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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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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6:18 pm, November 13, 2014
(Please note that the following post could not be posted on the Official Forums, due to me being banned from creating new threads. If you'd like to repost this in the official forum [..]
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6:18 am, November 1, 2014
Hello Tyrians,
A few weeks ago, some of us on the WvW team were chatting about how we can better connect with the community, and we came up with the idea of joining different guilds in different leag [..]
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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 pm, October 7, 2014
The air is getting chilly, leaves are beginning to fall, and theres a definite hint of spookiness around Tyria! The Halloween celebration may not be coming back until later this month, but I just [..]
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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 pm, September 8, 2014
http://happycatproductions.polldaddy.com/s/what-future-do-you-want
With the release of the feature pack tomorrow, Guild Wars 2 adds a number of features that many in the community are excited about. [..]
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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 am, August 29, 2014
I don't feel like they're at all addressing any of the actual needs of the game. New backpacks, a cleaner crafting UI, and new commander colors are all very nice things. But where is precursor craftin [..]
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7:18 pm, August 14, 2014
The September 2014 Feature Pack, which we announced yesterday along with our World Tournament Series, is bringing exciting additions to PvP!
Today, well be talking about two of our additions aimed at [..]
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7:18 am, July 9, 2014
Okay so, if you run Berserker armour and so on that's fine, I understand it's uses and if you want to run it in your build, that's great.
One thing I am getting tired of though is people are always d [..]
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7:18 pm, May 20, 2014
I've been nosing around looking for a way to play GW to get the GW2 achievements for the Hall of Monuments. From what I've read it doesn't look as though it's going to be easy especially since the gam [..]
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3:16 pm, April 25, 2014
I was pretty hyped when the game was released and got some friends to join me as well.
However, they powerleveled to 80, got bored after 1-2 weeks since there was "nothing to do" and left th [..]
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9:16 pm, April 2, 2014
Forked from here. Quoted for context.
Mordakai, on 02 April 2014 - 02:40 PM, said:So, Raspberry brings probably the most controversial aspect of GW2 up: buying a [..]
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3:16 am, April 1, 2014
http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/03/28/working-as-intended-what-guild-wars-2-got-right/
Inspired by this. There a lot of things GW2 does wrong, or needs improvement. & [..]
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9:16 pm, March 31, 2014
http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/03/28/working-as-intended-what-guild-wars-2-got-right/
Inspired by this. There a lot of things GW2 does wrong, or needs improvement. & [..]
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8:16 pm, March 27, 2014
We’re using the April 2014 Feature Pack as an opportunity to introduce some improvements that we’re really excited for: account-bound World XP and ascended and legendary gear! We w [..]
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2:16 pm, March 25, 2014
With the new Wardrobe system changing the way you interact with your gear’s appearance, we felt that this was the perfect time to introduce some updates to the dye system. In the April 2014 [..]
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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
A while back it was said, during the winters day event, that Arena Net would be taking an extended break to prepare the final bit of Living World Season One. And that this bit would consist of four up [..]
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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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2:16 am, February 27, 2014
First things first,you don't need nor its beneficial to have endurance in real life to play video games.
You needed for sports,driving,fishing,working and maybe even knitting,but no [..]
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2:16 pm, February 23, 2014
Self-explanatory title.
For me:
1. NEW Enemies. Surely, we got several new factions in Season 1 (Molten and Toxic alliance, Aetherblades) but these somehow felt more recycled than new. The only real [..]
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8:16 am, January 18, 2014
A simple question up for discussion; we've talked extensively about gear but most of the impact a person has in game actually comes from traits and getting the skills "just right" so to spea [..]
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8:16 am, January 7, 2014
Heyyyy guys lol
I'm getting GW2 today and I'll be playing for the first time
I would like to have someone to play with.
I kinda know how to play from youtube videos.
I want to play mostly PVE but I'm [..]
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8:16 pm, December 5, 2013
As we all know, ANet seemed to have left what made the original Guild Wars so great, out of GW2. ANet could easily gain back the players they lost and the respect of all the original GW1 players, and [..]
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2:16 am, December 4, 2013
Wintersday is just around the corner! The air is getting crisper, Lions Arch will soon be decorated you know, I and my fellow Black Lion Trading Company representatives are so excited, we think i [..]
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8:16 pm, November 26, 2013
Episode 27 Get Ready Get Set Fractal!
