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Introducing the World Tournament Series finalists

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 [..] View

Noble Count Outfit and Grave Finisher in the Gem Store

7:18 am, October 22, 2014 Even though the Black Lion Trading Company started celebrating Halloween early, we’re not out of festival goodies yet! Read on to learn about this week’s new offerings, plus li [..] View

Tyrias Point of No Return

7:18 pm, October 20, 2014 A Living World The return of Living World Season 2 is rapidly approaching. When the season resumes on November 4, we’ll see the story pick up from the cliffhanger that left one of the worl [..] View

Overwolf Contest Results!

7:18 pm, October 17, 2014 Greetings, Tyrians! You fought, you flipped, you streamed! And now, at the end of the World vs. World Streaming Contest with Overwolf, we have our winners: First PlaceChemsorly Second Placeshinry [..] View

World Tournament Series Finals Dated and Slated

7:18 am, September 27, 2014 The Guild Wars 2 World Tournament Series will name a champion this December in China! Its our first truly international tournament, bringing together top PvP teams from North America, Europe and Chin [..] View

Introducing the New TradingPost

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 [..] View

GuildWars2 Launches inChina May 15

7:18 am, May 14, 2014 Were happy to announce that weve reached another major milestone for Guild Wars 2: the game officially launches in China on May 15 at 10:18 a.m. Beijing time! A massive event in Beij [..] View

GuildWars2 Launches inChina

7:18 pm, May 13, 2014 Today were happy to announce that weve reached another major milestone for Guild Wars 2: the game has officially launched in China. A massive event in Beijing today marked the moment [..] View

Unlocking traits.

3:16 pm, April 19, 2014 Apatiksremark made a fantastic post on reddit, showcasing the "achievements" that need to be completed to unlock traits under the new system. http://www.reddit.co...eds_to_be_done/ New chara [..] View

GW2 has a content, not a feature problem.

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 [..] View

Traits Unleashed: Forty New Traits and More!

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 [..] View

The difference between grinding and farming?

2:16 pm, March 11, 2014 Grinding comes from gear grind.(I know very smart.)The real or original meaning of grinding is that you go to "dungeons" or zones and  grind directly for the materials or g [..] View

Check Out This Weeks Gem Store Offerings!

2:16 pm, February 25, 2014 We here at the Black Lion Trading Company are honored to keep doing our part in keeping Tyria running despite Scarlet Briars devastating attacks on Lions Arch. Read on to find new offerings and sa [..] 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

Job-o-Trons Journey: TheEvolution of a Gag

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 [..] View

Release Notes for A Very Merry Wintersday

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 [..] View

Three step solution to removing Magic Find

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 [..] View

Release Notes for Fractured

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 [..] 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

Are RPGS and Casual Gamers Really Compatible?

2:16 am, November 6, 2013 Ok, laying the groundwork here for the conversation: First, there are many definitions of casual gamers. In fact, I hate the idea of calling people casual or hardcore. However, many people would cons [..] View

Gift Gems?

12:06 pm, November 3, 2013 Is it possible to buy gems for another person's account?  It's my brother's birthday and I wanted to give him some gems. If not can I just trade them to him for one copper or do I ha [..] View

60 marks per first run? Yeah, right...

3:33 am, November 1, 2013 So according to the news, ANet (apparently) changed the way dungeon rewards work. For every run you'd get 20, whlist for every first run of the day, you'd get an additional 40. Which is 60 in total. [..] 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

Saved info on Black Lion

9:44 am, October 21, 2013 Like an idiot, I decided to save my credit card info to the Black Lion Market.  I immediatly realized the error of my ways, but there doesn't seem to be a way to remove that info.&am [..] View

How to Create a Successful MMO (Part 1)

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 [..] View

Paid extra for a head start that seems like Beta.

9:24 am, October 16, 2013 I don't want to be negative, but I'm going to be anyway. I paid extra (paid months early) for a three day head start that feels more like another Beta. The head start is 2/3 over and I still haven't [..] 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

gw2 interview with Isaiah Cartwright

6:01 pm, October 15, 2013 a german fansite posted an interview with isaiah cartwright, discussing some upcoming things. i shortened the article as much as possible. do give the full article a read on: http://gw2.onlinewel...ca [..] View

Did you play Guild Wars 1?

1:37 am, October 15, 2013 After reading through the post about marketing and people suggesting the % of players in GW2 coming from the GW1 veterans I was intrigued. So out of interest how many people did (or, my apologies, sti [..] View

Why Not Buy Gold From Gold Sellers?

