Guild Wars 2 is the sequel to the Guild Wars series of games by ArenaNet. Guild Wars 2 was released on August 28, 2012.^[1] It has been in development since 2006. Many features have integrated into the game which align it with traditional MMORPGs, such as a persistent world and a level cap of 80, but the game has been described by ArenaNet as having non-traditional elements as well, because 'it doesn't make you spend hours preparing to have fun rather than just having fun.'

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Apr 24, 2012 Guild Wars 2 list of emotes Posted on April 24, 2012 by Mikro The following list presents the emotes, and the corresponding text that is displayed in the chat window. Possibly the most survivable solo build in GW2.? I’ve been thinking about this setup for a while - technically, @mordremsylvari asking me about trailblazer gear for reaper when HoT launched was the first time it came up, but I mostly forgot about it afterward until I came back to reaper later on and noticed exactly what the stat combo was.

This article provides an overview of the features of Guild Wars 2. For more detailed information, consult the fan FAQ or other articles available on this wiki.

• 2Purchasing
• 4Characters
• 6Player versus Environment
• 7Player versus Player
• 9Game engine

Development progress and release information[edit]

Guild Wars 2 began development in the middle of 2006; it was first announced to the public in 2007. It began closed beta testing on 16 December 2011.^[2] On 23 January 2012, ArenaNet announced that Guild Wars 2 would launch by the end of that year, following beta tests throughout March and April.^[3] On 28 June, ArenaNet announced that the game would launch on 28 August 2012.

ArenaNet began offering playable demos to convention attendees starting with Gamescom in 2010. In each of these demos the game systems presented to players have increased and shown evolution and change. A YouTube search will uncover considerable footage of Guild Wars 2 gameplay from these conventions.

Pre-purchase for Guild Wars 2 started on April 10th, 2012 allowing players to purchase one of three versions of the game before its launch: Digital Edition, Digital Deluxe Edition, and Collector's Edition.

Purchasing[edit]

Primary article: Account#Free_accounts

As of August 29, 2015 the original Guild Wars 2 content is free to play and does not require an initial purchase of the game or a subscription fee to play. Avg 8 free download full version. Purchasable content is available in the form of expansions and episodical updates, labelled as Living World seasons, that expand the base/original game content. Guild Wars 2 has micro-transactions similar to those offered in Guild Wars.^[4]

The core game can be freely acquired through the official website. Even though there is no monetary cost, an account is required to play. Free-to-play accounts have several restrictions, which are lifted with an expansion purchase. Players that purchased the game prior to August 29 2015 are considered to have a Guild Wars 2 'Core' account without the free-to-play restrictions. See guildwars2.com for further information.

There is a 'Partner Program' through which new purchases at current prices can also benefit your favorite content creator. 'Content creators' are those who run a podcast, fansite, video channel or live stream channel which features GW2 news, how-tos, fan-art, etc. See Arenanet Partner Program for a list of current partners or to apply to become a partner. That site includes a short video describing the partner program.

Expansions[edit]

There have been two substantial expansions released, each of which was available for purchase at the time of their release.

• Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns — Includes Heart of Maguuma maps and story. Required for Living World Season 3.
• Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire — Includes Crystal Desert maps and story. Required for Living World Season 4.

As of August 30th 2019, Heart of Thorns is included for free when the second expansion, Path of Fire is purchased.

The currently available editions of the game to new players are therefore:

• Guild Wars 2 Core - Free to play which provides access to core Tyria maps, has limitations on certain features, such as the ability to use the Trading Post and Map Chat.

• Path of Fire Expansion:
  • Standard Edition
  • Deluxe Edition
  • Ultimate Edition

See Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire#Purchasing for the full details on what is included in the different Path of Fire editions.

Historical Guild Wars 2 Editions[edit]

These editions of Guild Wars 2 are no longer sold by ArenaNet as of the release of Heart of Thorns, but any existing serial keys may still be redeemed.

Core game

• Boxed (only through retailers)
• Heroic edition, offering full-featured copy of the game including several bonus items.
• Deluxe, which includes special in-game features: a miniature, several one-time or short-term use items, and a special elite skill.
• Collector's Edition, a disc-version of the above, which also comes a 10-inch Rytlock figurine, 112 page Making of Guild Wars 2 book, Best of Guild Wars 2 Soundtrack CD, art portfolio and five art prints, and a custom art frame. (Sold out in the Arenanet shop, some retailers still have this in stock)

Heart of Thorns Expansion: - Included Heart of Maguuma maps and story. Required for Living World Season 3

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• Standard Edition
• Deluxe Edition
• Ultimate Edition

Two versions of the game were available in the past, but were discontinued.

