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Chris and Celeste have a special guest, talk guild missions, and define what is and is not bacon. Listen now: What We Did This Week Screaming Goats http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpccpglnNf0 Celeste: Dailies, messing around with livestreaming, AC SM, not a lot of playtime :/ Chris: Zone completion with my Warrior. I love the 2 handed hammer tight now. THUMP! Almost level 10 with my Ele. Not in love with it as much as I thought I would be. I wonder why? Back to my Engineer I guess. Lion’s Arch Report Colin Johanson stops by MMORPG.com to talk about Flame & Frost: Gathering Storm http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/473/feature/7133/Guild-Wars-2-Februarys-Flame-and-Frost-Update-Detailed.html Guild Missions - have to work together to unlock missions, rewards for everyone but extra for the sponsoring guild’s members, create notoriety for your guild on your home server by hosting and completing guild missions Daily cheevos - revamp allows you to complete “5 of 9” objectives to complete the cheevo. could be something very specific like veterans in a certain zone. Looting the tables https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Update-on-Loot-Drops-Investigation/first#post1462956 you’ll start getting at least 1 blue or better quality item from all champions (as long as you do enough qualifying damage to get a drop) won’t always get a drop from a veteran because they only have a chance to drop something slightly better than usual not necessarily anything at all more details with the feb update notes Dev tags, exploits and party quits https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/dungeons/What-exactly-is-an-exploit/first#post1462103 Norn Spirit Watch PvP Map https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/introducing-the-new-spirit-watch-pvp-map/ https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/pvp/new-map-orb-arrival-point-doesn-t-matter/first#post1447459 score 15 points by placing the orb in an enemy station or 30 if it’s a station you own already capture the flag type gameplay   Ask An Asuran Devouring Tyria http://huntersinsight.com/2013/02/09/the-hungry-tyrian/ Foods and Potions stack gives you a list of the most efficient foods lack of bacon   Tales of Tyria Official Meet & Greet with ANet in Seattle https://www.guildwars2.com/en/community-news/guild-wars-2-community-meet-and-greet-in-seattle-on-march-1/ Every Rose has its lawsuit http://orrator.com/post/43081846774/every-rose-has-its-lawsuit valentine’s bouquet would throw a rose into someone’s hand roses dying for the pleasure of others is pretty dark - very nightmare court Sylvari Haircuts http://ladindequichante.deviantart.com/art/Sylvari-Haircut-352350971 Photobombs http://pinterest.com/arenanet/screenshot-photobombs/ 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! Check out our new widget (and link to our information page) on mmoreporter.com. We’re trying to send Harry Hol to PAX East! Rather than get a sponsor, we’re trying to go ad free for our content this time around, and we want your help! Click to donate or on the link below the widget to find out more information. http://tinyurl.com/harrypax   Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Chris: twitter.com/almazar

Chris and Celeste are a little loopy as we talk about wuv wuv, pvp and fangirl squees. Listen Now: What We Did This Week https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Updated-World-Ratings-Feb-8 Celeste: Ele to 52 Ascalon Catacombs, Caudecus Manor, Twilight Arbor, and Cathedral of Flame story mode Chris: Helped out a guildy getting some skill points/waypoints in Cursed Shore. Was fun running together. MUCH easier than individually. Zone completion in Queensdale with my Warrior Rogue to level 6, Ele to leve 9 WuvWuv with Thief Lion’s Arch Report Flame & Frost: The Gathering Storm https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/february-2013/ Part 2 of 4 progresses the story new pvp map (spirit watch) shows the return of orb running guild missions rated pvp play - quick intense matches where ratings are updated immediately after selectable daily cheevos - for the Q.Q in all of us! WvW Heavy Update Delayed to March https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Upcoming-WvW-Updates/first#post1385839 lots of improvements means lots of bugfixin’ confirmed: progression system - new player ranks and skills/bonuses Upcoming: culling reduction, instant rewards, PvE type rewards, queue issues, creating interest, and more polish sausage. more specifics as they become available Wuv Wuv reference In House PvP Rating and Matchmaking Beta https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/upcoming-changes-to-pvp-tournaments/ Paid tournament rotation changed to 2 team single round matches in house testing of matching making component for pvp Camera Shy https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Jumping-Puzzles-as-Norn-and-Charr/first#post1387458 jumping puzzles weren’t widespread until a year ago, were intended as easter eggs camera is shared amoung many depts and has to work with everything can’t just copy and paste in code from other games FP mode for non-combat/JP only (something we saw in Neverwinter during the CPBT) a little hint about the next big puzzle - no cinema cutscene to create lag Tales of Tyria Colin Trolls https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Mounts-What-on-earth/page/3#post1405212 each of the wallpapers/banners have shown a person on a mount for flame & frost tinfoil hats have to be made as town clothes now, and make you hover slightly :P gimme more unicorns! Playing With Fire https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/video-arenanet-audio-team-plays-with-fire/ fire certainly has a lot of versatility can be heard in pet noises, sword swings and other ambients GW1 and GW2 map superimposed http://i1.minus.com/i5ehlTmJSkaYv.jpg the wizard’s tower apparently moved closer to LA http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Wizard%27s_Tower 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! Check out our new widget (and link to our information page) on mmoreporter.com. We’re trying to send Harry Hol to PAX East! Rather than get a sponsor, we’re trying to go ad free for our content this time around, and we want your help! Click to donate or on the link below the widget to find out more information. http://tinyurl.com/harrypax http://mmoreporter.com/send-harry-hol-to-pax-east/ Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Chris: twitter.com/almazar

Chris and Celeste talk about their hatred for not just Europe but the cost of legendary precursors as well. Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste: Epic wvw action - rally and travel leveled necro to 13 with tailoring looked at all the legendaries and realized it’s no longer a goal for me Chris: Still working on Orr. I am finding it a bit easier, but still a bit of a pain. Leveling my Ele. Finding the big boom of Fire the best.   Lion’s Arch Report Living Story by Angel McCoy (Narrative Designer) https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-living-story-in-guild-wars-2/ “The Living Story is simultaneously transitory and permanent. As the story arcs play out, the tale evolves.” http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Refugee_Volunteer New Living Story achievements section and titles This isn’t just for Flame and Frost it’s a setup that will be used extensively to develop the world story of Tyria Mark Kerstein (community manager) demands to change our passwords... NOW! https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/mandatory-password-change-is-coming/ Mandatory change on Feb 7th keep it secret, keep it safe, keep it random like xkcd (http://xkcd.com/936/) https://account.guildwars2.com/login Isiah Cartwright (lead game designer) Explains Dynamic Leveling https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/dynamic-leveling-adjustment/ downleveling is now a little more challenging but also a lot more rewarding get lv 80 gear when dropped down in a lv 10 area INCENTIVIZED! Legendaries are expensive http://thepaletree.net/2013/02/02/the-economics-of-legendaries/ increased demand shouldn’t increase the price to the point that it is perversely expensive legendaries already cost you about 500g in materials sans precursor “The other option would be to allow players to make Account bound “Gifts of The Precursor” i.e. “Gift of Dawn” “Gift of The Lover”. This would be similar to the above idea, but would use the Mystic Forge instead. This would allow for the sale and trade of Precursors to still be profitable because they would not be account bound and can be traded. Gifts would be locked to the account and would simply replace the precursor in the recipe. This would allow players to either farm and gather the items they need, or buy them off the trading post.” Stop whining, you whiners! http://dwpgaming.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/gw2-time-for-vocal-minority-to-suck-it.html Will does what we all want to do when we see people complain about stupid rules and tells them to suck it, european style. Games have rules and requirements and if you’re not willing to participate then you won’t reap the rewards of those (sub)games   Ask An Asuran When is Arenanet going to bring back the guild wars? - Benj AKA Chris’ Internet Husband Foreseeably, the original guild wars could be experienced in a Fractal though it’s doubtful that the humans or other races for that matter would fracture into guilds again after being united and taking down an elder dragon. If you’re having trouble dealing with the Daily Healer achievement try this out: Go to Wayfarer Foothills and do the living story that goes along the roads. Rezing NPC’s counts toward this.   Tales of Tyria Player gets jailed for exploring Rata Sum incorrectly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTXfLxplpP4 Does all the math for you to make a very fast and affordable 0-400 crafting grind http://gw2crafts.saladon.net/ LAND SHARK!!!! http://youtu.be/_EUIIkwP2eU 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!Check out our new widget (and link to our information page) on mmoreporter.com. We’re trying to send Harry Hol to PAX East! Rather than get a sponsor, we’re trying to go ad free for our content this time around, and we want your help! Click to donate or on the link below the widget to find out more information.

