Guild Wars 2

Wow! Thanks cheshader!!! Now I must roll and Engineer

Sorry that this does not directly answer your question, but it may help.

If you have the materials and or gold, when power leveling characters I use www.gw2crafts.net to craft my way to around 40-50. I’ll usually do cooking and a couple other random crafting professions. After that I’ll get all the Points of Interest in the cities and then grind with random groups that are running around doing dailies. I’ve done this three times and it took me a little over 2 weeks to hit 80. I’m a casually player; 1-2 hours a day 4-5 days a week, so if you have the time I’m sure it will go much faster.

I’ve been thinking about spinning up an Engineer. If you feel like it let me know what server you’re on and maybe we can putz around together. I’m usually on Sanctum of Rall.

Good luck!

Thank you for taking the time to put this together and share it with the community Mercenary Higgins. This is a huge help to those of us not as skilled as exceptional players such as yourself. Cheers!

LOL… got me

Sweet! Thank you.

I’ve made my way through all the classes and have just now arrived at Warrior. I must say, as a super casual PvE player Warrior is a lot of fun. Is Warrior the most used class? Hard to say

Does ArenaNet have any plans for Emerald City Comicon?

I’m with you Revan, I still love GW2. I started playing September 2012 and I’m still here!

1. <caps>JUMPING PUZZLES!!!</caps>
2. Exploring. Just running around looking at things.
3. Combat. I love the mechanics of dodging rather than standing flat footed smashing through attack rotations.
4. Living story and special events.
5. Crafting. I especially like crafting holiday items.

To use myself as a unit of measure, I’m not a huge fan of MMOs and I’ve been playing GW2 for over a year now. I do not see myself leaving any time soon. In my eyes GW2 is not dying

I agree. I enjoy the look of this game so much that I often park my character in a favorite spot while I’m doing work or reading. Kinda like a living screen saver.

That’s disturbing. The image reminds me of Hellraiser or Nightbreed and there’s something about it that makes me claustrophobic and a little nauseous. Well done. That is some fine art.

Junkpile.7439:

Zimlobo.3962:

I play female characters because girls rule and boys drool! But seriously. In my opinion the female form is superior to the male.

Don’t talk kitten. Big norns are hotter than skinny females.

Whatever keeps your great sword sharp. This is a safe place… no one is judging

I play female characters because girls rule and boys drool! But seriously. In my opinion the female form is superior to the male.

Vayne.8563:

Xae Isareth.1364:

Vayne.8563:

Galtrix.7369:

Angelica Dream.7103:

Our guild has about 40% under 21 so I would say that more adults play GW2 but more “mature teens” play GW2 VS games like WOW

lol, I beg to differ. I’ve been kicked out of more dungeons than I can count by little teenagers in GW2. Let me give you a comparison. I’ve played WoW since the beginning of it’s existence. I’ll just say 8 years. I was only kicked by a teenager twice in WoW, and he was extremely immature. Fast forward to Guild Wars 2, and I’ve been kicked over 30 times. 20-22ish of those were teens.

That’s because more little teenagers pug, where older people tend to organize into guilds of like minded people. Much of my guild is over 30. Plenty of us are over 50.

Also, how do you know they’re teenagers? The MMO genre is infamous for attracting elitism.

I believe this to be a generational thing. The generation I’m from did everything personally. Mom and pop stores, instead of big huge megastores. That’s what I grew up with. The older you are, the more likely you were dealing with people personally and not systems.

So I’m more comfortable dealing with people I know…because growing up it’s how I (and people my age) interacted.

Now the younger generation, they’re more used to thinks like facebook, games where you pair with strangers over and over again, that sort of thing.

That isn’t to say there won’t be exceptions. There will be younger people who don’t want to pug and older people who like pugging, but even in my guild of 130, it seems to me the younger people just pug as a matter of course, and the older people tend not to pug unless it’s a last option.

I’m not judging this as being better or not better. I’m judging this based on comfort zones. I know how I feel and I attribute it to the world I grew up in.

It wasn’t intended to be a value judgement on anyone.

Interesting observation Vayne.

As for… “From my history I have been completely oblivious to the fact older people (30-50) play.” That’s just adorable. Now excuse me while I go eat a pint of ice cream and cry.

I had the same what’s new question and I’ve been catching up using the wiki. Work pulled me away for a full 8 months. I’m looking forward to finally jumping back in

You all heard it here first! A new sandwichmancer class will be released in jan/feb/march! Quick, update the Intertnets with this exciting news!!!

