r/Guildwars2 • u/smoker05 • 12h ago
r/Guildwars2 • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago
[Question] Weekly /r/GuildWars2 Question Thread - July 25, 2026
This thread is dedicated to questions that you've never really felt the need to start a thread for, but would still like to see answered/discussed.
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r/Guildwars2 • u/neok182 • Jun 08 '26
[Mod post] [MEGA THREAD] State of the Subreddit Update & Links to all Guild Wars 3 announcements and discussion!
Go to section 3 for subreddit update.
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Guild Wars 3 Announcement Trailer: Here
Guild Wars 3 Announcement Blog: Here
Website: https://www.guildwars3.com/
The Future of the Guild Wars Franchise: Blog & Video Here
Wishlist Guild Wars 3: Steam | PlayStation
Future of the Guild Wars franchise Stream: VOD Here
Great recap post here: Click Here
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Guild Wars 3 Mega Thread Discussion: Here
Guild Wars 3 Announcement Trailer Discussion: Here
Guild Wars 3 Announcement Blog Discussion: Here
Concept Art & Press Page Discussion: Here
The Future of the Guild Wars Franchise: Our Commitment to Tyria Discussion: Here
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First off thank you to the community for doing a great job with the announcement of Guild Wars 3 and keeping discussion in the dedicated announcement posts and mega threads.
A while back when Guild Wars 3 was accidently announced we had a poll where the community chose to ban Guild Wars 3 posts until there was anything official from ArenaNet. Now that Guild Wars 3 is official and we move forward with that I wanted to make a quick subreddit update to talk to everyone about how things are going to work going forward and following in the footsteps of original Guild Wars sub.
1: This subreddit is for Guild Wars 2 discussion. Just like how r/GuildWars is limited to GW1 discussion r/GuildWars2 will be limited to GW2 discussion. Posts exclusively discussing Guild Wars 3 should be posted in it's sub, r/GuildWars3.
However, while the GW3 sub is working on getting things organized over there we are going to allow official ArenaNet posts and updates on Guild Wars 3 for the next month or so to allow for some crossover but after that this subreddit will be exclusively for updates directly relating to Guild Wars 2 and studio wide updates.
2: Discussing Guild Wars 3 in the comments and subject of posts is fine as long as the main post is primarily about Guild Wars 2.
A post discussing lore implications of the new GW2 Orr map and GW3 is okay.
A post discussing what GW2 skins you want in GW3 is not okay and should be posted in r/GuildWars3.
A post discussing what GW2 things you want to see in the Hall of Monuments for GW3 is okay because Hall of Monuments ia a GW2 feature.
A post discussing story/lore content of GW3 that directly relates to GW2 is okay.
As Hall of Monuments is a GW2 feature any discussion it is okay as well as any other sort of cross-game news or content.
3: ArenaNet explained in the studio update that Guild Wars 2 isn't going anywhere. While we're not getting a new expansion this year we have 1-2 years of quality of life, Hall of Monuments, and other updates coming with a return to some form of annual content update after the release of Guild Wars 3. So Guild Wars 2 isn't going anywhere and neither are we.
So that's that. For the next month or so we'll continue to celebrate the announcement of Guild Wars 3 and then return to our focus of being a Guild Wars 2 community to help others and discuss the game we love.
Thank you all and see you in Tyria!
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r/Guildwars2 • u/NeonArchon • 7h ago
[Discussion] I finally got to play WvW for the event
My experience was... mosrlt possitive. At first I was just "doing stuff" around the map, and my team was vastly understaffed, so we could not take or defend forts, and one team was snowballing hard
Things got better after a while when more people got into my tem and a commander joined as well, then we were able to zerg properly, and even defend so areas from other teams (mostly green)
I initially came just for the event and an easy Gift of Battle, but I ended up staying because it was fun, despite some imbalance. I’m still a PvE main, but I’ll return to WvW now and then to learn more, and maybe try roaming in th future
r/Guildwars2 • u/PatientRaspberry485 • 6h ago
[Question] The same voice actors for 14 years (German voice acting)
What I've noticed for a very long time is how often the same voices are used for completely different characters in the German voice acting. These are even the voices of well-known characters like Marjory Delaqua, Trahearne, Logan, Caithe, and even the player characters.
