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Points of Interest: Heart of Thorns Gameplay
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05 February 2015 - 06:12 PM Posted By davadude 0 Comments

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Points of Interest: Heart of Thorns Gameplay

Arenanet has announced that tomorrow's Points of Interest stream show will be the first look at Heart of Thorns gameplay. Some gameplay and overviews will be shown of both zones.

I’m back from our announcement at PAX South and ready to talk about Heart of Thorns! I loved the overview of all the major features, and I want to see more. Thankfully, this week’s dev guests are coming to the rescue. Expansion Content Designers Steve Hwang and Anthony Ordon are joining me tomorrow on Points of Interest for our first look at Heart of Thorns gameplay!

They’ll venture into the Maguuma Jungle to show you one of the adventures we heard about earlier this week. Plus, they’ll discuss how some of the systems work.

Today, a blog post was also launched regarding the mastery system, informing us about information and styles found in the new mastery system.

Through Masteries, players who’ve reached level 80 will have the opportunity to continue their journey by acquiring powerful new abilities for their entire account. Masteries are the way you will progress after reaching level 80 in PvE, but they’re quite a bit different than traditional progression, so let’s take a closer look at exactly how this new system will work.

Journey into the Heart of Maguuma in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
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04 February 2015 - 06:13 PM Posted By davadude 8 Comments

Journey into the Heart of Maguuma in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns

Arenanet has just released a blog post with a video that shows off and describes the design process behind the new Maguuma maps in Heart of Thorns. The blog post outlines how their old map design compares to these new maps, what activities and outposts are now and how they are being changed, and that the expansion's maps are focused on replayable, challenging content.

One of our focuses in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is to provide truly challenging content for our players to overcome. Within the jungle, you’ll encounter entirely new species, creatures, and bosses that are more advanced than the encounters we’ve introduced in the past. These encounters will require greater skills and tactics to overcome, whether you’re adventuring through our jungle on your own or with a party. Not only are we presenting these new challenges throughout the outposts and adventures you’ll find in the jungle, but they’ll also be layered across other types of content experiences. As we get closer to the release of the expansion, we’ll come back and give specific details on the new types of challenging group encounters we’ll be introducing to Guild Wars 2 and explain how these new types of challenges work within the Guild Wars 2 content experience.

You can find the full blog post on the official Guild Wars 2 website.

Current Trait Unlock system will be removed in Heart of Thorns
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26 January 2015 - 06:17 PM Posted By davadude 19 Comments

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Current Trait Unlock system will be removed in Heart of Thorns

Arenanet has just confirmed on their official forums that the current trait unlock system, which requires players to complete specific events or activites to earn them, will be removed in the upcoming Heart of Thorns expansion. It was also confirmed that other grind/annoyance-based progression systems are being evaluated to be placed in the mastery system.

The mastery system has been confirmed to be account bound, meaning traits will also become account bound.

It has also been confirmed that masteries will be removing some other RNG/grind based system, including the acquisition of a precursor weapon.

Now that the HOT is out of the bag, we’re able to update this thread with more details. With the introduction of the new account based mastery system for end-game progression and growth in PvE, we’ll also be re-evaluating our other systems of character progression to ensure they match our over-all pillars and goals for Gw2.

In doing so: we’re going to be removing the current trait unlocking system currently on live and replacing it with a more simplified system that supports where skills-traits-specializations are going in the future. We’ll go into more details between now and the release of HOT on how skills, traits, and specializations will work in the new Gw2 world.

[LIVE] The big, PAX round-up topic.
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24 January 2015 - 04:06 PM Posted By davadude 34 Comments

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The big, PAX round-up topic

Today, Arenanet is presenting their heart of thorns panel. This thread will be updated with all announcements, important quotes, and information that is relevant. If you wish to view the panel, you can view it on the official twitch channel. Be sure to refresh this thread a lot... prepare your F5 keys!

Status:  Conference Finished.  All time are in GMT +1.

18:20 - Official trailer reveals new weapons for existing professions incoming.

18:18 - Official website.

18:17 - Colin leaves the stage.

18:15 - Heart of Thorns is "about the journey."

18:14 - Guild Hall is much more than what it has been.  It's a home and gathering location for guilds.  Guild Halls provide great adventures, a new sort of raids.  Guild Halls act as bases and are grown through those raids.

