I don't think I've ever been as hyped as I am right now. Kudos Anet.

Title says it... could I please please please get a link to the full songgggg gahhhh so beautiful. Fangirling hard right now.

Thanks Gw2 peeps :)

• Hafez's Music Box - Thanks to /u/UrMom306

• Nightingale's Music Box - Thanks to /u/enaretos

• Ghiwane's Music Box

• Khadiri's Music Box

• Tinari's Music Box

The first track of all the music boxes is audible to the people around you and the music boxes give you a passive buff which plays music so you do not need to carry them around like the SAB Music Boxes. They are usable in combat and work in Open World, Dungeons, Fractals, Raids and WvW. They are not usable in PVP.

Dulfy has maps and videos out for all of the regular boxes which can drop these. They can also drop from big chests of various kinds but there are no comprehensive maps out there of those.

• Bleached Bones for Tinari
• Dwarven Remnants for Khadiri
• Forgotten Debris for Hafez
• Shadows Provisions for Ghiwane
• Timeworn Busts of Palawa Joko for Nightingale

I just started playing GW2 about 2 weeks ago and before this I had played multiple other MMORPGs starting all the way back at vanilla WoW.

GW2 has been such a breath of fresh air for me when compared to other MMOs. The combat is more engaging then the majority of MMOs out now. It is a nice change of pace and adds to the new experience.

Some quick thoughts about the game so far:

• I enjoyed being able to choose the races solely based on their cosmetic looks. Giving them racial abilities would add another layer to this massive onion for people to argue about.

• Why in the world is every single name in this game taken. It is a bit frustrating to have to go to option number 11 or 12 to get a name.

• The base free game experience is the best free to play experience I have had. Other games have too many restrictions. They do eliminate some of the features for level 80, but by the time I was level 20 I knew if I wanted to by the expansions or not.

• I thought I would hate being leveled down in lower areas, but it is nice to not be able to face roll everything if you out level them.

• Skills based on the weapon you are using are very unique, but it sucks if you are looking to use a certain weapon and hate the skills chosen from them. My dream was a DW sword character, but I dislike all the sword abilities.

• It may just be me, but I hate the targeting system in this game. I'll be attacking an enemy look around briefly then use a skill and I am going across the screen to a whole new enemy. This could be user error though.

• Selecting a class can be as easy or as overwhelming as you make it. I have personally made it overwhelming and I am trying to step back a bit and not make myself so overwhelmed. Stay off the damn forums if you are just learning about the class you want.

• Surprised at the lack of YouTubers, but I do come from WoW where it seems everyone who plays the game has a YouTube channel. My favorite GW2 YouTuber by far is WoodenPotatoes and The Krytan Herald.

• Using pvp to try out elite specs is helpful, but I feel you get the same benefit with leveling and reading the elite spec on the wiki. Even watching the GW2 Official introductory videos for the elite spec was more beneficial then testing them in the pvp setting. Admittedly as a new play I was just looking at the spell effects and wasn't really looking at anything beyond that because I don't know what to look for.

• I wish they would give better descriptions on the specializations and skills in game like they have on the wiki. I could be missing this though. Revenant comes to mind because when I first picked that class up I had no clue what the stance did, and each stance had its own specialization tree and I had no idea what they helped.

If I was just going to start GW2 today I would give myself 5 tips on how to start playing:

1. Look at all the armor types on all the races on GW2 wiki. This helped me choose my race and narrowed down the class choices.

2. Look at all the classes on the wiki and mainly look at the weapon descriptions. These give a basic understanding of how the game play is with that weapon. There are a couple of YouTube videos about choosing a class, but I found looking at the weapon description to be just as effective.

3. STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM THE CLASS FORUMS. I can summarize every class and how the forum views them. They are all shit and it doesn't matter what you choose no one will play with you because that class needs a buff. In general though there is hardly any good beginner information on the forums. There are much better unbiased resources you can go to.

4. Once you decide the couple of classes you find interesting level them to 10 or 20. Choose one of these classes you want to level 1-80. Then if you have bought POF (unpopular opinion coming) immediately boost another class to 80. With this level 80 do the POF story and get the raptor mount. Then go back to the character you are going to level. The 1-80 experience is nice and I would encourage it, but having the raptor and the 1-80 experience is much nicer.

5. Talk with people in chat. Everyone I have talked to is super nice. I have had my experience with ragers, and in most other MMOs I would have ran into a couple who think they are god's gift to the game and if you don't play their way they'll just trash you. **I have not played pvp yet so I assume this will change in that game mode. That is what ignore is for though.

I have had a blast and this will definitely replace WoW as my main MMO. I am still learning the classes and I doubt I have settled on one I will main in the future. I am contemplating switching to a more populated server so I can start WvW content on the right foot. This might help my indecisiveness with picking a class but who knows.

If you are on the fence about GW2 and you enjoy other MMOs then I would encourage you to download it. The free experience is totally fine to level with and you can decide if you enjoy the game enough to buy. Plus it is on sale right now! Getting both expansions for 25% is a steal!

