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Super Newbie: 3.0

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

Can't reset password?

7:18 pm, June 18, 2014 Hello there, I've been trying to reset my password for the last hour and it doesn't work.. After taking a break from this game I wanted to log in and see how it was going. I tried to reset the passw [..] View

Right or Wrong?

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 [..] View

What GW2 does right.

3:16 am, April 1, 2014 http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/03/28/working-as-intended-what-guild-wars-2-got-right/ Inspired by this.  There a lot of things GW2 does wrong, or needs improvement. & [..] View

what GW2 does right

9:16 pm, March 31, 2014 http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/03/28/working-as-intended-what-guild-wars-2-got-right/ Inspired by this.  There a lot of things GW2 does wrong, or needs improvement. & [..] View

Guild Wars 2: Evaluating the Living Story

8:16 am, March 4, 2014 i know this is an opinion piece and we need to hear both side to get the full story. QuoteAh, the Living Story. Fast-paced and exciting. Slow and simplistic. Jam-packed with drama. Tiring and dreadful [..] View

How does Arena Net gague the popularity of Living Story?

2:16 pm, February 20, 2014 This is a tie-in thread to my existing karma thread. There is a link and you'll understand where I'm going with this after we all ask the vital question (cangemsfixlivingstory?): How does ANet gague [..] View

Outsourced Development?

8:16 pm, February 3, 2014 So a comment I read struck me as interesting earlier today.  The concept that ArenaNet outsources parts of its development.  Now, these concepts are nothing new in [..] View

Random Derpy Observations Upon Returning

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

Wintersday Items and More in the Gem Store!

8:16 pm, December 17, 2013 Wintersday celebrations begin today! Here at the Black Lion Trading Company, we have everything you need to get into the festive spirit. NewUpgrade Extractor! Did you accid [..] View

New Charr (Medium armor) Legendary Boots

2:16 pm, December 6, 2013 Hello everyone, I want to share with you guys my new Charr (Medium armor) Legendary Boots! http://bodydoc.pro/charr_legendary_boots.jpg Pure awesomeness! P.S. If my topic is in wrong section, ple [..] View

The Dragons, will it really fix everything?

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 [..] View

Should Anet bring back Rune only drops?

7:10 pm, November 22, 2013 As some of you are certainly aware, in GW1 it was fairly commonplace to receive a drop that was essentially a piece of armor you couldn't use (say it was for the wrong size or species for example) yet [..] View

Fractals: The source of the problem

8:16 pm, November 19, 2013 Well after looking over these new previews for the next update I found myself immensely underwhelmed, and even bordering on offended. This is primarily because I dont play Fractals, and dislike gettin [..] View

A map, and expansion theorizing

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

People using cash to buy legendaries

8:16 am, November 10, 2013 What do you think of these people? Just joined a party wherein someone with Juggernaut, Moot and Flameseeker Prophecies was talking to someone else on how he had to spend so much RL money to finish h [..] View

Why so much hate?

9:18 am, October 30, 2013 Just a general question. I am not trying to troll or flame, but I have been wondering about this for near 6 months now. After reading these forums since November pretty actively I see so much negativi [..] 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

Guild Events - Balanced?

2:13 pm, October 25, 2013 I wonder what people's opinions on the balancing of guild events: - Guild Bounty - Guild Rush - Guild Trek - Guild Challenge and - Guild Puzzle I'm particularly interested in what small guild's takes [..] View

Purpose of Personal Storyline

2:16 am, October 24, 2013 I've progressed through the game on a Ranger and completed the main story line, which I found quite boring. I will be creating a new character soon, and I am dreading having to re-live the whole story [..] View

My issue with the personal story

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 [..] View

One thing at a time: How to add an inkling of depth to the end of the GW2 story

7:03 am, October 18, 2013 Spoiler Yay! Zaitan is dead after a severely disappointing one dimensional final battle! Everyone lives happily ever after and Trahearnia lords over everyone with his smug, dreary, cheap-motivati [..] View

kind of getting bored already.

