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Announcing Improvements to PvP and the Ladder Test Season

6:18 pm, November 19, 2014 Hello, Tyrians! We’re very pleased to announce that on December 2 we will be releasing some major updates to PvP that will enhance and improve a number of areas of the PvP experience. Matc [..] View

The New Leveling

7:18 pm, September 14, 2014 So, I ****** off one of my characters(just got tired of the look and didn't want to sink gold/$ into TP), and made a new character the other day...after the patch.  Holy cow nuggets! [..] 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

Black Lion Tickets

9:16 pm, April 12, 2014 In a recent, now locked, thread I tried to discuss the objective definition of pay-to-win, and quickly found that for various reasons doing so is.difficult, to say the least. So rather than rehash tha [..] 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

Why Healing Power Sucks, By WoodenPotato's (also bad mob design)

8:16 pm, March 14, 2014 Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.co...ng_power_sucks/ tso said:The problem is not the numbers, it is the ham fisted mob design. We can see this clearly when a mob gets zerg scaled, as it magnifies [..] View

In the end I just wish Arena Net would finish Guild Wars 2

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 [..] View

Why endurance over skill ?

2:16 am, February 27, 2014 First things first,you don't need  nor its beneficial to have endurance in real life to play video games. You needed for sports,driving,fishing,working and maybe even knitting,but no [..] View

Grouping for Storyline Finale, how long does it take?

8:16 am, January 23, 2014 Hello, I'm working on my first character in GW2 and I've reached the part in the storyline where I'm required to group.  I've found many threads complaining about it so I'm not here [..] View

Good job on the new healing skills /sarcasm

2:16 am, December 12, 2013 So I fully support adding more skills to the game, and even support Arena Nets reasons for starting with healing skills. However I have a problem with their current implementation. Two problems, actua [..] View

WvW Season 1: Congratulations, Winners!

8:16 am, December 10, 2013 For the last seven weeks, brave heroes have been going into the Mists to battle for the glory of their world and prove their worlds dominance in WvW Season 1. On Friday, December 6, Season 1 ended and [..] 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

World vs. World: MidseasonReport

2:16 am, November 12, 2013 For the past three weeks, the first World vs. World season has been packed with intense battles for power and dominance. North American and European worlds have been divided up into three leagues apie [..] 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

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

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

Should more professions be added in the future?

7:04 am, October 17, 2013 Looking Back I think Arenanet made a mistake with the way they handled the Guild Wars 1 expansions . I know I'm not the only one because I've seen the complain a lot. Balance was ruined. I think there [..] View

Warbands - Larger Sized Parties (~24 people)

1:31 pm, October 16, 2013 One of the only 3 things I dislike in this game...Max party size of 5 I have my reasons why I want this...unfortunately I don't think it will be implemented Petition to make?!? View

Order permanency makes zero point zero sense.

10:48 pm, October 14, 2013 I've led all of the orders against Zhaitan victoriously, surely they'd have enough respect for me to sell me their armors after I've finished the personal story. But noooooope, I'm still restricted to [..] View

Guild Wars 2 Live Stream Thread

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 [..] View

Pre-emptive Guesting List

2:19 pm, October 10, 2013 Yes. This thread. We all knew it was coming. ArenaNet have stated you need FRIENDS on a server to guest to it. Now, of course... that means we can simply work around the issue (why we should have to [..] View

Magic Find - Why it is bad!

4:17 pm, October 9, 2013 *[Flame wall: Initiated!]* Magic find is a bad stat. This is not news to many, and many others refuse to accept it. I'm here to draw the line and briefly explain some of the reasons why it is bad. - [..] View

"Tightening the lid?"

2:10 pm, October 7, 2013 So, I have a theory. I'd like to share it for discussion. Between the most recent stress test and the one before it, we went from 3 servers listed as full to 11. I have a hard time believing that th [..] View

Who misses Nicholas the Traveler?