18:14 - Guild Halls confirmed.

18:14 - Stronghold allows teams to register as guild teams.  Guild teams are for leaderboards between Guilds.

18:13 - Guild versus Guild confirmed.

18:12 - Stronghold is a mode based on GvG, except for teams, and with buyable AI.

18:11 - Brand new sPvP game mode called Stronghold announced.

18:10 - Core world versus world will be changed to force worlds to hold objectives.

18:08 - New World versus World borderlands map confirmed.

18:06 - Revenant channels anicent Guild Wars heroes.  One channeling hero is King Jalies, granting the power of the great dwarf to the revenant.  Another hero is Mallyx the Unyielding, which can be channeled to use conditions and turn them against the enemies.

18:05 - Revenant profession allows control over the powers of the mists, Rytlock first revenant.

18:04 - Revenant profession confirmed, heavy.

18:03 - Another specialization:  "Why do all necromancers get greatswords?  It's another specialization!"

18:02 - Specializations allow each profession to learn one trait or mechanic that are not part of the core, almost like a second profession.  Colin Johanson gives an example:  "Rangers in the jungle should be able to master jungle connection elements.  So, a ranger can learn the ways of the druid.  When a ranger learns the druid mechanics, they can use the staff and learn new profession utility skill, healing skills, and mechanics."

18:01 - Brand new legendaries and precursors part of the expansion.

18:00 - Precursor crafting confirmed.

17:59 - Collections and crafting are also part of mastery.

17:57 - There will be mastery chains that focus on combo and combat changes.

17:57 - Another mastery is the ability to master languages of civilizations in the jungle, and gain lore.

17:56 - Hang gliders confirmed as a mastery trait.

17:54 - All level 80 character get masteries.  All masteries must be earned once, and are account bound upon unlocking/mastering.

17:53 - Heart of Thorns takes and focuses on the concept of bringing players together... making others should make you happy, according to Colin.

17:51 - The end of the Guild Wars one story is the start of the heart of thorns expansion.

17:50 - Maguuma region are incoming.  Deemed "area."  Consists of three biomes... the roots, the canopy, and the heart.

17:48 - Colin will go through all major features in the expansion.

17:47 - Colin "colinsmile" Johanson incoming, Mike O'Brien thanks fans for loyalty and patience.

17:46 - Heart of Thorns is not about loose features, it's one huge feature chain.

17:46 - Profession Specializations announced.

17:45 - New Group challenges are based on mastery mastery.

17:44 - Maguuma Jungle is a vertical environment.

17:43 - Masteries announced.  New character progression system.

17:42 - Max level characters with top-tier gear now will remain that way at the end of the expansion.

17:41 - O'Brien discusses problem with modern expansions:  gear and loot tiers, character degression.

17:40 - Mike O'Brien mentions GW2 development, from manifesto, to 40 LS updates, to now.

17:37 - Mike O'Brien confirms expansion.

17:36 - Trailer ended... contains flying combat, huge new zones.

17:34 - Trailer.

17:33 - "Mordremoth in Maguuma Jungle, so that's where we're heading next."

17:32 - Recap of season 2.

17:30 - Conference started.  Boomstick orchestra welcome Mike O'Brien.

17:28 - Ambient loading screen ends the pre-show.  Preparing for conference.

17:27 - Boom stick orchestra prepares for conference.

17:16- Arenanet's Rubi Bayer confirms that that next weeks' point of interests show will be a more in-depth look at many announcement of Heart of Thorns.

17:13 - Live Stream has begun, with Jennifer Hale (the voice of Queen Jennah, among many) doing some pre-show speculation.  Discussion is about the amount of people and audience polling. Back to Top

PSA: Arenanet aware of ongoing disconnection issues, stay tuned to Guru for a liveblog
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24 January 2015 - 11:51 AM Posted By davadude 0 Comments

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PSA: Arenanet aware of ongoing disconnection issues

As Arenanet prepares to announce what comes beyond the point of no return, their servers have also reached the point of no return and are throwing gamers out of the game with constant disconnects. This issue has been ongoing for 12 hours since the evening of the 23rd of January. Arenanet has updated players stating they are working on a hotfix for the issue, and that this is a problem on their end

We are aware of some connectivity issues for players, and are working on a solution. Thank you for your understanding and patience. ^RD

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PAX South Pass Opportunity
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19 January 2015 - 09:12 PM Posted By Neo Nugget 4 Comments

In an effort to fuel the hype train even more, ArenaNet has given us ten single day badges for PAX South this Saturday. And since we love you all so much, we're giving them to you guys. Though keep in mind there are a few points to consider before you place dibs on a pass.

