6:18 pm, November 21, 2014
Match flow in PvP is affected by everything from team formation and arena queuing to the way players actually enter matches. I’m happy to announce that the process players use to enter PvP a [..]
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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 pm, November 12, 2014
This week's Blizzcon brought us a panel on D3.
A quick summary:
http://www.diablofan...ouls-panel-live
A few things that stand out and seem very similar to what we are experiencing in GW2 (stole [..]
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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 31, 2014
Within less than a month it will have been two years since GW2 released. What do you expect or would like ANet to do?
Considering the patch tuesdays fall onto 12th and 26th, I assume we'll get the Dr [..]
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7:18 am, July 16, 2014
Hey guys, so I've played a few free to play mmo's and even paid for a Runescape gold membership like 5 years ago (Oh lord, go ahead, criticize me for my poor choices xD), and anyways, I don't know whe [..]
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9:16 pm, April 9, 2014
The Foostival event, originally held in 2013 in Paris, was created by fans, for fans, to bring many different Guild Wars 2 communities together. Last years Foostival was a success, a [..]
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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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2:16 am, January 31, 2014
On Tuesday, February 4, were releasing the new Edge of the Mists WvW map and major improvement to the queuing system for WvW. Weve been doing some behind-the-scenes work on our systems to provide more [..]
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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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8:16 pm, December 19, 2013
Hi guys,
It's been over 3-4 months since I took a break from GW2. Currently I'm debating on coming back, but I just don't think I have it in me. I have come to realize the main reason that I don't wa [..]
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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 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 10, 2013
What do you think of these people?
Just joined a party wherein someone with Juggernaut, Moot and Flameseeker Prophecies was talking to someone else on how he had to spend so much RL money to finish h [..]
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2:16 am, October 27, 2013
So I was watching Guildcast and early in they started discussing the new cross-profession healing skill coming with the next patch. And naturally this lead to speculation of what exactly this strange [..]
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1:31 pm, October 16, 2013
One of the only 3 things I dislike in this game...Max party size of 5
I have my reasons why I want this...unfortunately I don't think it will be implemented
Petition to make?!?
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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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7:49 am, October 15, 2013
Not only is the system for getting a party into a dungeon terribly designed, just all around awful, but it doesn't even work most of the time. I've tried dozens of times to get AC and CM working, and [..]
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7:08 am, October 15, 2013
Ok now. After three failed pugs at fractals level 14(!) in a row, i'm done pugging in fractals. Why? Because there are level 1's jumping in there without agony resist, with greens, with no clue wtf th [..]
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9:37 pm, October 11, 2013
Hello there Gw2 players I been playing for a while now and I'm still wondering why hasn't a few new things hasn't been added in arena yet?
Some things I'll like to see are 1vs1 , 3vs3 , guilds vs g [..]
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5:14 pm, October 10, 2013
Ok, so this has been bugging me, and it's finally become enough to actually post a thread on here about.
Is anyone else getting the impression that Anet developers ACTUALLY use the cliche dartboard s [..]
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1:41 pm, October 10, 2013
Recently just tried to run CM. Seemed to be more mindless than I remember, spending more time looking at the map to respawn than actually fighting and having fun.
I hear they beefe [..]
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12:21 pm, October 10, 2013
Greetings,
I find myself writing here the fourth time already, haha, sorry about it, but I've no idea what the hell's going on anymore. Once again, I hope it's okay to post in this part of the forum.. [..]
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4:17 pm, October 9, 2013
*[Flame wall: Initiated!]*
Magic find is a bad stat. This is not news to many, and many others refuse to accept it. I'm here to draw the line and briefly explain some of the reasons why it is bad.
- [..]
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1:47 pm, October 8, 2013
How does it even work? Been lots of times where literally everything on the map has been on me and my party could not take agro at all.
I know this game wants no trinity but more support based classe [..]
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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 [..]
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1:30 am, October 8, 2013
Hiya all,
Guilds still buggy:
1) My ability to adjust our Guild build queue keeps coming and going.
2) Adding members is a hit/miss
3) Members "representing" status is not displaying correc [..]
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8:00 pm, October 7, 2013
(sorry for posting here but the ideas section always seem to be dead)
These are my ideas that I believe could be adapted to the game, and I've tried to simplify them and made them manageable for anet [..]
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2:08 pm, October 7, 2013
After completing a majority of things in GW1, Nicholas was one of the reasons I traveled around the map weekly. He would appear in a different location and hand out 5 gifts per account in trade for mo [..]
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1:43 am, October 7, 2013
All emotion aside, which is the better option to revive a dead( not downed) player mid event/ dungeon or make them run back from the nearest waypoint?
Looking at in a logical manor I would say its be [..]
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12:11 am, October 7, 2013
A few patches ago I started noticing issues with creating/joining a party:
1. right clicking a player doesn't offer you the option to invite them to your party/join their party
2. even if you are able [..]
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10:14 am, October 6, 2013
Back before i stoped playing the game that didn't semm to be much of a problem, hardly saw groups asking for a specific combination of classes, now that i came back most of the time is see people aski [..]
