Guild Wars 2
- Interested in Guild Wars lore?
If you are interested in Guild Wars lore, I can recommend taking a look at this YouTube channel, which I just discovered: https://www.youtube.com/@Evan4K
- Every GW2 Mount in 60 Seconds (2024)
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A short overview of every mount and how players actually use (or don't use!) them in game.
- Foostival 2024: A Celebration of Community in France and Germany! – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com Foostival 2024: A Celebration of Community in France and Germany! – GuildWars2.com
The beloved community-driven event is back this October in both Germany and France!
- October 8 Balance Update Previewen-forum.guildwars2.com October 8 Balance Update Preview
Hi, everyone, Welcome to the preview for the October 8 balance update! We're only a few weeks past the release of Janthir Wilds, so this update will be a bit smaller as we continue to watch and evaluate the impact of the new spears and relics. As always, the goal of previewing these changes is to...
Catalyst will be able to gain energy while a jade sphere is deployed. This totally changes the gameplay of the specialization :o.
- Squishy, Soft Friends for Your Lovely Homestead Are Here! – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com Squishy, Soft Friends for Your Lovely Homestead Are Here! – GuildWars2.com
Add a touch of squoosh and squash to your daily life.
- Introducing Push—A New PvP Game Mode – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com Introducing Push—A New PvP Game Mode – GuildWars2.com
Soon there will be a new PvP mode, but we need your help developing it!
- Screenshot of the month - Don't forget!
Hi everyone,
Don't forget that we have a "Screenshot of the month", that will be displayed in the sidebar of this community.
All you gotta do is take an in-game screenshot and make a post in the community.
You can read more about it here and see the earlier screenshots as well.
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- Weekly c/guildwars2 Question Post - Week 37, 2024
Welcome to the Weekly Question Post on c/guildwars2!
This post is dedicated to those questions that you might not think is worth making a whole post about, but sure is worth getting an answer to ;)
Remember to also take a look at the links in the sidebar, which holds lots of great resources and information.
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- The Surprising Lore of Valravns and the Ripple of Whispering Brook.
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Hello! This is my first "long" video (it's only 5 minutes) about Ardent Gale, an NPC players can interact with in Lowland Shore. This video is an extended version of a short I made last week, which focuses more on the Valravn lore: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/\_TzZcGY001o
Feel free to provide feedback about the video (either one). I already have some notes for next time, but I'm always open to hearing more input!
- (opinion) Lowland Shore has the best events since Grothmar
I'm so impressed with the regular events in Lowland Shore so far. I think they're the best in the game excepting maybe Grothmar. Just like that zone they managed to make almost all of them have some little gameplay twist or gimmick that makes them more interesting than bog standard versions we've seen a hundred times before.
I'm honestly having so much fun exploring this map and just taking it in as it comes. Such a great feeling after years of repetitive meta events that all boil down to the same zerg rush gameplay.
Janthir actually makes me want to log in and get lost in the world in a way I haven't felt for a while.
- These mini expacs really aren't doing it
So to preface/disclaim, I love the new zones. JL is a gorgeous zone with great music and reminds me strongly of Grizzly Hills from WotLK back in the day (still one of my favorites there), and JS has serious Diablo vibes, which I absolutely adore. The encounters are interesting, and at least the first of the antagonists was interesting. There's a lot to like here.
That makes it worse, then, to say I am done with them after just a few hours. Story quests done, map complete, got my Falling Star, did the meta. Could always grind more mastery XP, but I've got the ones that mattered to me.
With the old "full" expacs, you had elite specs and hero points that pulled you back to those zones on alts, some- eg guano, frogs, shroom, chak- that were actually fun challenges to tackle. I've been back to HoT / PoF / EoD a dozen times and more over the years.
It just really seems a shame, then, to spend all of this time on awesome art and music and encounters for it to be rendered pointless so quickly. There will be a legendary back at some point in the cycle that will be interesting for a bit of poking like the living world legendaries, but even that's just a 1-off.
At least in SotO there was the prospect of obsidian armor to give it some legs, but unless interior decorating is your thing, this one really just doesn't have a shelf life. I finished up, looked around, and immediately went back to working on stuff elsewhere in the game.
- So do I still need to do WvW to get the warclaw?
Can't seem to find a definite answer for this...
- how do people feel about spears?
