6:18 pm, November 21, 2014
On December 5, the top four PvP teams in GuildWars2 will go head-to-head at the World Tournament Series Championship event in Beijing, China, all vying for the lion’s share of the $50,000 pr [..]
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6:18 pm, November 19, 2014
Hello, Tyrians!
We’re very pleased to announce that on December 2 we will be releasing some major updates to PvP that will enhance and improve a number of areas of the PvP experience.
Matc [..]
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7:18 am, October 22, 2014
Even though the Black Lion Trading Company started celebrating Halloween early, we’re not out of festival goodies yet! Read on to learn about this week’s new offerings, plus li [..]
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7:18 pm, September 20, 2014
So,my account has been blocked due to unacceptable behaviour 3 days ago,i've sent 5 tickets but no answer except the first one where a nice support guy told me my situation needed f [..]
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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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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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2:16 am, December 22, 2013
The whole concept of Ascended Gear is working counter-productive to the concept of using various stats combinations to counter different situations to the advantage of playerbase. With the advent of a [..]
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6:38 pm, November 28, 2013
This is my outline on how to do this right. Sort off.
1) Month 1: Discontinue MF item creation:
"Rogue Second in Command after Shatterer has started consuming certain kind magic, he is rebelling [..]
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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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11:34 pm, October 17, 2013
One Long Term Goal vs. Multiple Short Term Goals: What keeps you attached to a game like GW2?
While playing GW2 for last 7 months and remembering what kept me playing GW1 for 7 years, this thought al [..]
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1:44 am, October 16, 2013
It's awesome how the Arenanet team puts so much detail into creating hilarious situations for GW2!
I swear I ran around chasing this little messenger golem in Metrica Province for a full hour just to [..]
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9:16 pm, October 15, 2013
Halloween has returned to Tyria, along with the Mad Kingbut a new menace has emerged to threaten both the Mad Realm and our world! Magister Tassi needs your help to keep everyone alive long enough to [..]
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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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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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11:04 pm, October 11, 2013
So, my buddy, ignorantly, used the same e-mail/password combo on a few other sites that he had in-game. He's not very computer-literate, which is why I'm asking on this.
In contact [..]
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4:17 pm, October 9, 2013
*[Flame wall: Initiated!]*
Magic find is a bad stat. This is not news to many, and many others refuse to accept it. I'm here to draw the line and briefly explain some of the reasons why it is bad.
- [..]
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6:52 pm, October 8, 2013
I just woke up from a long and epic GW2 dream which involved fleets of sylvari on planty bicycles with giant seedshell wheels, and an enemy moonbase where slaves were forced to mine bricks out. (Becau [..]
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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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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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4:32 pm, October 5, 2013
I think GW2 is missing a very important feature from GW1. That is a Trait Template similar to GW1's Skill Template.
Also, I still don't see the purpose of retraining traits and the associated fees. I [..]
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1:37 am, October 5, 2013
Hello, I am currently looking for a Guild/Team that is interested on a Hardcore Spvp'er I manly play a Mesmer but truly I have theory crafted on every profession. So I can change if needed.
My only d [..]
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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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1:39 pm, October 4, 2013
I want to start off by saying - This is NOT meant to be a post to complain about the game
I'm just wondering if anybody has an idea of what they plan on doing to add substance to the game's content. [..]
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8:44 am, October 4, 2013
I did the whole, custom, buy order thing on Rare daggers in the hopes of getting Spark.
So I've spent 250g already, made about 100g back thanks to exotics.
But seriously.. Is this what Anet intended [..]
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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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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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1:29 pm, October 3, 2013
Am just wondering, among the people who plays, what is their financial situation in the game. How much gold did you end up when you got your level 80?
I'm currently level 41 and I have 4,5 gold. I hav [..]
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9:54 am, October 3, 2013
I'm a noted alt-aholic in games like these, and I'm trying to avoid getting mired too much in fiddling around with different characters. In the 4-5 months I played WAR, I never got [..]
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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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4:29 am, October 3, 2013
I so much dislike being called "Lightbringer" non stop in my personal storyline that I even would change the Order if I could. Ok so I get Lucifer's title as a rank in the Order of Whispers. [..]
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10:25 pm, October 2, 2013
Alright.. so I exploded in anger over someone for messing up too much in FotM and they obviously got upset over the situation, and then typed "Well.. I'm going to add your account to the IoJ Blac [..]
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9:13 pm, October 2, 2013
There are many threads in the official Guild Wars 2 forums and I had to weave in and out of them to find this specific post but here is the quoted copied text from Robert Horuda (content designer). Th [..]
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12:34 pm, October 2, 2013
I know racial skills aren't the focus of the game, and they're kind of a tack-on thing to add flavour to your character, but I can't help but feel like Anet didn't really think them through all that w [..]
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11:29 am, October 2, 2013
I've searched for this topic in this forum and on google, but could not find what I'm looking for.
So I'm in a guild and represent them. In the Guild menu there are options to add / activate upgrades [..]
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11:23 am, October 2, 2013
One potential concern about Ascended as a gear level is that it becomes mandatory : groups where all members have Ascended stats outcompete players operating at the Exotic level, either steamrolling ( [..]
