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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9:16 am, April 17, 2014
I like the Feature patch. The PvP changes are atrocious, but since A.Net seems hell-bent on making GW2 into a PvE game, even that **** makes sense. It's not good, but it makes sense. Looking past that [..]
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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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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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8:16 pm, November 19, 2013
Well after looking over these new previews for the next update I found myself immensely underwhelmed, and even bordering on offended. This is primarily because I dont play Fractals, and dislike gettin [..]
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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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12:06 pm, November 3, 2013
Is it possible to buy gems for another person's account? It's my brother's birthday and I wanted to give him some gems. If not can I just trade them to him for one copper or do I ha [..]
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9:44 am, October 21, 2013
Like an idiot, I decided to save my credit card info to the Black Lion Market. I immediatly realized the error of my ways, but there doesn't seem to be a way to remove that info.&am [..]
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3:16 am, October 17, 2013
Source: http://www.guildwars.com/events/tradeshows/gc2007/gcspeech.php
Jeff Strain, one of the three founders of ANet, was asked to make a speech about how to make an MMO. I would like to provide a f [..]
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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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6:01 pm, October 15, 2013
a german fansite posted an interview with isaiah cartwright, discussing some upcoming things. i shortened the article as much as possible. do give the full article a read on:
http://gw2.onlinewel...ca [..]
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1:37 am, October 15, 2013
After reading through the post about marketing and people suggesting the % of players in GW2 coming from the GW1 veterans I was intrigued. So out of interest how many people did (or, my apologies, sti [..]
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7:56 pm, October 12, 2013
This is a pretty simple argument that I recently though up. Why did we dislike people who bought from gold sellers in Guild Wars 1? Because, they could buy their way to get whatever they want in the g [..]
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12:38 pm, October 9, 2013
Looking at market prices from launch until now of staple items we see a clear trend of decreasing price, namely exotic armors and weapons. This is partly because [..]
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4:58 am, October 7, 2013
or be as good a game as I thought it would be, or I would like it to be.
The developers/producers behind this game are NOT from the original Guild Wars crew. That is it in a nutshe [..]
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10:53 am, October 6, 2013
So I've been playing for a few days now.
I just uninstalled the game after playing four classes, leveling up to 20 on several of them, and trying out both WvW and structured PvP.
The PvE game is mos [..]
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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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9:37 pm, October 5, 2013
Reposted from the R and D thread on Black Lion Chests since it wasn't 100% on topic so I brought it here.
This thread is to discuss the way that ANet has handled this installment of Halloween, most n [..]
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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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9:21 pm, October 4, 2013
Alright so there's a major problem with Guild Wars 2 right now. If you go onto some random Chinese gold selling site, for around $50 you can get 100 gold. As of right now, 89 silver gets you 100 gems. [..]
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1:14 am, October 4, 2013
We all know the kafuffle about gear grind, ascended gear, etc.
We know what's been said, we know what we've seen in game.
We know it's just the start.
So, my question is this:
Does the ascended ge [..]
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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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4:01 pm, October 3, 2013
http://www.ncsoft.net/global/ir/earnings.aspx
Contrary to the fanboy opinion that Guild Wars 2 is doing just fine, thriving, growing and there is nothing wrong with the game, do yourself a favor and [..]
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8:07 am, October 3, 2013
A useful and pertinent look at a time not very long ago; this video encapsulates the reasons why many who chose GW2 as their game, did so.
Concerning the progression changes I've read numerous argume [..]
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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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11:20 am, October 2, 2013
Ok. With the game coming out at the end of the week I would like to know how you
think Anet has handled everything up to now.
How has their marketing been?
Have they communicated with their fans en [..]
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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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8:59 am, October 2, 2013
Its been less than a month since the game came out and of course there will be issues which arenanet will fix. I still think its one of the best MMO's in the market.
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Let me know what one thing you [..]
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6:53 am, October 2, 2013
TO CONDENSE MY SENTIMENTS:
Good players are not rewarded for overcoming challenges the majority of the games status symbols and cool items are gained from performing an easy task for an inordinate am [..]
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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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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.
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I am a hardcore MMO player, as I'm sure some of you are as well. I hold this title because I [..]
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3:30 am, October 2, 2013
Well, I purchased some "gems" and I must say I feel as though it is a waste of money. If I had properly read the description to begin with, I wouldn't have bought it at all. I just...I suppo [..]
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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 [..]
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11:17 pm, October 1, 2013
Since each tag can only be used once for the entirety of Guild Wars 2 across all servers, what are guild leaders doing to plan for this? For instance, there are at least ten guilds [..]
