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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

Log-R-Tron, Glints Gaze Mask, and Pact Airship Balloon in the Gem Store

6:18 pm, November 11, 2014 The battle in the Silverwastes continues, and we have everything you need to make your journey more enjoyable! Save your strength and have a golem cut down your trees, scare your foes with glowing [..] View

I get the feeling GW1 lore is incoming...

7:18 am, October 25, 2014 So, many people around here (myself included), are not really interested in the incoming Living Story updates due to the lack of hype.  Tonight's POI live show showed off some new fo [..] View

Tireless Harvesting Minions and Glowing Green Mask in the Gem Store!

7:18 pm, October 7, 2014 The air is getting chilly, leaves are beginning to fall, and theres a definite hint of spookiness around Tyria! The Halloween celebration may not be coming back until later this month, but I just [..] View

A Look Back at gamescom2014

7:18 pm, September 5, 2014 Thank you all for making this years gamescom such a success! This year we were excited to partner with Twitch, and work with them to bring Guild Wars 2 to the show floor and to the [..] 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

Tournament of Glory signups close September 5!

7:18 pm, August 29, 2014 Dont forget to sign your team up for the Tournament of Glory, where you and four of your friends can compete for exclusive tournament armor, legendary crafting components, and other prizes. Every team [..] 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

Quality in GW2?

7:18 pm, July 28, 2014 I was reading posts on the usual Trahearn-hate threads, and one person said "Quality is relative."  So I thought, what is good quality in an MMO; and where does GW2 lie in [..] View

On YouTube: Points of Interest Episode 3

7:18 pm, July 23, 2014 Last weeks episode of Points of Interest is available on our YouTube channel now! Take a look at the video to catch up on all of last Fridays fun: Kate is joined by Tami Foote, Josh Foreman, and Pet [..] View

Super Newbie: 3.0

7:18 am, July 16, 2014 Hey guys, so I've played a few free to play mmo's and even paid for a Runescape gold membership like 5 years ago (Oh lord, go ahead, criticize me for my poor choices xD), and anyways, I don't know whe [..] View

Don't you dare, ANet! [slight patch spoiler]

7:18 pm, July 15, 2014 Just started playing today's patch and this is the second dialog I saw. Maybe it will get clarified later, but if this turns out to be another chapter of Trahearne's story, I feel that a good portio [..] View

Your Vote Decides the GuildWars2 International All-StarsTeams!

7:18 pm, July 10, 2014 Hello Tyria, Joshua “Grouch” Davis here, Competitive Events Manager at ArenaNet. Its my privilege to announce that at this years gamescom, well be partnering with our friends at [..] View

On YouTube: Points of Interest Episode 2

7:18 pm, July 9, 2014 If you werent able to check out Episode 2 of Points of Interest last Friday, the video is available now on the Guild Wars 2 YouTube channel. Our host Kate Welch is joined by Narrat [..] View

Taimi is not an Engineer !

7:18 am, July 2, 2014 First just look at her armor.It's Light armor From the  Elementalists Sets. This is a dead give away in itself,but that not all.Taimi can put Static Field and even use Shocking Aura. [..] View

GuildWars2 is on Tumblr!

7:18 pm, June 25, 2014 Hi, everyone. Regina Buenaobra here. Im the North American Community Team Lead at ArenaNet, and Im here to talk to you about our new Tumblr site for Guild Wars 2. Tumblr is going t [..] View

New Wizard Lightning Finisher and Water Fight Balloon Bucket in the GemStore!

7:18 pm, June 24, 2014 Youve got just one week left to revel in the Festival of the Four Winds, and the Black Lion Trading Company has everything you need to wring every last ounce of enjoyment from each day! Read on to [..] View

Musical Lute and Bobblehead Laboratory in the Gem Store!

7:18 am, June 11, 2014 With the Festival of the Four Winds going on in the Labyrinthine Cliffs, now is a good time for Tyrians everywhere to relax, enjoy themselves, and indulge in some frivolity. To help with your merr [..] View

Additional Crafting License, Mystical Dragon Finisher, and More in the Gem Store!

7:18 am, June 4, 2014 Its a busy week here at the Black Lion Trading Company! From a license to allow you to learn an additional crafting profession on each character to an eye-catching new finisher and returning minia [..] View

Unlocking traits.

