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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7:18 am, October 25, 2014
So, many people around here (myself included), are not really interested in the incoming Living Story updates due to the lack of hype. Tonight's POI live show showed off some new fo [..]
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7:18 am, September 11, 2014
Well, here's the official word on that.
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Customer-Support-9-9-Feature-Build
QuoteThis is a feature that is working as intended. If you have feedback reg [..]
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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 am, June 22, 2014
Basically, title (which I misspelt, fml).
The next update will obviously bring a new dungeon and/or a raid boss or two but how zerk-friendly do you think it would be?
Looking at Pav, it seems that a [..]
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7:18 pm, May 15, 2014
An Error Prevented Saving:Flood Control: Please wait 600 seconds between posts!
What exactly is the point of 600 seconds? Isn't 60 seconds enough? Or are they expecting people to type out wall of pos [..]
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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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8:16 pm, March 5, 2014
Watch out, some major spoilers about the finale of the current Living World release!
I'd say, the link explains all!
As you can see, something has been awakened. The question is, what or who is it [..]
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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 9, 2014
I did a quick search but really didnt find anything.
My question is this: In an game with no dedicated healer why have Healing Power?
I understand it can help boost healing but is [..]
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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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8:16 am, February 1, 2014
First off, I realize ANet is striving for a "Living World." And that to ANet that means story elements are supposed to be realistic in the sense that once they happen they [..]
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8:16 pm, January 28, 2014
What is your opinion of the new Watchwork Mining Pick?
I initially thought it was like any other infinite gathering tool, but then I read this post by Vol (a strong supporter of ArenaNet and self-des [..]
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8:16 am, January 25, 2014
Would you use this armor? It's Power / Precision / Healing Power and it is new to the 21st of this month. I could see myself trying it out maybe on a warrior on something. Your thoughts?
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8:16 pm, January 23, 2014
Hi all.
So, I'm hoping you've had a chance to try out the new temp world event, and formulated your own opinions on it.
Personally, my reaction is that it's a nice change. Seems like a mix of tower [..]
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8:16 am, January 22, 2014
I will not share mine as I'm not 100% completely done forming them. Still, some of you probably are, so what are your thoughts on the matter? Do you find the new events interesting? The new bosses? Th [..]
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2:16 am, December 3, 2013
Okay, so I felt this needed it's own thread. If it doesn't I'm sorry and please merge it or w/e you need to do. But I feel this is in response to all those who have the opinion that the LS need to mov [..]
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8:16 pm, November 30, 2013
Hey all.
I'm a supporter of fractals, I enjoyed them immensly prior to the patch, as it seemed the only truly challenging pve content (L40 and above only).
However, the recent changes has left me di [..]
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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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7:21 am, October 26, 2013
Within the coming month, Halloween will be right around the corner! And with that, comes Mad King Thorn and holiday festivities. Do you think he will make his return in GW2? Do you want to see a Hallo [..]
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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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1:48 am, October 16, 2013
First let me state that I am not crying or whining about the game. I love this game. I love anything Guild Wars. So before you make a smart comment about something I say, just remember that it will be [..]
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4:02 am, October 13, 2013
Amazing Storyline Quest, really sad though that the best character in the game had to sacrifice themselves =( . Any thoughts? Still sad that Seiran had to do that =(. Why my favorite character? Agh!!! [..]
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11:45 pm, October 12, 2013
As someone who was a pretty big fan of GW1, I admit that I was looking forward to GW2 as a game to play in between major MMO releases; but I never thought of GW2 as being a game I could play for month [..]
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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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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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6:15 am, October 8, 2013
I heard the other day that we will not be getting a factions expansion. Evidently, because the company who bought out anet finds it offensive. Is this true? Also I heard that "The Great Collapse& [..]
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6:06 am, October 8, 2013
As the title says I'm getting frustrated with this login system. At the moment, I'm unable to get into the game. I was in 2 hours ago, but now I get a failure when I try to use the offical site. I get [..]
