Archive for October 2012

Halloween Guide Phase 2 – Tips from ArenaNet

Posted 27/10/12 by

No doubt you’ve been soaking up all the new content in the Shadow of the Mad King update but it’s time for Phase 2 of the event to start on Sunday. ArenaNet has posted some hints to help you on your way, so if you need a rough guide to what’s going on, read on after the break…

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Shadow of the Mad King Live Today

Posted 22/10/12 by

The time has come for the Halloween celebrations to begin as the Shadow of the Mad King goes live today.

  • An All-New Story: A four-act arc running from October 22-31 based on the legend of the Mad King. It’s been 250 years since the last alleged sighting of Mad King Thorn’s spirit, but strange energies are rising under the autumn moon.
  • Halloween-Based Activities: A variety of Halloween classics such as tricking or treating (beware of monsters), new Halloween-themed crafting recipes and Jack o’ Lanterns, as Tyria is transformed with decorations for the season.
  • New Items in The Black Lion Trading Company: A variety of new items to celebrate Halloween, including costumes that grant spooky skills, tonics that transform players into ghouls and ghosts, and creepy crawly minis.
  • Nearly 80 New Pieces of Content in All: From new events and mini-dungeons, to jumping puzzles and achievements. The update is available free of charge, building on the already unmatched value that Guild Wars 2 delivers to players.
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Shadow of ther Mad King Halloween Event Teaser

Posted 19/10/12 by

ArenaNet expanded out their Shadow of the Mad King info page a little over night detailing hte dates of the four acts that will be opened up to players. Included was new teaser trailer to get the event primed.

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ArenaNet Programming Team Reddit AMAA Now Live

Posted 17/10/12 by

Just got live not long ago is the AMAA with the Guild Wars 2 programming team on Reddit. The session lasts for a whopping two hours so if there’s anything you want to ask, then now is the time to do it. There’s lots of devs taking part so it’s a great opportunity.

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Gem Cards Available at Retailers

Posted 17/10/12 by

Looking to snag some gems? You will be able to purchase from real retailer this week with the new Gem Cards.

You can purchase gems in-game from the Black Lion Trading Company, but starting this week you can also purchase Guild Wars 2 gems in real life at select retailers. These cards, which make a great gift, contain a serial code that can be redeemed in Guild Wars 2 for gems.

If gem cards aren’t in stock at your favorite retailer yet, be sure to ask if and when they’ll be arriving.

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Shadow of the Mad King Arrives for Halloween

Posted 13/10/12 by

No MMO would be complete without a Halloween event and Guild Wars 2′s event is the Shadow of the Mad King. The update goes live on 22 October and Tyria will become Halloween themes with new mini-games, new dynamic events, and more. ArenaNet tease the Halloween event with: “Be prepared for an epic adventure in four acts starting October 22 and running until October 31.”

To start off, Halloween costumes and new transforms that will allow you to play Costume Brawl with fellow costumed players thanks to Evon Gnashblade at the Black Lion Trading Company.

PvP Paid Tournaments will also available for five man teams, you’ll need tickets to enter but there are better rewards up for grabs. Team will earn qualifier points which will carry over for larger tournaments in the future.

Looks like it’s going to be a very fun holiday period for players :)

 

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Some facts about GW2 skills you might have missed…

Posted 12/10/12 by

A few tips everyone can use...

A few tips everyone can use…

So you think you are a Guild Wars 2 pro by now, right? You have your favourite skill rotations programmed into muscle memory, efficiently dispatching foe after foe? But don’t be fooled. The true martial artist doesn’t stop at being an efficient killer… the true martial artist seeks true mastery of his weapons.

Here’s a few advice for those grasshoppers who really want to become pros at the game. Here’s a few ways to really take advantage of your weapons’ strength.

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2012 Wintersday Advent Calendar Being Planned

Posted 12/10/12 by

Back in 2007, the fan artists of GWOnline and GWGuru came together and created a Guild Wars Wintersday Advent Calendar. Perynne, the organizer of the last advent calendar, is again organizing an advent calendar for this year in Guild Wars 2 theme and is looking for artists of any skill levels and any specialty.

The calendar will feature 24 different artists for each day, and so far there are 12 artists with the Wintersday fun in their hearts. The calendar showcases all sorts of art pieces: novice and advanced, analog and digital, painting and crafting, comical and serious, drawn, screenshotted, and collaged.

If you are interested in participating, inquire with Perynne or in the appropriate thread in the Fan Arts forum.

 

Links:

The 2007 Calendar

2007 Calendar Thread

2012 Calendar Thread

 

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Fan-Made Guild Wars 2 Music Videos

Posted 09/10/12 by

Today we are spotlighting two awesome fan made Guild Wars 2 music videos. First out are Taylor, Lara, and Malukah who made their own cover on the GW2 theme song “Fear Not This Night”, some say it is even better than the original.

And then there are Verse Academy, with what can only be described as an epic rap. Original content at it’s very finest, and I for one cannot wait to hear more.

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Jonathan Sharp on the Future of Structured PvP

Posted 09/10/12 by

Time for another update from the development team and this time ArenaNet’s Jonathan Sharp put fingers to keyboard to discuss the future of structured PvP in Guild Wars 2.

Structured Player vs. Player (sPvP) is a core feature in Guild Wars 2, and it’s quite massive.  The features we want to add to sPvP, to use an analogy, are like an iceberg…It’s more than we’ve been able to say so far.  And like all our other game types, we talk about sPvP features when they’re ready. We shipped the game with some key features, but a lot of features we wanted to show at release simply weren’t ready.  So now we’d like to start talking about some coming features that, until now, have been beneath the surface of the ocean on our metaphorical iceberg.

Jonathan covers the different types of PvP and outlines the differences between automated tournaments, paid automated tournaments, custom arenas and even looks at some of the features that are part of the ever-evolving world of PvP in Guild Wars 2.

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Chronicals of the House of Azure: Lyssa

Posted 05/10/12 by

Dreams from Old

Faren has been getting on my nerves again. A new woman nearly every day and he inevitably looses them to his own faults. He’s as blind as Kormir with none of the sight. I wasn’t going to go visit the statue today but Faren drove me out of Salma with his incessant womanising. It’s unfortunate that the plaza is next to the district, I would have loved to have put some distance between me and there but Divinity’s Reach is a haven and I should not question the founders. I sat with my back against the wall facing the statue, so intricately carved yet I don’t believe that the faces are true. How can you ever know the true identify of a god, only what they have shown you, or what you believe, truth is always veiled by illusion. The Seraph guard to my right was nearly dozing off and the Priest well, didn’t seem all there. Perhaps it’s just me. I don’t know what I was expecting really, maybe a sign, a voice on the wind, perhaps even noticing someone in the crowd that didn’t fit. There were a couple of children, one Sylvari and concerned parents but nothing more. I felt a little isolated there, which was nice, my own little world with my back to its wall. The sun passed overhead and people moved on. The guard had been shouted at by his superior for falling asleep and the priest had wandered off somewhere. I stared deeply into the twins’ faces, trying to read something I don’t know, I must have fallen asleep, a dream, a fantasy but they spoke.

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ArenaNet’s Cameron Dunn Talks Guild Wars 2 Tech at GDC Online

Posted 03/10/12 by

ArenaNet’s technical director Cameron Dunn will be taking part in GDC Online to discuss the technology that drives the game’s many features such as PvP, graphics, the servers, the combat system and how they manage to roll out patches so quickly among other topics. The event takes place between 9-11 October and Cameron’s session takes place on Tuesday 11th 4:50- 5:50.

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