So this time we are preparing for the Fractured patch. This should go a long way into getting us to stick around longer in game. Because right now the game is re [..]
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2:16 am, November 22, 2013
I recently logged into guildwarsguru.com for the first time in a really long time and looked through my post history there. The only part I was really active was posting pictures of my armors, and wow [..]
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8:16 am, November 21, 2013
So, I have delayed posting this topic to give the Living Story updates a chance.
And, truth be told, LS does accomplish its purpose: giving people a reason to log on every two weeks.
But many player [..]
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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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2:16 am, November 13, 2013
Relative to all others, this is type of update I'd like to see every 2 weeks.
My only concern is that you really need to group to get anywhere, it will be hell getting the achievements once players m [..]
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6:57 pm, November 11, 2013
Hello folks.
I was just listening to a mmo podcast where they where talking about Wow - mist of pandaria.
And like how they found new gear and was getting ready to raid again and so on.
That got me [..]
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7:08 pm, November 6, 2013
We are getting new sets of armors?
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2:16 am, November 5, 2013
A massive, deadly Tower has been revealed in Kessex Hills, built by the new Toxic Alliance of krait and Nightmare Courtiers! This guide will help you get started in the fight against this new threat.
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12:09 pm, November 1, 2013
I have never been so engaged by a game as I have been by GW2. Even on my low end rig, this game is beautiful and runs well. Dynamic events are fun. & [..]
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9:03 am, October 31, 2013
Lately I've been bored with GW2. I play a level 80 Ranger and I want to play the game but I can never find something to do to keep me playing for a long time. What do you guys do to keep from getting [..]
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9:18 am, October 30, 2013
Just a general question. I am not trying to troll or flame, but I have been wondering about this for near 6 months now. After reading these forums since November pretty actively I see so much negativi [..]
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2:16 am, October 28, 2013
So it's been a year and the lag has gotten worse (understatement) not better. With the introduction of WvW leagues the lag has hit extrodinary levels.
We all know it's there, we've [..]
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4:16 am, October 26, 2013
Just an off day or is it getting worse? Has anyone seen Arenanet address this issue lately? The last ones I reported were 4 rangers stacked on top of each other all moving together, all dressed the sa [..]
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2:13 pm, October 25, 2013
I wonder what people's opinions on the balancing of guild events:
- Guild Bounty
- Guild Rush
- Guild Trek
- Guild Challenge
and
- Guild Puzzle
I'm particularly interested in what small guild's takes [..]
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6:15 am, October 25, 2013
So I'm a first time guild leader. (Had a very exclusive 1 man Guild in Guild wars 1 )
And I wondered what others are doing to try and be a good Guild leader.
All kinds of suggestions and tips are wel [..]
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10:20 am, October 21, 2013
Website in general maybe. I have been getting a 502 error for over an hour.
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6:59 pm, October 19, 2013
... or just give us a legendary without the hassle of appealing a ban.
They have people reviewing each case for botting bans, but they miss the obvious, like how I was making no money. I farmed the s [..]
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5:47 am, October 19, 2013
I entered a guild which said there are no actual rules. I was told by the guy inviting me to the guild that I wouldn't be reported for swearing or being a douche.
So that's exactly what I did. Only 2 [..]
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9:16 pm, October 18, 2013
It’s almost time for the inaugural World vs. World Season! Tonight, when the weekly WvW matchups reset, the season will officially begin.
European and North American servers will be broken [..]
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3:35 pm, October 18, 2013
Is it just me getting bothered by the fact that you can't jump and use spells? It's so troublesome that it's actually making it harder for me to PvP.
Why it's not possible is beyond me, is this an in [..]
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4:14 am, October 18, 2013
Since this morning and the new client update, whenever I open up the client, it says "Guild Wars 2 has encountered an error" and that my computer does not meet the minimum specs required des [..]
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12:11 pm, October 17, 2013
So i've been playing GW2 for about a month or so after its release and i really enjoy playing it and haven't really stopped ever since I got it. But recently I've come to notice that i'm really gettin [..]
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10:42 am, October 16, 2013
Was any one else who has been in previous stress tests/betas getting a message that said there was no event going on yesterday?
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9:24 am, October 16, 2013
I don't want to be negative, but I'm going to be anyway.
I paid extra (paid months early) for a three day head start that feels more like another Beta.
