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 14, 2014
If I had to sum up November’s ESL Go4GuildWars2 Cups in a few words, I’d describe it as entirely unexpected. The November Cup isn’t even half over, and yet we’v [..]
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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 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 4, 2014
As part of the upcoming feature pack for Guild Wars 2, well be shipping a change thats been a long time in the making: a brand-new Trading Post! Weve put a lot of work into it to str [..]
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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, 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 am, May 13, 2014
Hi, I'm a fairly casual player and just wanted to make a suggestion. Overall, I really enjoy how GW2 is free to play and has regular updated content. I really like the previous April patch in that it [..]
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9:16 pm, April 12, 2014
In a recent, now locked, thread I tried to discuss the objective definition of pay-to-win, and quickly found that for various reasons doing so is.difficult, to say the least. So rather than rehash tha [..]
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3:16 pm, April 2, 2014
Were down to the last major feature to announce in our upcoming April 15 Feature Pack, and its a pretty huge one: were making it easier to play with your friends on every PvE map, regardless of home w [..]
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8:16 pm, March 21, 2014
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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8:16 pm, March 18, 2014
Congratulations, heroes, weve freed Lions Arch! Celebrate in style with new hair styles, adorable new miniatures, increased Collection stacks, and discounts!
New Hair Styles in Ma [..]
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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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2:16 am, February 24, 2014
What is Damage Downtime?: DDT is the time spent not attacking that is unrelated to an attack's central action window.
What increases DDT?: Dodges, Movement, Knockdowns, Interrupts, Fear, etc.
Why ca [..]
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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 pm, January 30, 2014
The criteria for a natural level after 10 is expressed; you gain one stat point, some statistical points, and one trait point each level with no special rules. You can answer the question in three way [..]
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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 am, December 11, 2013
Wintersday is here! To celebrate, the Black Lion Trading Company is proud to present new festive and functional items! Read on to learn more about our updates to the Total Makeover Kit, the new Co [..]
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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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7:10 pm, November 22, 2013
As some of you are certainly aware, in GW1 it was fairly commonplace to receive a drop that was essentially a piece of armor you couldn't use (say it was for the wrong size or species for example) yet [..]
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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 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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8:16 pm, November 12, 2013
The fight against the Toxic Alliance is a joint effort. The bravest heroes, the Lionguard, members of the interracial Orders we’re all in this together. But perhaps nobody is fighting t [..]
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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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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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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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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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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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6:13 am, October 14, 2013
So the guild wars 2 launcher was downloading a 700 files update or something. It was at 99 so I click log in and it said the following "you've enabled email authentication for [..]
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10:42 am, October 13, 2013
Just like that, in the last 2 days suddenly the population increased.
Desolation had queues for WvW but since MoP release the queues used to last only a few minuts even for eternal and in prime europ [..]
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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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2:25 am, October 7, 2013
Hello there,
Even though I owned GW1 and played it a tiny bit, I still consider myself a new GW player.
I'm not familiar with ArenaNet but I have to say that with this new patch I feel a bit disappoi [..]
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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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11:12 pm, October 5, 2013
Hey folks, it’s Chap again! There are a lot of changes coming in this release, and I wanted to explain the thought processes behind some of them. Today I’ll be joined by Karl and R [..]
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6:30 am, October 5, 2013
Now, I understand that this question has most likely been answered in other topics, but I was not able to find the answer myself.
My question is how many guild rankings are there in guilds, and for e [..]
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3:53 am, October 5, 2013
Let's take combat and general mechanics of GW 2(dodges, self heals, ...) and something to it. I think, and I can see that is general consensus, that GW 2 is too bland. Meh prototype, what can you do.. [..]
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3:16 am, October 5, 2013
The prices of things seem to be increasing quite a bit over the last month or two. I think largely due to increased magic find and champion loot changes. This eff [..]
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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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4:01 pm, October 4, 2013
I'm running around low level area's and finding maybe 1 other player at times. Most of the dynamic events are completely ignored and champion npc's are not possible. &n [..]
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3:52 pm, October 4, 2013
There are already a lot of threads discuss about the social issue in gw2.
Personally I think it the difficulty.
You can solo your story, explore, farm, and level to 80.
Some new comer already felt bo [..]