7:56 pm, October 12, 2013 This is a pretty simple argument that I recently though up. Why did we dislike people who bought from gold sellers in Guild Wars 1? Because, they could buy their way to get whatever they want in the g [..] View

Additional Gear Tiers: Economic Inevitability

12:38 pm, October 9, 2013 Looking at market prices from launch until now of staple items we see a clear trend of decreasing price,  namely exotic armors and weapons.  This is partly because [..] View

SweetFX Debate

1:57 am, October 8, 2013 So I have been crusing the forums and I noticed the staff didn't comment on the use of smaa or they did rather. but it was a non answer. So let me tell you what sweetfx does and if it can potenically [..] View

Attributes: Power, attack, damage, boons

11:52 pm, October 7, 2013 I'm trying to finalize my conceptualization of builds and how they function, but I'm finding myself completely lost on how damage actually works.  I'm a level 80 ranger trying to cho [..] 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

[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

All those nice fur options...

9:11 am, October 6, 2013 Charr have a decent variety of furr patterns and colors you can choose from. But the problem I encountered myself is that 90% of the time you won't be seeing it ingame. I just created a charr that mi [..] 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

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

Since the Sylvari got a major upgrade... what about the rest?

1:37 pm, October 5, 2013 The Sylvari character creator god a major color upgrade. And there is a remarkable difference. Will the other races be getting this type of upgrade in sharpness and color depth? View

Target loss on camera rotation

4:56 am, October 5, 2013 I know this is not  a new issue.  You rotate the camera and you either lose your target or switch targets.  Currently, a quick single click (mouse [..] View

$50 for 10,000 gems

9:21 pm, October 4, 2013 Alright so there's a major problem with Guild Wars 2 right now. If you go onto some random Chinese gold selling site, for around $50 you can get 100 gold. As of right now, 89 silver gets you 100 gems. [..] View

Dear Arena Net

7:03 pm, October 4, 2013 Sure there has been quite a few problems with the game on launch, lots of issues with skill points and quests (which I believe are all fixed today) Sure trading post messed up Friday and you owe me 8 [..] View

Hair limitations

6:06 pm, October 4, 2013 In the dying minutes of today's stress test I was trying desperately to get the look of a human male ranger I planned to main just right.  However, I couldn't find a single hairstyle [..] View

A Historical Guide to Tyria, GW1 locations in GW2 [Map]

3:14 pm, October 4, 2013 Hello my fellow explorers! I present to you my new Guild Wars 1 locations on the Guild Wars 2 map, or as I like to call it "A Historical Guide to Tyria". First of all, let me tell you whats [..] View

I absolutely do not like this..Gear grind in GW

3:07 pm, October 4, 2013 QuoteIn November well unveil the first Ascended items. This new rarity type falls between Exotic and Legendary on the spectrum of rarity and has slightly higher stats than Exotics. Source: https://ww [..] View

Problem with 'Daily' Achievements

11:04 am, October 4, 2013 I seem to be having a problem with the daily achievements i gather fine and that goes up on the % mark but for some reason when i **** things it's staying at 0% is anyone else having this problem? 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

Nov 15th: Reversed principles, Incompetence, or Both?

1:14 am, October 4, 2013 We all know the kafuffle about gear grind, ascended gear, etc. We know what's been said, we know what we've seen in game. We know it's just the start. So, my question is this: Does the ascended ge [..] View

Queens Jubilee Release Notes

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 [..] View

misogyny in GW2

4:58 pm, October 3, 2013 ant possibly be the only female to experience this. It makes me ill to experience this. So: the gaming world comprises of more than just males. I dont think this issue being taken seriously. 1. No the [..] View

Hall of Monuments Items by Class

4:54 pm, October 3, 2013 Hey all - there was a post on here a while back that had a table with all of the HoM rewards and which class could use each. I seem to have lost the link! I have searched the forums here and have not [..] View

So... guesting in time for halloween?

