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 pm, July 28, 2014
I was reading posts on the usual Trahearn-hate threads, and one person said "Quality is relative." So I thought, what is good quality in an MMO; and where does GW2 lie in [..]
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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, 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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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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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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2:16 am, November 14, 2013
Having massive trouble doing two specific things: dungeons or fractals. I can't seem to be able to join them anymore, as every time I do I get kicked from the game, saying it can't connect to the logi [..]
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8:16 am, November 13, 2013
What do you guys think will be next?
Personally, I'd love to see more zergy mindless zones... Arena Net really does that well.
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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 [..]
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6:51 pm, October 18, 2013
I'm struggling trying to level beyond 30, I've done 3 x 1-15(17) zones, 2 x 15-25 and 1 x 25-35 which is the gerradan field, I'm now level 32 and personal story is on lvl 33. I've done most of the thi [..]
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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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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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7:13 pm, October 13, 2013
Hey everyone, I'm contemplating transferring as my server (who shall not be named to prevent derailing) is becoming dead//troll fest. WvW is very unorganized, cant find anyone in zones (Orrian more so [..]
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9:58 pm, October 12, 2013
I've looked around the internet and can't seem to find a map that has the information I can use.
To start, I'm a cheap sob. I hate spending money on waypoints. So when I travel, I Mist Port to Lions [..]
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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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4:25 pm, October 11, 2013
Is there any good place to find groups for dungeons? I am generally trying LA (also overflow LA) and the zones that the dungeons are in, but it seem hard for me to find a group. Any suggestions?
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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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6:02 am, October 10, 2013
It seems that its a bit too spread out, especially the events, i dont know, i find myself always underleveled in Queeensdale compared to all other starting zones.
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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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4:01 pm, October 8, 2013
So here I am, a Thief with many thousand Karma, and wondering what to spend it on.
What sort of karma merchants are out and about in the world? I know of the Ebonhawke weapons vendor at Ebonhawke, t [..]
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3:11 pm, October 8, 2013
Inbetween my little pacifism run and my little everything else I've been running into higher level zones with lower level characters a lot.
It all started with my Necromancer, where I took Rot deep i [..]
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5:03 pm, October 7, 2013
So they are adding another zone. kinda cool but probly will face same demise as lost shores.
Also other fluff ;(
Maybe its just me but instead of new zones How bout making current ones worthy. Heck th [..]
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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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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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7:54 am, October 7, 2013
Here's my current situation, I'd appreciate your advice:I have 8 characters of each of the 8 professions, all level 80. Currently all 8 characters are mainly wearing level 80 green [..]
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4:00 pm, October 6, 2013
Ok basically I am trying to find the start locations for all the jumping puzzles or at least the ones in all the starting zones, mainly because me and my friend want the fun of doing them without help [..]
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8:57 pm, October 5, 2013
There's a thread on GW2 forum and i want to discuss the same thing on GW2Guru and try to find solutions to make the game world more active.
The Solution: How to resurrect dead zones
Every race has a [..]
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5:37 pm, October 5, 2013
Does anyone sincerely think they add anything fun at all to the game? I don't know if they get harder as you progress through the zones, but calling them puzzles is an insult to anyone with an average [..]
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12:27 pm, October 5, 2013
So I've just realised (maybe the horse has well bolted but still) that for 100% map completion, you need to do the WvW zones too... at least I think that's right?
This seems like such a stupid idea, [..]
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5:20 am, October 5, 2013
Also is story important for weapons ( non legendary I cant be fed for that I have a life ) ? Im starting up game again and I want to level my level 30 Ele but she has done 0 story and none of the star [..]
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8:11 pm, October 4, 2013
in the next 8 to 12 months, the first real expansion ( I do not consider Halloween or Wintersday to be expansions, no matter what ANet says) will most likely be released.
Now, as most people are awar [..]
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3:16 pm, October 4, 2013
Hey guys !
So I'd like to talk with you on the PvP of Guild Wars 2. But also on the gameplay in general, the design on general of Guild Wars 2, sPvP and Esports.
(It will get more specific to GvGs an [..]
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3:16 pm, October 4, 2013
Hi,
I stopped playing Gw2 more or less 1 year ago. I entered from time to time. Did some jumping puzzles which I really really liked. ( no more undone now L )
So now I want to pay some more attentio [..]
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4:44 am, October 4, 2013
So I'm new to GW2 but not to the franchise. I invested I think somewhere around 1055 hours on the first game and I loved every minute of it. I decided that since I had some time this summer I'd try th [..]
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4:02 am, October 4, 2013
So, I went to play today after a somewhat big patch, and I noticed mobs are circle strafing me, dodge rolling and interrupting casts.
I also noticed I am getting level 75-80 drops on all the zones, w [..]
