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Chris and Celeste are both sick this week but we soldier on to bring you Wintersday, Scarlet, and WvW rewards. Listen now: What We Did This Week   Celeste: did dailies with Allona and AC path 1 nightmare’s end crafting perplexity runes to lvl tailor (and then i realized ascended armor is soulbound and i’m not crazy about my necro so what's the point)   Chris: Ran around looking the Wintersday stuff. Nice change to the Toypocalypse Mostly real life stuff - Concert, etc. Looking forward to my holidays SOOO much. Report from Lion’s Arch   Wintersday patch notes https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/release-notes-for-a-very-merry-wintersday/ Tixx Infinirarium - “All five paths will be available for the duration of Wintersday.” as opposed to the golem flying from city to city throughout the festival “After receiving enough donations, they (Ho-Ho-Tron and Marcello DiGiacomo) will load up their gift dolyak and make for the asura gate to Divinity’s Reach, dropping gifts for players along the way.” “To show off Wintersday pride, keep an eye out for special rare items such as the adorable Mini Ho-Ho-Tron, the returning Unbreakable Choir Bell, new Endless Tonic recipes, and recipes for the new ascended back-slot items: Light of Dwayna and Shadow of Grenth.” “After completing the Very Merry Wintersday meta-achievement, players will be awarded a box containing their choice of either one Wintersday toy miniature or a giant stack of Wintersday gifts.” “Toxic Offshoots and Seedlings continue to appear across Tyria.” “The Moogooloo Waypoint and the Meadows Waypoint have been removed.” Moogooloo makes sense since the quaggans have now cleared out of the area but what was the point in taking away meadows? “Pieces of the key for the Tri-key Chest can be dropped by creatures throughout Kessex Hills or can be acquired through trade with Marjory’s helper, Dee, back at Thunder Ridge Camp.” Ascended armor, tailor, leatherworker and armorsmith up to 500 crafting levels “Ascended armor recipes are now available for purchase from master craftsmen and laurel merchants and require a rating of 500 to craft.” “There is a 5-gold-per-day cap in Custom Arenas and a 15-gold-per-day cap in Solo Arenas and Team Arenas.” “Added a temporary vendor to the Heart of the Mists that has items that can be purchased with both glory and gold: tomes of knowledge, pvp dungeon armor sets, pvp cultural armor, 20 slot bags, custom arena starter kits”   Gw2 living story a year in review https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/living-world-2013-the-year-in-review/ hopefully answer unanswered questions from 2013 in the 4 remaining releases that will involve scarlet. I can’t wait to kill her. I want to kill her so bad. next update will occur on jan 21 “Due to the size and scope of the final four story releases in season one, the next round of major features will be bundled together into a large “feature only” release that will come after the first season of the Living World 2014 has finished. Once the story has completed, we’ll go into much greater detail on what’s to follow, but for now we want to focus on making sure our last four episodes shine.” Any guesses as to what some of those features might be?   Changing face of gw2 https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/new-faces-and-more-in-the-gem-store/ 3 new faces per gender and race combination collection expander - add 250 with each purchase, first is 500, etc gifting bonuses black lion chests will give 3 wintersday gifts no matter what else drops from the chest   Feel like you’re stuck fighting the same 3 servers over and over and over again… Guess what? New WvW Matchup variances https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/wvw-matchup-variance-reduction/ In the top tier this still makes every week increasing predictable.  