3:28 am, October 18, 2013 It lacks that wow factor that MMOs like WoW and ever quest gave me sure events are cool the first few times but it gets old. Jump puzzles dont give me a sense of acomplishment. It feels like it is lac [..] View

exploration in gw2

11:09 pm, October 17, 2013 hey all iv been watching these forums for a long time and thaught id do my first post iv played gw1 since first beta, and cannot wait for gw2, but the one thing im not 100% on is the exploration, in [..] View

Release Notes for Blood and Madness

9:16 pm, October 15, 2013 Edrick was a monster, he brought his family shame So the locked him in a box, mouth stuffed with candy corn But now the son has risen to take his fathers name Beware the Bloody Prince, the son of [..] View

Limited Skills?

2:27 pm, October 15, 2013 I wasn't sure if other's felt the same way I did on the topic of limited skills. Mind you, when I say skills, I am referring to your skills on the left side of the interface or more commonly - your we [..] View

So on Stat Focus...

8:53 am, October 15, 2013 What's the best approach on this? I have seen people recommend on builds to focus on a balance.  If your trait selection is focusing on these stats, you should focus on the others i [..] View

Is server down right now? 9:03am pst

1:56 pm, October 12, 2013 I have not logged in for over a month. Updated and tried to log in and it says my password is wrong. Not sure if system is down (which has happened before) or there is something wrong with my password [..] View

Roll back was it just me?

7:58 am, October 12, 2013 Has anyone bdy else got rolled back, both me and my friend did. was so annyoingggg wats going wrong with there game? View

Why are games getting worse and worse? GW2

4:36 am, October 12, 2013 Hi, I'll keep this short. I NEVER PLAYED WOW. wow was made in 2004 and GW2 was made 8 years later in technology. Just have a look at the trailers. And explain in the comments please why game DEVELOPE [..] View

Password Reset: Beware

3:49 am, October 11, 2013 In response to the prompt to consider changing my password on the login panel, I followed the link to the official site and changed my password, filling in the information exactly as prompted, and sav [..] View

Combat Mode: In depth Video

6:27 pm, October 10, 2013 Posted here before, but had my post fairly removed (by a very polite admin). This post however is not against the rules, as it just shows a video with suggestions. It demos the latest build of combat [..] View

Haven't gotten a rare drop in days

7:36 am, October 10, 2013 I have spent on average 2 hours a day for the last week in Orr, Frostgorge, the new explorable zone, and a 60-65 area of a Charr zone. I have not gotten a single rare drop and I use 26% food, 5 travel [..] View

The Aesthetics Dilemma

1:28 am, October 9, 2013 Ok so a lot of people have bee vaguely talking about this subject but I though I would narrow it down and offer an actual debate for it rather than mindless whining and criticism. Ok so in an averag [..] View

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

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

Anyone else getting bored already? First impressions, LONG

8:18 pm, October 8, 2013 I understand I'm going to receive a lot of flac for posting this but I just feel it has to be said. I'm only lvl 12 and already the game is aging quite badly for me. I'm going to try promptly outline [..] View

"Casual" PvP in GW2 feels godawful to me.

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' [..] View

The Gw2 site.

2:09 am, October 8, 2013 https://twitter.com/GuildWars2/status/238786514149068800 For those who have been posting threads worried that there was something wrong. No worries, just maintenance View

another new zone

5:03 pm, October 7, 2013 So they are adding another zone. kinda cool but probly will face same demise as lost shores. Also other fluff ;( Maybe its just me but instead of new zones How bout making current ones worthy. Heck th [..] View

Why don't I like GW2 Dungeons?

