6:18 pm, November 13, 2014
(Please note that the following post could not be posted on the Official Forums, due to me being banned from creating new threads. If you'd like to repost this in the official forum [..]
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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, September 30, 2014
Whether youre looking for a little extra support in your World vs. World endeavors or trying to show off your fashion sensibilities with a new set of weapons, the Black Lion Trading Company is her [..]
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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, August 11, 2014
We all know that Anet's writers are frikking awful and the common meme said is "I can do better."
Well I decided to literally do better by reworking a particularly painful piece of writing [..]
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7:18 am, July 30, 2014
As the adventure of Season 2 continues, the whole of Tyria is threatened by the peril of the Elder Dragon Mordremoth. Log in and play today to unlock free, permanent access to the story of The Dragons [..]
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7:18 am, July 4, 2014
Okay so I have been playing Gw2 since it's start and I have a level 80 warrior, necro, guardian and engineer.
Thing is, as of late the characters I have are a bit.. bleh.. I can't find any real fun [..]
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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 16, 2014
QuoteIn LA you are surrounded, even if you're the only one on the map, by Vets and Elites. Dynamic LS spawns would either increase or decrease this number based on actual people in the map. This is a [..]
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8:16 pm, March 11, 2014
Hey thar!
With the first Living World season at an end, and just an epilogue patch to come, GuildMag's asking you for your views on the first Living World story arc! We're collecting the community's [..]
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8:16 pm, March 7, 2014
We extinguished the molten alliance, blew up the aetherblades, poisoned the toxic alliance, and finally ****** scarlet in what to me felt like five seconds. . . But that doesn't stop what's coming fro [..]
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2:16 pm, February 23, 2014
Self-explanatory title.
For me:
1. NEW Enemies. Surely, we got several new factions in Season 1 (Molten and Toxic alliance, Aetherblades) but these somehow felt more recycled than new. The only real [..]
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8:16 am, February 22, 2014
One of the most laziest thing I have EVER. I mean EVER saw. The patch itself to the city. Its awesome. It leaves you wanting more.
But when you are doing the personal story for the first time or for t [..]
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8:16 pm, February 3, 2014
So a comment I read struck me as interesting earlier today. The concept that ArenaNet outsources parts of its development. Now, these concepts are nothing new in [..]
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8:16 am, February 1, 2014
Edit: Thanks much to Konzacelt for posting this on the official forms for me. Heres the link if you want to follow or partake in the discussion there.
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/T [..]
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2:16 am, January 31, 2014
No fluff; it's the real deal and it's a whole $40 USD ( or equivalent ). The new story bosses are Jormag and Krato...ria... that one. It also hints at Destroyer's and Primus and has no weak mini-polit [..]
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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, November 12, 2013
When Anet made the change to World Boss events that guarenteed one rare a day, I jumped on the train. I had the overlay and tried to make it to all of the world bosses at least once [..]
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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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2:16 am, October 29, 2013
I play on Desolation. I'm in Europe, but tend to be online for approx 16~ hours a day, so I see everything. When you play around the clock (not everyday, I'm not mad) you see how the community works a [..]
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2:16 am, October 29, 2013
I just thought I'd go ahead and link this here, so we can have a place to discuss it.
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Collaborative-Development-Topic-Living-World
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Hi All,
We a [..]
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2:13 pm, October 25, 2013
I wonder what people's opinions on the balancing of guild events:
- Guild Bounty
- Guild Rush
- Guild Trek
- Guild Challenge
and
- Guild Puzzle
I'm particularly interested in what small guild's takes [..]
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2:16 am, October 24, 2013
I've progressed through the game on a Ranger and completed the main story line, which I found quite boring. I will be creating a new character soon, and I am dreading having to re-live the whole story [..]
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7:03 am, October 18, 2013
Spoiler
Yay! Zaitan is dead after a severely disappointing one dimensional final battle! Everyone lives happily ever after and Trahearnia lords over everyone with his smug, dreary, cheap-motivati [..]
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12:11 pm, October 17, 2013
So i've been playing GW2 for about a month or so after its release and i really enjoy playing it and haven't really stopped ever since I got it. But recently I've come to notice that i'm really gettin [..]
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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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3:41 pm, October 12, 2013
This concept somewhat bothers me.
I have done every single dungeon path and fractals (37 and stopped there) in GW2 with PUGs. And I have done them without any difficulty. I generally form my own grou [..]
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5:41 pm, October 11, 2013
So,
I have done quite a few dungeons so far, ranging from level 30 to 80. Overall, I am very happy with them, I think they are great fun and the rewards are usually pretty good.
As far as some of th [..]
