6:18 pm, November 25, 2014
Do you remember the teaser we put out on the episode 25 of Ready Up? It’s time to find out what it was all about! Join Competitive Events Manager Joshua “Grouch” Davis an [..]
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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 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 20, 2014
Peter looks thrilled. Rubi and Teddy look frightened. With a planning session like that, this week’s Points of Interest might be the first to make Rubi wish for a mute button-which should [..]
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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 19, 2014
Ok, i`m one of those uber persistant guys who goes beyound 100% when he puts his mind into something.As long time GW player and fan i was in 7th heaven when i heard about GW2 being [..]
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6:18 pm, October 30, 2014
This week on Ready Up, Competitive Events Manager Joshua “Grouch” Davis and PvP Game Designer Hugh “Nightmare” Norfolk discuss the upcoming Go4GuildWars2 Cups [..]
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6:18 pm, October 29, 2014
The Guild Wars 2 team, in partnership with ESL, is proud to announce the Go4GuildWars2 Cup,a new series of weekly PvP cups that are open to all participants. PvP teams will fight eac [..]
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7:18 pm, October 25, 2014
Come join us for the live broadcast of Ready Up on Friday, October 17, as we discuss a variety of competitive-related topics. First up, we’ll be previewing some profession balance changes yo [..]
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7:18 pm, October 24, 2014
Only this weekend’s World Tournament Series Invitational Qualifier stands between the top PvP teams in Guild Wars 2 and the Finals event in Beijing, China, where players fr [..]
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7:18 pm, October 22, 2014
On the last Ready Up, Josh “Grouch” Davis was joined by PvP Game Designer Hugh “Nightmare” Norfolk to discuss upcoming skyhammer changes, profession balance, th [..]
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7:18 pm, October 8, 2014
We’d like to cordially invite you to join us tomorrow in celebrating the 50th tournament of the ESL Weekly Cup a PvP tournament hosted by our community organizers and shoutcasters each week, [..]
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7:18 am, September 27, 2014
The Guild Wars 2 World Tournament Series will name a champion this December in China!
Its our first truly international tournament, bringing together top PvP teams from North America, Europe and Chin [..]
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7:18 pm, September 19, 2014
After battling through a harrowing bracket last weekend, the first four of eight North American teams have qualified for the Tournament of Glory Finals! If qualifying teams meet eligibility requiremen [..]
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7:18 pm, September 18, 2014
Guild Wars 2 is headed to Eurogamer Expo! Since our livestreaming crew will be at Eurogamer, were not going to have our regular 12:00 p.m. PT livestreams on September 19 and Octobe [..]
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7:18 am, September 12, 2014
The World vs. World Fall Tournament 2014 begins tomorrow! Prepare to represent your world for four weeks of epic battles in the Mists. Read our announcement blog for more details about this tournament [..]
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7:18 am, September 10, 2014
This week, the Black Lion Trading Company is big on minis! Were introducing two of your favorite forest-dwelling foes and bringing back the Minis 3-Packs Sets 1 and 2 keep reading to learn more.
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7:18 pm, August 29, 2014
Dont forget to sign your team up for the Tournament of Glory, where you and four of your friends can compete for exclusive tournament armor, legendary crafting components, and other prizes. Every team [..]
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7:18 pm, August 28, 2014
Hey, folks,
As we continue to grow Guild Wars 2 and plan our next steps for the future of the game, its important we have a solid foundation for all the new players we plan to welcom [..]
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7:18 pm, August 18, 2014
Hello, all! Im Karl McLain, one of the game designers here at ArenaNet. Im here to tell you about the direction were going with balance changes in the September 2014 Feature Pack.
For a more specifi [..]
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7:18 pm, August 14, 2014
The September 2014 Feature Pack, which we announced yesterday along with our World Tournament Series, is bringing exciting additions to PvP!
Today, well be talking about two of our additions aimed at [..]
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7:18 pm, August 13, 2014
The Guild Wars 2 team, along with Kong Zhong, our publishing partner in China, is proud to announce the Guild Wars 2 World Tournament Series, an international compe [..]
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7:18 pm, August 7, 2014
This week on Ready Up, join our Competitive Events Manager and host Josh Davis as he is joined by ChroNick, one of our authorized shoutcasters from Germany. Together they will talk about the Tournam [..]
