6:18 am, November 1, 2014
Hello Tyrians,
A few weeks ago, some of us on the WvW team were chatting about how we can better connect with the community, and we came up with the idea of joining different guilds in different leag [..]
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7:18 pm, October 7, 2014
The air is getting chilly, leaves are beginning to fall, and theres a definite hint of spookiness around Tyria! The Halloween celebration may not be coming back until later this month, but I just [..]
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7:18 am, September 18, 2014
With the New Player Experience (the NPE), A.Net set out to redistribute the game's progression, in hopes of making the game more appealing. My core issue with this idea is that they focused on a syste [..]
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7:18 pm, September 17, 2014
With the New Player Experience (the NPE), A.Net set out to redistribute the game's progression, in hopes of making the game more appealing. My core issue with this idea is that they focused on a syste [..]
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7:18 pm, August 26, 2014
Hello, everybody, Im Isaiah Cartwright, the lead game designer on Guild Wars 2. Im going to be introducing you to three of the changes to Guild Wars 2 coming up in [..]
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7:18 pm, August 14, 2014
I noticed GW2 is on 50% sale and I was like "maybe it's a good time to convince some friends to get it". That was moslty a hypothetical thought, since my friends who're into MMOs are already [..]
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7:18 pm, June 17, 2014
This week the Black Lion Trading Company is proud to bring out an exciting update to character customization with some head-turning greens and pinks for your hair or eyes! Were also bringing back [..]
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3:16 pm, April 19, 2014
Thank you all for such an overwhelming turnout to the Tournament of Legends!
Weve seen well over 200 teams register to battle it out for their chance at a legendary weapon! Because the community came [..]
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9:16 am, April 17, 2014
I like the Feature patch. The PvP changes are atrocious, but since A.Net seems hell-bent on making GW2 into a PvE game, even that **** makes sense. It's not good, but it makes sense. Looking past that [..]
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3:16 am, April 16, 2014
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We here at the Black Lion Trading Company have been busy preparing to bring some exciting inventory changes online. Were proud to present you with three brand-new armor skins, five f [..]
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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 [..]
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9:16 pm, April 1, 2014
Greetings fellow Tyrians! Allie Murdock here; Community Coordinator at ArenaNet. Im excited to announce our first GuildWars2 Tournament of Legends on April 26-27 for Europe and May 3-4 for North Ameri [..]
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8:16 am, March 19, 2014
Over the past month or so, I've spent a lot of time playing Sanctum Sprint, making an effort on my own part to see how fast I can finish the race. In that time, I've witnessed a lot [..]
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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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8:16 am, February 22, 2014
One of the most laziest thing I have EVER. I mean EVER saw. The patch itself to the city. Its awesome. It leaves you wanting more.
But when you are doing the personal story for the first time or for t [..]
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8:16 pm, February 21, 2014
In many threads here I keep coming across a baseline conspiracy theory which is that Anet is bleeding people dry of their money and they are doing it successfully because ... Well that's where the log [..]
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2:16 pm, February 13, 2014
I know I have brought this up before but I have a new take on it and was wondering what people think of it.
So friendly fire is when an attack you make damages characters on your own side. Nothing to [..]
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2:16 am, February 13, 2014
https://forum-en.gui...velopment/first
QuoteHey everyone,
For our upcoming CDI projects, we would like to collect your ideas for professions that need balancing. Since there are 8 professions, we wo [..]
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2:16 pm, February 3, 2014
The purpose of this thread is to discuss Condition Damage in the game whether you think it's fine, is completely broken, or could just be tweaked to be more useful.
My thoughts:
Instead of a global [..]
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2:16 am, December 4, 2013
Wintersday is just around the corner! The air is getting crisper, Lions Arch will soon be decorated you know, I and my fellow Black Lion Trading Company representatives are so excited, we think i [..]
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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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2:16 am, November 9, 2013
So i was looking through the forums on gw2 today and came to a thread asking why karma was nerfed so hard. Feeling the same way, i checked out the thread. Here is it copy/pasted.
"ANET,
For newb [..]
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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 [..]
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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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7:43 pm, October 19, 2013
Should have kept the Holy trinity or if you were going to remove it make a DEEP combat system not some spam fest where it doesn't matter what skills you use in a row and not really any combos to do ma [..]
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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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9:16 pm, October 15, 2013
Halloween has returned to Tyria, along with the Mad Kingbut a new menace has emerged to threaten both the Mad Realm and our world! Magister Tassi needs your help to keep everyone alive long enough to [..]
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9:16 pm, October 15, 2013
Edrick was a monster, he brought his family shame
So the locked him in a box, mouth stuffed with candy corn
But now the son has risen to take his fathers name
Beware the Bloody Prince, the son of [..]
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6:01 pm, October 14, 2013
First, I suppose I should give the required statement of "I didnt see any similar threads, please direct me to them if they are in existence".
Ok, so after my time with the game so far, the [..]
