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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

Points of Interest is live on Twitch this week

6:18 pm, November 20, 2014 Peter looks thrilled. Rubi and Teddy look frightened. With a planning session like that, this week’s Points of Interest might be the first to make Rubi wish for a mute button-which should [..] View

Finding the perfect match

6:18 pm, November 20, 2014 Hello, world! My name is Justin O’Dell, and I’m one of the server programmers on the Structured Player vs. Player (sPvP) team. I’m here to talk to you about the upcomin [..] View

What do you people think of the new Silverwastes map?

6:18 pm, November 6, 2014 I applaud the GW2 team for doing something different with their season chapters.  Though at first I was excited by it and wanted to like it but after about a day or two, I found myse [..] View

Release Notes for Echoes of the Past!

6:18 pm, November 4, 2014 As season 2 continues, the races of Tyria are preparing for war against the Elder Dragon Mordremoth. Log in today to play through the story of Echoes of the Past, reap sweet rewards, and test yourself [..] View

Join Us in Celebrating the World Tournament Series Invitational Qualifier Tournament this Weekend!

7:18 pm, October 24, 2014 Only this weekend’s World Tournament Series Invitational Qualifier stands between the top PvP teams in Guild Wars 2 and the Finals event in Beijing, China, where players fr [..] View

Tyrias Point of No Return

7:18 pm, October 20, 2014 A Living World The return of Living World Season 2 is rapidly approaching. When the season resumes on November 4, we’ll see the story pick up from the cliffhanger that left one of the worl [..] 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

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

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

A Fresh Start: The New Player Experience in GuildWars2

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 [..] 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

PvP Visual and RewardUpdates

7:18 pm, August 14, 2014 The September 2014 Feature Pack, which we announced yesterday along with our World Tournament Series, is bringing exciting additions to PvP! Today, well be talking about two of our additions aimed at [..] 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

2nd Anniversary Predictions

7:18 pm, July 31, 2014 Within less than a month it will have been two years since GW2 released. What do you expect or would like ANet to do? Considering the patch tuesdays fall onto 12th and 26th, I assume we'll get the Dr [..] View

New Hair and Eye Colors in Makeover Kits!

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 [..] 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

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

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

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

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

Starting Today: World vs. World Spring Tournament2014!

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 [..] 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

Dyes in the New AccountWardrobe

2:16 pm, March 25, 2014 With the new Wardrobe system changing the way you interact with your gear’s appearance, we felt that this was the perfect time to introduce some updates to the dye system. In the April 2014 [..] 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

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

Whaaaat? No karma? Heeeere

8:16 pm, February 17, 2014 Since the dissolution of karma in dungeons, there are now only three places in which to seriously gain karma: 1. Tequatl 2. lower-level fractals (I think 10 levels below your personal reward yields m [..] View

Your opinion about PvP bans over missed Solo Tournaments

2:16 pm, January 31, 2014 Well, this is the kind of 'ban' I am talking about. I actually wrote a thread about this in reddit, but I'm not going to lie - it went terrible. The backstory is that I accidentally failed to enter [..] View

World vs. World Queue Improvements

2:16 am, January 31, 2014 On Tuesday, February 4, were releasing the new Edge of the Mists WvW map and major improvement to the queuing system for WvW. Weve been doing some behind-the-scenes work on our systems to provide more [..] 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

Wintersday Items and More in the Gem Store!

8:16 pm, December 17, 2013 Wintersday celebrations begin today! Here at the Black Lion Trading Company, we have everything you need to get into the festive spirit. NewUpgrade Extractor! Did you accid [..] 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

Living World 2013: TheYearinReview

2:16 pm, December 10, 2013 As 2013 is drawing to a close, with it comes the arrival of our final release for the year: Wintersday! What goodies might you find under the tree with the final release of the year, you might ask? Wh [..] 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

Wintersday Items in the Gem Store!

2:16 am, December 4, 2013 Wintersday is just around the corner! The air is getting crisper, Lions Arch will soon be decorated you know, I and my fellow Black Lion Trading Company representatives are so excited, we think i [..] View

Introducing the Black Lion Wintersday Rewards Event

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 [..] View

Release Notes for Fractured

2:16 am, November 27, 2013 Ellen Kiel has done it! After being supported by players in her bid for a seat on the Captains Council of Lions Arch, Kiel has made good on her campaign promises specifically, the promise to head up [..] 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

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

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

60 marks per first run? Yeah, right...

