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Scope out the Guild Wars 2 Dragonhunter summary

Eliot Lefebvre - May 11, 2015 28

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

Tina Lauro Pollock - May 10, 2015 203

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

Justin Olivetti - May 8, 2015 19

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

Justin Olivetti - May 8, 2015 6

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

Eliot Lefebvre - May 7, 2015 56

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

Tina Lauro Pollock - May 6, 2015 43

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

Justin Olivetti - May 6, 2015 18

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?

Justin Olivetti - May 5, 2015 32

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

Eliot Lefebvre - May 5, 2015 189

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?

Justin Olivetti - May 5, 2015 80

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

Justin Olivetti - May 4, 2015 66

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

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

Eliot Lefebvre - April 30, 2015 71

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

Bree Royce - April 29, 2015 47

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

Justin Olivetti - April 29, 2015 6

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...

Jukebox Heroes: Mists of Pandaria’s soundtrack

Justin Olivetti - April 28, 2015 10

I've always had mixed feelings about Western games putting out Asian-themed expansions and conjuring up a soundtrack to match. On one hand, we already...