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Guild Wars 2’s ‘movie monster’ Necromancer spec outlined

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Did you miss Guild Wars 2's Points of Interest stream on Friday? Me too. Every game seems to stream on Friday, and it's hard...

One Shots: Nothing to see here, move along

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Do you ever stop to realize just how much weirdness we see and dismiss every day as MMO gamers? If a fraction of the...
You can go ahead and fear me, really.

Guild Wars 2 unveils the Necromancer elite spec, the Reaper

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Under normal circumstances, Guild Wars 2 Necromancers have a pretty decisive philosophy of not getting involved in melee. It makes sense, after all. These...
All right, the Lopp have some chops here too.

NCsoft Q1 2015: Growth for Guild Wars 2, further deflation for WildStar

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NCsoft's first quarter financial report is out, and... you know, let's start with the good news. Guild Wars 2 is making the company more...

Tamriel Infinium: A guide to Elder Scrolls Online’s combat basics

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I was looking back through some of my posts about the Elder Scrolls Online, and I noticed that I've mentioned combat quite a bit....

Guild Wars 2 gives us a glimpse of the Necromancer’s elite spec

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Another week, another reveal of the next elite specialization reveal for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. If this new piece of teased concept...
We were the kings and queens of promise.

Scope out the Guild Wars 2 Dragonhunter summary

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You can't play a Dragonhunter Guardian in Guild Wars 2 right now no matter how much you might want to be wielding a bow...

MMO Mechanics: Three favourite action combat systems

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Virtually every MMO contains dangerous places that are filled with other players or NPCs that will attack characters on site, and many also feature...

Echo of Soul trailer puts the spotlight on PvP

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Don't worry, PvP people -- Echo of Soul isn't going to leave you high and dry. The now-in-closed-beta Korean MMO has released a new video...

Guild Wars 2 initially aims for a small desert borderlands WvW test

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Even as Guild Wars 2 players are diligently farming zones in the hopes of obtaining a Heart of Thorns PvE beta key, ArenaNet is...

Guild Wars 2 unveils the Guardian elite spec: Dragonhunter

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Here we are in the wilds of Guild Wars 2 once again, and you can see we've got a big old dragon right there....

Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s beta drop RNG

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Never before have I seen Guild Wars 2's Dry Top and the Silverwastes hive with such activity as we've seen this week. In case...

Plan out your Guild Wars 2 specializations with this tool

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One of the big changes coming with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is the revamp of the trait system into the new specializations....

Global Chat: What happens to original MMOs when they get sequels?

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Telwyn at GamingSF asks a question that I've contemplated from time to time: When an MMO gets a sequel, what happens to the original...

ArenaNet strips, kills, deletes, and bans Guild Wars 2 cheater

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Today's lesson is that you shouldn't cheat in online games. Alas, a Guild Wars 2 character had to die to provide this valuable information...

The Daily Grind: Should more MMOs include advanced classes?

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One of the very first RPGs that I played was Final Fantasy for the NES. I remember pouring over the manual at my friend's...

Guild Wars 2 hints at bow-using Guardian elite spec

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The next elite specialization for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns may be out of the bag, as ArenaNet posted a new piece of...
If I could turn back time.

Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns’ first elite spec is the Chronomancer

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Let's talk history for a moment. Before Guild Wars 2 was a thing, before it was even an idea, the team at ArenaNet was working...

Working As Intended: Ten lessons I learned from classic Guild Wars

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Guild Wars -- the first Guild Wars -- celebrates its 10th birthday this week alongside several of my characters who are equally old. I originally...

Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns beta FAQ clears the air

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Guild Wars 2's beta test for the Heart of Thorns expansion is one of the hottest tickets in town this spring. Because of this, there's...

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