6:18 pm, November 21, 2014
Match flow in PvP is affected by everything from team formation and arena queuing to the way players actually enter matches. I’m happy to announce that the process players use to enter PvP a [..]
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6:18 pm, November 12, 2014
This week's Blizzcon brought us a panel on D3.
A quick summary:
http://www.diablofan...ouls-panel-live
A few things that stand out and seem very similar to what we are experiencing in GW2 (stole [..]
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7:18 pm, October 20, 2014
A Living World
The return of Living World Season 2 is rapidly approaching. When the season resumes on November 4, we’ll see the story pick up from the cliffhanger that left one of the worl [..]
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7:18 pm, September 23, 2014
For a limited time, play Guild Wars 2 for free and experience why Guild Wars 2 is the fastest selling MMO in history!*
The free trial begins at 12 a.m. PD [..]
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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 pm, August 28, 2014
Hey, folks,
As we continue to grow Guild Wars 2 and plan our next steps for the future of the game, its important we have a solid foundation for all the new players we plan to welcom [..]
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7:18 am, July 15, 2014
Hey all. I've had something on my mind lately, and I thought this would be a good opportunity to get some other views on the matter.
When you play, do you stick with an event until its chain is compl [..]
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7:18 pm, May 10, 2014
It kind of sucks, doesn't it?
I am very much a fan of the unification of the daily system: I love the idea of being able to finish the daily by not being forced into a single mode. But at the same ti [..]
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9:16 pm, April 12, 2014
In a recent, now locked, thread I tried to discuss the objective definition of pay-to-win, and quickly found that for various reasons doing so is.difficult, to say the least. So rather than rehash tha [..]
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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
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
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2:16 pm, March 20, 2014
ArenaNet is excited to announce our first release that focuses exclusively on in-game features: the April 2014 Feature Pack, which hits Guild Wars 2 on April 15!
“Betwee [..]
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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, March 7, 2014
https://forum-en.gui...rst#post3087123
Initial topic of the thread was largely about the particle effects and how they render the game unplayable in many instances, so the response itself is kinda OT [..]
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2:16 pm, February 20, 2014
This is a tie-in thread to my existing karma thread. There is a link and you'll understand where I'm going with this after we all ask the vital question (cangemsfixlivingstory?):
How does ANet gague [..]
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8:16 pm, February 11, 2014
If or when we lose LA, either to Scarlet or some future events, where do you think the best safe haven for all the races of Tyria would be?
Give arguments for and against your suggestions, and discu [..]
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2:16 am, January 31, 2014
On Tuesday, February 4, were releasing the new Edge of the Mists WvW map and major improvement to the queuing system for WvW. Weve been doing some behind-the-scenes work on our systems to provide more [..]
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8:16 pm, January 29, 2014
So Ive spent the last few months raising a new alt with intent of making him my new main. A ranger, my old preferred class in GW1, and Ive been loving it. Of course I need a great new look for him, be [..]
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2:16 am, January 8, 2014
Because I am an insane person and a huge derp, I have decided to end my sabbatical and resume playing GW2 at least for a time. I hope my derpness amuses someone slightly in a parra [..]
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8:16 am, December 30, 2013
http://www.reddit.co...ans_last_night/
Quote...
It seems there was a popular farming spot for linen. I don't think there's any point on hiding where, if you google "guild wars 2 linen farm" [..]
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2:16 am, December 19, 2013
Writing for Guild Wars 2 is a hugely collaborative effort, and at times that collaboration transcends the sum of its parts. Sometimes a character takes on a life of its own and we, t [..]
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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 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 [..]
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10:36 am, November 19, 2013
I've come to the conclusion that people only drop the "grind" bomb when the content itself is not intrinsically fun. When people aren't enjoying doing X content for Y item, they complain abo [..]
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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 [..]
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2:16 am, November 6, 2013
Ok, laying the groundwork here for the conversation:
First, there are many definitions of casual gamers. In fact, I hate the idea of calling people casual or hardcore. However, many people would cons [..]
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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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7:06 am, October 22, 2013
...he's so damn soft. This is the definition of a scoundrel:
scoun·drel
noun
1.
an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
adjective
2.
mean or base in nature; villainous; unprinci [..]
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3:16 pm, October 18, 2013
Greetings, folks! I’m here to announce an exciting new development in World vs. World!
We are in the process of designing a brand-new map that will let you enjoy WvW while waiting to enter [..]
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9:16 pm, October 17, 2013
By the third night, the mob around Castle Thorn had grown so thick that their bonfires reached the river, making a constellation of pyres that stretched as far as King Oswald Thorn could see.
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7:04 am, October 17, 2013
Looking Back
I think Arenanet made a mistake with the way they handled the Guild Wars 1 expansions . I know I'm not the only one because I've seen the complain a lot. Balance was ruined. I think there [..]
