6:18 pm, November 21, 2014
On December 5, the top four PvP teams in GuildWars2 will go head-to-head at the World Tournament Series Championship event in Beijing, China, all vying for the lion’s share of the $50,000 pr [..]
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6:18 pm, November 13, 2014
(Please note that the following post could not be posted on the Official Forums, due to me being banned from creating new threads. If you'd like to repost this in the official forum [..]
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7:18 pm, August 28, 2014
Hey, folks,
As we continue to grow Guild Wars 2 and plan our next steps for the future of the game, its important we have a solid foundation for all the new players we plan to welcom [..]
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7:18 pm, August 27, 2014
Over Last one year, I am noticing Blizzard is taking ANET's concepts (at least I heard about these from ANET first) and implementing a much better solution.
ANET's multiguild approach vs., Blizzard's [..]
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7:18 pm, August 18, 2014
Hello, all! Im Karl McLain, one of the game designers here at ArenaNet. Im here to tell you about the direction were going with balance changes in the September 2014 Feature Pack.
For a more specifi [..]
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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 [..]
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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 pm, March 25, 2014
With the new Wardrobe system changing the way you interact with your gear’s appearance, we felt that this was the perfect time to introduce some updates to the dye system. In the April 2014 [..]
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8:16 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 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 [..]
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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 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 [..]
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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, December 22, 2013
The whole concept of Ascended Gear is working counter-productive to the concept of using various stats combinations to counter different situations to the advantage of playerbase. With the advent of a [..]
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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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1:39 pm, November 23, 2013
Having leveled two characters to 80, I have the following observations and opinions:
- The time it takes to get from 1 to 80 is suitable, but the first 40 levels can feel really slow while the last 1 [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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11:34 pm, October 17, 2013
One Long Term Goal vs. Multiple Short Term Goals: What keeps you attached to a game like GW2?
While playing GW2 for last 7 months and remembering what kept me playing GW1 for 7 years, this thought al [..]
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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 [..]
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9:58 pm, October 12, 2013
I've looked around the internet and can't seem to find a map that has the information I can use.
To start, I'm a cheap sob. I hate spending money on waypoints. So when I travel, I Mist Port to Lions [..]
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5:10 am, October 12, 2013
Just a few days ago, after having run countless dungeons, multiple 80's, and hundreds of hours in WvW, I began looking over my friends list and regardless of how many (or few, not sure how many you gu [..]
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3:20 pm, October 7, 2013
To anyone who's feeling bored, I bring this challenge:
The Immortal
The goal of this challenge is not to die once during the game & fulfilling the conditions bellow.
Rules:
1. Level 80
2. 100% [..]
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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 [..]
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10:10 pm, October 6, 2013
The personal story ended up being one of those GW2 features that managed to massively reduce my enjoyment of the game. And it's not the story's writing, rewards or something similar - it's the way it' [..]
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10:51 pm, October 5, 2013
Why dont we just start State of the Game with WvW?
If you are an active Guild Wars 2 sPvP player there is a big chance you have heard about our State of the Game stream and if you arent into sPvP t [..]
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10:27 am, October 5, 2013
This isn't a question, I'm asking what do you think they will be? Do you think elder dragons should be expansions or patches? Arenanet hasn't really hinted at what they will do (unless I completely mi [..]
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9:05 am, October 5, 2013
As much as I love this game, she still needs to cook for at least another 30 minutes. Between the FPS issues multiple players are experiencing on decent rigs, the amount of people w [..]
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8:51 am, October 5, 2013
I have tried multiple emotes that were in the original game, but have done nothing, such as /attention and I can't remember the others right now. They give no error message, but no animation or text i [..]
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7:57 am, October 5, 2013
With GW2 moving so far away from the standard MMORPG format of End Game (a good move in my opinion), how will this affect "standard guild activities"?
By "Standard&q [..]
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1:42 pm, October 4, 2013
Hello! Im Isaiah Cartwright, the lead game designer for Guild Wars 2, and I would like to talk to you about some of up upcoming changes to the ways we reward players for participatin [..]
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1:34 pm, October 4, 2013
I'm just wondering if the infinite silver spawn at the boss after the troll boss is intended or is a bug....
It happens to me 8/10 times I run path 1 so I'm wondering if it's just a commonly occurrin [..]
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8:44 am, October 4, 2013
I did the whole, custom, buy order thing on Rare daggers in the hopes of getting Spark.
So I've spent 250g already, made about 100g back thanks to exotics.
But seriously.. Is this what Anet intended [..]
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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 [..]
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2:16 am, October 4, 2013
I'm tired of seeing all of these threads about people crying over how 200 hours of content at launch isn't good enough. Here is my response to (for lack of a better term) cry babies. I'm not sure if i [..]