I tried it a bit with my reaper in pve and it seemed okay, but I wasn't doing anything challenging that really put it to the test. I haven't tried the others classes yet.
- Janthir Wilds Launch Trailer
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Embark on a new adventure in Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds, the newest expansion for the award-winning MMORPG Guild Wars 2. Learn to wield a spear in combat, cultivate and decorate your Homestead, master challenging encounters, and more as you explore new lands and learn more about the mysteries of Tyria's past.
- Prepare for Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds with a New Supply Drop, Mount Collection, and More! – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com Prepare for Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds with a New Supply Drop, Mount Collection, and More! – GuildWars2.com
Celebrate the expansion launch with a plethora of new items coming to the Gem Store!
- What has been your favorite or most memorable GW2 moment?
Could be an expansion release, guild drama, random encounter, etc.
Mine would be when I was a newer player doing a Twilight Arbor dungeon run with veterans and I enabled "Plant Mode".
I was the classic Longbow ranger with Stalker who had no idea wtf was going on. We got to the wardens on Leurent's path (up) and it was not going well, I kept going down. The others in my party kept reviving me but in doing so were downed and then killed. The champ probably had about 2% health left when I was the last one standing and I am sweating IRL - mainly nervous that I'm going to get chewed out by the other party members if I can't finish the fight.
One of the party members types "Just spam all your buttons!" so I start clicking anything and everything (yes, was a mouse ability clicker back then... how times have changed).
I don't think I had ever used my elite at that point, mainly because I didn't understand it. I just knew it said something about plants. Ended up clicking Take Root and was instantly felt dread. My character was locked down and I couldn't move as I became enshrouded with plant matter.
As if to further cement the absolute embarrassment that was washing over me, the same party member goes "Plant mode?!".
I seriously considered alt+F4'ing to hide from my shame - only to realize that I wasn't taking any damage anymore... And that there were seed turrets spawning all over as if to save me. They started attacking the Champ and it ticked down another % or so - it was so close to dying!
Then my protective plant shroud disappeared and I was running again, desperately trying to live. However, I was still so low from before I had initially cast the elite that I was quickly downed. Instantly I spammed "Lick Wounds" (As many downs in the open world had taught me).
As I inched closer to death another party members says "OMG It's so close". Fractions of a second before I was about to die my pet starts reviving me - and it happens. One of the slow arching shots of the plant mortar near me lands the final blow on the champion and I revive - I was absolutely stunned.
My party was absolutely ecstatic and kept typing things like "Plant mode ftw" and "Salad mvp". In that moment I felt like I was a seasoned GW2 player just like the rest.
Definitely died to the root attack from the nightmare tree just moments after that though.
- Preview the New Wizard’s Vault Season and Twitch Drops!www.guildwars2.com Preview the New Wizard’s Vault Season and Twitch Drops! – GuildWars2.com
A brand-new batch of rewards arrives on August 20!
Free emote ans spear
- You’re Invited: Guild Wars 2 Community Meetup in Seattle! – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com You’re Invited: Guild Wars 2 Community Meetup in Seattle! – GuildWars2.com
Join us August 30 in Seattle for food, drinks, and giveaways with the Guild Wars 2 team!
- Anybody has experience with GW2 on Linux?
So I finally bit the bullet, installed a second SSD and put Linux on it to test the waters. Tested out GW2 as a non steam game via Wine and while it runs, it runs very poorly with constant frame drops. Did anyone else try? How was your experience?
I have Nvidia GPU which I gather might be the most likely culprit but was interested in what your experience might've been.
- Sharp Lessons: Spear Beta Feedback Update – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com Sharp Lessons: Spear Beta Feedback Update – GuildWars2.com
Catch up on the changes we've made based on your comments and suggestions!
- Hot Sales and Free Gifts in the Gem Store This August – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com Hot Sales and Free Gifts in the Gem Store This August – GuildWars2.com
Our annual August sales return with huge discounts on your favorite items!
- Win a Guild Wars 2-Branded Laptop from Alienware! – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com Win a Guild Wars 2-Branded Laptop from Alienware! – GuildWars2.com
Get the details on the prizes and how to enter within.
- Weekly c/guildwars2 Question Post - Week 32, 2024
Welcome to the Weekly Question Post on c/guildwars2!
This post is dedicated to those questions that you might not think is worth making a whole post about, but sure is worth getting an answer to ;)
Remember to also take a look at the links in the sidebar, which holds lots of great resources and information.