The head start is 2/3 over and I still haven't [..]
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1:48 am, October 16, 2013
First let me state that I am not crying or whining about the game. I love this game. I love anything Guild Wars. So before you make a smart comment about something I say, just remember that it will be [..]
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7:49 am, October 15, 2013
Not only is the system for getting a party into a dungeon terribly designed, just all around awful, but it doesn't even work most of the time. I've tried dozens of times to get AC and CM working, and [..]
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6:01 pm, October 14, 2013
First, I suppose I should give the required statement of "I didnt see any similar threads, please direct me to them if they are in existence".
Ok, so after my time with the game so far, the [..]
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9:52 am, October 13, 2013
Wondering if anyone has been banned or received infractions for ridiculous posts in the GW2 forums. I keep getting infractions for the stupidest **** I don't even want to post there anymore. Maybe if [..]
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6:52 am, October 13, 2013
Pre-Purchase with 3-Day Headstart: Everyone who pre-purchased Guild Wars 2 will enjoy three full days of Headstart Access. The three-day Headstart Access will officially begin at 0:00 AM Pacific time [..]
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9:00 pm, October 12, 2013
Lately, CoF's Magg path is being exploited with a technique that involves the use of a specific class in order to succeed at some point of the dungeon.
I wonder, do these people know what they're get [..]
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5:55 pm, October 12, 2013
I'll try and make this short...
I'm not gonna lie; I rushed to level 80 with my first toon (female human mesmer), blasted through the story and a good chunk of PvE content, excluding all but three du [..]
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5:21 pm, October 12, 2013
You see 3 people dressed the same way and doing the same thing, and reflexively start to report them...
...before realizing it's a single mesmer. With clones.
I swear, I have tw [..]
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3:41 pm, October 12, 2013
This concept somewhat bothers me.
I have done every single dungeon path and fractals (37 and stopped there) in GW2 with PUGs. And I have done them without any difficulty. I generally form my own grou [..]
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10:47 am, October 12, 2013
My group and I are trying to perfect our current composition so we can reach the furthest levels of FoTM as possible. Clearly we're gonna need to utilize combo fields as well as possible in order to b [..]
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10:38 am, October 12, 2013
Path 1 of SE is the new one they have completely broken. It's near impossible with out getting an exploit perfect. Try and do it the normal way? You have no chance.
Honestly, people actually start to [..]
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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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9:37 pm, October 11, 2013
Hello there Gw2 players I been playing for a while now and I'm still wondering why hasn't a few new things hasn't been added in arena yet?
Some things I'll like to see are 1vs1 , 3vs3 , guilds vs g [..]
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5:08 pm, October 11, 2013
Guild Wars 2 has been out for quite a few weeks now, and many people are loving it. One thing the GW2 team has done that has differed from Star Wars at it's launch last year was that Guild Wars is ver [..]
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5:03 pm, October 11, 2013
Hey guys, this has me worried.
Last beta during the whole beta I was never able to get in, and never got a spinning wheel. It would just instantly bring me to the screen saying it couldnt connect to t [..]
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5:01 pm, October 11, 2013
any getting lag spikes then getting kicked out of the game.
i have 60 fps, im playing from Australia as well.
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4:04 am, October 11, 2013
Since this relates to both PvE and PvP I couldnt really post it twice in those forums so sticking it here. While I love my Warrior and it it my main it feels like this game just fav [..]
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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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3:28 pm, October 10, 2013
I realized something that I think would make this game better: less waypoints.
Right now, we can way point to within a a few digital feet of anywhere in the game.
One of the things about GW1, regard [..]
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12:21 pm, October 10, 2013
Greetings,
I find myself writing here the fourth time already, haha, sorry about it, but I've no idea what the hell's going on anymore. Once again, I hope it's okay to post in this part of the forum.. [..]
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6:02 am, October 10, 2013
Since the servers went down just before, I'm getting this... hoping it's not someone stealing my money via ingame visa details etc - anyone else getting this?
*Edit - Transaction *In Progress I meant [..]
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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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3:55 pm, October 8, 2013
I've looked high and low for signs of Anet saying anything about fixing bugged skill challenges. I'm reallllly getting tired of having maps at 98% complete for weeks on end because of a mob that is st [..]
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6:15 am, October 8, 2013
I heard the other day that we will not be getting a factions expansion. Evidently, because the company who bought out anet finds it offensive. Is this true? Also I heard that "The Great Collapse& [..]