You need to already have the means to attend the San Antonio, Texas area for the convention. The passes will be on hold for you at will call at the convention center.
In order to claim the pass at will call, you will need a valid government issued ID.
ArenaNet is having a panel on Saturday at 10:30am, so you'll need to be our eyes and ears. Post whatever juicy bits of info you can on your return, and you'll no doubt be praised as a god.

Also, you need to post in this thread by 11:59 PM Tuesday (yes, tomorrow) so we can give your name to ArenaNet in time. There are only ten badges available, so make sure you post sooner rather than later if you want one. (Note: I will edit your post saying your pass is reserved.)

If you have any questions, let me know via private message and I'll do my best to answer them.

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Preview of Upcoming Balance Changes
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16 January 2015 - 05:43 PM Posted By davadude 12 Comments

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Preview of Upcoming Balance Changes

Arenanet has provided a preview of the upcoming balance changes for the 27 January 2015 patch. The changes in this patch were made with "future content" in mind. You can find the official post here.

The January 27 release will bring a number of general balance and profession changes to Tyria. We’d like to take a few moments to give some context to those changes and explain why some things are being changed in the ways that they are.

Balance Changes:

Spoiler

General Changes:

Might

Might is an exceptionally strong boon, currently providing a total of 875 power and condition damage if stacked to its full potential. This makes might one of the biggest single sources of damage enhancement available to players. With this update, we’ll slightly tone down the overall benefit of might as well as target a few specific items that augment might gain.

Might: The power and condition damage provided by this boon have been reduced from 35 per stack to 30.

Confusion

Along with the change to might, we are also looking at the confusion condition in PvE. Confused creatures generally don’t swing as often, and the effects of the condition can feel a bit lackluster when they hit. To this end, we’ll improve the damage of confusion in PvE only.

Confusion: The effect of condition damage on confusion has been increased by 33% in PvE only. This change does not affect PvP or WvW.

Items

We’ll tone down the effects of a couple of specific items with the potential to far exceed the role they’re expected to fill.

Superior Sigil of Battle: The amount of might granted from this item has been reduced from 3 stacks to 2 stacks. The duration remains at 20 seconds.
Major Sigil of Battle: The amount of might granted from this item has been reduced from 2 stacks to 1 stack. The duration remains at 20 seconds.
Rune of the Nightmare: The duration of fear applied from the sixth piece of this rune has been reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second. Its recharge has been reduced from 90 seconds to 60 seconds.

Structured Player vs. Player

The following items will now be available for use in Structured Player vs. Player:

Rune of Scavenging:
- (1) +25 Condition Damage
- (2) 25% chance when struck to cause your next attack to steal life. (Cooldown: 25s)
- (3) +50 Condition Damage
- (4) After using your healing skill, your next attack steals health. (Cooldown: 10s)
- (5) +100 Condition Damage
- (6) 7% of vitality is converted to condition damage.
Superior Sigil of Torment:
- 50% chance on critical: Apply AoE torment (5 seconds, 180 radius). (Cooldown: 5 seconds)
Sentinel Amulet:
- +650 power, +650 toughness, +932 vitality

Profession Changes:

With the changes to might coming down the pike, the profession-specific updates this time around will be a bit more focused on the general usability of certain skills, with targeted reductions on outlier skills. You’ll see changes listed below that will make skills more reliable and effective, and in some cases, return them to regular use across PvE, WvW, and PvP.
Elementalist:

