6:18 pm, November 26, 2014
This holiday season, from November 26 to December 7, were chopping the price of the Guild Wars 2 Digital Heroic Edition and Digital Deluxe Edition in half*! Now is the perfect time t [..]
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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
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 19, 2014
Hello, Tyrians!
We’re very pleased to announce that on December 2 we will be releasing some major updates to PvP that will enhance and improve a number of areas of the PvP experience.
Matc [..]
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6:18 am, November 1, 2014
Now through 11:59 p.m. PDT Saturday, November 1, were slashing the price on everything you need to change your looks. Take 35% off of the Shadow Assassin, Cook, and Pirates Outfits, plus all of our Fu [..]
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7:18 pm, September 23, 2014
From bright displays of color to incendiary gathering tools, this week the Black Lion Trading Company is all about setting yourself apart from the crowd. Read on to learn about our two new permane [..]
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7:18 pm, September 10, 2014
A few weeks ago, we launched a call to arms to the WvW community, asking them for the best video footage they created. We received an overwhelming response from the WvW players of Guild Wars& [..]
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9:16 pm, April 25, 2014
Spring here and Tyria is ripe with natures bounty! Take advantage of all that the earth has to offer with your own set of permanent gathering tools! The Molten Alliance Mining Pick, Consortium Har [..]
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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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3:16 pm, April 2, 2014
Were down to the last major feature to announce in our upcoming April 15 Feature Pack, and its a pretty huge one: were making it easier to play with your friends on every PvE map, regardless of home w [..]
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8:16 pm, March 21, 2014
Yesterday we introduced you to some of the upcoming changes to the traits system. Those changes, while exciting, are just one part of the balance updates bundled into the April 2014 Feature Pack! Toda [..]
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2:16 pm, 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, December 22, 2013
The whole concept of Ascended Gear is working counter-productive to the concept of using various stats combinations to counter different situations to the advantage of playerbase. With the advent of a [..]
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2:16 am, December 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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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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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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3:16 pm, October 18, 2013
Greetings, folks! I’m here to announce an exciting new development in World vs. World!
We are in the process of designing a brand-new map that will let you enjoy WvW while waiting to enter [..]
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1:28 am, October 9, 2013
Ok so a lot of people have bee vaguely talking about this subject but I though I would narrow it down and offer an actual debate for it rather than mindless whining and criticism.
Ok so in an averag [..]
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3:09 pm, October 8, 2013
How dare I say such a thing. Kinda long rant here.
But really, there are 2 forms of PvP for a non-hardcore player like me: random sPvP and WvW.
Both of them, both of them feel like zergfests. And I' [..]
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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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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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6:28 am, October 5, 2013
Daily achievements are very important in game, so current plans to fiddle with it are worrying.
1) Daily achievement provide alternative to rested xp found in other games and were kinda supposed to b [..]
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3:16 am, October 5, 2013
The prices of things seem to be increasing quite a bit over the last month or two. I think largely due to increased magic find and champion loot changes. This eff [..]
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8:36 pm, October 4, 2013
Grab sigil of minor accuracy on offhand, anything on main hand. Get 25 stacks. Switch to other weapon, stacks stay there. That's like free 250 precision.
Unless I'm missing something, those stacks do [..]
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3:16 pm, October 4, 2013
Hey guys !
So I'd like to talk with you on the PvP of Guild Wars 2. But also on the gameplay in general, the design on general of Guild Wars 2, sPvP and Esports.
(It will get more specific to GvGs an [..]
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1:39 pm, October 4, 2013
I want to start off by saying - This is NOT meant to be a post to complain about the game
I'm just wondering if anybody has an idea of what they plan on doing to add substance to the game's content. [..]
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10:33 pm, October 3, 2013
I will make this quick. You need skill points and karma for your Legendary for Obsidian shards and Philosopher's stones (and/or Crystals). If y [..]
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9:23 pm, October 3, 2013
QuoteTo give some perspective on our actions against exploiters, lets discuss the karma vendor exploit, where an item was priced at 21 karma instead of 35,000 karma. In this case, we made a mistake an [..]
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7:49 pm, October 3, 2013
At the moment there are issues with the guild and server system in game. Several large guilds on dedicated servers will end up splitting up, many players from other servers will nev [..]
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5:44 pm, October 3, 2013
Hello
I wanted to post a real life account so that the rest of the world can see how Arena Net is doing and their response to people that have been hacked.
Last Saturday on Sept. 8th at about 5pm I [..]
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6:50 am, October 2, 2013
After playing quite a few rounds of keg brawl and learning the secrets of the game I decided to share what I have learned.
First are the buttons you can use when you don't have the keg.