• Digital Edition
• Digital Deluxe Edition (There is still a Digital Deluxe Edition available, but the content of the digital package has been changed, The one in the table below reflects the old version)

Chinese release[edit]

Guild Wars 2 was launched in China on 15 May 2014. The game is there published by KongZhong. The Chinese version is completely separated and runs on different servers. Information about packages and pricing for Chinese players is not available on this wiki.

System requirements[edit]

The current minimum requirements for Windows^[5] are:

• Windows 7 (64-bit only) or later
• Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz, Core i3, AMD Athlon 64 X2
• NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS, AMD Radeon HD 2900 XT
• 4 GB RAM
• 50 GB available HDD space
• Broadband Internet connection
• Keyboard and mouse

The current minimum requirements for the 64-bit native Mac client^[5] are:

• macOS Mavericks (Version 10.9) or later
• Intel Core i5
• 4 GB RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce 320M, AMD Radeon HD 6630M, Intel HD 3000
• 50 GB available HDD space
• Broadband Internet connection
• Keyboard and mouse

Characters[edit]

Primary article: Character

There are two fixed aspects to any character created: race and profession.

The selection of one of five playable races determines the appearance of the character and gives a flavor to the character in combat with versatile racial skills and through a personal storyline with the unique themes and history of the race. The selection of one of eight available professions determines most of what the character is capable of doing. It restricts the armor type wearable, but more importantly determines how the skill bar is built through the unique game mechanics of the profession, the weapons that can be wielded, and the skills and ability modifiers available. The profession abilities have been emphasized over racial abilities to make sure that each race is equally able to play each profession. Professions are roughly analogous to what most other MMOs refer to as character classes.

A character can be used to play any game mode available in Guild Wars 2: PvE, Structured PvP and World PvP. A player may still have multiple characters. The game is designed to be viable for both solo and group play.

Guild Wars 1 characters[edit]

Characters from the original Guild Wars will not be migrated to play in Guild Wars 2, though some player achievements are translated through the Hall of Monuments, which grants titles and new items. Players also had the chance to reserve their character names up until the 31st of July 2012 before the game's launch. ^[6]

Combat[edit]

Primary article: Combat

Combat in Guild Wars 2 is built around three facets: damage, control and support. Damage is simply decreasing the enemy's health, control is preventing the enemy from doing what it wants, and support consists of working together with allies. Each profession is able to perform any of these roles. While some professions may be better at an aspect than others, no character is a specialist in a particular role. For example, there is no profession which focuses on the healing aspect of support - the best healing abilities available in the game are the compulsory self healing skills.

Combat is designed to be tactical and dynamic; items in the environment can be used as weapons, body position can affect skills, and skills which allies use can interact with the player to create new effects. Players can dodge enemy attacks to avoid damage and even what is done at the edge of death can change the outcome of the fight dramatically.

Player versus Environment[edit]

Primary article: Player versus Environment

Guild Wars 2 has a significantly larger world than that of Guild Wars.^[7]Underwater explorable areas are a significant part of some zones, some of which have over half of the area underwater. These underwater areas are designed to be easily accessible and fun places to explore for all players so there aren't any breath meters or time limits. The underwater areas have new friendly races and their own events.

Event system[edit]

Primary article: Event system

Instead of a traditional quest system, there are dynamic events. As the world is explored, objectives become revealed by occurrences around the player. For example, a town under attack is identifiable by the destruction caused by enemies and townspeople fleeing. Participating in defending the town gives rewards whether the event succeeds or fails. There are over 1500 events that can occur in a dynamic system based on player action or inaction in the world. Participation in these events thus affects the state of the world (f.e. the availability of merchants). The events that occur are sometimes influenced by the latest available story updates, causing the events to change accordingly.

Personal story[edit]

Primary article: Personal story

In the 250 years since the events of Guild Wars, the Elder Dragons have awoken. As massive forces of nature, these dragons have wrought destruction across the continent of Tyria, forever changing its face and its inhabitants. The player is thrown into the midst of this destruction. Each character has its own biography which affects the story and how non-player characters react. As the game progresses, organizations can be joined and situations approached in different ways; these influences change the experience of the story as it advances towards the final confrontation with the Elder Dragon, Zhaitan. There are therefore millions of different story permutations possible.

