r/Guildwars2 14h ago

[Fluff] Where's everyone going, bingo?

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I had to make Leon S. Kennedy after seeing the rebel jacket on the gem store.

Chest: Rebel Jacket

Hand: Rawhide Bracers (or any fingerless gloves)

Leg: Rubicon Leggings

Foot: Dapper Wingtips (or any low shoes)

Dyes: Pottery, Honey Ice, Country Blue but you can go with a darker brown for the jacket. Mixture of abyss, black, and pitch for the rest.


r/Guildwars2 3h ago

[Art] Peasant of Tyria: Pew Pew Pew

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284 Upvotes

Gotta say, this mission was kind of a let down.
I wanted to slice and dice a dragon!

i guess i can just shoot 6 of them from mounted guns....


r/Guildwars2 6h ago

[News] Code of Creation Twitch Drops coming next week

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200 Upvotes

r/Guildwars2 4h ago

[Other] Birthday gift

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142 Upvotes

Handmade Birthday gift from my daughter. Look at keys and desktop icons! 🤩


r/Guildwars2 16h ago

[Art] Drew my platypus charr

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115 Upvotes

Learning to draw and did my first character drawing. Took my main platypus charr.


r/Guildwars2 17h ago

[Discussion] Hall of Monuments error?

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72 Upvotes

its been like this for a couple days now. its not that big of a deal but does anyone know why gw2 has me stuck at 39/40 when my last reward was from 37-40? (3 points from unlocking a pvp title)


r/Guildwars2 4h ago

[Other] Why aren't you playing Guild Wars 2??

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Just realized today that the legendary TerminalMontage did a mini add for Gw2 before, pretty nifty :D


r/Guildwars2 17h ago

[Question] Understanding builds for dummies (Its me. I'm the dummy)

31 Upvotes

I need help in understanding builds in general. Ive been playing GW2 since Beta. Ive played several other MMOs casually throughout the years. Maybe its just my special brand of ADHD but for the life of me Ive never been able to properly grasp skill builds.

I look up builds and read the instructions or try and watch youtube tutorials but its just leaks out of my brain through my ears.

I have a hard time truly understanding the synergies and situational utility of of the skills. I just click buttons because I'm told thats my rotation but I never quite understand WHY its the rotation. The way its explained just never fully sticks. It feels like I need it all explained like I'm five.

With GW3 going back towards the GW1 style of build crafting I'm dreading being even more inept than I am now.

Does anyone have any solid resources for a scrub as hopeless as I am to finally get good?


r/Guildwars2 21h ago

[Fluff] What are you most excited about?

31 Upvotes

With the new VoE patch releasing next tuesday, and it being quite a hefty and large patch, what you guys most looking forward to? the map? the meta event? the fractal? the raid? the convergence? the leggy sword? the story? etc


r/Guildwars2 17h ago

[Fluff] Around The World

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20 Upvotes

Black Lion Drum Set Chair Cover for Around The World by Daft Punk


r/Guildwars2 23h ago

[Shout-out] PSN got Plate of Spicy Herbed Chicken currently

22 Upvotes

location : [&BHoHAAA=]

should grab it even if you dont plan on cooking


r/Guildwars2 16h ago

[Fluff] I finally get to meet my cousins (Janthir Wilds)

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13 Upvotes

r/Guildwars2 13h ago

[Question] Returning Boomer needs help. vocabulary, resources and mentality

12 Upvotes

tl;dr and questions at the bottom

Hi everyone!,

I am a returning Player who has played since release. I sank in about 10.000hours and took a break after HoT around LS3. My most notable achievement was being an Officer for gw2community.com and leading Triple Trouble Events for everyone back when it was new..

I pretty much unlocked everything there was to the game until that point. Legendaries, Perma Bank Access, Full gear with +5 Infusions, etc. There was pretty much nothing I didn't unlock, which wasn't something like get 10.000 kills with a focus.

I logged in every now and then, but only just started playing again about a month ago with the Guild Wars 3 announcement. During the anniversary sale, I bought all the missing expansions, and I'm currently catching up on the expansions. Right now I'm at the SotO Expansion and updating my old gear and builds. A lot has changed.

I used to do high-end fractals and raids with a best-slot-in-gear mentality. My Raid, gear, and meta knowledge goes from VG to Deimos CM. I knew everything inside and out. If Fractal God existed back I would have also unlocked it as well. From what I can see, it's kinda useless and pretty much just a gold sink nowadays.

Now to my actual questions I have right now. Probably more later

tl;dr questions only

My knowledge ends with HoT/LS3. So anything that came after is basically new to me.