1. A light pu [..]
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6:16 am, October 2, 2013
This is more intended for ArenaNet employees to read. I know they read these forums and I'm hoping they will see this, think about it, and maybe even respond to it. It is also open for discussion from [..]
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2:19 am, October 2, 2013
Hey all
I was just wondering what your opinions would be of an increased XP percentage (for a limited amount of time) for those people who have been logged out for more than a day. I believe it's a [..]
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1:40 am, October 2, 2013
Status of appeal changed to waiting and a message that was attached:
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Hello,
In the coming hours, we will be restoring account access to those who were suspended for exploiting the bugged vendo [..]
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11:03 pm, October 1, 2013
Wall-o-text INC.
Greetings to nerds and noobs alike!
When looking at the conversations going around about Guild Wars 2 and it's longevity, many people state PvP is (or should be) the true endgame. I [..]
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10:18 pm, October 1, 2013
I'm level 74atm which is ahead of the majority of people. How can I use this advantage to get gold? I'm not talking exploit, just in general. [..]
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9:47 pm, October 1, 2013
Hi all,
I have submitted a ticket to Guild Wars 2 Support Team regarding macros and this is what I got for an answer:
QuoteHi,
We don't have the ability to say "You can use this here, but not [..]
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9:31 pm, October 1, 2013
This is more intended for ArenaNet employees to read. I know they read these forums and I'm hoping they will see this, think about it, and maybe even respond to it. It is also open for discussion from [..]
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8:19 pm, October 1, 2013
I have been trying to work out why this is. I did not play GW1 247 for 7 years, sometimes I might have taken a month off, but that took some effect. GW2 is not holding me at all like GW1 did and Im tr [..]
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7:23 pm, October 1, 2013
Before I get into this let me say that I'm really enjoying the game so far. I actually came into the game with a very negative experience from the beta, but my opinion changed in on [..]
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12:14 pm, October 1, 2013
Hi!
TLDR: Yes, it gets your further.
What is a jumpdodge?
You jump and dodge simultaneously.
Advantages:
A further jump while in/out of combat.
My testing has been for jumping forward only since [..]
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9:34 am, October 1, 2013
https://forum-en.gui...giving-gems-etc
So last night an application appeared on Facebook that let you link your GW2 account to the social networking site linked your Facebook account to GW2's Faceboo [..]
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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 [..]
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4:28 am, October 1, 2013
If not, then having 2 1h is a bit unfair isn't it? if they equal the same stats as a 1 hander AND lets you use 2 different sigils, that's an advantage over a 1h weapon right?
For example, my shield a [..]
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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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2:42 am, October 1, 2013
Recently Anet has posted many changes that modify items from soul bind to account bind. One of these examples includes Karma recipes.
As such, isn't it better to have the Karma to be account bound ra [..]
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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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1:28 am, October 1, 2013
I use wikis as the resource of choice for video games. I've stopped looking at Gamefaqs and random sites for information about Diablo 2 and Runescape from back in the day. Guildwiki was an introductio [..]
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1:18 am, October 1, 2013
So I searched. Couldn't find anything.
I looked up official responses from ANet and a GM said it was bannable, but Gaile, herself, says that the GM isn't exactly correct. She can't give it a direct O [..]
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11:54 pm, September 30, 2013
SEE BOTTOM FOR TLDR.
"This game is for casuals, It's too grindy, this Tilapia is too wet".
These are the things I see on this forum, and hell, even on the official forums. If you ask anyo [..]
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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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6:36 pm, September 30, 2013
Love the game, but as most say, people go to forums only to complain. I have a few MINOR complaints, and thought it wasn't much to complain about, but... then I keep running into t [..]
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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
hey folks, i wanted to start this thread because i wanted to respond to a topic brought up in another thread without derailing said thread.
and because i want Tyrian Assembly to have topics that do n [..]
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5:00 pm, September 30, 2013
One of the 'exuses' anet came up with when selling the idea to the public that they would be adding 80 levels to the game was that it would take on average just as long to get from level 79 to 80 than [..]
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2:18 pm, September 30, 2013
Arena Net hinted at maybe doing something and I still haven't seen it, even though the game hasn't been released. I'm here to complain about it because there's few things I have to complain about.
As [..]
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8:17 am, September 30, 2013
i searched, couldnt find anything, so if a re-post or similar, please just delete/lock thread/direct me where to post!
now please be respectable, don't debate with some on there "hate", it [..]
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2:45 am, September 30, 2013
General Questions
Will there be a subscription fee?
No. There is no monthly subscription fee. Once your purchase the box or a game key, you are free to play as much as you want.
Will there be micro [..]
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