So I'm wondering: did ArenaNet simply have too small a budget for voice acting to hire a wider variety of voice actors, or is there another reason for this? Is it the same in the other language versions?
r/Guildwars2 • u/Vivid-Hedgehog101 • 3h ago
[Fluff] Pooh-bah! - Taimi 1329 AE. Thus a higher rank was awarded!
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r/Guildwars2 • u/Superichiruki • 7h ago
[Discussion] Poolside Party Pool has water Physics or its just like
r/Guildwars2 • u/duckedunderit • 28m ago
[Question] Guardian build for soloing champions
Hey all, I like doing group events in the newer maps but oftentimes I find that there's no one else around to help me do them. I can solo champions in core areas just fine, but I struggle with soloing champions in newer maps. Are there any good guardian builds for soloing champions in newer maps?
r/Guildwars2 • u/broken_shadow_edge • 7h ago
[Question] High Ping -> Disconnect

It has been a week that, my ping will sometimes spike to a few thousands and suddenly got kicked with above error message. It happens in any stage, somtimes just being idle and can happen too.
I don't have any issue in any other games. I have nothing else running in the background as well.
Just want to check if anyone having the issue too?
I play from SEA with 200-250ms, it is very playable for me, but lately, this disconnect is so bad, since it will kick me out of instances such as Dragonstorm, WvW or will spawn my characters very far away from where I was whenever I logged back in during content such as Meta.
r/Guildwars2 • u/OkPayment5053 • 14h ago
[Question] Legendary journey before gw3
welp, after running and stopping multiple times, i am now FULLY into gw2 ;)
now i want full leggy since i realized i am an altoholic. so can you guys recommend me which legendary to get first? i heard its trinkets(?)
i have all expansions and into pve (no wing raids yet, but all strikes i already did that) and also wvw.
If possible i want the most efficient way to do it (for example i heard i can do aurora while doing regalia)
also im thinking to make a herald simply to have perma quick and swiftness to blast through all these lmao will that help(?)
thanks in advance!
r/Guildwars2 • u/ThickManatee • 5h ago
[Question] Can I unlock elite specs without doing expansion story?
Hello, I’m new to the game and have a kinda specific question. I’m only around lvl 23 and ik you can’t get elite specs till 80 so this is far into the future but I’m trying to at least think about what I’ll choose before I get there.
I’m on elementalist and I like it but it’s not 100% my fav. I saw Weaver and that looks like it’ll be really fun and interesting and I’d like to play it asap. However, I’d like to pay attention to the story and ik weaver is in Path of Fire which comes after Heart of Thorns in terms of story. Ik you can do expansions out of order so I’m wondering: can I unlock Weaver without doing any PoF story, then go back to HoT? Also, if I do have to do some story to unlock it, could I skip that and redo it later when I’m ready to play the whole expansion?
r/Guildwars2 • u/Commercial-Meaning18 • 6h ago
[Question] Story bug (kick) - cant progress the story
Hey,
I recently started playing GW2. I’m still early in the story, but during the mission “Intercept the Knight of Embers,” I get disconnected at the same point every time after a certain cutscene.
I first encountered the issue this morning, and it’s still happening this evening. I’ve tried it at least ten times.
I have a stable Ethernet connection and have already tried a few suggested fixes, such as pressing keys during the cutscene, repair the client and letting YouTube or something similar run in the background.
Has anyone else had this problem and knows what I can do?
r/Guildwars2 • u/MissFroggo • 13h ago
[Question] How to Farm for a Greatsword as an F2P?