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11:57 pm, October 12, 2013
Hey everyone, since I am going to be leveling alts soon what is the most efficient way/ fastest way to level? I am not sure how I am going to approach this. I do not care if I will be missing any cont [..]
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4:04 am, October 11, 2013
Since this relates to both PvE and PvP I couldnt really post it twice in those forums so sticking it here. While I love my Warrior and it it my main it feels like this game just fav [..]
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1:41 pm, October 10, 2013
Recently just tried to run CM. Seemed to be more mindless than I remember, spending more time looking at the map to respawn than actually fighting and having fun.
I hear they beefe [..]
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1:27 am, October 10, 2013
This is all taken from an Anet employee's FB page. Cheers mate!
I didn't implement this feature but it's super awesome so you should use it. It's most popular with the /dance emote, but it actually w [..]
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6:15 am, October 9, 2013
I'm playing on the Henge of Denravi server and my friend just got the game today and the server is full. Will he be able to log onto it later at a time where the server is less populated and make it h [..]
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2:30 am, October 9, 2013
Hi all,
I started this thread ( https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/How-happy-are-you-with-the-new-trait/first#post2285599 )on the official forums under general discussion. After reading t [..]
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10:46 pm, October 6, 2013
This thread is for everyone who agrees that GW1 was a better game than GW2. If you don't agree, stop reading now please.
The idea here is to build ideas on how to improve GW2 based on gameplay streng [..]
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4:12 pm, October 6, 2013
Hello there
As I could see there wasn't any topic related to what I'm about to tell so I created one myself.
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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 [..]
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11:24 am, October 6, 2013
I made this thread on reddit and would also like to receive feedback from gw2guru community as well.
I haven't experienced the whole experience of PVP in Guildwars 2 (as in reaching level 80 and so o [..]
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11:12 pm, October 5, 2013
Hey folks, it’s Chap again! There are a lot of changes coming in this release, and I wanted to explain the thought processes behind some of them. Today I’ll be joined by Karl and R [..]
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8:00 am, October 5, 2013
The new implementaions to Guild Wars 2 are indeed good to the general gameplay, and I am not going against it, but does anyone feel like Guild Wars 1 was much more nostalgic to play than Guild Wars 2. [..]
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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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8:15 pm, October 4, 2013
This post will include spoilers pertaining to the personal storyline, so if you have not completed it yet, and continue to read on, don't complain.
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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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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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8:49 am, October 4, 2013
Hey people, I've came here to get some advise from people that are actively playing GW2 who have reached max level/done the main quests.
I've yet to play GW2, however I did pre-purchase it, but decide [..]
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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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11:59 pm, October 3, 2013
I'm not claiming anything by stating this but as we all know, before release Nexon purchased a large share of NCSoft (enough to make decisions I believe) and hired somebody onto the Guild Wars 2 team. [..]
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7:22 pm, October 3, 2013
So we all know that some of Tyria's most famous regions are not accessible in the game, most notably the Crystal Desert and Fire Islands. In a way, I understand why they chose these two to leave out b [..]
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7:10 pm, October 3, 2013
Divinitys Reach is hosting a magnificent celebration! Her Majesty Queen Jennah of Kryta is commemorating the tenth year of her rule and using the occasion to celebrate the triumph of humanity over the [..]
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1:42 pm, October 3, 2013
We will soo have way of playing on another server without having to leave our current one.
What about agreeing as a community on server where everyone would guest when playing open world PvE?
It wou [..]
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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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2:49 am, October 3, 2013
In this thread we will be discussing the most recent addition of vertical progression to GW2 with the Lost Shores update & what it really means for GW2. This topic has a tendenc [..]
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1:53 am, October 3, 2013
Hello guys
I ve just bought the game yesterday and today i played the stress test. I liked the game coz it has some simple quest to level up nice skill animations and generally it must be good althoug [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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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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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 [..]
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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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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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6:45 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 [..]
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4:21 am, October 2, 2013
Further to the november release i noticed a comment on the patch notes that said they had fixed the issue of people being kicked from the final boss in dungeons to allow for guild members to join.
I [..]
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9:54 pm, October 1, 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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9:17 pm, October 1, 2013
I thought they got rid of that trait?
How come every dungeon I stand outside ask for 1 guardian, 1 warrior, 2 cloth dps and 1 leather dps?
I'm finding it hard to keep playing, I'm trying to do the & [..]
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8:35 pm, October 1, 2013
ArenaNet has posted a handy little guide for those of you who want a push in the right direction. Think of it as flipping through a player's guide of a game you're playing through. We'll also be pos [..]
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8:02 pm, October 1, 2013
Now, if i'm not mistaken Anet Added area items such as boulders and other items but in AC Its rather stupid. Ran with a few People last night and 2 People stood Opposite each other with a Rock each. N [..]
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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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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 [..]
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2:34 pm, October 1, 2013
So, as we all know, Arenanet has placed many "gold sinks" into Guild Wars 2 and vastly limited the ability to productively farm, as opposed to how easily possible it was in Guild Wars. Their [..]