 Celeste and Allona take you on a jaunty trip through Tyria to cover all the news from the past two weeks. Listen now: What We Did This Week Allona: Tri-Key chest parking Tower of Nightmares Fractals (although not as much as I would like) Alts alts alts Reporting and blocking gold sellers   Celeste: Edge of the Mists Testing ummmmm….   Report from Lion’s Arch   Fractured Patch Notes https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-November-26-2013   World XP Changes https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/world-xp-and-you/ “The system has been a great success and we’ve seen thousands of ranks gained – top players are already surpassing rank 2,000!” WXP account bound “ By tying the XP and ranks to the individual characters, we had a WvW system that closely mirrored our PvE XP.” “World Ability Points can be allocated differently on each character; you are not creating a single, account-based, version of your characters.” “Rank up chests will be given to the character that earns the World XP that increments the account one world rank, much like daily achievement chests do currently. Retroactive rank up chests will be added to the bonus pool of any accounts that earn them via the World XP summing process.”   PvP Changes - John Corpening, PvP Team Lead https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/player-vs-player-rewards-roadmap/ They might as well have stamped this article with a giant DISCLAIMER image in red “The goals of these changes are to make PvP a more integral part of the overall Guild Wars 2 experience, to lay the foundation for new game modes, to give PvP players ways to set goals and work towards them, to create PvP rewards that can be used game wide, and to create a platform for delivering those rewards.” “In addition, we saw that some types of builds, such as bunkers, were not scoring as much as other types of builds. PvP is a team effort, and a team should win or lose together. If you serve a vital role that tends not to score as much, you should still get your share of victory.” “Working harder for a win should result in higher rewards. With this change, we will not only reward winning in PvP more than losing, but formats where the competition is higher will receive greater rewards.” “In the December 10th update, you’ll be able to earn gold in PvP as a match reward. As an extension of that, you’ll also be able to spend glory and gold to purchase account-bound Tomes of Knowledge, which grant a level each and will allow you to level up any of your characters.” “Another thing to look forward to in the December 10th update will be new daily achievements for wins in Solo and Team Arenas. These will give players the chance to earn up to four additional total achievement points per day” “Once ladders are implemented, ranks will be retired. To honor the effort that players have put into the rank system, existing players will be able to keep all unlocked rank finishers and will earn a special title based on your rank to show that you were there from the start. Variants of existing rank finishers will move to the ladder system and will be used to show your current standings on the ladder from season to season. The original finishers will not be earnable again.” “To learn more about the rewards changes please join us this Friday at 2:00 PM PST for our first episode of “Ready Up”, a new bi-weekly show on the Guild Wars 2 Twitch channel covering all things SPvP.”   Wintersday Release Page https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/december-10-2013/ “6 week winter festival” Will the airship have the same things as last year? That would be kinda lame! Snowflake jumping puzzle Toypocalypse returns! Snowball PvP - grouped play? Says friends, foes and randoms... Krait Tower continues to continue… yeah.

Chris and Celeste are joined by Markco of GuildWars2TradingPost.com for a profitable investment of information on how to make the most gold possible over the least amount of time. Listen now: What We Did This Week Markco: Gem prediction of 10 gold by christmas may come true. Made a killing on secret market with the mystic forge (runes). masterwork runes - buy order for 19-20 copper, sell both masterwork and rare results. Fast trading with small claws, tiny claws, mighty chain legs, bottle of elonian wine, scale, small scale, iron ore, copper doubloon, vial of thin blood, vial of thick blood, tiny venom sac, onyx sliver, and molten sliver. Snowflakes from 14 s to 24 s in one month. Oranges 40 to 80 copper in one month. Celeste: Krait Tower and Gendarren hearts with Crimm Edge of the Mists, exploring terrain, etc. Chris: Kessex on my Mesmer (How to live and mostly die in Kessex) Tower WuvWuv Video Editing and Helm’s Deep (LOTRO) launch Report from Lion’s Arch Fractured Announced https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/november-26-2013/ I love the video! special story fractal with Ellen Kiel to introduce Thaumanova Reactor reset to level 30 for the leaderboards (someone was apparently up to 94) obsidium sanctum will now be a separate map to select from the dropdown for gvgl Along with Fractured comes some major changes to fractals in general… https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/upcoming-changes-for-the-fractals-of-the-mists/ “Fractals are now weighted according to their length and difficulty. Easier fractals will always show up earlier in the run, with more difficult ones coming later.” “Your personal fractal difficulty and reward level is being made account-wide! Starting with the Fractured release, you can attempt high level fractals on a new character without needing to level up all over again.” Cele - I know for me this