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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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12:03 am, October 2, 2013
Hello everyone, I am uZu, and I am overly pissed @ Anet's costumer service.
As a start, I must say that I enjoy GW2 a lot and I think it is an amazing game, however, it's costumer care/support (even i [..]
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11:48 pm, October 1, 2013
So I suddenly got this message while i was chilling with my guildies. Now, I know why I got banned. I use the N word a lot in a friendly way. Such as "Yo *insert name* , you my N" and so o [..]
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10:41 pm, October 1, 2013
Hello everyone I recently got back into GW after a long hiatus. Unfortunately, in my absence my account was hacked and banned. I explained the situation to Anet and they gave me my account back. But w [..]
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9:16 pm, October 1, 2013
Welcome to the Twilight Assault Release! If youre ready to start fighting Aetherblades and exploring the shadowy recesses of Twilight Arbor but arent quite sure how to go about it, this spoiler-free g [..]
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8:14 pm, October 1, 2013
Me and my friend will be playing this at launch but we want to play 2 different races. How will the personal storylines work in this situation? Will one of us just not progress through the story and h [..]
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7:23 pm, October 1, 2013
Before I get into this let me say that I'm really enjoying the game so far. I actually came into the game with a very negative experience from the beta, but my opinion changed in on [..]
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1:40 pm, October 1, 2013
The problems here are Signet of Fury and FGJ!. FGJ! only has an untraited recharge of 25s, while SoF has an untraited recharge of 30s.
Not only that, these two skills weren't even used: during the [..]
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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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9:09 am, October 1, 2013
When faced with the challange of needing large amount of mats to make an item, Do you farm for the mats or farm the gold to buy the mats?
I had to ask myself this today for the first time in a while. [..]
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6:48 am, October 1, 2013
I'll admit, the Fractals have been pretty fun and I'm sure there is some way to make the Ascended gear work in some way down the line. Right now though both the Fractals and Ascended gear are carrying [..]
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5:56 am, October 1, 2013
I played guild wars since just before Factions, its the best online game ive ever played, been waiting for so long for GW2. Its not a bad game, its far better value for money than most games,  [..]
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5:47 am, October 1, 2013
1. Movable target health frame. it gets in the way of seeing the whole world
2. A target of target frame -> we need this because its not the easiest thing in the world to know when you are be [..]
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1:16 am, October 1, 2013
I really like the style they've chosen for regular conversations between characters. First , it brings back great memories from fire emblem on my gameboy, but more importantly it makes me really focus [..]
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12:07 am, October 1, 2013
"You are extremely misinformed and the main problem with what you're saying is you seem to have the flawed notion that 1v1 matters in GW2. Just because profession x can **** profession y (althoug [..]
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5:45 pm, September 30, 2013
Don't you think the damages in certain situations are overkill?
Dungeons:
Some enemies can 1 shot **** everything.
The difficulty is based on insane damage and quick respawn.
PvP:
I got 16k critica [..]
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5:08 pm, September 30, 2013
Since focus of the game has now shifted from "using a weapon" to "getting a weapon", I think it's probably appropriate to discuss what weaponset people primarily use in PvE for eac [..]
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4:47 pm, September 30, 2013
Ideas:
1. ArenaNet says: People do not have to join a guild to gain valuable item. Friends have created guilds.
- And I answer: How can I find friends since the lack of common goals? How long can I pl [..]
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2:55 pm, September 30, 2013
Weve all seen the never ending posts about the game being empty, people flocking to other games and countless this game sucks posts. The rest of us kept playing the game. Most of us expected the gam [..]
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2:53 pm, September 30, 2013
Welcome to our newest release, the Bazaar of the Four Winds! You may be wondering what there is to do and how to get around, so what follows is a short guide to point you in the right direction.
Spoi [..]
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1:25 pm, September 30, 2013
Hi, my name is ChuyDog. I like GW2. I play the game at least three hours a day and have logged almost 1000 hours. I still enjoy playing the gam [..]
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12:00 pm, September 30, 2013
I just want to point out a few things which were interesting in the latest AMA with Chris Whiteside. They admitted some mistakes here but there is reason for hope that things will get corrected.
Chri [..]
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9:03 am, September 30, 2013
Buyer beware on GW2. Is this the start of the f***-all customer service attributed to free subscription?
[START]
Dear ArenaNet,
I made a purchase at the gemstore for a Witches Outfit available duri [..]
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8:47 am, September 30, 2013
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The Living World conceptAn ever changing worldUnique experience with each loginPlayer banding together and building towards a persistent world.New content every 2 weeks with unique rewards and a [..]
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7:37 am, September 30, 2013
With the change in dailies some of us started modifying the way we play the game: our usual playstyle could not satisfy the requirements posed by the daily, so we started visiting, or just parking our [..]
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7:27 am, September 30, 2013
Literally, 1/2 of the world is not accessible... why, exactly, would that be the case?
Maguuma Wastes, Magus Falls, Fire Islands, Woodland Cascades, Scavanger's Causeway, Crystal Desert, Blazeridge M [..]
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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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2:41 am, September 30, 2013
This is starting to get a bit annoying. The level 80 zones are in much worse condition than they were right after the launch and on Gandara the situation is pretty bad, main event chains have been bro [..]
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