2:08 pm, October 7, 2013 After completing a majority of things in GW1, Nicholas was one of the reasons I traveled around the map weekly. He would appear in a different location and hand out 5 gifts per account in trade for mo [..] 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

A bit disappointed in ArenaNet

2:25 am, October 7, 2013 Hello there, Even though I owned GW1 and played it a tiny bit, I still consider myself a new GW player. I'm not familiar with ArenaNet but I have to say that with this new patch I feel a bit disappoi [..] View

How to turn GW2 into GW1 without breaking the game

10:46 pm, October 6, 2013 This thread is for everyone who agrees that GW1 was a better game than GW2. If you don't agree, stop reading now please. The idea here is to build ideas on how to improve GW2 based on gameplay streng [..] View

Why you shouldn't use real money to buy gold from anyone other than Arena.net:

6:28 am, October 6, 2013 Earlier today I found a thread about buying gold from black market sellers while trying to find the trend in gold price.  I found it a very interesting read.  The O [..] View

Mob Spacing and Variety in PvE

5:18 am, October 6, 2013 This is one of the reasons why I enjoyed PvE in Guild Wars 1 a lot more, and that's because mobs were spaced into 4-6 tightly knit groups of different professions, as opposed to having a bunch of mobs [..] View

Server population/server transfer mechanics

9:58 pm, October 5, 2013 I've been recently considering a server transfer for a variety of reasons, mostly revolving around WvW (rankings, guilds, alliances, drama, etc.) and, due to the difficulty in determining the variable [..] View

Stop crying, Learn how to work around overflow

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 [..] View

Why you should use real money to buy gold from anyone other than Arena.net:

2:16 pm, October 5, 2013 Earlier today I found a thread about buying gold from black market sellers while trying to find the trend in gold price.  I found it a very interesting read.  The O [..] View

I Don't Care for Weapon Swapping

10:58 am, October 5, 2013 Okay, let me start out by pointing out that I'm not saying that weapon swapping is a stupid, unneeded mechanic that should be cut from the game. So now that that's clear... In GW1 I was never one to [..] View

I'm forced to use weird quest toolkits too often

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 [..] View

Human And Norn Favoritism. Why?

1:19 am, October 5, 2013 I honestly can't figure out why so many people play humans and norn. I would like to think that people would be more interested in playing other races more after only being able to play humans in GW1 [..] View

Gender-Bending - playing as the opposite gender

4:03 pm, October 4, 2013 Hello, folks! Now, I know that there is a thread about this topic (and I am going to read it) but please, hear/read me out. I am conducting a research on gender-bending in GW2 for my Game Culture cl [..] View

You are not making it easy for me to answer, let me try again

3:22 pm, October 4, 2013 "Hello, It seems you already expected this thread to be locked or deleted, but I didn't just close this to meet your expectations. There are many valid reasons threads, comments, etc. may be de [..] View

Save ANet and yourself time when requesting refund:

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 [..] View

Are events an entirely brand-new system people have never seen before?

12:42 pm, October 4, 2013 Are events an entirely brand-new system people have never seen before? Are events an entirely brand-new system people have never seen before? No, they are not. They are our attempt to innovate on t [..] View

Dragons were the main threat, right?

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 [..] View

Taking the R out of RPG

1:54 am, October 4, 2013 Moderator Edit: Please note that this thread is not about the definition of the word "role." Think of it as a play on words for impact as opposed to a misinterpretation of what "rolepla [..] View

Things you miss about Guild Wars...

8:25 pm, October 3, 2013 Again, I never know where to put my threads... so please move this if it's in the wrong spot! Anyways, this isn't meant to be a negative thread, so please don't treat it as so. More so one to reminis [..] View

Anet on why there is vertical progression

8:05 pm, October 3, 2013 some of you may have the same question as a user lately: Quote How is slowly introducing more and more elements of CEVP respecting the player? I made an informed decision about this game based on the [..] View

My hacked Account

5:44 pm, October 3, 2013 Hello I wanted to post a real life account so that the rest of the world can see how Arena Net is doing and their response to people that have been hacked. Last Saturday on Sept. 8th at about 5pm I [..] View

Aion level gold spamming an appeal for a word filter!

9:16 am, October 3, 2013 Okay so the spamming has gotten really bad on my server, and I think it would be a good idea to allow custom word filters that auto-block specific words and phrases so you don't see the messages at al [..] View

How much content would you be missing out on if you didn't play a race?

8:26 am, October 3, 2013 I'm thinking that I might not bother playing a norn, charr, and possibly asura due to not liking them for aesthetic reasons. How much content do you think I would be missing out on via their personal [..] View

Gear vs. Skill: How Will Gamers React To Guild Wars 2 Skillful Progression?

8:07 am, October 3, 2013 A useful and pertinent look at a time not very long ago; this video encapsulates the reasons why many who chose GW2 as their game, did so. Concerning the progression changes I've read numerous argume [..] View

Single vs Multiple Race Factions

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 [..] View

Is the concept of a living story a good or bad thing for Guild Wars 2?

