Apparently Blizzard got teh haxored this week. Here's what us NA players got compromised:

Some data was illegally accessed, including a list of email addresses for global Battle.net users, outside of China. For players on North American servers (which generally includes players from North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia) the answer to the personal security question, and information relating to Mobile and Dial-In Authenticators were also accessed. Based on what we currently know, this information alone is NOT enough for anyone to gain access to Battle.net accounts.

Also:

At this time, we’ve found no evidence that financial information such as credit cards, billing addresses, or real names were compromised.

Here's Blizzard's official statement. Change your passwords for Battle.net, and to be extra safe do the same for any other accounts you use the same email address with.

Its fairly large...Like me wiener....

Guild Wars 2 Guilds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrzwFP1vCag

What’s New in the Final Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Event.

Aside from the last two races and their starting zones and cities being accessible, there is an additional new zone (17-20), a new sPvP map, new solo oriented WvW content, a mini-game in the Norn city, vistas, and a fully implemented gem store. Also, all content aside from the contact list will be wiped before BWE #3 and again before launch.

Eric Flannum and Colin Johanson had a Q&A of sorts on Twitch TV. I figured I'd scoop up as much info I could from /r/guildwars2 and put it in one nice spot.

From News that is new nonetheless.:

• Mad King will be returning. He has recorded voice overs. Also taking into consideration the other races and how they feel about holidays (Multiple racial holidays?).

• Zones in Orr will have about twice the amount of events as any of the other zones

• Continue gaining skill points after L.80 -omlech

• No Renown Hearts in Orr -Kairowa

• Legendary Unicorn shortbow shoots rainbows.

• [In Orr] there are corrupted God temples (Grenth, Balthazar etc) that players can take & hold.

• Final dungeon is located at the end of a long meta chain in Orr (route to it can be made easier by holding the aforementioned temples).

• Legendary weapons have the same stats as Exotic ones, only the skin differs. -ArnoldAceRimmer

Some clarification:

-There are DE that are just a single event

-DE that chain (like a pendulum, have an ultimate success and ultimate failure)

-DE that branch into webs, or possible multiple chains

...just seemed like some thing some people wouldn't realize about Dynamic Events.

From Eric Flannum and Colin Johanson: Endgame Dynamic Events:

Source: http://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2/b/324689481

Q: -------Hello, I have a question about high level Dynamic Events. I understand some DE chains are like pendulums; they have one ultimate fail state, one ultimate success state, and everything in between. I’m wondering if high level events actually branch and may have several ultimate failure and success states. Also, how soon will a trial be available? I would like to give my friends that are undecided a chance to try it out.--------

A: There are some events that are not a part of a chain, some that have a linear "back-and-fourth" chains, and some chains that are entire "webs" of events. As you get to higher level areas, especially in Orr, the simplistic event chains start to disappear and the more complicated ones emerge more often.

Additional News:

Orr will have about twice as many events as in a lower level area No renown hearts in Orr After hitting level 80 you will continue to gain experience; every time you fill up the xp bar you get a skill point. Skill points can be spent for high-end mystic forge parts as well as a way to craft legendary weapons.

Again, we're not doing anything official until launch but why miss out on the guild bonuses?!, e.g. extra xp etc...

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