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, October 1, 2014
Last week’s Points of Interest livestream was live from Eurogamer Expo in London, where Rubi was joined by Elisabeth Kerstein. They took a look at one of the things about Guild Wars 2 that [..]
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7:18 pm, September 30, 2014
Whether youre looking for a little extra support in your World vs. World endeavors or trying to show off your fashion sensibilities with a new set of weapons, the Black Lion Trading Company is her [..]
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7:18 pm, September 25, 2014
This week the Points of Interest livestream is exceptionally live from Eurogamer Expo in London! Rubi will be joined by Elisabeth Kerstein. They will take a look at one of the things about Guild War [..]
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7:18 am, September 10, 2014
This week, the Black Lion Trading Company is big on minis! Were introducing two of your favorite forest-dwelling foes and bringing back the Minis 3-Packs Sets 1 and 2 keep reading to learn more.
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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 pm, August 5, 2014
.......making gold?
I've been looking around since I came back for season 2 and a lot of ghe old methods seem out of date or simply less effective so I figured Id inquire as to some of the clever me [..]
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7:18 pm, July 8, 2014
This week, we here at the Black Lion Trading Company are all about panache! Weve got a brand-new method of delivering exactly the dye you need, a new pack that lets you save big on convenient and [..]
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7:18 pm, June 24, 2014
Youve got just one week left to revel in the Festival of the Four Winds, and the Black Lion Trading Company has everything you need to wring every last ounce of enjoyment from each day! Read on to [..]
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7:18 pm, June 17, 2014
This week the Black Lion Trading Company is proud to bring out an exciting update to character customization with some head-turning greens and pinks for your hair or eyes! Were also bringing back [..]
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7:18 am, May 21, 2014
Its an exciting week for the Black Lion Trading Company! Weve got a brand-new set of weapon skins, new faces in Total Makeover Kits, an adorable Mini Piglet, the return of the Bazaar Quaggan Mini [..]
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9:16 am, April 16, 2014
In the new wardrobe Anet wants us to buy new transmutation charges. But I feel Anet can make plenty of money without these charges.
How? Improve the BLC rewards. [..]
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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 28, 2014
Hello again Tyria! There are a lot of great new changes happening in the Mists with rewards, gear, build-making, and more! Its incredibly exciting to finally be able to share with you all of the updat [..]
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8:16 pm, March 4, 2014
The tides of battle have changed, my friends! The Lionguard generously equipped by yours truly is working side-by-side with heroes to retake Lions Arch from that evil sylvari and her villainous [..]
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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, January 21, 2014
The gigantic jungle wurm in Bloodtide Coast is really shaking things up, isnt it? Show off your dedication to the fight against this colossus with our new wurm-themed items! Read on to learn all a [..]
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2:16 pm, January 7, 2014
We here at the Black Lion Trading Company feel that each new year is full of possibility. To get this one off to a good start, were pleased to present a new facial tattoo helm; and a new Introduct [..]
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2:16 am, December 11, 2013
Wintersday is here! To celebrate, the Black Lion Trading Company is proud to present new festive and functional items! Read on to learn more about our updates to the Total Makeover Kit, the new Co [..]
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8:16 am, November 28, 2013
When we added the World XP system to World vs. World, it was our goal to create a sense of character progression in WvW gameplay. We wanted to reward people who put time into WvW by increasing the too [..]
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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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8:16 am, November 18, 2013
So, my previous thread got deleted, and I haven't (yet) been informed why. (Shoutout to you, admins!) Here are the contents of the disputable and controversial upcoming update.
I am NOT supporting o [..]
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2:16 am, November 12, 2013
For the past three weeks, the first World vs. World season has been packed with intense battles for power and dominance. North American and European worlds have been divided up into three leagues apie [..]
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2:16 pm, November 5, 2013
Neither snow nor rain nor invasions from the Mad Realm nor the uprising of the new and deadly Toxic Alliance will keep the Black Lion Trading Company from providing you with new and useful items! [..]
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2:53 am, October 30, 2013
Just something i thought was important. Events with champions like the cyclops need to give item drops or chests. I enjoy killing the cyclops and it takes a decent sized group and some time to do. I d [..]
