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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7:18 pm, September 10, 2014
A few weeks ago, we launched a call to arms to the WvW community, asking them for the best video footage they created. We received an overwhelming response from the WvW players of Guild Wars& [..]
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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 [..]
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1:36 am, April 30, 2014
This video will show you how simple it is to jump inside a Edge Of The Mists farm and start racking in the gold, karma, exp/WvW exp, WvW achievements, badges of honor, champ bags and more. I made this [..]
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9:16 am, April 7, 2014
Restrict Mounts to NPC/Enemy lore
This post is in support of mounts in GW2. BUT to restrict mounts to NPC's and enemies.
This would exclude small cosmetic toy [..]
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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 [..]
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2:16 pm, March 20, 2014
Hello there! I’m Roy Cronacher, and as a game designer for ArenaNet, I’m excited to tell you about upcoming changes to the trait system. These changes focus on improving the ease o [..]
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8:16 pm, March 7, 2014
We extinguished the molten alliance, blew up the aetherblades, poisoned the toxic alliance, and finally ****** scarlet in what to me felt like five seconds. . . But that doesn't stop what's coming fro [..]
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2:16 am, February 24, 2014
What is Damage Downtime?: DDT is the time spent not attacking that is unrelated to an attack's central action window.
What increases DDT?: Dodges, Movement, Knockdowns, Interrupts, Fear, etc.
Why ca [..]
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2:16 pm, February 23, 2014
Self-explanatory title.
For me:
1. NEW Enemies. Surely, we got several new factions in Season 1 (Molten and Toxic alliance, Aetherblades) but these somehow felt more recycled than new. The only real [..]
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2:16 pm, February 13, 2014
I know I have brought this up before but I have a new take on it and was wondering what people think of it.
So friendly fire is when an attack you make damages characters on your own side. Nothing to [..]
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8:16 pm, January 9, 2014
Well at least that I can see with numbers on the screen. I use a couple of shouts as a Guardian and I was doing some testing yesterday to see how much damage was being reverted back to my attacker whe [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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2:16 pm, November 5, 2013
The Toxic Alliance has been wreaking havoc in Kessex Hills. Its time to fight back and strike at the rotten heart of the enemy!
Learn more!
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5:35 pm, October 31, 2013
Okay, I've only heard rumors of some of hacks spotted in WvW at the moment. I hadn't experienced or seen any myself, until possibly last night that is.
To keep it short, I spot an [..]
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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 [..]
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9:18 am, October 15, 2013
Anyone else kinda annoyed they put fractals in the monthly requirement again? The WvW stuff i'm ok with, it's 50 kills. You can get that in about 4 hours if you tried hard enough but with the fractals [..]
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6:01 pm, October 14, 2013
First, I suppose I should give the required statement of "I didnt see any similar threads, please direct me to them if they are in existence".
Ok, so after my time with the game so far, the [..]
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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 [..]
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6:52 pm, October 8, 2013
I just woke up from a long and epic GW2 dream which involved fleets of sylvari on planty bicycles with giant seedshell wheels, and an enemy moonbase where slaves were forced to mine bricks out. (Becau [..]
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3:09 pm, October 8, 2013
How dare I say such a thing. Kinda long rant here.
But really, there are 2 forms of PvP for a non-hardcore player like me: random sPvP and WvW.
Both of them, both of them feel like zergfests. And I' [..]
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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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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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11:45 am, October 5, 2013
After having traveled throughout Tyria, encountering many dynamic events, I would have to say that I really enjoy the siege dynamic events - particularly when you overtake an enemy camp or defend a lo [..]
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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 [..]
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2:23 pm, October 4, 2013
To start with, this is not a suggestion thread - hence it is not in the Primordus visions section. It's just meant as a sort of place to share our ideas about the games combat system. I am not conside [..]
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8:47 am, October 4, 2013
Maybe it's me but during the wait for the game I had envisioned with the constant mention of the lore about how it is the 'time of the Dragons', that Dragons would actually play more of a role in the [..]
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11:09 pm, October 3, 2013
I posted the text below on the Guild Wars 2 site earlier this evening. I hope that many of you feel the same way and will lend your voice to getting this changed. Happy hunting.
Dear Devs,
I've bee [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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6:50 am, October 2, 2013
After playing quite a few rounds of keg brawl and learning the secrets of the game I decided to share what I have learned.
First are the buttons you can use when you don't have the keg.
1. A light pu [..]
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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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11:03 pm, October 1, 2013
Wall-o-text INC.
Greetings to nerds and noobs alike!
When looking at the conversations going around about Guild Wars 2 and it's longevity, many people state PvP is (or should be) the true endgame. I [..]
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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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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 [..]
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11:26 am, October 1, 2013
Greetings!
We are excited to introduce you all to the new and improved Borderlands maps and the Borderlands Bloodlust buff. As part of our continuing efforts to introduce new and interesting mechanic [..]
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11:04 am, October 1, 2013
Is there a mob you loathe coming across for some reason? An enemy which fills you with dread, or one you just roll your eyes at after coming into contact with them? Let's post our least favourite oppo [..]
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11:00 am, October 1, 2013
Now, Before you watch this video going over the Guild Wars 2 Holy Trinity please have a look at this here: http://gw2101.gtm.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/combat/healing-*****/
Or if you don't trust the [..]
