I was standing in Lions Arch about to start crafting when I received a random group invite and message from a fellow Ranger/Soulbeast, "follow me to charm pets."

He had me at pets.

I jumped into his giant turtle mount thing and next thing I know we are bouncing around different zones as he shows me areas around Tyria to charm animals.

I even got to ride in his cool boat!

Shoutout to Turtle Trekker for the random Ranger adventure.

The GW2 community is unmatched. I only started playing a few weeks ago, and I'm hooked on the game but it's the friendliness of the community that really blows my mind. Love to see it.

I can’t believe I didn’t try this game sooner. I recently started playing GW2 not because of the GW3 announcement, but because I’d started dreading logging into WoW TBC to raid. It was my first real attempt at TBC content, actually raiding and doing something meaningful, and I just hit a wall with it. Someone suggested GW2 since it’s F2P, so I gave it a shot.
I’m currently level 54 and completely hooked. The exploration, the build systems, the story quests, the adventure guide, crafting I love all of it, just experiencing something new. The other night I was just out mining, still getting the hang of crafting, when a world event popped up out of nowhere. There were 50+ players all fighting through it together, then another event or boss spawned right after, and it turned into this fun, insane chaotic fight.
I haven’t been this excited about a video game in a long time.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ hopefully it stays till and through 80.

I finished icebrood and I am at a genuine loss for words. Anyways crecia time!

Starting around icebrood saga and onwads the maps are flooded with events. (somtimes its hard to just chill and enjoy the wrold lol)

From End of dragons there are visibly less players around.

Either ppl ignore events or there are not enough ppl to do them.

Theres way too many currencies.

Its hard to follow metas on later maps if you dont have skyscale.

All the zones are visibly more detailed than in the base game, but i still like the slower vibes of the old zones more.

The timers for events are way to short. Especially when there are not enough players to do them. Also some objectives require way too much time for what is given to you. For example destroy 10 "things" and each have hp of an elite monster. And the timer is like 6 minutes. Theres barely any time to do that.

Achievemnts are confusing and are hard to follow. the whole achievemnt page needs a rework imo.

Theres no tutorial to crafting or any intruduction that it exists at all. apart from some drops but yeah.

Once you get skyscale and warclaw, the other mounts became obsolete. Except griffon in some situations.

Getting soto skyscale is almost impssible for ppl that have limited game time. Some metas are practically dead, and if not for my summer break i would never get my skyscale.

All this may seem like i think negatively about the game but quite the opposive i absolutely love it. I just wish that there was either more ppl doing stuff or bigger possibility to do stuff yourself. Also less clutter with the curriencies, more quality of life, more tutorials. Refreshement of achievemnts and mounts and we good.

Thats how i feel about the game atm. Cant wait for the future stuff :D

With non-WvW people basically get 2 free GoB's with the WvW rush event, it would be awesome to somehow get an equivalent gift of exploration event for non-open world players! I have too many unmade leg starter kits because I'll never be able to finish map completion again

I know the time equivalency isn't the exact same, so would this look like to you and how would you make it 'fair'?

Looking at Snowcrows as a reference do I really need Soto expansion to run this build? Im just not understanding why its saying soto expansion is required

Lately I've pivoted more into PvP after getting a bit tired of grinding open world and raids/fractals. I always loved the role of supports in any MMORPG game and especially here in Gw2.

Any new players reading this post please note that any and all classes / specs are valuable and can be played multiple ways, there are just some of the ones I personally enjoy the most playing with in 5v5 PvP.

Huge shout out to skilled players plating these specs, you really make my Mirage shine by providing safety. No particular order: Scrapper, Paragon, Firebrand, Luminary, Specter, Scourge and Druid.

I am not saying these are meta picks or that every player playing these specializations is good, but I feel a lot more confident seeing them on the same side during fights.

All that being said, dear Deadeye, Daredevil's and Galeshot's, know that I will always be teleporting away from your drama :D

started this quest a long time ago, and I'm finally deciding to do it. Been doing fractals for months and beat swampland dozens of times. I beat it again yesterday, but there is no moss in my inventory. I checked GW2efficiency for "clump" "moss" and "swamp" and nothing is popping up. Any ideas? (also I know the highlighted item is not for the clump, I just wanted to show that swampland has been completed)

Was organizing my files and decided to touch up this small tribute that I drew back in December after hearing about the passing of Tybalt's VA, Jim Ward. Figured some here might appreciate it.