I'm starting to get burned out from wow. I've been playing wow for 5 years but I want to try a new game. I like the idea that GW 2 rewards the player for map exploration. But, is it to late to get into this game?

Title says it all. What's your main, and why? Do you have a different main for different game modes? Do you multi-class all the time and not really have a main?

I personally do not have a main due to indecision of what I want. Though my recent kick has been kitless Holosmith in PvE and PvP. I haven't gone into WvW yet.

It would be great if Arena could add some additional emotes to the game in the future. I personally really miss /hug and /flex emotes. Which emotes do you want to be added?

Changelogs for february 24:

feb.24.2018: combat api: dst.name on agent add will be account name of player (if available).

feb.24.2018: build templates: added option to select similarly named templates if none selected.

feb.24.2018: build templates: right click on any selected template will deselect all templates.

feb.24.2018: build templates: enabled stats swap cmd on all slots (like armor, will not pre-equip).

feb.24.2018: strings: select similar name/573.

That includes now legendary weapons (obviously no sigils though), backpacks and trinkets.

Greetings!

While NA has been busy with their tournament, EU hasn't been completely out of the game, and we will be hosting another GvG tournament this coming Sunday, March 4th. You may remember the last two tournaments we did on EU, in December of 2016, and February of 2017. However this 3rd tournament is going to be a lot different than the previous ones we've ran.

We're going to do our best to get everything done in one day, and that's while we'll be aiming to start the tournament off at 5pm UK (6pm CET/12pm EST/9am PST). The tournament is also a core/draft tournament which I will explain. The core part means that we are not allowing the use of revenants or any elite specializations. The full rules can be read on the brackets/rules sheet, which can be found here.

The draft portion means that guilds are not entering the tournament, but instead individual players have signed up. We have 8 team captains, who picked from the pool of signed up players to create their teams. If you are interested in watching the draft, it was streamed live on my channel, and the VOD can be found here. Please note that some of the teams have been adjusted due to players leaving the tournament early/more people signing up late. The full list of updated teams can be found here.

The semi finals and final will be streamed through Freakshow's channel, and he will be casting the tournament alongside MightyTeapot, and Sabull. We will be trying to stream the earlier GvG's as well, but as there will be multiple going on at once, we might not catch everything.

There will be giveaways going on during the stream as well, so if you're not interested in GvG, but you want some gold, come check it out :D

We hope to see a lot of people come out to watch, and we hope you all enjoy the tournament. Thanks to the players and captains who signed up, and good luck to all the teams! If you have any questions feel free to PM me or comment below.

Cheers!

Roy

I'm just interested :)

My favorites:

meta: Dragons Stand

Dungeon Path: Twilight Arbour 2

Fractal: Nightmare (CM)

Raidboss: Samarog

What is your favorite PvE Content?

The new stolen skills thief is able to get from raid encounters are pretty useful. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Detonate_Plasma in particular is something a few of us in RYSE have been wanting to toy with since it's been put in.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQJAsanMJCdPhNOBGOBsPhDYiqHFhYVoTgAY38pxZ0GA-jRSBQB8b/BA8AA03JAIsKzWmSCooUop6Buq6P0UJIpA8bBA-e Commander stats work as well.

Here are two Kill logs for Mursaat Overseer and Matthias

MO: https://www.gw2raidar.com/encounter/BrokersHelpWalkedGrowHostility

Matt: https://www.gw2raidar.com/encounter/RecognizingIllustratesRemovesInspectionTickets

The thief alone was able to maintain most of the boons in the game including resistance. Only alacrity share isn't available on it which may be an oversight since https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Consume_Plasma has it.

Note: The comp was in an unoptimal setup (one chrono still ran boon support while the other ran a subpar dps varient when renegade dps providing alacrity would have been better for both of them) since we just wanted a proof of concept first and foremost and only did one pull on MO and two on Matt. We made plenty of personal mistakes so keep this in mind.

Only pov video available is from the dps chrono that has lots of chatter included. I'll link MO once it finishes uploading and can upload Matt if it's requested enough

MO: https://youtu.be/60BEXO4N_JQ

Is it bad if i play the story and i read the book at the same time? (not really at the same time, you know what i mean) Is the story connected to it? Will anything be spoiled if i play? I'm a level 31 Human Necro and so far i recognize Logan and the other heroes of the book, and that the game is after the book. SO is the book worth reading before i continue playing?

I just want to see how everything looks together at the same time, please.

i'm addicted to Vit and i've got a necro with a combination of marauders and valkyries gear and wurm runes, and i can approach 30k health with the right food and traits. Just curious how high you can get on which class/food/traits.

The change has unanimously been panned as awful, and basically every chrono player wants it reverted back to it's original state. At this point we've heard exactly zero information from the balance team about any intent to listen to the playerbase about it.

Do you guys think it'll actually happen or are we stuck with this broken skill now?