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On YouTube: Points of Interest Episode 8

7:18 pm, October 16, 2014 Points of Interest was back from a short hiatus last week! Rubi talked with Content Designer Leah Rivera and Game Designer Teddy Nguyen about dynamic events – one of the best examples of co [..] View

Points of Interest Episode 8

7:18 pm, October 9, 2014 Points of Interest is back! Rubi is bringing Content Designer Leah Rivera and Game Designer Teddy Nguyen in this Friday to chat about dynamic events – one of the best examples of communit [..] View

Introducing the MegaserverSystem

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 [..] View

Introducing the WardrobeSystem

2:16 pm, March 25, 2014 One of the many exciting features coming in the April 2014 Feature Pack is the new Wardrobe, an account-wide system that allows you to collect every skin in the game! Account Wardrobe: The Basics [..] View

Dynamic Enemy Leveling: Yay or Nay?

2:16 pm, March 16, 2014 QuoteIn LA you are surrounded, even if you're the only one on the map, by Vets and Elites. Dynamic LS spawns would either increase or decrease this number based on actual people in the map. This is a [..] View

Observations on leveling

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 [..] View

Less Than A Year Later.

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 [..] View

Guild Wars 2 is Awesome

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. & [..] View

Release Notes for TowerofNightmares

8:16 pm, October 29, 2013 Marjory Delaqua and Kasmeer Meade have found a way to pierce the veil protecting the krait in Kessex Hills! When the illusion falls, brave heroes need to be nearby to deal with the kraitand whatever i [..] View

Alt leveling (which levels for events, which for crafting)

11:53 am, October 14, 2013 Does anyone have some alt char leveling tips that might be good to apply. 1) Any recently popular areas that I can put in my go to places for dynamic events that are easily repeatable and well populat [..] View

On-demand content?

3:22 am, October 14, 2013 1. GW2 is a solo game. While the game has group content or groping makes the content more enjoyable, in it's core, GW2 is a solo game. When you buy GW2, you are buying a game that you will solo with t [..] View

What's the point?

12:54 am, October 13, 2013 I keep bringing up solo, repeatable on-demand content here and I figured I'd actually make a thread about. This probably won't be just about that, but with a title that's "slightly" open to [..] View

What Happened to the Direction of ANet?

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- [..] View

Incredibly ordinary?

7:55 am, October 9, 2013 I really like GW2.  Kudos to the game designers and how they took a bold step to do something different.  I think the story line mechanic, art style, dynamic events [..] View

A living story and world in a MMORPG: is it possible?

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 [..] View

Anyone else getting bored already? First impressions, LONG

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 [..] View

Personal Story effect on Home Instance

12:29 pm, October 7, 2013 Haven't seen any big changes (very disappointed orphanage still stands after I saved the hospital) but only a few minor ones. My sylvari elementalist has the White Stag, Larra (from Act With Wisdom) [..] View

How to turn GW2 into GW1 without breaking the game

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 [..] View

Effort-to-reward ratio

9:16 pm, October 5, 2013 A major problem with GW2's Dynamic Event system is that there are a ton of events people just ~don't do~. Every event in a given level tier gives the same Experience, Karma, and silver - no matter ho [..] View

Friends online?

6:31 pm, October 5, 2013 Hi guys, My name's Mary and I am writing a paper on the dynamics of friendship and community in Guild Wars 2. I'm interested in whether or not people share their real lives with online friends, and h [..] View

So... what's your favorite dynamic event?

11:45 am, October 5, 2013 After having traveled throughout Tyria, encountering many dynamic events, I would have to say that I really enjoy the siege dynamic events - particularly when you overtake an enemy camp or defend a lo [..] View

Guild Activities

7:57 am, October 5, 2013 With GW2 moving so far away from the standard MMORPG format of End Game (a good move in my opinion),  how will this affect "standard guild activities"? By "Standard&q [..] View

I don't do fractals. Where do I go?

5:17 am, October 5, 2013 So here's something constructive. Let's actually see what we can figure out, here. Just out of curiosity. Mod people, if you could be so kind as to add a poll, with each server as an option, I'd appre [..] View

The Dynamic Events Issue.

8:02 pm, October 4, 2013 Disclaimer: I fully understand that no two players' games can be completely the same, so I also understand that this doesn't plague everyone. The problem is that just because this is not happening to [..] View

Dear Arena Net

7:03 pm, October 4, 2013 Sure there has been quite a few problems with the game on launch, lots of issues with skill points and quests (which I believe are all fixed today) Sure trading post messed up Friday and you owe me 8 [..] View

So how long before DE's & Champs are removed ?