Much of the story between Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 is elaborated on in the novels set in the intervening years; Ghosts of Ascalon, Edge of Destiny, and Sea of Sorrows.

Crafting[edit]

Primary article: Crafting

Guild Wars 2 has a robust crafting system of eight different disciplines which can be changed at any time without losing progress. Leveling the disciplines is designed to allow the player to craft items for themselves as they progress through the game without grinding for specific gear types. Gathering doesn't prevent other players from also gathering from the same resource. These resources will also respawn after a specific amount of time.

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Activities[edit]

Mini-game activities are provided in major towns and Lounges.

Player versus Player[edit]

Structured PvP[edit]

Primary article: Structured PvP

There are two main forms of organized PvP: a tournament based game with evenly organized teams, and pick-up play where individuals or groups can hot-join a map depending on a variety of settings similar to competitive MOBAs and first-person-shooters. Players entering organized PvP get a fixed level and any items necessary to ensure an even footing.

World versus World[edit]

Primary article: World versus World

World versus World is a casual but competitive player versus player mode featuring large, continuous, objective-based battles between a few matched servers. Players of any level can come and go, using the skills and equipment that they currently have. The winning worlds gain particular benefits, such as better prices at merchants. The main goal is to obtain the most area points, which can only be done by collaborating with one another in bigger groups, as opposed to Structured PvP, which is only in a small group.

Guilds[edit]

Primary article: Guild

A player may link up to 5 guilds to their account and may choose which guild they would like to represent on any character at any time. Only when 'representing' a specific guild do they have access to the guild bank and any other guild perks. Some options available to support guilds include guild achievements and missions. The ultimate goal of a guild is to fully extend their guild hall, which will provide them with more benefits.

Originally, the player could only read and write into the guild chat of the one guild they were currently representing. Recent changes removed this restriction so that all the account's guilds' chat channels can be read and written to regardless of which is currently being represented.

Game engine[edit]

Guild Wars 2 uses a heavily modified Guild Wars game engine which includes support for true 3D environments, more detailed environments and models, better lighting and shadows, new animation and effects systems, plus new audio and cinematics engines and a more flexible combat and skill-casting system.^[8] It uses Havok to provide destructible environment and ragdoll animation of creatures^[9] and Umbra's occlusion culling technology.^[10]

There is not a 'click-to-move' control system, ^[11] but target-locking is available.

Day and night[edit]

Primary article: Day and night

The game uses a 2-hour day-night cycle: day lasts for 70 minutes, night for 40 minutes, with dawn and dusk taking 5 minutes each. Some events only begin during one of these time periods, some NPCs only appear at certain times, and some food and equipment confers bonuses during either night or day. In addition, the explorable paths of five dungeons and six Fractals of the Mists always take place during the night; the others are always during the day. Maps can look completly different during daytime and nighttime.

Weather[edit]

There are weather patterns, and the interiors of many buildings in the environment are accessible. Weather does however not influence combat or movement. There are however environmental hazards that influence movement (i.e. walking slower in quicksand, slipping on icy surfaces etc.).

Music[edit]

Jeremy Soule, composer for the Guild Wars series (and many other games) returned to compose the soundtrack for Guild Wars 2. Since the game's release, additional music has been composed by Maclaine Diemer, Stan LePard, and Lena Chappelle. Starting with the soundtrack for Shadow of the Mad King (Halloween 2012) most tracks can be found on Arena Net's soundcloud.

See also[edit]

• Guild Wars, the previous game in the Guild Wars franchise.
• Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, the first expansion for Guild Wars 2.
• Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire, the second expansion for Guild Wars 2.
• Hall of Monuments, which bestows rewards earned by Guild Wars players to their Guild Wars 2 characters.
• Game credits for the original release of Guild Wars 2.

External links[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Guild Wars 2: Get Ready, ArenaNet's channel on YouTube
2. ^I'm a Guild Wars 2 Developer: AMA about professions, Reddit
3. ^Welcome to the Year of the Dragon, ArenaNet blog
4. ^https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/play-for-free-today/
5. ^ ^abPurchase page, guildwars2.com
6. ^Reserve Your Guild Wars Character Name for Guild Wars 2 by July 31, ArenaNet blog.
7. ^Pure Artistic Vision - A Guild Wars 2 Concept Art Q&A with Daniel Dociu, Ten Ton Hammer
8. ^GC 2009: Guild Wars 2 - First Details and Q&A, IGN
9. ^Important Guild Wars 2 Questions Answered, ZAM
10. ^ArenaNet® Licenses Umbra for Guild Wars 2, Umbra Software
11. ^Guild Wars 2 (magazine article transcription), PC Gamer

Hey, I've been playing with the Mirage for a bit now, really enjoy it for casual open world and the little bit of PVP that I do, however I am very far from properly geared. Before PoF, I mostly played a Power Chrono, which means my gear gives me absolutely no condi damage. The question that I have now is what gear to go for; I am trying to decide between Viper, Trailblazer and Grieving, but I am not sure which one to pick/what combination to choose.

