Announcing Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure – GuildWars2.com
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The fourth expansion for Guild Wars 2 launches on August 22, 2023.

My first read on this is to be pretty excited; the new dailies system looks interesting, more accessible skyscale will be good for newer players, etc.

PonyOfWar
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11Y

Guess this means I should finish EoD story soon!

Zoidsberg
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This looks great! I’m excited.

To anyone who comes along and hasn’t played GW2: Go check it out. Its a fantastic MMO with inoffensive monetization and one of the best online communities I’ve come across. I always shill it whenever I get the chance.

Wow didn’t realize this game was still going

I spent a few weeks playing through the three expansions after not playing for 8 years. (My inbox was full of years of free stuff)

It’s really quite good. I don’t need to get deep into some grind system, which it definitely has. But the story was quite good and the world building is fantastic. Even the combat was fun.

It’s worth checking out, I think.

I’m pretty hyped, I love the communication from them! I’ve still got so much to do from icebrood and EoD, time to dive back in I guess!

My only worry about the sky scale is how they talk about buffing its movement, it sounds fun but it’s also already the most powerful mount. Hard to imagine a use for our bunny or raptor if we’re zipping over queensdale on our dragon. Guess it matters less if everyone’s got it, no more leaving new folks out.

Can’t believe we’re coming up on the 11th anniversary soon. This has always been my favorite MMO.

I can’t believe it’s only 11 years old. It already felt like it had a lot of history when I played it back in 2012.

Oh man, this takes me back. I’m going to share my favorite GW2 memory, because I can.

I was playing my main (a thief), wandering around some zone or another. I happened upon a cool looking elite and tried to take it, but it was too powerful and I had to retreat. After I did so, I noticed another player arrive and also go for the elite, and decided I could jump in with him and get the loot too.

We killed it, I don’t remember the loot, but what I do remember is the strange portal opening…

We enter, and are teleported to a bizarre other region. We regroup, and spend some time exploring before accidentally finding a portal out of the place and being teleported to random spots in the region.

We immediately /pm each other and regroup at the elite, both eager to find what’s really in that other place. Cue 2+ hours of exploration, solving jumping puzzles, and just camaraderie with this stranger I’d never met exploring a beautiful and mystifying area. Finally we reach the prize, a big chest of loot and an achievement, and teleport out.

I never saw them again, and I don’t need to. It was such an amazing experience, just raw human connection and exploration, happening by pure coincidence in a game I played exclusively solo. I enjoyed a lot of things about GW2, but that one memory will always stick in my mind, and I haven’t found an experience like that since

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