- Festival of the Four Winds Rewards Trailer (2024) | Guild Wars 2peertube.wtf Festival of the Four Winds Rewards Trailer (2024) | Guild Wars 2
Festival of the Four Winds Rewards Trailer (2024) | Guild Wars 2 The Festival of the Four Winds has arrived in Guild Wars 2! This annual celebration, orchestrated by Her Royal Majesty Queen Jennah ...
- By Popular Demand: Homesteads | Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wildspeertube.wtf By Popular Demand: Homesteads | Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds
A fresh adventure is on the horizon! Guild Wars 2®: Janthir Wilds™ arrives on August 20, 2024, bringing with it one of the players' most requested features: Homesteads! Homesteads are an account-wi...
- The Return of Raiding and Convergences in Janthir Wilds – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com The Return of Raiding and Convergences in Janthir Wilds – GuildWars2.com
Raids are coming back! Take a look at what is to come in both 10-player and 50-player encounters.
I really hope this revitalizes the community
- Janthir Wilds Unleashed: The Enhanced Warclaw Mount – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com Janthir Wilds Unleashed: The Enhanced Warclaw Mount – GuildWars2.com
Travel through the wilds of Janthir with the updated warclaw mount. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds makes the warclaw available to acquire in PvE and completely redefines its skills—read on to learn more!
- Game Update Notes: July 16, 2024en-forum.guildwars2.com Game Update Notes: July 16, 2024
07/16/2024—July 16 Release Notes Note to users of third-party programs: The game may not launch or work properly after we release a new build if you use a third-party program, due to possible incompatibilities. ArenaNet cannot offer support if a third-party modification breaks, interferes with, o...
- Natural forces and alien influences - Top 10 places of Power in GW2
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- The Bear Necessities: A Peek at the Lowland Kodan and the Story of Janthir Wilds – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com The Bear Necessities: A Peek at the Lowland Kodan and the Story of Janthir Wilds – GuildWars2.com
Hear all about the new alliances, regions, and factions you'll discover when the expansion launches next month!
- Guild Wars 2 Summer Sale Begins Today! – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com Guild Wars 2 Summer Sale Begins Today! – GuildWars2.com
Take advantage of these fantastic summer sale discounts on our first four expansions.
- Play the Spear Beta Event Today! – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com Play the Spear Beta Event Today! – GuildWars2.com
Try out all of the new weapons skills and give us feedback before Janthir Wilds launches.
- Game Update Notes: June 25, 2024en-forum.guildwars2.com Game Update Notes: June 25, 2024
06/25/2024—June 25 Release Notes Note to users of third-party programs: The game may not launch or work properly after we release a new build if you use a third-party program, due to possible incompatibilities. ArenaNet cannot offer support if a third-party modification breaks, interferes with, o...
- A First Look at Homesteads: Exclusive Preview from PC Gamer – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com A First Look at Homesteads: Exclusive Preview from PC Gamer – GuildWars2.com
Check out the exclusive first look at the long-awaited Homesteads arriving in our upcoming expansion Guild Wars 2®: Janthir Wilds™, by PC Gamer
- Bright and Blazing Summer Fun Awaits You in the Gem Store! – GuildWars2.comwww.guildwars2.com Bright and Blazing Summer Fun Awaits You in the Gem Store! – GuildWars2.com
Amazing new bathing suits let you enjoy the hottest season to the fullest!
- Thoughts on the new spear skills and upcoming beta event
Hey Folks, I just want to know what your thoughts are about the new spear skills, which Anet streamed on friday.
I have mixed feelings about the skills and desinges they showed. To be fair some classes are getting unique effects and a new type of gameplay but I think some skills seem to be overtuned in terms of competitve gameplay not to mention the graphic effects some skills have. I´m curious what the beta-event might feel like. Maybe the new skills will be balanced or getting balanced later on (most likely after the beta). For me as an Ele-Main I like the skills I got but I can understand the discomfort for people playing their class not getting the skills or playstyles they wanted.
What do you think about the new skills? Do you like their desing and gameplay? And are you satisfied with the skills your mainclass will get?
- Secrets of the Obscure: Looking Back and Forwardwww.guildwars2.com Secrets of the Obscure: Looking Back and Forward – GuildWars2.com
A brief retrospective on the development of our last expansion.