9:16 am, October 7, 2013 Am I the only one who's never found the GW2 dungeons interesting or fun? My only reasoning would be my immense time spent raiding in Hard Modes in WoW. I think GW2 is a far superior game in the long r [..] View

Why this game will never meet my expectations

4:58 am, October 7, 2013 or be as good a game as I thought it would be, or I would like it to be. The developers/producers behind this game are NOT from the original Guild Wars crew.  That is it in a nutshe [..] 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

Did the update change jumping?

5:35 pm, October 6, 2013 This might be in the wrong section. I was doing Weyandt's Revenge today (the JP in Sharkmaw Caverns) and when I got to the dark room I kept failing. Normally, I get to the edge and then jump but this [..] View

Will Combo Fields See Proper Use?

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 [..] View

[Long] reasons for uninstalling the game

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 [..] View

Mystic salvage kit broken?

7:41 am, October 6, 2013 SO I did a study on this comparing: Mystic salvage kit: 25% chance of getting rare materials. Basic salvage kit: 10% chance of getting rare materials. Journeyman Salvage kit: 20% chance of getting rar [..] 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

ANet's handling of Halloween has been nothing but disappointment

9:37 pm, October 5, 2013 Reposted from the R and D thread on Black Lion Chests since it wasn't 100% on topic so I brought it here. This thread is to discuss the way that ANet has handled this installment of Halloween, most n [..] View

Various assorted questions

9:16 pm, October 5, 2013 1. I enjoy tanks(or controllers-but more specifically big tough mc gruff that can't be hurt). Seeing how GW 2 is more dodge focused, how would I make tough character(I Like feeling safe)? 2. I also e [..] 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

Account Terminated

6:03 am, October 5, 2013 Hey, So other day my account got terminated because it was linked with another account which was stealing items from players account. Let just get this straight I have NOT doing anything like this, I [..] View

Satchels and db's data

1:02 am, October 5, 2013 The ingredients listed in db for making satchels are wrong, made me happy when I saw it for the first time, but yeah, it actually costs a lot more. I'm have tailor so I don't know how's the other pro [..] View

Store now too greedy for my taste.

10:29 pm, October 4, 2013 Don't get me wrong I've been a strong supporter of Anet since day one with the collectors edition. I bought 3 armors some civilian clothing. Since the harvest tools at 10 dollars each, character bound [..] View

The Dynamic Events Issue.

8:02 pm, October 4, 2013 Disclaimer: I fully understand that no two players' games can be completely the same, so I also understand that this doesn't plague everyone. The problem is that just because this is not happening to [..] View

Elitist vs. Objective

7:07 pm, October 4, 2013 I'm a fairly experienced dungeon runner.  I probably have enough experience to lord it over others and be an "Elitist," but I generally prefer to not be a total **** to oth [..] View

Let's Support A.NET

3:59 pm, October 4, 2013 Yes. I said that "A.NET has no word of honor.". I attack A.NET for the gear treadmill that they implemented. But I realized that I might be attacking the wrong people. Because A.NET is a s [..] View

This game HAS roles.

3:48 pm, October 4, 2013 I really like what ArenaNet is doing....creating a game that says they don't have roles, but in all reality, it does.  It's basically impossible to create a game that has 5 dps throw [..] View

Help understanding more about the game?

3:22 pm, October 4, 2013 Please excuse my English. I am still a low level player with a few questions on my mind.  My highest level character is a female norn ranger (38).  I also have a [..] View

Can I play "old" content?

3:16 pm, October 4, 2013 Hi, I stopped playing Gw2 more or less 1 year ago. I entered from time to time. Did some jumping puzzles which I really really liked. ( no more undone now L ) So now I want to pay some more attentio [..] View

Permanent dungeon group

2:28 pm, October 4, 2013 If this is in the wrong section I'm sorry I couldn't find a section for dungeon discussion like there is for WvW/PvP. We have been clearing every explorable since the 1st week of launch on a weekly [..] View

Guild wars 2 is lacking guild wars

2:27 pm, October 4, 2013 (I HOPE I AM WRONG, I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED TOO MUCH WVW) What I mean by this is that you can't gank rival guilds or start a guild war...In WVW you can't see the names of enemies and there is no **** c [..] View

Why do people want mounts?