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5:03 pm, October 11, 2013
Hey guys, this has me worried.
Last beta during the whole beta I was never able to get in, and never got a spinning wheel. It would just instantly bring me to the screen saying it couldnt connect to t [..]
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1:14 am, October 11, 2013
I'm curious to know if anyone else is a little irritated by the way some of these events are handled. Why are there so many "one time events" that only last a couple of hours (or less)? Woul [..]
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2:26 pm, October 10, 2013
as the title asks, do you think the maximum level cap should have been level 20 in guildwars 2?
you'd get to level 20 at the same rate you get to level 20 now. only all maps past level 20 are scaled t [..]
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11:11 am, October 10, 2013
So I keep being disconnected quite often lately. Yesterday my whole group got disconnected and all our progress from the last 5 minutes (including items, karma, etc) were lost/rolledback. This is beco [..]
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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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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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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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9:54 am, October 8, 2013
A whole topic about mmo gambling, ncsoft, nexon and anet just got deleted / vanished?
Not locked just wiped from the forums, why? There were some very interesting discussions going on there why delet [..]
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6:54 pm, October 7, 2013
This is not ment to be a whining or complaining threat. I am as the title says a casual player enjoying games such as LoL since you can jump in and play whenever you want mostly because it is abaut sk [..]
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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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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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4:44 am, October 7, 2013
Basically, what I've yet to do:
Dungeons:
- CoE explorable (no one wanting to do that)
- CoF explorable (can't be arsed to do it)
- Arah explorable (from what I've read, it's too hard, long and has a [..]
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1:42 am, October 7, 2013
Been playing since 3-day early release. Got to 80, did a bunch of dungeons, half like half of a T3 cultural armor set, but I have no drive to keep going. I did th [..]
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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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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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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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10:29 pm, October 4, 2013
Don't get me wrong I've been a strong supporter of Anet since day one with the collectors edition. I bought 3 armors some civilian clothing. Since the harvest tools at 10 dollars each, character bound [..]
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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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4:03 pm, October 4, 2013
Hello, folks!
Now, I know that there is a thread about this topic (and I am going to read it) but please, hear/read me out.
I am conducting a research on gender-bending in GW2 for my Game Culture cl [..]
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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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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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2:32 pm, October 4, 2013
With head start literally right here, and that being for most of us, the release, I wanted to make this thread before we all get into game. It was inevitable a thread like this would show up and right [..]
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2:28 pm, October 4, 2013
If this is in the wrong section I'm sorry I couldn't find a section for dungeon discussion like there is for WvW/PvP.
We have been clearing every explorable since the 1st week of launch on a weekly [..]
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2:23 pm, October 4, 2013
To start with, this is not a suggestion thread - hence it is not in the Primordus visions section. It's just meant as a sort of place to share our ideas about the games combat system. I am not conside [..]
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12:42 pm, October 4, 2013
So did anyone else immediately shut off all the sound except for the music for this second last quest? Defending Trahearne felt way far more like the emotional final ending than the actual finale was [..]
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10:01 am, October 4, 2013
* Minor Spoiler Alers*
Now I know everyone's disappointed about the personal story. Half the fault lies with Anet, for bad writing, cringe-worthy cinematics, clunky sequences and for rushing it all. [..]
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8:47 am, October 4, 2013
Maybe it's me but during the wait for the game I had envisioned with the constant mention of the lore about how it is the 'time of the Dragons', that Dragons would actually play more of a role in the [..]
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8:44 am, October 4, 2013
I did the whole, custom, buy order thing on Rare daggers in the hopes of getting Spark.
So I've spent 250g already, made about 100g back thanks to exotics.
But seriously.. Is this what Anet intended [..]
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11:59 pm, October 3, 2013
I'm not claiming anything by stating this but as we all know, before release Nexon purchased a large share of NCSoft (enough to make decisions I believe) and hired somebody onto the Guild Wars 2 team. [..]
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8:29 pm, October 3, 2013
I appear to be one of many people who had my account hacked in the past couple of days. With the hackers doing the whole email address change switch a roo.
After sending in all the correct informatio [..]
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8:09 pm, October 3, 2013
I've noticed that sometimes when my game would get stuck on a loading screen or something happened that made the game freeze (trying to connect for a long time without giving up), i try to bring up th [..]
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7:32 pm, October 3, 2013
Loved the final event in GW1 for halloween. Looked forward to it every year.
Event has just started in GW2, some fail attempt at a dungeon, the worst version of mad king says ever and to top it off, [..]
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4:11 pm, October 3, 2013
Lately, my off-server guildies (Ok, there are only two, but still... they like their home servers, and our guild vision lets them do so) are wondering just when we'll all be able to play together for [..]