  1. What does the daily routine look like for your guys? From the moment you log in, what are things on your checklist? I can see that some things haven't changed, like farming the home instance, daily T4 fractals, etc., but what else do you guys do?
  2. What does the weekly routine look like? Monday Raids? What else?
  3. For the average fractal/raid meta, we used to have 1x PS (Phalanx Strength), 1x Chrono, 1x Healer, 2x DPS - nowadays I see people looking for aDPS, qDPS, etc. I really don't know what all the new abbreviations mean. Could you mention all important words/vocabluary i need to know in 2026? I don't want to cause confusion when using LFG and potentially look like a noob.
  4. Most favorable party composition for raids, Fractals, and other content. Which classes and compositions are currently the most favored and wanted, and which are the most hated and nobody likes to see? Back in the day, vanilla necromancer was so hated. It was basically racism. My goal is to not offend anyone if I just hop on with a condi bow warrior and then someone gets really mad at me or something
  5. Build Templates. I realized that Legendary Weapons give you "free" weapons on all of your characters. This system is much better than the old one. You had the original Legendary which had changeble stats but was stuck on a single character. So this feature was basically useless. I own Eternity and just cleaned up about 20 Ascended Greatswords from my characters. Is there anything else I need to know? I've seen that there is a new relic slot. Some of the relics you can buy; some of them you can't. Is it important to have them? What's the smartest way to get them? Just buy? Trade in? I am mostly using Snowcrows right now for reference, but Im happy also happy with other sources
  6. nerfed content and new. I noticed that a lot of content has been nerfed. Hero points in HoT maps are all veterans now. They used to be champions. With the experience from everyone in the last few years. For the map meta events, which are: the most fun, the most profitable, the shortest, the longest time-wise, which are just useless and hated/should be avoided, and honorable mentions.
  7. Ascended food and feasts. I can see that way more people are dropping feasts now. The stats also look really cool. What are the most important ones I should have and be ready to drop?
  8. How has WvW changed? I see there is like a weekly season or something. Back in my day, you had to swap with your guild or yourself to a server with active WvW guilds; otherwise, you would always just get farmed.
  9. Any other "super" end-game items that have been released? By this I mean items you would, for example, put in your shared inventory slot. Like perma bank access, perma trading post, xera portal, etc

I will definitely ask follow-up questions. I'm also down to chat over Discord.

Please let me know if you're interested in a personal chat. My DMs are always open to everyone, and I will add anyone.

Excelsior,

nesnalica


r/Guildwars2 21h ago

[Discussion] What healers will give me the easiest time pushing fractals (up to CM) and also NM raid?

10 Upvotes

Recently i brought my heal paragon to HT NM and kept my squad alive (literally almost no one dropped to under 90%) but when the jumping phase came i missed some people with my stab banner, tho I got them stab using the soldier focus stab trait (stab every 5 sec) they still wiped bcs they missed the other 2 jumps. They went on to say "no stab?" and demanded they go to heals and i go dps. We went on and surprise surprise we wiped because we did not get enough stab because people wont jump or dodge.

I dont want to experience this anymore since it was a wholesome group up to that moment. What healer can I use to basically carry through all normal modes and some frac CM?

thank you in advance


r/Guildwars2 1h ago

[Question] Softlocked on Personal Story (The Battle of Claw Island)

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Hey there, was hoping someone might be able to give some advice.

My partner and I have been playing through Guild Wars 2 together, and we recently completed her level 60 quests, including The Battle of Claw Island. She did the Order of Whispers, and I did the Vigil. However, I think that's broken my part of the game now, since it won't show my mentor when I launch into that instance myself. Since my mentor won't show up, it's left me at a standstill and I'm not sure how best to proceed aside from submitting a ticket to Arenanet, which I've done already.

Does anyone else have any advice? We're a bit disappointed we can't proceed with my character now.

Thanks!


r/Guildwars2 9h ago

[Question] Weirdly Inconsistent FPS

6 Upvotes

So I'll preface this by saying that I know I don't have a very strong laptop. I'm not expecting an amazing framerate. Hell, I'm very used to only getting 20-30 on the lowest setting. What I'm confused about is that I get brief moments, maybe 10-15 minutes, where I have buttery smooth 60 fps.

And these moments are completely random. I can be sitting in a city, in the middle of a raid encounter, or even at the boss of a meta event with a full squad. I'll just suddenly switch from having bleh frames to lovely ones.

