6:18 am, November 23, 2014
http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/11/21/the-daily-grind-do-special-currencies-in-mmos-annoy-you/#comments
A nice thread on in-game currencies.
Personally, they irritate me. The gam [..]
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7:18 pm, September 14, 2014
So, I ****** off one of my characters(just got tired of the look and didn't want to sink gold/$ into TP), and made a new character the other day...after the patch. Holy cow nuggets! [..]
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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, June 16, 2014
With the addition of the third crafting profession slot added to the Trading Post, combined with the Jimmy Carter-era inflation of gold-to-gemstones, it got me to thinking(always a dangerous prospect) [..]
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7:18 am, May 11, 2014
http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/05/09/working-as-intended-what-guild-wars-2-got-wrong/#continued
There are many things about the game I believe they got right. However, I do beli [..]
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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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2:16 pm, March 11, 2014
Grinding comes from gear grind.(I know very smart.)The real or original meaning of grinding is that you go to "dungeons" or zones and grind directly for the materials or g [..]
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8:16 am, January 31, 2014
So I asked a bit about leveling and read a bit about leveling in various places and the word "grind" comes up. I can understand grind in relation to repetition; once you play a game you've p [..]
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2:16 pm, January 1, 2014
I think that game would rock the world. They really should learn from each other. I just bought Skyrim LE on Steam and I can't get enough of it. Flaws of both can be seem in the other game. Here are s [..]
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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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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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10:36 am, November 19, 2013
I've come to the conclusion that people only drop the "grind" bomb when the content itself is not intrinsically fun. When people aren't enjoying doing X content for Y item, they complain abo [..]
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6:01 am, November 6, 2013
I've heard of games breaking promises, but it at least takes the community over a year before they can call bullcrap on all aspects of said promises. In the case of GW2 it only took 3 months, and we'r [..]
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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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10:09 am, October 24, 2013
Hey everyone,
I've been reading up on all the dungeons that have been added. Am I to surmise that you "grind" to gain tokens to purchase weapons? Furthermore, all of these weapons seem to ha [..]
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7:06 pm, October 18, 2013
GW2 apparently is garnering a lot of attention in the media (mainstream as well as gaming specific), but not for what I would have expected from the amount of discussion I see on these and other forum [..]
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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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11:21 am, October 16, 2013
I do wvw 90% of my gw2 time. Due to heavy workload IRL, I only have a few hours a day to myself, so, cannot realistically grind for Ascended pieces. But like many people here, it will always be a thor [..]
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3:16 am, October 16, 2013
This is pretty straight-forward. I know a lot of people think that you can ignore ascended gear because it is optional. So, let's run with that.
Why did ascended gear get introduced? Most people agre [..]
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8:43 am, October 12, 2013
I've been thinking of getting back into this game or at least playing it a couple of times a week. I lasted played this back in October/November while the halloween event was going. I stopped playing [..]
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3:34 am, October 12, 2013
Hi guys,
As the title says, I'm planning comming back to GW2 after a 6 month lay off. The game started to bore me. I had full exotic, some nice cash, and didn't want to grind months to get a legendar [..]
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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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3:55 pm, October 10, 2013
this idea just hit me, and I presume some of you've already thought about this.
I started thinking about why the hell you should pay for a rank (Commander) and instead earn it with [..]
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12:38 pm, October 9, 2013
Looking at market prices from launch until now of staple items we see a clear trend of decreasing price, namely exotic armors and weapons. This is partly because [..]
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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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9:23 pm, October 7, 2013
So I have been playing this game with my wife and buddies for the past few weeks, and through playing with them it has been an enjoyable experience; this however is starting to feel like it's coming t [..]
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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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7:44 am, October 7, 2013
Simply put, Gear-Grind adds a much higher sense of accomplishment once you reach something than getting something that 'looks better'. IF I wanted that I wouldn't play MMORPG's, I'd play something lik [..]
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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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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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6:46 am, October 6, 2013
*Whoa there guys! Before you type your reply how about listening to the first mintue of the video. After that you're welcome to ignore the rest *
Now I know there are those that hate videos/my voic [..]
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9:37 pm, October 5, 2013
Reposted from the R and D thread on Black Lion Chests since it wasn't 100% on topic so I brought it here.
This thread is to discuss the way that ANet has handled this installment of Halloween, most n [..]
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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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4:51 pm, October 5, 2013
Does anyone see a connection between the politics of the NA/EU of entitlements and those that post about how legendaries should be easier to get and exotics should be end game gear(since it took you a [..]
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10:44 am, October 5, 2013
I originally posted this topic on the official forums but as it's most likely to be burried there, I want to open the discussion here too.