I’m joking… LOL

I like to be at 400 so when there’s a special event recipe that pops-up, I’ll be able to craft the item. There’s that and I just think crafting is fun. But… I also like taking long walks in the cities

I play all professions. The minute I start to feel even a little burned out, I swap to one of my alts and the fun starts right back up again. The way I see it is I paid for all of the game, so why not play all of the content?

I like to think that the older players are wise enough to stay off of the forums. Personally, the only reason I bother with these boards is to kill time at work.

Well, here’s what I’ve done… I have played all classes, leveling a character 10 levels, and then swapping to the next character… repeat till they’re all 80. It’s great fun and I recommend doing it. My first character was a D/D SB condition thief and I leveled him to 80, got world completion, story mode all dungeons, and completed all jumping puzzles. Must say that doing all that on a single character was not as fun as just skipping between a bunch of alts and enjoying the scenery. In a way I feel like I paid for all the different professions, so why not play them all? Cheers

How about an official reoccurring podcast where a revolving door of people from ANet would sit around and talk from anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour?

The topic doesn’t have to revolve around GW. Tell stories about school, friends growing up, life as a gamer, life as a game professional…

I like your names @wreck and love the background story. I have a Human Guardian named Tristran Thorndust that’s married to a Sylvari Necromancer named Yvaine Thorndust. Any Neil Gaiman fans out there will get the reference

As for my Charr Engineer’s name, Gwar Mechclaw.

QA video is up – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBGYwpfSy54

Dasorine.1964:

possibly make it a gw1 primer for those that never played the first one as well maybe.

Yes. Exactly. I want that!

I want all those things and I’m hoping that this ANet job posting is an indicator that Web/Mobile utilities are on their way

http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH05/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=NCSOFT&cws=1&rid=762

^Link is giving me problems – http://www.arena.net/ > Mobile- Mobile Developer

Dasorine.1964:

just go to claw of jormag event during prime time! panel by panel full action!

but on serious note, what would the comic contain? unseen destinys edge stuff? pact stuff?

Start small, turn Ghosts of Ascalon and Edge of Destiny into a comic series. Then let the writers and artists take it from there. Ultimately it’s nothing more than advertising for the game and most important a platform for artists to show off. I’ve enjoyed things like the Diablo III 5 part series and the 13 Starcraft books… haven’t read the pile of WoW comics.

I want a GW2 comic book. I enjoyed the novels and look forward to the 3rd book, but I want a comic book. You don’t even have to deal with the nightmare that is print publishing. Look at comiXology’s Atomic Robo: Two-Fisted Tales for inspiration and to see what’s possible with digital comics, in particular the panel animations.

To jump in on this conversation, does anyone else successfully use /lfg?

Every time that I’ve popped up /lfg I have a 5 man within minutes. Now, I will say that I get it! If you want to run a specific dungeon over and over again, /lfg is not the best way to go about it. The way I use /lfg is to get a full group and then see what people are up for. We might farm, chain champs, run dungeons, or hop into someone’s story.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/LFG-possible-improvements/first#post344267

After years of serious RP, I have characters that have died, I can say that yes I am a name rebel. I think my Charr warrior name Kitty Boo Boo Stomp is fitting. I’m hilarious!!!

Good job aaron!!!

I also got’em all but the Halloween puzzle. Hope they have that one again next year. I’ll beat it this time.

Thank you ArenaNet!!!

The Meet and Greet was fantastic. I talked to a bunch of great fellow players and it was wonderful to have the opportunity to meet the people that make this amazing game happen. If you were unable to attend please give ArenaNet some time to get the video up, or at least some QA notes, the audio must have been a tough one to capture in a bar on a Friday night. I highly recommend the community put together their own meetups and post pictures. It’s fun to get together with some strangers and talk about Guild Wars

xanthic.9478:

I would suggest grabbing the relevant guides from my site(see sig) and if you need even lower prices, placing buy orders for the parts.

I can vouch that gw2crafts.saladon.net is all you need for crafting. Exceptional resource. Don’t forget to use a crafting boost

I’m bringing this thread back to life because we’re only 4 days away!!!

Here’s what my ECCC schedule is looking like. How about you?

.:People and Booths:.

Fiona Staples (Artis – Saga) | Table: U-01
Comixology 2101
Dark Horse 1102
The Oatmeal 1202
Geek And Sundry & Paul and Storm – Gaming Exhibitors Area

.:Friday:.