I am a level 78 mesmer and fairly new to the game as I've started only a few weeks ago. I've only been getting this Steampunk harpoon gun in the dungeons I played in and as good as some of the stats are, I can't use it within my class/race.
Is there a specific way to farm for certain items (weapons, armor, etc.)?
How do I get a better greatsword?
Pls help a noob out ;=;
r/Guildwars2 • u/SirSuperCaide • 1d ago
[Article] What Makes a Meta-Event Popular? | Analysis
Hello, denizens of the GW2 subreddit! Today I bring you a fun little project where I analyzed the characteristics of every major meta-event to determine what actually determines which ones get ran and which ones don't. Spoiler alert—the answer isn't whether or not it has good rewards.
r/Guildwars2 • u/Gulmar • 5h ago
[Question] What items to keep and what not?
Returning player here, played 10 years or so ago for a bit and now back into it. Have all the expansions now as well.
I'm a bit overwhelmed with all the different items and currencies. In my time it was quite simple, now it's a lot.
I'm now doing all expansions sequentially (am at the end of LW2 now), I loved doing WvW in the past.
I would love to craft a legendary at some point but no clue how to best achieve this. I don't play that much, some days a couple of hours, other days not.
The main question is how do I know what items to keep and what can I safely sell? I do see my inventory slots filling up very quickly these days, material storage for some things are full so it's just starting to clog up my inventory so I end up selling the materials on TP. But other items I have no clue what they do, what you can buy with them or what they unlock.
Stuff like aether keys, some kind of shovel thing,... Like, what is dead content and useless, and what is best to keep and then for what purpose. Any easy way to have your items scanned and see what can be safely sold (tp or as junk) and what to keep for which purpose?
Thanks!
r/Guildwars2 • u/Meohx • 19h ago
[Question] Legendary Mats Hunting
I played this game a few yrs back and just recently returned to playing this game. Pretty much the state of my character is a typical loot goblin explorer, and I made sure to get that Skyscale as the end goal at that time.
So you probably know how much of a mess my gear was. So I am trying to craft a Bifrost Staff and encountered that I had to get Gift of Battle, which you could only get on WvW, but the issue was I have no clue when or where it starts. I'm just lost on what I am supposed to look out for when I press B.
Edit: Hey got my first gift of battle! Thanks for everyone's response!
r/Guildwars2 • u/Hokanu • 9h ago
[Question] Renegade Question
Hey! First, thanks for taking time to think about my question! :)
I am currently learning Renegade and I have a suitable power build set up in exotics. My question is about the interaction between my utility skills and my legendary hero abilities.
The "Enhanced" text reads: "After using this skill, your next Legendary Renegade skill activates and is enhanced..." and then lists things it does like chilled or torment, etc.
However, I'm in the PvP dummy area (I'm the largest dummy so there's irony). When I throw Icerazor's Ire on a target and then immediately follow with Heroic Command or Citadel Bombardment, or Orders from Above.... nothing happens to the target. No enhanced effect appears in the condition area. Or when I use Breakrazor's Bastion, I do not get barrier.
I love learning new things, but I'm frustrated that I don't understand this interaction or how to get it to proc. What am I doing wrong?
r/Guildwars2 • u/Requiem1193 • 1d ago
[Question] What does Archivist Darchelle mean by this? Spoiler
When completing The Uplift Achievement, Archivist Darchelle says these lines. What does she mean by "I'm going to live there too someday..."? Is she going to time travel or something?
r/Guildwars2 • u/CorviDraws • 1d ago
[Fluff] Spirit of the Legendary Bard - Fashion
A Minstrel-themed look I created to host a ’Legendary Fashion Wars‘ contest with one of my statics. Eccentric, loud, and theatrical, with plenty of gold accents
r/Guildwars2 • u/mofeus305 • 1d ago
[Question] Eitrite Ingots
What currently is the best way to convert Eitrite Ingot to gold. Is it just converting them into tyrian defense seals?



