guild wars 2

Official Site: Guild Wars 2
Studio: ArenaNet/NCsoft
Launch Date: August 28, 2012
Genre: Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid B2P (Cash Shop, No Sub, Paid Expansions)
Platform: PC

Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #18-13

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Last week we were off to a great start as we listened to the first batch of player-voted favorite MMO themes. As I said...

Fan creates Guild Wars 2 themed collectible card game

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Ever been playing Guild Wars 2 and thought to yourself, wouldn't I rather be playing a card game? UK-based designer and developer Luke Dowding...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 109: We are all Dragonborn

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Justin and Bree discuss our PAX awards, Guild Wars 2, Wizard101, WoW, LOTRO, DDO, The Repopulation, EverQuest, Eternal Crusade, and Pathfinder, with mailbag questions on Funcom's mystery game and Landmark-like sandboxes.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Creating a better balance in Guild Wars 2 raiding

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One of the major concerns aired by the Guild Wars 2 playerbase regarding raid content is the risk of juicy raid-only story details being gated...

The Daily Grind: Do you roll multiple MMO characters of the same class?

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I'm closing in on "done" -- my own peculiar version of done, anyway -- on my ninth character in Guild Wars 2. I've rolled...

Tamriel Infinium: Battlegrounds will change Elder Scrolls Online PvP forever

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I've read all the impressions from the PAX East show that I could find, and they were all overwhelmingly mild -- including ours. As you...

Guild Wars 2’s new WeLoveFine team-up licenses player swag designs

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How many quaggan can you fit on a t-shirt? That's a question I hope we soon find the answer to, as ArenaNet announced this week...
I'm cutting it down.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 107: Dark Knight rises

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW, Torment, Black Desert, Age of Conan and Anarchy Online maintenance mode, WildStar, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Path of Exile, and Revelation Online's soft launch, with mailbag questions on console vs. PC MMO fans and dealing with immersion-breaking mounts.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Getting to grips with Guild Wars 2’s Bastion of the Penitent

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ArenaNet launched a new standalone raid tier, dubbed Bastion of the Penitent, alongside The Head of the Snake Living World chapter, but I've not...

The MOP Up: MMOs make math fun (March 5, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Guild Wars 2 peeks behind-the-scenes at its ‘chess raid’

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How does chess factor into MMORPGs? When it comes to Guild Wars 2's newest raid, Bastion of the Penitent, the age-old tabletop game was...

Battle Bards Episode 93: It’s a madhouse!

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It’s taken this long, but the Battle Bards have gone completely and irreversibly insane in the membrane! Today the team cracks open the door...
Could be going better.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 106: Ready to relaunch

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Justin and Bree discuss The Secret World's relaunch, Landmark's sunset, ESO: Morrowind, Albion Online, Guild Wars 2, Ship of Heroes, and Champions Online, with a mailbag questions on ESO and multiplayer immersion.

The Daily Grind: How might your favorite MMO capitalize on nostalgia?

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It would be an understatement for me to say that I'm stupidly excited to see Morrowind come to The Elder Scrolls Online this summer....
GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORIA

Guild Wars 2 drops a big skill balance patch

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Could you feel that? There's been a disturbance in the forums, as if dozens of Guild Wars 2 skills cried out in terror... and...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s The Head of the Snake

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Now that I've had a little time to sink my hours into completing the episode after my initial impressions piece two weeks ago, I'm...

One Shots: I am no man!

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The big screenshot challenge last week was to capture action, not just still shots, in MMORPGs. This is tricker than it sounds, because you...

Guild Wars 2 Art Director Daniel Dociu is leaving ArenaNet

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Yesterday, ArenaNet's Mike O'Brien announced to forumgoers that longtime studio Art Director Daniel Dociu "will be leaving ArenaNet" and Guild Wars 2. "Daniel Dociu will...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 104: WoW Token resistance

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Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, WoW tokens, Ashes of Creation, Guild Wars 2, and Revelation Online, plus financials on Blizzard, NCsoft, Nexon, Square, and Funcom, with a mailbag question on playing what you love vs. going with the crowd.

Massively OP’s guide to Valentine’s Day around the MMORPG verse

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Ready for sappy questlines, particle effects that look like hearts, and lots -- and I do mean lots -- of pink? Valentine's day has...

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