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, July 28, 2014
I was reading posts on the usual Trahearn-hate threads, and one person said "Quality is relative." So I thought, what is good quality in an MMO; and where does GW2 lie in [..]
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8:16 pm, March 28, 2014
Hello again Tyria! There are a lot of great new changes happening in the Mists with rewards, gear, build-making, and more! Its incredibly exciting to finally be able to share with you all of the updat [..]
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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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2:16 pm, March 5, 2014
Hello. I have 81 Laurel and 900 Badge of Honor but I have 4 classes I actively play and i cannot consider any of them as "main". I have Warrior, Thief, Guardian and Elementalist. (Although E [..]
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2:16 am, February 27, 2014
First things first,you don't need nor its beneficial to have endurance in real life to play video games.
You needed for sports,driving,fishing,working and maybe even knitting,but no [..]
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2:16 am, February 1, 2014
http://kekai-k.tumbl...-armor-concepts
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2:16 pm, January 19, 2014
When you create an ascended weapon or armor you can choose from almost all of the available prefixes available in the game. The prefixes are set for ascended trinkets and some variations are deliberat [..]
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8:16 am, January 12, 2014
Forum: https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/professions/balance/PvE-Revising-the-DPS-Meta/first#post3480529
Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1uyt5e/some_steps_will_be_taken [..]
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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 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 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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8:16 pm, December 10, 2013
There you go: http://dulfy.net/201...-armor-gallery/
In MY opinion it looks terrible. At the first glance I was like "What? There are three heavy armor variants?" Considering how much it mo [..]
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2:16 pm, December 10, 2013
As 2013 is drawing to a close, with it comes the arrival of our final release for the year: Wintersday! What goodies might you find under the tree with the final release of the year, you might ask? Wh [..]
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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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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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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 [..]
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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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2:16 am, November 22, 2013
I recently logged into guildwarsguru.com for the first time in a really long time and looked through my post history there. The only part I was really active was posting pictures of my armors, and wow [..]
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8:16 pm, November 21, 2013
Using a Sword/Warhorn Warrior Build with traits set at 30/30/0/0/10 on each, there is a 12.6% change in having all Ascended Gear to having all Exotic Gear.
Please feel free to use this post as a refe [..]
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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 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 [..]
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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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9:16 pm, October 23, 2013
So, I've been away from the GW2 scene for a while now... I just got kinda fed up with the direction of the game somewhere around the Tequatl rehash/ascended weapon introduction. I h [..]
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9:16 am, October 22, 2013
What are the most important first, second and third ascended weapons to craft (for all-around PvE use).
Elementalist
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Thief
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Engineer
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Guardian
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Warrior
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8:09 pm, October 21, 2013
http://massively.joy...content-primer/
QuoteWith great challenges come great rewards. The patch will introduce ascended items. Ascended armors are "slightly more powerful than exotics" and [..]
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11:21 am, October 16, 2013
I do wvw 90% of my gw2 time. Due to heavy workload IRL, I only have a few hours a day to myself, so, cannot realistically grind for Ascended pieces. But like many people here, it will always be a thor [..]
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3:16 am, October 16, 2013
This is pretty straight-forward. I know a lot of people think that you can ignore ascended gear because it is optional. So, let's run with that.
Why did ascended gear get introduced? Most people agre [..]
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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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9:16 pm, October 15, 2013
Edrick was a monster, he brought his family shame
So the locked him in a box, mouth stuffed with candy corn
But now the son has risen to take his fathers name
Beware the Bloody Prince, the son of [..]
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3:34 am, October 12, 2013
Hi guys,
As the title says, I'm planning comming back to GW2 after a 6 month lay off. The game started to bore me. I had full exotic, some nice cash, and didn't want to grind months to get a legendar [..]
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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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8:28 pm, October 9, 2013
I've noticed none of the ascended gear has precision, healing, or winter as a primary.
I'm wondering does Anet feel they are too powerful or worthless to be placed as a primary for ascended gear.