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1:42 pm, October 4, 2013
Hello! Im Isaiah Cartwright, the lead game designer for Guild Wars 2, and I would like to talk to you about some of up upcoming changes to the ways we reward players for participatin [..]
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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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7:02 am, October 4, 2013
Okay, so we've already talked a lot about the moving goalposts of introducing vertical progression to itemisation, adding profoundly obvious grind, and creating a divide between types of players. We'v [..]
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5:22 am, October 4, 2013
Ive just got back from working away on the mines for 2weeks to find that some prick has hacked my account and has been playing it. So i sent a support ticket in got password and account reset go to lo [..]
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11:09 pm, October 3, 2013
I posted the text below on the Guild Wars 2 site earlier this evening. I hope that many of you feel the same way and will lend your voice to getting this changed. Happy hunting.
Dear Devs,
I've bee [..]
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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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7:10 pm, October 3, 2013
Divinitys Reach is hosting a magnificent celebration! Her Majesty Queen Jennah of Kryta is commemorating the tenth year of her rule and using the occasion to celebrate the triumph of humanity over the [..]
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4:14 pm, October 2, 2013
Do you agree?
1. The chain event bug out most of the time. May be is my luck but none of my alts able to complete the chain at all. NPC always bug out.
2. The new dungeon is not bad but you must have [..]
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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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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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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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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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2:19 am, October 2, 2013
Hey all
I was just wondering what your opinions would be of an increased XP percentage (for a limited amount of time) for those people who have been logged out for more than a day. I believe it's a [..]
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2:09 am, October 2, 2013
This is a western game! They introduce all their grind at at the endgame so it lets the casuals feel good while steadily leveling up over the course of a few months and gives the hardcore players some [..]
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1:46 am, October 2, 2013
Title says it all.
I'm using a low end graphics card, and on minimum settings I get 26 FPS max, period. After the update I noticed the game looked suddenly... different.
I checked my FPS. 38 FPS max [..]
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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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11:03 pm, October 1, 2013
Wall-o-text INC.
Greetings to nerds and noobs alike!
When looking at the conversations going around about Guild Wars 2 and it's longevity, many people state PvP is (or should be) the true endgame. I [..]
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10:46 pm, October 1, 2013
Hello all,
I'm looking to see if anyone else is noticing problems in Guild Influencing accounting. As an officer of a small guild I can easily keep track of our guild influence. 5 members, 10 charact [..]
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9:41 pm, October 1, 2013
I would like ANET to improve the way dynamic events are monitored, either in game or create a web page that would track them. I say this because i like doing a variety of events rather than sitting in [..]
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7:00 pm, October 1, 2013
I started this game since head-start which was 28 days ago and I have only spent 125 hours in the game which comes out to 4.6 hours per day. I'm not a rusher yet the game is losing [..]
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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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5:55 pm, October 1, 2013
LIVING WORLDDragon Bash
The Ship’s Council of Lion’s Arch is sponsoring Dragon Bash, a celebration of the Tyrian spirit and resolve to defeat the elder dragons. Bash on dragon pia [..]
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3:45 pm, October 1, 2013
So ArenaNet why no player moderators?
Ok so we all have seen an increases in botters, hacked accounts, cash for gold for spammer and people spamming you mail inbox FUUUUUUUU!! and I'm for one am sick [..]
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2:56 pm, October 1, 2013
By new content I mean "editing" the existing content. Editing as in the multiple 4-5+ champion npc's with insta dead abilities that now spawn during defend the camps in Cu [..]
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12:32 pm, October 1, 2013
Before fixing anything, let's quickly identify the core problems with GW2's PvE today. And by "PvE", I mean only the open-world PvE here, not personal story or dungeons.
So, the problems:
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12:18 pm, October 1, 2013
Well, I noticed something rather odd on the TP today. Earlier this morning unidentified dyes were 10s each, and last time I checked(a few minutes ago) they were 19s each, which is... uh, a bit crazy. [..]
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12:14 pm, October 1, 2013
Hi!
TLDR: Yes, it gets your further.
What is a jumpdodge?
You jump and dodge simultaneously.
Advantages:
A further jump while in/out of combat.
My testing has been for jumping forward only since [..]
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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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11:46 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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11:34 am, October 1, 2013
Ive seen a large amount of threads being made regarding such things as:
Server Populations
Server Xfers
3 Teams
Server Rankings
Zerging
Although these are separate factors, they all come together to [..]