I haven't played WvW since EotM was still super active, but tried it again tonight. Lucked into a group with a tag and it was a lot of fun! I got 2 Gifts of Battle in less than an hour (with buffs/xp boosters), crazy!

Hello everyone,
 
We've recently become aware of an unintended interaction with the Raid Expert's Portable Magnetite Shard Exchange. Currently, the item provides access to merchant sell functionality that was not intended to be available through this portable vendor. 
 
We want to clarify that this behavior is a bug and will be addressed in an upcoming patch. Once fixed, the item will continue to offer its intended functionality, but players will no longer be able to access the merchant sell tab through it.
 
We wanted to communicate this before the fix goes live so players can make informed purchasing decisions and are not surprised when the issue is corrected.

Players who purchased the item in the last 72 hours can contact Customer Support to see if they qualify for a refund.
 
Thank you for your understanding.

Have seen some comments and observed that certain expansion zones have more players than others. For example, it's always easy to find players doing various things around SOTO, the piñata in Path of Fire, or the big meta event in HoT. But some expansions, ex EoD, are much more sparsely populated.

Would the game benefit from having expansion rush events where content from that expansion has bonus rewards for a week? That would get players back into those less populated zones periodically.

Hi everyone, I'm looking for help finding a decent build for my setup.

Forgive me Im new and this game can be kind of overwhelming with all the builds and different rotations I'm seeing.

Im looking for a decent fractal dagger/warhorn build where I can play support healer but also do decent dps while nobody is getting hurt.

As I hit tier 2 fractals Im noticing the need for damage is greater and I want to be able to do more while still using my harriers/healing runes build as It's taken me a long time to get the 4 ascended pieces.

Thanks

I've been watching Pile of Recycled Siege Equipment prices as I save up for my second Strife Unending. Imagine my surprise when I see the price is down almost 10 gold and I happen to have one on a character and it wasn't from opening a box.

Did they add them back to the loot table for taking things or is this possibly from the rush event currency?

Cheers for the giggles, good folks of Ettin's Back (EU).

Hey everyone!

Some of you might know me as the creator of Maestro, the Blish HUD music player. I’ve been working on another module called Taskmaster.

Taskmaster began with a suggestion from the Blish HUD community. A user wanted a modern version of  valorayne.bh.todos , which had not been updated since 2023, while keeping its simplicity and adding multiple tabs and enough flexibility to replace their long running Google spreadsheet.

With full credit to the original author, Taskmaster preserves that straightforward checklist experience while adding:

• Freeform tabs with custom colors and progress

• Daily, weekly, WvW, local-time, and custom cooldown resets

• Counters and subtasks

• Countdown timers and due-soon warnings

• Notes and click-to-copy waypoints or chat commands

• Shift/Ctrl multi-selection with bulk move and delete

• Exportable and importable tabs for sharing lists with others

It was built around one rule: no stored “next reset” timestamps. Every countdown is derived from UTC math when it is displayed, so it cannot become stale after hibernation, DST changes, clock adjustments, or a few days away.

I just finished the v2.0.0 interface update shown in the video (which should release today), with refreshed tabs, improved navigation, multi-selection, better editing controls, and a more responsive layout.

Module link:
https://blishhud.com/modules/?module=Aex.Taskmaster#profile

Thanks to the community member who originally suggested the idea. Feedback and feature suggestions are always welcome!

Been a looong time I have been farming rifts in VoE for token to that Restless Captain. No drops not a chance… already been farming them for 2 weeks. My question is; do Rifts in Shipwreck Strand reward Gloves Token or am I just doing something stupid? Help needed since there are no info I could find. Appreciate it ✌🏻

Warrior

· Bloodthirster: Fixed an issue that prevented this skill from properly triggering Magebane Tether.

Necromancer

· Life Leech: Fixed an issue in which this skill would inflict bleeding on the user.

Thief

· Silent Scope: Fixed an issue in which some stealth attacks could be activated multiple times.

· Signet of Shadows: Fixed an issue in which this skill could not be activated while targeting a foe beyond a certain range.