Chris and Celeste are trying to be enthusiastic but the truth is we'd rather be in game and exploring the new Flame and Frost: Prelude patch. Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste: Levelled my necro to 10 Levelled my ele to 38 Chris: Zone completion! Finished up Wayfarer Foothills. Had to use gw2cartographer.com Also did some waypoint running in Orr. Managed to snag a few on the way to my story. Finished another major instance in my personal story. Still loving it. Don’t see why people hate Trehaerne so much.   Lion’s Arch Report Today’s Patch Notes https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Game-Update-Notes-January-28-2013 Living Story implemented, new title, new cheevo, currently diessa and wayfarer only “ It is now possible to receive your own level of loot from any level of enemy.” great news for those that enjoy going back to old zones or helping friends level “Gem fees for world transfers are based on the population of the world you are transferring to” o.O Preloaded character models to reduce the effects of culling in wub The whole section on Orr, thank the five gods. In response to a wide variety of people using golem in a box in wvw and not just the quaggans from last episode, golem in a box will be regulated for use out of wub “In PvE, if a player is awarded loot by killing a creature and the loot is of uncommon rarity or higher, a chest will appear that contains the loot that would previously have been on the corpse. If the rarity of the loot on the creature is lower than uncommon, the loot will remain on the creature’s corpse.” what? this is also listed for wub changes as well “The Orichalcum vein in Southsun Cove is now a regular vein instead of a rich vein.” “Fixed a bug where aquatic ranger pets could sometimes get on land.” “Siege is no longer usable while inside a WvW jumping puzzle.” legendary weapon animations and visual effects have been altered, hopefully they’ll be on youtube shortly though Dreamer has already been exposed as now shooting unicorns and rainbows New Laurels Explained https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/new-rewards-and-the-achievements-system/ non-agony rings from fractals 1 per daily completion, 10 per monthly new ui is super handy so far but appeared to be lagging behind the Hero panel New Items from the BLTC https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/new-items-and-an-updated-favorite-in-the-gem-store/ I thought there were going to be more than 2 new items with the update but apparently that’s all there was backpack for 300, broom for 250 revamped box o fun sounds interesting but probably still isn’t a buy for me though at 80 gems I might try it in a moment of weakness Dungeon Changes https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/robert-hrouda-on-upcoming-changes-to-dungeon-mechanics/ no more wp to kill king adelbern in AC SM I think this was already active with fractals? or some of the fractals at least. I find it kind of annoying but I understand why they went in this direction upcoming boss encounter revamps WvW Server Rank Reset https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Coming-Soon-WvW-Rating-Reset/first#post1313585 Feb 1 reset to rank between servers   Ask An Asuran Scrying Pool Column About Sylvari’s Origin http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=31628&storypage=1 A bit spoiler-y if you’re under level 11 on a sylvari but otherwise totally worth the read tells the tale of the other sylvari tree that exists elsewhere along with the origin story of the tree’s seed and ronan Tales of Tyria Quaggan Hippo Love Affair https://twitter.com/barefootmatthew/status/295042149731405824/photo/1 Special thanks to all the community managers out there, we know our episode won’t be releasing today but we wanted to express our gratitude for your excellent work anyways! Request for community events of the week/bi-week. Send us an email!

Chris and Celeste jump back and forth through all the new changes coming with the January 28th patch. Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste: fractals on friday necro to lv 9 deleted my warrior to make another guardian... again. Chris: Not much game time. Too many interviews/real world things   Lion’s Arch Report Guild Wars 2’s 6 Month Plan https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/colin-johanson-on-guild-wars-2-in-the-months-ahead/ http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=31599&storypage=2 - quick bulletpoints of the developer talks last week making wvw rewarding improvements to orr Flame and Frost: Prelude https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/january-2013/ my initial thought was that we might be setting the stage for Jormag but @OptMaleficus and @AjWolf84 quickly amended that it could be a combination of Flame Legion and Sons of Svanir attempting to take over their respective conquerors. Laurels and mixing up achievements to highlight different areas of the game along with a pinned side menu for keeping track Guesting Announcement https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/guesting-is-coming/ Region Exclusive - NA can’t guest to EU and vice versa (https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Guesting-is-Coming/page/3#post1221430) Influence with Guesting (https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Guesting-is-Coming/page/9#post1227596) Laurels used to attain new ascended gear items Ravious Breaks Down Flame and Frost (http://www.killtenrats.com/2013/01/22/gw2-flame-and-frost-preview/) quaggan backpacks *will* certainly fund