4:01 pm, October 4, 2013 I'm running around low level area's and finding maybe 1 other player at times.  Most of the dynamic events are completely ignored and champion npc's are not possible. &n [..] View

Are events an entirely brand-new system people have never seen before?

12:42 pm, October 4, 2013 Are events an entirely brand-new system people have never seen before? Are events an entirely brand-new system people have never seen before? No, they are not. They are our attempt to innovate on t [..] View

Birthday 2013

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 [..] View

Is GW2's combat system a step backwards from GW1?

12:35 am, October 4, 2013 Continued from this post, which was off topic in its current thread: http://www.guildwars...90#entry2166336 typographie, on 19 February 2013 - 02:24 AM, said: I missed GW1's beta, but I played since [..] View

Karma Zerg/Gold Zerg

12:29 am, October 4, 2013 After the demise of Plinx as a useful way of farming karma and money, I was curious if anyone has found or created a new zerg that fills the place of this one, I've found a few ones at lower levels bu [..] View

Queens Jubilee Release Notes

7:10 pm, October 3, 2013 Divinitys Reach is hosting a magnificent celebration! Her Majesty Queen Jennah of Kryta is commemorating the tenth year of her rule and using the occasion to celebrate the triumph of humanity over the [..] View

Why I'm probably quitting the game after only a few weeks

11:56 am, October 3, 2013 Just a quick background on myself. I consider myself the casual gamer that ArenaNet said would especially love this game (MMO Manifesto). I have a PS3. Ive played popular games like Skyrim and Assassi [..] View

Will there will be a way for us to personally gauge our performance in WvW/PvE?

8:37 pm, October 2, 2013 I did a search and found much of nothing, so if this is out there, it's buried deep in the forums or I looked in the wrong places. After doing some heavy WvW the other day with a new support spec on [..] View

SMAA+DownSampling+FOV help for AMD/Radeon Users(cf tweaks as well)

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 [..] View

Game world and the hidden "dungeons" in it.

1:49 pm, October 2, 2013 A rather simple question I hope someone can give some feedback on. I'm trying to find some good tucked away "dungeons" that are built into the world (admittedly for RP, but that's irrelevant [..] View

The game feels repetitive somehow...

12:23 pm, October 2, 2013 So... PvE in this game so far has been like this to me: Run around the map to complete the hearts, the waypoints, the points of interest and the skill point challanges while gathering and mining alon [..] View

Anet did Dynamic Events in a really lame way

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 [..] View

Faction quests should have been done different.

10:25 am, October 2, 2013 I didn't follow everything about Guild Wars 2 as closely as some of you guys so I don't know if Anet said much about what faction quests would be like?   This is just my opinion as [..] View

Annoying Orr mobs - What's the point?

5:23 am, October 2, 2013 I'm working on a 2nd Incinerator. I decided that doing all the skill challenges in the world would be a pretty fast way to get the Bloodstone shard. Done the whole map tonight except for Malchor's lea [..] View

Guild Wars 2: From Excitement to Frustration

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. ------- I am a hardcore MMO player, as I'm sure some of you are as well. I hold this title because I [..] View

Anyone else feels burnt out already? Nothing to do, nothing to aim for.

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 [..] View

Living World in Guild Wars 2

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 [..] View

Why we need GvG and how to pull it off.

11:03 pm, October 1, 2013 Wall-o-text INC. Greetings to nerds and noobs alike! When looking at the conversations going around about Guild Wars 2 and it's longevity, many people state PvP is (or should be) the true endgame. I [..] View

Monitoring Dynamic Events

9:41 pm, October 1, 2013 I would like ANET to improve the way dynamic events are monitored, either in game or create a web page that would track them. I say this because i like doing a variety of events rather than sitting in [..] View

Anyone else feel like they fell for the old bait and switch?

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 [..] View

Will Anet improve Guild Wars 2?

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 [..] View

Manifesto In Flames - What Can Be Done?

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 [..] View

Would you go back to experience the lower level areas with the new Dynamic Leveling Adjustment?

5:33 pm, October 1, 2013 I noticed this blog from Izzy: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/dynamic-leveling-adjustment/?utm_source=client I still don't find the lower level areas appealing as not all the higher level reward [..] View

Short Story: WhatScarletSaw

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 [..] View

"New" content same old rewards...

