6:18 pm, November 21, 2014
Match flow in PvP is affected by everything from team formation and arena queuing to the way players actually enter matches. I’m happy to announce that the process players use to enter PvP a [..]
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6:18 pm, November 14, 2014
If I had to sum up November’s ESL Go4GuildWars2 Cups in a few words, I’d describe it as entirely unexpected. The November Cup isn’t even half over, and yet we’v [..]
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7:18 pm, July 31, 2014
Within less than a month it will have been two years since GW2 released. What do you expect or would like ANet to do?
Considering the patch tuesdays fall onto 12th and 26th, I assume we'll get the Dr [..]
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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 [..]
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8:16 pm, March 25, 2014
Wardrobe System
This new Wardrobe System will still result in cluttered bank space for many players. As they will not want to use multiple Transmutation Charges on the same item to [..]
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2:16 am, March 7, 2014
https://forum-en.gui...rst#post3087123
Initial topic of the thread was largely about the particle effects and how they render the game unplayable in many instances, so the response itself is kinda OT [..]
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2:16 am, March 2, 2014
And so we come to the close; the end of Living World Season 1. And as I contemplate how Arena Net is likely to ruin the one thing that quite a number of us are hoping for from this event (an end to th [..]
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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 am, February 18, 2014
Things to do in Lions Arch before the patch
QuoteHey everyone, inspired by the various discussions on Guild Wars 2 subreddit, I have decided to make a list of things to do in Lion's Arch before all t [..]
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8:16 pm, January 11, 2014
Just a random little thread I thought Id make. What potential new features would you like to see implemented to GW2 over the next year. Dont worry about being unrealistic or any such, this is just an [..]
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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 [..]
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8:16 pm, December 10, 2013
There you go: http://dulfy.net/201...-armor-gallery/
In MY opinion it looks terrible. At the first glance I was like "What? There are three heavy armor variants?" Considering how much it mo [..]
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6:38 pm, November 28, 2013
This is my outline on how to do this right. Sort off.
1) Month 1: Discontinue MF item creation:
"Rogue Second in Command after Shatterer has started consuming certain kind magic, he is rebelling [..]
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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 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 [..]
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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 [..]
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5:17 am, October 30, 2013
Please, if you see someone kiting a mob and dodging but not attack don't **** the mob.
They are most likely doing daily dodge.
This happened to me 4 times tonight making a 5 min process take way longe [..]
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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 [..]
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2:16 am, October 29, 2013
I just thought I'd go ahead and link this here, so we can have a place to discuss it.
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Collaborative-Development-Topic-Living-World
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Hi All,
We a [..]
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3:16 pm, October 26, 2013
Safe to say this game is ready to have a fork stuck in it?I'd guess, more likely, is that GW1 players have pretty much lost faith in the game, and GW1 players are the ones more likely to be using the [..]
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3:16 am, October 17, 2013
Source: http://www.guildwars.com/events/tradeshows/gc2007/gcspeech.php
Jeff Strain, one of the three founders of ANet, was asked to make a speech about how to make an MMO. I would like to provide a f [..]
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5:41 pm, October 11, 2013
So,
I have done quite a few dungeons so far, ranging from level 30 to 80. Overall, I am very happy with them, I think they are great fun and the rewards are usually pretty good.
As far as some of th [..]
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12:21 pm, October 11, 2013
I tried doing a bit of searching for this before making a thread and the ones regarding streaming that I did find were more about people wondering if so and so was streaming during the stress test.
I [..]
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5:14 pm, October 10, 2013
Ok, so this has been bugging me, and it's finally become enough to actually post a thread on here about.
Is anyone else getting the impression that Anet developers ACTUALLY use the cliche dartboard s [..]
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12:38 pm, October 9, 2013
Looking at market prices from launch until now of staple items we see a clear trend of decreasing price, namely exotic armors and weapons. This is partly because [..]
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3:55 pm, October 8, 2013
I've looked high and low for signs of Anet saying anything about fixing bugged skill challenges. I'm reallllly getting tired of having maps at 98% complete for weeks on end because of a mob that is st [..]
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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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9:21 pm, October 5, 2013
Warning: this is a potential spoiler. This concerns a location at the Breach waypoint in Diessa Plateau There is a skill point and vista in that area, and while this thread doesn't [..]
