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• World Boss Timers and Daily Map Guide by gw2timer.com.
• Always Current Crafting Guide by gw2crafts.net (pulls information from the Trading Post to give you the lowest prices).
• GW2 Armor Gallery by Argos Soft (View all armor and weapon skins).
• PvP Build List by DantesS_P (Lots of useful PVP-oriented builds for all professions.)
• Guild Wars 2 Resource Maps BETA by gw2nodes.com. (Please be aware that this uses user-submitted info and may be wildly inaccurate!)

GAF-Authored Guides
Written a guide or have a useful link you want to share? Send it via Private Message to Retro and I’ll add it to the list.

• Putting Together Your Armor Sets, Horizontal Progression, and More by Hawkian.
• Ascended Back Items and You! by Hawkian.
• The New and the Future by Hawkian.
• 13+ Ways to Earn Gold in Guild Wars 2 by Hawkian.
• Return to the Catacombs by Hawkian.
• Hawkian's Theory of MMO Community Discourse by Hawkian.
• Guild Influence and Buffs by Hythloday.
• Movement And You by Miktar
• Essential Guild Mission Waypoints by Miktar

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Do you stream Guild Wars 2 often? Please PM me a link to your channel and I'll add it to the list.

• Bigheart Gamer starring Arken.

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• Guild Wars 2 |OT| Buy Once, Sub Never, Fun Forever by Jira.
  
• Guild Wars 2 |OT2| Funding An MMO Entirely On Quaggan Backpacks by Teknopathetic.
  
• Guild Wars 2 |OT3| Two Week Updates, One Box, Zero Subscriptions by Retro
  
• Guild Wars 2 |OT4| The only subscription you need is this thread. by Retro

 

[Anno]

Since I am planning on making a legendary, I've been looking into the ingredients needed to cook one up and I have a question about one of them. 'The Gift of Exploration' which from the looks of it is needed for any legendary since it is used in making a 'Gift of Mastery'. Since you only get two exploration gifts from 100%ing the map, I assume if you make more than two you need to 100% the map on another character? Or can you only ever make two?

Two for each class to 100% exploration. That's one of the reason's I've finally started to play an alt. Long road to go!

 

[shysaursoft]

This is the best shot of Jora's statue I've seen.

 

[Thorgal]

This is the best shot of Jora's statue I've seen.

Thanks !
SweetFX+ downsampling creates awesone imagery

that and pressing my screenshot key at the right time of course.

 

[spiritfox]

lol at the post god tier class is up to the player not the class.

It was in jest. But seriously, Engineer.

 

[sackboy2197]

Thanks !
SweetFX+ downsampling creates awesone imagery

that and pressing my screenshot key at the right time of course.

How do you guys hide yourselves in screenshots? D:

 

[Levyne]

Since I am planning on making a legendary, I've been looking into the ingredients needed to cook one up and I have a question about one of them. 'The Gift of Exploration' which from the looks of it is needed for any legendary since it is used in making a 'Gift of Mastery'. Since you only get two exploration gifts from 100%ing the map, I assume if you make more than two you need to 100% the map on another character? Or can you only ever make two?

Yep, for every character that gets map completion, that effectively affords you two legendaries.

Edit: Damn, I missed that we had gotten to the next page.

 

[BraXzy]

How do you guys hide yourselves in screenshots? D:

Not sure what everyone else does but if I can I find a wall or something and sleep in front of it, and then swing my camera round so its squished against the wall looking out and it usually hides my character from view.

You get two per character, you can get as many as you want... In theory.

Two for each class to 100% exploration. That's one of the reason's I've finally started to play an alt. Long road to go!

Yep, for every character that gets map completion, that effectively affords you two legendaries.

Thanks guys. I doubt I'll ever manage to make more than one but it's good to know!

 

[Levyne]

Thorgal, do you play while downsampling or use it for screenshots? Just wondering because keeping a decent framerate at all those events with a lot of people seems tricky enough as it is.

Also, is there a way to get both sweetfx and the steam overlay to work?

 

[Anno]

How do you guys hide yourselves in screenshots? D:

/sleep helps if you aren't backed out too far.

 

[Coriolanus]

Yeah EotM has been horrible recently, we keep getting red team which always seems to suck. When I did a bit on my Warrior I went an hour eith like 2 caps.. then got lucky and went up 5 levels with a good commander.