was a previous deterrent as I’d get leveled up with one character and then would need to start over if I wanted to play someone else. Three new fractals : Thaumanova Reactor, Molten Furnace, and Aetherblade Two new bosses to rotate with Jade Maw: Molten Berserker & Dredge Firestorm and Mai Trin & First Mate Cannoneer “Every level starting at 31 will have a new instability to conquer. This instability is tied to the fractal level, so it will be the same for all three fractals and the boss, but will be replaced by a new challenge when you move up to a new fractal level.” “Artificers of at least 100 skill will be able to combine two infusions of the same level with a Thermocatalytic Reagent to make an infusion of the next level. For example, you could take two +2 infusions, combine them with a Thermocatalytic Reagent, and create a +3 infusion.” “You will be able to receive a special daily chest for finishing a boss fractal once per day. This chest will contain a number of items based on your current fractal level.” Rewards include: Empyreal Fragments, Fractal relics, pristine fractal relic, and gold “This boss chest will also have a chance at containing a number of other rare rewards. As your fractal level increases, so do the odds of obtaining these items” “Completing a fractal will yield a repeatable chest that contains the following (this chest can be obtained any number of times per day): Fractal Relics, Agony resist infusions and Character equipment (blue quality or higher)” If you get above level 30 this repeatable chest will also have a chance for a rune of resistance (bonus to toughness, reduction in condition duration, and aegis when a signet is used) and a sigil of momentum (stacking toughness buff when you kill an enemy).   Ask An Asuran Fractals: Ascended gear is needed to reduce agony damage. Many require glob of ectoplasm. (time to invest in it)

Chris and Celeste are joined by Jado, our Fellowship Walk Auction Winner, to discuss The Nightmares Within and some hardcore Ask An Asuran questions. Listen now: What We Did This Week Jado: Lots of WvW on Blackgate Server in Leagues.  In the Tower as well. Celeste: In the Tower Chris: Kessex Hills with my Mesmer Editing Editing Editing Editing Report from Lion’s Arch Nightmares Within Patch Notes https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-November-12-2013 “Once inside the Tower of Nightmares, players will need to make their way up the tower, scaling three floors of horrifying dangers to reach the heart of the tower—a massive, noxious bloom pulsing with malevolent power. At the apex of the tower, players can enter the chamber protecting the tower’s heart and begin a story instance that can be completed solo or with a group of up to five players.” “Players will participate in a number of new open-world events throughout the structure and encounter the deadly hallucinations and lethal champions of the Toxic Alliance.” “The pieces of the key for this Tri-key Chest can be found on creatures within the Tower of Nightmares, or they can be acquired through trade with Marjory’s Helper Dee back at the Thunder Ridge Camp in Kessex Hills. Players will also receive one complete set of keys in the initial mail from Kasmeer.” “Throughout the Tower of Nightmares, players will find smaller blossoms that resemble the tower’s heart. Within these chambers, players will experience their deepest fears and encounter twisted visions of their past.” Celeste - I ran into Sieran (since I was on my Priory ele) so it was interesting. “The Antitoxin Injected indicator is a representation of the amount of antitoxin that has been pumped into the heart of the tower by the heroes of Tyria and will update periodically.” This appears to be a worldwide indicator. “All permanent gathering tools will now be account bound rather than soulbound. For one week, account-bound versions of the Jack-in-the-Box Scythe and Bone Pick gathering tools will be available in the Services category of the Gem Store for 1000 gems each.” If you’ve been lusting after Marjory’s Dagger, Axe or Kasmeer’s crazy collapsible glowy staff you can pick those up in the gem store for 600 gems each Unlimited Tool Refund https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/bltc/where-do-i-sell-my-23-unlimited-gather-tools/first#post3193057 “Please do submit a ticket. We want to take care of you and everyone else who might be in this same situation. If you submit the ticket and we verify that you meet the qualifications, simply follow the instructions in the support response and we’ll be happy to refund your gems!” Papa Colin tells us why Edge of the Mists is good for Small Servers https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/wuv/wuv/New-Borderland-Map-coming/first#post3050067 “The game is going to be launched in other parts of the world, and on launch in NA/EU we had queues for WvW on just about every world. In some of the largest gaming parts of the world say, China for example which we’re in beta for right now, we’re seeing massive responses from guilds that make NA/EU guilds look tiny. These guilds all want to play WvW on the same world together, this map will help facilitate a better launch in new regions, as well as the much larger guild alliances you find in the east.” “We know for much smaller worlds this may seem like it’s no big deal, since you never deal with queues anyway, but the gameplay and experience should hopefully be fun (and different) such that it may attract new players to WvW. It also opens up opportunities for us to do other types of experiences in WvW across all worlds that may help bolster smaller worlds populations as well.” Ask An Asuran Hard hitting questions this week….