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2:31 pm, October 3, 2013
In GW1, we had a single currency - gold. Pretty much everything (or was it actually everything?) could be purchased with it - either directly (give gold, receive goods) or indirectly (give gold, recei [..]
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2:09 pm, October 3, 2013
Char name : Volrick
Server EU : Gandara
on Feb 7 i tried to login my account and it was suspended for account issue , i contacted support and this was their first reply
This e-mail is to notify you [..]
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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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2:51 am, October 3, 2013
Hey guys, let me explain my problem I'm having:
I have GW2 on my desktop, it worked fine. I installed the game on my laptop, since I knew I was travelling to another state for the weekend and wanted [..]
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7:08 pm, October 2, 2013
Two of my guild-mates bumped into each other in-game, and one made a jokey comment in guild chat about the others *****, and they started to do the /dance emote. Next thing we know she finds herself w [..]
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11:28 am, October 2, 2013
TL;DR, Dynamic events aren't dynamic because they don't depend on each other, and are basically public quest loops that respawn 5 minutes after completion. Also, this Forbes article sums up how I feel [..]
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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 [..]
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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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6:15 am, October 2, 2013
To preface this, let me say that I'm not trying to say "QQ I'm quitting". GW2 is still fun.
Now, on to the conspiracy theory. If you don't feel like reading a wall of text, there's a tl;dr [..]
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2:28 am, October 2, 2013
was i hacked or banned?
in order to acheive 100% on malchors leap , i was left with a bugged SP; i was told to switch servers until i found one thats not bugged. I did that a couple of times until it [..]
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9:57 pm, October 1, 2013
Why dont we just start State of the Game with WvW or PvE?
If you are an active Guild Wars 2 sPvP player there is a big chance you have heard about Guru State of the Game and if you arent into sPvP [..]
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7:23 pm, October 1, 2013
Before I get into this let me say that I'm really enjoying the game so far. I actually came into the game with a very negative experience from the beta, but my opinion changed in on [..]
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6:42 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 [..]
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5:01 pm, October 1, 2013
I was cleaning out my hard drive and I noticed that GW2 had created 4 folders in my appdata\local\temp folder that each contained a copy of the Gw2Stream.dat file that was 10.9 GB in [..]
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4:56 pm, October 1, 2013
So I was wondering if anyone had any strategies for Sorrows Embrace Path 1 and 2?
Specifically, the first part in path 1, they keep spawning 4-6 silver rated mobs that run to the start, while killing [..]
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3:54 pm, October 1, 2013
The story in this game is absolutely terrible. Its a shame because this world has so much potential. Everything to the combat, artwork, lvling its all really done nicely. However the effect the very b [..]
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2:56 pm, October 1, 2013
By new content I mean "editing" the existing content. Editing as in the multiple 4-5+ champion npc's with insta dead abilities that now spawn during defend the camps in Cu [..]
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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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11:30 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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11:00 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 [..]
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10:40 am, October 1, 2013
I keep hearing over and over again that no one needs ascended items in the game, therefore any discussion about obtaining the items is not important because the items themselves are not important.
If [..]
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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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7:34 am, October 1, 2013
While everyone else salivates about new content, or complains about gear progression I see a lack of actual change or even dev commentary to have anything to do with the real core of the game- profess [..]
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6:48 am, October 1, 2013
I'll admit, the Fractals have been pretty fun and I'm sure there is some way to make the Ascended gear work in some way down the line. Right now though both the Fractals and Ascended gear are carrying [..]
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5:39 am, October 1, 2013
As today's topic is similar to the Temple of Grenth guide, it will follow a similar format and copy some elements.
The Temple of Balthazar is one of the 5 Temple meta chains that exists in the Orrian [..]
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5:29 am, October 1, 2013
Per Wiki,
QuoteThe Living World in Guild Wars 2 is ArenaNet's official term for changes to the game intended to bring the world of Guild Wars 2 to life. Each major game update includes NPCs, events, [..]
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2:48 am, October 1, 2013
One question popped out in my head over and over again, Ascended gear is here (small dose) whether we like it or not and that`s not gonna change.
But what happens now since Ascended will not be that & [..]
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2:42 am, October 1, 2013
Recently Anet has posted many changes that modify items from soul bind to account bind. One of these examples includes Karma recipes.
As such, isn't it better to have the Karma to be account bound ra [..]
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2:17 am, October 1, 2013
This topic is in the form of a question because I am not trying to troll, but seeking answers or work-a rounds from the community.
My assumptions from sneaking a peak at some forums from work today: [..]
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1:28 am, October 1, 2013
I use wikis as the resource of choice for video games. I've stopped looking at Gamefaqs and random sites for information about Diablo 2 and Runescape from back in the day. Guildwiki was an introductio [..]
