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Where did Blizzard go wrong with D3 and what A.Net could learn from it.

6:18 pm, November 12, 2014 This week's Blizzcon brought us a panel on D3. A quick summary: http://www.diablofan...ouls-panel-live A few things that stand out and seem very similar to what we are experiencing in GW2 (stole [..] 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

On legendaries & wardrobe (a proposed solution)

8:16 pm, March 26, 2014 A lot of people are concerned about legendaries no longer being special. A lot of people feel cheated for making 2 of the same legendaries. Here is my proposal that may or may not address the issues: [..] View

GW2guru protecting scammers?

8:16 pm, February 28, 2014 http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/90306-problem-with-gem-card-need-advice-please/ this is the thread I created about a card I bought from an online shop which resulted to scam! I posted the link of [..] View

Presuming you made it to level 80 once ...

8:16 am, January 31, 2014 So I asked a bit about leveling and read a bit about leveling in various places and the word "grind" comes up. I can understand grind in relation to repetition; once you play a game you've p [..] 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

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

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

Observations on leveling

1:39 pm, November 23, 2013 Having leveled two characters to 80, I have the following observations and opinions: - The time it takes to get from 1 to 80 is suitable, but the first 40 levels can feel really slow while the last 1 [..] 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

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

Anyone else getting bored already? First impressions, LONG

8:18 pm, October 8, 2013 I understand I'm going to receive a lot of flac for posting this but I just feel it has to be said. I'm only lvl 12 and already the game is aging quite badly for me. I'm going to try promptly outline [..] View

Dungeons need to be better.

3:10 pm, October 8, 2013 After I completed many dungeons, many routes and many times. I feel there are many things that should be fix and improve in dungeons. Sorry, my english is not good. 1. Model - Anet gives me very fa [..] 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

Social Failure?

1:21 am, October 7, 2013 I've had my fair share of complaints about the game so far but since those can be mostly fixed, I'm waiting to see what will happen but there is one thing that made me not play for nearly two days now [..] 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

Simply creating the next SotG for WvW - Not So Simple

10:51 pm, October 5, 2013 Why dont we just start State of the Game with WvW? If you are an active Guild Wars 2 sPvP player there is a big chance you have heard about our State of the Game stream and if you arent into sPvP t [..] View

Parts of personal quest nearly impossible due to insane difficulty

1:39 am, October 5, 2013 This game is good, but certain steps of some personal storylines are just completely overtuned. Stuff like being put into dialogue and then having five mobs spawn on top of you after the dialogue ends [..] View

Limit to res in dungeons

11:55 pm, October 4, 2013 As of last patch: While in a dungeon as long as anyone in the party is in combat mode no one can use a waypoint to resurrect. Let me start by saying I do like it, it was ludicrous during my first run [..] View

Are Races Balanced?

7:08 pm, October 4, 2013 So I didn't get to play any of the BWEs or stress tests so I'm wondering how well the races are balanced. ANet of course said that they're pushing to make them as balanced as possible, but of course e [..] 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

How would you improve Guild Wars 2?

3:48 pm, October 4, 2013 I'm going to make this thread a little different from my other threads.  To avoid another "thehotsung" thread where I voice my opinion and make everyone go cucoo for coco p [..] 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

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

I dont know what to put as a title

10:37 pm, October 3, 2013 Well, i love Guild Wars 2, i have a Female Sylvari Thief at level 16(just turned 16) and now ill go to the nearby 15-25 area in order to continue leveling, which is actually A LOT OF FUN, all these ev [..] View

Armor Repair Cost

9:16 pm, October 3, 2013 So I have just hit level 80.  Up until now I never paid for armor repair.  I just purchased new higher level armor after a few pieces were damaged as I went up in l [..] 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

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

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

Question!

10:25 pm, October 2, 2013 Alright.. so I exploded in anger over someone for messing up too much in FotM and they obviously got upset over the situation, and then typed "Well.. I'm going to add your account to the IoJ Blac [..] 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

Quests too few and far between?

12:15 pm, October 2, 2013 I find while i'm playing that i don't get to do a personal story line quest often and that is my favorite part of the game. You only get one quest for like every 3 levels so after the quest you need t [..] 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

Why Attack Zhaitan?