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11:50 pm, October 3, 2013
I first picked this game up on the pre-order early access. I have since made many characters (one of every class) and got three of them (Ranger, Elementalist and Mesmer) into mid-le [..]
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9:16 pm, October 3, 2013
Anyone figure out the secret sauce to Aether Key Piece drops?
I saw 3 drop yesterday while doing my normal open world wood chopping and daily competition. One in a short TA dungeon [..]
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7:22 pm, October 3, 2013
So we all know that some of Tyria's most famous regions are not accessible in the game, most notably the Crystal Desert and Fire Islands. In a way, I understand why they chose these two to leave out b [..]
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1:30 pm, October 3, 2013
I haven't done everything in the game by a long shot. I have a level 38 Elementalist, a level 10 Guardian and a level 13 Engineer (well, and a level 1 Mesmer). Bu [..]
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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 [..]
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1:34 am, October 3, 2013
First of all, what is your take on having all races living in a friendly, co-operational environment?
On one hand, it's cool from the world event perspective and whatnot, that everyone can help and w [..]
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10:50 pm, October 2, 2013
I've noticed a ton of events and quests breaking all of a sudden, some zones I can't even teleport to because they're forever stuck in an event that needs 1 more mob slain till it's over and the mob i [..]
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5:26 pm, October 2, 2013
http://gamingbolt.co...ing-post-launch
Well I have to stay they were very very optimistic, but I think it's a good read nevertheless. I found this part really interesting:
QuoteWe had a huge Hallowe [..]
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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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12:15 pm, October 2, 2013
I find while i'm playing that i don't get to do a personal story line quest often and that is my favorite part of the game. You only get one quest for like every 3 levels so after the quest you need t [..]
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10:06 am, October 2, 2013
When I first started playing, I was afraid that there wouldn't be much difference between zones since they were all set in the same 6 regions (Ascalon, Kryta, Orr, Shiverpeaks, Maguuma, & Steamspu [..]
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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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6:18 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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2:09 am, October 2, 2013
Dropped the game a few weeks after it came out because it just didn't have the feel of GW1. I'm trying to get back into it now, but I see literally ZERO people on my lvl 20 mesmer (although tbf I am o [..]
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1:58 am, October 2, 2013
Perhaps I was mistaken but I could have sworn at some point A-Net stated that every zone would have loot appropriate to your level. To be more specific, if a player is level 80 righ [..]
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9:55 pm, October 1, 2013
It seems to me that everyone is overlooking a fairly obvious reason why Arenanet is shying away from expansions. GW2 is a community-oriented and the world is already too large for the number of player [..]
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9:34 pm, October 1, 2013
I just chalked it up to luck at first, but it has become so consistent, I am starting to wodner if there is some sort of loot bug related to your class. I have had serious problems [..]
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8:24 pm, October 1, 2013
Here are mine:
Spoiler
Christmas has come and gone. For the most part, so has Wintersday. The events will run through Jan. 3, but no new content is scheduled between now and then. So I think its t [..]
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6:49 pm, October 1, 2013
As of Yesterday
https://www.guildwar...-ascended-gear/
"This is just the beginning. In November, were only adding the first level of Infusions and Ascended Rings and Back slots, so that leaves [..]
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6:18 pm, October 1, 2013
I was wondering since I haven't been there in a while but I'm looking to complete the high level zones now for the gold and exotics they give. Is the skill point still bugged?
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3:46 pm, October 1, 2013
So I've completed all zones (bar 1 bugged skill point), and all WvW zones for map completion, and there's still some missing. I've checked dungeons, those don't count towards it. I've checked structur [..]
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2:30 pm, October 1, 2013
WARNING - This thread contains SPOILERS about the SAB Tribulation Mode
Hi guys, I've done three videos of the World 1 zones played through in Tribulation Mode.
I've tried to cut out all the unneces [..]
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12:45 pm, October 1, 2013
I don't know about mmorpgs nowadays, but lots of mmorpgs in the past had "GM's" or Game Masters which had the power to instantly ban people, create custom events, and generally do anything t [..]
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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:
- [..]
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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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9:14 am, October 1, 2013
so recently GW2's load times have been getting a bit silly at launch they are not that bad but now loading Lions Arch from character screen takes about 23 seconds and that is on an SSD...
why does it [..]
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6:14 am, October 1, 2013
Purpose: In effect, what I intend to do is expose ArenaNet of lies, deceit, and otherwise facilitating or spreading false information for the sole purpose of garn [..]
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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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2:17 am, October 1, 2013
This topic is in the form of a question because I am not trying to troll, but seeking answers or work-a rounds from the community.
My assumptions from sneaking a peak at some forums from work today: [..]
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1:18 am, October 1, 2013
Queen Jennahs jubilee celebration continues in Divinitys Reach. The Queen is preparing to address her subjects and the dignitaries from other cities but someone else has plans for the Queens speech!
[..]