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6:33 pm, October 5, 2013
So like many I have GW2 fever and spend most of my free time reading, watching, thinking on the subject. I'm an altoholic so I've decided to build characters for each slot available. I haven't like, s [..]
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10:44 am, October 5, 2013
I originally posted this topic on the official forums but as it's most likely to be burried there, I want to open the discussion here too.
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7:37 am, October 5, 2013
You know the kind. Some quest requires you to use a certain gun or enter a golem suit or something, and it gives you a new bar of skills. And it almost always sucks. This is just not good gameplay. I [..]
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7:02 am, October 5, 2013
Heya-
just wanted to post this to get some thoughts from people about the new looking for group tool we supposedly will be getting soon...
What will happen when people bail out on their group?&n [..]
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6:30 am, October 5, 2013
Now, I understand that this question has most likely been answered in other topics, but I was not able to find the answer myself.
My question is how many guild rankings are there in guilds, and for e [..]
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8:11 pm, October 4, 2013
in the next 8 to 12 months, the first real expansion ( I do not consider Halloween or Wintersday to be expansions, no matter what ANet says) will most likely be released.
Now, as most people are awar [..]
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2:41 pm, October 4, 2013
I just got my refund for the digital online purchase. Not bashing but the game is just not for me.
Thought I'd save the user and ANet some time by sharing what they sent me as a request for informati [..]
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8:15 am, October 4, 2013
Straight to the point version: Is anyone else like me where you just cannot make up your mind on what you want your "Main" to be yet?. I'm normally the [..]
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7:02 am, October 4, 2013
Okay, so we've already talked a lot about the moving goalposts of introducing vertical progression to itemisation, adding profoundly obvious grind, and creating a divide between types of players. We'v [..]
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11:58 pm, October 3, 2013
In guild chat last night a request went out to help a fellow guild member clear an achivement off the "Nearly Completed" list. They needed help with Sorrow's Embrace path [..]
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7:49 pm, October 3, 2013
At the moment there are issues with the guild and server system in game. Several large guilds on dedicated servers will end up splitting up, many players from other servers will nev [..]
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2:51 pm, October 3, 2013
I don't know if anyone else has had this problem with their human, and it's likely trivial to most people, but this has been bugging me for quite a time-- does anyone find that when using light skin, [..]
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11:56 am, October 3, 2013
Just a quick background on myself. I consider myself the casual gamer that ArenaNet said would especially love this game (MMO Manifesto). I have a PS3. Ive played popular games like Skyrim and Assassi [..]
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8:25 am, October 3, 2013
Holidays - why does the game have some and not others?
The fact is that holidays in the real world have national, religious, or cultural implications that aren't universal. Obviously, even the WORD & [..]
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12:30 am, October 3, 2013
I've been doing quite a few of these events in the past few days, some in the overflow and some on my own server, and in either case much of the time I notice a debate in the chat log about how the ev [..]
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8:38 pm, October 2, 2013
I'm playing an asura female warrior, and I am working through the grawl quests.
My asura's voice changed during one of the cutscenes... it was horrible.
>.<
I really hope this was a [..]
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11:23 am, October 2, 2013
One potential concern about Ascended as a gear level is that it becomes mandatory : groups where all members have Ascended stats outcompete players operating at the Exotic level, either steamrolling ( [..]
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10:08 am, October 2, 2013
Preface; the following is born of my own personal opinions, preferences, and principles. It is in no way intended to defame or challenge the views of others, nor to begin an argument or flame war. I s [..]
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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 [..]
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9:16 am, October 2, 2013
First of all, I love Guild Wars 2. I've been with the series since the beta of Guild Wars 1, which I also played way too much. It has some flaws, but overall I love it.
What I don't like is somethi [..]
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7:52 am, October 2, 2013
So Anet said they'd probably release new playable races with the expansions and I was just wondering how likely you think that the Largos and Tengu would be as a new playable race. I mean I think the [..]
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7:30 am, October 2, 2013
Yes there are things that are great about this game. In fact, there are areas of this game that are revolutionary and awesome.
Yet, there are too many areas that make this game seem like it was slapp [..]
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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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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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12:03 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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11:30 pm, October 1, 2013
Almost all of the names I wanted were gone within the first five minutes of the servers coming up.