EotM has been absolutely amazing the whole week. Venturers of the Mist is fielding commanders on all colours, and they're absolutely rolling everybody.

That is, when when don't take over a map on all three sides and start running counter-clockwise.

 

[Thorgal]

How do you guys hide yourselves in screenshots? D:

/sleep works but in the case of the above shots they where both taken from Vista scenes.

Thorgal, do you play while downsampling or use it for screenshots? Just wondering because keeping a decent framerate at all those events with a lot of people seems tricky enough as it is.

I am running the game on a 780 ti and i can keep it at 60FPS at 1440 or at 1800 p .

Graphic wise the game is not that demanding at all .

However as soon as i enter an event like a world boss the framrate plummets .

I need A better CPU one of these days ( probably when Hasswell comes out ) that i can overklock and i might make one of those events run at 30+ FPS with everything maxed.

 

[Levyne]

/sleep works but in the case of the above shots they where both taken from Vista scenes.



I am running the game on a 780 ti and i can keep it at 60FPS at 1440 or at 1800 p .

Graphic wise the game is not that demanding .

However as soon as i enter an event like a world boss the framrate plummets .

I need A better CPU one of these days ( probably when Hasswell comes out ) that i can overklock and i might make one of those events run at 30+ FPS with everything maxxed.

Ah okay. Yeah, those world events are the big kicker for me too (vanilla 780). Maybe I'll play with seeing if I can do 2560x1600 but not sure I have the juice.

I might need to reseat my cpu or something. I use to be able to run it at 4.4 stable but having issues lately.

 

[BraXzy]

EotM has been absolutely amazing the whole week. Venturers of the Mist is fielding commanders on all colours, and they're absolutely rolling everybody.

That is, when when don't take over a map on all three sides and start running counter-clockwise.

Just my luck, the first time I did EotM it ran like clockwork so it confused me when it started going badly. Heck, when I first started I didn't even realise other servers were in it because we never ran into any!

 

[Levyne]

I still don't know what EotM is. Sounds like a 3-way sanctioned karma train all the time?

 

[Granadier]

Just pick up a 4790k.

I still don't know what EotM is. Sounds like a 3-way sanctioned karma train all the time?

Pretty much. I think there is supposed to be buffs/supplies given to the winning side's respective servers in EB, but it's mainly used for karma trains and leveling.

 

[Jira]

It's really unfortunate that is what EOTM turned into considering it's the best designed map for WvW and it a shit ton of fun to play in.

 

[Thorgal]

Well we lost .

Also one has to read the reactions in this thread sometime .

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=849287

Soccer is very serious business .

 

[Levyne]

With the human male sleep emote my knee is always hard to get out of the screenshot ;_;

 

[Lashley]

Redownloading GW2, will then delete my characters ( :'( ) and then join the GAF server. Which one is it btw?

 

[Levyne]

Thorgal inspired me to try some snaps of my own. I'm bad at this, fyi.

The sweetfx is a random preset I found that I will likely tweak.

Bloodtide Coast

Prosperity

 

[Granadier]

Redownloading GW2, will then delete my characters ( :'( ) and then join the GAF server. Which one is it btw?

Stormbluff Isle.

If you are on NA servers you won't have to switch. You can be in the guild and join us for missions and quest and everything without being on SBI. The only things that are limited is you can't do WvW for SBI, and if you want guild commendations from missions you need to guest to SBI.

If you're on a European server, and your characters are high level, we have a guild fund dedicated to transfers that might be able to help you out in covering the cost.

------

Kos and Kos Jr. showed me the Legendary Llama today.

Llama

 

[Levyne]

Who is Kos Jr?

 

[Lashley]

Stormbluff Isle.

If you are on NA servers you won't have to switch. You can be in the guild and join us for missions and quest and everything without being on SBI. The only things that are limited is you can't do WvW for SBI, and if you want guild commendations from missions you need to guest to SBI.

If you're on a European server, and your characters are high level, we have a guild fund dedicated to transfers that might be able to help you out in covering the cost.
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I'll check my gold when I log on and see the situation, if not I'll just delete and restart.