2:04 pm, October 4, 2013 In referring to the mounts thread on the official forums, why do some people want mounts so badly? Don't get me wrong, I played WoW for 3 years and I loved my blue proto-drake but why do some people a [..] View

Missing weapon?

1:04 pm, October 4, 2013 Hello. Firstly, I'm sure this has been mentioned already, but I don't have the time or patience to filter through to find it. It may also be something AN have confirmed to be an upcoming update, or [..] View

Virtually infinite Guild Influence?

6:20 am, October 4, 2013 Hi, For some reason, our guild has been getting insane amounts of guild influence. I am talking 11k within 2 hours, and all we did was 17 people questing, event-ing, WvWvWing in our captured little o [..] View

Your most Random complaint about PvE

6:17 am, October 4, 2013 Mine is the Canyon Spider. Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with most spiders.  Infact I love big black jumping spiders and will try to get them to jump into my hands so [..] View

ArenaNet said too much? (GamesCom)

5:33 am, October 4, 2013 Hi. First please sorry for my English... I'm just talking about this threadabout ArenaNet saying thoose things are Lies, because for me it's ArenaNet that Lied in first place, or they said too much [..] View

Am I doing something wrong?

4:44 am, October 4, 2013 So I'm new to GW2 but not to the franchise. I invested I think somewhere around 1055 hours on the first game and I loved every minute of it. I decided that since I had some time this summer I'd try th [..] View

N00bish question: how to defend like a pro?

3:16 am, October 4, 2013 Guild Wars 2 provides lots of ways to defend yourself.  Presumably, every class/build has access to two or more.  I make use of whatever I have on hand, but am neve [..] View

Promote New Guild Leader

1:59 am, October 4, 2013 Background story: A few friends from across the country decided to start up their own guild at the beginning of early release weekend. We all agreed to let the one player with the most GW1 experience [..] View

The Effect of Quasi-Living for the Success of an MMO.

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 [..] 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

Guild Wars 2 is Just Like Every Other Failed MMO

4:01 pm, October 3, 2013 http://www.ncsoft.net/global/ir/earnings.aspx Contrary to the fanboy opinion that Guild Wars 2 is doing just fine, thriving, growing and there is nothing wrong with the game, do yourself a favor and [..] View

Didn't get tokens from CoF

1:32 am, October 3, 2013 Hello guys/girls The title says it all, i did my first CoF exploration run and i didn't get any tokens. Is it a bug or did i do something wrong? greetz, Grelok View

The command system in inquisition needs work...

12:23 am, October 3, 2013 Anyone else notice that when a ghost used any of his skills from 6 to 10, they force the nearest player to perform a action wich he has to get right in order to free him from that? Not only does it fo [..] View

Will there will be a way for us to personally gauge our performance in WvW/PvE?

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 [..] View

I miss the Gear Treadmill

6:03 pm, October 2, 2013 Part of the reason I started playing Guild Wars 2 is that it was much more accessible. There was no end-game gear grind, there was a unique event and non-quest questing system, but then you hit 80 and [..] View

Short Story: The Trek of the Zephyrites

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 [..] View

Armors in Guild Wars 2

2:38 pm, October 2, 2013 Thanks to everyone that gathered this info and posted it on the Internet. I simply was bookmarking what I find a long the way and I thought I compile them in one post here on GW2GURU. Armors that do [..] View

The game feels repetitive somehow...

