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, October 22, 2014
Theres a skrit in the demolished, old Black Lion building just west of Trader's Forum that is taking the shiny candy wrappers that come from the candy that is sold in the gem store and they also drop [..]
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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 23, 2014
From bright displays of color to incendiary gathering tools, this week the Black Lion Trading Company is all about setting yourself apart from the crowd. Read on to learn about our two new permane [..]
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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 19, 2014
So my server successfully downed Tequatl today. It was the first time I personally had even attempted the revamped boss since returning to the game and it was AWESOME.
That single win was far more gr [..]
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7:18 pm, July 1, 2014
The Gates of Maguuma release begins today, and we here at the Black Lion Trading Company have the perfect items to send you on your way in style! Log in while the release is live to unlock free, p [..]
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7:18 pm, June 25, 2014
Hi, everyone. Regina Buenaobra here. Im the North American Community Team Lead at ArenaNet, and Im here to talk to you about our new Tumblr site for Guild Wars 2.
Tumblr is going t [..]
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9:16 pm, April 25, 2014
Were pleased to announce that now all PvE maps and the Heart of the Mists have been moved over to megaserver technology!
Although were excited that you have more players than ever to explore the open [..]
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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 28, 2014
Hello again Tyria! There are a lot of great new changes happening in the Mists with rewards, gear, build-making, and more! Its incredibly exciting to finally be able to share with you all of the updat [..]
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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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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, 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 pm, February 19, 2014
I stopped playing GW2 ever since July of 2013. I have not touched Gw2 since then so what did I miss? Anything important? I logged on just to be confused as hell as to what the new inventory system is [..]
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2:16 pm, February 18, 2014
Hello,
Some of you may remember a survey which has been done by GameStatistics on September 2013, about Guild Wars 2 players opinions about the game. The link for the survey had been put on Guild war [..]
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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, 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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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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1:39 pm, November 23, 2013
Having leveled two characters to 80, I have the following observations and opinions:
- The time it takes to get from 1 to 80 is suitable, but the first 40 levels can feel really slow while the last 1 [..]
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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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5:27 am, October 13, 2013
So giving how the personal story and such works could a profession change be possible in GW2?
I guess the harder thing would be where the skill points go but you could just refresh them on that chara [..]
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3:49 am, October 11, 2013
In response to the prompt to consider changing my password on the login panel, I followed the link to the official site and changed my password, filling in the information exactly as prompted, and sav [..]
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7:52 pm, October 10, 2013
First of all, Magic Find. Sounds like a significant stat in the game, yet, not much is known about it (to me anyway). So I'm curious to know more about it and hope someone could enlighten me with how [..]
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2:19 pm, October 10, 2013
Yes. This thread.
We all knew it was coming.
ArenaNet have stated you need FRIENDS on a server to guest to it. Now, of course... that means we can simply work around the issue (why we should have to [..]
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1:27 am, October 10, 2013
This is all taken from an Anet employee's FB page. Cheers mate!
I didn't implement this feature but it's super awesome so you should use it. It's most popular with the /dance emote, but it actually w [..]
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8:26 pm, October 9, 2013
If you open the game using Gw2.exe -useoldlauncher and go into options the interface size now works. I didn't notice any other changes besides that.
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9:16 pm, October 8, 2013
This week, the Black Lion Trading company is pleased to present the Jack-in-the-Box Scythe, the latest and greatest innovation in the realm of portable harvesting technology. In addition, weve got [..]
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6:30 pm, October 8, 2013
I came here on guru to look at interesting threads but most of them are just...stupid...to read. People need to try to understand the other side before they make a comment. And angry comments are just [..]
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7:47 am, October 8, 2013
We have had guild bounty for a while now and Ive started to notice a pattern according to which bounties we get. Some of the bounties are the same every week. So if some of the bosses are more frequen [..]
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11:52 pm, October 7, 2013
I'm trying to finalize my conceptualization of builds and how they function, but I'm finding myself completely lost on how damage actually works. I'm a level 80 ranger trying to cho [..]
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8:10 am, October 7, 2013
The Dragon Bash celebration is in full swing! Celebrants all over Tyria are snacking on Zhaitaffy, trading blows in the Dragon Ball arena, and bashing the stuffing out of dragon piatas. The Black [..]
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3:51 pm, October 6, 2013
http://www.reddit.co...producer_in_la/
(Q:) Will we ever be able to go to Cantha?
(A:) (Paraphrasing) Cantha is definitely not cut from the game, you will just have to wait and see.
(Q:) Will we be [..]
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3:07 am, October 6, 2013
This is just me voicing my opinion after reading so many posts about people leaving and lower player number etc. To be honest i really love Guild Wars 2, I'm ex GW1 and the way GW2 plays is perfect fo [..]