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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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8:16 pm, October 29, 2013
Halloween is nearing, and the Black Lion Trading Company has everything you need to celebrate in style. But dont just dress your best on Halloween! Weve got new armors and weapons that will change [..]
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4:04 am, October 20, 2013
1. There were two difficulties for the dungeons/elite missions, Normal Mode and Hard Mode.
2. Chests at the end were GUARANTEED to give you rare item when you opened them. Hard Mode gave you two rares [..]
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9:16 pm, October 18, 2013
It’s almost time for the inaugural World vs. World Season! Tonight, when the weekly WvW matchups reset, the season will officially begin.
European and North American servers will be broken [..]
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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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9:16 pm, October 15, 2013
Edrick was a monster, he brought his family shame
So the locked him in a box, mouth stuffed with candy corn
But now the son has risen to take his fathers name
Beware the Bloody Prince, the son of [..]
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9:16 pm, October 15, 2013
Halloween is fast approaching, and the Mad Kings lunatic influence is seeping into Tyria! Lions Arch is decorated in its spooky finest, children are running amok and begging for sweets, and the Ma [..]
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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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3:10 pm, October 8, 2013
After I completed many dungeons, many routes and many times.
I feel there are many things that should be fix and improve in dungeons.
Sorry, my english is not good.
1. Model - Anet gives me very fa [..]
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8:22 am, October 7, 2013
Thanks to the innovation and efforts of the Black Lion Trading Company, you can now show off your trendy side with our new armor skins, honor one of the Order of Whispers finest agents with a spec [..]
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2:57 am, October 7, 2013
Since Anet started putting some achievements for people who look for chests in hidden places, i went ahead and did the one in the sunken ship in straits of desvatation... i managed to solo it but not [..]
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8:29 am, October 6, 2013
Here is my take on the "Checkbox Gaming" trend wherein you chase all daily chests.
http://guildwarstools.com/worldselector.php
Choose your world, select/deselect which event to track, wait [..]
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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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9:20 pm, October 5, 2013
The idea of this thread is to make a list of all the nice even chains across GW2 that end up with nice, fat chests
So far I know 2:
Behemoth - Queensdale swamp
Wayferer Foothills - Maw
Please do n [..]
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6:09 pm, October 5, 2013
I have seen references to "Chests" several times, but I don't know what this means? Are there some kinds of "treasure chests" you find in the game with stuff in them, or does this [..]
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1:39 pm, October 5, 2013
There's a new hands-on video released, revealing details of the Halloween update to come tonight. We can stop speculating that the Black Lion Chests are going to be the only way to receive Halloween t [..]
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10:44 am, October 5, 2013
I originally posted this topic on the official forums but as it's most likely to be burried there, I want to open the discussion here too.
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9:57 pm, October 4, 2013
First i wanna say there are many things that aren`t right in pve,but there are also many that are amazing,so this is not just another random bashing thread.
I played 500+ hours,and i played since rel [..]
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7:22 am, October 4, 2013
Just a reminder to everyone to hold onto your Black Lion Keys for the upcoming winters day event, we might have special loot drops from black lion chests like we had in Halloween, so don't use them ju [..]
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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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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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11:28 am, October 2, 2013
One of the features I would love to see in the game, which have been seen in many forms in many other games, is the idea of locked and/or trapped containers. No surprise is that I like to play rogues [..]
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9:16 am, October 2, 2013
First of all, I love Guild Wars 2. I've been with the series since the beta of Guild Wars 1, which I also played way too much. It has some flaws, but overall I love it.
What I don't like is somethi [..]
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7:01 am, October 2, 2013
The Holloween event starts on the 22, today but you cannot get the holloween skins untill the 23rd from the chests.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/events/halloween-2012
I wanted to post this because [..]
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2:19 am, October 2, 2013
just been bugging me and had to post
keys should be able to drop of mobs or bought with ingame money not only gems
mini pets - a few should be quest given/ rewards for doing stuff in pve not gems onl [..]