4:11 pm, October 3, 2013 Lately, my off-server guildies (Ok, there are only two, but still... they like their home servers, and our guild vision lets them do so) are wondering just when we'll all be able to play together for [..] 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

Why I'm probably quitting the game after only a few weeks

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 [..] View

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

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

VP - Reading Between the Lines

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 [..] View

Single vs Multiple Race Factions

1:34 am, October 3, 2013 First of all, what is your take on having all races living in a friendly, co-operational environment? On one hand, it's cool from the world event perspective and whatnot, that everyone can help and w [..] View

Arathi Basin, Alliance Battles and GW2

11:22 pm, October 2, 2013 Little bit of context: for the past 8 years I've considered GW1's pre-Nightfall PvP to be the best PvP among MMOs, no contest. In particular I think GW1's Alliance Battles were the best casual hot-joi [..] 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

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

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

Regardless of any issues with GW2, It is still one of the best MMORPG out Yet.

8:59 am, October 2, 2013 Its been less than a month since the game came out and of course there will be issues which arenanet will fix. I still think its one of the best MMO's in the market. . Let me know what one thing you [..] View

The grind

6:53 am, October 2, 2013 TO CONDENSE MY SENTIMENTS: Good players are not rewarded for overcoming challenges the majority of the games status symbols and cool items are gained from performing an easy task for an inordinate am [..] View

After playing GW2, I decided I'd prefer a sub fee over any cash shop

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 [..] View

GW2 guru NOT one of the top ten sites for GW2 players?

5:33 am, October 2, 2013 Not posting this to start anything, but I was just surprised this site: http://www.guildwars2hub.com/features/editorials/ten-websites-all-gw2-players-should-bookmark was not one the list not even for [..] View

Guild Wars 2: From Excitement to Frustration

3:58 am, October 2, 2013 This will be a long post. There is a TL;DR at the bottom if you're not invested in reading a lot. ------- I am a hardcore MMO player, as I'm sure some of you are as well. I hold this title because I [..] View

Want to support Anet...but I do not like GW2 Cash shop.

3:30 am, October 2, 2013 Well, I purchased some "gems" and I must say I feel as though it is a waste of money. If I had properly read the description to begin with, I wouldn't have bought it at all. I just...I suppo [..] View

Has anet put their cash shop before content?

2:19 am, October 2, 2013 just been bugging me and had to post keys should be able to drop of mobs or bought with ingame money not only gems mini pets - a few should be quest given/ rewards for doing stuff in pve not gems onl [..] View

GW2 is too easy

1:00 am, October 2, 2013 and obviously I'm not alone who thinks that http://www.mmorpg.co...e-Too-Easy.html View

Anyone else feels burnt out already? Nothing to do, nothing to aim for.

12:45 am, October 2, 2013 First of all, this is not a flame or troll post and if you have nothing insightful to add, I ask you to simply not reply. I have put a little over 250 hours in the game now, playing with my old Guild [..] View

Guild tags and names - how are you all planning?

11:17 pm, October 1, 2013 Since each tag can only be used once for the entirety of Guild Wars 2 across all servers, what are guild leaders doing to plan for this?  For instance, there are at least ten guilds [..] View

3 months in and now hate paying for armor repair/travel.

8:55 pm, October 1, 2013 In beta weekends I found this charge to severly handicap my ability to solo areas beyond starting areas. They have reduced the cost for both of these at earlier levels so, at launch, I was willing to [..] View

Flame and Frost: Getting Started

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 [..] View

Wintersday impressions!

8:24 pm, October 1, 2013 Here are mine: Spoiler Christmas has come and gone. For the most part, so has Wintersday. The events will run through Jan. 3, but no new content is scheduled between now and then. So I think its t [..] View

Warning about Nvidia drivers v306.23

8:11 pm, October 1, 2013 After seeing several posts in the tecnical forum about losses in performance i decided to check it out and benchmark the game myself. Resultsgot me a litle of guard, i got an overall drop of near 10 [..] View

A Guide to Dragon Bash

5:10 pm, October 1, 2013 Hello, fellow Dragon Bashers! Want to know where to go and how to get started with the celebration? Read on! Spoiler-Free Mini Guide Spoiler-Free New Items and Rewards Spoiler-Free New Achievemen [..] View

People are complaining the wrong stuff

4:59 pm, October 1, 2013 Look dungeons, grind, market , minor exploits balbalbal complain more not important!!!!!!! but BOTS! BOTS ARE EVERYWHERE ! even bots with teleport hacks ! View

Sparkfly Fen

4:28 pm, October 1, 2013 Sparkfly Fen has 20 point of interests I have 19 and can't get map completion brcause of the blunder below. Flamefrog Vale's Area of Interest: Occuintl Grounds. The marker on the map can't be found [..] View

The Queens Speech All-New Content Begins August 20!