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5:07 pm, October 9, 2013
When was the ability to preview armor that's not the same kind you can wear (light, medium, heavy), and why? I've stoped playing the game for a while after the ascended gear was added, and an coming b [..]
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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 [..]
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9:16 am, October 9, 2013
From the official forums.
QuoteHi All,
I would like to thank everyone for their support toward the pioneering work we are doing, as we drive the world of Tyria forward.
The passion, and intelligence [..]
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10:46 pm, October 6, 2013
This thread is for everyone who agrees that GW1 was a better game than GW2. If you don't agree, stop reading now please.
The idea here is to build ideas on how to improve GW2 based on gameplay streng [..]
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1:34 am, October 6, 2013
Some people may argue that it is largely pointless to speculate about a future tier of gear when it has barely been released, and I would agree. However, it gets exceedingly tiresome to read thread af [..]
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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 [..]
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2:02 pm, October 4, 2013
...was actually the endgame?
Yes, remember it was the initial idea that the entire world would be the endgame?
Let's pretend that tomorrow a new patch blasts GW2 with something like this.
Once you ar [..]
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6:30 am, October 4, 2013
No, contrary to every other gear-thread, this isn't about ascended gear. It's actually the opposite - this is about tiers below exotic.
I am currently still levelling my warrior. He's around 60. He h [..]
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5:13 am, October 4, 2013
From the description of Ascended items it looks like a.net has essentially copied the radiance system from LOTRO. If you did not play LOTRO bosses has a stat called dread and if you [..]
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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 [..]
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9:14 pm, October 3, 2013
Just curious. I want to use them for ascended accessories but my friends tell me it's waste of ectos to do that since we're already doing guild missions every week and we'll get them eventually anyway [..]
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8:05 pm, October 3, 2013
some of you may have the same question as a user lately:
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How is slowly introducing more and more elements of CEVP respecting the player? I made an informed decision about this game based on the [..]
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3:21 pm, October 3, 2013
Hi, my name is Chuydog, and I am a MF gear junky.
I am addicted to wearing my MF set whenever I do anything except WvW or Dungeons. My addiction has become so bad that I have negle [..]
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6:02 am, October 3, 2013
Hi all,
Just tried to log into the GW2 forums. Found that I was suspended without any reason given and no time frame given.
I did not troll, insult or did any bad behavior. The only thing I did was s [..]
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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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10:15 am, October 2, 2013
Although I am aware that the main developer in GW2 is ANet, not NC Soft, and it's trying to stay away from korean-styled MMOs I have to say this - both Aion and L2 had beautiful armor and weapon desig [..]
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10:08 am, October 2, 2013
Preface; the following is born of my own personal opinions, preferences, and principles. It is in no way intended to defame or challenge the views of others, nor to begin an argument or flame war. I s [..]
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9:58 am, October 2, 2013
The recent fiasco on Ascended items has prompted me to pop out of lurking, so I typed up a lengthy blurb on the state of progression in Guild Wars 2. Hopefully this can spiral into some meaningful and [..]
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9:16 am, October 2, 2013
First of all, I love Guild Wars 2. I've been with the series since the beta of Guild Wars 1, which I also played way too much. It has some flaws, but overall I love it.
What I don't like is somethi [..]
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6:18 am, October 2, 2013
I've read a number of posts on these forums; the ascended gear drama, the endless and completely unproductive GW2 versus other games discussions and the more productive what can we do to fix GW2 posts [..]
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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 [..]
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1:20 am, October 2, 2013
It's pretty much fact that we all need some kind of progression in a MMO to keep us occupied. Whether that be statistical or aesthetic. From yesterday we can see that Anet are trying to add some kind [..]
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9:40 pm, October 1, 2013
I am curious why Anet can't make boss battles interesting. May be that is the only thing that i miss in the game. Today i saw new Rift expansion video and it was amazing. I mean boss creatures in Rift [..]
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8:21 pm, October 1, 2013
So, a Vial of Condensed Mists Essence dropped for me today. My first thought was "Awesome! I can make an ascended item!"
...until I looked closer at the mat cost.&nbs [..]