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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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7:18 am, July 26, 2014
The All-Star votes have been tallied! Were ready to introduce the PvP players who will represent their regions at the Guild Wars 2 International All-Stars Tournament during gamescom [..]
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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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7:18 pm, July 10, 2014
Hello Tyria,
Joshua “Grouch” Davis here, Competitive Events Manager at ArenaNet. Its my privilege to announce that at this years gamescom, well be partnering with our friends at [..]
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7:18 am, June 18, 2014
Hi everyone,
So I'm curious about guild wars 2 as the game from what I saw from the videos on youtube looks like alot of fun. I just quit eso as that game even tho they claim to [..]
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7:18 am, June 10, 2014
Were pleased to announce that from June 17 onward, youll be able to buy custom arenas with gold instead of gems!
We have always seen custom Arenas as an important tool for bringing the PvP community [..]
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3:16 pm, April 20, 2014
I saw some vids YouTube, and I have a question about taking the class warrior and building it for pvp
He seems very over-powered...
I saw him with a legendary weapon, and was amazed
The dps he was i [..]
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9:16 am, April 17, 2014
I like the Feature patch. The PvP changes are atrocious, but since A.Net seems hell-bent on making GW2 into a PvE game, even that **** makes sense. It's not good, but it makes sense. Looking past that [..]
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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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9:16 pm, April 1, 2014
Greetings fellow Tyrians! Allie Murdock here; Community Coordinator at ArenaNet. Im excited to announce our first GuildWars2 Tournament of Legends on April 26-27 for Europe and May 3-4 for North Ameri [..]
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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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2:16 pm, March 25, 2014
One of the many exciting features coming in the April 2014 Feature Pack is the new Wardrobe, an account-wide system that allows you to collect every skin in the game!
Account Wardrobe: The Basics
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8:16 pm, March 21, 2014
One of the balance changes coming in the April 2014 Feature Pack is the introduction of ferocity, a brand new stat that will affect your critical damage. Ferocity is being introduced to make bonus cri [..]
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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, March 20, 2014
Hello there! I’m Roy Cronacher, and as a game designer for ArenaNet, I’m excited to tell you about upcoming changes to the trait system. These changes focus on improving the ease o [..]
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2:16 am, March 16, 2014
The scale is one to five, one being the least, five being the greatest. The question pertains to the likelihood of you being willing to take a character from 1 to 80 through whichever of these means o [..]
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8:16 pm, March 14, 2014
Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.co...ng_power_sucks/
tso said:The problem is not the numbers, it is the ham fisted mob design.
We can see this clearly when a mob gets zerg scaled, as it magnifies [..]
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2:16 am, March 7, 2014
I want to open this question to everyone. PvP in many games with a PvE element have imbalances between modes of play and generally it is PvP isn't where the money is. I'm curious how you would fix thi [..]
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8:16 pm, March 5, 2014
It's a quick question based on the flow of the events and how the achievements seem to be more and more utilitarian and less individualized in my opinion. Many achievements in the game are very " [..]
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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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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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8:16 pm, January 29, 2014
So Ive spent the last few months raising a new alt with intent of making him my new main. A ranger, my old preferred class in GW1, and Ive been loving it. Of course I need a great new look for him, be [..]
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8:16 pm, January 23, 2014
Looking to satiate your competitive urges? Weve got you covered. Whether you want to watch some high-level gameplay or jump into the action yourself, weve got Guild Wars 2 tournament [..]
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8:16 am, January 7, 2014
Heyyyy guys lol
I'm getting GW2 today and I'll be playing for the first time
I would like to have someone to play with.
I kinda know how to play from youtube videos.
I want to play mostly PVE but I'm [..]
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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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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, December 5, 2013
As we all know, ANet seemed to have left what made the original Guild Wars so great, out of GW2. ANet could easily gain back the players they lost and the respect of all the original GW1 players, and [..]
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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 am, November 21, 2013
So, I have delayed posting this topic to give the Living Story updates a chance.
And, truth be told, LS does accomplish its purpose: giving people a reason to log on every two weeks.
But many player [..]
