Guild Wars 2 News

It’s time for another spring balance patch in Guild Wars 2, and as expected, it’s caused quite a stir among the player base. Unfortunately, it seems the patch was a bit of a technical disaster, with players reporting bugs and login problems before they were eventually fixed in succeeding hotfixes. Oops! Despite the initial issues, the patch seems to have [...]

ArenaNet, has unveiled its latest dev blog and roadmap, giving players a glimpse into the future of the Guild Wars 2. As the dev team previously announced, they’ve transitioned into smaller but more frequent expansion releases to ensure more regular content drops, which is great for those who breeze through new expansions as soon as they’re released. “In this new [...]

ArenaNet rolled out a minor patch for Guild Wars 2 today that will make it easier for players to join open-world maps even though they’re already full, as long as they don’t mind the wait. Players will now be given the option to queue up for worlds at maximum capacity provided that they already have at least one party member [...]

ArenaNet was forced to temporarily disable the Weaver and Sunspot Elementalist traits in Guild Wars 2 this past weekend due to a very serious exploit. The team refrained from providing details about the exploit but a large number of players, including YouTuber Mukluk, were able to capture footage of it in action before the traits were disabled, a clip of [...]

Guild Wars 2’s big class balancing update is now live with dreaded nerfs, welcome buffs, and skill reworks for elite specializations across the board. The update also introduces another round of World vs. World changes with a particular focus on improving rewards earned from completing tower, keep, and castle objectives. Rewards will now scale depending on how many times WvW [...]

2023 is going to be a very different year for Guild Wars 2 as ArenaNet announces its plans to move away from the traditional Living World episodic releases in favor of smaller but more regular content updates. According to Game Director Josh Davis, the end of the fantasy MMORPG’s long-running elder dragon saga has given the team a chance to [...]

Guild Wars 2 is due for a major balance patch next week which will mainly include PvP nerfs to various classes. Balance Lead Cal Cohen and Game Designer Roy Marks says that they won’t be nerfing PvE as much but will instead focus on quality-of-life tweaks for each class. These include adjustments to buff cooldowns and timers as well as [...]

As promised, ArenaNet has finally rolled out the first batch of changes for Guild Wars 2’s World vs. World game mode. These include new achievements, including one for massacring dolyaks, better rewards, and various mechanics adjustments that the studio says is “designed to encourage direct player vs. player conflict in fights over objectives while taking care to not take the [...]

As promised, ArenaNet has dropped a preview of the long-awaited changes coming to Guild Wars 2’s World vs World game mode. The changes are set to arrive on January 31st which will introduce new weekly achievements including one for going on a dolyak killing spree. The new achievements will reset every Sunday so you can massacre dolyaks ona a weekly [...]