 

[hockeypuck]

How do you guys hide yourselves in screenshots? D:

That Thorgal screenshot was taken during a Vista viewing. He hit the screencap key at the right time.

I'm very interested in what an overclocked i7-4790K will do for frametimes. AFAIK, Anet has not done any hyperthreading optimizations. My i5-3570K @ 4.6 will still drop < 60 fps in even medium-sized group events. Sucks that the huge processor IPC upgrade that this game (and every other MMO) desperately needs won't be available for many years, I imagine.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Hey guys! Can I get added to the GAF guild?

Anton Sugar.2401

 

[Ashodin]

Hey guys! Can I get added to the GAF guild?

Anton Sugar.2401

Gotcha!

 

[BraXzy]

I was wondering before.. there were new dungeons/fractals/guild missions etc. added post-launch right? Were they just added at random, or were they a part of Living World season 1?

Just wondering if there's any specific content we are expecting? Obviously we could get absolutrly anything but still..

 

[shysaursoft]

Almost every permanent content addition since launch, was done through a Living World release. The exceptions are major alterations to things, like AC path 2 boss replacement, etc.

 

[hythloday]

I was wondering before.. there were new dungeons/fractals/guild missions etc. added post-launch right? Were they just added at random, or were they a part of Living World season 1?

Just wondering if there's any specific content we are expecting? Obviously we could get absolutrly anything but still..

Guild missions, Fractals and the AC revamp had nothing to do with living story when they were introduced. They were basically just "hey here's some awesome stuff we made for you all."

Living Story brought us a couple boss fractals and a new TA path, though.

 

[Jira]

I was wondering before.. there were new dungeons/fractals/guild missions etc. added post-launch right? Were they just added at random, or were they a part of Living World season 1?

Just wondering if there's any specific content we are expecting? Obviously we could get absolutrly anything but still..

The AC dungeon revamp was random. The Aether path was added to TA as part of an LS update. The Fractal stuff and bosses were added in Season 1 so that people could replay them outside of the context of LW. Guild Missions were just added at random back in early 2013.

 

[Jira]

Guild missions, Fractals and the AC revamp had nothing to do with living story when they were introduced. They were basically just "hey here's some awesome stuff we made for you all."

Living Story brought us a couple boss fractals and a new TA path, though.

 

[DrAg0nBoY]

Today I found out that I have a Council Watch Chestguard and Faceguard skin and I have no idea how I got that (done the dungeon today for the first time, but have those two skins sometime now already).

On a nother note. The next Season 2 update is on the 14th july right? Goin on vacation tomorrow and want to be sure that I will be back for the next uptade.

 

[Ashodin]

Today I found out that I have a Council Watch Chestguard and Faceguard skin and I have no idea how I got that (done the dungeon today for the first time, but have those two skins sometime now already).

On another note. The next Season 2 update is on the 14th July right? Going on vacation tomorrow and want to be sure that I will be back for the next update.

Yep. Preview this Tuesday, then next week it launches.

Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you know that we are aware of the lag issue and that people are working on it. It&#8217;s possible that one of the sandstorms got a few geodes lodged in the servers , but they will find out and fix it as soon as possible. Hang in there with us, and thanks for being patient!

 

[Retro]

Today I found out that I have a Council Watch Chestguard and Faceguard skin and I have no idea how I got that (done the dungeon today for the first time, but have those two skins sometime now already).

There were some items from the Personal Story that shared the same skins, I would imagine that's where you got them.

 

[Taffer]

Redownloading GW2, will then delete my characters ( :'( ) and then join the GAF server. Which one is it btw?

I want to know your character's names because I recognise your account name and can't remember who you actually were in-game.

 

[Mxrz]

Stealth has absolutely killed WvW proper for my guild and I. No one is interested much these days cause every week goes the fucking same. Screw it, they can have the entire game mode at this point.

 

[Katoki]

Balanced.

 

[Goldrush]

Do we know what will disappear next update? Merchant? Geodes? Locked Chest?

 

[Ashodin]

Do we know what will disappear next update? Merchant? Geodes? Locked Chest?

None of it. It's all perma.