I play with axe/pistol and scepter/focus (might change that to torch though), any suggestions would be appreciated.

Comments

• PvE: Viper's
  PvP: Doesn't matter you use pvp trinket stat
  WvW: Trailblazer

  You don't have enough crit chance to take advantage of grieving. Ideally you'd want a Precision/CondiDamage + Expertise setup (either P+CD as primary on a quad stat or one of them as primary on a tri stat). Those sets don't exist atm, though.

  Although in PoF maps you will be a bit squishy so some trailblazers won't be bad, although since you are condi you will get right back up if you've applied proper condi output.

• Thanks for that! Do you reckon just putting in Trailblazer Leggings+Boots would be fine?

• Trailblazer will perform fine in open world pve, for didcated instanced content it will not work due to:

  • toughness making you a tank
  • less damage stats reducing your effectiveness

  For PoF pve full trainblazer is fine but you can also decide to splash some in and run rest vipers. Wvw as mentioned should be traiblazer mostly.

• I think Viper is still the best choice for open world condi dmg builds, not sure though how a hybrid(Grieving) Mirage would fare, so far I think only Weavers and Reapers benefit enough to go for Grieving stats.

• @MikeL.8260 said:
  I think Viper is still the best choice for open world condi dmg builds, not sure though how a hybrid(Grieving) Mirage would fare, so far I think only Weavers and Reapers benefit enough to go for Grieving stats.

  You don't have enough crit chance to utilize the ferocity, unless you have raid buffs.

• In Open world i agree with Esplen and the others that viper + a mix of defensive stats will work best. However in WvW for example, if u want to build aggressive , grieving should outperform Viper , due to condi cleanses, same with PvP, if we ever get grieving there.
  (we dont need condi duration in Pvp and WvW and grieving simply changes condi duration to ferocity - > no power/condi dmg loss)

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• @FaboBabo.3581 said:
  In Open world i agree with Esplen and the others that viper + a mix of defensive stats will work best. However in WvW for example, if u want to build aggressive , grieving should outperform Viper , due to condi cleanses, same with PvP, if we ever get grieving there.
  (we dont need condi duration in Pvp and WvW and grieving simply changes condi duration to ferocity - > no power/condi dmg loss)

  Nah, if you want high burst, you'd be using Sinister.

• Mix of viper and sinister is probably best: ok-ish condi duration and crit chance.

• edited September 24, 2017

  To sum up what people have been saying:

  Viper - our baseline 'go-to' stat for damage. Best in slot until condition duration caps are hit for pve. Good damage in wvw but squishy and vulnerable to condi cleanse.

  Sinister - the hybrid and splash in choice next to viper in pve. Better burst in wvw and less penalised by condi cleanse.

  Trailblazer - the jack-of-all non instanced content choice. Far less damage than viper or sinister. Performs well in open world pve and the choice pick for wvw unless you are running a super bursty small scale roaming or 1v1 build.

  Grieving - the new possible 4-stat replacement for sinister.

• On the same topic, what skill build should a condi mirage have?

• what's best rune and sigils to use for PvE condi axe raiding?

• @Pachimari.2510 said:
  On the same topic, what skill build should a condi mirage have?

  If you mean utilities, you probably want to run Signet of Midnight and Signet of Domination (for condi duration and condi damage passive effects). The heal, last utility and elite are up to your liking.

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• @Cyninja.2954 said:
  To sum up what people have been saying:

  Viper - our baseline 'go-to' stat for damage. Best in slot until condition duration caps are hit for pve. Good damage in wvw but squishy and vulnerable to condi cleanse.

  Sinister - the hybrid and splash in choice next to viper in pve. Better burst in wvw and less penalised by condi cleanse.

  Trailblazer - the jack-of-all non instanced content choice. Far less damage than viper or sinister. Performs well in open world pve and the choice pick for wvw unless you are running a super bursty small scale roaming or 1v1 build.

  Grieving - the new possible 4-stat replacement for sinister.