ANet for a few months! Jarimor at Zam interviews Colin Johanson for a really long time Pt 1: http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=31615 server structure and behind the scenes stuff made NA/EU crossovers impossible previewing items that you can’t use will be back in and the trading post preview is being worked on actively they’re discussing expanding party sizes Pt 2: http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=31626 trying to give players a reason to fight tooth and nail even on day 6 when they can’t come out of a slump they’re working on making spvp more announcer ready - but want to strengthen spvp as a whole before they commit to spectator mode and the like the return of the leaderboards (like competitive missions) pve   Ask An Asuran https://twitter.com/rwfrk/status/291279507279724545 Jonathan Andrist‏@rwfrk Why join multiple guilds if you can't communicate with anyone except the one you're representing? Previous tweet is actually the result of trying to find out why 'Guild Chat is always silent.' I often find myself switching between guilds if I’m looking for a group for a dungeon/fractal or just for company. Some guilds are more active during the day and others are more active in the evenings. With guesting, multiple guilds don’t really make any sense at all. Every time you earn influence for a guild it goes to your home server, so while you can gain buffs from banners while on another server, the influence you earn will be useless to the leaders of that guild while you’re there. Example: TWITGuild is on Jade Quarry, so I guest over to play with them. While I’m playing with them I’m earning influence on Henge which will be inaccessible to the leaders of TWIT. So unless I’m an officer and can add things to the build queue I won’t be contributing to the pool. If you’re a habitual dungeon player and prefer to group with people you know rather than a random PUG keeping multiple guilds is absolutely worth it.   Tales of Tyria Guild Wars 2 VO outtakes https://soundcloud.com/arenanet/guild-wars-2-voiceover Captain Weyandt at the end is hilarious Logan taking candy from someone Rub your friends http://orrator.com/post/41108138184/the-best-aid-for-a-dying-ally-is Portal’s Still Alive on Choir Bells http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd3wtXJmOhQ

Chris and Celeste lament that they can't be in Colin Johanson's luminous presence, talk about legendaries, sPvP improvments and how we want a smartphone app. Listen now:  What We Did This Week Celeste: Jumping Puzzles WvW with my ele Chris: Livestreamed some WuvWuv on Sunday night on my Engineer. Had a lot of fun! Actually a close fight this week. Only 20K points separate 1st and 3rd. Levelled my Elle to 7. Wanted to play more but damn RL got in the way. Lion’s Arch Report Colin Johanson (“Game Director” now) on the GW2 Forum about Scavenger Hunts https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Where-s-the-Scavenger-Hunt-post/first#post1190541 This was something that we all thought would be added sooner rather than later Sapience's "soon" (http://my.lotro.com/user-34/2010/09/13/a-brief-history-of-time-according-to-sapience/) “We are however working on expanding reward systems to make them more re-rewarding across all parts of the game, making the open world more rewarding, and adding new ways you can earn precursors as rewards via new reward systems taking advantage of our open persistent world.” Precursors will be dropping more steadily in all areas of the world? What does this mean for the value of them on the TP? Will Offers a New Method to Attain a Precursor http://dwpgaming.blogspot.com/2013/01/gw2-obtaining-your-token-of-legend.html seems *incredibly* intense as far as the last “dungeon” probably less work than earning the gold to buy a precursor eliminates the RNG loss factor from combining exotics to get a precursor Colin Johanson weighs in on the smartphone apps https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Everyone-remember-the-smartphone-app/first#post1201592 currently abandoned to work on the core game experience touts improvements to the core game and drop rates/rewards as the primary delay Johnathan Sharp attempts to assuage spvp fears https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/pvp/Spvp-destiny-An-important-message/page/4#post1169799 unfortunately this seemed to only upset some fans as everything indicated more delays and refocusing on custom arenas as opposed to tournament matchmaking Colin Johanson lets us know that we record too early in the week to be relevant https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/One-blog-or-two/first#post1176001 blog posts to focus on the six month plan for gw2 core Tales of Tyria https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/community/fangen/Project-The-Great-Tryrian-Pub-Crawl 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! Check out our new show on the network hosted by Josh Augustine: WoW Pet Battle Crew. Each week Josh tests a new Pet Battle team in World of Warcraft and puts together a guide that shows you how to get the pets and win battles with them. Join the WoW Pet Battle Crew and conquer the world, one critter at a time. Check out our new widget (and link to our information page) on mmoreporter.com. We’re trying to send Harry Hol to PAX East! Rather than get a sponsor, we’re trying to go ad free for our content this time around, and we want your help! Click to donate or on the link below the widget to find out more information. Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Chris: twitter.com/almazar