Open world content additions to Living World updates will permanently expand or change the world of Tyria and will tie to the theme and story of the episode. This means you can play the open world content and the story content (if you’ve unlocked that episode) anytime you want, on every character you ever make on your account! You’re no longer limited to completing the episode during its two-week release window. This means that going forward, all of the content and all of the rewards for Living World will be permanent.

You're free to stay in the bottom section of Dry Top and farm to your heart's content.

It's probably likely they'll clean up areas to fit the current story (ie, the Zephyrites won't be there forever), but the rewards and objectives should still be the same. I'd expect some Zephyrites to stay behind in Prosperity, for example, and offer rewards that we are given now (especially since there's a vendor already there).

I expect ramps and ladders being added to sections that are hard to traverse without crystals.

Oh and expect to see more wreckage, the Zephyrites did say there were other ships that still flew on ahead.

What I want answers to:

• Where is the Master of Peace going?
• What happened to the leyline hub that Scarlet found?
• What was the Zephyrites' original destination and why?
• Sylvari will really be hated in-game and out because of this unless they take action for their own

 

[Levyne]

The Master of Peace is untrustworthy.

 

[Zeroth]

I want to know your character's names because I recognise your account name and can't remember who you actually were in-game.

Stalker

 

[LumpOfCole]

The Master of Peace is untrustworthy.

I think he's a descendant of Master of Whispers in GW1.

 

[UltimateIke]

One day I'll get Twitch to work reliably and stream us doing fractals. They're still my favorite thing to do.

 

[BraXzy]

Me and Asmun just managed to do Zephyr's Ascent and Zephyr's Leap. That was damn hard without the wind aspect. Thankfully we both managed the leap first time after finally getting up.

 

[Retro]

I expect ramps and ladders being added to sections that are hard to traverse without crystals.

Or a group of Zephyrites will choose to remain in Prosperity, creating a permanent Zephyrite settlement in the cliffs and mesas of Dry Top (like Thunder Bluff on steroids, minus the lazy, wholesale 'borrowing' of the High Plains Native American cultures).

Spoiler

(Fun fact: It's been so long I had to look up what the name of the Tauren city was.)

What I want answers to:

• Where is the Master of Peace going?
• What happened to the leyline hub that Scarlet found?
• What was the Zephyrites' original destination and why?
• Sylvari will really be hated in-game and out because of this unless they take action for their own

1. He's chasing one of the ships that crashed with

Spoiler

Baby Glint

inside.
2. It's still there, like a huge underground river; we just need to blast open the original shaft.
3. Sailing around the world to reach Cantha, taking the long way to avoid Jormag to the North and Kralkatorrik to the south.
4. They're Dragon Minions, they can't help it. Whenever they get close to Mordremoth they just go batshit crazy.

 

[Ashodin]

Figures you'd be an expert on blasting shafts Retro

 

[Granadier]

Ha!

 

[Lunar15]

The Master of Peace is untrustworthy.

He seemed weirdly untrustworthy to me. But who knows, I think he's trying to find Glint's child. Don't think we need to spoiler that since it's been put out there pretty openly at this point.

As for the sylvari being dragon minions: It's likely, but I'm not sure how Mordremoth relates to the Pale Tree and vise versa. Maybe we'll learn more about the seed of the pale tree at Ventari's Outpost, which we're likely to go to soon.

It could be that the Seed of the Pale tree was intended to grow Mordremoth's minions from the start, but Ventari's teachings "warped" them into being good.

 

[Ashodin]

He seemed weirdly untrustworthy to me. But who knows, I think he's trying to find Glint's child. Don't think we need to spoiler that since it's been put out there pretty openly at this point.

As for the sylvari being dragon minions: It's likely, but I'm not sure how Mordremoth relates to the Pale Tree and vise versa. Maybe we'll learn more about the seed of the pale tree at Ventari's Outpost, which we're likely to go to soon.

It could be that the Seed of the Pale tree was intended to grow Mordremoth's minions from the start, but Ventari's teachings "warped" them into being good.

The seeds were probably supposed to be planted/grown when he was awake and not asleep. The Pale Tree grew without its influence, but knew about it so she kept her children safe by using Ventari's teachings as a guide. Remember, Sylvari don't have any experience except from what they learned from previous Sylvari, so the Firstborns were literally a blank slate. I'm thinking Sylvari are born without crucial Mordremoth instructions that he couldn't give being dormant.