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Here’s the neat part

Here’s the neat part – most professions generally build themselves out to focus on one thing or another. For instance, a guardian may build itself out to be a point defender, focusing on wards, defense, and support. While they can switch weapons, their utility skills and the weapons they’ll switch between will focus primarily on […]

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Guild Wars 2 has a total of five trait lines

Minor Traits Stone Flesh (5 Points): Gain 1 toughness per level while attuned to earth. This is obviously 80 extra toughness at level 80 which is a fair amount. Earthen Blast (15 Points): Does damage and cripples foes when you switch to the earth attunement. This one is actually really nifty for gaining distance. Enduring […]

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Guild Wars 2 has some unique abilities

To steal, the Thief activates the ability by pressing F1, which allows the Thief to shadowstep up to the foe and steal the item. The range for stealing is a healthy 900 with a cooldown of 45 seconds. Once you’ve stolen from a foe, you can use the item gained by hitting F1 again. Each […]

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A thief starts out with a base amount

A thief starts out with a base amount of 12 initiative in Guild Wars 2, which is shown on your hotbar as a row of diamonds directly above your weapon skills. This can be expanded to a total of 15 initiative if you pursue the Trickery trait line. Once you start using your initiative, the […]

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The game of life Utility Skills

Utility Skills Infiltrator’s Signet – Passive: Regenerates one extra initiative every 10 seconds. Active: Shadowstep to foe Roll for Initiative – Evade backwards to regain initiative and recover from crippled, chilled, and immobile As you can see, there are quite a few skills and traits that impact initiative for the thief. No matter what your […]

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Warriors are an incredibly versatile profession

Don’t let the use of heavy armor fool you; the warrior can also be one of the most highly mobile professions, pairing particularly well with their ability to hinder the movement capabilities of foes. This combination greatly reduces the all too common issue for melee classes in MMOs where you can dish out a lot […]

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Guild Wars 2 Detailed Data and Design

MMO player and writer Ravious over at Kill Ten Rats knows how to ask the hard questions. Questions that other journalists are afraid to ask. Questions like, “If you were omniscient with regard to all corollary Guild Wars 2 data (including player emotion, all chat including voice chat, current snacks eaten, etc.), what crazy thing […]

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Black Lion Trading Company Black Friday Weekend Sales!

The spectacular one-time world event is now live! Unravel a monstrous mystery and defend Tyria from a formidable new threat – the karka! You’ll face brand-new creatures, earn cool new rewards, discover a brand-new island map, explore the new Fractals of the Mists dungeon, and more! This weekend event, which culminates in an epic showdown […]

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Chris Whiteside on the Lost Shores and Beyond

Last weekend we released our free Lost Shores mini-expansion, which introduced a new level 80 map, a brand new PvP map, over 400 new items and rewards,  as well as The Fractals of the Mists—an infinite dungeon that increases in difficulty the deeper you progress. We’re very excited about the new content, and from the […]

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Guildwars2 gold supply confirmed a system

Guildwars2 design game rushed off points level players in Guildwars2 inside players in each level inside fraction of the level, the player’s level of assessment, if the player reaches a certain level, we Guildwars2 system will be presented toplayers like weapons and equipment, and gift Guild Wars 2 Gold, players can take advantage of these […]