3:33 am, November 1, 2013 So according to the news, ANet (apparently) changed the way dungeon rewards work. For every run you'd get 20, whlist for every first run of the day, you'd get an additional 40. Which is 60 in total. [..] View

Gaining more Hall of Monuments ranks/awards

8:16 pm, October 30, 2013 I currently have only 12 ranks on the Hall of Monuments and have no idea where to start to gain more... I haven't played GW1 for years but I have alot of gold in my bankaccount. So is there any way I [..] View

Incentive to repeat champion events

2:53 am, October 30, 2013 Just something i thought was important. Events with champions like the cyclops need to give item drops or chests. I enjoy killing the cyclops and it takes a decent sized group and some time to do. I d [..] 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

Purpose of Personal Storyline

2:16 am, October 24, 2013 I've progressed through the game on a Ranger and completed the main story line, which I found quite boring. I will be creating a new character soon, and I am dreading having to re-live the whole story [..] View

New armor: Get ready for rage

8:09 pm, October 21, 2013 http://massively.joy...content-primer/ QuoteWith great challenges come great rewards. The patch will introduce ascended items. Ascended armors are "slightly more powerful than exotics" and [..] 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

The Edge of the Mists: A New Map is Coming to WvW!

3:16 pm, October 18, 2013 Greetings, folks! I’m here to announce an exciting new development in World vs. World! We are in the process of designing a brand-new map that will let you enjoy WvW while waiting to enter [..] 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

gw2 interview with Isaiah Cartwright

6:01 pm, October 15, 2013 a german fansite posted an interview with isaiah cartwright, discussing some upcoming things. i shortened the article as much as possible. do give the full article a read on: http://gw2.onlinewel...ca [..] View

Forum account suspended

8:53 pm, October 12, 2013 Just wanted to let anyone who goes to gw2 forums (not here official) Do not say anything about Anet forcing us to use the gem store. I got my forum account suspended for that. Not that it really bothe [..] 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

The 'die and run back mechanic' in dungeons

5:41 pm, October 11, 2013 So, I have done quite a few dungeons so far, ranging from level 30 to 80. Overall, I am very happy with them, I think they are great fun and the rewards are usually pretty good. As far as some of th [..] View

Something to add to level scaling..

10:33 am, October 10, 2013 It would be nice if rewards in lower level areas are scaled to at least 2/3 of the player's actual level (for higher lvl players entering lower lvl areas). You're lvl 80 helping a friend in a lvl 10 z [..] View

Game addiction, or lack thereof.

9:23 pm, October 7, 2013 So I have been playing this game with my wife and buddies for the past few weeks, and through playing with them it has been an enjoyable experience; this however is starting to feel like it's coming t [..] View

[Challenge] The Immortal

3:20 pm, October 7, 2013 To anyone who's feeling bored, I bring this challenge: The Immortal The goal of this challenge is not to die once during the game & fulfilling the conditions bellow. Rules: 1. Level 80 2. 100% [..] View

Flame and Frost: Why should I play it?

1:42 am, October 7, 2013 Been playing since 3-day early release.  Got to 80, did a bunch of dungeons, half like half of a T3 cultural armor set, but I have no drive to keep going.  I did th [..] View

How to turn GW2 into GW1 without breaking the game

10:46 pm, October 6, 2013 This thread is for everyone who agrees that GW1 was a better game than GW2. If you don't agree, stop reading now please. The idea here is to build ideas on how to improve GW2 based on gameplay streng [..] 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

[Long] reasons for uninstalling the game

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 [..] 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

Why do Tier 1 Cultural Weapons cost 9000+ karma ?

4:38 am, October 6, 2013 Theres no reason why they should cost so much for a 40th level item when you can get something comparable from karma rewards doing quests or off the trading co.  9000+ karma on&n [..] View

What's up with the HoM?

1:24 am, October 6, 2013 Did anyone get their HoM rewards? i only got the titles in my achievement tab. View

Uuuuh, dungeons and parties broken now? (or are they?)

9:14 pm, October 5, 2013 So I was just playing a CoE game... And midway through people just started "dropping". From my perspective everyone was still in the party. All players were in the instance, but one player [..] View

When will game developers understand...

6:59 pm, October 5, 2013 ... that they do not need to give rewards better than what is existing to entice players to participate in new content? As long as they are FUN, people will play and people will keep playing them, ev [..] View

What are "chests"?

6:09 pm, October 5, 2013 I have seen references to "Chests" several times, but I don't know what this means? Are there some kinds of "treasure chests" you find in the game with stuff in them, or does this [..] View

Now that achievement points have rewards, how many points do you have?

3:51 am, October 5, 2013 Now that achievement points have rewards, how many points do you have? I'm around 3600-3700, atm. Never really have been much an achievement hunter since they were just a number until today. Dulfy' [..] View

Gee...thanks?