2:56 pm, October 1, 2013 By new content I mean "editing" the existing content.  Editing as in the multiple 4-5+ champion npc's with insta dead abilities that now spawn during defend the camps in Cu [..] View

Dynamic events going starting way too fast again

1:17 pm, October 1, 2013 I noticed that every single dynamic event in the game takes like 3 minutes or such to start again, in one of those ocasion for example  i participated on an event to take an ogre for [..] View

A seven-step guide to fix GW2's PvE

12:32 pm, October 1, 2013 Before fixing anything, let's quickly identify the core problems with GW2's PvE today. And by "PvE", I mean only the open-world PvE here, not personal story or dungeons. So, the problems: - [..] View

Underwater Combat Makes Me Want to Pull My Hair Out

11:28 am, October 1, 2013 Is anyone actually enjoying underwater events? I really, really want to enjoy exploring all the underwater content. I don't even really mind the specialty weapons too much, and most of what I've seen [..] View

Raiding and Housing Coming to GW2? (Interview Translated from French)

11:07 am, October 1, 2013 I am posting this here because the source article has been removed (the Internet never forgets though), so it's more Rumor Mill than news, I suppose. Source: http://gw2.game-guid...mike-zadorojny/ T [..] View

The GW2 Holy Trinity

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 [..] View

Anet should add content, without adding content

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 [..] View

Revealed - Redundant Thief mechanic

8:01 am, October 1, 2013 If you haven't played a thief before, you might not know what this mechanic is. "Revealed- You cannot stealth for 2 seconds." You are afflicted with this condition every time you drop out [..] View

How much does this resonate with you?

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 [..] View

Exposing the Truth, Past and Present.

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 [..] View

Make Guild Wars 2 more like World of Warcraft

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 [..] View

GW2 doesn't feel like a true sequel to Guild Wars

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,&nbsp [..] View

ideas to have more fun? (open to suggestion)

5:33 am, October 1, 2013 First, I have to say i like this game, like a lot. I'm disappointed a little bit because i was hyped up (my own problem) but then it is a good game. I was one of those people that rush to max level an [..] View

If you could, what would you deliver as Living Stories

5:29 am, October 1, 2013 Per Wiki, QuoteThe Living World in Guild Wars 2 is ArenaNet's official term for changes to the game intended to bring the world of Guild Wars 2 to life. Each major game update includes NPCs, events, [..] View

The Queens Jubilee Guide

1:43 am, October 1, 2013 Welcome to the first release of August, the Queens Jubilee! Upon logging in to GuildWars2, you will receive a mail from Queen Jennah of Kryta inviting you to a celebration being held in Divinitys Rea [..] View

Is it Fun?

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 [..] View

Orr: Is it what you thought, how would you improve it

11:55 pm, September 30, 2013 First off this isn't for the bugs and secondly its all my own opinion I pretend nothing here is fact. I was reading some other posts (credit on this belongs to DeContrust who maybe some of these poin [..] View

Forget about Ascended gear, Has Anet been honest about anything?

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 [..] View

should anet made guild wars utopia + 3-4 xpacs instead of gw2

11:38 pm, September 30, 2013 after playing gw2 for a while i dont see what they added that couldnt been patched into gw1 let me explain my view gw2 is based on gw1 engine so there for it could have been modified so alow jumping [..] View

Did The Creators of Guild Wars 2 even Play Guild Wars 1?

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 [..] View

Dynamic Leveling Adjustment

10:40 pm, September 30, 2013 Hello, Im Isaiah Cartwright, the lead game designer for Guild Wars 2. Id like to talk today about some changes we made to our dynamic leveling system, which allows players to enjoy the content on any [..] View

Chests+ Events swarmed by players causing lag

9:30 pm, September 30, 2013 Large groups of players in one spot to loot a chest- like never before in the history of Guild Wars 2. People have commented on topics such as guesting... and lag... and drop rates...and all kinds of [..] View

new contents announcement, dynamic events and one time events

8:07 pm, September 30, 2013 When I first heard about Guild Wars 2 being a "dynamic" centered mmorpg, I had no idea at all what it meant, after following the news for years I grew to like the idea of it. To me it meant, [..] View

Dragon Under Fort Trinity

7:48 pm, September 30, 2013 So I was busy doing some dynamic quests in the Strait of Devastation with my Lv80 mesmer going for a map completion. Usually this problem happens when i equip my staff and use Phase Retreat that somet [..] View

Improving "big" DE events. (World Bosses, Dragons, etc)

7:25 pm, September 30, 2013 My main focus here is to talk about ways that Arena Net could improve upon the Dynamic Events, and other really big events such as the dragon fights. I'm currently a level 80 Guardian that's at 89% wo [..] View

How fast is leveling in WvW ?

