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An Inspirational Story of Guild Wars and Life

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Posted 16/05/12 by Lensor

In their latest blog post published earlier today, ArenaNet’s Regina Buenaobra shares the inspirational tale of long-time Guild Wars fan Kelly, who together with her dog Anna walked from Maine to California. Kelly goes online under the name Ameranth. Ameranth is now also a Sylvari Ranger NPC in Guild Wars 2 who goes on an epic walkabout of Tyria, experiencing the landscape first hand from end to end. Oh, and her dog is called Anna.

I found Kelly to be an incredibly down-to-earth, thoughtful young lady who has lived more in her life than many people twice her age. I’ve always wanted to drive across the country in an RV, but she made me realize it’d be far more profound—albeit a lot more time consuming—to walk it.
- Colin Johanson

Ameranth and her dog Anna ready for adventure!

I want an adventure, and I want others to realize that they can have an adventure—that all you have to do is go out there and try

- Kelly Wells

Read the full blog post over at the ArenaNet Blog.

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Guild Wars Dance Party

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Posted 16/05/12 by Lensor

Now that Guild Wars 2 is drawing ever nearer, those of us who played the original Guild Wars might be getting a bit sentimental. An end of an era and all that. I know I am. This awesome fan made Guild Wars dance video by YouTuber eeglfethr therefore struck a cord with me. Here’s to all the awesome dance parties we had in Guild Wars (clothes optional), and to all the awesome dance parties we will have in Guild Wars 2!

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The item color coding of Guild Wars 2

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Posted 16/05/12 by Gorani

Just a little news item for your information. Guild Wars 2 introduces a new color coding for its items that does not follow the footsteps of the original Guild Wars. It looks like this:

Most of the PvE drops we have seen in the beta events so far have been basic whites and fine blues – and the occasional green. Those are the items crafting professions can make, too. About the higher level and rarity items, I have no information right now, but you can expect them to be dungeon rewards and max level items, that are sold as race exclusive items in the home towns and at those vendors in LA, who stand next to Dugal Keane. I could be wrong, but a PvP character should get some items of the rare, exotic and legendary kind from the glory and karma vendors in the Mists.

Tagged As: | Categories: Guild Wars 2, Technical, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

500,000 likes for GW2 on Facebook

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Posted 14/05/12 by CMEPTb

When ANet guaranteed a “final epic piece of art” they were not kidding. Yes, the half-million mark for Facebook followers has been reached — good job all! The final reveal gives us a nice in-game screenshot of Destiny’s Edge confronting the Shatterer — personally embellished by none other then Daniel Dociu. Check out Guild Wars 2 on facebook to read the details!

Take a trip back in Timeline….

500,000 likes – Destiny’s Edge VS Shatterer

490,000 likes – Undead Globster Boss

480,000 likes – Massive Asura Golem Boss

470,000 likes – Guild Wars 2 Mesmer

460,000 likes – Eir Stegalkin

The 500,000 likes image, Destiny's Edge taking on the Shatterer.

Tagged As: ANet, Art, Community, Facebook, GW2, Social | Categories: *Features, ArenaNet, Community, Guild Wars 2 | No Comments

Guild Wars 2 Weekly

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Posted 13/05/12 by Lensor

After a couple of weeks of downtime we are back with a new and improved Guild Wars 2 Weekly! There is still work to be done, but I thought I would present this work-in-progress to you guys for a test drive. This is part of an ongoing effort to help the community to stay on top of interesting new Guild Wars 2 content without having to visit a hundred sites individually or setting up all those RSS feeds. We will also go through everything so that the list only contains original content, and try to list things as close to the horse’s mouth as possible (e.g. you will not find fifty entries reporting the latest ArenaNet blog post here). The list consists of various fansites, podcasts, YouTube channels and blogs as well as some more mainstream news outlets. As many reputable ones as we could find in fact. If I have missed any, just drop me a PM, and I will be more than happy to add them!