Chris and Celeste wade into Guild Wars 2 and the new year's first podcast. We talk fractals, killing Zhaitan, and what January and February will bring to the game. Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste: Finishing Orr (still) Did 12 or so story quests to get to the end Killed Zhaitan Chris: Working on Orr Got my Ele up to level 6 Also killed Zhaitan with guildies. Fun!   Lion’s Arch Report Fractals of the Mists Fixes https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/fractals-of-the-mists-dungeon-improvements/ player reconnects level selection based on the party leader http://maleficincantations.com/2013/01/07/why-fractals-are-really-really-bad-for-the-gw2-community/ lv 2 goes to a lv 20 and gets lv 2 rewards lv 53 goes to a lv 20 and gets karma only can buy legendaries but you can’t buy ascended gear or even components ascended gear is *still* only in the fractals and requires hundreds of hours to attain best in-game (this could be the update for january) Jumping Puzzles and earning the rest of your monthly achievement http://www.killtenrats.com/2013/01/02/gw2-jump-in-dee-line/ encourages players to explore the best parts of the game before the “big January update” Elisabeth makes 2013 Predictions & Wishes http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/01/01/flameseeker-chronicles-hopes-for-the-new-year-in-guild-wars-2/ Guesting Bringing GW2 into e-sports properly http://huntersinsight.com/2013/01/05/little-fixes/ RNG Saving specs like in Rift would be awesome (I also don’t care if I have to pay a lot to do it) GUESTING Stats boards, would be helpful in seeing how magic find and other boosts help/hinder http://thepaletree.net/2013/01/07/trash-can-woes/ Random Number Generators strike again Why can’t we be guaranteed at least green quality items when looting a boss chest in a dungeon? No real definition of when/how/where magic find is effective in-game Colin Johanson Takes On the January Update https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/January-updates-Any-sources/first#post1136181 “To set expectations accordingly, the January release will be a relatively small release that sets the table for the stories and features we plan to roll out with the Feb/March releases and beyond.” no new races, professions or explorable areas with the jan-mar content to include added content to pve, pvp, and wvw Richie Procopio Breaks In with News for February http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/new-maps-in-the-works-for-world-vs-world/ Possibility of new maps being added to wvw, when there’s already 4 maps in use now   Tales of Tyria Karma Choo-Choo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vIoGp3R7ZI Character Selector Quiz http://guildwars2.pl/whats_your_story,a625 Old Timey RP News blog http://orrator.tumblr.com/ HengeOfDenravi.com server coordination with forum, wvw classes and 1000 person mumble! 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! Check out our new widget (and link to our information page) on mmoreporter.com. We’re trying to send Harry Hol to PAX East! Rather than get a sponsor, we’re trying to go ad free for our content this time around, and we want your help! Click to donate or on the link below the widget to find out more information.   Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Chris: twitter.com/almazar

Chris and Celeste talk about last year's predictions and make some wild speculation about what's in store for Guild Wars 2 in 2013. Listen now: Last Year... Chris’ Predictions Release in early Fall 2012 (Post PAX) A strong RP component will be added to the game – similar to the LOTRO Music System. Perhaps a storytelling system, allowing small sprite to be summoned to enhance a story being told. PvP will include an Arena Style system, with ranked small group matches. Arenanet will drop the system that has players losing levels when they return to low level zones. There will be NO rep grinds in GW2. GW Prediction – Number of active players will not drop significantly after the launch of GW2. LAST – 9th Profession Announced – Basket Weaver Celeste’s Predictions Release – Dec 2012 RP – sharing journals with other players so that you can quick swap character bios while in-game with your rp friends/guildies. PvP – gvg makes a comeback (popular demand) and is then removed due to conflict of interest while belonging to 10 different guilds How many times gw2 will be named most anticipated game of the year? 39. On the shoulders of skyrim, gw2 will add dragon shouts and a ranger skill called arrow to the knee which will automatically down any other character. While trying to steal swtor players, they’ll add in a lore breaking minigame where you can fly a millenium falcon. With Chewbacca. And asurans dressed like ewoks. Surly ewoks.Maybe an x-wing could be unlocked later. This Year... Chris’ Predictions No paid expansion in 2013 9th Profession - Macreme dooer - $25US A shoutcasting style system will be added to the game, similar to the system that Firefall currently have in place. Old Lore will further be expanded through Fractals. Expect big story moments in GW1 to be revisited! Dungeon Difficulty will NOT be nerfed. Quaggan will be playable in 2013! Celeste’s Predictions Full Paid expansion by August 2013 - A Wild Cantha Appears! Maguuma Wastes added leading to the still surviving Mursaat at the Isle of Janthir as a mini paid dlc (20$USD) Fractals expanded with older lore (giganticus lupicus that isn’t undead and isn’t tiny!) by May Level upscaling in more places, not just fractals and festivities Guesting will be completely scrapped and the old server system (districts) will be reinstated Player/guild housing will include dimension-ish building ability and the cost will be so prohibitively expensive that only those that farm extensively will be able to afford them, will probably use globs of ectoplasm or something equally rare. Maybe crafting will be worthwhile.... start levelling up huntsman, tailor, and artificer for furniture, curtains, and decorations! New Playable Race - Teng--SKRITT! SHINIES~! Who was right last year Points score? 3-1 for Chris Chris has the most vague and correct predictions overall, but I’d like to think mine were better Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Chris: twitter.com/almazar