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11:26 am, October 1, 2013
Greetings!
We are excited to introduce you all to the new and improved Borderlands maps and the Borderlands Bloodlust buff. As part of our continuing efforts to introduce new and interesting mechanic [..]
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11:25 am, October 1, 2013
Posted to GW2 Forums, I don't expect it to last. Please comment there as well.
TLDR: Points are boiled down here, but I encourage you to ready the body.
The Right to Make Money
N [..]
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11:23 am, October 1, 2013
So, I got the game when it released and did a lot of coverage for the game on YouTube and noticed it pretty much exploded However, for me personally the game really didn't seem to d [..]
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11:00 am, October 1, 2013
Now, Before you watch this video going over the Guild Wars 2 Holy Trinity please have a look at this here: http://gw2101.gtm.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/combat/healing-*****/
Or if you don't trust the [..]
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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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9:47 am, October 1, 2013
Glided Infusion: +20% gold from monsters
Currently available utility infusions are:Glided Infusion: +20% gold from monsters 20 laurelMagical Infusion: [..]
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9:10 am, October 1, 2013
Scarlets recent interruption on the celebration at Divinitys Reach has some people feeling pretty low but even in the worst of times, the Black Lion Trading Company is here for you! Treat yoursel [..]
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8:30 am, October 1, 2013
Warning: Massive Wall of Text Ahead. A 3001 word wall to be exact!
I will start out by saying that I have played a wide variety of games over the years, however guild wars was the very first online m [..]
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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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6:14 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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5:56 am, October 1, 2013
I played guild wars since just before Factions, its the best online game ive ever played, been waiting for so long for GW2. Its not a bad game, its far better value for money than most games,  [..]
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5:45 am, October 1, 2013
ArenaNet, developer of the smash hit Guild Wars 2, commemorates a record-breaking first year with a free trial of their critically acclaimed game on August 23-25, 2013. The Seattle-a [..]
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5:43 am, October 1, 2013
Hi all,
Don't know if this has been posted before but I was wanting to figure out how to maximize my raw power stats (before weapon damage, traits, skills and boons/conditions are added which can be [..]
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5:37 am, October 1, 2013
I have recently played my last class to level 80 and am now in the process of map completion. Having been to Orr with 5 chars before this one gave me sufficient insight to say this event has never bee [..]
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5:17 am, October 1, 2013
Since 2 days the chain seems to be broken :
They don't follow up anymore.
Bridge->lieutenants->overlord.
Or the time inbetween has been increased significantly.
Anyone noticed this? [..]
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2:55 am, October 1, 2013
15 points into blood magic necromancers get a trait called vampiric, it should spihon life out of enemies, but there is one problem, its based on a flat value that doesnt increase with how much damage [..]
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2:33 am, October 1, 2013
When I make this thread I'm particularly thinking of the thief, but I want people's input about other professions as well. I feel as if the downed skills aren't giving you a fair chance to get back up [..]
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2:17 am, October 1, 2013
This topic is in the form of a question because I am not trying to troll, but seeking answers or work-a rounds from the community.
My assumptions from sneaking a peak at some forums from work today: [..]
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1:26 am, October 1, 2013
So the whole quarry of people complaining about the nerfed Dungeons preventing people and me from being able to run them to get money has been really evident so far. You could have easily netted 1 gol [..]
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1:18 am, October 1, 2013
Queen Jennahs jubilee celebration continues in Divinitys Reach. The Queen is preparing to address her subjects and the dignitaries from other cities but someone else has plans for the Queens speech!
[..]
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1:02 am, October 1, 2013
Looks like Lead Designer Isaiah Cartwright did a fairly lengthy QandA on Kotaku last night. Just thought I would post the link in case any hasn't seen it or.
So [..]
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12:37 am, October 1, 2013
Two candidates, war hero Ellen Kiel and Black Lion trader Evon Gnashblade, are trying to secure a trade agreement with the Zephyr Sanctum but neither of them can seal the deal without your support! T [..]
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12:05 am, October 1, 2013
If your like me you buy something and you own it. It's yours to do with however you please. Im no cheater hacker botter exploiter none of those.
I am however someone who doesn't want to throw up due [..]
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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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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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