Chris and Celeste talk about The Nightmare Within and wonder what's inside the Krait Tower. Listen now: What We Did This Week   Celeste: Pippi Longbraid to 23 during extra life - lasted until 6am! (short by 4 hours) Poly A Pocket Guard - personal story catchup to 26, armorsmithing to 160   Chris: Extra Life Kessex Hills   Report from Lion’s Arch   The Nightmares Within Kessex https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/november-12-2013/ Breakdown of the header, best comment: “Scarlet and the Manatees sounds like one hell of a band name“ http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1py7s3/some_familiar_faces_in_the_tnw_header/ go into the tower and presumably battle the super mega toxic alliance   Mix the toxic alliance theme to different video and win a guitar! https://www.guildwars2.com/en/community/contests/ http://orrator.com/post/66102395043/noise-pollution-may-cause-ranger-pets-to-become-def   Underwater Combat bubbles http://www.guildwars2hub.com/features/editorials/underwater-combat-what-happened Underwater combat is often denounced, not just in Wuv but very often in PvE “I've never heard a single person happy about delving into the deep blue and yet they can never tell me why they don't like it. Responses are always very washy (no pun intended).” I’ve certainly been guilty of this but I *do* have some reasonable responses. “The vast majority of all players are still using the same Aquabreather that they had at level 1 as they do at 80. Compounded by the fact that ArenaNet have pretty much disregarded this item doesn't instil confidence that this area of the game has longevity or is at the top of the developers lists of improvements.” “Many of the skills feel relatively weak, incohesive and in need of improvement. No one wants to feel powerful on land but weaker the moment they submerge.” Celeste’s verdict - Skills. Utility Skills. Feeling severely underpowered when underwater. Chris’ verdict - Getting to feel some more variety while underwater would be good. As Celeste mentioned, utility skills would help a lot. Perhaps some cool underwater only skills? Tales of Tyria   Dyes on Cloth, Leather and Metal http://gw2color.dev.kelahn.com/   Dyes based on Hue and Contrast http://imgur.com/a/sCIVA#0   Pretty nifty cosplay http://elenielstorm.tumblr.com/post/65780453958/cosplay-exalted-mesmer-guild-wars-2   Request for community events of the week/bi-week. Send us an email!   If you’ve got a burning question for our Ask an Asuran segment, please let us know!   Contact Info   Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 (and our new widget on the right hand side of the page) youtube: youtube.com/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com   Celeste: twitter.com/celeookie Chris: twitter.com/almazar  

Chris and Celeste speed through the Tower of Nightmares and Wuv Wuv to bring you all the juicy tidbits from the patch notes, what a new player should do on Day 1 and how to level through the cunning use of gold. Listen now: What We Did This Week   Celeste: Krait-tastic!   Chris: WuvWuv - Rank 20 and Level 32   Report from Lion’s Arch   Tower of Nightmares Release Notes https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/release-notes-for-tower-of-nightmares/ “Track down Marjory Delaqua and Lady Kasmeer Meade in Kessex Hills, and help them investigate the sinister nature of the massive “Tower of Nightmares” in the waters of Viathan Lake.” “The Toxic Offshoots aren’t just limited to Kessex Hills. The wind has carried these vile blooms into the neighboring zones of Caledon Forest, Metrica Province, Brisban Wildlands, Queensdale, and Gendarran Fields. They have even been spotted in the Eternal Battlegrounds!” “The Durmand Priory has been investigating the involvement of the krait, a normally xenophobic and hostile force. They are convinced that the krait have been gifted with something very important to their culture: shards of one of