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7:59 pm, October 7, 2013
I'm going to try and make this short. I am one of those people who enjoys games where, if I run into a rough spot at a certain point in an RPG game, I can level up a bit and go back and attempt the di [..]
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2:25 am, October 7, 2013
Hello there,
Even though I owned GW1 and played it a tiny bit, I still consider myself a new GW player.
I'm not familiar with ArenaNet but I have to say that with this new patch I feel a bit disappoi [..]
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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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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 [..]
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6:33 pm, October 5, 2013
So like many I have GW2 fever and spend most of my free time reading, watching, thinking on the subject. I'm an altoholic so I've decided to build characters for each slot available. I haven't like, s [..]
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1:10 pm, October 5, 2013
I'd like to say Areanet did a great job when adding waypoints, but adding way points say you defeated the Great Nightmare Vine. A waypoint pops up, that's great. Then you choose to do path forward aft [..]
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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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7:02 am, October 4, 2013
Okay, so we've already talked a lot about the moving goalposts of introducing vertical progression to itemisation, adding profoundly obvious grind, and creating a divide between types of players. We'v [..]
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2:11 am, October 4, 2013
Warning, the following statements below is a rant. Viewer discretion is advised
If there is one thing that I could criticize Anet is how horrible and how out of place the armors in this game feel.& [..]
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7:26 pm, October 3, 2013
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/16rsh9/jan_17_dev_livestream_summary/
for those who either missed it or don't follow reddit a lot
any thoughts? I think some of it is utter ******** but e [..]
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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 [..]
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1:29 pm, October 3, 2013
Is there anything similar to rolling a dice in this game? With every outcome having the same % to win?
Such as /diceroll?
I've thought about salvage items/loot bags but i'm not sure how even the ch [..]
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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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9:54 am, October 3, 2013
I'm a noted alt-aholic in games like these, and I'm trying to avoid getting mired too much in fiddling around with different characters. In the 4-5 months I played WAR, I never got [..]
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7:27 am, October 3, 2013
So I will say that I have never seen such a tightly controlled message as I have this week.
An interview embargo that just released Wednesday/Tuesday in the first week of July, with the ArenaNet Comm [..]
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3:55 am, October 3, 2013
Do you think they should have some sort of twist to it?
I was looking at archeage online, and the one thing I really like about the game is the giant island that you can create a village with a group [..]
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8:36 pm, October 2, 2013
Lately I've been doing WvW mainly to explore the zone's maps and I've noticed a few things that would make this massive battle feel much more pleasant than it currently is. The system itself is intere [..]
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8:12 pm, October 2, 2013
Why don't we have anything like this in Guild Wars 2? We had a place to look at our minis, companions, greatest achievements, armor sets, and rare weapons. I feel like this was one of the best feature [..]
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11:57 am, October 2, 2013
A note before starting; this is intended as a conversation about the story (non-lore) behind why we are fighting Zhaitan and where the story may progress from here. It is not meant to be bashing Anet' [..]
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11:28 am, October 2, 2013
Okay, I'm not trying to complain, Guild Wars 2 is a good game, I just want to hear the thoughts of those who loved gw1. I played gw1 for 6 years, it made me into the nerd I am today, and it will go do [..]
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11:24 am, October 2, 2013
So I decided to check what the small update was last night after the huge bug fix/bug making update we had.
And read.
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Update:Fixed a client crash that would occur whilst using the dye panel w [..]
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11:23 am, October 2, 2013
One potential concern about Ascended as a gear level is that it becomes mandatory : groups where all members have Ascended stats outcompete players operating at the Exotic level, either steamrolling ( [..]
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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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2:26 am, October 2, 2013
Alright, This is my first post, so hello everyone.
A while ago i had to crazy idea to run a low level to arah. Started at lvl 2 and managed to get there at lvl 6. Yet not many people believed that o [..]
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1:12 am, October 2, 2013
So my question is do you think it work with raids in GW2?
I myself would love to have some raids to do something that needs 15+ coordinated friends to beat and i have never understood why so many on [..]
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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 [..]