12:23 pm, October 2, 2013 So... PvE in this game so far has been like this to me: Run around the map to complete the hearts, the waypoints, the points of interest and the skill point challanges while gathering and mining alon [..] View

Constructive Game Process Improvement (Opinion)

12:15 pm, October 2, 2013 Hello all! First and foremost, I would like to give a very deserving shout out to the entire Guild Wars 2 development team which has (in my opinion at least) had one of if not THE best launch in the [..] View

Trading post's ''preview'' option

11:33 am, October 2, 2013 Hello First off, I apologize if this is in the wrong part of the forum... I couldn't really figure out where to post this. Maybe in the questions and answers, but since it's probably more of a bug, [..] View

Question to Guild Wars 1 vets

11:28 am, October 2, 2013 Okay, I'm not trying to complain, Guild Wars 2 is a good game, I just want to hear the thoughts of those who loved gw1. I played gw1 for 6 years, it made me into the nerd I am today, and it will go do [..] View

GW1 and GW2

11:24 am, October 2, 2013 Hey guys, first of all, overall this is a great game, I enjoy it and I don't regret buying it. I went into this game knowing full well, that this would not be anything like GW1. I have played guild [..] View

How has Arenanet handled pre release?

11:20 am, October 2, 2013 Ok. With the game coming out at the end of the week I would like to know how you think Anet has handled everything up to now. How has their marketing been? Have they communicated with their fans en [..] View

Faction quests should have been done different.

10:25 am, October 2, 2013 I didn't follow everything about Guild Wars 2 as closely as some of you guys so I don't know if Anet said much about what faction quests would be like?   This is just my opinion as [..] View

What are your favorite zones/regions of the world?

10:06 am, October 2, 2013 When I first started playing, I was afraid that there wouldn't be much difference between zones since they were all set in the same 6 regions (Ascalon, Kryta, Orr, Shiverpeaks, Maguuma, & Steamspu [..] View

Guild Wars 2 and Progression

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 [..] View

Dungeons and fotw - disconnects and bugs getting worse?

9:41 am, October 2, 2013 I've been running dungeons and fotm for a while now and I noticed that there seems to be no decrease in bugginess and people disconnecting for no apparent reason. I was running AC yesterday and both [..] View

The Average Damage Simulator

9:04 am, October 2, 2013 Hi ! Sorry for my English Here a file I made to find if it's better to stack power, precision or crit damage on your char, based on 100 hits. You can even try to do some Armor simulation to see h [..] View

My Thoughts On Temp Content.

8:03 am, October 2, 2013 I get the feeling outwith the RNG purchases that the actual in game content is so lacking in actual substance it's only put in as temporary not only to appease Miss Cox but that there is more chance o [..] View

How are you "supposed" to play the game?

6:45 am, October 2, 2013 Since I've heard a lot of comments in this forum and others of how people were "doing it wrong". Oh you're after progression/loot/etc, you're doing it wrong. Well, how are you supposed to pl [..] View

Guild Wars 2 is smaller than Skyrim?

6:11 am, October 2, 2013 I realize half of the map is not even accessible and Skyrim just felt much bigger, am I wrong?  Is Skyrim bigger or smaller than Guild Wars 2? View

1001 things that are really annoying about Guild Wars 2

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. [..] View

My friend can't log in because the Play button is greyed out

3:42 am, October 2, 2013 My friend who plays GW2 with me can't play the game because the play button is greyed out, does anyone know what's wrong with his client? View

No Weapon Abilities - HELP!

2:55 am, October 2, 2013 So I zoned into a story instance, and when the combat part came up, I found that all my weapon abilities had disappeared.  As in they are not there at all.  The num [..] View

100% World completion?

1:10 am, October 2, 2013 This might need to go in the Q&A section but... Ok so am I right in saying that for 100% world completion you need - All renown hearts, POIs, skill points, waypoints and vistas in cities and exp [..] View

Undercutting on the trading post, what's the point?

12:50 am, October 2, 2013 can somebody please explain to me why do players keep undercutting each other on the trading post? in other mmo's sales are individual, but in gw2 they are grouped by value and sold in bulk to the m [..] 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

Bugged Tokens

11:44 pm, October 1, 2013 so, i have being playing dungeons despite receiving less tokens, because they would fix it, but after following the official forums, someone posted that Anet said that they are not giving the tokens w [..] View

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