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9:36 pm, October 5, 2013
I've seen so many threads on "how I can't play with my friends because of overflow"
Well, here's your answer until ANet can put some more work into it.. honestly can't believe so many peopl [..]
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9:14 pm, October 5, 2013
So I was just playing a CoE game...
And midway through people just started "dropping".
From my perspective everyone was still in the party. All players were in the instance, but one player [..]
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4:50 pm, October 5, 2013
Hi guys, Im testing the waters to start developing a dungeon finder app, possibly for android/ios platforms if people use their phones while gaming nearby.
I also thought a Chrome/ firefox Extension [..]
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11:55 pm, October 4, 2013
As of last patch: While in a dungeon as long as anyone in the party is in combat mode no one can use a waypoint to resurrect.
Let me start by saying I do like it, it was ludicrous during my first run [..]
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9:58 pm, October 4, 2013
I see a number of people impressed with ANets stance on a Dungeon finder, in that they have no plans for one. I on the other hand feel that not having on in a glaring omission and t [..]
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9:14 pm, October 4, 2013
So, a bit before headstart I purchased the game, played it from the 25th of August, and all was cool ever since... til the 5th or so of September. At that date, I suddenly started getting this every t [..]
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7:07 pm, October 4, 2013
I'm a fairly experienced dungeon runner. I probably have enough experience to lord it over others and be an "Elitist," but I generally prefer to not be a total **** to oth [..]
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5:32 pm, October 4, 2013
In the topic about class balance philosophies, one of the things that came up was the notion that something needs to be done to increase the depth, complexity, and longevity of the system. &a [..]
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3:00 pm, October 4, 2013
From the offical forums about this program ...
https://forum-en.gui...-Mode-1-0/first
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Hi,
Indeed, as Cheiron said, this programm can be assimilated as a third party one, and therefore is not a [..]
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3:21 am, October 3, 2013
^
was just wondering if any other people were having messaging problems yesterday.
had a party, but we literally could not see messages we were saying to each other,
tried /p, tried /w, even as recon [..]
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11:55 pm, October 2, 2013
First off this isn't a rant of some sort, merely expressing my disappointment at the game's state as of late.
I am a casual gamer and before this dungeon was introduced I had fun in most of the high [..]
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11:54 pm, October 2, 2013
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What are the plans for expanding guild features? Guild Halls, calendars and things like that.Someday there will be Guild Halls but it's not something that is actively being worked onWill expand [..]
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11:43 pm, October 2, 2013
I played GW1 from start to finish in one guild. When I heard about the guild system in GW2 I was a little confused to why they changed it so dramatically. I liked [..]
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10:16 pm, October 2, 2013
I'm not sure where this post should belong because i couldn't find the thread to write it on. if there is one please redirect it there.
My friend and i are looking for group or people to party with [..]
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1:38 pm, October 2, 2013
Hi guys, i really want to get the dungeon master title. but everyone is doing the new fractles and i can never get a party for the dungeons i need. i only need 3 more then i have my title. i need SE p [..]
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12:38 pm, October 2, 2013
With the current state of the game, the moment you 100% a map, you rarely ever revisit it. People only do when they're partying up with a lower level friend, and even then most are reluctant to go bac [..]
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12:19 pm, October 2, 2013
https://www.facebook...151098751069209
QuoteEffective immediately we have disabled sales via buy.guildwars2.com. To be clear, box and digital sales are still available via our retail partners. We are [..]
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11:25 am, October 2, 2013
I started running FotM last week and am having some issues. I seem to be really, really bad at them and could use some tips. I'm running them in PUGs.
Worst one [..]
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10:52 am, October 2, 2013
Server Gandara - Frostgorge Sound - Lvl 70-80 Norn Territory. Bot party 24/7. Week ago it was two accounts. Now 10 accounts running same paths.
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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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6:05 am, October 2, 2013
I decided to write up some items I find really unnessecary and annoying in Gw2. Apparently someone at the gw2 forums though of it, not as critique but as whining. It was deleted. Hence I post it here. [..]
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4:21 am, October 2, 2013
Further to the november release i noticed a comment on the patch notes that said they had fixed the issue of people being kicked from the final boss in dungeons to allow for guild members to join.
I [..]
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1:01 am, October 2, 2013
I am hoping that someone may be able to help me in regard to the FotM dungeon.
As i'm sure all of you have realised from playing it if one of your party members or yourself are unfortunate enough to [..]
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11:37 pm, October 1, 2013
I did a quick search, and I couldn't find a recent thread on this issue, only the mentioning of it in various different threads.
So, days into the game, I'm sure many of you have either reached level [..]
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11:21 pm, October 1, 2013
The citizens of Lions Arch are celebrating another year of survival in the shadow of the Elder Dragons with a two-week party! The Dragon Bash festival features destructible dragon effigies, mini-games [..]
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11:21 pm, October 1, 2013
Today I wanted to play with a reallife friend that started a few days ago and he needed to do a few dungeons in storymode. As I already have done them I know the tactics to have a pretty solid run wit [..]
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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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9:54 pm, October 1, 2013
[WHAT IF] is going to be my series of sporadically added threads into General discussion forum, focusing on, well, discussions about various game changes, what would happen if they occurred and how to [..]