Chris and Celeste talk about Wintersday, bots, and account rollbacks in this week's rather sleepy episode. Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste: Finished Malchor’s Leap with guildie Mojo Tixx BELL CHOIR Chris: Ran the Tixx instance twice - Fun! Holly cow jumping puzzle! I love the Bell Choir. Still workin’ on Orr   Lion’s Arch Report Hunter Reflects on Wintersday http://huntersinsight.com/2012/12/16/wintersday/ can’t build all the mini’s easier than the clocktower, but still challenging tixx’s airship is pretty fun and interesting celeste - snowball fight was mostly frustrating for me Mike Lewis smashes bots https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/mike-lewis-on-the-war-against-the-bots/ “The number of bots reported every hour worldwide has dropped from more than 2,000 in October to a much healthier 20 as of this writing.” Account Restoration Tool is active https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/support/account/Account-Restorations-Update/first#post973940 https://en.support.guildwars2.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9274 as long as it took place after Dec 1, they can restore it   Ask An Asuran Ken From Chicago asks, “@CeleOOKIE Who's your favorite female character in #GuildWars2, and why? (Preferably beyond merely looks.)“ Celeste - Eir. I know she gets rather sentimental in the middle of the game but she’s not whiny like Zoijja or upsetting like Caithe. She’s simply bold and proud. Chris - Zoija - Maybe that’s because she’s been my Mentor throughout my personal story, but she’s just so cool.   Tales of Tyria https://soundcloud.com/arenanet/sets/guild-wars-2-wintersday-2012 http://www.guildwars2hub.com/features/editorials/10-gold-giveaway 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! And we have our annual “best of” episode coming at the end of December, so send us your favorite moments from Guild Wars reporter in 2012, and we’ll make sure to include them in the highlights show. If possible, please include the episode and time code to make it easier for me to find it.   Contact Info Email: gwreporter@mmoreporter.com twitter: twitter.com/gwreporter site: guildwarsreporter.com Voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Chris: twitter.com/almazar

Chris and Celeste do their best to not talk about dragons mating and enjoy the pretty screenshots for the upcoming Wintersday update. Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste: Started Lornar’s Pass on my ele Scared Claw of Jormag on m...

Chris and Celeste digest the AMA with Chris Whiteside, total makeover kits, the possibilities for fractals and much more. What We Did This Week Celeste: Plague and children wrangling meta-game Logged in long enough to invite someone to collegium and that’s it -_- Chris: Ding 80! Orr is hard! Trying to continue my story, but I have to get to it first! Lion’s Arch Report Wintersday Approaches https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/december-2012/ December 14 - January 3 Every major city will be decorated massive golem-shaped airship interesting departure from the dwayna/grenth heavy wintersday of gw1 Optimus Maleficus Analysis of AMA with Chris Whiteside http://maleficincantations.com/2012/11/26/opt-out-chris-whiteside-ama/ treadmill - I’m not sure who decided there needed to be a “gap” item above exotic but as long as the legendary remains best in slot, I’m happy. ownership - I think it’s important that he communicates the poor handling of information to the playerbase, haven’t they learned that leaking small bits of PR to sites that repeatedly break embargoes doesn’t work? They’ve been through this for at least 2 years! one time events - I don’t think the community would be averse to having one time events happen 3 times  occurring 4 or 5 hours apart so that everyone would be able to participate based on their schedules Email: “Hi guy's great job on the podcast. I appreciate your enthusiasum about GW2, and I was wondering what you guys thought about the Gw2 AMA, I don't know if i'm being naive, but i believe Anet when they say they don't plan to turn the game, into a gear treadmill, and they they are working on ways to evolve the game horizontally, They also mention that they are trying to please both the crowds of people who want cosemetic gear progression, and stat gear progression. I feel torn because i really love the world of Tyria, and for some reason i have an optomistic feeling that in a year of course they'll be all new complaints, but that the game will really be flushed out and more like what they wanted to release with. I really love gw2, but i definitely think they were forced to put it out ahead of the time they wanted and still playing catch up. So i was curious what's your opinions on the things that were answered in the AMA, and what are your opinions on GW2 future? Do you think it will have to cater to one crowd or the other, or can they find that illusive possibly non-existent middle ground. -mizuken” Down In Fractal Rock http://dwpgaming.