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8:55 pm, October 1, 2013
In beta weekends I found this charge to severly handicap my ability to solo areas beyond starting areas. They have reduced the cost for both of these at earlier levels so, at launch, I was willing to [..]
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4:59 pm, October 1, 2013
Look dungeons, grind, market , minor exploits balbalbal complain more
not important!!!!!!!
but
BOTS! BOTS ARE EVERYWHERE !
even bots with teleport hacks !
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11:25 am, October 1, 2013
Posted to GW2 Forums, I don't expect it to last. Please comment there as well.
TLDR: Points are boiled down here, but I encourage you to ready the body.
The Right to Make Money
N [..]
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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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8:33 am, October 1, 2013
I quit the game around level 50 several months ago because I just couldn't take it any more. This is a guy who played several F2P mmo's, including a korean mmo, and getting pretty far in it. What keep [..]
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6:46 am, October 1, 2013
Having played most of the MMO's that are and was on the market for over 12 years now, I'm starting to get tired of the same cycle. Maybe I'm just getting older and less patient though, who really know [..]
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5:37 am, October 1, 2013
I am posting this topic here because I needed a place to type this text since I can't post on the official forums. Letting my friend copy paste it here and thought well the more people that see this t [..]
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2:04 am, October 1, 2013
Guild Wars 2 has been out for a full year now, and it seems to be continuing to grow as more players purchase the game and join. One of the big selling points for GW2 is the fact that the game is uniq [..]
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1:05 am, October 1, 2013
John Smith
"Weve received a large amount of feedback about Legendaries becoming unreachable. This is actually a topic weve been tracking for quite some time. To ease your minds I am here to say [..]
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12:08 am, October 1, 2013
Simple question, as stated in the topic: Should gear bought with karma be salvagable? Why or why not? How would this affect the trading market, [..]
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7:24 pm, September 30, 2013
Hopefully ANet will come across this. I was thinking, wouldn't it be pretty great to have a, for example Black Lion Market App? (Would not mind paying for it what so ever) That way you can play the ma [..]
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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 [..]
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7:17 pm, September 30, 2013
Now now, I know what you're thinking already but just hear me out.
I came across an application on the Play Market today called Kainy, it's used for streaming games from your PC to your phone via Wif [..]
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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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5:57 pm, September 30, 2013
Just thought I would sign up to brag about my unexpected windfall of gold thanks to China
About a month and a bit ago I stopped playing GW2 due to me being busy for the Christmas season. I recently [..]
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5:22 pm, September 30, 2013
Right now I am on my first character. Lvl 50. After leveling, salvaging most things, buying a few weapons for my level on the market, selling some UNID dyes, repairs, traveling, and [..]
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5:11 pm, September 30, 2013
Its no big secret that a lot of people are having money issues at higher levels. Especially for someone like me (Working on the Incinerator), you need to save as much money as you can! So here are som [..]
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5:09 pm, September 30, 2013
Originally I just wanted to do the math, but then it became more than that and i feel the need to share my thoughts. Disclaimer: Lots of text, also might belong in suggestion/ideas but that's what mod [..]
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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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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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2:40 pm, September 30, 2013
Hi, everyone. Last week we announced our Guild Wars 2 First Anniversary Bash, which takes place at the Renaissance Hotel on Saturday, August 31 during PAX Prime weekend.
That [..]
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1:29 pm, September 30, 2013
Hello guys,
I have been a fierce critic from GW2, both on these Forum and I tried to send numerous suggestion tickets and posts on the official forums as well, but apparently ArenaNet doesn't like th [..]
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1:03 pm, September 30, 2013
So I have been looking all over the internet with regards to the crafting material required for the legendary weapons.... I know it requires a significant amount of mats to make each part... but what [..]
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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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11:18 am, September 30, 2013
"We recently had a big press event in Beijing where our own Colin Johanson and Isaiah Cartwright announced the date for the first Guild Wars 2 Closed Beta Test In China, happening May 2nd through [..]
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9:46 am, September 30, 2013
I've been lurking about on here for a while now, and here is my first contribution, please excuse my English as it is not my first language, but here goes:
THIS IS NOT ABOUT EVENT OR KARMA FARMING!!! [..]
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7:36 am, September 30, 2013
Hello community,
Until now I haven't found any really useful thread about the slayer achievement. Four days ago I started getting my slayer achievement on my own... with very nice progress =)
Anyway [..]
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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 [..]
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3:52 am, September 30, 2013
What is Oculus? Oculus is a future HDVR for the PC.
http://www.engadget....-headset-hands/
GW 2 is not scheduled to play with Oculus HDVR.
However please share your thoughts on this soon to come out [..]
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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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