2:29 pm, October 2, 2013 Just curious to see what others think, not just about Flame and Frost, but about the entire concept of Anet's living story as a whole. Personally, I can think of a few reasons why I'm not so sure if t [..] View

Why Attack Zhaitan?

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

ArenaNet is Very Sensitive to Criticism

6:53 am, October 2, 2013 In a recent post on the official GW2 forums hosted by ArenaNet, I criticized ArenaNet for not disabling the WvW orbs because of an orb exploit that was causing a great deal of trouble. &n [..] View

DDE Upgrade, please read...

12:19 am, October 2, 2013 The following email was sent to me the reasons why are included in the email's contents.Basically i recieved a free DDE upgrade code, because my entire head start was wasted stuck in server transfer l [..] View

Been there done that achi and title - no reward, and Anet response

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 [..] View

The Gem Store Survey In Five Seconds - The Statistical Conclusion

6:42 pm, October 1, 2013 Abstract Would someone get Anette-chan out of here?! We don't need her tomfoolery now. Shoo you damn charr, go back to Ascalon! Gems are bad 'kay? That's what I always say. And thanks to Cube's [..] View

Bazaar of the Four Winds Revealed, Coming July 9th

6:05 pm, October 1, 2013 https://www.guildwar...s/july-09-2013/ New EventsBelchers Bluff Mini-game: Players can put their Omnomberry Juice drinking skills to the test in this new, permanent mini-game, and challenge their fri [..] View

short survey on RNG in GW2

3:42 pm, October 1, 2013 Hey! Here a short survey on RNG in GW2. Only 2 questions. http://de.surveymonkey.com/s/HCXJG9C feel free to add your reasons here View

Short Story: WhatScarletSaw

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

Ways to improve chance of using BLTC (auctionhouse)?

2:57 pm, October 1, 2013 I was wondering if people have ways of improving their chances of getting to use the Black Lion Trading Company. I would also specifically like to know if I ruin my own chances by trying to sell thin [..] View

Hidden areas - true 100% completion

2:32 pm, October 1, 2013 I have not been able to play a whole lot recently and I keep hearing about all these secret areas and thing that I am missing in the map. Can someone please give me a rundown of just one area about th [..] View

Your most (positive) memorable moments in GW2 so far?

1:38 pm, October 1, 2013 Its easy to bash the game for a variety of reasons, but lets face it, we all play and enjoy some aspects of GW2. List the moments that really made an impression on you. Some of mine: Finally getting [..] View

A players thoughts or GW2 State of the Game

12:06 pm, October 1, 2013 Good Afternoon Fellow Tyrians! I sat down this morning was looking over the forums again and started writing.  This post may be a little disjointed and hop around a lot but I think [..] View

On Lottery (RNG) Boxes

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 N [..] View

Raiding and Housing Coming to GW2? (Interview Translated from French)

11:07 am, October 1, 2013 I am posting this here because the source article has been removed (the Internet never forgets though), so it's more Rumor Mill than news, I suppose. Source: http://gw2.game-guid...mike-zadorojny/ T [..] View

***** of small guilds

11:00 am, October 1, 2013 So I was a GM in gw1 and an officer in wow. I've had many years experience in being a guild leader. My gw1 guild was a top 100 gvg guild for a while (not bad for pvp casuals), we owned hzh, had some s [..] View

Post your favorite and most hated fractal

10:52 am, October 1, 2013 No QQ allowed ITT. Aquatic ruins (krait / jellyfish) Cliffside (colossus) Snowblind (sons of svanir) Solid ocean (jade monster) Swampland (wisps) Underground facility (dredge) Urban battlegrounds (yo [..] View

Anet should add content, without adding content

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

Is it just me or are the official forums insane?

9:34 am, October 1, 2013 I've never had posts deleted by a moderator on another forum before, and I have used forums for years with thousands of posts. At the official gw2 forums, I have had somewhere between 8-10 posts dele [..] View

Tequatl and Stupidity.

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

GW2 doesn't feel like a true sequel to Guild Wars

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,&nbsp [..] View

Thoughts on the Temple of Balthazar event

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 [..] View

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

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

Slayer Achievement - Lets Start A List of Dense Population Low Level Areas For Each:

4:54 am, October 1, 2013 Just starting to go through my slayer achievements and figured I would start a thread as I find good locations for mowing through each type. Not much to contribute at this time, but if you know any re [..] View

Dandelion Seeds At the End of the World: My adventure beyond the map.