their great obelisks. Krait obelisks factor heavily into the krait religion, so Priory Arcanist Dolja will task players to find and transcribe the energy signatures of 24 of these obelisk shards across Tyria.” http://www.guildwars2hub.com/guides/exploration/toxic-krait-historian-achievement-guide “Finishing the Tower of Nightmares meta-achievement will reward the player with a personal Krait Obelisk Shard, a place of power for their home instance. It can be used to obtain a skill point and to charge Quartz Crystals once per day.” “Finishing the Toxic Krait Historian achievement will reward players with a Scroll of Knowledge, which allows them to obtain five skill points.” “Marjory Delaqua will accept extra Pristine Toxic Spore Samples as trade for various new crafting recipes and a new heal skill at the Thunder Ridge Camp in Kessex Hills.” “Antitoxin Spray: This new heal skill is usable by all professions in PvE and WvW. Players can use the antitoxin to heal themselves and nearby allies while also removing toxic pollen, poison, torment, and confusion.” (find it in your slot skills healing area for 25 skill points) “PvP Glory and Rank rewards have been revised. Personal score no longer grants rank. Instead, there are now flat bonuses for playing and winning games. Games lasting less than 7 minutes will have proportionally downscaled rewards.” “The Special Event UI has been updated to help direct players through Living World releases.” “Some sylvari cultural armors have been upgraded to glow as was originally intended and has been highly requested. To give the most flexibility in the armor design, the dye masks have also been altered so that players will have more control over the results of the armor glow. This currently affects Medium Tier 2 (legs will be re-addressed for glow and dye alignment) and Tier 3, Light Tier 1 (female only), and Light Tier 3. The other weights and tiers will be assessed for a similar pass to give glow or upgrade glow results when possible. “ “So. What this means for you is, to add your glow, I reworked the dye channels to give you the largest choice and control possible over the glow. The areas that glow are now selectable for you. Some of the textures are also better balanced to give you more consistent results… you won’t have to guess what color you need to find to make the red feel red, for example. It will just work.” https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/races/sylvari/Cultural-Armour-Glow-Compendium-Completed/first#post3114277     Ask An Asuran   “Dear Guild Wars Reporter,   Thanks to a tip from the twitter feed of my favorite Canadian multi-MMO podcasting syndicate, I now own a copy of GW2 ($30 in a recent one-day sale),

Chris and Celeste talk wuv wuv in the wuv wuv with Edge of the Mists, Krait in Kessex Hills, and Gold in the game. Listen now: What We Did This Week   Celeste: Third lv 80 thanks to the labyrinth lunatic inquisition with survi...

Celeste soldiers on through the neverending cold season to talk about class changes, skill and trait rebalancing and the Blood and Madness update. Listen now: What We Did This Week   Celeste: 3 more levels on my mes (now at 76) than...

Celeste and Chris talk about expansions, game longevity, and who sired Bloody Prince Edrick. Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste: 400 leatherworker 3, 20-slot bags Chris: WuvWuv - busy week, so not much time in game. Got to sing with Chris Hadfield   Report from Lion’s Arch   Blood and Madness https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/october-15-2013/ “As Halloween approaches, children are pulling out their trick or treat costumes and everyone is stocking up on candy. The barrier between realms is weakening, and the citizens of Kryta are wary of the return of Mad King Thorn. Magister Tassi is picking up unusual energy readings from the ruins of the Nolani Academy—a shadow from the Mad King’s past is about to rise up!”