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New German Community Manager for ANet

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Posted 12/05/12 by CMEPTb

ANet has enlisted again from the community in hiring Ramon Domke as their new German Community Manager for Guild Wars 2. Ramon Domke is known for his work on the Wartower spotlights–check out the Facebook post and leave a greeting!

Ramon joins previous hired community managers Rubi Bayer, Melanie Corolleur, and Aidan Taylor who joined ANet back in February; and of course Regina Buenaobra, Martin Kerstein, and Stephane Lo Presti.

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Mike O’Brien on the Guild Wars 2 Beta

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Posted 11/05/12 by CMEPTb

Mike O’Brien talks about the first Guild Wars 2 open beta–from server capacity to player feedback.

“[...] even with 48 worlds we didn’t have enough server capacity to meet the huge demand.”

“This was definitely a real beta, designed to find problems, gather player input, and learn what work still needs to be done before we ship the game. We’ve listened to your feedback and we’re making some important improvements to the game for the next Beta Weekend Event.”

Tagged As: ANet, BEta, GW2 | Categories: *Features, ArenaNet, Community, Developer Blogs, Guild Wars 2, Guild Wars 2 Beta | No Comments

Look no further, Elementalists!

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Posted 10/05/12 by Gorani

Curious about the Elementalist in Guild Wars 2? Have you been a fan of this profession since the release of Guild Wars seven years ago, or have you been falling in love with the ability to swap attunements since the Beta Weekend in April? Look no further for information about this class on our profession forums here at GWOnline.net. We have been following the development of the profession since it was first announced and compiled a lot of things that will be of use to you now or at the next BWE.

Take a look at our [News] threads covering the development after each beta event
Learn about Elementalist game mechanics like attunement swapping in the [Guide] sections
Discuss aspects of the game like Movement Control in the [Basics] threads, tailored to the profession
Share your character builds with other players and explore the available traits
Take part in polls and see how the population of players on GWOnline.net is laid out compared to you
Find like-minded players for shared game time
Watch selected videos in the [Media] thread

Join us at the forum and don’t just lurk around any more! We are a friendly place for both veterans and newcomers.

Tagged As: Elementalist | Categories: Community, Elementalist, Guild Wars 2, Guild Wars 2 Beta, Previews, Site News, Skills, Videos & Trailers | No Comments

Beta Stress Test on Monday 14th

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Posted 10/05/12 by Rushster

A bit of a bonus for pre-purchase Beta testers as this Monday ArenaNet will be holding a stress test from 11 AM to 6:00 PM PDT (-7 GMT). Big day on Monday then, what with Diablo 3 also releasing.

We’ll be conducting a stress test on Monday May 14 from 11 AM to 6:00 PM PDT (-7 GMT).

This special test event is open only to Pre-Purchase customers who have registered their accounts. With your help, we can conduct important tests and address some of the issues we identified during our first Beta Weekend Event. During this event, all you need to do is play normally with a new or existing character on your Beta account using the same game client. Please note that since this is a stress test of our servers, you may experience some in-game performance issues. If you’ve pre-purchased Guild Wars 2 and wish to participate in the stress test, we recommend that you register the account and download the game client.

Pre-Purchase customers, log in to the Beta Forums for more information and/or to download the Beta client if needed.

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The Escapist: Guild Wars 2 Preview

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Posted 07/05/12 by CMEPTb

A few days ago Guild Wars 2 was given a review by The Escapist. Impressed especially in how grouping worked as well as general combat, they came out of the previous Open Beta with positive impressions–link here. Perhaps Croshaw will give the game a spin down the road, who knows?

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GWOnline.net Mock Magazine Cover – Issue 1

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Posted 03/05/12 by Gorani

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Guild Wars 2 on Linux – It Works!

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Posted 02/05/12 by Lensor

I got the question in Guild Chat on Saturday when I said that I was playing Guild Wars 2 on a Linux computer, “Why?”. I explained that I would like to play my new favorite game on my favorite operating system and I anyway do not have a Window computer available. Not one with gaming hardware at least. I dont think they saw the point.

In any case, this article is for those of you, who like me, like their games on Linux. Or those of you who are curious about gaming on Linux, but never took the leap.