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7:37 am, October 5, 2013
You know the kind. Some quest requires you to use a certain gun or enter a golem suit or something, and it gives you a new bar of skills. And it almost always sucks. This is just not good gameplay. I [..]
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1:02 am, October 5, 2013
The ingredients listed in db for making satchels are wrong, made me happy when I saw it for the first time, but yeah, it actually costs a lot more.
I'm have tailor so I don't know how's the other pro [..]
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9:57 pm, October 4, 2013
First i wanna say there are many things that aren`t right in pve,but there are also many that are amazing,so this is not just another random bashing thread.
I played 500+ hours,and i played since rel [..]
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1:59 pm, October 4, 2013
So, I'm trying to rush Guild Workshop so that our guild can rapidly start completing upgrades. I've completed Architecture Level 1, but I am unable to queue either Architecture Leve [..]
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8:36 am, October 4, 2013
Guild Wars 2 is already 8 months old, I'd say thats old enough to start speculating about Birthday Presents! With the 1 year anniversary rapidly approaching, ANet has not said much about what plans th [..]
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7:18 am, October 4, 2013
Well, its been almost 3 days now. After playing game since release, i been always an example to follow. Always reporting for botting, or gold sell spamming in every case did apply.
I been a fellow gu [..]
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7:12 am, October 4, 2013
/!\Caution/!\: sizeable read.
I would like to have a discussion with you all on skill balancing and about nerfing vs. buffing.
it came about after i'm seeing all these complaints about heartseeker. [..]
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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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7:49 pm, October 3, 2013
At the moment there are issues with the guild and server system in game. Several large guilds on dedicated servers will end up splitting up, many players from other servers will nev [..]
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2:19 pm, October 3, 2013
Here at the Black Lion Trading Company, we’re always looking for ways to help you that’s why we’re pleased to present our newest time-saving innovations! Read on to [..]
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6:50 am, October 3, 2013
When you are filling in your map, getting that Point of Interest, and there is a pack of mobs after you and you decide to just run in and run out trailing mobs behind you....
... Do you run past so [..]
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12:30 am, October 3, 2013
I've been doing quite a few of these events in the past few days, some in the overflow and some on my own server, and in either case much of the time I notice a debate in the chat log about how the ev [..]
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10:12 pm, October 2, 2013
Here at the Black Lion Trading Company, were always excited to bring you innovation and exciting opportunities. That is why we are proud to announce a new feature in the Gem Store: gifting! Now yo [..]
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6:24 pm, October 2, 2013
first, let me say I wont be copying the full guides here for downsampling but linking a thread on guru3d that has the answers to any questions you may have on getting it working.
Before we get starte [..]
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4:27 pm, October 2, 2013
Sounds like all cities will get something to do at Wintersday, but the final will be in LA
Wintersday 2012
The nights may be long and dark, but Tyrians of all races keep joy alive during the ancie [..]
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12:38 pm, October 2, 2013
With the current state of the game, the moment you 100% a map, you rarely ever revisit it. People only do when they're partying up with a lower level friend, and even then most are reluctant to go bac [..]
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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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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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12:50 am, October 2, 2013
can somebody please explain to me why do players keep undercutting each other on the trading post?
in other mmo's sales are individual, but in gw2 they are grouped by value and sold in bulk to the m [..]
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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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12:22 am, October 2, 2013
- The Problem -
I've been playing an engineer and am currently experimenting with the grenade kit... I love the playstyle that it provides, but in order to throw grenades where I actually want them t [..]
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11:21 pm, October 1, 2013
The citizens of Lions Arch are celebrating another year of survival in the shadow of the Elder Dragons with a two-week party! The Dragon Bash festival features destructible dragon effigies, mini-games [..]
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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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8:22 pm, October 1, 2013
I recall in many social network updates RB and others said they play GW2 themselves, as in: they actually live and breathe the concepts of MMOs so much that they try to spend as much time as possible [..]
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6:17 pm, October 1, 2013
I tried adding my own music into the game, using the instructions on the official wiki. Silence. I have "Ambient" and "Battle." I fought some stuff. No music. I sat in empty areas [..]
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6:09 pm, October 1, 2013
http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/new-gui the-works/
/discuss
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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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5:10 pm, October 1, 2013
Hello, fellow Dragon Bashers! Want to know where to go and how to get started with the celebration? Read on!
Spoiler-Free Mini Guide
Spoiler-Free New Items and Rewards
Spoiler-Free New Achievemen [..]
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3:46 pm, October 1, 2013
I could have put **** stealers in the title but since there is no **** stealing in GW2 I went with fun stealers.
Here I am, exploring, gathering and killing mobs on my way, I try to play away from th [..]
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2:46 pm, October 1, 2013
I am aware that no one knows exactly how aggro works but would like to get some input all the same.
I have a guild mate who plays Ranger that pulls a disproportionate amount of aggro. & [..]
