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Posted on Mar 4, 2013
Finally it's time to announce our winner for the signed Collector's Edition of Guild Wars 2. Again our team would like to give huge thanks to ArenaNet for showing continued support for fan sites like ours. The CE box is certainly one of a kind having really too many signatures to count on all its sides. I certainly think that the box is worth more than the contests within.
If you missed it, we asked our readers/viewers to submit 3 screenshots from Guild Wars 2 and explain why that location would be somewhere they would take their date. Assuming that most if not all of our readers already play the game themselves it would certainly be a nice gift to another friend or loved one to join you in the Guild Wars 2 universe.
So our winner for this fabulous prize is... Continue reading...
Posted on Feb 12, 2013
The awesome folks at ArenaNet have sent us a signed copy of Guild Wars 2 Collector's Edition to give away! The CE box is covered in signatures on all 4 sides and then some. Now is your chance to enter in our little contest to win this for yourself or another friend.
We figure that our followers are already Guild Wars 2 players and we want this contest to be as open to everyone as possible, so we're holding a screenshot contest with a bit of a spin!
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Posted on Feb 2, 2013
If your like some of us who love to see Guild Wars 2 in the best possible graphics and have an Nvidia graphics card(s), then you'll be happy to know that Nvidia has been working to fix a couple of graphics issues with Guild Wars 2.
If you've seen "Corruption is seen when launching the game with Ambient Occlusion enabled" or "Ambient Occlusion effect disappears at different camera angles and when using supersampling" then maybe you should try the new 313.96 Beta drivers.
If your interested in what other improvements these new Nvidia drivers have then check out their release notes.
Posted on Feb 1, 2013
Posted on Jan 28, 2013
As of the 28th of January 2013 Arena Net has made many new additions and changes to the Guild Wars 2 world and client. This one gigabyte (1 GB) update adds in the new Flame and Frost Prelude which is the first entry in the multipart Living Story series which gives the world of Tyria that much more of a living ever changing world feel. The Living Story part of the update adds new Achievements, events and heralds to apprise adventurers of the events currently happening in the world of Tyria.
New Daily Monthly Achievement system is now in place where you will be rewarded in Laurels for completing the achievements and can be traded in for an assortment of rewards to better suit what you would want as a reward.
Transferring worlds now costs a gem fee which is determined by the level of players in the world you wish to transfer to. But for those that do not wish to leave their home server but just want to jump over to another world to play with friends in PvE can use the new guesting system.
The update also makes UI improvements, fixes, rebalances, and tweaks to polish stuff, which include changes to dungeons, the open world, fractals and dynamic events. A full list of whats in the update can be found here.
Posted on Jan 22, 2013
Guild Wars 2 will get it's first big update of the year on January 28th, this update is the prologue to a multi-stage narrative called Flame & Frost.
This teaser from the official website is a taste of the story to come.
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The sky falls and the ground shakes in the lands of the north. Charr and norn refugees crawl from the wreckage of their homes in the Wayfarer Foothills and Diessa Plateau, struggling to find shelter in the south. The call goes out for volunteers to assist the victims in this time of need, when earth and sky seem to have become the enemy...
Besides expanding on the plot of Guild Wars 2, the update also adds several features to the game.
From January 28th to the 4th of February, the regular eight-team/three-round paid tournaments will be replaced by two-team/single-round paid tournaments in the Temple of the Silent Storm map.
The Daily achievements will be update to feature a greater variety, and it looks like Arenanet also heard my prayers when I suggested and achievement tracker in the UI, so they are adding that as well!
The new achievement Laurels are also being added to the game. These can be earned by doing daily and monthly achievements and can be traded in for Ascended gear and Infusions as well as some new kinds of Ascended Amulets.
Last but not least Guesting is coming. Remember you can't guest cross region, so if you need to play with your American or European friends, it's time to switch server! From the 28th and forward server transfers are going to have a gem cost.
Read the full feature here: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/ ... uary-2013/
Posted on Jan 16, 2013
The long sought after feature is finally coming!
With an update on January 28th, server guesting is going to be implemented, but what does it really mean?
Guesting a server only gives you access to the PvE content of the server you choose to guest. Trying to join a WvW map will move you back to a WvW map on your own server.
More importantly, you can only guest servers from your own region, so if you want to change from European to American servers, or the other way around, it is a good idea to do it while it's still free.
You can read the full blog post on it here:
http://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/guesting-is-coming/
Posted on Jan 15, 2013
2013 has begun and ArenaNet has big plans for this year!
A blog post by Colin Johanson has revealed some of the plans for 2013, and here at GuildWars2Live we are very excited! The blog post is big, but doesn't go in depth with any specific part of the game, it touches on the various areas of the game and the improvements they will make for each of them.
First up are the live events. We have already experienced some of them with the Lost Shores, Halloween and Wintersday events. These are the events that play out a story in the world over a set amount of time many of them allowing players of all levels to cooperate. We can probably expect to see more of these events in the future.
This is not the only good PvE news though.
There are plans to revamp the Achievement system, so there are different daily achievements for each day, and the offer a new token reward system. They are still sticking to the non-treadmill gear progression, so in 2013 we won't see another tier between ascended and legendary.
The most exciting thing in the blog post to me was the talk of new “Guild Missions”. These are missions made for Guilds to complete together, and they will offer rewards for the guilds, so it looks like the “Guild” is finally coming back in “Guild Wars”.
For WvW they are going to try and implement some of these live events, as well as adding a new advancement system with some new titles and even WvW-only abilities.
sPvP seems to be getting a reward system overhaul as well, and a system that will match you against players of similar skill level. Of course they also mention custom matchmaking and spectator function which are going to be two crucial features if GW2 is ever going to be an eSport.
There's more stuff in the actual blog post I haven't mentioned here, so go read it if it caught your attention.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/coli ... ths-ahead/
Guild Wars 2 is not a perfect game, but with the improvements ArenaNet keep bringing to the table it certainly improves on what's already a fantastic game!
Posted on Jan 11, 2013
Woohoo, happy birthday to us! GuildWars2Live.com is two years old today (as of January 11th). To celebrate we're giving away one copy of DirectSong's Guild Wars 2 soundtrack, signed by Jermey Soule! To enter, be sure to follow us and let your friends know it's our anniversary by tweeting at us @GuildWars2Live today or over the weekend (between January 11 - 13)!
We'll announce and message the lucky winner on Twitter shortly after the weekend.
Posted on Jan 1, 2013
We party as the year of 1325 AE (aka 2012) ends and we move into the next with drinking, brawling and all around merrymaking. It has been a good year for many thou some never lived to see the change of dates. We have lost a number of good souls in the fight against the elder dragons but with the year of the dragon having passed and we now welcome in the new year of the snake, things can only get better.
Expect new battles and new places along with new challenges as we enter the New Year, as things are ever changing in the lands of Tyria. And, while we enter the new year partying and thinking back on the year passed, please remember to take it easy and not party too much, no one likes a mean drunk, or to fish one out of the drink. So drink responsible and…
Happy 1326 AE!
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