Chris and Celeste are reunited, finally, to talk about Twilight Assault and the October 15th skill balance preview. Listen now: What We Did This Week   Celeste: lots of levelling of my mesmer, now 70 and into Orr 400-440 huntsman cost me 30 gold (on my mes) 120-400 tailor cost me 6 gold (on my necro) CoE explorable paths Twilight Assault path almost completed found out I have a lot more play time when I’m not working   Chris: WuvWuv World vs. World WvWvW PvP in a large scale, multi world setting. The PvP other than sPvP   Report from Lion’s Arch   Twilight Patch Notes https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/release-notes-for-twilight-assault/ Twilight Assault - Twilight Assault path is awarding extra deadly blooms, empyreal fragments while this update is active complete the new path to get the slickpack, back-slot item complete all the achievements for TAA(twilight arbor aetherpath) to get a miniature Clockheart new TAA achievement category as a permanent addition Above and Beyond achievement (Note: Completion of this achievement will not automatically complete the individual contributing achievements for the entire party) Balance - Reward update for Tequatl, more meaningful for completion, gold and rare drops for the daily Teq reward have been increased, increase drop rate of sunless weapons adjusted sylvari body patterns to prevent graphical anomalies Idle players will be ejected from hylek turrets during Taquito people who stay behind to kill the fingers will get credit in the battery events Experimental Rifle Bundle no longer usable in dungeons http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Experimental_rifle Heart of the mists: “A quaggan has been hired to fill the vacant position left by the abrupt departure of the previous ticket merchant.” PvP: “Achievements: Increased the achievement point value of the profession-specific game winning achievements by 15 each.” “Consumable WXP items have been added to player loot bags in WvW, in values up to 25,000 WXP. These items are account bound.” “WXP boosters no longer affect WXP consumable items.” “A consumable item that grants 5,000 WXP is now available from the laurel vendor in WvW.” “World rank bonus chests are now account bound.” “Fixed an issue where recent purchase history was not populating after buying items in the Gem Store.” BLTC Permanent Mad King Finisher for 700 gems Permanent Scarecrow Finisher 500 gems. Instant Trait Reset item for 70 gems (5 for 300). Reset your trait points when not in combat. Not for sPvP. New exclusive hairstyles have been added to Total Makeover Kits and Self-Style Hair Kits. 3 per race and gender, 30 total https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151761141374209.1073741834.114036714208&type=1 Minis 3-pack set 1 will stop being for sale in the gem store after October 14. They will come back for special sales or will be available on the trading post and MF. BL Chest: Rare chance for Mini Holo Scarlet, Mini Caithe, and Minis 3-pack Set 2; Removed Black Lion Mining, Logging, and Harvesting sickle from the chest.   WvW Season 1 delayed until October 18th https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/world-vs-world-season-1-begins-october-18/ both NA and EU will be split into 3 leagues “In the case of North America, the top six worlds will comprise the gold league and will battle each other in a clash of titans over a seven week period. The silver and bronze leagues will be made up of nine worlds each and will function exactly the same as the European leagues.”   Oct 15th skill rebalance preview https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/October-15th-balance-skills-updates-preview trait tooltips and how they pertain to skills

This week's show has Chris joined by Allona once again. We discuss the ongoing phlem epidemic, Twillight Assault, dragon timers and more! Listen now: What We Did This Week Allona: Got mah wings of the Sunless! Personal Story extravaganza with guildies and also -- at a different time -- with Celeste. Crash Landing achievement = so great Windy Caverns! A bit further on Hearts of the North/Norn Catering … a tiny, tiny bit Chris: WuvWuv - Up to Rank 8 Plague fighting Report from Lion’s Arch Twillight Assault https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/october-01-2013/ Lionguard intelligence reports have been pouring in regarding suspicious activities in the Twilight Arbor! Nightmare Courtiers are still pursuing their dark agenda, but now it seems like Scarlet is hatching some new plot as well. The sylvari hero Caithe is troubled by these rumors and has put out a call for heroes to put a stop to Scarlet’s machinations! It’ll take a daring group, armed with sharpened wits