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6:49 pm, October 1, 2013
As of Yesterday
https://www.guildwar...-ascended-gear/
"This is just the beginning. In November, were only adding the first level of Infusions and Ascended Rings and Back slots, so that leaves [..]
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2:08 pm, October 1, 2013
3 weeks ago, it was the universal trend to disregard any negative feedback towards ANet and their amazing game, whether it was valid criticism or just pointless ranting. Those posts would commonly be [..]
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1:34 pm, October 1, 2013
In light of "popular demand" for better stats on ascended gear, I am actually curious how much of Guru approves of A.Net raising stats.
Bugging a mod to include a poll. Please consider that [..]
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12:12 pm, October 1, 2013
I won't be posting anymore quoting AMA that is currently on-going, despite the fact that the Guru News link hasn't been updated in over an hour, instead let's talk about what was discussed.
Vertical [..]
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12:10 pm, October 1, 2013
"To prevent the mindless grinding and farming that happened last time, Arenanet have changed all the chest loot and dig spots to account bound daily. This make it a bit harder to get the good stu [..]
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11:46 am, October 1, 2013
http://massively.joy...content-primer/
QuoteWith great challenges come great rewards. The patch will introduce ascended items. Ascended armors are "slightly more powerful than exotics" and [..]
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10:40 am, October 1, 2013
I keep hearing over and over again that no one needs ascended items in the game, therefore any discussion about obtaining the items is not important because the items themselves are not important.
If [..]
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9:15 am, October 1, 2013
Looks like we will be able to get the new ascended item's with laurels and ecto's aswell.
So not just with the guild commendations only but with another method of laurels and ecto's from the laurel v [..]
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9:09 am, October 1, 2013
When faced with the challange of needing large amount of mats to make an item, Do you farm for the mats or farm the gold to buy the mats?
I had to ask myself this today for the first time in a while. [..]
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8:17 am, October 1, 2013
Im fed up. Im fed up with people moaning, crying, complaining or boasting, claiming and bragging about how Tequatl requires "so much co-ordination" and "everything must be organised!&qu [..]
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6:48 am, October 1, 2013
I'll admit, the Fractals have been pretty fun and I'm sure there is some way to make the Ascended gear work in some way down the line. Right now though both the Fractals and Ascended gear are carrying [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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5:43 am, October 1, 2013
For the first time Anet does something I consider an undeniable mistake and complete change of direction... Anet introduces... FETCH QUESTS exactly like WoW, when this game was meant by manifesto to n [..]
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4:02 am, October 1, 2013
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Craft Ascended Weapons
Craft your way to 500 to become a Grandmaster Crafter and to learn the secrets of crafting Ascended weapons!
Legendary Weapon Updates
Legendary weapons are getting a [..]
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3:37 am, October 1, 2013
So my opinion on the Gear treadmill debate and what this means.
I personally feel that this tier was missing from launch, its the tier that will keep the majority of players busy a [..]
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3:35 am, October 1, 2013
In GW1, most of the grind is related to mere cosmetic differences like skins and titles. Everyone can easily get a max stat weapon and armor. There was some amoun [..]
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2:55 am, October 1, 2013
Please don't troll my post or have a unwarranted negative view on it. I used to be pretty against these sort of posts but have built up resentment lately.
Well, been playing since launch. Got all my [..]
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2:48 am, October 1, 2013
One question popped out in my head over and over again, Ascended gear is here (small dose) whether we like it or not and that`s not gonna change.
But what happens now since Ascended will not be that & [..]
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2:31 am, October 1, 2013
I keep hearing over and over again that no one needs ascended items in the game, therefore any discussion about obtaining the items is not important because the items themselves are not important.
If [..]
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1:35 am, October 1, 2013
Ecto's?
Does anyone else feel ecto's are over used in the game in general for too many things?
Lets just say for example you would like a legendary, an exotic skin thats hard to get, upgraded ascen [..]
