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 20, 2014
Peter looks thrilled. Rubi and Teddy look frightened. With a planning session like that, this week’s Points of Interest might be the first to make Rubi wish for a mute button-which should [..]
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6:18 pm, November 20, 2014
Hello, world! My name is Justin O’Dell, and I’m one of the server programmers on the Structured Player vs. Player (sPvP) team.
I’m here to talk to you about the upcomin [..]
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6:18 pm, November 12, 2014
This week's Blizzcon brought us a panel on D3.
A quick summary:
http://www.diablofan...ouls-panel-live
A few things that stand out and seem very similar to what we are experiencing in GW2 (stole [..]
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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, September 20, 2014
So,my account has been blocked due to unacceptable behaviour 3 days ago,i've sent 5 tickets but no answer except the first one where a nice support guy told me my situation needed f [..]
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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, September 4, 2014
As part of the upcoming feature pack for Guild Wars 2, well be shipping a change thats been a long time in the making: a brand-new Trading Post! Weve put a lot of work into it to str [..]
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7:18 am, August 29, 2014
I don't feel like they're at all addressing any of the actual needs of the game. New backpacks, a cleaner crafting UI, and new commander colors are all very nice things. But where is precursor craftin [..]
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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 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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7:18 pm, July 14, 2014
As we all know, that MMO games are different every year, and some people willy-nilly have a different view on some things.
Years ago MMO games wasnt that big, as it's today.
That's why i would like t [..]
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7:18 pm, June 24, 2014
Youve got just one week left to revel in the Festival of the Four Winds, and the Black Lion Trading Company has everything you need to wring every last ounce of enjoyment from each day! Read on to [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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7:18 am, May 3, 2014
Is there any news about what is coming next for GW2 content? What should we be expecting for the month of May?
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9:16 pm, April 22, 2014
A new week means new items and savings from the Black Lion Trading Company! Read on to learn about this weeks news!
NewLawless Helm and Shoulders!
Show off you [..]
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9:16 pm, April 17, 2014
This is probably a big "duh" to most of you, but just in case:
If you ever wanted to give your Ele a Necro mask, now is the time.
By simply creating a character, any starter Wardrobe look [..]
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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 [..]
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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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8:16 pm, March 27, 2014
We’re using the April 2014 Feature Pack as an opportunity to introduce some improvements that we’re really excited for: account-bound World XP and ascended and legendary gear! We w [..]
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8:16 pm, March 21, 2014
One of the balance changes coming in the April 2014 Feature Pack is the introduction of ferocity, a brand new stat that will affect your critical damage. Ferocity is being introduced to make bonus cri [..]
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8:16 pm, March 20, 2014
Okay, so Tera is introducing a new class in May, and I feel that Anet should step up their game if they want to compete with this sort of thing. Instead of more GEM STORE bologna, and Living Story yaw [..]
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8:16 am, March 19, 2014
I know how absurd that sounds, and there was a time not long ago I would have been among the first to dismiss it. This morning in fact. But things that have happened and been said as of this newest pa [..]
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2:16 am, March 13, 2014
Recently a person on CDI-Fractal Evolution named Esya.3427 posted the idea of Account wide agony resistance(like Magic Find i think).
The response from Chris Whiteside :I will dis [..]
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8:16 pm, March 11, 2014
All of us here at the Black Lion Trading Company would like to express our pride in the folks currently storming Lions Arch to reclaim the city. As the company is currently serving as part of the [..]
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8:16 pm, March 7, 2014
We extinguished the molten alliance, blew up the aetherblades, poisoned the toxic alliance, and finally ****** scarlet in what to me felt like five seconds. . . But that doesn't stop what's coming fro [..]
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8:16 pm, February 28, 2014
MODERATOR EDIT: A list of authorized retailers is listed in a later post. All other sources are not to be trusted.
Hello all. After playing the game for 3 months I decided to buy some gems to enhance [..]
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8:16 pm, February 25, 2014
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/CDI-Fractal-Evolution/first
This I take a bit of an issue with. Its one thing to solicit information on classes. I [..]
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8:16 pm, February 25, 2014
The event has an interesting and unforseen flaw that I am not sure should be considered a flaw or not and want your opinions. In relation to the event you are granted credit for all the behaviors of t [..]
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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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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 [..]
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8:16 pm, February 17, 2014
Since the dissolution of karma in dungeons, there are now only three places in which to seriously gain karma:
1. Tequatl
2. lower-level fractals (I think 10 levels below your personal reward yields m [..]
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8:16 am, February 17, 2014
I read the quote below today and it struck a nerve that has been lingering for a while. Why is it that the only real difference in this game between casual and hardcore seems to be efficiency? I know [..]
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8:16 am, February 14, 2014
For this keep it "in game" so no snide "I'd say DON'T PLAY DUH!?"; spare your hatred.
An Example:
I would tell new players that one of the core mechanics to master is dodging an [..]
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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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8:16 am, February 1, 2014
Edit: Thanks much to Konzacelt for posting this on the official forms for me. Heres the link if you want to follow or partake in the discussion there.