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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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9:16 pm, October 1, 2013
Welcome to the Twilight Assault Release! If youre ready to start fighting Aetherblades and exploring the shadowy recesses of Twilight Arbor but arent quite sure how to go about it, this spoiler-free g [..]
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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 [..]
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4:56 pm, October 1, 2013
So I was wondering if anyone had any strategies for Sorrows Embrace Path 1 and 2?
Specifically, the first part in path 1, they keep spawning 4-6 silver rated mobs that run to the start, while killing [..]
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2:16 pm, October 1, 2013
Ok so this weekend I finally got my personal story completed. Those were 2 long hours (my party was not exactly pro, myself included) and I'd like to share my feelings about this part of the game. Thi [..]
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12:27 pm, October 1, 2013
O maybe I jsut can't figure this out but I can't seem to be able to join a friend int he game to play along with. We are both in the same area, we both tried right clicking eachothers portrait in part [..]
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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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11:11 am, October 1, 2013
2 weeks ago i was simply make party and then join in on my friends, today i tried again but wasnt possible, to do this i need to change server or is just temporarily deactivated?
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10:42 am, October 1, 2013
Warning, the following thread is long as it is not just a "this is what I hate" list but is an explanation of where I feel those lists come from and a look at possible ways to fix the issues [..]
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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 ****** [..]
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9:48 am, October 1, 2013
Hello, Super Adventurers!
Once again the platform puzzle professor known as Moto has re-opened the doors of the Super Adventure Box creation, with all-new additions! Youve got four whole weeks to exp [..]
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9:17 am, October 1, 2013
Hello everyone,
It appears that Orr is dead on my server (Crystal Desert for the week, but usually Isle of Janthir). As such it is quite difficult to get all the exploring done for map completion. Th [..]
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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 [..]
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6:25 am, October 1, 2013
Hello guys i love to see the crits coming out from critters (grey mobs , owl , bunnys ect) and since i got my overkill achivment done i must say i could not stop myself from seeing the numbers coming [..]
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6:09 am, October 1, 2013
Whoa there White Knight! Take a moment to read this paragraph before jumping to a conclusion on what this thread is really about!
Guild Wars 2 is already like WoW in many ways, and unfortunatley in so [..]
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3:38 am, October 1, 2013
As everyone knows "Dungeon's token" are account bound but how these token are obtained?
The answers is easy, you get the tokens when you **** the last boss.
If 4 people choose to leave the [..]
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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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2:35 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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2:27 am, October 1, 2013
Why? This is the third weekend I'm trying to get a party for the level 50 dungeon. No one does story runs anymore and I can't do exploration since I have to complete the story mode first.
Not only tha [..]
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2:17 am, October 1, 2013
Hello, let me introduce myself. I'm Tomus, and I really want Arrah armor for my Necromancer. But its is hard to get it. I am in czech guild where is no one do Arah runs sometimes. Is there any guild/p [..]
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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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1:43 am, October 1, 2013
Welcome to the first release of August, the Queens Jubilee!
Upon logging in to GuildWars2, you will receive a mail from Queen Jennah of Kryta inviting you to a celebration being held in Divinitys Rea [..]
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12:35 am, October 1, 2013
***** is easy. In Guild Wars 2 ***** means waypointing/waiting for a rez, and at worst a silver or two in repair costs. If you want to charge into the unknown with reckless disregard for safety, it wo [..]
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12:05 am, October 1, 2013
Does being in a party increase the chance of loot? I see a lot of people being in parties at Cursed Shore in order to farm DEs. Is this a placebo effect or does it really increase MF in some way?
Wha [..]
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12:03 am, October 1, 2013
https://www.guildwar...m_source=client
Improvements including rejoining party after disconnect and a more social friendly fractal lvl system.
All good and dandy but we have to wait "they hope&q [..]
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12:01 am, October 1, 2013
1 Year celebration, is there any? I looked on the web for this but besides the normall update on 3 september, is there really no ingame 1 year party?
Somehow i was thinking there would be some kind of [..]
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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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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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11:43 pm, September 30, 2013
Say it isn't so :s My party couldn't get to 2nd path boss from path 3. Anyone else have this issue?
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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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10:56 pm, September 30, 2013
Ok, letter drops through the post. By some whim of fate you now find yourself in charge of Anet. You know people have an issue with stuff to do after 80. Given that you cant spend millions on an expan [..]
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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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10:31 pm, September 30, 2013
I've read that in order to guest to a server we'll need to have a friend on said server, which is okay.. but I've also been seeing some rumors recently that you'll need to remain in said friends party [..]
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9:02 pm, September 30, 2013
Hey.
So I've just reached my first character to level 30. Took about 26 hours (how fast / slow is that?). Was eager to try Ascalon Catacombs, bought myself some nice armor and nice weapons (well &quo [..]
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7:59 pm, September 30, 2013
How many of you have experienced regular drops while playing grawl fractal in FOTM? In last 2 days I had seen 6 members of my party get disconnected while doing the last boss in that fractal (legendar [..]
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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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5:27 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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