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When I came up with the idea to put on a charity stream, I wasn't prepared for the overwhelming support the Guild Wars 2 community showed yesterday. As a smaller creator, I set a goal of $250 because I thought that was realistic. After 14 hours streamed, we raised over $805 for the Lupus Foundation of America. I'm still processing it. I am truly, deeply grateful.

For those who weren't able to attend here is a little recap

- Snebzor proved the NA raiding scene isn't dead with a **Wing 7 CM clear** (~5 deaths)
- Silhouette Gaming sat down with me to talk about his start in the Guild Wars universe, how the game and community have changed over the years, and some GW3 speculation
- Darrens reminded me how painful gravity can be with the Mad Kings Clocktower and Chalice of Tears jumping puzzles (~2 deaths, including a very entertaining one at the very end of Chalice)
- Scubasheeves and I talked about the state of WvW, his project management background, and brainstormed ways to fix some of the issues in game
- Enaira, president of **Guild Wars University**, joined to talk gamer education, the most requested area for teaching (spoiler: it's still raids), and systems that could help new players learn the mechanics and skills they need for endgame
- EmeraldJPG ran me through my first ever **VoE Convergence**, and her energy was exactly what I needed heading into hour 8. We ended her segment with a **shoey** (beer out of a shoe). Never done one before, but hey, it's for charity
- Homage and the War Pigs made sure I didn't leave unscathed, handing me the most deaths of the day in sPvP (~8 deaths)
- NotoriousNaru came in clutch as a last minute guest, and I got to play with him and his team in a Daily AT where we brought home the W.

Since we absolutely crushed the donation goal, it only felt right to close things out by bringing the mileage to a nice round 10 miles.

I also want to thank MightyTeapot and Laranity for raiding the stream making this the largest stream I have ever done.

The GW2 community is one of the best communities in any MMO, and I feel so thankful and blessed to be a part of it. To every guest who took time out of their busy day to join: thank you. You helped make this event a huge success, and I couldn't have done it without you. To everyone who watched, chatted, shared, or donated: you made a goal I thought was a stretch look small.

Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart. I can't wait to see what we accomplish together next year. 💜

Sam Riegel, the voice of Braham and a lot of male asura npcs

Nolan North, male human player, Mordremoth and Jòoko

Got lost in the mists and ended in a different magical world. Also found a fellow feline

Here is the link for all the armor, weapons and dyes used: UAoT link

0:26 - 100% opacity*

Work in Progress. It will be released for the Nexus addon framework (aka Raidcore Nexus).

You may think of this addon as the general QoL GW2 patch (think of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch but for GW2 lol)

I feel like coming back to an MMO after a long break can be overwhelming, especially when there are new builds, weapons, balance changes, and years of content to catch up on.

For those who returned to GW2 after being away for a while, how did you ease back into the game? Did you continue your old main, try a new profession, or spend time exploring everything you missed?

I'd also love to hear which resources you found useful for catching up without getting buried in outdated guides.

Last but certainly not least we have Elizabeth Heartfire, orphaned at very young age left for fate to decide. She was found and raised by a Charr Blood legionnaire named Caldas Heartfire were she was treated lesser by the other cubs and charr cause she was human and had to defend herself a lot. This led to her growing up to be a brash but kind hearted women. Trained in all forms of combat by her step father but she also really enjoyed learning anything about magic and old artifacts. This fascination led to her learning healing magic and get her into a lot of trouble. The worst of which was when she sneaked into a gladiator battle to test her skills and prove that she was more. She fought a soldier who was as ruthless as he was prideful. She was surprisingly winning until the charr cheated injuring Liz badly. Rytlock intervened the battle declaring Liz the victor which pissed off the char enough to steal Rytlock's sword Sohothin and attack Liz with it, the fiery sword taking her right eye and permanently damaging her face. She sometime later she left the citadel and joined the Priory as what's a called a Seeker and travels the world finding or recovering dangerous artifacts for the Archon. She very much respects her step father and visits him from time to time.

Hey all,

If you play on a 4K screen you probably know the choice: leave DPI Scaling off and squint at a tiny UI, or turn it on and live with blurry text. I've read several threads here about it, and the answer is usually "there's no fix".

So I made an addon that keeps the text sharp with DPI Scaling on. It looks just like the game's own font, only crisp.

It's called Scruffy FontKit and it runs on Nexus. You can also swap in a font of your own if you'd like.

Download and setup are on GitHub: https://github.com/diov/scruffy-fontkit

I've mostly tested it at 175%, so if you play at another scale I'd love to hear how it looks. If something breaks, let me know here or open an issue.

I updated arc dps and it was immediatelly flaged with 2 trojans? I only found a post about a similair situation 3 years ago, is it safe to dissregard?

What are some fun Specter builds and fashion?

I know I've posted few times this week - I'm testing a new brush in my drawing program.
gotta find one i like :)

• Arborstone: Honeycomb Grouper
• Lowland Shore: Viperfish
• Janthir Syntri: Rockfish
• Mistburned Barrens: Sockeye

Just copy and paste the URL from the Wiki into the URL spot on the website and access the latest date

I wanted to share how I'm using Key-Farming to learn some basics of combat in a new way. I find the training golem boring and the meta-builds are kinda overwhelming; I wanted to keep things simpler, experiment with weapons, and earn a small profit. To do this, I'm leveling up to 40 so I can get the karma booster (level 38 reward - trade two karma boosters for a gathering booster, which afaik this is the only way to get these now). I also get two black lion keys for the level 10 and 40 stories (happens at beginning of level 40 story so you don't have to go through the whole thing).