Drake’s Breath: Burning applied from this skill has been reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds per pulse.
- Dev note: Burning time from this skill allowed for extremely long burning durations with a single skill use. This change still allows a long burning duration but requires a little more upkeep to maintain it.
Lightning Whip: The point at which the first and second attacks of Lightning Whip execute have been moved further into the total casting time. The amount of aftercast has been reduced by .2 seconds. To compensate for an increased attack-rate potential, the damage of this skill has been reduced by 10%. When Lightning Whip is used with a Signet of Restoration, the player will only receive healing if the second attack executes.
- Dev note: We’ve been able to clean up Lightning Whip a bit, preventing it from being exploited while rewarding elementalists for completing the attack.
Comet: The radius of this skill has been increased from 120 to 180.
- Dev note: It’s now much easier to land this skill on moving targets!
Shatterstone: The casting time of this skill has been reduced by 22%.
- Dev note: The overall time that the stone takes to shatter remains the same, but you’ll now be able to activate skills a bit sooner.
Dust Devil: The velocity of this skill’s projectile has been increased by 66%.
- Dev note: This is a simple usability improvement that allows this skill to hit more reliably.

Engineer:

Shrapnel Grenade: Bleed duration on this skill has been reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
- Dev note: This is a small decrease in bleeding duration, as the current duration for all bleeding this applies is a little high.
Throw Mine: The proximity trigger for this skill has been increased from a range of 60 to 120. Additionally, the explosion radius has been increased from 180 to 240.
- Dev note: We want to define the thrown mine a little more and ensure that it has a much more noticeable impact than other mines in the engineer’s arsenal.
Launch Personal Battering Ram: This skill now has a 1 second daze.
- Dev note: The personal battering ram is a gadget that is all about disrupting enemies. This change to the tool-belt skill helps push it toward that role.

Guardian:

Litany of Wrath: The percentage of health returned from this skill has been increased from 20% to 25%. The aftercast of this skill has also been reduced by 0.5 seconds.
- Dev note: In addition to gaining a little more healing from this skill, guardians will be able to use skills much sooner after casting it.
Shield of Judgment: The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
- Dev note: This change is a general usability improvement for the shield overall.
Shield of Absorption: The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
- Dev note: Same as above!
Zealot’s Fire: The increased cooldown component has been removed.
- Dev note: This penalty felt unnecessary and it wasn’t fun.

Mesmer:

Deception: This downed-state skill no longer requires a target in order to cast.
- Dev note: This will allow for mesmers to better use their survival skill when facing an opponent using stealth.
Phantasmal Mage: The illusionary mage summoned by this skill now applies 4 stacks of confusion instead of 3 with their attack. The duration of the confusion has been increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds. The illusionary mage’s rate of fire has been reduced by 1 second.
- Dev note: This change should improve the overall pressure applied by the mage.
Confusing Images: The duration of confusion from this skill has been increased from 5 seconds to 7 seconds.
- Dev note: This skill is all about confusion, and we feel that if you’re able to successfully land it, enemies should feel the pain!
Time Warp: The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 210 seconds to 180 seconds.
- Dev note: This is a general usability improvement to give mesmers a better support option for allies.
Illusion of Life: The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 130 seconds to 120 seconds.
- Dev note: Further improvements in support!
Phantasmal Defender: The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
- Dev note: This reduction should increase survivability a bit by enabling the defender to be active more often.

Necromancer:

Locust Swarm: The casting time of this skill has been reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds.
- Dev note: This change will give necromancers a bit more mobility.
Corrosive Poison Cloud: The casting time of this skill has been reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds. The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
- Dev note: Because this skill has a subtle effect, we wanted to be able to cast it quickly. We also wanted to allow it to be cast more frequently so necromancers can use it for more consistent (though less damaging) area denial.
Signet of the Locust: The cooldown of this skill has been reduced from 60 to 40 seconds. Base healing has been increased by 4%, fixing an issue that caused the Bloodthirst trait to grant 25% bonus healing rather than the 20% intended. The bonus from healing power has been increased by 108% base, 100% when traited with Bloodthirst.
- Dev note: We wanted to reduce the penalty for using the active portion of the skill and also improve the reward for having healing power.
Signet of Undeath: The passive life-force gain of this skill has been increased from 1% to 2%.
- Dev note: While this remains a low amount, we’re looking to provide more options for support when necromancers use this signet.