2:00PM Doors Open – Get in line for FELICIA DAY

FELICIA DAY
MAIN HALL (6ABC)
3:00PM

BILLY DEE WILLIAMS
MAIN HALL (6ABC)
Start: 4:00PM

Show Floor

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD
MAIN HALL (6ABC)
Start: 6:00PM

STAR WARS – THE VOICE ACTOR SHOW
MAIN HALL (6ABC)
7:00PM

Guild Wars 2 Community Meet and Greet
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Tap House Grill
1506 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101

.:Saturday:.

PAUL & STORM VS. WIL WHEATON: THE CAGEMATCH!
MAIN HALL (6ABC)
10:30AM

JHONEN VASQUEZ – MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER?
HALL A (611-614)
12:30PM

FROM THE PAGES OF HELLBOY: A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE MIGNOLA
HALL B (608-610)
4:10PM

CARRIE FISHER: SHOCKAHOLIC
MAIN HALL (6ABC)
6:00PM

ECCC COSTUME PARTY – SECRET CRISIS OF INFINITE COSTUME WARS
MAIN HALL (6ABC)
8:00PM

.:Sunday:.

CREATING COMICS THE COMIXOLOGY WAY: FEATURING ATOMIC ROBO
HALL A (611-614)
1:30PM

DOOM!!! TALKING WITH RICHARD HOREVITZ AND RIKKI SIMONS
HALL A (611-614)
3:30PM

Leo Paul.1659:

Hey you didn’t know about the buy back option in merchants?! That sucks so much lol.

It was several weeks after I sold the precursor before I figured out exactly what I had done. It is such an epic screw up that it makes for a really good story.

Sorry about not answering your question but I love telling this story… When I was new to the game and didn’t know what I was doing, I accidentally sold my Spark to a merchant. Statistically, I suppose I will never get another precursor.

I too noticed this while tracking Dragon Timer (~8-9AM PST). My server is Sanctum of Rall.

I like it. A swashbuckler build.

Kinda going to go off topic here by not answering the question… I don’t know why, but I do indeed want a guild hall. Seems odd to me that I want a guild hall but I have no desire for a legendary and I’m very happy with my current armor and weapon sets. Besides, there are already countless taverns and small buildings that could easily be considered home-base for a guild. I suppose the draw would be the ability to brand and customize a dedicated hall. Who knows, with enough people and resources a new form of legendary could be a full on guild castle. Imagine a guild having a castle that stands as a landmark in the game for all to see. For something like this to work the requirements to achieve such a thing would have to be nearly impossible. Can’t have the map covered in guild castles.

Here’s some!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZz6P_IloKXjOr21WxkDmg9LOKLy0QrhI
https://www.youtube.com/channel/SWE3GocToP0PA
https://www.youtube.com/user/AyinMaiden

Morrigan.2809:

noooooo- I am broke this month

I’m with you. I to have spent my allotted monthly cash of gems.

Much like the other holiday items, I would say you have until February 18 before the items disappear.

“Check out these Valentine’s items in the Gem Store before February 18, when these romantic deals will disappear.”

When I was new, before I started salvaging and using the TP, I got a Spark of Rage during The Lost Shores event.

Prepare yourself…

I sold it to a vendor 2s 64c

I respectfully do not agree. This is a prelude to a much lager story arc, and just 1 story line at that. I’m looking forward to what the future will bring.

For me I don’t feel like the simple task of reaching max lvl opened up the fun per-say, rather once I explored the world fully things got really interesting. When you’re new it’s all exciting and…well…new. After that, the important part is that you took your time leveling and therefore thoroughly explored the world. This is important because exploration gives you the confidence that you can stand to any new challenge; example the Living Story. So in conclusion my fun level has stayed constant, and that’s impressive considering I am a 37 year old gamer who has been around the block a couple times over.

Someone had opened a door in front of me and I tried to dodge out of the way, but ended up running into a wall :/

Hey Elias,

At this point for me my favorite part of GW2 are the jumping puzzles. Usually the task of searching out and completing a JP also exposes you to map exploration that you might not have otherwise done. I use the following Dulfy guide to help me find the puzzles, and with some of the really hard ones I go ahead and watch the walk-through http://dulfy.net/2012/09/16/gw2-jumping-puzzles-guides-guild-wars-2/

This is not for everyone but I enjoy it.

Cheers!

Hey Jacen,

I just got fished watching the following video and then stumbled on your post. I think it might be the best way to answer some of your initial questions – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrL_zCLr4Wk

Cheers!

Death Reincarnated.3570:

I like the one with the four elements. Big tree in the centre. It’s in Mount Maelstrom.

The Hidden Garden JP is also my favorite. The sense of scale is amazing.

http://dulfy.net/2012/10/23/gw2-hidden-garden-mount-maelstrom-jumping-puzzle-guide/