3:16 pm, April 19, 2014 Apatiksremark made a fantastic post on reddit, showcasing the "achievements" that need to be completed to unlock traits under the new system. http://www.reddit.co...eds_to_be_done/ New chara [..] View

get all starter head and shoulder Wardrobe easy

9:16 pm, April 17, 2014 This is probably a big "duh" to most of you, but just in case: If you ever wanted to give your Ele a Necro mask, now is the time. By simply creating a character, any starter Wardrobe look [..] 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

Introducing the MegaserverSystem

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

Introducing the WardrobeSystem

2:16 pm, March 25, 2014 One of the many exciting features coming in the April 2014 Feature Pack is the new Wardrobe, an account-wide system that allows you to collect every skin in the game! Account Wardrobe: The Basics [..] View

Runes, Sigils, and BalanceUpdates

8:16 pm, March 21, 2014 Yesterday we introduced you to some of the upcoming changes to the traits system. Those changes, while exciting, are just one part of the balance updates bundled into the April 2014 Feature Pack! Toda [..] View

Control/Support/DPS roll and class.

2:16 pm, March 15, 2014 Rolls Control:   Normally : Main :Weakening foes and mobility   Secondary : Self sufficient and immobilization   Guild Wars 2 : Selfish grand e [..] View

Living Story Vs Personal Story

8:16 am, February 22, 2014 One of the most laziest thing I have EVER. I mean EVER saw. The patch itself to the city. Its awesome. It leaves you wanting more. But when you are doing the personal story for the first time or for t [..] 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

Is this gear set obtainable(image)?

8:16 pm, February 14, 2014 Hello all. I just made the level 26 personal story quest and I have chosen the Order of the Whispers plan. In the quest he gave me a disguise and turned me into a pirate. Is this gear obtainable in [..] View

Need help to re-create a character(image)

2:16 am, February 8, 2014 Hello. I found this screenshot and the character is awesome! First of all, the Hair is from the Total Makeover Kit? The face is one of the presets? or I have to use the sliders (I am scrub at slide [..] View

Former ArenaNet Concept Artist Kekai Kotaki Posts His Ascended Armor

2:16 am, February 1, 2014 http://kekai-k.tumbl...-armor-concepts 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

Just one more reason Im growing to hate Arena Net

8:16 pm, January 29, 2014 So Ive spent the last few months raising a new alt with intent of making him my new main. A ranger, my old preferred class in GW1, and Ive been loving it. Of course I need a great new look for him, be [..] View

Evon Gnashblades Weekend Dye Extravaganza!

8:16 pm, January 24, 2014 Whether youre feeling blue or a slightly venomous green, the Black Lion Trading Company has a dye to suit your mood! From now until midnight PST on Sunday, January 26, you can pick up the retired [..] View

Another PUG Experience

8:16 pm, January 24, 2014 So, today I was pugging for a CoF P1 run (yes, CoF P1, that's how serious this issue is) and clearly stated in the LFG that the requirements were that the people joining for using a zerker setup and w [..] View

Random Derpy Observations Upon Returning

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

Recap: The Living World of GuildWars2

2:16 pm, January 7, 2014 As we announced back in December, were down to just four releases to go in the current storyline of living world. The first of those four releases is nearly upon us, and we wanted to help take a momen [..] View

Is this Primordus?

8:16 am, December 30, 2013 Saw it in a foreign GW2 website, not sure is it him or Deathwing from WOW. 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

Watch the GuildWars2 OathVideo

8:16 pm, December 16, 2013 The Great MMO Migration Contest has ended! Thank you to everyone who participated. Well be welcoming the winners of the contest to Tyria with a free copy of Guild Wars 2 soon via ema [..] 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

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

How do human players feel about their cultural armor...

8:16 am, November 27, 2013 ...being put up available for other races? Just curious. I know it's just for scholar classes but personally, I'd feel pretty bad if everyone can start suddenly wearing Norn t3 heavy even with a sli [..] 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

Weird red pillar at the Field of Ruins

2:16 am, November 27, 2013 Me and my guild stumbled upon this strange red glowing pillar close to Tenaebron Lake at the Fields of Ruin . It looks like a giant thumper turret, made to wake something underground perhaps? Its name [..] View

When will we get this skin in gemstore?