These weren't exactly common names either (they weren't stupid **** like Legolas or Drizzt).&nbs [..]
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11:20 pm, October 1, 2013
GW2 2012 Best (Worst) of Awards
Its that time of the year again! Where we look back into the previous year and project into the new year. To make the best of 2013, we have to look [..]
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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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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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1:22 pm, October 1, 2013
Today's sale gave us cheaper character slots. They are currently being sold for 600 gems instead of the normal 800. This lead to the price of gems spiking - currently one can buy 100 gems for 2,22g.
F [..]
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12:43 pm, October 1, 2013
I am curious to see if anyone out there is interested in a forming a group in GW1 strictly to get HoM achievements for vanity items in GW2. I'm interested in tagging along.
I have a level 20 Warrior/ [..]
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11:30 am, October 1, 2013
See, this thread: https://forum-en.gui...endaries-Rework and scroll down a bit.
tldr version: not in active development, not even a final concept, just a bunch of ideas.
You can find precursors in th [..]
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11:25 am, October 1, 2013
Posted to GW2 Forums, I don't expect it to last. Please comment there as well.
TLDR: Points are boiled down here, but I encourage you to ready the body.
The Right to Make Money
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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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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 [..]
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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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3:14 am, October 1, 2013
I feel like a lot of us, especially those who no longer care for legendary weapons, have found themselves needing a goal to keep playing Guild Wars 2. I'm curious to hear what some of those goals for [..]
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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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11:54 pm, September 30, 2013
Hello guys,
I am not posting on behalf of a guild, but rather in hopes to get a wvw group that plays anytime between 7pm -12pm GMT (8PM - 1am EST/9pm - 2am CST) and sometimes later. I have a small g [..]
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6:36 pm, September 30, 2013
Love the game, but as most say, people go to forums only to complain. I have a few MINOR complaints, and thought it wasn't much to complain about, but... then I keep running into t [..]
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4:28 pm, September 30, 2013
So now that a few legendaries have been completed, I decided to look into what kind of fiendish requirements these things require.
Let me add that I expected some severe requirements...
After a curso [..]
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4:12 pm, September 30, 2013
Firstly I'd like to apologise for the lengthy and long winded post; I'm a long winded kinda guy (which works well for the ladies... (he tells himself)). I'm hopeful it'll spark a somewhat interesting [..]
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12:43 pm, September 30, 2013
Guild Wars 2 Halloween Event Guide (Spoilers)
The Halloween Event of Guild Wars 2 starts in Lion's Arch (LA) and takes place in a few different areas of the world. There are quite a few things to do [..]
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12:36 pm, September 30, 2013
First off, were there an actual LFG section or were I not required to actually go ahead and set up a webaite for the guild section, I'd post in there.
Arah Explorable. It's hard as hell and effecti [..]
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12:01 pm, September 30, 2013
I actually have the opposite problem of the OP in this thread. I've been the leader of the same guild since I started it back in July 2005 when GW1 first came out. Now we're in GW2 since GW1 is mostly [..]
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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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6:57 am, September 30, 2013
Note: This thread is not a QQ about magic find. It actually isn't about magic find at all.
Ever since GW2 was released, I've seen topics which have something to do with luck but as far as I've seen, [..]
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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 [..]
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4:58 am, September 30, 2013
Getting Started
The Guild Wars 2 Client
Follow the instructions below to download the client. Once you’ve obtained the client, we recommend that you allow it to update overnight, as there [..]
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4:30 am, September 30, 2013
In an effort to keep the noise down over discussing the various points hit upon by Colin's most recent post, I've taken the time to create different threads in the General Discussion forums to cover t [..]
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3:12 am, September 30, 2013
Guild Wars 2 Halloween Event
The Halloween Event of Guild Wars 2 starts in Lions Arch (LA) and takes place in a few different areas of the world. There are quite a few things to do for the event but [..]
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2:50 am, September 30, 2013
Having looked at the Guild Wars 2 website, there you can see screenshots of what's to come in the new patch.
This one is a picture of the meteorlogicus, looking somewhat different. A friend suggested [..]
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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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2:21 am, September 30, 2013
I made a guild two days ago and have been vey confused about WvW objectives claiming and influence gain related to this, so ive decided to ask a most likely stupid question here.
Last night i tried c [..]
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