2:28 pm, October 1, 2013 Queen Jennah’s jubilee celebration continues in Divinity’s Reach! The skies are filled with hot air balloons conveying Tyrians to Her Majesty’s closing remarks. What sur [..] View

Name with inappropriate "word" seriously?

11:41 am, October 1, 2013 I been waiting so long to make my secondary character. Been researching for a name and practicing the looks. Well i couldnt find a name that i liked so ill call it like my dog, what do you guys think [..] View

On Lottery (RNG) Boxes

11:25 am, October 1, 2013 Posted to GW2 Forums, I don't expect it to last.  Please comment there as well. TLDR: Points are boiled down here, but I encourage you to ready the body. The Right to Make Money N [..] View

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

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

The GW2 Holy Trinity

11:00 am, October 1, 2013 Now, Before you watch this video going over the Guild Wars 2 Holy Trinity please have a look at this here: http://gw2101.gtm.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/combat/healing-*****/ Or if you don't trust the [..] View

Sky Pirates of Tyria Begins Today

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 ****** [..] View

Why GW2 lacks RNG where it's needed

9:59 am, October 1, 2013 QuoteCharacters that are one year old will receive a Mini Queen Jennah, a 24-hour Birthday Booster, and a Scroll of Experience. 13 characters hitting 1 year mark, 13 Jennahs?? If one can't be innova [..] View

Looting is not a fun experience

9:18 am, October 1, 2013 Looting is not fun in my opinion. I had this feeling since the first BWE and it stayed with me through all iterations of the Beta/Stress events so far. The experience and actual action of looting feel [..] View

Clockwork Chaos Guide

8:50 am, October 1, 2013 Emissaries and citizens are gathered in Divinitys Reach, but someone else has plans for the Queens speech! NOTE: At the beginning of this release, the Crown Pavilion will become temporarily unavailab [..] View

I am astonished GW2 is still alive, what keeps you guys playing?

8:33 am, October 1, 2013 I quit the game around level 50 several months ago because I just couldn't take it any more. This is a guy who played several F2P mmo's, including a korean mmo, and getting pretty far in it. What keep [..] View

thank you anet

8:12 am, October 1, 2013 thank you anet, for making me wait 2 weeks to finish my storyline, because getting into arah can't be done without doing tons of meta events first. And the meta event was bugged for 2 weeks. Then I wa [..] View

Cutting to the chase.

6:46 am, October 1, 2013 Having played most of the MMO's that are and was on the market for over 12 years now, I'm starting to get tired of the same cycle. Maybe I'm just getting older and less patient though, who really know [..] View

How much does this resonate with you?

6:17 am, October 1, 2013 Here's a review written by forbes. I like to think of forbes as a reputable source. Much of what's written there is reasonable and it resonates with me as what I see to be problems with GW2. Whilst G [..] View

Exposing the Truth, Past and Present.

6:14 am, October 1, 2013 Purpose:  In effect, what I intend to do is expose ArenaNet of lies, deceit, and otherwise facilitating or spreading  false information for the sole purpose of garn [..] View

Long Run Damage Calculation, Math is Fun!

5:43 am, October 1, 2013 Hi all, Don't know if this has been posted before but I was wanting to figure out how to maximize my raw power stats (before weapon damage, traits, skills and boons/conditions are added which can be [..] View

How my Ban for Snowflake is different and unjustified!

5:37 am, October 1, 2013 I am posting this topic here because I needed a place to type this text since I can't post on the official forums. Letting my friend copy paste it here and thought well the more people that see this t [..] View

Vampiric trait on Necros and A-net logic

2:55 am, October 1, 2013 15 points into blood magic necromancers get a trait called vampiric, it should spihon life out of enemies, but there is one problem, its based on a flat value that doesnt increase with how much damage [..] View

Defeating the Holy Trinity - Success or Failure?

2:04 am, October 1, 2013 Guild Wars 2 has been out for a full year now, and it seems to be continuing to grow as more players purchase the game and join. One of the big selling points for GW2 is the fact that the game is uniq [..] View

Having an official wiki

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 [..] View

Upcoming changes to Legendaries

1:05 am, October 1, 2013 John Smith "Weve received a large amount of feedback about Legendaries becoming unreachable. This is actually a topic weve been tracking for quite some time. To ease your minds I am here to say [..] View

Cutthroat Politics Begins Today!

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 [..] View

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