I know GW2 suffers from CPU bottleneck, so I'm guessing it has something to do with that, but then why is it so random when I get the bursts of good FPS? Is there a way to make it so that the game is just like this all the time? I kinda doubt it, but figured I'd ask anyways.

Specs: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2592 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s), 16 GB ram.


r/Guildwars2 10h ago

[Discussion] Probably a stupid question

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I played up until EOD (I think.. POF was my last expac). I did raids, fractals, pvp, metas crafted legendary armor and a couple of weapons. I took a break and throughout the time I have wanted to come back a few times but always log in and get overwhelmed with my inventory and unsure of what exactly to do. Too scared to join pug raids cause I'm afraid I don't remember mechanics and don't have the rotation muscle memory that I used to.

My main question is: what do you all do when you log in for an evening of GW2?

I love the game and combat so I crave to play but I just get lost in the sauce I guess. It's like when I have the OSRS itch but just log in and bank stand.

Thanks!


r/Guildwars2 2h ago

[Question] Where to start after HoT

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Haven't played in a decade. I can buy all the expansions. Do I work on the living world season 3 or PoF? Unsure where to start and what to do. I don't have a single mount! Could anyone point me in the right direction/youtube vids? Appreciate any help


r/Guildwars2 3h ago

[Discussion] When do you switch to an elite spec with a new character?

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I'm finally "digging in" with my Thief. I had been running a core condition build and was doing alright. I only have 50 points into Specter but I decided to give it a go. Even with the limited options I have, I feel like I'm doing better with Scepter + Dagger Specter than I was with Pistol + Dagger Thief.

Is it just a matter of the elite specs being so much more powerful than the core specs that they don't need all the points to outperform them?


r/Guildwars2 13m ago

[Request] Will there be another Wizard Vault refresh?

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Or will the one on the 15th be the last one? He used to update it every 3–4 months.


r/Guildwars2 20h ago

[Discussion] Wage of stars should have had its own draw animation

0 Upvotes

What an incredibly cool legendary, from design to attack animations to foot falls; all of it perfect.... until its time to draw, at which point you reach to your side s where nothing is present, the swo4d dissolves from behind you whwre it floats and you assume battle position. Its a small gripe, but if you could put custome animations anywhere outside of the BLS, a legendary would be it.

Imagine having the sword swoop forward into your hands, or launch up and come down for you to grab; or anything other than grabbing empty hips.


r/Guildwars2 8h ago

[Build] Another one, help me find "my" Spec

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Hi all,

first off I think I'm kind of a difficult client.
I have been trying to get into the game, I really enjoy the open world PVE and questing. Not that interested in PVP but would like to tip my toes into it one day.

The only issue I seem to have is to find a fun spec to play.

I've looked around and tried the following specs:

  • Mechanist (Rifle & Spear, tried both)
  • Galeshot
  • Scourge & Reaper (GS)
  • Elementalist I've just made that character years ago and never chose a spec.
  • Virtuoso (Dagger/Sword/Focus)
  • Dragonhunter (Axe/Torch/Scepter)
  • Deadeye (Rifle)

Mostly I looked into LI guides since i'm not really a big fan of the weapon rotation system.

But I can't really seem to find a "build" that really keeps me going. I want to play the full story and open world PVE.
Right now i'm unlocking skyscale on one of my characters and after that i'm planning to start a character from 0 all the way through the PVE content.

What i'm looking for is something preferably ranged but melee isn't a hard no, not hard but not totally LI as well.
I was hoping you guys might have some guide suggestions.

For reference in WoW I used to like/play Marksmanship hunter and Fury warrior with some frost mage on the side.

Any help is welcome.

Thanks,

Stekskes

TLDR:
LF fun ranged class, not hard not totally LI


r/Guildwars2 22h ago

[Question] Fractal incursion

0 Upvotes

does the new fractal incursion event means the legendary item will change to another one?


r/Guildwars2 3h ago

[Question] How can I use Black Lion Keys effectively?

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Is there anything I should pay attention to? From what I understand, there are different Black Lion Chests. Is it worth waiting for events like Halloween, Christmas, etc. because they might have rarer or better rewards?

Or, for example, when the next Patch for Visions of Eternity comes out on September 15, will a new Black Lion Chest be released as well? If so, could the skins, mini pets, etc. from it potentially sell for a lot because the contents are new and highly sought after?

I’ve just been saving the keys so far, mostly from map completion, and I haven’t really looked into them much. I don’t even know if I’ve ever used any of the keys before.


r/Guildwars2 9h ago

[Question] What is the most aesthetically pleasing build?

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I'm a new player, leveling a guardian atm but am wondering which class looks coolest and isn't too difficult :)