and blades, to infiltrate Twilight Arbor and put a stop to the mischief that’s afoot! New level 80 path for Twillight Arbor Achievement reward: Slickpack back item. Glow and pulses to let people know that you completed the achievement. Nightmare weapon rare drops in the new wing of Twillight Arbor Aether Chests: Across the Maguuma Jungle, players can find Aether Key Pieces. Collect and combine five of these to form a key that will open Aether Chests in the new path of Twilight Arbor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqe7r5MQdiI Guild Wars 2 will be at Eurogamer Expo 2013 https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/guild-wars-2-will-be-present-at-the-eurogamer-expo-2013/ Guild Wars 2 will have a presence at this year’s Eurogamer Expo in London from September 26th-29th. Lead Game Designer Mike Zadorojny will be on stage for a talking session about the concept of Living World in Guild Wars 2 and also to give you an overview of what ‘s next for the game in the upcoming months. Mike will also show you some unseen content about the next content release “Twilight Assault”. Video of Mike Zadorojny’s talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axLVJfzCe74 New trial program https://register.guildwars2.com/trial Allona: My campaign to conscript more players returns! New items in the gem store https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/grisly-items-in-the-gem-store/ Bone Mining Pick Deathly Dye Pack Super Adventure Box stuff gone after this week! WXP boosters no longer to affect gains through consumables https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/wuv/wuv/Upcoming-change-to-WXP-boosters Guild Wars 1 Patch Notes https://forum.guildwars.com/forum/forums/news/September-26-2013-Update-Notes/ Ask An Asuran Tequatl respawn time? Bog Otter on GuildCast wonders if the spawn time should be reduced after a failure. To which Allona cries, “YES!” Tales of Tyria New player run in-game event https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/dungeons/The-Ascension-Project/first GW2 Concept Art from a Freelance Artist http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1n1mml/gw2_freelance_concept_artist_opens_website_it_has/ Mickey Mouse brings his epic ears to epic battles. http://www.hammerfistclan.com/forum/attachments/f164/4287d1364716217-tyrias-most-bizarre-gw078.jpg Request for community events of the week/bi-week. Send us an email! If you’ve got a burning question for our Ask an Asuran segment, please let us know! Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 (and our new widget on the ride hand side of the page) youtube: youtube.com/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com Allona: twitter.com/onebigpear Chris: twitter.com/almazar

Chris returns to start the rumour that he and Celeste are the same person, explaining why they cannot be on the podcast at the same time recently. Allona returns to help battle this visious rumour and to discuss the latest and greatest Guild Wars 2 news. Listen now:  What We Did This Week Allona: Tequatl fail … overflow fail(s) Missed the TC Tequatl victory … darn it Alt-tastic fun Key rebinds that saved my life … of at least saved my guildies’ ears from turning blue Follow-up to experience scroll: I have been informed -- in no uncertain terms -- that I am wrong and it is the best One zone left for the dragon hunt Chris: Tequatl Zone Completion WuvWuv Report from Lion’s Arch Sept 17th Update Notes http://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-17-September Tequatl World boss update The maximum number of bank tabs a player can have has been increased from 8 to 12. Players who have eight bank tabs can now purchase up to four more. Bank tabs can be purchased by clicking the lock icon at the bottom of the bank tab or by visiting the Upgrades category in the Gem Store. Each bank tab costs 600 gems. Guild message can be edited! LFG Beta rollout https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Mike-Zadorojny-on-Beta-Rollout-of-Looking-for-Group-Tool LFG Developer Guide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfbP6AQq1Kc Bloodlust in WuvWuv https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/borderlands-bloodlust-in-world-vs-world/   Ask An Asuran From Gwathel on Twitter. What is your favorite character? Why?   Tales of Tyria Where in Tyria? http://gw.zweistein.cz/tyria/# Allona: This is crazy hard! And awesome! Dancing Tequatl https://twitter.com/Peter_Fries/status/379708080331563008/photo/1 Great Cosplay http://costrader.tumblr.com/post/61704990355/guild-wars-2-pvp-light-armor-cosplay-by-xaomi#notes Guild Wars 2 Skill Combos http://en.gw2skills.net/combo/ This toon is like a TC mascot. There are homage characters appearing now. http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1cwhn3/this_is_the_first_thing_you_see_when_you_go_to/ Goo Goo Gaa Gaa FTW Request for community events of the week/bi-week. Send us an email! If you’ve got a burning question for our Ask an Asuran segment, please let us know! Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 (and our new widget on the ride hand side of the page) youtube: youtube.com/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com Allona: twitter.com/onebigpear Chris: twitter.com/almazar