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1:03 am, October 1, 2013
Been having a bit of fun using the Wayback Machine to peer through ANet's blog, which they decided to take down.
I thought I would share something from their blog and see what kind of discussion it l [..]
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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
...Or, does the average gamer really froth at the mouth for multiple tiers of mystery chests?
Controversial *attention grabbing header* I know, but Crystin Cox single contribution to the Gem Store se [..]
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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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11:35 pm, September 30, 2013
T6 Mat Farm Guide
(hopefully, this is in the right place!)
Much like many players, I'm dirt poor. I developed these runs in conjunction with a freind of mine, Handmade. We're both working on legendar [..]
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11:13 pm, September 30, 2013
(i had this posted on guild wars official forums but the admins destroyed it changing my posts changing the topic names and deleting multiple posts, So hopefully i can get my concerns heard properly h [..]
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9:32 pm, September 30, 2013
Looking for people to do COF Path 3 with. I will be pugging my way to dungeon master. This path is challenging but, can be managed with a well coordinated PUG. If you are interested, please PM me here [..]
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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 [..]
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5:46 pm, September 30, 2013
Do we have the option of storing multiple builds on a character at one time, which we can swap to when needed? Certain builds are more suitable for WvW instead of spvp so this would [..]
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5:13 pm, September 30, 2013
While we're all pretty excited about the upcoming launch of GW2, as a guild leader I have to say that I'm worried about what I see as the coming fragmentation of our guilds, something I've seen in the [..]
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5:12 pm, September 30, 2013
Too many games slack off on creating dynamic environments and overlook weather and sound, resulting in the mood of the environment being too dull. Guild Wars 2 has done so many thin [..]
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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 [..]
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4:00 pm, September 30, 2013
This is not MY guide its The Great Assassins Guide off the GW2 forums i think it will be helpful so i am posting it here
This guide has one purpose: To teach people how to damage a world boss. This is [..]
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3:42 pm, September 30, 2013
Hey all, firstly I'd just like to say I've really enjoyed the game so far, so I hope this doesn't come across as too much of a moan, the PvP and story have been great, but I am curious to see what peo [..]
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3:39 pm, September 30, 2013
Are exotic sets of armor and jewelery soon to be worthless? Now that there will always be the next armor and gear to get like every other mmo, does it make all that players have worked for already wor [..]
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2:59 pm, September 30, 2013
Sometimes I just can't stand this game at all. In a lot of ways it feels like ArenaNet developed this game to be unfair in a manner that almost seems like "developer trolling". So here start [..]
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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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12:19 pm, September 30, 2013
Okay so I have noticed now that they have changed how they reward tokens and Gold in the Explorable paths and dungeons, as well as changed the champions so that they drop boxes which vary in rarity et [..]
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11:25 am, September 30, 2013
...Or, does the average gamer really froth at the mouth for multiple tiers of mystery chests?
Controversial *attention grabbing header* I know, but Crystin Cox single contribution to the Gem Store se [..]
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9:50 am, September 30, 2013
As per the title.
My group completed story mode of CM and wanted to run through it again, but it only wants to put us in explorable mode. Is it possible to run story mode multiple times? If so, how d [..]
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9:41 am, September 30, 2013
From what I understand the "Diminishing Return" changes were added as a solution to combat botting. As a result, legitimate players are being effected negatively by having [..]
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8:18 am, September 30, 2013
So was wondering this, seems that some classes are way more heavily played than others, and it also seems to be getting worse.
First day I saw a great mix of classes running all about, second less, a [..]
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7:41 am, September 30, 2013
[WHAT IF] is going to be my series of sporadically added threads into General discussion forum, focusing on, well, discussions about various game changes, what would happen if they occurred and how to [..]
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7:37 am, September 30, 2013
[WHAT IF] is going to be my series of sporadically added threads into General discussion forum, focusing on, well, discussions about various game changes, what would happen if they occurred and how to [..]
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6:28 am, September 30, 2013
Eight years later, you can still go back and enjoy all of Guild Wars' PvE content to it's fullest. From the original campaign up to the newest, very little of the core experience is taken away by the [..]
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5:55 am, September 30, 2013
Ok so I was happy when I read:
Increased the loot rewards on many world boss chests, including the chests in Orr temples and the dragon chests.
But then I read:
Fixed a bug on certain world boss ch [..]
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5:48 am, September 30, 2013
I'll go straight to the point here: ANet has almost completely destroyed the "Mule" character in GW2. Having multiple dungeon armors and weapons fills up my bank pretty quickly and continuin [..]
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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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4:52 am, September 30, 2013
The neccasary components are as follows
Dusk of Rage: (exotic greatsword) Purchased from trading post for 60 Gold
Gift of Metal: 250 Orichalcum ingots
250 Darkness ingots
250 Mithril ing [..]
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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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