  How does one acquire grieving stats set?

• @Weerus.3701 said:

  @Cyninja.2954 said:
  To sum up what people have been saying:

  Viper - our baseline 'go-to' stat for damage. Best in slot until condition duration caps are hit for pve. Good damage in wvw but squishy and vulnerable to condi cleanse.

  Sinister - the hybrid and splash in choice next to viper in pve. Better burst in wvw and less penalised by condi cleanse.

  Trailblazer - the jack-of-all non instanced content choice. Far less damage than viper or sinister. Performs well in open world pve and the choice pick for wvw unless you are running a super bursty small scale roaming or 1v1 build.

  Grieving - the new possible 4-stat replacement for sinister.

  How does one acquire grieving stats set?

  Not sure where in the story or new maps yet, but legendary and raid ascended items now have the stat available.

  Some raid items like trinkets and some weapons were reset with the PoF launch so you can reselect the stats on them.

• @bart.3687 said:

  @Pachimari.2510 said:
  On the same topic, what skill build should a condi mirage have?

  If you mean utilities, you probably want to run Signet of Midnight and Signet of Domination (for condi duration and condi damage passive effects). The heal, last utility and elite are up to your liking.

  Yes, that's right! Thank you! What weapon sets should I be using?

• @Pachimari.2510 said:
  Yes, that's right! Thank you! What weapon sets should I be using?

  I'm mostly playing open world and at the moment I'm using axe/focus (on non-shatter build) and it does pretty well imo. I used to run scepter, but scepter, while being good vs single target, is pretty bad against groups of mobs (it's also much less entertaining compared to axe, but that's just an opinion).

  Talking about offhands:
  1) Traited pistol is the best against bosses (maintaining pistol phantasms).
  2) Focus is nice against groups of mobs as you can pull them and cleave/shatter.
  3) Torch gives you aoe burning and its phantasm applies burning too, so I think it's solid as well.
  4) Offhand Sword isn't a good option for condi builds.

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• @Esplen.3940 said:

  @FaboBabo.3581 said:
  In Open world i agree with Esplen and the others that viper + a mix of defensive stats will work best. However in WvW for example, if u want to build aggressive , grieving should outperform Viper , due to condi cleanses, same with PvP, if we ever get grieving there.
  (we dont need condi duration in Pvp and WvW and grieving simply changes condi duration to ferocity - > no power/condi dmg loss)

  Nah, if you want high burst, you'd be using Sinister.

  Not in Wvw - Resistance , clear all condis ..
  ppl can actually react within 1 second and proc resistance etc, and ur burst is gone. Therefore i advice grieving partwise.

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• If people are cleansing your condi burst in wvw, then grieving is not going to do anything either considering it's a half assed verisoon of sinister and zerker stats. Most condi weapons and attacks have low base power damage, so it isn't going to dent anyone in wvw.

• If you want a budget gear to try things out, exotic Dire set from the TP will do just fine. No sense in crafting an ascended set before you even know if you like it or not.

• @Zenith.7301 said:
  If people are cleansing your condi burst in wvw, then grieving is not going to do anything either considering it's a half assed verisoon of sinister and zerker stats. Most condi weapons and attacks have low base power damage, so it isn't going to dent anyone in wvw.

  @Zenith.7301 said:
  If people are cleansing your condi burst in wvw, then grieving is not going to do anything either considering it's a half assed verisoon of sinister and zerker stats. Most condi weapons and attacks have low base power damage, so it isn't going to dent anyone in wvw.

  Grieving has more power as sinister + ferocity . since the condi dmg is enough anyway, u simply add dmg vs cleanse and resistance builds. Mesmer has f1 with decent scaling and Scepter 3 hits hard too (when hitting).

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• @Hevoskuuri.3891 said:
  If you want a budget gear to try things out, exotic Dire set from the TP will do just fine. No sense in crafting an ascended set before you even know if you like it or not.

  I know I want to go for it, I am already enjoying it so much with inadequate gear.

• I don't recommend Grieving at all. I wrote a fairly large description as to why it's bad for bursting, but if you look at damage breakdowns of a Condi Mesmer (and Mirage), the power damage is always very, very minimal. Ideally, the stat combination you want to go for is:
  Condi Damage, Precision, Expertise.
  If you have to go for a quad-stat, pick two of them and then add either Power or Ferocity as your last stat.

  Of course, none of those sets exist, so Sinister is the best if you want to forego Expertise and Viper's is the best if you don't.

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