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1:09 am, October 1, 2013
http://www.reddit.co..._make_them_and/
Info above ^^
I have noticed all of the skins for "offensive" ascended back pieces are quiver skins, which is cool for ranges but what about everyone [..]
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1:03 am, October 1, 2013
Did anyone else started to notice that Anet hasn't added any ascended gear to the game with toughness/power/precision stats?
For some this might not be a problem, but I would like to see knight stats [..]
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11:47 pm, September 30, 2013
Repost of a repost - OP was lost in the shuffle. I apologize.
This thread has been deleted from the official forums without any reason. Banns have been issued to the people posting. Please spread th [..]
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10:47 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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9:34 pm, September 30, 2013
I'm really happy about the new acquisition method and the newly added prefixes and suffixes, but is there any word I may have missed about including Carrion or Rampager's to the list of trinkets? (Or [..]
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9:22 pm, September 30, 2013
I just returned to guild wars from when it got released. I Stopped playing it for a bit because of the SAT College Exam. I am now back and i am confused. What has changed in the past two months or so? [..]
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5:53 pm, September 30, 2013
Since I couldn't find a neat table or compilation or explanation etc about what pieces of equipment are best to use/replace when min maxing critical damage I did the maths myself, hope someone else fi [..]
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5:42 pm, September 30, 2013
Meanwhile all my guild mates I've run with have at least 2, most with 3 and a couple have 4. I've always had awful luck with RNG but this is a joke and highlights a big problem with Fracs. No guarante [..]
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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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5:30 pm, September 30, 2013
hey guys ,
so real quick i have 5 lvl 80s working on 6 , not too much cash - 50 g in bank and good amount of mats / some exotics in bank . unfortunatly i have never gotten a drop w [..]
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5:27 pm, September 30, 2013
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/arenanet-tracker/topic/245481-ill-be-honest-about-the-gear-and-gearchecks/
The results aren't pretty...
QuoteThis is something that existed prior to ascended gear, and [..]
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5:22 pm, September 30, 2013
hey guys! One of the things that i love about GW1 was the variety of PVP mode (FA, JQ, RA, HA, GVG, AB). I love GW2 especially the PVE side (i enjoy dungeon, personal story, dynamic events...) I'm jus [..]
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5:08 pm, September 30, 2013
Being back on the forums after a while away, I noticed more and more people looking at the game like a checklist or beginning to realize that the amount of content tied to extrinsic rewards & [..]
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5:08 pm, September 30, 2013
Since focus of the game has now shifted from "using a weapon" to "getting a weapon", I think it's probably appropriate to discuss what weaponset people primarily use in PvE for eac [..]
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5:01 pm, September 30, 2013
https://www.guildwar...res-and-beyond/
QuoteGreetings Heroes of Tyria,
Last weekend we released our free Lost Shores mini-expansion, which introduced a new level 80 map, a brand new PvP map, over 40 [..]
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3:39 pm, September 30, 2013
Are exotic sets of armor and jewelery soon to be worthless? Now that there will always be the next armor and gear to get like every other mmo, does it make all that players have worked for already wor [..]
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3:02 pm, September 30, 2013
"To prevent the mindless grinding and farming that happened last time, Arenanet have changed all the chest loot and dig spots to account bound daily. This make it a bit harder to get the good stu [..]
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1:00 pm, September 30, 2013
The scourge of Splintered Coast has risen, more deadly and powerful than ever before. Band together with other heroes, old friends, and new allies to fight the rising evil. Bewareagainst a foe of this [..]
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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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12:00 pm, September 30, 2013
I just want to point out a few things which were interesting in the latest AMA with Chris Whiteside. They admitted some mistakes here but there is reason for hope that things will get corrected.
Chri [..]
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11:34 am, September 30, 2013
I'm a casual player that loved GW1 and started out loving GW2. I've run into enough things that have slowly turned playing this game from enjoyable to frustrating and uninteresting, to the point that [..]
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10:36 am, September 30, 2013
Repost of a repost - OP was lost in the shuffle. I apologize.
This thread has been deleted from the official forums without any reason. Banns have been issued to the people posting. Please spread th [..]
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