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3:08 am, October 5, 2013
Hi all,
I'm a fan of traditional rpgs like morrowind, skyrim (don't like oblivion), gothic serial, risen, the witcher, baldurs gate, fallout, neverwinter nights, dragon age, kingdoms of amalur, etc. I [..]
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12:35 am, October 5, 2013
I'm probably going to get shot down for sharing this but:
The guy is more direct then I'd ever be in my videos but it really makes me feel better knowing there's somone out there genuinly invested in [..]
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9:58 pm, October 4, 2013
http://www.allprouda...-R-T-U-R-E.html
"A golem named BUY-4373, an NPC named Subdirector Blingg, and a jumping puzzle named Under New Management."
South Sun Cove waypoints are "Lion& [..]
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3:59 pm, October 4, 2013
Yes. I said that "A.NET has no word of honor.". I attack A.NET for the gear treadmill that they implemented. But I realized that I might be attacking the wrong people.
Because
A.NET is a s [..]
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3:22 pm, October 4, 2013
Please excuse my English.
I am still a low level player with a few questions on my mind. My highest level character is a female norn ranger (38). I also have a [..]
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3:20 pm, October 4, 2013
Premise
I'm one of those who plays the game to have fun; I do not care for treadmills, grinding, farming, and all those brain-dead activities.
I like to entertain myself through different, funny activ [..]
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3:18 pm, October 4, 2013
So, I just made this thread to express my disappointment in anets art direction regarding weapon design.
Most of them just look FLAT, literally they have no real volume and many of them are very disp [..]
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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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1:39 pm, October 4, 2013
I want to start off by saying - This is NOT meant to be a post to complain about the game
I'm just wondering if anybody has an idea of what they plan on doing to add substance to the game's content. [..]
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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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4:44 am, October 4, 2013
So I'm new to GW2 but not to the franchise. I invested I think somewhere around 1055 hours on the first game and I loved every minute of it. I decided that since I had some time this summer I'd try th [..]
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1:14 am, October 4, 2013
We all know the kafuffle about gear grind, ascended gear, etc.
We know what's been said, we know what we've seen in game.
We know it's just the start.
So, my question is this:
Does the ascended ge [..]
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11:58 pm, October 3, 2013
In guild chat last night a request went out to help a fellow guild member clear an achivement off the "Nearly Completed" list. They needed help with Sorrow's Embrace path [..]
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9:58 pm, October 3, 2013
Trying to level an alt and having a sluggish time. Let me state up front I am not a completionist and I prefer to shove as much time into direct levelling as I can, when levelling
[..]
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9:48 pm, October 3, 2013
There are currently 2 main Systems for Skill progression in MMO- or Action-RPGs the "vertical" and the "horizontal" progression:
In the "vertical" progression you have u [..]
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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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5:32 pm, October 3, 2013
I've been trying to defend this game's pvp for some time now and after today, there's not much else I can do anymore. I know there are people, like me, who were expecting this patch [..]
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10:54 am, October 3, 2013
So I started playing GW2 from headstart, but didn't even reached max lvl yet. It's just got very boring to grind same mobs, same events. Now I mostly do sPvP.
How about others, is there anyone else [..]
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9:54 am, October 3, 2013
I'm a noted alt-aholic in games like these, and I'm trying to avoid getting mired too much in fiddling around with different characters. In the 4-5 months I played WAR, I never got [..]
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2:49 am, October 3, 2013
In this thread we will be discussing the most recent addition of vertical progression to GW2 with the Lost Shores update & what it really means for GW2. This topic has a tendenc [..]
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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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8:39 pm, October 2, 2013
With the November 15 patch I've never seen such a turn around in design philosophy by a developer. Top gear is no longer cosmetic, the new dungeon is gated and it practically depopulated the rest of t [..]
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8:16 pm, October 2, 2013
Ok, first off I think the game is great however I'm sorry but I have to bring Wow up to make a point about what makes a game fun for a lot of people.
So I have been playing since day one and my chara [..]
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8:00 pm, October 2, 2013
Every mmorpg has grind in some shape or form. Guild Wars 2 has it much less than any other mmorpg. Interesting enough mmorpg stand for massive multiplayer online [..]
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7:15 pm, October 2, 2013
Article:
http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/01/18/the-daily-grind-whats-the-absolute-worst-mmo-economy/
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6:03 pm, October 2, 2013
Part of the reason I started playing Guild Wars 2 is that it was much more accessible. There was no end-game gear grind, there was a unique event and non-quest questing system, but then you hit 80 and [..]
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4:39 pm, October 2, 2013
Scribes Note: The following journal page was retrieved, undoubtedly without permission, from the Zephyr Sanctum, and in 1326 it came into the hands of the Durmand Priory. The author remains unidentifi [..]
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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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11:28 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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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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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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6:53 am, October 2, 2013
TO CONDENSE MY SENTIMENTS:
Good players are not rewarded for overcoming challenges the majority of the games status symbols and cool items are gained from performing an easy task for an inordinate am [..]