Ranger:

Throw Torch: The projectile travel speed of this skill has been increased by 25%.
- Dev note: A little torch love and general usability improvement.
Bonfire: The base area of effect of this skill has been increased from 120 to 180.
- Dev note: Like Throw Torch, we felt this area of effect needed to be a bit bigger so that there’s room to roll around and have a little more area denial.
Hunter’s Call: The casting time of this skill has been reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1 second.
- Dev note: We’re looking at giving a bit more responsiveness to the ranger’s warhorn abilities.
Call of the Wild: The cooldown of this skill has been reduced from 35 seconds to 30 seconds.
- Dev note: Reducing the cooldown of this skill will allow for a bit more frequent support to allies.
Heal as One: The casting time of this skill has been reduced from 1.25 seconds to 1 second.
- Dev note: This change will bring the skill a little more in line with other healing skills with similar potential.

Thief:

Blinding Power: This skill no longer interrupts your own skills.
- Dev note: We feel that removing the skill-canceling nature of this skill will improve the overall value of the skill and provide better potential for both damage and support.
Dancing Dagger: The projectile speed from this skill has been increased by 33%.
- Dev note: This skill is intended to help thieves catch their enemies, which is pretty hard to do if the daggers are slow.
Needle Trap: The bleed duration of this skill has been increased from 3 seconds to 10 seconds.
- Dev note: As a condition-based trap, we felt that the damage portion was underperforming by quite a bit and could use some help in that area.
Shadow Pursuit: The duration of might granted from this skill has been increased from 5 seconds to 10 seconds.
- Dev note: This trap is quite difficult to use and can be disorienting when activated. As such, we wanted to further reward thieves for using this skill.
Invigorating Precision: The health gain from this trait on a critical strike has been increased from 8% of damage dealt to 15%.
- Dev note: This trait was very hard pressed to return health of much value, so we increased the amount of health rewarded by a significant percentage.

Warrior:

Kill Shot: The casting time of this skill has been reduced from 1.75 seconds to 1.25 seconds.
- Dev note: This skill has traditionally been extremely difficult to land on enemies. Our goal with this change is to make the skill easier to land while leaving all of the indicators in place that a burst skill is going to occur.
Brutal Shot: The casting time of this skill has been reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds.
- Dev note: This is a general usability improvement, which will allow for the skill to be cast quickly so warriors can use higher-value skills faster.
Arcing Slice: The damage from this skill has been increased by 10%.
- Dev note: Now that this new skill has had a little bit of play, we feel like it’s possible to give this burst skill a little more damage potential.
Rush: Adjusted the animation and attack radius of this skill to hit much more consistently.
- Dev note: The swinging portion of this skill will now activate much farther away from your target and carry you to them—much like other leap skills behave.

Update Notes for 01/13/2015: Point of No Return
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13 January 2015 - 06:39 PM Posted By Khalija 9 Comments

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LIVING WORLD
Point of No Return
Heroes stand at a precipice as Tyria hurtles toward a point of no return. The Pact Fleet is poised to launch its assault on Mordremoth. The search for Caithe—and Glint’s egg—is narrowing, yet the future is uncertain. What answers will be revealed inside the cave?

Achievements
After completing Point of No Return, showcase your tactical mastery as a hero of Tyria by completing challenging, episode-related achievements.

Rewards

Players can now complete their Carapace and Luminescent armor sets!
- Collect Carapace Headgear Boxes by completing the Point of No Return episode. Additional boxes can be purchased for bandit crests.
- Collect Carapace Coat Boxes by defeating the imposing Mordrem Vinewrath.
Complete the Bioluminescence collection to receive a new title, a choice of ascended armor pieces, and five transmutation charges.
Want some help completing your Luminescent boots and leg armor? Mordrem spleen and bladder extractors are now available for purchase with bandit crests.
Complete the Point of No Return episode to receive various rewards, including a bandit chest for your home instance!
Players who go up against the Mordrem Vinewrath will receive the Hero of the Wastes boon that grants 50% bonus magic find and extra bandit crests from various events throughout the map.

BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH
Profession Skills
Guardian

Hammer Swing / Hammer Bash: Fixed a bug that prevented the Number of Targets facts on these skills from displaying.
Sanctuary: Fixed a bug that caused the Master of Consecrations trait to create a duplicate skill fact.

Mesmer

Illusionary Leap: Removed the ability to use this skill in midair.

Necromancer

Lich Form:
- Deathly Claws: Added a Pierces skill fact.
- Marked for Death: Updated the Damage skill fact to correctly scale with the Spiteful Marks trait.