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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 [..]
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11:54 pm, September 30, 2013
SEE BOTTOM FOR TLDR.
"This game is for casuals, It's too grindy, this Tilapia is too wet".
These are the things I see on this forum, and hell, even on the official forums. If you ask anyo [..]
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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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11:13 pm, September 30, 2013
Seriously I think a lot of people have grinded out to 80, finished story and run the dungeons for their gear and think that's all there is to it but have hardly checked out the JP's and mini dungeons [..]
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11:03 pm, September 30, 2013
Hey everyone, I recently completed all 37 jumping puzzles (those with achievements) and I thought I would share my experiences of them with the GW2guru community as well as providing guides for each i [..]
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8:09 pm, September 30, 2013
Just wondering, because I see a lot of complaining, and still do, about how bad voice acting is. Apparently it's because the actors are supposedly given no context in what they are saying. I kind of n [..]
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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 [..]
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5:55 pm, September 30, 2013
So, since I hit 30 and have went around a few zones I am not finding a single heart vendor on any zone that gives anything for my character.
About all the karma heart vendors in each zone sell +heali [..]
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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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5:12 pm, September 30, 2013
So I have over 1k hours on one toon and on the verge of finishing my 2nd and 3rd legendaries
I wanna know what people think about where GW2 is at and where its headed.
I came into this game thin [..]
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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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5:00 pm, September 30, 2013
One of the 'exuses' anet came up with when selling the idea to the public that they would be adding 80 levels to the game was that it would take on average just as long to get from level 79 to 80 than [..]
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4:59 pm, September 30, 2013
Seems the latest "best practice" regarding the large presents is to pop them, snatch the actual presents that spawn and run, leaving the mobs behind.
It's really sad to s [..]
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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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4:36 pm, September 30, 2013
So... after redoing Arah story today (doing it with a friend that had not done it yet), I noticed that the Zhaitan fight has been changed a little.
First and foremost, the AoEs that Zhaitan shoots no [..]
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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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2:59 pm, September 30, 2013
I don't know if this is the right place to ask but I have a question that is bugging me since forever.
Do Magic Find affects the chance of finding a Rare/Uncommon Dye when opening an unidentified one [..]
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1:20 pm, September 30, 2013
It seems to me that everyone is overlooking a fairly obvious reason why Arenanet is shying away from expansions. GW2 is a community-oriented and the world is already too large for the number of player [..]
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1:14 pm, September 30, 2013
My guild and I ran two fractal runs (6 zones) both on difficulty 1 to help people reach difficulty 2.
From memory, the zones we played were:Dredge high rise (led into caverns) x2Winter/Ice Style frac [..]
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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 [..]
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12:32 pm, September 30, 2013
I'll start by saying why I made this thread.
See, I love Charr, love their story, love the zones dedicated to them, but I keep second guessing my choice in being one. Why? They look like **** in armo [..]
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12:01 pm, September 30, 2013
I actually have the opposite problem of the OP in this thread. I've been the leader of the same guild since I started it back in July 2005 when GW1 first came out. Now we're in GW2 since GW1 is mostly [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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10:12 am, September 30, 2013
Motos Super Adventure Box is once again open for business in Rata Sum! Enter Tyrias first and best virtual reality simulator and prepare to get schooled! The revolutionary edu-tainment experiment has [..]
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9:53 am, September 30, 2013
Hi,
I came back to GW2 since i left it shortly before Halloween.
I spend the last 2 days levelling my guardian to lvl 80 and already had a thief on 80.
But no gear at all. I also spend some time che [..]
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9:10 am, September 30, 2013
To make it simple, the server I'm on is dead in PvE. Most zones have more bots than players, which makes playing rather boring/frustrating. Even Lion's Arch never has any overflow servers active durin [..]
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8:18 am, September 30, 2013
Hi everyone,
Seeing as someone else started this but is not editing the topic I figured I will actively make this list bit by bit for who wants to actively chase the achievements.
I just started yet [..]
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8:18 am, September 30, 2013
So was wondering this, seems that some classes are way more heavily played than others, and it also seems to be getting worse.
First day I saw a great mix of classes running all about, second less, a [..]
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7:45 am, September 30, 2013
Anyone planning on waiting to complete maps/zones until higher level to get more gold/higher level gear from the reward chests?
Been some time ago, but when I was testing this I'm pretty sure you can [..]
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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 [..]
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5:13 am, September 30, 2013
Looking at the below map and this wiki page I found something interesting. Humans, Charrs, and Norns can pretty much level all the way to 70 or 80 while staying in their regions (Kryta, Ascalon, and S [..]
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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 [..]
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2:45 am, September 30, 2013
First, let me post the pics of the set as alot of people are asking for it. All temple vendor armors have the identical models.
Light | medium | heavy (PvP set names are Armageddon, Rugged, and Heavy [..]
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