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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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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
just been bugging me and had to post
keys should be able to drop of mobs or bought with ingame money not only gems
mini pets - a few should be quest given/ rewards for doing stuff in pve not gems onl [..]
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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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1:20 am, October 2, 2013
It's pretty much fact that we all need some kind of progression in a MMO to keep us occupied. Whether that be statistical or aesthetic. From yesterday we can see that Anet are trying to add some kind [..]
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12:59 am, October 2, 2013
I've recently started playing RIFT since it's F2P now and it's been fantastic. Yeah it's a gear grind game but you don't have to gear grind for top of the world gear (outside of dungeons is what I mea [..]
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12:45 am, October 2, 2013
First of all, this is not a flame or troll post and if you have nothing insightful to add, I ask you to simply not reply.
I have put a little over 250 hours in the game now, playing with my old Guild [..]
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10:30 pm, October 1, 2013
Instead of running around an area doing the same handful of DE's, in the same order, for hours. In my opinion, there needs to be some kind of challenge event, like they had in GW1. Even NPC's that giv [..]
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9:46 pm, October 1, 2013
First, I am sorry for creating a new thread for this, but there are so many floating around that cause me to have these questions I simply couldn't make a response on page "x" of all of them [..]
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8:41 pm, October 1, 2013
I was a former WOW player, Guild Wars 2 wasn't the reason I quit but I thought of it as the next step of the evolution. I've gone through UO, Ascheron's Call, Everquest, WOW, and a little Diablo 2. Up [..]
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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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7:49 pm, October 1, 2013
First, this isn't a "I hate GW2, it sucks" thread. I want to know what others do to keep interest in playing..
I've come to the point of whether or not I want to log in. I've played every p [..]
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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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4:59 pm, October 1, 2013
Look dungeons, grind, market , minor exploits balbalbal complain more
not important!!!!!!!
but
BOTS! BOTS ARE EVERYWHERE !
even bots with teleport hacks !
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2:11 pm, October 1, 2013
I really don't envy the life of a game developer, it must be very disheartening to be constantly moaned at by your player-base. How much is enough for the MMO gamer? Will you or I ever be pleased?
&q [..]
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1:00 pm, October 1, 2013
As the title says, gear grind is just a lazy way to get people to log on and grind some content for a while. That's what bothers me about this whole thing the most. Making content people want to play [..]
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12:14 pm, October 1, 2013
I used to remember that this minigame was fun when people actually played it , i usually joined 5 to 6 matches per play-through a day after done a dungeon or some spvp...now its just filled most of th [..]
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12:12 pm, October 1, 2013
I won't be posting anymore quoting AMA that is currently on-going, despite the fact that the Guru News link hasn't been updated in over an hour, instead let's talk about what was discussed.
Vertical [..]
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12:10 pm, October 1, 2013
"To prevent the mindless grinding and farming that happened last time, Arenanet have changed all the chest loot and dig spots to account bound daily. This make it a bit harder to get the good stu [..]
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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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11:25 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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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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9:24 am, October 1, 2013
Doing a little mathhammer, it comes up that you will have to do 120 DE in Straits of Devastation to get only 1 piece of karma Exotic. Yes I know these don't have the highest rewards, but they zerg cha [..]
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9:01 am, October 1, 2013
Well I didnt know you should buy the whole set for the exotic karma armour at once so I bought 3/6 of it already. Wheres the fastest/best place to grind karma to correct this mistake.
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8:46 am, October 1, 2013
I wanted to write this topic, because it really have concerned me for the past months. Orr has been known to have several bugs and stops progression of the meta event to Cathedral of Glorious Victory. [..]
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8:33 am, October 1, 2013
I quit the game around level 50 several months ago because I just couldn't take it any more. This is a guy who played several F2P mmo's, including a korean mmo, and getting pretty far in it. What keep [..]
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6:48 am, October 1, 2013
I'll admit, the Fractals have been pretty fun and I'm sure there is some way to make the Ascended gear work in some way down the line. Right now though both the Fractals and Ascended gear are carrying [..]
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6:17 am, October 1, 2013
Here's a review written by forbes.
I like to think of forbes as a reputable source. Much of what's written there is reasonable and it resonates with me as what I see to be problems with GW2. Whilst G [..]
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6:14 am, October 1, 2013
Purpose: In effect, what I intend to do is expose ArenaNet of lies, deceit, and otherwise facilitating or spreading false information for the sole purpose of garn [..]
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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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5:43 am, October 1, 2013
For the first time Anet does something I consider an undeniable mistake and complete change of direction... Anet introduces... FETCH QUESTS exactly like WoW, when this game was meant by manifesto to n [..]
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