Ranger

Piercing Arrows: Added Pierces and Targets per Arrow skill facts.
Mighty Swap: Added a Combat Only trait fact.
Vigorous Training: Added a Combat Only trait fact.

Warrior

Fan of Fire: Added Pierces and Targets per Arrow skill facts.
Combustive Shot: Fixed a bug that caused the Damage skill fact to display a lower amount than the actual damage when Burst Mastery was equipped.

Structured Player vs. Player

Adjusted matchmaking for parties with higher-skilled players.
Added an accumulating grace period for disconnects, allowing players to reconnect and finish the game without receiving dishonor or taking a loss.
Losses will not count toward the leaderboard standings if a teammate outside your party has deserted.
Party members will receive a desertion leaderboard standing if a member of their party has deserted the game, but only the deserting player will receive dishonor.
Matchmaking ratings will not be updated if a game has player desertions.
Fixed a bug that prevented players from properly leaving a queue.
Fixed a bug that caused players to receive dishonor multiple times for the same infraction.

The winter PvP Ladder Test Season has ended. The following rewards will be distributed to players based on their leaderboard position at end of the season:

The top 5 players in each region will receive two pieces of Glorious Hero’s armor and one Mini Llama.
The top 20 players in each region will receive one piece of Glorious Hero’s armor and one Mini Llama.
The top 250 players in each region will receive one Mini Llama.

World vs. World

The Toxic Unveiling Volley skill no longer displays on an arrow cart’s skill bar until the skill has been unlocked.
Updated guild arrow cart skill damage tooltips to properly reflect their superior level of damage.
The WvW Sneak Attack special event has completed.
- Player kills no longer score 1 point. Finishing a player while your world has Borderlands Bloodlust will award 1 point.
- Objectives under attack will now display the white crossed-swords icon in World vs. World.

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions

Mini Rox is now available in the Toys category of the Gem Store for 350 gems.
A new Mordrem weapon set is available from the Black Lion Weapon Specialist for the limited-time price of 1 Black Lion Claim Ticket. Tickets and ticket scraps can be found in Black Lion Chests.
The new Ghostly Mail Courier mail carrier is available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 500 gems.
New exclusive colors for hair and eyes are now included in Total Makeover Kits, available in the Services category of the Gem Store for 350 gems.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug in which finishers would sometimes reset to the default finisher after interaction with the Hero panel.

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Point of No Return Trailer and T-shirt Contest
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06 January 2015 - 07:15 PM Posted By Neo Nugget 19 Comments

Wintersday has come and gone, as has its fun and cheer. Now it's time for the Living Story to continue as the plot thickens with the Point of No Return. The teaser trailer in all its glory can be seen below.

Yep. Get hyped.

We also have a contest to run alongside the new chapter. ArenaNet has provided us with 20 Rytlock Brimstone t-shirts to give away to those who prove themselves this next week.

Silverwastes Screenshot Contest (10 Winners): Post a selfie with a Mordremoth vine, or grab a shot of the most breathtaking vista in the Silverwastes. Anything from episodes 5-8 are fair game.
Haiku Contest (10 Winners): Mordremoth, oh why; Your vines just broke that waypoint; Now I have to walk.

Contest Rules

T-shirt shipping limited to North America.
Original entries must be posted in this thread by midnight PST on January 13th, 2015 (patch day!).

Arenanet PAX South appearance
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31 December 2014 - 10:57 AM Posted By davadude 30 Comments

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Arenanet PAX South appearance

The Penny Arcade Expo (shorthand PAX) has confirmed that Arenanet's president and founder Mike O'Brien will be appearing with game director Colin Johanson to discuss what is happening with Guild Wars 2 after the Living Story patch of the 13th of January, which is deemed to be "the point of no return." The panel will take place on the 24th of January 2015. You can read more about this on the PAX announcement page.

The panel description hints at new information regarding the game and its updates for the post-season 2 timetable. The final release for season 2 drops the 13th of January 2015.

Join ArenaNet president and co-founder Mike O’Brien and Guild Wars 2 game director Colin Johanson for an exclusive sneak peek at what’s next in Guild Wars 2 and be among the first to hear how we’re setting up a new framework for how an MMO can grow its universe. The Living World was just the beginning.

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