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8:16 am, November 18, 2013
So at this stage I'm mostly just the guy who wrote that lore summary once and drops by like once every year to contribute something, probably half-finished, and then leaves because Guild Wars 2 just h [..]
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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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2:34 pm, November 17, 2013
Ok. Right then.
This is the last dillema I have about GW 2, so I (naturally) turned to you guys. With my impeding(hopefully) arrival of GW 2, I wanted to Clear that last mystery.
I do not want a ser [..]
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8:16 pm, October 29, 2013
Marjory Delaqua and Kasmeer Meade have found a way to pierce the veil protecting the krait in Kessex Hills! When the illusion falls, brave heroes need to be nearby to deal with the kraitand whatever i [..]
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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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11:43 pm, October 26, 2013
Ok so to start I'm still an active player on GW2.
I haven't played a load of MMOs but of the ones I've played I really like it. I like the little bit of grind that there is in the game and I like to [..]
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9:12 pm, October 25, 2013
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've looked around in PVP Locker and Wiki and can't seem to find it.. it's probably really obvious.. but anyway.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/structured- [..]
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6:15 am, October 25, 2013
So I'm a first time guild leader. (Had a very exclusive 1 man Guild in Guild wars 1 )
And I wondered what others are doing to try and be a good Guild leader.
All kinds of suggestions and tips are wel [..]
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12:18 am, October 19, 2013
So, the original Guild Wars (GW1) had an actual 'Guild War' feature where Guild's would fight other Guilds to try and take each other's base's which is what the game is originally about; hence the nam [..]
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3:35 pm, October 18, 2013
Is it just me getting bothered by the fact that you can't jump and use spells? It's so troublesome that it's actually making it harder for me to PvP.
Why it's not possible is beyond me, is this an in [..]
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1:02 pm, October 18, 2013
First off, the PvP system is broke. We really need a real rating system (WoW-like, you can't deny that this was a really positive thing for WoW) and not the point gathering system that we have today. [..]
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3:28 am, October 18, 2013
It lacks that wow factor that MMOs like WoW and ever quest gave me sure events are cool the first few times but it gets old. Jump puzzles dont give me a sense of acomplishment. It feels like it is lac [..]
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7:04 am, October 17, 2013
Looking Back
I think Arenanet made a mistake with the way they handled the Guild Wars 1 expansions . I know I'm not the only one because I've seen the complain a lot. Balance was ruined. I think there [..]
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9:16 pm, October 15, 2013
Halloween has returned to Tyria, along with the Mad Kingbut a new menace has emerged to threaten both the Mad Realm and our world! Magister Tassi needs your help to keep everyone alive long enough to [..]
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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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11:45 am, October 14, 2013
ArenaNet is currently working on two features highly-requested during the betas: dueling and spectator mode for sPvP tournaments.
When do you think the patch(es) will come that gives us these feature [..]
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5:55 pm, October 12, 2013
I'll try and make this short...
I'm not gonna lie; I rushed to level 80 with my first toon (female human mesmer), blasted through the story and a good chunk of PvE content, excluding all but three du [..]
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4:04 am, October 11, 2013
Since this relates to both PvE and PvP I couldnt really post it twice in those forums so sticking it here. While I love my Warrior and it it my main it feels like this game just fav [..]
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2:25 am, October 11, 2013
Survey Link: https://docs.google....vUFgzWjA5MHc6MQ
I've seen lots of complaints from people that their profession has issues or the other profession is too overpowered and so on and so forth. I'm in [..]
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7:09 pm, October 10, 2013
I was afraid to try sPvP in GW2 at first because I remembered how hardcore GW1 PvP was and was afraid that I'd just end up feeling like a useless noob if I tried the PvP in GW2 until I was at least lv [..]
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6:39 am, October 10, 2013
With all the talk on Guru about speed leveling and rushing to level 80, I would ask who is going to play the game and stop to enjoy the "Roses"?
I plan on taking my time and just playing th [..]
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7:55 am, October 9, 2013
I really like GW2. Kudos to the game designers and how they took a bold step to do something different. I think the story line mechanic, art style, dynamic events [..]
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8:18 pm, October 8, 2013
I understand I'm going to receive a lot of flac for posting this but I just feel it has to be said. I'm only lvl 12 and already the game is aging quite badly for me. I'm going to try promptly outline [..]