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2:11 pm, October 1, 2013
I really don't envy the life of a game developer, it must be very disheartening to be constantly moaned at by your player-base. How much is enough for the MMO gamer? Will you or I ever be pleased?
&q [..]
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2:08 pm, October 1, 2013
3 weeks ago, it was the universal trend to disregard any negative feedback towards ANet and their amazing game, whether it was valid criticism or just pointless ranting. Those posts would commonly be [..]
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1:00 pm, October 1, 2013
Is it me or is Anet become more greedy with the store and are they thinking the started a casino???? Now the special event pets are not sold in gemstore like they did the halloween 1's
YOu need to buy [..]
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12:18 pm, October 1, 2013
Well, I noticed something rather odd on the TP today. Earlier this morning unidentified dyes were 10s each, and last time I checked(a few minutes ago) they were 19s each, which is... uh, a bit crazy. [..]
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11:28 am, October 1, 2013
Is anyone actually enjoying underwater events?
I really, really want to enjoy exploring all the underwater content. I don't even really mind the specialty weapons too much, and most of what I've seen [..]
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11:26 am, October 1, 2013
Greetings!
We are excited to introduce you all to the new and improved Borderlands maps and the Borderlands Bloodlust buff. As part of our continuing efforts to introduce new and interesting mechanic [..]
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11:26 am, October 1, 2013
So I was checking the human zone progression and noticed that after Gendarran fields (25-35) the next area is Harathi Highlands (35-45), which makes me wonder so where the Fields of Ruin (30-40) fits [..]
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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 [..]
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9:59 am, October 1, 2013
I (and many others) thought this particular boss battle was lacking something, like for example: a battle. Hop on ship, **** some trash and wait for mahlazor to fire, then pelt dragon with fireballs u [..]
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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 [..]
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5:18 am, October 1, 2013
People have been saying that range is better due to aoe damage and survivability. You think Anet will try to fix this or leave it as is?
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4:54 am, October 1, 2013
I've never had this problem before, and I'm curious if this is plaguing anyone else? I've checked with my ISP, ran virus/malware scans, went as far as buying a new router/modem and every once in a whi [..]
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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, [..]
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3:38 am, October 1, 2013
As everyone knows "Dungeon's token" are account bound but how these token are obtained?
The answers is easy, you get the tokens when you **** the last boss.
If 4 people choose to leave the [..]
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2:56 am, October 1, 2013
With the February 26 update changing stealth to no longer reset monster aggro table; has stealth become useless versus all but players?
I ask this because earlier today I was working on dailies in a [..]
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1:55 am, October 1, 2013
So, I just found a post on reddit that I believe everyone should see:
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I believe I can speak for a large number of people from Sanctum of Rall when I say that tonight something happened that I [..]
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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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11:47 pm, September 30, 2013
Repost of a repost - OP was lost in the shuffle. I apologize.
This thread has been deleted from the official forums without any reason. Banns have been issued to the people posting. Please spread th [..]
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10:54 pm, September 30, 2013
Hello everyone, a while back i created a discussion with what the community wants as a tool outside the game, so I started studying my guildwars 2 behavior inside/outside the game. I noticed alot of t [..]
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10:47 pm, September 30, 2013
Please let me preface this with:
If you are still enjoying GW2 and/or happy with ArenaNet, that's fine and I'm happy for you.
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Some of you may recognize me (mainly for my math posts) if you freq [..]
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10:27 pm, September 30, 2013
so much better. perhaps we can convince Anet to leave this one alone? ...and save time from fixing it
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10:22 pm, September 30, 2013
(This topic contains subject matter which is being posted by a person who uses immature terms, but would prefer if people could take a mature attitude towards it)
(Please keep the "But then all t [..]
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9:20 pm, September 30, 2013
Well since many of us have already achieved 80 for some time and have mostly been doing Cursed Shore of Orr for farming either karma or gold or both (dont think there is a better map for this purpose) [..]
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9:09 pm, September 30, 2013
This video took a very long time to make but I am happy with the result. If the griefers weren't there in the beginning the run would have been even faster.
Select scenes with commentary0:15 - Deali [..]
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8:53 pm, September 30, 2013
SO, I've been trying to get done with my personal storyline for a month now. I have to go into arah and **** zhaitan... but what has happened is, the meta events ALWAYS bugs up. It has been like this [..]
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5:45 pm, September 30, 2013
This doesn't mean ignore the negatives, but there's a whole helluva lot things GW2 has avoided that, sadly, other MMO titles have failed terribly at. Bullet points won't make me any more right or wron [..]
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5:43 pm, September 30, 2013
Hi everyone,
I've played 4 characters to level 80. I enjoyed levelling, but now i'm at lvl 80 and have a character i really enjoy, i'm looking at acquiring some goodlooking gear. i have my eye on my [..]
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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 [..]
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