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/gw2-fractals-as-mash-ups-in-play-space.html this is something we’ll likely be talking about in our predictions show, but I feel like this does highlight that they are trying to establish a longevity in the game as early as a few months post release establishes the fractals as a playground for introducing random lore, exploring older or lesser known events, and having completely random dungeons (“swimming without water”) Make Yourself Over https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/makeovers-and-more-in-the-gem-store-now/ Self Style - 250 Gems - Hair style and color, horns and facial hair Total Makeover - 350 Gems - gender and most settings from character creation no new varieties or colors Incoming: Name Change Option https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Possible-Name-Change-Item-in-Black-Lion has been found in data mining as a new item but hasn’t been released for one reason or another Ask An Asuran How do combos start, finish, and interact? http://youtu.be/j6i04HGTHCI Trusty Turkey does an amazing job demonstrating how the 9 combo fields (fire, dark, ice, poison, smoke, lightning, ethereal, light and water) interact when players shoot projectiles, whirl or leap through them while attacking the enemy. This video is certainly not to be missed for people who are even remotely curious about what their combo fields actually do. Tales of Tyria

Chris and Celeste talk about their experiences with Lost Shores, ascended gear, and the new Fractals of the Mist. Listen now:  What We Did This Week Celeste: Lost Shores Letdown - Friday’s event was most unplayable but at least started on time, Saturday’s was confusing and somewhat broken, Sunday I just avoided it completely Sylvari Ele Story quests are pretty fun! Joined the Priory. Chris: Leveling grind to level 76! Thanks to the guild mates who helped me out for our 3 hour leveling sprint. Got from Level 66 to level 74 in one night, and hit to level 76 on my own. Tons of fun getting zones complete, and I’m addicted to my personal story. Lion’s Arch Report Lost Shores Recap http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/11/19/flameseeker-chronicles-guild-wars-2s-lost-shores-recap/ Looks like I missed out on a couple exotics and a 20 slot bag feedback shows that it was long and hiccup-y Chris Whiteside on Lost Shores https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/chris-whiteside-on-the-lost-shores-and-beyond/?utm_source=client Chris Whiteside AMA on Ascended Gear, Lost Shores, Updates http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/13tuac/im_the_studio_design_director_on_guild_wars_2_ama/ represents a huge amount of non-information still going at the time of recording some answers regarding ascended gear and other unsolidified information feels like PR speak as does his previous article, almost as if a PR person went through his answers with a red pen... dun dun DUN Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PmsDw6AfTYzy7Wh1j_bnaz4Fyop3_8wpbxGcxrhgNUI/edit Ascended Gear https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/linsey-murdock-unveils-new-high-end-ascended-gear/ https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/A-message-from-our-Studio-Design-Director-Chris-Whiteside meant to be for people who loved raiding in other games only slightly better than exotics and only found/usable in fractals b/c of the monster conditions that are exclusive to those maps will eventually be added as PvE and WvW rewards as well Legendaries have been upgraded so that they will always stay best-in-slot I’ve yet to encounter them in-game so I’m unaware of how the slots work realistically Fractals and you https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/leah-rivera-on-the-new-fractals-of-the-mist-dungeon/ “ mission to bring all of you an awesome, high-end dungeon experience” feels like a raid “that will be challenging,” very. “rewarding,” haven’t seen it yet “and a ton of fun!” not for me! bug - if you d/c you can’t get back to your group (https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/support/bugs/Fractals-of-the-Mists-Disconnection-Issues/first#post763970) Soundtrack Listening http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/11/13/jukebox-heroes-guild-wars-2s-soundtrack-part-1/ as for the featured I prefer Call of the Raven but the comments share the real gold with The Hammer Falls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAZ7op9eJKQ&feature=relmfu) Ask An Asuran How do you reverse the camera angle in Guild Wars 2, like you can in GW1 (with x or z)? - Ken From Chicago There is a setting in the keybinds labeled as “Look Behind” (under Camera) where you can assign a key to  swing around the view for screenshots or just staring at the front of your character while casting cool spells. Which is something very few of us actually do and it really is very cool! Tales of Tyria http://youtu.be/x9ieNXOnZPY http://nerdybookahs.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/advent-calendar-first-week-25-11-02-12/ 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! We have our annual “best of” episode coming at the end of December, so send us your favorite moments from Guild Wars reporter in 2012, and we’ll make sure to include them in the highlights show. If possible, please include the episode and time code to make it easier for me to find it.