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12:34 am, October 2, 2013
So I just recently hit 80 on my Norn warrior and began aquiring a lot of the more detailed looking gear. Unfortunately I hate the way most of them look on my body type. I am debating whether or not I [..]
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12:26 am, October 2, 2013
How do we craft an online world that feels like it is a truly living world?
For years, MMO developers have been chasing the answer to this question; it’s one of the holy grails of MMO dev [..]
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10:07 pm, October 1, 2013
I'm opening this thread to discuss the effect of the november the 15th dungeon update (http://wiki.guildwar...ki/Game_updates).
I actually love the update in itself as it made many dungeons look much [..]
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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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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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2:58 pm, October 1, 2013
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/support/account/My-Customer-Support-Thoughts-and-Experiences/first#post1621599
---- This is me right now sharing my thoughts about their system and my experience [..]
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12:46 pm, October 1, 2013
Something has started to bother me about Anet recently more so than usual. It started a couple weeks ago when I got an email basiclly telling me to use the gem store, and I am sure everyone else got i [..]
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12:39 pm, October 1, 2013
This thread is meant to be a semi suggestion thread. Also I would like constructive information regarding why Guild wars 2 is losing so many damn people. 200 member clans running 20 ppl online at thei [..]
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12:06 pm, October 1, 2013
Good Afternoon Fellow Tyrians!
I sat down this morning was looking over the forums again and started writing. This post may be a little disjointed and hop around a lot but I think [..]
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11:20 am, October 1, 2013
I got to thinking about the plans A-net has for weapons. Anyone know if they will add more or do you think every class should be able to use every weapon to their own unique skills? [..]
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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 [..]
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8:30 am, October 1, 2013
Warning: Massive Wall of Text Ahead. A 3001 word wall to be exact!
I will start out by saying that I have played a wide variety of games over the years, however guild wars was the very first online m [..]
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6:01 am, October 1, 2013
Now i know you can make gold in game easy enough (sort of) but if someone wanted to exchange gems bought with real money to buy a tier 3 cultural armor set it would cost $600 US dollars, Its not even [..]
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5:37 am, October 1, 2013
I have recently played my last class to level 80 and am now in the process of map completion. Having been to Orr with 5 chars before this one gave me sufficient insight to say this event has never bee [..]
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3:51 am, October 1, 2013
Hi Guildwars2guru users out there, I got a problem of mine that I'm worried about, back within a week after the release of GW2, I managed to hit Lvl 80 with my Mesmer and I suddenly became interested [..]
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2:35 am, October 1, 2013
Is it possible to post images of exactly what files I have on my computer to show my innocence? Or will that only get me legally crucified by Anet? After them tel [..]
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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 [..]
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1:28 am, October 1, 2013
What are these? There are a handful of purple recipes sold at the vendor next to the Mystic Forge that cost 200 skill points. They don't seem to describe the items very well.
As f [..]
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11:03 pm, September 30, 2013
With official addon support coming soon, what kinds of mods would you like to see? Personally, I think a census mod (like WoW Census) would be pretty cool. Your thoughts?
EDIT (for proof):
QuoteIn th [..]
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8:28 pm, September 30, 2013
So I regularly listen to FZD schools youtube videos to help me with my art, and in the latest episode he mentions he has invited his friends who are currently working on GW3, now I know Kekai recently [..]
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7:48 pm, September 30, 2013
So I was busy doing some dynamic quests in the Strait of Devastation with my Lv80 mesmer going for a map completion. Usually this problem happens when i equip my staff and use Phase Retreat that somet [..]
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7:17 pm, September 30, 2013
Now now, I know what you're thinking already but just hear me out.
I came across an application on the Play Market today called Kainy, it's used for streaming games from your PC to your phone via Wif [..]
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6:30 pm, September 30, 2013
Hiya folks,
Do you think there should be a PvE version of the locker?
Personally I say yes! All those **** skins I unlock I'd like to be able to use time and time again. (Character bound ofc so level [..]