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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 ****** [..]
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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 [..]
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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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8:01 am, October 1, 2013
If you haven't played a thief before, you might not know what this mechanic is.
"Revealed- You cannot stealth for 2 seconds."
You are afflicted with this condition every time you drop out [..]
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5:47 am, October 1, 2013
1. Movable target health frame. it gets in the way of seeing the whole world
2. A target of target frame -> we need this because its not the easiest thing in the world to know when you are be [..]
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5:43 am, October 1, 2013
Hi all,
Don't know if this has been posted before but I was wanting to figure out how to maximize my raw power stats (before weapon damage, traits, skills and boons/conditions are added which can be [..]
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4:55 am, October 1, 2013
So, I main a Necromancer class now, and I have to say after using most every class. Mesmers are nonsense. Pure utterly complete nonsense. Being able to make portals for teammates to continuously retur [..]
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2:33 am, October 1, 2013
When I make this thread I'm particularly thinking of the thief, but I want people's input about other professions as well. I feel as if the downed skills aren't giving you a fair chance to get back up [..]
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1:43 am, October 1, 2013
Welcome to the first release of August, the Queens Jubilee!
Upon logging in to GuildWars2, you will receive a mail from Queen Jennah of Kryta inviting you to a celebration being held in Divinitys Rea [..]
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1:18 am, October 1, 2013
Queen Jennahs jubilee celebration continues in Divinitys Reach. The Queen is preparing to address her subjects and the dignitaries from other cities but someone else has plans for the Queens speech!
[..]
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1:16 am, October 1, 2013
I really like the style they've chosen for regular conversations between characters. First , it brings back great memories from fire emblem on my gameboy, but more importantly it makes me really focus [..]
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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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12:37 am, October 1, 2013
Two candidates, war hero Ellen Kiel and Black Lion trader Evon Gnashblade, are trying to secure a trade agreement with the Zephyr Sanctum but neither of them can seal the deal without your support! T [..]
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12:35 am, October 1, 2013
***** is easy. In Guild Wars 2 ***** means waypointing/waiting for a rez, and at worst a silver or two in repair costs. If you want to charge into the unknown with reckless disregard for safety, it wo [..]
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11:54 pm, September 30, 2013
SEE BOTTOM FOR TLDR.
"This game is for casuals, It's too grindy, this Tilapia is too wet".
These are the things I see on this forum, and hell, even on the official forums. If you ask anyo [..]
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11:29 pm, September 30, 2013
I saw something in a thread recently. It was about the living story content, and it went something like this:
QuoteQuoteIt wasn't so bad at first, but once you fall behind a bit and the content goes a [..]
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11:03 pm, September 30, 2013
Hey everyone, I recently completed all 37 jumping puzzles (those with achievements) and I thought I would share my experiences of them with the GW2guru community as well as providing guides for each i [..]
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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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8:00 pm, September 30, 2013
During the last month I switched my keys quite a few times and I still can't say I'm totally happy with the result. So i decided to share my control map as a subject to criticism and suggestions. And [..]
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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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5:41 pm, September 30, 2013
What If GW2 expansions have nothing to do with the dragons?
so hear me out.
the coming event in Nov what if we get to know that Bubbles have emerged from the depths?
What If all the other dragons [..]
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5:13 pm, September 30, 2013
I have over 3,000 hours in Guild Wars 1 which was my first real MMO (for as much of one as it was with instances and all) and enjoyed every minute of it. Even after 7 years I still found myself pushin [..]
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4:49 pm, September 30, 2013
Can you think of, let's say 5, instances in PvE where you consciously decided to remove a boon for the sake of removing a boon? Not inconsequentially because you just happen to have a skill that remov [..]
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4:09 pm, September 30, 2013
So, I don't know about you, but one of my favorite events at the moment is the Claw of Jormag fight in Frostgorge sound. It's really the kind of more epic scale battle I was looking for in Orr, but re [..]
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2:08 pm, September 30, 2013
1) What happened to the game's writers? the entire game had an absolutely amazing storyline that I was deeply in love with. Everything that happened was enjoyable and the way your character was slippe [..]
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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 [..]
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11:34 am, September 30, 2013
I'm a casual player that loved GW1 and started out loving GW2. I've run into enough things that have slowly turned playing this game from enjoyable to frustrating and uninteresting, to the point that [..]
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10:08 am, September 30, 2013
So as you all know I'm mostly a PvE guy just like I was in Guild Wars 1. Probably toward the 3rd year of the game, that was when I became a pretty hardcore Pvper with warrior, dervi [..]
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9:31 am, September 30, 2013
Hi everyone, thank you for tuning in and view this post.
When you're in Cursed Shore, things you're probably going to see are people on /m chat yelling on how to **** Grenth or "lfg arah speed r [..]
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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 [..]
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4:59 am, September 30, 2013
That's my opinion after playing GW2 for last several months since beta (2x lvl 80s - Ele and Guard and a few sub-80 alts) and after playing GW1 considerably since launch (champion of the gods, gwamm a [..]
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4:35 am, September 30, 2013
I apologize if there is a topic out there already discussing this. I didn't find one when I searched. I am at 99% with the only things left are in WvWvW maps.& [..]
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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 [..]
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