Chris and Celeste are a bit sleepy while waiting for Lost Shores to happen. We tell you about the time Sallenia's computer caught on fire, Refer-A-Friend and talk about how to up your frame rate in Guild Wars 2. Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste: Life wiki project of great folly Chris: Ding 66! Almost completed Hirathi Highlands, just one heart and one POI left. I love the “War” feel of the zone, but I’m kind of sick of Centaurs....   Lion’s Arch Report Lost Shores Preview http://www.guildwars2hub.com/features/previews/lost-shores-preview New ascended armors/items means Exotic is no longer the highest tier of armor http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/74916-new-armor-get-ready-for-rage/page__st__600#entry2075289 Southsun Cove

Chris and Celeste wildly speculate what's coming with coming Lost Shores update.   What We Did This Week Celeste: Gave in and had ben do the clocktower for me Got to 400 cooking and gained 10 levels for it on my elementalist and got to 300 jewelry making on my main Chris: Ding 64 on my warrior. Crafting is still an issue for me. So far I’m really LOVING the personal story, and can’t wait to make different choices and see how things are different on another character. Don’t spoil it for me internet!   Lion’s Arch Report Lost Shores Announced https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/november-2012/ does that mean the Sea of Sorrows Book will be released soon? Another one time event, this time it’s a whole weekend the beached whale in LA make me so sad, I feel like the kid that’s crying next to one some sign posts in LA hint at a kraken type foe that could be “Bubble’s” lieutenant (http://dwpgaming.blogspot.com/2012/11/gw2-im-forever-blowing-bubbles.html) 3pm est fri-sat-sun https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Lost-Shores-Heads-Up MMORPG Interview with Colin Johanson http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/12hh55/notes_from_mmorpgcom_interview_livestream_with/ medium sized map with a new type of dungeon that gets harder the further you go in (reminds me of the the end of TL1 but with no way to send your pet out) http://guildwarstemple.com/dragontimer/   Ask An Asuran Get Past Campers in Eternal Battleground http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/12nqa6/get_past_campers_in_the_eternal_battlegrounds/ I had noticed that the Mad Memories provided a light source, unfortunately it doesn’t work during the Pirate Puzzle (Weyandt’s Revenge) in LA but it will work during the Eternal battleground puzzles that you have to complete for cheevos. I was unaware that people were griefing there but this youtube video (with some mild cursing) does give you an idea of how to get around without getting bothered and actually gives you some ideas of how to get through and do some actual pvp since these puzzles are, of course, located in WvW. “Are you the mesmer?” “Yup” “Ok” awesomesauce. I’m not one for trash talking afterwards though :/   Tales of Tyria http://gw2cartographers.com/ 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! Email A couple quick thoughts for ya'll :) 1.  if you've discovered something, you should be able to craft it if you have all the component parts, but it should calculate it all the way down to the raw material level.  So if you're trying to craft a set of gloves, no more insignia + glove part 1 + glove part 2 - just calculate all the raw mats & craft it up for a brotha! 2.  The ability to filter items by crafting level is nice, but not all that useful unless you remember every corresponding level for every character vs apprentice to master levels.  Some additional filtering options would be really useful: * character level - 'anything equipable for xxx level'- NOT current level, makes it useless for crafting for alts * stat(s) - power, vit, toughness, mf?  let me filter that!  i need to see all level 30 gear w/ magic find ---  etc. great podcast by the way, keep on truckin! - Sweet Lou Email Hi Chris and Celeste, MMO reporter fan here. I apologize about how late this comment might be, but I have been catching up on past episodes. I can imagine some good reasons that some players to prefer Guild Wars 1 over Guild Wars 2. Although it sounds like a sequel, Guild Wars 2 is a radically different game from Guild Wars 1. It retains some elements of the older game, but it discards such features as dual-classing, heroes, and instanced world zones. It also adds some features that GW1 players might not like, such as the action combat system (with all that ducking and diving),

Chris and Celeste stream in-game to show off all the amazing decorations (you can see the video on our twitch stream) and go full on halloweenie for this episode. Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste: trying to get to 100%, only need to finish up 3 more zones +wvw POI & vistas mad king - labyrinth, pumpkin carving tours, reaper’s rumble, clocktower Chris: Mad King - Ascent to Madness Working on completing Timberline Falls. It’s an OK zone, but definitely not my favorite. Ding 61!   Lion’s Arch Report Shadow of the Mad King https://www.guildwars2.com/en/events/halloween-2012/ Act 2 - Mad King’s Realm Reaper’s Rumble (pumpkin patch pvp) Lunatic Inquisition (labyrinth pvp court vs villagers) PvE Labyrinth clocktower Act 3 - Ascent to Madness dungeon Tonics As Costume For Brawls https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Costume-Brawl-for-All that tonic idea we had was being implemented before we had it :P SUPER fun but initially very confusing as there were mass riots in streets of LA Shadow of the Mad King as a cash grab I’ve spent 40$ since release the gold mini takes 250 candy corn, and the 3 mini’s from the BLTC, so to get all 4 you spend 1000gems. 12$ for 4 mini pets? (http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/gw2-halloween-mini-pet-guide-chainsaw-the-skeleton/) trading value of gems and gold has gone through the roof and then leveled out once lion keys were found to be useless at getting the rare skins (http://www.gw2spidy.com/gem) costume brawl *is* pay to win, did i? heck yeah. Free World Transfers Once Every 7 Days https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Free-World-Transfers-Limited-to-Once-Every-7-Days/first#post579275 Field of View Beta Testing http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/fov-beta-launched/   Ask An Asuran http://youtu.be/NXescRln7aI Should crafting be as easy as this to max out yourself to 80? (Discussion) 4 hours and 38g (gathered from another character obviously) Only lv 25 after 2 crafting trades mastered (400)   Tales of Tyria Artist Kekai Kotaki shares his artwork of guild wars 2 in tumblr, includes cute quaggans and stylized undead! http://kekai-k.tumblr.com/ 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 youtube: youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork facebook: facebook.com/gwreporter guild: collegium-gw2.guildlaunch.com Celeste: twitter.com/CeleOOKIE Chris: twitter.com/almazar