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/T [..]
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2:16 pm, January 31, 2014
Well, this is the kind of 'ban' I am talking about. I actually wrote a thread about this in reddit, but I'm not going to lie - it went terrible. The backstory is that I accidentally failed to enter [..]
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8:16 pm, January 24, 2014
So, today I was pugging for a CoF P1 run (yes, CoF P1, that's how serious this issue is) and clearly stated in the LFG that the requirements were that the people joining for using a zerker setup and w [..]
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8:16 pm, January 23, 2014
Looking to satiate your competitive urges? Weve got you covered. Whether you want to watch some high-level gameplay or jump into the action yourself, weve got Guild Wars 2 tournament [..]
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8:16 pm, January 9, 2014
Well at least that I can see with numbers on the screen. I use a couple of shouts as a Guardian and I was doing some testing yesterday to see how much damage was being reverted back to my attacker whe [..]
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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 [..]
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2:16 pm, January 1, 2014
I think that game would rock the world. They really should learn from each other. I just bought Skyrim LE on Steam and I can't get enough of it. Flaws of both can be seem in the other game. Here are s [..]
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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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8:16 am, December 20, 2013
I mean Zhaitan never directly showed before the final campaign, all we fought was his minions, that was ok because we knew his threat through his minions. But in the end game dungeon we still spent mo [..]
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2:16 am, December 19, 2013
Writing for Guild Wars 2 is a hugely collaborative effort, and at times that collaboration transcends the sum of its parts. Sometimes a character takes on a life of its own and we, t [..]
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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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6:38 pm, November 28, 2013
This is my outline on how to do this right. Sort off.
1) Month 1: Discontinue MF item creation:
"Rogue Second in Command after Shatterer has started consuming certain kind magic, he is rebelling [..]
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8:16 am, November 28, 2013
When we added the World XP system to World vs. World, it was our goal to create a sense of character progression in WvW gameplay. We wanted to reward people who put time into WvW by increasing the too [..]
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2:16 pm, November 27, 2013
So I got 100 gold to spare and I want to contribute in WvW and help guildies. What class of mine should get Commander? What would be best to fully support others and why?
- Guardian
- Ele
- Mesmer
- [..]
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8:16 pm, November 26, 2013
Episode 27 Get Ready Get Set Fractal!
So this time we are preparing for the Fractured patch. This should go a long way into getting us to stick around longer in game. Because right now the game is re [..]
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1:46 pm, November 25, 2013
Martin Kerstein
Head of Global Community
Critickitten: You mention in your first paragraph that this is your opinion. I changed the thread title to reflect that (which you could have done in the first [..]
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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, November 19, 2013
With the release of Fractals, were making several exciting additions and changes to the Fractals of the Mists infinite dungeon. Heres a brief overview of the changes you can expect!
Changes to Fracta [..]
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8:16 am, November 18, 2013
So at this stage I'm mostly just the guy who wrote that lore summary once and drops by like once every year to contribute something, probably half-finished, and then leaves because Guild Wars 2 just h [..]
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8:16 am, November 18, 2013
So, my previous thread got deleted, and I haven't (yet) been informed why. (Shoutout to you, admins!) Here are the contents of the disputable and controversial upcoming update.
I am NOT supporting o [..]
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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 [..]
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10:14 am, November 11, 2013
Not by using gems but in the game itself. Not a makeover either.
Even in GW timeline hair dye should have been around for ages. Now that rifles and all these crazy machines are showing up. Hair dying [..]
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8:16 am, November 11, 2013
Is this a good idea or ripe for abuse? I just saw this pop up in reddit. I know some players aren't coming back at all to the game for one thing or another but will this bring back the ones that wande [..]
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8:16 am, November 10, 2013
Hey everyone.
Yesterday, as usually I was playing GW2, nothing special, FOTM level 38, WvW and AC P1/P2.
Later on that day, when I tried logging back in GW2 I received a message upon the log in scree [..]
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2:16 pm, November 5, 2013
Neither snow nor rain nor invasions from the Mad Realm nor the uprising of the new and deadly Toxic Alliance will keep the Black Lion Trading Company from providing you with new and useful items! [..]
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2:43 am, October 24, 2013
So today I was greeted in my email box with an email that saved my 60$ purchase. But now I'm wondering if there is anything else I can do to protect my account other than changing my password?
I gue [..]
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9:16 pm, October 23, 2013
Title says it all.
Why can the costmes(Witch is awesome for a necro btw) look so cool yet we have so many armors sharing the same skins? EX. All 'Named' Armor should not all look the same, it takes i [..]
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4:40 pm, October 21, 2013
Not sure if ANet has or will implement this emote, but I believe they should. Would be brilliant IMO:
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8:43 pm, October 19, 2013
From arenanet's "regions" info dump:
QuoteIn time, well also introduce free guesting, which will allow players to visit other worlds as guests as long as they have friends on those worlds. [..]