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2:19 am, October 2, 2013
Hey all
I was just wondering what your opinions would be of an increased XP percentage (for a limited amount of time) for those people who have been logged out for more than a day. I believe it's a [..]
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1:30 am, October 2, 2013
heya guys, i just wanna ask if u experienced the same.
im running around with full mf-gear+omnombars and sometimes the gemstore mf-buff, but still dont get golds or even exotics.
im farming cursed sho [..]
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10:58 pm, October 1, 2013
I am all for difficulty in a game as long as the rewards are large enuff to sort of compensate for the risk.
I did the first dungeon on Storymode and had some fun. We died a few times but it wasn't l [..]
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9:16 pm, October 1, 2013
The year turns on, Caithe and the Lionguard are busy trying to infiltrate Scarlets new secret base, and Halloween approaches! This weeks offerings from the Black Lion Trading post have a little so [..]
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8:35 pm, October 1, 2013
ArenaNet has posted a handy little guide for those of you who want a push in the right direction. Think of it as flipping through a player's guide of a game you're playing through. We'll also be pos [..]
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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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5:55 pm, October 1, 2013
LIVING WORLDDragon Bash
The Ship’s Council of Lion’s Arch is sponsoring Dragon Bash, a celebration of the Tyrian spirit and resolve to defeat the elder dragons. Bash on dragon pia [..]
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4:14 pm, October 1, 2013
Check out this weeks new Black Lion Trading Company offers! Weve got fashionable armor skins, convenience items, and limited-time pricing!
New Armor Skins!
Were dedicated to ke [..]
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1:12 pm, October 1, 2013
According to wiki, "Magic find is applied when a foe dies; it does not apply to loot from chests, items created in the Mystic Forge,or random drops from gathering." And I think it may not ap [..]
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11:30 am, October 1, 2013
See, this thread: https://forum-en.gui...endaries-Rework and scroll down a bit.
tldr version: not in active development, not even a final concept, just a bunch of ideas.
You can find precursors in th [..]
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10:51 am, October 1, 2013
Merchants from all over Tyria are putting out their finest wares for the Bazaar of the Four Winds and the Black Lion Trading Company is no exception! Were bringing you new miniatures, great deals [..]
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10:30 am, October 1, 2013
A ****** at the Dragon Bash has thrown lions Arch into Chaos! The culprits responsible for the mayhem have holed up in their hideout. Inspector Ellen Kiel spearheaded the investigation into the ****** [..]
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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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5:49 am, October 1, 2013
It is unregulated gambling.
Why is arena net going down this route of skins inside black lions chests? Why not make them part of rewards for event chains? Or scavenging? Or Jumping puzzle rewards? Or [..]
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2:24 am, October 1, 2013
A new week means new items available through the Black Lion Trading Company! This week Im pleased to offer up a very special new item: Candidate Support Bundles that let you show your support and [..]
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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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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 [..]
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12:37 am, October 1, 2013
...Or, does the average gamer really froth at the mouth for multiple tiers of mystery chests?
Controversial *attention grabbing header* I know, but Crystin Cox single contribution to the Gem Store se [..]
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12:31 am, October 1, 2013
Has anyone found a picture of the special armor skins from the hallowen event? Also, where do you arquire it? Since it's extremely cheap compared to weapons it assume it's not from chests.
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11:18 pm, September 30, 2013
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but as the title says. Is it safe to farm CoF for the gear at this moment? My guts say it isn't with all the exploiting going on inside (skipping b [..]
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11:11 pm, September 30, 2013
If you come across any undocumented changes, please post 'em here in this thread!
GENERALYou can now see titles under names [screenshots: one]
PROFESSIONSNecromancer staff sound changed/adjustedWarri [..]
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8:04 pm, September 30, 2013
LIVING WORLD
Bazaar of the Four Winds
The Bazaar of the Four Winds is gathering; merchants are converging from all corners of Tyria to sell their wares. Its not just shady characters and risky trade [..]
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7:01 pm, September 30, 2013
As mentioned in the IGN preview, the Haloween patch also added the Skritt Burglar. Haven't seen any threads about it, so I figured I'd make one.
For those that haven't run across one yet - you'll run [..]
