale gave us cheaper character slots. They are currently being sold for 600 gems instead of the normal 800. This lead to the price of gems spiking - currently one can buy 100 gems for 2,22g. F [..] View

What does Anet's behavior say to you

12:46 pm, October 1, 2013 Something has started to bother me about Anet recently more so than usual. It started a couple weeks ago when I got an email basiclly telling me to use the gem store, and I am sure everyone else got i [..] 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

No weapon swap?

11:54 am, October 1, 2013 HI there, recent made a thief and I am level 11 but not until I check I actually unlock weapon swap at level 7 but I did not get it got the other unlocks like the 2 utilities and 1 trait point.&nb [..] View

The NoXCast on youtube

11:52 am, October 1, 2013 As the title states, we (NoX = Norse Oil eXpedition) are starting our very own cast shows on youtube with the main emphasis on Guild Wars 2 only. We recently started our videos and they will focus alo [..] View

On Lottery (RNG) Boxes

11:25 am, October 1, 2013 Posted to GW2 Forums, I don't expect it to last.  Please comment there as well. TLDR: Points are boiled down here, but I encourage you to ready the body. The Right to Make Money N [..] View

Raiding and Housing Coming to GW2? (Interview Translated from French)

11:07 am, October 1, 2013 I am posting this here because the source article has been removed (the Internet never forgets though), so it's more Rumor Mill than news, I suppose. Source: http://gw2.game-guid...mike-zadorojny/ T [..] View

Is your server a PvE wasteland?

10:42 am, October 1, 2013 There's been a lot of talk about how activity in GW2 is down across the board.  In my own guild, probably half our players from the first month have already gone MIA and have been gi [..] View

Hourly Video Marathon For The Next 24Hrs! (Channel Link Inside)

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 [..] View

Marjorys Story: The Last Straw, part 1

9:37 am, October 1, 2013 The boy couldn’t have been older than eighteen. A pool of blood reflected the lights of Divinity’s Reach, and his ***** rattle still echoed back and forth between my ears. I state [..] View

Load times

9:14 am, October 1, 2013 so recently GW2's load times have been getting a bit silly at launch they are not that bad but now loading Lions Arch from character screen takes about 23 seconds and that is on an SSD... why does it [..] View

Check Out This Weeks New Gem Store Items!

9:10 am, October 1, 2013 Scarlets recent interruption on the celebration at Divinitys Reach has some people feeling pretty low but even in the worst of times, the Black Lion Trading Company is here for you! Treat yoursel [..] View

Rate GW2!

8:53 am, October 1, 2013 First of all, as far as I know, Guru mods do not approve of folks simply posting a Yes/No-length answers, so I've requested a poll for the people that just want to select a number. Hopefully, it will [..] View

Orichalcum nods may be bugged

6:48 am, October 1, 2013 Is anyone not getting any extra ore from the Orichalcum nods or extra nod mining? I have been farming for over a week now, and I never got an extra Orichalcum ore. When my server had like 18% bonus c [..] View

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