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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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12:18 am, October 19, 2013
So, the original Guild Wars (GW1) had an actual 'Guild War' feature where Guild's would fight other Guilds to try and take each other's base's which is what the game is originally about; hence the nam [..]
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10:04 pm, October 18, 2013
When you're at the character select screen in GW2, there are points being collected in the upper right. What are they for? For each of the beta weekends the in-game store was completely hosed for me, [..]
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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 [..]
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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.
 [..]
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12:11 pm, October 17, 2013
So i've been playing GW2 for about a month or so after its release and i really enjoy playing it and haven't really stopped ever since I got it. But recently I've come to notice that i'm really gettin [..]
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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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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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9:06 pm, October 15, 2013
Hey everyone
I dont know if this is the correct section, but you should really check your Guild Banks.
Somehow my own Guilds Storage is completely gone. The Guild Bank NPC says "Your Guild has [..]
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3:55 pm, October 15, 2013
Hey guys! Starting a new show so submit, submit, submit! ...your material. Oh, and any ideas w/ what I should showcase, plz do tell. Trying to make something every GW fan would love to see weekly. Tha [..]
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3:16 pm, October 15, 2013
Here:
http://gw.zweistein.cz/gw2polls/index.php
I hope to build big enough dataset to clearly see relationships between different answers.
So I humbly ask you to:
* Come up with questions that sho [..]
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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 [..]
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12:58 am, October 15, 2013
I've noticed that the Laurel Merchant sells infusions that don't have agony resistance and was wondering whether ANet's said or suggested that agony may be utilized outside of fractals. I've not done [..]
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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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6:13 am, October 14, 2013
So the guild wars 2 launcher was downloading a 700 files update or something. It was at 99 so I click log in and it said the following "you've enabled email authentication for [..]
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3:22 am, October 14, 2013
1. GW2 is a solo game.
While the game has group content or groping makes the content more enjoyable, in it's core, GW2 is a solo game. When you buy GW2, you are buying a game that you will solo with t [..]
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3:16 am, October 14, 2013
I have had the game (Guild Wars 2) since the release day. However, I deleted and created characters many times because I was not convinced. This means I still have not recieved my 1 year gift.
Am I t [..]
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6:49 am, October 13, 2013
When i first saw the predator rifle pictures and the video of the person who first obtained it i fell in love with it- That sci-fi sound and a Purple trail for your bullets, grenades are purple ect. S [..]
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12:54 am, October 13, 2013
I keep bringing up solo, repeatable on-demand content here and I figured I'd actually make a thread about. This probably won't be just about that, but with a title that's "slightly" open to [..]
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3:41 pm, October 12, 2013
This concept somewhat bothers me.
I have done every single dungeon path and fractals (37 and stopped there) in GW2 with PUGs. And I have done them without any difficulty. I generally form my own grou [..]
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10:47 am, October 12, 2013
My group and I are trying to perfect our current composition so we can reach the furthest levels of FoTM as possible. Clearly we're gonna need to utilize combo fields as well as possible in order to b [..]
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9:37 pm, October 11, 2013
Hello there Gw2 players I been playing for a while now and I'm still wondering why hasn't a few new things hasn't been added in arena yet?
Some things I'll like to see are 1vs1 , 3vs3 , guilds vs g [..]
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9:16 pm, October 11, 2013
Kymeric hit on something that I wanted to respond to, but felt it needed it's own thread. Here is the quote and the source is here: http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/86228-x-post-chris-whiteside-on- [..]
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5:03 am, October 11, 2013
Title kinda explains my question, but yeah, anyway I think its pretty damn good the armors mostly lore friendly I say mostly because of some female light armors and I think the heavy armors are pretty [..]
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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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2:26 am, October 11, 2013
I've noticed that I don't get and money most of the time when I sell something on the TP, even when it says Success.
Is this a known issue? Should I just start vendoring everything?
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7:52 pm, October 10, 2013
First of all, Magic Find. Sounds like a significant stat in the game, yet, not much is known about it (to me anyway). So I'm curious to know more about it and hope someone could enlighten me with how [..]
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3:55 pm, October 10, 2013
this idea just hit me, and I presume some of you've already thought about this.
I started thinking about why the hell you should pay for a rank (Commander) and instead earn it with [..]
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3:21 pm, October 10, 2013
So I bought 1600 gems from the store just now and it gave me an error code so I didn't get the gems but they still charged my bank account...what should I do?
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2:51 pm, October 10, 2013
Right. Now that I have created my characters(White Sylvari Ranger{is gonna be using bows}, badass Elder Norn{Longbow+Banners-idk second weapon-was thinking of Rifle}, human Noble Guardian with an ange [..]
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2:26 pm, October 10, 2013
as the title asks, do you think the maximum level cap should have been level 20 in guildwars 2?
you'd get to level 20 at the same rate you get to level 20 now. only all maps past level 20 are scaled t [..]
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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 [..]
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10:33 am, October 10, 2013
It would be nice if rewards in lower level areas are scaled to at least 2/3 of the player's actual level (for higher lvl players entering lower lvl areas). You're lvl 80 helping a friend in a lvl 10 z [..]
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