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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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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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5:14 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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3:16 am, October 10, 2013
Reddit link: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1o35kp/psa_watch_what_you_buy_on_the_tp_duping_bug/
QuoteBasically, players have been duplicating siege prints for wvw for profit on the tradi [..]
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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 [..]
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2:10 pm, October 7, 2013
So, I have a theory. I'd like to share it for discussion.
Between the most recent stress test and the one before it, we went from 3 servers listed as full to 11.
I have a hard time believing that th [..]
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4:44 am, October 7, 2013
Basically, what I've yet to do:
Dungeons:
- CoE explorable (no one wanting to do that)
- CoF explorable (can't be arsed to do it)
- Arah explorable (from what I've read, it's too hard, long and has a [..]
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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 [..]
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10:10 pm, October 6, 2013
The personal story ended up being one of those GW2 features that managed to massively reduce my enjoyment of the game. And it's not the story's writing, rewards or something similar - it's the way it' [..]
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7:13 am, October 6, 2013
In an effort to keep the noise down over discussing the various points hit upon by Colin's most recent post, I've taken the time to create different threads in the General Discussion forums to cover t [..]
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6:28 am, October 6, 2013
Earlier today I found a thread about buying gold from black market sellers while trying to find the trend in gold price. I found it a very interesting read. The O [..]
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11:12 pm, October 5, 2013
Hey folks, it’s Chap again! There are a lot of changes coming in this release, and I wanted to explain the thought processes behind some of them. Today I’ll be joined by Karl and R [..]
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6:59 pm, October 5, 2013
... that they do not need to give rewards better than what is existing to entice players to participate in new content?
As long as they are FUN, people will play and people will keep playing them, ev [..]
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2:16 pm, October 5, 2013
Earlier today I found a thread about buying gold from black market sellers while trying to find the trend in gold price. I found it a very interesting read. The O [..]
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10:37 pm, October 4, 2013
Any help on what gear set this is?
http://i.minus.com/jbbh9NurOoivQO.jpg
Every listing I've seen it listed as "PvP: Leather, PvE: Unknown" or just "Unknown". I [..]
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9:14 pm, October 4, 2013
So, a bit before headstart I purchased the game, played it from the 25th of August, and all was cool ever since... til the 5th or so of September. At that date, I suddenly started getting this every t [..]
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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 [..]
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7:31 pm, October 4, 2013
I've been able to put off all the big annoyances of launch, like the TP not working, massive lagg, lower FPS than the betas, and overally buggy behaviors - but now with all this con [..]
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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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3:07 pm, October 4, 2013
QuoteIn November well unveil the first Ascended items. This new rarity type falls between Exotic and Legendary on the spectrum of rarity and has slightly higher stats than Exotics.
Source: https://ww [..]
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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 [..]
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1:04 pm, October 4, 2013
Hello.
Firstly, I'm sure this has been mentioned already, but I don't have the time or patience to filter through to find it.
It may also be something AN have confirmed to be an upcoming update, or [..]
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7:49 pm, October 3, 2013
At the moment there are issues with the guild and server system in game. Several large guilds on dedicated servers will end up splitting up, many players from other servers will nev [..]
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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 [..]
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5:32 pm, October 3, 2013
I've been trying to defend this game's pvp for some time now and after today, there's not much else I can do anymore. I know there are people, like me, who were expecting this patch [..]
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4:58 pm, October 3, 2013
ant possibly be the only female to experience this.
It makes me ill to experience this.
So: the gaming world comprises of more than just males.
I dont think this issue being taken seriously.
1. No the [..]
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4:45 pm, October 3, 2013
Lets imagine sometime in the future, ArenaNet creates a competition that allows you to submit designs for a Guild Hall, based on themes and architecture that currently exist within the game. My questi [..]
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4:11 pm, October 3, 2013
Lately, my off-server guildies (Ok, there are only two, but still... they like their home servers, and our guild vision lets them do so) are wondering just when we'll all be able to play together for [..]
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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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2:49 am, October 3, 2013
In this thread we will be discussing the most recent addition of vertical progression to GW2 with the Lost Shores update & what it really means for GW2. This topic has a tendenc [..]
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11:22 pm, October 2, 2013
Little bit of context: for the past 8 years I've considered GW1's pre-Nightfall PvP to be the best PvP among MMOs, no contest. In particular I think GW1's Alliance Battles were the best casual hot-joi [..]
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4:27 pm, October 2, 2013
Sounds like all cities will get something to do at Wintersday, but the final will be in LA
Wintersday 2012
The nights may be long and dark, but Tyrians of all races keep joy alive during the ancie [..]
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11:57 am, October 2, 2013
A note before starting; this is intended as a conversation about the story (non-lore) behind why we are fighting Zhaitan and where the story may progress from here. It is not meant to be bashing Anet' [..]
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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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8:11 am, October 2, 2013
So I bought a digital copy of the game today. I already had a GW1 account. I used the code I was given to create a GW2 account and linked my GW1 account.
