Warrior: Control Tank with Mace and Shield

Posted on October 3, 2012 Beastmode — 1 Comment ↓

This Guild Wars 2 build for Warriors uses a mace and shield for weapons and focuses on physical utilities for control of your enemy. This will allow us to get plenty of abilities that will annoy the hell out of any opponent locking them up, knocking them down, and interrupting. Since this is a defensive build you can focus on toughness and vitality for your runes and amulet. We also get 5% of our toughness converted to power through our trait line so it would be smart to focus on stacking toughness to benefit both stats. I recommend Superior Rune of the Dolyak and the Soldier’s Amulet. Read more ›

Posted in New Builds Tagged with: Builds, Control, Tank, Warrior

ArenaNet Takes Aim at Botters

Posted on September 27, 2012 Shaun — 1 Comment ↓

In a recent post on the Guild Wars 2 forum titled “On Botting and What We’re Doing About It” Security Coordinator, Mike Lewis, addressed the issue of botting directly. He gave us a run down of everything they have been doing about it as well as their future plans for tackling it. They have already terminated 1600 accounts in the last week alone and they said the rate will be going up immediately. This will also help neutralize gold sellers taking the profits right out of their pockets. Make sure you report botters and read on for more detail of what is going on! Read more ›

Posted in News Tagged with: ArenaNet, Botters, Gold Sellers

Engineer: Shield and Gadgets for Protection and Knockbacks

Posted on September 26, 2012 Shaun — 3 Comments ↓

This Guild Wars 2 build for Engineers uses a pistol and shield for weapons and focuses on a couple of gadgets for utilities. This will allow us to get plenty of conditions on our enemies and also provide us with plenty of knockbacks for defense. We will also pick up another great defensive boon, protection, from two of our utility choices. Since this is a defensive build you can focus on toughness for your stats. We also get 5% of our toughness converted to power so it would be smart to focus on stacking toughness to benefit both stats. Not only will you get a lot of conditions and power, you have the survivability of a tank with this build. Read more ›

Posted in New Builds Tagged with: Engineer, Knockbacks, Pistol, Protection, Shield

Dungeon Tokens Get a Boost With Latest Patch

Posted on September 25, 2012 Shaun — No Comments ↓

ArenaNet has made some major updates to dungeon rewards in the latest patch, in particular the amount of tokens earned. This is a result of players abusing an exploit in the game where they would gain 20 levels by doing a single run. Many other players also skip content to complete it faster. This exploit was fixed and these changes are being implemented to reward players for completing the entire dungeon. This should curb the inflation of tokens from players who use exploits and reward the people running the entire dungeon. In the end the game is better off for it. Read on for specific changes made to the dungeons and dungeon tokens with the latest patch. Read more ›

Posted in News Tagged with: Dungeon Patch, Dungeon Rewards, Dungeon Tokens, Exploits, Farming Dungeons, Patch

Farming Dungeons for Armor, Weapons, Runes and Sigils

Posted on September 24, 2012 Shaun — No Comments ↓

If you already have a level 80 character in Guild Wars 2, you might be interested in farming an explorable dungeon. People farm dungeons for one main reason, to accumulate enough tokens to trade for items from dungeon vendors. Each dungeon has it’s own vendor, and they offer a variety of armor with all different stats for each profession. They also sell every type of weapon as well sigils and runes used to increase stats on weapons and armor. Read more ›

Posted in Guides Tagged with: Dungeon Tokens, Dungeons, Farming Dungeon Tokens, Farming Dungeons

Crafting Mystic Salvage Kits and Mystic Chests

Posted on September 19, 2012 Beastmode — 1 Comment ↓

The Mystic Forge in Guild Wars 2 has a lot of recipes that allow you to craft a variety of items including mystic salvage kits and mystic chests. It’s hard to find the exact ingredients for most of these discoveries due to the large variety of combinations. Not only that but some items may be hoarded by those who found them. No worries, we are here to share with you two very nice and fairly cheap recipes for you to feast on, Mystic Salvage Kits and Mystic Chests. Starting off you can head to the Mystic Forge in Lion’s arch to to start crafting the chests and salvage kits. You will also be close to your bank, trading post and vendors making the process easier. Read more ›

Posted in Guides Tagged with: mystic chests, Mystic Forge, mystic salvage kits

Guild Wars 2 is Now Playable on Mac OS X

Posted on September 18, 2012 Shaun — No Comments ↓

A lot Guild Wars 2 fans (that are also Mac friendly) can start celebrating right about now since it was just announced today that GW2 is now available for Apple’s Mac OS X. The Mac Beta client is available at this moment for all Guild Wars 2 players so you can go and download it right now and check it out. If you are wondering if the game will be any different don’t. ArenaNet already explained that it shares the same features and connects to the same live game servers as the PC client. So anyone who purchases Guild Wars 2 can now play it on both PC and Mac. Read more ›

Posted in News Tagged with: Guild Wars 2 on Mac, Mac OS X

Skills and Abilities that Give You an Edge in sPvP

Posted on September 17, 2012 Beastmode — No Comments ↓

When playing a structured PvP tournament in Guild Wars 2 there are a few things you should consider before signing up. One change that will likely have to be made is to the build you are using whether it was for casual PvP or PvE. These tournaments are a little more difficult to win since most teams are set up for a specific purpose. In the tournaments you will likely be faced against some people whose sole purpose is to defend a point. Compare this to casual PvP where everyone will likely be on the offensive and you can see where we are going with this. Below we discuss some skills and abilities you should consider and understand to provide you with an edge heading into battle. Read more ›

Posted in Guides Tagged with: Condition Removal, Dodge, PvP Abilities, PvP Skills, sPvP, Stability

Ranger: Burning Combos with the Axe and Torch

Posted on September 13, 2012 Beastmode — 4 Comments ↓

This Ranger build is a little unconventional using an Axe and Torch to burn and bleed your foe with conditions. We will also be using signets for all of our utilities and buffing them through our traits to maximize their potential. Once you get used to this build it is a ton of fun and truly very effective. Using your skills correctly and selecting the traits discussed below, you will be able to create your own burning combos to help melt down any foe you face! Read more ›

Posted in New Builds Tagged with: Axe, Builds, Combos, Conditons, Ranger, Torch

Thief: Cloak and Dagger Vanishing with Critical Backstabs

Posted on September 12, 2012 Shaun — 37 Comments ↓

This Guild Wars 2 Thief build focuses on using dual daggers for the Cloak and Dagger ability and then hitting the enemy from behind using Backstab for critical damage. Vanishing into stealth is a crucial part of this build since we will be selecting traits that benefit stealth the most. When in stealth, you will get 100% critical strike chance, regain initiative and health, and also gain vigor. One last important part of this build is that you also get a better chance to critically hit when you attack an enemy from the side or behind. Read on for the full detailed description of the build. Read more ›

Posted in New Builds Tagged with: Builds, Daggers, Stealth, Thief, Vanashing