Guild Wars 2

Finding the perfect match

6:18 pm, November 20, 2014 Hello, world! My name is Justin O’Dell, and I’m one of the server programmers on the Structured Player vs. Player (sPvP) team. I’m here to talk to you about the upcomin [..] View

Balance Changes in the September 2014 Feature Pack

7:18 pm, August 18, 2014 Hello, all! Im Karl McLain, one of the game designers here at ArenaNet. Im here to tell you about the direction were going with balance changes in the September 2014 Feature Pack. For a more specifi [..] View

The Megaserver Rollout isComplete!

9:16 pm, April 25, 2014 Were pleased to announce that now all PvE maps and the Heart of the Mists have been moved over to megaserver technology! Although were excited that you have more players than ever to explore the open [..] View

Runes, Sigils, and BalanceUpdates

8:16 pm, March 21, 2014 Yesterday we introduced you to some of the upcoming changes to the traits system. Those changes, while exciting, are just one part of the balance updates bundled into the April 2014 Feature Pack! Toda [..] View

Dev for a Day: Condition Damage

2:16 pm, February 3, 2014 The purpose of this thread is to discuss Condition Damage in the game whether you think it's fine, is completely broken, or could just be tweaked to be more useful. My thoughts: Instead of a global [..] View

"We were making [the wurm] specifically for the hard core groups"

2:16 am, January 25, 2014 http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1w1bpt/josh_foreman_we_were_making_the_wurm_specifically/ QuoteHey, thanks everyone! We spent a lot of time tweaking the balance on this, and Im glad that [..] View

Release Notes for Fractured

2:16 am, November 27, 2013 Ellen Kiel has done it! After being supported by players in her bid for a seat on the Captains Council of Lions Arch, Kiel has made good on her campaign promises specifically, the promise to head up [..] View

The lag

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 [..] View

Did I just get hack?

6:13 am, October 14, 2013 So the guild wars 2 launcher was downloading a 700 files update or something.  It was at 99 so I click log in and it said the following "you've enabled email authentication for [..] View

New Underwater Content: Balance Attached, Maybe?

2:40 pm, October 4, 2013 So, I haven't been the most up to date on the November 15th update, but I've heard it referred to as the "Sea of Sorrows" update, talk about beaches, and Anet's little post with some pirate [..] View

Dungeon Rewards

1:42 pm, October 4, 2013 Hello! Im Isaiah Cartwright, the lead game designer for Guild Wars 2, and I would like to talk to you about some of up upcoming changes to the ways we reward players for participatin [..] 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

Guild Wars 2 and Progression

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 [..] View

Lack of Dev Commentary on Professions

7:34 am, October 1, 2013 While everyone else salivates about new content, or complains about gear progression I see a lack of actual change or even dev commentary to have anything to do with the real core of the game- profess [..] 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

Long Run Damage Calculation, Math is Fun!

5:43 am, October 1, 2013 Hi all, Don't know if this has been posted before but I was wanting to figure out how to maximize my raw power stats (before weapon damage, traits, skills and boons/conditions are added which can be [..] View

The Temple of Lyssa Exploit - License to Troll!

5:19 am, October 1, 2013 As Im sure some of you are awear there is an event in the Temple of Lyssa that has become a popular farming exploit. This exploit is now preventing players from finishing one of the few, well designed [..] View

Isaiah Q and A; How magic find works, Eternity, precursers.

1:02 am, October 1, 2013 Looks like Lead Designer Isaiah Cartwright did a fairly lengthy QandA on Kotaku last night.  Just thought I would post the link in case any hasn't seen it or.   So [..] 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

Why Guild Wars 2 Has the Potential to Re-Shape the MMORPG Market.

5:43 am, September 30, 2013 Let me preface this with the following: Do not let this thread devolve into bickering and moaning over which game is better, WoW or GW2. I often referenced WoW in this thread in order to provide a bas [..] View