I tried logging into my new account on the off [..]
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6:16 am, October 2, 2013
This is more intended for ArenaNet employees to read. I know they read these forums and I'm hoping they will see this, think about it, and maybe even respond to it. It is also open for discussion from [..]
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6:15 am, October 2, 2013
To preface this, let me say that I'm not trying to say "QQ I'm quitting". GW2 is still fun.
Now, on to the conspiracy theory. If you don't feel like reading a wall of text, there's a tl;dr [..]
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6:04 am, October 2, 2013
Nowadays it is has become really really frustrating, how more and more people are using forums like their personal blog.
Forums used to be for discussions about IMPORTANT topics, so threads like &qu [..]
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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 [..]
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12:19 am, October 2, 2013
The following email was sent to me the reasons why are included in the email's contents.Basically i recieved a free DDE upgrade code, because my entire head start was wasted stuck in server transfer l [..]
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11:20 pm, October 1, 2013
GW2 2012 Best (Worst) of Awards
Its that time of the year again! Where we look back into the previous year and project into the new year. To make the best of 2013, we have to look [..]
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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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9:31 pm, October 1, 2013
This is more intended for ArenaNet employees to read. I know they read these forums and I'm hoping they will see this, think about it, and maybe even respond to it. It is also open for discussion from [..]
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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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6:45 pm, October 1, 2013
Hey all. I'd like to ask the members of gw2guru forums not to gank their other servers in EB JP unless attacked first, while the first week or so of this kite achievement is going on.
You may (or may [..]
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5:01 pm, October 1, 2013
I was cleaning out my hard drive and I noticed that GW2 had created 4 folders in my appdata\local\temp folder that each contained a copy of the Gw2Stream.dat file that was 10.9 GB in [..]
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4:28 pm, October 1, 2013
Sparkfly Fen has 20 point of interests I have 19 and can't get map completion brcause of the blunder below.
Flamefrog Vale's Area of Interest: Occuintl Grounds.
The marker on the map can't be found [..]
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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 [..]
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11:34 am, October 1, 2013
Ive seen a large amount of threads being made regarding such things as:
Server Populations
Server Xfers
3 Teams
Server Rankings
Zerging
Although these are separate factors, they all come together to [..]
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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 [..]
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11:00 am, October 1, 2013
So I was a GM in gw1 and an officer in wow. I've had many years experience in being a guild leader. My gw1 guild was a top 100 gvg guild for a while (not bad for pvp casuals), we owned hzh, had some s [..]
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10:43 am, October 1, 2013
Don't know why I'm procrastinating when I'm no longer in school but I constantly find myself more addicted to this forum than Guild Wars 2 the game itself. I'm procrastinating towar [..]
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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 [..]
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10:22 am, October 1, 2013
look at this beast,enjoying the last days of it's existence!
Have any of you found more?
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8:37 am, October 1, 2013
I've been thinking about this issue for a while and I want to know what you guys think.
Well, in GW1, new classes came with expansions, it made sense because they were classes native to their contine [..]
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8:30 am, October 1, 2013
Warning: Massive Wall of Text Ahead. A 3001 word wall to be exact!
I will start out by saying that I have played a wide variety of games over the years, however guild wars was the very first online m [..]
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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 [..]
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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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5:39 am, October 1, 2013
As today's topic is similar to the Temple of Grenth guide, it will follow a similar format and copy some elements.
The Temple of Balthazar is one of the 5 Temple meta chains that exists in the Orrian [..]
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3:57 am, October 1, 2013
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Upcoming_changes_and_features
In the mentioned section it says
"Social: Improvements to group finding tool"
So they plan to improve the LFG tool according [..]
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2:32 am, October 1, 2013
As with making any new topic in a forum, there is a good chance it will backfire and get a bunch of people to stomp you out of existence. Especially when you're not a regular and ha [..]
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12:34 am, October 1, 2013
First off, sorry if this post has already been made, and I have seen this on Reddit before but for anyone who does not already know, a really great GW2 LFG tool exists.
I have not [..]
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12:03 am, October 1, 2013
As much as it pains me to say, the Living Story isn't all bad!
All kidding aside, what were your favourite and least favourite Living Story additions? If you would like, you can even split the catego [..]
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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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9:34 pm, September 30, 2013
I'm really happy about the new acquisition method and the newly added prefixes and suffixes, but is there any word I may have missed about including Carrion or Rampager's to the list of trinkets? (Or [..]
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9:14 pm, September 30, 2013
With the inclusion of the really cool new content of guild missions to GW2 it is past time for GW2 to catch up to GW1 with alliances.
The small guilds need a real alliance system in order to fully pa [..]
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8:45 pm, September 30, 2013
Over on the official forums, the mystic forge is affectionately known as the mystic toilet. And why shouldn't it be? Especially when you have players throwing 350g worth of weapons in at a time and ge [..]
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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 [..]
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