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6:25 pm, September 30, 2013
https://forum-en.gui...ion-of-the-Game
C&P'd for those blocked, but spoiler-tagged to de-spam. It is hefty, but a good read, IMO.
Spoiler
There have been many different so [..]
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5:41 pm, September 30, 2013
What If GW2 expansions have nothing to do with the dragons?
so hear me out.
the coming event in Nov what if we get to know that Bubbles have emerged from the depths?
What If all the other dragons [..]
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5:23 pm, September 30, 2013
Found a warning sign in La on the beach that is a picture of a dragon forming and a stick figure running away? Might be part of the sea of sorrows update?
Thoughts?
Sign kind of c [..]
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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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5:09 pm, September 30, 2013
Originally I just wanted to do the math, but then it became more than that and i feel the need to share my thoughts. Disclaimer: Lots of text, also might belong in suggestion/ideas but that's what mod [..]
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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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3:41 pm, September 30, 2013
Yesterday I was lv.33 when I grouped with two of my friends (68, 71) and we played in Fireheart Rise (60-70). Some things I noticed:
-) I got tons of blue and green drops and some yellow ones with o [..]
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1:12 pm, September 30, 2013
So, I was running around LA, and I found this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gizmobain/8126872027/
It was in the Coriolis Plaza, where all the unfinished Gates are. But I never not [..]
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12:37 pm, September 30, 2013
I prepurchased GW2 and played the head start, and let me tell you. This game was the most fun i have ever had.... from levels 1-60. Therein derives the problem. I loved finding secret areas, and wande [..]
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12:19 pm, September 30, 2013
Personally i think Gw2 lacks a lot of Majesty and elegance in al the armor categories.
I would love to see Anet implement some new rad armors with the new ascended armors.
Something in this lines.
[..]
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11:58 am, September 30, 2013
So there appears to be some new armors in the PvP locker and presumably they'll show up in another update as unlockable skins. What are your thoughts on the armors? More trenchcoats and butt capes inc [..]
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11:40 am, September 30, 2013
The current state of RvR in GW2 is all over the place atm.
This video goes over WHY RvR needs to be improved as well as offering an elite dungeon similar to the underworld in GW1 as a solution.
There' [..]
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11:25 am, September 30, 2013
So Anet just posted this one their Facebook page:
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If you are attending gamescom from the 15th to 19th of August, why not drop by our booth in Hall 8, enjoy a drink, have a c
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10:01 am, September 30, 2013
Hello everyone,
Recently the LUGO Entertainment team, myself and Zach Sharpes specifically, created a review on the first two weeks of our experience in Gw2.
Check out what we had to say over on MMO [..]
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9:36 am, September 30, 2013
Just a few thoughts on SE(one of my favorite instances) post update.
I tried Path 1 last night, which was definitely in need of an update to lengthen the path as well as remove a certain 'platforming [..]
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8:47 am, September 30, 2013
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The Living World conceptAn ever changing worldUnique experience with each loginPlayer banding together and building towards a persistent world.New content every 2 weeks with unique rewards and a [..]
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8:17 am, September 30, 2013
If anyone remembers, I created that video series about D3 criticizing various things that were wrong with the game.
I created a video to sum up my thoughts on Guild Wars 2.
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7:48 am, September 30, 2013
So I decided to check what the small update was last night after the huge bug fix/bug making update we had.
And read.
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Update:Fixed a client crash that would occur whilst using the dye panel w [..]
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7:31 am, September 30, 2013
So this past weekend I've been farming some CoF (like everybody else) and while trying to find a group on gw2lfg I found that many people were looking for "4 zerker warrior one mesmer p1 speed cl [..]
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7:26 am, September 30, 2013
I have collected and turned in 10 Sonic Periscope Audio Logs. You receive 100 karma for each one. I don't know if there is a limit on how many you can turn in, but they are a pain t [..]
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6:53 am, September 30, 2013
currently we can only swap 2, I dont really see how anyone would not want this as an option, but it would be amazing and make the combat much more rich and complex.
thoughts?
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