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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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11:07 am, October 8, 2013
This got me thinking. People call me a troll and disagree with me because I want holy trinity. mounts, raid, and most importantly "build wars".
People [..]
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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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7:33 pm, October 7, 2013
Jonathan Sharp from Anet just said new content will be announced very soon on the blog:
QuoteVery soon, I'll be posting blogs about the things we plan to do, so watch for those. You know our policy [..]
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6:18 pm, October 7, 2013
well first off i loved gw1, why? because of the endless pvp combinations. i didn't care for pve, what's the point when you can already get the gear you need for pvp?
that said...
gw2 is the same. wh [..]
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6:08 pm, October 7, 2013
I'm writing this simply to try and create a system that will allow us to talk about character builds and create builds easily and without hassle.
Here's the template:
Build Name
Primary Weapon-Offh [..]
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4:54 pm, October 7, 2013
I'm having a hard time understanding why Guild Wars 2 uses a leveling system. You can PvP in WvW or sPvP from level 1. However the game restricts much of the content of the world PvE unless you level [..]
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1:32 pm, October 7, 2013
Well I have two level 80's (1 being a Mesmer and another a Warrior), a lv 68 Elemental, 40 Necromancer, 35 Engineer. On my Mesmer i have reached 100% map completion and 75% on my warrior. &am [..]
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8:22 am, October 7, 2013
Thanks to the innovation and efforts of the Black Lion Trading Company, you can now show off your trendy side with our new armor skins, honor one of the Order of Whispers finest agents with a spec [..]
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11:23 pm, October 6, 2013
Who at Arenanet thought it was a good idea to allow the artists to make all of the medium armor long coats? Why are there no good options for somebody who doesn't want something that looks like a skir [..]
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8:39 pm, October 6, 2013
I am curious if other people are experiencing problems in PvP etc with Ping?
I am asking because at the moment, the game is downright un-playable in PvP due to my characters incredibly slow reaction [..]
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3:19 pm, October 6, 2013
This is the best mmo I ever played, in terms of design and end game, and I can't wait for new content to be released. Haven't seen any info yet, but here are my suggestions for future content:
1) In [..]
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1:18 pm, October 6, 2013
This has been bugging me probably a month after the feature was announced long long ago. I kind of had it answered throughout the stress tests / BWEs and from what I am experiencing the answer is no i [..]
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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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10:53 am, October 6, 2013
So I've been playing for a few days now.
I just uninstalled the game after playing four classes, leveling up to 20 on several of them, and trying out both WvW and structured PvP.
The PvE game is mos [..]
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6:22 am, October 6, 2013
Alrighty lets get rid of the negative talk for a bit, and talk about something else!
If you could chose a play inside GW2 to live, as your character, for the rest of your life, where would it be?
Th [..]
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11:49 pm, October 5, 2013
This month, were introducing two beta features for testing on our live servers: custom arenas and spectator mode. Read More
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10:51 pm, October 5, 2013
Why dont we just start State of the Game with WvW?
If you are an active Guild Wars 2 sPvP player there is a big chance you have heard about our State of the Game stream and if you arent into sPvP t [..]
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10:13 pm, October 5, 2013
Hi , guys
What do you think about introducing the next modes IN PVP :
1 . Deathmatch/Free for All
2 . Team deathmatch
3 . Ki [..]
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9:32 pm, October 5, 2013
So.... I'm a PvP kind of guy, never loved lvl-ing up or PvEing.... 90% of the 6+ years I spent playing WoW I PvPed.
HOWEVER I'm not PvPing [..]
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9:16 pm, October 5, 2013
1. I enjoy tanks(or controllers-but more specifically big tough mc gruff that can't be hurt). Seeing how GW 2 is more dodge focused, how would I make tough character(I Like feeling safe)?
2. I also e [..]
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12:27 pm, October 5, 2013
So I've just realised (maybe the horse has well bolted but still) that for 100% map completion, you need to do the WvW zones too... at least I think that's right?
This seems like such a stupid idea, [..]
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10:58 am, October 5, 2013
Okay, let me start out by pointing out that I'm not saying that weapon swapping is a stupid, unneeded mechanic that should be cut from the game. So now that that's clear...
In GW1 I was never one to [..]
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