Chris is out sick so Allona is a good sport and indulges Celeste in her delusions of Cantha, beating Tequatl, and managing to keep her voice until the end of the podcast. Listen: What We Did This Week   Allona: Broke down and bought an extra character slot Made a beefcake norn ele with said new slot (may or may not have a small crush on him) Played GW1 with guildies; working on Hearts of the North (aaarrrrgghhhh!!!) Enjoying self-imposed break from the Living World   :)   Celeste: Some SAB on infantile mode - still didn’t finish world 2 Elementalist world completion - Finished off Brisban, Gendarran, sitting at 58%   Report from Lion’s Arch   Super Adventure Crafting! https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/economy-report-brace-yourself-disequilibrium-is-coming/ We didn’t really get a chance to talk about our experiences with the loss of magic find or crafting. Cele - I feel ill prepared for this since I haven’t messed about with the crafting part of this (weaponsmith, huntsman, and artificer to 500) Allona - ditto. I will get there … eventually Cele - I also have profound respect for people tossing around numbers like 60% magic find to their accounts. It took me all week to get to 29% I do really like the idea of players having to craft a vision crystal from the bloodstones. dragonite, etc. It’s a nice throwback to gw1. Same sort of thing with having deldrimor steel and spiritwood planks. Cele - because there are spiritwood planks I think cantha is happening. I think the only way I can keep playing at the harried pace we have been is if cantha is happening. Even if it’s only in my head, it’s happening. Allona - eeeeeee! “The economy in Guild Wars 2 has been incredibly stable since launch, and while we don’t intend to perform such a massive change to the markets often, we’re really excited about these changes.”   Tequatl Revamp https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/september-17-2013/ tequatl revised - http://youtu.be/pDDkwWPOMyk Allona - my eyes went wide like saucers when I saw that huge wave in the vid. Allona - when did Tequatl start looking like the T-rex from Jurassic Park? Looking for group tool ruins of power coming to wvw along with season 1 beginning https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/welcome-to-world-vs-world-season-1/ october 4th - november 21 north american - 2 leagues of 12 worlds each european - 3 leagues of 9 worlds each “leagues will be locked” and if you want to change servers once the league is established you can Allona - I like the restriction they put on this … a lot everyone will be matched within their leagues at least once during the season at the end of the season, each server will be rewarded based on the rank attained, and each player that plays during the tournament will be rewarded weekly. wvw season achievements - but all the rewards for the season will be from the world you were originally one when the season began.. “This world is set the first time a character on an account loads into the game after the start of the season. This means you will be able to transfer worlds prior to loading in the first time and still be eligible for the rewards of your new world.” wvw season chest will reward players based on the rank that their world attained re-spend your world ability points - in an effort to keep things fair no new mastery lines while the season is running and all megabosses updated Cele - I can’t wait to see how they’ll make these fights more interesting   While on the topic of tequatl… THIS IS AMAZING https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/livingworld/tequatl/Hello-my-name-is-Tequatl Breaking his co-dependent enabling relationship with the Big Z “I want to travel.

Regina Buenaobra, Lead Community Team Manager for North America of ArenaNet, chats wtih Chris about the community of Guild Wars, notable fan events, and what she loves most about Guild Wars 2. Audio Version:

Mike Zadorojny, Game Design Lead, and Crystal Reid, Game Designer, chat with Chris about how the Tequatl revamp came to fruition, what they enjoy doing in game and what other megaboss changes we might see in the future. Audio version: