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 [..]
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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 [..]
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6:18 pm, November 19, 2014
Ok, i`m one of those uber persistant guys who goes beyound 100% when he puts his mind into something.As long time GW player and fan i was in 7th heaven when i heard about GW2 being [..]
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7:18 pm, September 19, 2014
After battling through a harrowing bracket last weekend, the first four of eight North American teams have qualified for the Tournament of Glory Finals! If qualifying teams meet eligibility requiremen [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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7:18 am, May 11, 2014
http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/05/09/working-as-intended-what-guild-wars-2-got-wrong/#continued
There are many things about the game I believe they got right. However, I do beli [..]
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9:16 pm, April 2, 2014
Forked from here. Quoted for context.
Mordakai, on 02 April 2014 - 02:40 PM, said:So, Raspberry brings probably the most controversial aspect of GW2 up: buying a [..]
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8:16 pm, March 27, 2014
We’re using the April 2014 Feature Pack as an opportunity to introduce some improvements that we’re really excited for: account-bound World XP and ascended and legendary gear! We w [..]
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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 [..]
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8:16 am, March 19, 2014
I know how absurd that sounds, and there was a time not long ago I would have been among the first to dismiss it. This morning in fact. But things that have happened and been said as of this newest pa [..]
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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 [..]
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2:16 am, February 17, 2014
Considering the playstyles and management of damage it is easy to get this impression for players but I want to know whether it is reasoned or not. Do you believe it is a DPS Race? Why or why not? Are [..]
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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 [..]
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8:16 am, December 30, 2013
http://www.reddit.co...ans_last_night/
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It seems there was a popular farming spot for linen. I don't think there's any point on hiding where, if you google "guild wars 2 linen farm" [..]
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2:16 am, December 3, 2013
Okay, so I felt this needed it's own thread. If it doesn't I'm sorry and please merge it or w/e you need to do. But I feel this is in response to all those who have the opinion that the LS need to mov [..]
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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 [..]
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4:40 pm, October 21, 2013
Not sure if ANet has or will implement this emote, but I believe they should. Would be brilliant IMO:
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3:27 am, October 19, 2013
I've been thinking it through and I think I've realised part of the reason the personal story feels so stale to me.
First off I definitely want to iterate that I don't DISLIKE the personal story, I j [..]
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11:34 pm, October 17, 2013
One Long Term Goal vs. Multiple Short Term Goals: What keeps you attached to a game like GW2?
While playing GW2 for last 7 months and remembering what kept me playing GW1 for 7 years, this thought al [..]
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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 [..]
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6:39 pm, October 10, 2013
Hi,
I wanted to do a small test. - See how long it would take for a bot to get banned.
I reported 15 bots last monday, 6 in cursed shore and 9 in Wayfarer Foothills. 11 are currently online and one [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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9:37 pm, October 8, 2013
All,
I have a decent amount of karma "sitting around" and I am not exactly sure what to do with it. I do not really have any intentions of trying to get a legendary which is what I believe [..]
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8:00 pm, October 7, 2013
(sorry for posting here but the ideas section always seem to be dead)
These are my ideas that I believe could be adapted to the game, and I've tried to simplify them and made them manageable for anet [..]
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6:42 am, October 7, 2013
While I was running around Lion's Arch, I noticed 6 portals being built. The asura discussing about it was also fairly interesting, and it sounds like these portals will eventually lead somewhere in a [..]
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1:18 pm, October 6, 2013
This has been bugging me probably a month after the feature was announced long long ago. I kind of had it answered throughout the stress tests / BWEs and from what I am experiencing the answer is no i [..]
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1:34 am, October 6, 2013
Some people may argue that it is largely pointless to speculate about a future tier of gear when it has barely been released, and I would agree. However, it gets exceedingly tiresome to read thread af [..]
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12:03 am, October 6, 2013
I know this topic has come up before, but after trying much of what I've come across, I'm somewhat at a loss so I'm hoping for some good answers here.
I've messed around with a nu [..]
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9:36 pm, October 5, 2013
I've seen so many threads on "how I can't play with my friends because of overflow"
Well, here's your answer until ANet can put some more work into it.. honestly can't believe so many peopl [..]
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4:32 pm, October 5, 2013
I think GW2 is missing a very important feature from GW1. That is a Trait Template similar to GW1's Skill Template.
Also, I still don't see the purpose of retraining traits and the associated fees. I [..]
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4:17 am, October 5, 2013
Merry Christmas to all good folk out there. Enjoy yourself !
Also, I wanted to say that I am enjoying GW 2 immensely. Love my Norn Ranger, Ele and War(<3 <3 <3). Can't believe [..]
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1:20 am, October 5, 2013
I've often heard stories of how GW2 forums could often be overzealous with their moderation and I didn't believe it. Most times people exclude information, painting only their side of the story but th [..]
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8:15 pm, October 4, 2013
This post will include spoilers pertaining to the personal storyline, so if you have not completed it yet, and continue to read on, don't complain.
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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 [..]
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7:03 pm, October 4, 2013
Sure there has been quite a few problems with the game on launch, lots of issues with skill points and quests (which I believe are all fixed today)
Sure trading post messed up Friday and you owe me 8 [..]
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3:52 pm, October 4, 2013
There are already a lot of threads discuss about the social issue in gw2.
Personally I think it the difficulty.
You can solo your story, explore, farm, and level to 80.
Some new comer already felt bo [..]
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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 [..]
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3:09 pm, October 4, 2013
Today we banned a number of players for exploiting Guild Wars 2. We take our community and the integrity of the game very seriously, and want to be clear that intentionally exploiting the game is unac [..]
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2:40 pm, October 4, 2013
So, I haven't been the most up to date on the November 15th update, but I've heard it referred to as the "Sea of Sorrows" update, talk about beaches, and Anet's little post with some pirate [..]
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1:39 pm, October 4, 2013
I want to start off by saying - This is NOT meant to be a post to complain about the game
I'm just wondering if anybody has an idea of what they plan on doing to add substance to the game's content. [..]
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7:18 am, October 4, 2013
Well, its been almost 3 days now. After playing game since release, i been always an example to follow. Always reporting for botting, or gold sell spamming in every case did apply.
I been a fellow gu [..]
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4:33 am, October 4, 2013
It's an hour long, but apparently worth the review. Made it to the top of the GW2 subreddit, but apparently is getting trolled for knocking the game in YT comments. &nb [..]
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11:59 pm, October 3, 2013
I'm not claiming anything by stating this but as we all know, before release Nexon purchased a large share of NCSoft (enough to make decisions I believe) and hired somebody onto the Guild Wars 2 team. [..]
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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 [..]
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4:58 pm, October 3, 2013
ant possibly be the only female to experience this.
It makes me ill to experience this.
So: the gaming world comprises of more than just males.
I dont think this issue being taken seriously.
1. No the [..]
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1:39 pm, October 3, 2013
Hi all, as my post title states, I'm in a bit of a bind.
I've found myself (and I believe many people have also voiced their concerns and opinions on this) to be guessing on what ability I should use [..]
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1:29 pm, October 3, 2013
Is there anything similar to rolling a dice in this game? With every outcome having the same % to win?
Such as /diceroll?
I've thought about salvage items/loot bags but i'm not sure how even the ch [..]
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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 [..]
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6:02 am, October 3, 2013
Hi all,
Just tried to log into the GW2 forums. Found that I was suspended without any reason given and no time frame given.
I did not troll, insult or did any bad behavior. The only thing I did was s [..]
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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 [..]
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8:37 pm, October 2, 2013
I did a search and found much of nothing, so if this is out there, it's buried deep in the forums or I looked in the wrong places.
After doing some heavy WvW the other day with a new support spec on [..]
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4:39 pm, October 2, 2013
Scribes Note: The following journal page was retrieved, undoubtedly without permission, from the Zephyr Sanctum, and in 1326 it came into the hands of the Durmand Priory. The author remains unidentifi [..]
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12:34 pm, October 2, 2013
I know racial skills aren't the focus of the game, and they're kind of a tack-on thing to add flavour to your character, but I can't help but feel like Anet didn't really think them through all that w [..]
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8:49 am, October 2, 2013
so the clue is in the title i cant decide whether i should carry on playing gw2.
Firstly the way I see mmorpgs (without trying to waffle on too much):
Bearing in mind this is from a player who likes [..]
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7:00 am, October 2, 2013
It just doesnt feel right.
Both weapons and armor they scale to tiny!
I believe they could be somewhat bigger.
I see norn and humans and charrs with hammers and Greatswords and they look huge even fo [..]
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6:53 am, October 2, 2013
TO CONDENSE MY SENTIMENTS:
Good players are not rewarded for overcoming challenges the majority of the games status symbols and cool items are gained from performing an easy task for an inordinate am [..]
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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 [..]
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6:05 am, October 2, 2013
I decided to write up some items I find really unnessecary and annoying in Gw2. Apparently someone at the gw2 forums though of it, not as critique but as whining. It was deleted. Hence I post it here. [..]
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3:58 am, October 2, 2013
This will be a long post. There is a TL;DR at the bottom if you're not invested in reading a lot.
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I am a hardcore MMO player, as I'm sure some of you are as well. I hold this title because I [..]
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2:26 am, October 2, 2013
Alright, This is my first post, so hello everyone.
A while ago i had to crazy idea to run a low level to arah. Started at lvl 2 and managed to get there at lvl 6. Yet not many people believed that o [..]
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2:19 am, October 2, 2013
Hey all
I was just wondering what your opinions would be of an increased XP percentage (for a limited amount of time) for those people who have been logged out for more than a day. I believe it's a [..]
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1:01 am, October 2, 2013
I am hoping that someone may be able to help me in regard to the FotM dungeon.
As i'm sure all of you have realised from playing it if one of your party members or yourself are unfortunate enough to [..]
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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 [..]
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12:03 am, October 2, 2013
Hello everyone, I am uZu, and I am overly pissed @ Anet's costumer service.
As a start, I must say that I enjoy GW2 a lot and I think it is an amazing game, however, it's costumer care/support (even i [..]
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9:54 pm, October 1, 2013
[WHAT IF] is going to be my series of sporadically added threads into General discussion forum, focusing on, well, discussions about various game changes, what would happen if they occurred and how to [..]
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9:47 pm, October 1, 2013
Hi all,
I have submitted a ticket to Guild Wars 2 Support Team regarding macros and this is what I got for an answer:
QuoteHi,
We don't have the ability to say "You can use this here, but not [..]
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9:41 pm, October 1, 2013
I would like ANET to improve the way dynamic events are monitored, either in game or create a web page that would track them. I say this because i like doing a variety of events rather than sitting in [..]
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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 [..]
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7:39 pm, October 1, 2013
I found this video made by dontain and his view in this video is a strong view and i too believe this is why GW2 isn't as great as it could be!
WARNING: Contains strong language!
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7:27 pm, October 1, 2013
I was on facebook when I saw this pop up.
However I believe the status has been deleted now. Not sure if it will come back up or not, but it can't hurt to try and log on here in a few minutes.
*UP [..]
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7:23 pm, October 1, 2013
Before I get into this let me say that I'm really enjoying the game so far. I actually came into the game with a very negative experience from the beta, but my opinion changed in on [..]
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6:49 pm, October 1, 2013
As of Yesterday
https://www.guildwar...-ascended-gear/
"This is just the beginning. In November, were only adding the first level of Infusions and Ascended Rings and Back slots, so that leaves [..]
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6:41 pm, October 1, 2013
So I have been inspired by Cracked.com
It had an article that talked about the pacifist run done in World of Warcraft and I thought:
"Well is that possible in Guild Wars 2?"
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Day 1 ::
[..]
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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 [..]
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2:08 pm, October 1, 2013
3 weeks ago, it was the universal trend to disregard any negative feedback towards ANet and their amazing game, whether it was valid criticism or just pointless ranting. Those posts would commonly be [..]
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1:37 pm, October 1, 2013
I've been thinking about this and I don't really know if AI companions, as in minions/pets/whatever can ever become a viable part of PvE builds. Since Fractals are basically the end-game PvE, I'll be [..]
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1:00 pm, October 1, 2013
As the title says, gear grind is just a lazy way to get people to log on and grind some content for a while. That's what bothers me about this whole thing the most. Making content people want to play [..]
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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:
- [..]
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8:30 am, October 1, 2013
Warning: Massive Wall of Text Ahead. A 3001 word wall to be exact!
I will start out by saying that I have played a wide variety of games over the years, however guild wars was the very first online m [..]
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7:16 am, October 1, 2013
Personally, I believe this sucks.
Part of the pleasure of, say, getting a T3 armor is showing itoff to everyone to see. Call it E-Peen, but you cannot deny it feels good when someone tells you " [..]
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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 [..]
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5:56 am, October 1, 2013
I played guild wars since just before Factions, its the best online game ive ever played, been waiting for so long for GW2. Its not a bad game, its far better value for money than most games,  [..]
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5:37 am, October 1, 2013
I have recently played my last class to level 80 and am now in the process of map completion. Having been to Orr with 5 chars before this one gave me sufficient insight to say this event has never bee [..]
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3:51 am, October 1, 2013
Hi Guildwars2guru users out there, I got a problem of mine that I'm worried about, back within a week after the release of GW2, I managed to hit Lvl 80 with my Mesmer and I suddenly became interested [..]
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2:04 am, October 1, 2013
Guild Wars 2 has been out for a full year now, and it seems to be continuing to grow as more players purchase the game and join. One of the big selling points for GW2 is the fact that the game is uniq [..]
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1:55 am, October 1, 2013
So, I just found a post on reddit that I believe everyone should see:
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I believe I can speak for a large number of people from Sanctum of Rall when I say that tonight something happened that I [..]
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12:40 am, October 1, 2013
Honestly, I do have to say WvW is by far the greatest implementation to Guild Wars by ArenaNet, but it is sided to certain classes, or people naturally like to mob.
Basically, I believe the best clas [..]
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11:47 pm, September 30, 2013
Repost of a repost - OP was lost in the shuffle. I apologize.
This thread has been deleted from the official forums without any reason. Banns have been issued to the people posting. Please spread th [..]
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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.
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Some of you may recognize me (mainly for my math posts) if you freq [..]
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10:22 pm, September 30, 2013
(This topic contains subject matter which is being posted by a person who uses immature terms, but would prefer if people could take a mature attitude towards it)
(Please keep the "But then all t [..]
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8:06 pm, September 30, 2013
Google chrome is coming up with the red Malware screen whenever I go to guru. I don't believe it, I am sure its a false positive, but just wanted to bring it to the attention of peo [..]
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7:21 pm, September 30, 2013
I could of sworn there was a magic find set that could be purchased with karma...believe it was Explorer's stats but I simply can't find it anymore...any ideas?
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7:09 pm, September 30, 2013
So i stumbled across this post by a site moderator here on Guru:
Frozire, on 29 May 2013 - 04:09 PM, said:
State of the Game was originally meant to cover all aspects of the game.
Sadly after weeks [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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5:24 pm, September 30, 2013
I recently read a thread called "do mmo players demand too much"
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/76458-do-mmo-players-demand-too-much/
I also recently read a thread called "do you [..]
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5:14 pm, September 30, 2013
The game has been out for a few days now but there is surprinsingly little information on the internet about the Personal storylines (the only stuff I found is what i believe to be some very basic dat [..]
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