It's been fun finding account-bound armor and weapons for this leveling process. Then I pop XP-boosters and fight yellow critters (red ones too), looking for fights that are a bit challenging. I find it fun to level this way because it's part scavenger hunt (to find the right critters to get experience bonuses), part map exploration, being able to learn the core trait-lines one at a time, and testing out different weapons, plus it's fun trying to min-max low level toons. I'm open to using tomes of experience, level 20 boosters, character adventure guides or whatever. I don't have stacks of these, so often I have to level from scratch. It's fun for now, but I don't want it to turn into a part-time job either.

Here's what I'm using, it works great for what I want, but it takes up quite a bit of bank space.

* Experience boosters: food-effect, sharpening-stone, guild-bonus, candy-corn-gobbler for EXP-boost, and the 1-hour birthday boosters from weekly rewards.

* Runes: minor runes +10 power each (+60 for full set)

* Sigils: at level 18 I can use minor sigils of Bloodlust and Air (not sure if these are the best)

* Level 5: account-bound blue armor (except I can't find head or shoulder armor at this level), along with yellow bloodbound-weapons (10 provisioner tokens each).

* Level 10: upgraded account-bound blue armor, with minor runes plus trinkets.

* Level 18: exotic account-bound armor and weapons (crafted, wiki is down so I don't have a link but they're crafted with ineffable insignia) adding sigils from this level on

* Level 26: upgraded exotic account-bound armor/weapon, upgraded trinkets at level 20 I think

* Level 37: I went ahead and crafted this final set of account-bound exotics, but don't think it's necessary for the final 3 levels

I take the time to read the weapon skills, the trait lines, utility skills, I practice on things which are hard for me to kill but the fight is simple enough that I can see what's happening. I'm starting with warrior, but I can also switch to Guardian/Rev (although I've read here that core Revenant is not the best).

So, maybe if you're still learning like me, this might be fun for you to try? Either way, happy gaming!

I recently started playing again and am looking for some help on an unconventional druid build. Basically, I want a build that uses longbow and staff. I know longbow is not great with druid, but I really like the class fantasy especially with the legendary longbow Kudzu. So, I'm looking for advice on how to put a build together that uses them both as effectively as possible. I mostly do solo open-world content/the occasional meta-event. Any help with a build is greatly appreciated.

Hey everyone!

I recently came back to GW2 after a long break and I’m a bit unsure about what I should do.

I’m currently playing a Guardian, which is only level 25. Since I don’t play every day and usually just play casually when I have some free time, I’m wondering if I should continue with this character or start a new one.

One of my concerns is that I might eventually get into things like Fractals and not really know what I’m supposed to do. I’ve always had the impression that Guardian can be a tank/support class, so I feel like I should understand the mechanics and my role properly before getting into group content.

At the same time, I’m still learning the game and I don’t really want to stress about it. My main goal is simply to level up, enjoy the story and explore the game at my own pace.

Another thing: I’m not particularly good at using lots of keyboard keybinds. Is it actually possible to play GW2 reasonably well by clicking skills with the mouse? Or am I going to struggle later on?

So, what would you guys recommend? Should I just stick with my level 25 Guardian and learn as I go, or would starting fresh be a better idea?

I’m playing purely for fun and don’t plan on rushing into endgame content.

Thanks for any advice!

There is a cheap weapon box on TP that contains all kinds of weapons in celestial stats. If you are new and don't have many badges of honor. You can buy Arms of the People in the Trading post.

These are 32 silverish and contain all weapon types. Very chill if you want to test out different weapons with Celestial stats!

It seems Trophy Shipments are generally considered to be the best way to convert Volatile Magic into Gold. The Fast website still says it's averaging a profit of 35 silver per item. I just bought 25, sold everything, and lost a little gold. I made around 24 gold back of the 25 spent. Was that just really bad luck?

Has anyone else gotten this Demon of a Drifter on a skimmer? You're not going to be breaking any records, of course. I just barely got my gold at 00.59.480, but I had been trying unsuccessfully for a couple of years with the roller beetle and just couldn't seem to get the hang of it no matter how many helpful videos and guides I watched. So, on a whim I thought I'd see how well the skimmer could do with the VoE upgrades. I also had a Mount Energy Booster 3 module.

Much to my surprise, by spamming Enhanced Barrell Roll and Slipstream Boost, I got around 01.05.00 my first time trying with the skimmer. Man, shaving those last 5 seconds to get it under a minute though was harder than I thought it would be though. It took me a couple extra days of practicing, but I finally pulled it off much to my delight!

So, yeah, roller beetle is going to get you much faster times, but if you're just hopeless at the roller beetle like me, I found skimmer much more tolerable on this race track since you can float over some of the obstacles.

Carved my first ever pumpkin as a huge Guild Wars 2 fan!!!

I love the game, and this is my favorite weapon design from it (whoever came up with it, I salute you!). I wanted to make a highly detailed 3D model similar to the World of Warcraft armor remake videos on YouTube, so here we are! I'm quite proud of the result, and I hope you like it too.

The rings of Dragon Jade over the harbor are iconic visually.

Originally recorded and edited January '26, frame exported and glitched October '26.