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 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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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, July 3, 2014
Hi, as you can probably see by the title of the this topic, i like to role play. However, I have a problem. I have a female human thief, on role she is part of the Order of Whispers. I want to change [..]
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7:18 am, June 4, 2014
Hi all.
I'm a bit miffed that this is a gem store finisher, when it is blatantly better than the r80 dragon finisher.
Why was this not the r80 finisher? Gw1 had great rank emotes at the higher tiers [..]
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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 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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9:16 pm, April 8, 2014
Im proud to present you with this weeks newest offerings from the Black Lion Trading Company! Were bringing you three beautiful miniature birds for your collection and a drum that will revolutioni [..]
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3:16 pm, April 2, 2014
Were down to the last major feature to announce in our upcoming April 15 Feature Pack, and its a pretty huge one: were making it easier to play with your friends on every PvE map, regardless of home w [..]
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2:16 pm, February 25, 2014
We here at the Black Lion Trading Company are honored to keep doing our part in keeping Tyria running despite Scarlet Briars devastating attacks on Lions Arch. Read on to find new offerings and sa [..]
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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 21, 2014
In many threads here I keep coming across a baseline conspiracy theory which is that Anet is bleeding people dry of their money and they are doing it successfully because ... Well that's where the log [..]
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8:16 am, February 1, 2014
First off, I realize ANet is striving for a "Living World." And that to ANet that means story elements are supposed to be realistic in the sense that once they happen they [..]
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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, December 17, 2013
Wintersday celebrations begin today! Here at the Black Lion Trading Company, we have everything you need to get into the festive spirit.
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8:16 pm, November 30, 2013
Hey all.
I'm a supporter of fractals, I enjoyed them immensly prior to the patch, as it seemed the only truly challenging pve content (L40 and above only).
However, the recent changes has left me di [..]
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8:16 am, November 28, 2013
When we added the World XP system to World vs. World, it was our goal to create a sense of character progression in WvW gameplay. We wanted to reward people who put time into WvW by increasing the too [..]
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8:16 pm, November 27, 2013
So I was doing my daily dose of random browsing when I stumbled upon this post of a dev
https://forum-en.gui...rst#post3266648
QuoteI mentioned this elsewhere on the forums, but Ill say it here agai [..]
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3:26 pm, November 13, 2013
Hello folks. It’s Maclaine Diemer, back again with another post about music. For this month’s Dragon Bash content, we wanted to have a recognizable theme, and the idea was brought [..]
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3:16 pm, October 22, 2013
Were one week in to the Halloween festivitieswhy not celebrate with some new Black Lion Trading Company costumes? Last years Witch and Mad King outfits are both making an appearance alongside the [..]
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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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3:28 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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11:11 am, October 15, 2013
Russia is huge, yet no own servers it makes no sense why is this the case?
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_maps/txu-oclc-264266980-world_pol_2008-2.jpg
Wouldn't it be sensible to have Russian s [..]
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9:16 pm, October 11, 2013
Kymeric hit on something that I wanted to respond to, but felt it needed it's own thread. Here is the quote and the source is here: http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/86228-x-post-chris-whiteside-on- [..]
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4:43 pm, October 10, 2013
Now, I know that it won't be any time soon. But this is more of an opinion that I'd like to share and get feedback on more than anything else.
Guild Wars 2 is a very diverse game, simple enough for b [..]
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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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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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10:19 pm, October 9, 2013
Sense the site thing requires approval (who knows how long that will take), I'm going to post this here.
I'm not sure how truthful this may be, however Chrome just notified me that GW2Guru may have b [..]
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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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12:26 am, October 9, 2013
I have long had a soft spot for story telling in games. I unashamedly use cheats in single player games as I am more interested in seeing where the story goes than in the gameplay "challenges&quo [..]
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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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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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6:11 am, October 7, 2013
So, this is a question I have after just hitting 80 awhile ago. (and reaching max level in mAny other mmos). Once I hit max level I literally feel "relaxed." I feel like I no longer have a w [..]
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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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4:39 pm, October 5, 2013
Every time I start playing a new game there crops up goldsellers after a while, this is obviously inevitable. The interesting thing for me is how every game seems to be completely inept at dealing wit [..]
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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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1:19 am, October 5, 2013
I honestly can't figure out why so many people play humans and norn. I would like to think that people would be more interested in playing other races more after only being able to play humans in GW1 [..]
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12:28 am, October 5, 2013
Why does it seem like the majority of condition damage gear has precision & condition damage? Since dot's can't crit this doesn't seem to make much sense to me. &nb [..]
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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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3:55 pm, October 4, 2013
I've been playing this game a bit now, sitting at about Lvl. 73(almost 74) and I am rapidly becoming less and less excited to finish it up.
1) The story continues to get worse and less cohesive. Voic [..]
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2:27 pm, October 4, 2013
(I HOPE I AM WRONG, I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED TOO MUCH WVW) What I mean by this is that you can't gank rival guilds or start a guild war...In WVW you can't see the names of enemies and there is no **** c [..]
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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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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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2:11 am, October 4, 2013
Warning, the following statements below is a rant. Viewer discretion is advised
If there is one thing that I could criticize Anet is how horrible and how out of place the armors in this game feel.& [..]
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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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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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4:33 pm, October 3, 2013
Just doesn't make sense really since leveling is sooooo FAST that you don't even get to keep/use a piece you get along the way for very long.
I say save it until you get to level 80....who's wit me?
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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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4:29 am, October 3, 2013
I so much dislike being called "Lightbringer" non stop in my personal storyline that I even would change the Order if I could. Ok so I get Lucifer's title as a rank in the Order of Whispers. [..]
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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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5:19 pm, October 2, 2013
hey guys!
So I'm an elemantalist, and what I'm wondering is once you have crafted your first almighty legendary weapon, will it allow you to craft another once?. This is since I will be going for the [..]
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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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11:57 am, October 2, 2013
A note before starting; this is intended as a conversation about the story (non-lore) behind why we are fighting Zhaitan and where the story may progress from here. It is not meant to be bashing Anet' [..]
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10:20 am, October 2, 2013
Can someone tell me why Anet changed from a& [..]
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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
In a recent post on the official GW2 forums hosted by ArenaNet, I criticized ArenaNet for not disabling the WvW orbs because of an orb exploit that was causing a great deal of trouble. &n [..]
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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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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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12:26 am, October 2, 2013
How do we craft an online world that feels like it is a truly living world?
For years, MMO developers have been chasing the answer to this question; it’s one of the holy grails of MMO dev [..]
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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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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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6:39 pm, October 1, 2013
Two months into release, a large percentage of the population either has an exotic set of weapons/armor, or is close to obtaining said armor/weapons.
But for many of us, a legendary weapon is just o [..]
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3:39 pm, October 1, 2013
Professor Omadd, Headmaster Emeritus of the College of Synergetics, anxiously twisted his ear as he waited for the sylvari woman to wake. She had been thrashing violently in the isolation module for d [..]
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2:28 pm, October 1, 2013
You can't put upgrades in them it seems. This means my current back item (a rare) will always be better than a P capacitor (an exotic).... Doesn't make sense
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2:08 pm, October 1, 2013
3 weeks ago, it was the universal trend to disregard any negative feedback towards ANet and their amazing game, whether it was valid criticism or just pointless ranting. Those posts would commonly be [..]
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1:18 pm, October 1, 2013
Please excuse my horrible grammar and english
I got a suggestion from a member on here that starting a new toon and completing all 5 cities plus lion arch would net me to level 8. [..]
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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
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8:37 am, October 1, 2013
I've been thinking about this issue for a while and I want to know what you guys think.
Well, in GW1, new classes came with expansions, it made sense because they were classes native to their contine [..]
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8:34 am, October 1, 2013
Although there's certainly no shortage of strong opinions to be had about the Lost Shores Event in these fine forums, I figure I might as well share mine -- in the form of a long, drawn-out retrospect [..]
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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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5:37 am, October 1, 2013
I am posting this topic here because I needed a place to type this text since I can't post on the official forums. Letting my friend copy paste it here and thought well the more people that see this t [..]
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4:55 am, October 1, 2013
So, I main a Necromancer class now, and I have to say after using most every class. Mesmers are nonsense. Pure utterly complete nonsense. Being able to make portals for teammates to continuously retur [..]
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4:24 am, October 1, 2013
By take over heart, I mean the hearts that are essentially "good guys took over this place, for now..." so you're left to do whatever the programmers forgot to remove in order to get that ba [..]
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1:03 am, October 1, 2013
Been having a bit of fun using the Wayback Machine to peer through ANet's blog, which they decided to take down.