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6:06 am, October 8, 2013
As the title says I'm getting frustrated with this login system. At the moment, I'm unable to get into the game. I was in 2 hours ago, but now I get a failure when I try to use the offical site. I get [..]
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4:22 am, October 8, 2013
I've been playing since release, and I never really had LOTS of money etc, you know?
I mean, I was never really broke or anything, but yeah.
I just seem so spend so much money on gear, alts and THEI [..]
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1:30 am, October 8, 2013
Hiya all,
Guilds still buggy:
1) My ability to adjust our Guild build queue keeps coming and going.
2) Adding members is a hit/miss
3) Members "representing" status is not displaying correc [..]
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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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8:17 pm, October 7, 2013
I just read the patch notes for the last patch. I was wondering what exploit they were patching with the Guild Bank. Then it hit me....DUH! Cou [..]
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2:55 pm, October 7, 2013
Before Gw2 release I played a bit of WoW, Dota 2, LoL and CS:GO and watched a lot of game streams and frequented some forums and things were generally good. However I have had to completely avoid all [..]
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1:58 pm, October 7, 2013
I am not sure what to call these area but in some of the high level zones 75+ there are area is the map that have constant effects going on. These areas usually have a greenish wall [..]
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1:39 pm, October 7, 2013
Recently I have seen many people who grow bored of the game. One possibility to improve the current situation is to have more lvl80+ areas.
Unlike guildwars 1, when I reached level 80, there are only [..]
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8:05 am, October 7, 2013
Almost unplayable every map is filled with 30-40 Bots.
This prevents real players from getting on the maps.
No matter how much Threads you are going to delete,
this is getting out of hand and ruins th [..]
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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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8:39 pm, October 6, 2013
I am curious if other people are experiencing problems in PvP etc with Ping?
I am asking because at the moment, the game is downright un-playable in PvP due to my characters incredibly slow reaction [..]
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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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3:10 pm, October 6, 2013
Atm I'm just doing dungeons and the Cursed Shore Penitent farm. I'm getting decent goal but I'm wondering if theres any shortcuts for gold or to the legendary I want to start working for ( Incinerator [..]
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11:33 am, October 6, 2013
Hey all,
My ping was fine from game launch to 2 days ago (50-100ms), but in the last 2 days it started going up significantly to 250-300. It gets even worse in large battles (NOT an FPS issue at all, [..]
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10:10 am, October 6, 2013
yeah this has probably been asked a billion times before but i looked up some places to "farm" and so far very few of them have worked out for me. I dont particularly like farming. I cannot [..]
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7:41 am, October 6, 2013
SO I did a study on this comparing:
Mystic salvage kit: 25% chance of getting rare materials.
Basic salvage kit: 10% chance of getting rare materials.
Journeyman Salvage kit: 20% chance of getting rar [..]
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5:46 am, October 6, 2013
I've heard a lot about the loot drying up, and I've experienced it constantly - I would farm for 30-40 minutes at events, getting 2-4 rares, and then suddenly get nothing else with my 120% MF. No big, [..]
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3:56 am, October 6, 2013
Are we going to see any more stress tests after this one that just finished on the 15th?
I received a message that asked players to go to Queensdale to help out the stress test and then another mess [..]
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12:03 am, October 6, 2013
I know this topic has come up before, but after trying much of what I've come across, I'm somewhat at a loss so I'm hoping for some good answers here.
I've messed around with a nu [..]
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10:59 pm, October 5, 2013
When I've had a ticket in for 8 days because my CE upgrade won't take and I can't get my in game CE items.
Also, apparently pointing this out on their forums is a bannable offense.
I'm getting v [..]
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10:51 pm, October 5, 2013
Why dont we just start State of the Game with WvW?
If you are an active Guild Wars 2 sPvP player there is a big chance you have heard about our State of the Game stream and if you arent into sPvP t [..]
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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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9:21 pm, October 5, 2013
Warning: this is a potential spoiler. This concerns a location at the Breach waypoint in Diessa Plateau There is a skill point and vista in that area, and while this thread doesn't [..]
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8:19 pm, October 5, 2013
Did you ever get into cursed shore overflow? I don't recall ever getting it.
I get Lion's Arch overflow quite regularly, and i'm not sure what to make of it regarding state of the game (fractal entran [..]
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