11:57 am, October 2, 2013 A note before starting; this is intended as a conversation about the story (non-lore) behind why we are fighting Zhaitan and where the story may progress from here. It is not meant to be bashing Anet' [..] View

Locks and traps

11:28 am, October 2, 2013 One of the features I would love to see in the game, which have been seen in many forms in many other games, is the idea of locked and/or trapped containers. No surprise is that I like to play rogues [..] View

Anet did Dynamic Events in a really lame way

11:28 am, October 2, 2013 TL;DR, Dynamic events aren't dynamic because they don't depend on each other, and are basically public quest loops that respawn 5 minutes after completion. Also, this Forbes article sums up how I feel [..] 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

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

Simply creating the next sotg for PvE/WvW - not so simple

9:57 pm, October 1, 2013 Why dont we just start State of the Game with WvW or PvE? If you are an active Guild Wars 2 sPvP player there is a big chance you have heard about Guru State of the Game and if you arent into sPvP [..] 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

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

Short Story: WhatScarletSaw

3:39 pm, October 1, 2013 Professor Omadd, Headmaster Emeritus of the College of Synergetics, anxiously twisted his ear as he waited for the sylvari woman to wake. She had been thrashing violently in the isolation module for d [..] View

A discussion on opinions about the game

2:51 pm, October 1, 2013 I am a fan of the game.  Yes, there are some things which can be improved.  Any game has these.  However, I believe that, technically, the game ca [..] View

What are you currently spending your Karma on?

2:34 pm, October 1, 2013 What are you currently spending your Karma on? I'm approaching level 80 and I haven't spend a single point of Karma.  Are the specific items I would be spending Karma on and items t [..] 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

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

Is gw2 finally safe or hackers still roaming around?

10:54 am, October 1, 2013 So i just taking a break from gw2 for a month, and 2 days ago, before i come back, my guild mate text me sayin that a lot of commanders, golden titles, legendary wielders and even somebody without tho [..] View

Anet should add content, without adding content

10:42 am, October 1, 2013 Warning, the following thread is long as it is not just a "this is what I hate" list but is an explanation of where I feel those lists come from and a look at possible ways to fix the issues [..] 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

Survey: Guild Wars 2, the revolutionary MMO?

10:06 am, October 1, 2013 Hello people. To collect some player's opinions about current topics and some of the changes GW2 made compared to other games, I created a survey. I avoided questions about stuff like class balance or [..] View

Forcing players to PvP for World Completion

9:31 am, October 1, 2013 Currently, to get world completion you need to also explore all 4 of the WvWvW maps.  I hate to start a negative thread but I don't think it is fair to force someone to PvP just to g [..] View

Looting is not a fun experience

9:18 am, October 1, 2013 Looting is not fun in my opinion. I had this feeling since the first BWE and it stayed with me through all iterations of the Beta/Stress events so far. The experience and actual action of looting feel [..] View

Survivability for damage and vice versa?

9:13 am, October 1, 2013 I guess you can call this "Someone just got owned by a thief" - But i honestly have not had ANY trouble at all against other classes. Sure, I've met skilled players that outplayed me, my ha [..] View

The Lost Shores Grand Finale: A Survivor's Memoire

8:34 am, October 1, 2013 Although there's certainly no shortage of strong opinions to be had about the Lost Shores Event in these fine forums, I figure I might as well share mine -- in the form of a long, drawn-out retrospect [..] View

Tequatl and Stupidity.

8:17 am, October 1, 2013 Im fed up. Im fed up with people moaning, crying, complaining or boasting, claiming and bragging about how Tequatl requires "so much co-ordination" and "everything must be organised!&qu [..] 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

Is the April 30th Update "make or break"?

5:31 am, October 1, 2013 As an avid GW1 player I was rather disappointed that many of the aspects of GW1 that I loved had not returned for GW2. Many of the lessons learned in GW1 also it seemed had not been passed on to the s [..] View

Does anyone else get really annoyed with take over hearts?

4:24 am, October 1, 2013 By take over heart, I mean the hearts that are essentially "good guys took over this place, for now..." so you're left to do whatever the programmers forgot to remove in order to get that ba [..] View

Having an official wiki

1:28 am, October 1, 2013 I use wikis as the resource of choice for video games. I've stopped looking at Gamefaqs and random sites for information about Diablo 2 and Runescape from back in the day. Guildwiki was an introductio [..] View

The new Temple of Grenth

1:14 am, October 1, 2013 First off, I don't know if this is the proper place for this, but here it goes. The new Temple of Grenth event has been killing people en masse every time I've done it, and I think I figured out a wa [..] View

Why hasn't Anet addressed the current zerker or gtfo pve endgame?

1:02 am, October 1, 2013 The current optimal group layout only favors teams that stack full berserker armor and faceroll DPS through everything while simply learning what and when to dodge.  Most classes are [..] View

My Beefs w/ GW2 & ArenaNet

10:47 pm, September 30, 2013 Please let me preface this with: If you are still enjoying GW2 and/or happy with ArenaNet, that's fine and I'm happy for you. --- Some of you may recognize me (mainly for my math posts) if you freq [..] View

Don't flame negative predictions/discussion of GW2 so quickly

9:02 pm, September 30, 2013 The title is such b/c I thought it less argumentative than "my victory lap over the GW2 community". I was basically right about all my predictions for GW2 widely derided as "trolling&qu [..] View

Question to those using Combat Mode 1.1 (alt-tab)

8:06 pm, September 30, 2013 I would strongly suggest you to avoid replying here, if you are here to debate yet again if this script is ok or not it has already been discussed Anyway i love this mod been using it since it was re [..] View

Need info about new(1/10) DR system

6:32 pm, September 30, 2013 I could work with the old DR system but this one... ? not so much. This DR doesnt seem to reset after few hours anymore... Is there any info about new DR? how does it work /reset now? also i hear th [..] View

PvE Version of the PvP Locker?