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2:34 pm, October 1, 2013
So, as we all know, Arenanet has placed many "gold sinks" into Guild Wars 2 and vastly limited the ability to productively farm, as opposed to how easily possible it was in Guild Wars. Their [..]
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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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12:06 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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11:00 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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11:00 am, October 1, 2013
So I was a GM in gw1 and an officer in wow. I've had many years experience in being a guild leader. My gw1 guild was a top 100 gvg guild for a while (not bad for pvp casuals), we owned hzh, had some s [..]
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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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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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10:28 am, October 1, 2013
It has finally arrived!
It comes with four disks and was signed by Jeremy Soule! Mine got squished sometime during shipment cause some of the plastic case got shattered but the dis [..]
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9:59 am, October 1, 2013
QuoteCharacters that are one year old will receive a Mini Queen Jennah, a 24-hour Birthday Booster, and a Scroll of Experience.
13 characters hitting 1 year mark, 13 Jennahs??
If one can't be innova [..]
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9:48 am, October 1, 2013
Hello, Super Adventurers!
Once again the platform puzzle professor known as Moto has re-opened the doors of the Super Adventure Box creation, with all-new additions! Youve got four whole weeks to exp [..]
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9:20 am, October 1, 2013
Help us reach 1 million Likes on Facebook and earn some juicy in-game rewards for yourself and your fellow players!
If we reach our goal of 1,000,000 Likes on Facebook before the end of July, everybo [..]
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8:50 am, October 1, 2013
Emissaries and citizens are gathered in Divinitys Reach, but someone else has plans for the Queens speech!
NOTE: At the beginning of this release, the Crown Pavilion will become temporarily unavailab [..]
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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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5:54 am, October 1, 2013
Hello all,
The music that plays in our games is one of the major features that determines our ability to connect ourselves into the world and to relate better with our characters.
I decided, with my [..]
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3:55 am, October 1, 2013
Hi, my name is Steve Hwang, and I bash dragons.
The war against the Elder Dragons can take its toll on the even heartiest of heroes. With that in mind, the June Living World team has made it our goa [..]
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2:04 am, October 1, 2013
Guild Wars 2 has been out for a full year now, and it seems to be continuing to grow as more players purchase the game and join. One of the big selling points for GW2 is the fact that the game is uniq [..]
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12:35 am, October 1, 2013
***** is easy. In Guild Wars 2 ***** means waypointing/waiting for a rez, and at worst a silver or two in repair costs. If you want to charge into the unknown with reckless disregard for safety, it wo [..]
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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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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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11:07 pm, September 30, 2013
Hey guys, I know a lot of people have been really enjoying the MF buff and tons of mobs in the Pavilion. I ended up spending most of my time since the update doing the gauntlets and trying out differe [..]
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10:47 pm, September 30, 2013
Please let me preface this with:
If you are still enjoying GW2 and/or happy with ArenaNet, that's fine and I'm happy for you.
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Some of you may recognize me (mainly for my math posts) if you freq [..]
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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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6:30 pm, September 30, 2013
Hiya folks,
Do you think there should be a PvE version of the locker?
Personally I say yes! All those **** skins I unlock I'd like to be able to use time and time again. (Character bound ofc so level [..]
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4:59 pm, September 30, 2013
Hey everyone, it has being more than a month since GW2 was released and alot of you are probably reached or about to reach L80. I thought this would be a time to release my endgame gearing guide that [..]
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4:44 pm, September 30, 2013
Junk rares have jumped to about 2s and junk masterworks to nearly 5s, and I am pretty sure the reason it didn't happen a couple days ago was because everyone was waiting to see just how bad the salvag [..]
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4:12 pm, September 30, 2013
Firstly I'd like to apologise for the lengthy and long winded post; I'm a long winded kinda guy (which works well for the ladies... (he tells himself)). I'm hopeful it'll spark a somewhat interesting [..]
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4:00 pm, September 30, 2013
This is not MY guide its The Great Assassins Guide off the GW2 forums i think it will be helpful so i am posting it here
This guide has one purpose: To teach people how to damage a world boss. This is [..]
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3:00 pm, September 30, 2013
Ok, today I gave a second chance to Ascalonian Catacombs, first path.
I get to the part where Hodgins has to do his stuff while the players have to shut down 6 Burrows...allright.
We treid like 50 t [..]
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2:40 pm, September 30, 2013
Hi, everyone. Last week we announced our Guild Wars 2 First Anniversary Bash, which takes place at the Renaissance Hotel on Saturday, August 31 during PAX Prime weekend.
That [..]
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1:07 pm, September 30, 2013
So I got an E-mail saying my account was trying to be axcessed from "x" place and "x" router number. If I wanted to I could let it be axcesses from there click this link. Of coarse [..]
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