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6:43 pm, September 30, 2013
As the title says, anybody knows if the (total) make-over kits are in the black lion chests already?
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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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5:39 pm, September 30, 2013
So i decided to buy some chests from gem store even after being burned on Halloween. Opened all my chests and got the usual everyone is getting. Then I decided to [..]
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5:14 pm, September 30, 2013
The system has 5 different types of tiers which dont have common things.They are based on different farming methods.The models are made like this because people should do different things.They shouldn [..]
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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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5:11 pm, September 30, 2013
After reading various posts on FotM, I have realized that there is a common theme to them:
The encounters are well designed and challengingSuperior Loots and Chest Rewards
So, I wanted to check it ou [..]
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5:11 pm, September 30, 2013
Hey everyone! Since the Shadow of the Mad King starts today, I thought it'd be a great idea to put together one big compilation of all the cool stuff that's happening this week.
So if you've made s [..]
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5:00 pm, September 30, 2013
If I have 2 chars at FOTM level 10 and I do FOTM10 on both of them in 1 day do i get 2 daily chests? Or is the daily per account?
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4:28 pm, September 30, 2013
So now that it's out, what are people's opinions of Bazaar of the Four Winds?
I played for a fair chunk tonight.
One of the better living story updates so far (not a high bar, tho). &nb [..]
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4:07 pm, September 30, 2013
Ok, I know its getting a bit late to add changes now, unless they are hold more character creation options back for release. (fingers crossed) But, yes the big But, why is there not the option to have [..]
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3:19 pm, September 30, 2013
Hello WvW players,
Im here to make an announcement regarding season one of World vs. World. After careful consideration of feedback, weve decided to make some changes to both the timing of the inagur [..]
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2:54 pm, September 30, 2013
I have two days doing fractals level 26 28 30 and the drop from the chests is blue and green items, especially the chest of MAW
Before fractals coffers from level 20 throwing at least one item yellow [..]
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12:44 pm, September 30, 2013
I present to you the signs of a p2w items, buy able loot. And they have the items from the new harder instance. First we had OP costumes that make costume brawls a joke. Now we have buy able loot.The [..]
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11:47 am, September 30, 2013
After the BLC drama Anet as finally revealed the new recipes that will be added to the mystic forge so the players can use all the trash they got from the chests
ReginaBuenaobra
North American Commu [..]
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11:26 am, September 30, 2013
yes, whats the point of doing story / explorable dungeons since it doesnt reward the player enuff for doing it:? i just cant see the point guys, ive done AC/CM/TH today on and i got really sad, last b [..]
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11:25 am, September 30, 2013
...Or, does the average gamer really froth at the mouth for multiple tiers of mystery chests?
Controversial *attention grabbing header* I know, but Crystin Cox single contribution to the Gem Store se [..]
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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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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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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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6:54 am, September 30, 2013
Is there something that I missed? Who in the heck needs 500,000 of these things? Even if they were attempting to eventually make a profit of them, why would people want black lion chests? o_O
http:// [..]
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5:55 am, September 30, 2013
Ok so I was happy when I read:
Increased the loot rewards on many world boss chests, including the chests in Orr temples and the dragon chests.
But then I read:
Fixed a bug on certain world boss ch [..]
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5:35 am, September 30, 2013
Does any anyone info about the items that can drop ?
They are for sale now at the TP
QuoteThe Consortium Chest has been added to the gem store in the Consumable category for 250 gems each or 10 for 1 [..]
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3:56 am, September 30, 2013
Exotic and rare and masterwork all have the same 3% mf...so what's the point of the exotic tier gear?
Also, does mf affect the drops the moment you open chests or can you switch between your dps gear [..]
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3:49 am, September 30, 2013
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/The-*****-of-Alts
QuoteAnet is slowly killing off alts and I dont understand why Alts are one of the main driving forces to keep players around, yet eve [..]
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2:32 am, September 30, 2013
Mini Guide
New Rewards
New Achievements
Week 2 Addendum
Mini Guide
Starting Tuesday, June 25:
Upon logging into Guild Wars 2, you’ll receive a mail from Lionguard [..]
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