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3:55 pm, October 3, 2013
With regards to legendaries, obviously with Twilight and Sunrise you can combine them to make Eternity. Are you planning on doing that with any other legendaries?
Colin: Yeah, we will at some point ex [..]
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2:31 pm, October 3, 2013
In GW1, we had a single currency - gold. Pretty much everything (or was it actually everything?) could be purchased with it - either directly (give gold, receive goods) or indirectly (give gold, recei [..]
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1:50 pm, October 3, 2013
Okay, so check this out, right? So my buddies and I were underwater in valskate and we're all pretty drunk and then I suddenly got this urge to go to the Kodan camp. So this camp, right, it's literall [..]
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11:56 am, October 3, 2013
Just a quick background on myself. I consider myself the casual gamer that ArenaNet said would especially love this game (MMO Manifesto). I have a PS3. Ive played popular games like Skyrim and Assassi [..]
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9:35 am, October 3, 2013
Why is it that after every maintenance they seem to break something new. Ive been running all the explorable paths of TA for the last week and they have worked fine, we encountered a dc bug on vevina [..]
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8:26 am, October 3, 2013
I'm thinking that I might not bother playing a norn, charr, and possibly asura due to not liking them for aesthetic reasons. How much content do you think I would be missing out on via their personal [..]
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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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2:51 am, October 3, 2013
Hey guys, let me explain my problem I'm having:
I have GW2 on my desktop, it worked fine. I installed the game on my laptop, since I knew I was travelling to another state for the weekend and wanted [..]
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1:34 am, October 3, 2013
First of all, what is your take on having all races living in a friendly, co-operational environment?
On one hand, it's cool from the world event perspective and whatnot, that everyone can help and w [..]
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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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2:29 pm, October 2, 2013
Just curious to see what others think, not just about Flame and Frost, but about the entire concept of Anet's living story as a whole. Personally, I can think of a few reasons why I'm not so sure if t [..]
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12:34 pm, October 2, 2013
I know racial skills aren't the focus of the game, and they're kind of a tack-on thing to add flavour to your character, but I can't help but feel like Anet didn't really think them through all that w [..]
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11:36 am, October 2, 2013
What is up with this rune mechanics? Why is there so many runes that give you bonuses when you GET hit? The whole point of being good at this game is to dodge so that you DON'T get hit.
Looking at gw [..]
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11:28 am, October 2, 2013
TL;DR, Dynamic events aren't dynamic because they don't depend on each other, and are basically public quest loops that respawn 5 minutes after completion. Also, this Forbes article sums up how I feel [..]
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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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10:06 am, October 2, 2013
When I first started playing, I was afraid that there wouldn't be much difference between zones since they were all set in the same 6 regions (Ascalon, Kryta, Orr, Shiverpeaks, Maguuma, & Steamspu [..]
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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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7:30 am, October 2, 2013
Yes there are things that are great about this game. In fact, there are areas of this game that are revolutionary and awesome.
Yet, there are too many areas that make this game seem like it was slapp [..]
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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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6:16 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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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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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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5:23 am, October 2, 2013
I'm working on a 2nd Incinerator. I decided that doing all the skill challenges in the world would be a pretty fast way to get the Bloodstone shard. Done the whole map tonight except for Malchor's lea [..]
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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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3:58 am, October 2, 2013
This will be a long post. There is a TL;DR at the bottom if you're not invested in reading a lot.
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I am a hardcore MMO player, as I'm sure some of you are as well. I hold this title because I [..]
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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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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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11:20 pm, October 1, 2013
GW2 2012 Best (Worst) of Awards
Its that time of the year again! Where we look back into the previous year and project into the new year. To make the best of 2013, we have to look [..]
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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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9:57 pm, October 1, 2013
Why dont we just start State of the Game with WvW or PvE?
If you are an active Guild Wars 2 sPvP player there is a big chance you have heard about Guru State of the Game and if you arent into sPvP [..]
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9:50 pm, October 1, 2013
Here is my disappointment not in any particular order of most to least importance. I have other disappointment but they are not game breaking and more of a minor annoyance so I won't list them.
1. C [..]
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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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8:35 pm, October 1, 2013
ArenaNet has posted a handy little guide for those of you who want a push in the right direction. Think of it as flipping through a player's guide of a game you're playing through. We'll also be pos [..]
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8:22 pm, October 1, 2013
Ok so i was the first one in a circle of gaming friend to buy this game. One of my friends and his girlfriend came over from wow. They got tired of wow . But the guy went ape over the game and formed [..]
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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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