6:30 pm, September 30, 2013 Hiya folks, Do you think there should be a PvE version of the locker? Personally I say yes! All those **** skins I unlock I'd like to be able to use time and time again. (Character bound ofc so level [..] View

[X-Post] Present and Future Direction of the Game

6:25 pm, September 30, 2013 https://forum-en.gui...ion-of-the-Game C&P'd for those blocked, but spoiler-tagged to de-spam.  It is hefty, but a good read, IMO. Spoiler There have been many different so [..] View

Always Look at the Positives.

5:45 pm, September 30, 2013 This doesn't mean ignore the negatives, but there's a whole helluva lot things GW2 has avoided that, sadly, other MMO titles have failed terribly at. Bullet points won't make me any more right or wron [..] View

Let's see how interesting and innovative fractals are

5:11 pm, September 30, 2013 After reading various posts on FotM, I have realized that there is a common theme to them: The encounters are well designed and challengingSuperior Loots and Chest Rewards So, I wanted to check it ou [..] View

Fractal of the Mists; Swampland Fractal

5:04 pm, September 30, 2013 We need help with figuring out how to do this one, me and my group spent about 1-2 hours in here dying, being knocked over and bleeding to *****. Spoiler All the ones in the green circle we f [..] View

GW2 and Novelty

5:01 pm, September 30, 2013 GW2 has major issue with novelty of its content. The developer have spent most of their time developing each unique zone with its own content to complete  and while it was incredibly [..] View

Crucible of Eternity Exp - Too Difficult?

4:39 pm, September 30, 2013 I've thought about writing this a lot before I decided to actually do it, because I wanted to get some feedback from other players to make sure it wasn't just me. I held off a day when I saw the patch [..] View

Inspector Null: Unbeatable?

2:05 pm, September 30, 2013 I have tried this now about 7 times, all fails.  We seem to be understanding the overall concept of the boss, but at ~10 of his health there is an active debuff that causes you to ta [..] View

Fractal - First impressions

1:14 pm, September 30, 2013 My guild and I ran two fractal runs (6 zones) both on difficulty 1 to help people reach difficulty 2. From memory, the zones we played were:Dredge high rise (led into caverns) x2Winter/Ice Style frac [..] View

Release Notes for Tequatl Rising

1:00 pm, September 30, 2013 The scourge of Splintered Coast has risen, more deadly and powerful than ever before. Band together with other heroes, old friends, and new allies to fight the rising evil. Bewareagainst a foe of this [..] View

My Love Hate GW2 Relationship, whats yours?

8:17 am, September 30, 2013 i searched, couldnt find anything, so if a re-post or similar, please just delete/lock thread/direct me where to post! now please be respectable, don't debate with some on there "hate", it [..] View

Arena Net WILL NOT REPLACE PRE ORDER ITEMS

6:23 am, September 30, 2013 TOPIC ALSO GOES FOR PRE PURCHASE ITEMS A day or two after headstart I used my tome of influence for my guild, due to guild bugs the game swallowed my tome of influence and gave 0, no influence to my [..] View

Soulbound armor/weapons and mules - Please Read

5:48 am, September 30, 2013 I'll go straight to the point here: ANet has almost completely destroyed the "Mule" character in GW2. Having multiple dungeon armors and weapons fills up my bank pretty quickly and continuin [..] View

No One Runs CoE

3:35 am, September 30, 2013 I really want the shoulders and helm from this dungeon, but I have trouble finding even one person to group with.  Why does everyone avoid Crucible of Eternity? Add me if you're hav [..] View

PSA: Crafting Bug Considered Exploit

3:09 am, September 30, 2013 Just a heads up to users here, in case anyone notices it and doesn't question it.  It is considered an exploit and there's been some recommendation to not 'over craft' or whatever in [..] View

Guild Wars 2 frequently asked questions

2:45 am, September 30, 2013 General Questions Will there be a subscription fee? No. There is no monthly subscription fee. Once your purchase the box or a game key, you are free to play as much as you want. Will there be micro [..] View

A Guide to Sky Pirates of Tyria

2:32 am, September 30, 2013 Mini Guide New Rewards New Achievements Week 2 Addendum Mini Guide Starting Tuesday, June 25: Upon logging into Guild Wars 2, you’ll receive a mail from Lionguard [..] View

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