7:24 pm, September 30, 2013 Hi, recently I watch videos of WvWvW matches and found that many of the players have all of their skill bar filled, so that means that they are at least level 30. So that raised me a question: How fas [..] View

When is the "Guild" put into Guild Wars 2?

7:21 pm, September 30, 2013 Hi everyone, We are now about 5 weeks into the release, and most players have had time, if inclined, to play at level 80 now. While there is plenty to do, I am wondering when we will get info about h [..] View

The battle for the Temple of Balthazar.

6:57 pm, September 30, 2013 I wanted to get Obsidian Shards so could make some clovers, my homeserver is Desolation and so I saw that the Temple of Balthazar was contested, so I decided to help in hope we might succeed in retaki [..] View

Few things I just have to rant about

6:36 pm, September 30, 2013 Love the game, but as most say, people go to forums only to complain.   I have a few MINOR complaints, and thought it wasn't much to complain about, but... then I keep running into t [..] View

[X-Post] Present and Future Direction of the Game

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 [..] View

Screaming when falling low distances, and Cow wage

5:35 pm, September 30, 2013 So i tought about making this because one thing is bugging me ALOT lately while playing the game, wich did not happen during the beta, whenever my character jumps and falls a little higher than the av [..] View

Would you want more PVP mode/variety?

5:22 pm, September 30, 2013 hey guys! One of the things that i love about GW1 was the variety of PVP mode (FA, JQ, RA, HA, GVG, AB). I love GW2 especially the PVE side (i enjoy dungeon, personal story, dynamic events...) I'm jus [..] View

My opinion on the state of the game

5:13 pm, September 30, 2013 I have over 3,000 hours in Guild Wars 1 which was my first real MMO (for as much of one as it was with instances and all) and enjoyed every minute of it. Even after 7 years I still found myself pushin [..] View

Weather: Dynamic and Engaging. We need more!

5:12 pm, September 30, 2013 Too many games slack off on creating dynamic environments and overlook weather and sound, resulting in the mood of the environment being too dull.  Guild Wars 2 has done so many thin [..] View

GW2 and Novelty

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 [..] View

RANT: World Bosses Too Big, Too Static, Should be Redesigned

2:48 pm, September 30, 2013 For this post I am assuming that the reason why world bosses are "stuck" in their spots is because of their sheer size. Does anybody else think that the big "World Bosses" like t [..] View

I guess that's why it doesn't have a subscription.

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, [..] View

Why i am bored.

12:37 pm, September 30, 2013 I prepurchased GW2 and played the head start, and let me tell you. This game was the most fun i have ever had.... from levels 1-60. Therein derives the problem. I loved finding secret areas, and wande [..] View

Casual player taking a break

11:34 am, September 30, 2013 I'm a casual player that loved GW1 and started out loving GW2. I've run into enough things that have slowly turned playing this game from enjoyable to frustrating and uninteresting, to the point that [..] View

For get about Ascended gear, Has Anet been honest about anything?

10:36 am, 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 [..] View

The DR Controversy

9:41 am, September 30, 2013 From what I understand the "Diminishing Return" changes were added as a solution to combat botting.  As a result, legitimate players are being effected negatively by having [..] View

promote teamwork?

8:51 am, September 30, 2013 i'm currently level 34 and exploring all the lower level map all the way to higher map. This is purely my opinion for NOW. I'm obviously not level 80. I just wanna say people barely talk to each other [..] View

Eight years later...

6:28 am, September 30, 2013 Eight years later, you can still go back and enjoy all of Guild Wars' PvE content to it's fullest. From the original campaign up to the newest, very little of the core experience is taken away by the [..] View

How big do you think/want dragon "expansions" to be?

3:18 am, September 30, 2013 What do you guys think? Some of the Dragons will require opening up new areas, such as Kralkatorrikk in the Crystal Desert, or Jormag in the Northern Shiverpeaks, how big of an update content do you e [..] View

Guild Wars 2 frequently asked questions

2:45 am, September 30, 2013 General Questions Will there be a subscription fee? No. There is no monthly subscription fee. Once your purchase the box or a game key, you are free to play as much as you want. Will there be micro [..] View

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