I thought I would share something from their blog and see what kind of discussion it l [..]
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12:34 am, October 1, 2013
First off, sorry if this post has already been made, and I have seen this on Reddit before but for anyone who does not already know, a really great GW2 LFG tool exists.
I have not [..]
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11:47 pm, September 30, 2013
Repost of a repost - OP was lost in the shuffle. I apologize.
This thread has been deleted from the official forums without any reason. Banns have been issued to the people posting. Please spread th [..]
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11:19 pm, September 30, 2013
So I heard there is a new timer but it doesn't make any freaking sense. Listen to me, last night I mined a orichalcum node and 2 mins later I mined a ancient wood node, if the new timer is 8 hours sho [..]
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11:13 pm, September 30, 2013
(i had this posted on guild wars official forums but the admins destroyed it changing my posts changing the topic names and deleting multiple posts, So hopefully i can get my concerns heard properly h [..]
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10:22 pm, September 30, 2013
(This topic contains subject matter which is being posted by a person who uses immature terms, but would prefer if people could take a mature attitude towards it)
(Please keep the "But then all t [..]
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9:02 pm, September 30, 2013
The title is such b/c I thought it less argumentative than "my victory lap over the GW2 community". I was basically right about all my predictions for GW2 widely derided as "trolling&qu [..]
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8:45 pm, September 30, 2013
Over on the official forums, the mystic forge is affectionately known as the mystic toilet. And why shouldn't it be? Especially when you have players throwing 350g worth of weapons in at a time and ge [..]
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6:25 pm, September 30, 2013
https://forum-en.gui...ion-of-the-Game
C&P'd for those blocked, but spoiler-tagged to de-spam. It is hefty, but a good read, IMO.
Spoiler
There have been many different so [..]
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5:45 pm, September 30, 2013
This doesn't mean ignore the negatives, but there's a whole helluva lot things GW2 has avoided that, sadly, other MMO titles have failed terribly at. Bullet points won't make me any more right or wron [..]
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5:42 pm, September 30, 2013
Meanwhile all my guild mates I've run with have at least 2, most with 3 and a couple have 4. I've always had awful luck with RNG but this is a joke and highlights a big problem with Fracs. No guarante [..]
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5:41 pm, September 30, 2013
hey folks, i wanted to start this thread because i wanted to respond to a topic brought up in another thread without derailing said thread.
and because i want Tyrian Assembly to have topics that do n [..]
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5:09 pm, September 30, 2013
Originally I just wanted to do the math, but then it became more than that and i feel the need to share my thoughts. Disclaimer: Lots of text, also might belong in suggestion/ideas but that's what mod [..]
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5:01 pm, September 30, 2013
GW2 has major issue with novelty of its content. The developer have spent most of their time developing each unique zone with its own content to complete and while it was incredibly [..]
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5:01 pm, September 30, 2013
https://www.guildwar...res-and-beyond/
QuoteGreetings Heroes of Tyria,
Last weekend we released our free Lost Shores mini-expansion, which introduced a new level 80 map, a brand new PvP map, over 40 [..]
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3:19 pm, September 30, 2013
Hello WvW players,
Im here to make an announcement regarding season one of World vs. World. After careful consideration of feedback, weve decided to make some changes to both the timing of the inagur [..]
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2:55 pm, September 30, 2013
Weve all seen the never ending posts about the game being empty, people flocking to other games and countless this game sucks posts. The rest of us kept playing the game. Most of us expected the gam [..]
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2:40 pm, September 30, 2013
It was a good run. It was definitely worth $60.00 just like I'd say Diablo III also was. It was definitely worth the 300+ hours or so that I got from it. I think Anet knows they lack endgame content, [..]
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2:18 pm, September 30, 2013
Arena Net hinted at maybe doing something and I still haven't seen it, even though the game hasn't been released. I'm here to complain about it because there's few things I have to complain about.
As [..]
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1:23 pm, September 30, 2013
EDIT: I WISH I COULD FIX THE ERROR IN THE TITLE. DO'H!
I absolutely love the fact that you can customize the colors, it's about damn time. But [..]
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12:57 pm, September 30, 2013
So I was wondering what are people experiences so far with the explorable mode dungeons?
Our group did the first two dungeons Ascolonian Catacombs and Caudecus's Manor on story mode relatively easily [..]
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