8:16 pm, November 23, 2013 ANET got us Southsun Survival. I guess it's time to get this one on Gemstore. <lol> I know you like it, I know you doooooo... View

Ascended Berserker Gear over 12% Increase In Effective Power

8:16 pm, November 21, 2013 Using a Sword/Warhorn Warrior Build with traits set at 30/30/0/0/10 on each, there is a 12.6% change in having all Ascended Gear to having all Exotic Gear. Please feel free to use this post as a refe [..] View

A map, and expansion theorizing

8:16 am, November 18, 2013 So at this stage I'm mostly just the guy who wrote that lore summary once and drops by like once every year to contribute something, probably half-finished, and then leaves because Guild Wars 2 just h [..] View

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

New NCSoft Earning report is out...

8:16 pm, November 17, 2013 The new Quarterly earnings report for NCSoft has been released.  You can go here to find it if you're interested: http://www.ncsoft.net/global/ir/earnings.aspx In it, the tidings f [..] View

Suggest me a server

2:34 pm, November 17, 2013 Ok. Right then. This is the last dillema I have about GW 2, so I (naturally) turned to you guys. With my impeding(hopefully) arrival of GW 2, I wanted to Clear that last mystery. I do not want a ser [..] View

The Origins of the Dragon Bash Theme Song

3:26 pm, November 13, 2013 Hello folks. It’s Maclaine Diemer, back again with another post about music. For this month’s Dragon Bash content, we wanted to have a recognizable theme, and the idea was brought [..] View

November 26 Coming Soon Image

2:16 am, November 13, 2013 It's that time again guys where we get a new patch and we get that lil pic to show us whats next. It's the new fractals we were promised! Super Excited for this patch. Attached Thumbnails [..] View

New Female Human Running animation?

2:16 am, November 13, 2013 After update, my necromancer run slightly different then before. It looks like an Sylvari animation now Theyve changed animations on this update? Maybe it is small thing, but when you play female huma [..] View

Available Now: Kasmeers Staff, Marjorys Weapons, andMore!

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

Should we be able to dye our hair in game?

10:14 am, November 11, 2013 Not by using gems but in the game itself. Not a makeover either. Even in GW timeline hair dye should have been around for ages. Now that rifles and all these crazy machines are showing up. Hair dying [..] View

Bring Back Inactive Players With Gems?

8:16 am, November 11, 2013 Is this a good idea or ripe for abuse? I just saw this pop up in reddit. I know some players aren't coming back at all to the game for one thing or another but will this bring back the ones that wande [..] View

If you could add just one weapon to your class...........

11:55 am, November 5, 2013 What would it be ?  (Could be from another class, or even better totally new). No chainsaws, gattling guns, BFG's, rocket launchers, try to keep it in character with your class eh. [..] View

Tower of Nightmares Guide

2:16 am, November 5, 2013 A massive, deadly Tower has been revealed in Kessex Hills, built by the new Toxic Alliance of krait and Nightmare Courtiers! This guide will help you get started in the fight against this new threat. [..] View

How to discuss topics (like a guru)

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

Next Patch

2:16 pm, October 30, 2013 Oh SNAP! So Scarlet is working on something massive. That guy behind her or what ever that is looks scary. Attached Thumbnails 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

Guesting and overflows

2:16 am, October 29, 2013 I play on Desolation. I'm in Europe, but tend to be online for approx 16~ hours a day, so I see everything. When you play around the clock (not everyday, I'm not mad) you see how the community works a [..] View

State of the Dungeon Crowd - Good or Bad?

11:36 am, October 22, 2013 Hello community.  I am an avid dungon runner.  For me, running dungeons is the best thing about the MMORPG genre.  As we all know, there is a fair [..] 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

Guesting not a "launch feature"?

8:43 pm, October 19, 2013 From arenanet's "regions" info dump: QuoteIn time, well also introduce free guesting, which will allow players to visit other worlds as guests as long as they have friends on those worlds. [..] View

Trading Post is QUADRUPLE CHARGING the "tax". Proof inside.

9:41 am, October 19, 2013 So, on top of the other indefinably long list of bugs and rushed designs that ArenaNet implemented, the Trading Post is now charging 4x the "cut" of sellers. As you can see, when I sold s [..] View

GW2 Stupid Question - What are the points for...