1:47 am, October 5, 2013 When the Tyrian Explorer's Society sends me a letter saying "hey, nice job for exploring!" that's nice. But when they send a gift - repeatedly - of **** I can't use, it somewhat mitigates t [..] 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

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

I absolutely do not like this..Gear grind in GW

3:07 pm, October 4, 2013 QuoteIn November well unveil the first Ascended items. This new rarity type falls between Exotic and Legendary on the spectrum of rarity and has slightly higher stats than Exotics. Source: https://ww [..] View

Guild wars 2 is lacking guild wars

2:27 pm, October 4, 2013 (I HOPE I AM WRONG, I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED TOO MUCH WVW) What I mean by this is that you can't gank rival guilds or start a guild war...In WVW you can't see the names of enemies and there is no **** c [..] 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

Frost and Flame Finale - Why 13 Days?

1:40 pm, October 4, 2013 So far we've had a month for each stage of FaF, and previous content rolled over into the next stage so it could be completed at a very leisurely pace. One of the things GW2 fans were excited about b [..] 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

New AP reward system working great (in my opinion)

11:58 pm, October 3, 2013 In guild chat last night a request went out to help a fellow guild member clear an achivement off the "Nearly Completed" list.  They needed help with Sorrow's Embrace path [..] 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

Hall of Monuments Items by Class

4:54 pm, October 3, 2013 Hey all - there was a post on here a while back that had a table with all of the HoM rewards and which class could use each. I seem to have lost the link! I have searched the forums here and have not [..] View

Bye Bye Magic Find Gear... I'm Kinda Relieved, are you?

3:21 pm, October 3, 2013 Hi, my name is Chuydog, and I am a MF gear junky. I am addicted to wearing my MF set whenever I do anything except WvW or Dungeons.  My addiction has become so bad that I have negle [..] View

Which rewards did you unlock?

2:31 pm, October 3, 2013 I am guessing this could have been thrown in the "how many points do you have", but since it wasn't, here's a new thread. A bit of a spoiler: http://wiki.guildwar...iki/Achievement At 1k a [..] View

Puzzles and Mini-Dungeons, do things need to change?

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 [..] View

What to do with extra T-stones?

1:24 pm, October 3, 2013 So I have like 30+ basic transmutation stones for level 79 items or below piled into my bank because I never really felt the urge to use any of them plus I have the hom rewards that I can use if I wan [..] View

Dailies

9:56 am, October 3, 2013 did my daily today but i didnt recieve my jugs of karma, instead i recieved black lion merchant express. are daily rewards random aside from mystic coin? View

Recent Dungeon Token Change Bugs

9:45 am, October 3, 2013 I'm sure others have noticed this or even posted something about it, but I couldn't find a thread. I'm here to discuss two new bugs that were introduced last patch on the 25th. Not the difficulty of [..] View

Single vs Multiple Race Factions

1:34 am, October 3, 2013 First of all, what is your take on having all races living in a friendly, co-operational environment? On one hand, it's cool from the world event perspective and whatnot, that everyone can help and w [..] View

If invasions had no (or less) loot would you still do it?

1:30 am, October 3, 2013 I'm reading a lot of people defending these zerg champ events such as invasions say that this is the type of gameplay they enjoy. They find it fun running around the map casually with a lot of other p [..] View

Living story putting farmers and event doers at odds

12:30 am, October 3, 2013 I've been doing quite a few of these events in the past few days, some in the overflow and some on my own server, and in either case much of the time I notice a debate in the chat log about how the ev [..] View

Fix coming to dungeons on Monday

9:13 pm, October 2, 2013 There are many threads in the official Guild Wars 2 forums and I had to weave in and out of them to find this specific post but here is the quoted copied text from Robert Horuda (content designer). Th [..] 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

Favorite Jump Puzzle and associated rewards discussion

8:27 pm, October 2, 2013 I loved some of the jump puzzles in this game. My favorite one so far is Scavengers Chasm. However, I am grossly disappointed after spending quite a while completing this and receiving 7 blue items an [..] View

How are you "supposed" to play the game?

6:45 am, October 2, 2013 Since I've heard a lot of comments in this forum and others of how people were "doing it wrong". Oh you're after progression/loot/etc, you're doing it wrong. Well, how are you supposed to pl [..] 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

Fractals of the mists groups

4:21 am, October 2, 2013 Further to the november release i noticed a comment on the patch notes that said they had fixed the issue of people being kicked from the final boss in dungeons to allow for guild members to join. I [..] View

The new endgame dungeon on 15th Nov.

3:21 am, October 2, 2013 Let's talk about it: "Brand new type of dungeon to be added - gets harder the further you get in, really big with a ton of levels New rewards to the game that are buried deep within the new dung [..] View

Has anet put their cash shop before content?

2:19 am, October 2, 2013 just been bugging me and had to post keys should be able to drop of mobs or bought with ingame money not only gems mini pets - a few should be quest given/ rewards for doing stuff in pve not gems onl [..] View

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