3:39 am, October 1, 2013 It's funny, I have a friend who is every exploration-oriented, and I'm always teasing her about it. However, today I found myself on an adventure of exploration that will always be a wonderful memory, [..] View

Living Story: What Would You Like to See

1:32 am, October 1, 2013 I'm at work and I wanted to get this out quick so I apologize if its been brought up elsewhere. Redirect if it has. I quit playing GW2 for about 4 or 5 months, only really popping in to play the sup [..] View

New Faction vendor "Exploit" FIXED

12:42 am, October 1, 2013 The issue has been fixed in that the vendors have been disabled for further use, so this is in no way a means to distribute knowledge of said exploit. Some people have some time ago found another fa [..] View

GW2 endgame = jump puzzles and mini dungeons.

11:13 pm, September 30, 2013 Seriously I think a lot of people have grinded out to 80, finished story and run the dungeons for their gear and think that's all there is to it but have hardly checked out the JP's and mini dungeons [..] View

The Bazaar of the Four Winds Begins Today!

8:04 pm, September 30, 2013 LIVING WORLD Bazaar of the Four Winds The Bazaar of the Four Winds is gathering; merchants are converging from all corners of Tyria to sell their wares. Its not just shady characters and risky trade [..] View

Weapon Analysis

7:29 pm, September 30, 2013 Having trouble putting in charts. Working on it atm. Why do professions use or do not use particular weapons? Well I looked at the trends, coming up with certain rules and reasons for this; besides t [..] View

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

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

The Guild Wars 2 Endgame... Let's be realistic here..

5:33 pm, September 30, 2013 Free to play, microtransaction, etc... regardless.. It's an MMO. I try hard to understand but I still can't wrap my head around why people leave the game complaining that there isn't anything to do an [..] View

Personal Storyline summaries (spoilers)

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 [..] View

My opinion on the state of the game

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 [..] View

man I cannot wait fore gw2!

5:13 pm, September 30, 2013 edit: "for" lol. drinking wine, cheers! I've grown so weary of all other games I've been playing. Diablo 3 just really sucks, you can't make one post on the forums without fanboys reporting [..] View

Let's see how interesting and innovative fractals are

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

Crucible of Eternity Exp - Too Difficult?

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

World Building: Natural System in MMOs?

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 [..] View

A Guide to Bazaar of the Four Winds

2:53 pm, September 30, 2013 Welcome to our newest release, the Bazaar of the Four Winds! You may be wondering what there is to do and how to get around, so what follows is a short guide to point you in the right direction. Spoi [..] View

Having a Real Tough Time Picking a Race.

1:50 pm, September 30, 2013 Hello there, newbie poster here and i am making an account for some advice. I have my profession down, i am going to be playing as a warrior. Trouble is i don't know whether to pick between a Charr o [..] View

Trading, Inspecting, Dueling, and CoD Mail

11:41 am, September 30, 2013 These 4 features may seem small, but their absence is certainly noticeable. Person-to-person trade is important in any MMO - particularly in one where the Auction system is under maintanance. Insp [..] View

Criticism of personal storyline

11:21 am, September 30, 2013 Most people have talked about how bad the ending was or about trahearne the archaeologist-to-commander transformation. What I haven't really seen yet was how bad the writing is in general. Half the li [..] View

Guild Wars 2 Chinese Closed Beta Announcement

11:18 am, September 30, 2013 "We recently had a big press event in Beijing where our own Colin Johanson and Isaiah Cartwright announced the date for the first Guild Wars 2 Closed Beta Test In China, happening May 2nd through [..] View

So...where do you "Hang Out"?

11:01 am, September 30, 2013 I love the TP, & when i'm not out questing/killing I like to spend most of my time buying/selling/browsing. While i'm on the TP I like to just "hang out" in FireBreak Fort for the follow [..] View

Gem Store Buyers Beware

9:03 am, September 30, 2013 Buyer beware on GW2. Is this the start of the f***-all customer service attributed to free subscription? [START] Dear ArenaNet, I made a purchase at the gemstore for a Witches Outfit available duri [..] View

Jewels are cheaper and better then runes and go in your armor

4:11 am, September 30, 2013 So I always assumed Runes were way better then Jewels to put in your armor.  Turns out that was an incorrect assumption.  Not only can you get similar/better stats [..] View

Guild Wars 2 frequently asked questions

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

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