10:04 pm, October 18, 2013 When you're at the character select screen in GW2, there are points being collected in the upper right. What are they for? For each of the beta weekends the in-game store was completely hosed for me, [..] View

GW1 Livestream Lets Play

4:01 pm, October 18, 2013 Me and two of my guildies are running a GW1 endurance run all on our livestream channel. If you've never played GW1 you can tune in and listen to us talk about the game and generally be insane. We w [..] 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

Idea for 5+ Player Dungeon(s)

8:48 pm, October 17, 2013 I've been thinking of how it might be possible to incorporate more than 5 players into the current style of Guild Wars 2 dungeons and came up with the following: - 3 groups of 5 players each (number [..] View

Kessex Hills, Missing Forest, Large Invisible Wall Around Krait Queen Area

9:16 pm, October 16, 2013 http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1ok8nl/what_happened_to_kessex_hills/ Apparently the Krait are going to do something... wonderful invisible wall, no clue how it gets constructed without t [..] 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

What's the point?

12:54 am, October 13, 2013 I keep bringing up solo, repeatable on-demand content here and I figured I'd actually make a thread about. This probably won't be just about that, but with a title that's "slightly" open to [..] View

Is it worth it?

11:22 pm, October 12, 2013 So, now that I'm level 80, I decided to start on my map completion because I heard that the reward is supposed to scale with level. The first city I started in was Lion's Arch. After 20+ minutes of ro [..] View

Went for a swim in Sanctum Harbor and found something neat

5:05 pm, October 11, 2013 You never know what you'll find at the bottom of the sea.  Shame there wasn't a chest though. Keep exploring! View

So Whats Your Opinion On The Armor Aesthetic In This Game

5:03 am, October 11, 2013 Title kinda explains my question, but yeah, anyway I think its pretty damn good the armors mostly lore friendly I say mostly because of some female light armors and I think the heavy armors are pretty [..] View

Unknown Game Components

7:52 pm, October 10, 2013 First of all, Magic Find. Sounds like a significant stat in the game, yet, not much is known about it (to me anyway). So I'm curious to know more about it and hope someone could enlighten me with how [..] View

Concept Artist Spotlight: Taylor Krahenbuhl

6:13 pm, October 10, 2013 One of the newest additions to the ArenaNet concept art team, Taylor Krahenbuhl is a multi-faceted, multi-talented artist who understands the synergy between art and storytelling. Read More View

Interesting items in the online gem shop

4:32 pm, October 10, 2013 Found these items in the online gem shop; armor skins and a zero gem celebration hat. I thought the armor skins were particularly interesting. View

1,337 Achievement

2:40 pm, October 10, 2013 So I logged in this afternoon when I woke up, after completing an epic 7 hour Arah Explo run from 0:00 until 7am, checked my achievements tab and saw this. Made my day - what a coincidence! hehe View

Concept Artist Spotlight: Theo Prins

7:37 am, October 10, 2013 Concept Artist Theo Prins has worked all over the world, but has now settled at ArenaNet here in Bellevue, WA. I sat down with one of the newest members of the concept art team to discuss his unique a [..] View

Strange armor sizes

7:30 pm, October 9, 2013 i have noticed that some armor have size issues(gigant shoulders for the sylvari/human, normal on the norn, human having a "fat coat", while it looks fit on the sylvari), but never saw anyon [..] View

Been away for a while, and...

5:07 pm, October 9, 2013 When was the ability to preview armor that's not the same kind you can wear (light, medium, heavy), and why? I've stoped playing the game for a while after the ascended gear was added, and an coming b [..] View

i like this zoom out mode

1:53 pm, October 9, 2013 hi guys i jus got error and had to restart gw2. after that i noticed that i can zoo out further than usual. is this new? Attached Thumbnails View

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

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

New Permanent Harvesting Scythe and More in the Gem Store!

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

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

The Running Man

3:11 pm, October 8, 2013 Inbetween my little pacifism run and my little everything else I've been running into higher level zones with lower level characters a lot. It all started with my Necromancer, where I took Rot deep i [..] View

Does GW2 seem overly "Mathy" to you

6:53 am, October 8, 2013 Just as the title suggests. Is it just me or is GW2 really "mathy" for no reason. I may be bias because I was never a fan of those "spreadsheet wars" games where you have to painst [..] 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

Recent GW2 Tweets

2:10 pm, October 7, 2013 Am I the only one slightly confused by the last (as of this post) 3 Tweets from the GW2 Twitter? Quote"We learned that no single nation can fight alone and succeed." "It is time for le [..] View

"area of effects" areas in high level zones

1:58 pm, October 7, 2013 I am not sure what to call these area but in some of the high level zones 75+ there are area is the map that have constant effects going on.  These areas usually have a greenish wall [..] View

Stylish New Items Available in the Gem Store!

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

New Festival Items Available in the Gem Store!

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

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