Guild Wars 2: Launch Trailer and Druid

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is less than a month away! This weekend, ArenaNet was at force at TwitchCon delivering a lineup of live content throughout the convention. The highlights of the first day were the first reveal of Ranger's elite specialization the Druid and the all new launch trailer for HoT.

Guild Wars 2: The Scrapper

This week ArenaNet is revealing the Engineer's Elite Specialization that is coming with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. The Scrapper is a mechanical master that brings damage and disruption through it's array of electrical attacks, new Gyro utilities and the Hammer.

The Scrying Pool: BWE 2 Impressions

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The Scrying Pool is a Guild Wars 2 column where I simply ask what if? Nothing is off the table as I dive into possible features and future content, looking at what currently exists in Guild Wars 2 before I answer my own what if question with how I think the feature and content could be implemented.

This past weekend hosted the 2nd of three Beta Weekend Events (BWE) for the Heart of Thorns expansion which comes out October 23rd. I jumped in and played a bit of the new PvP game mode Stronghold, the new area of PvE available in this beta and the recently revealed elite specializations Herald, Berserker and Daredevil. This article of the Scrying Pool will be my thoughts on the beta content.

Guild Wars 2: Week in Review

This past week has seen multiple reveals for Guild Wars 2 incuding the core game becoming free to play, the announcement of Raids and the release date announcement of Heart of Thorns.

Film Friday: Fourteen New Trailers (Part Two)

From fantastical new adventures to critters getting smashed, the conclusion to this week's Film Friday has it all. Enjoy these videos from Broken Sword 5, Cute Things Dying Violently, Destiny, Endless Legend, Guild Wars 2, Hitman, and Skyforge.

The Scrying Pool: Group Challenges

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The Scrying Pool is a Guild Wars 2 column where I simply ask what if? Nothing is off the table as I dive into possible features and future content, looking at what currently exists in Guild Wars 2 before I answer my own what if question with how I think the feature and content could be implemented.

Next weekend is PAX Prime. ArenaNet has announced they will be on the show floor during the weekend as well as host a panel on Saturday morning focused on challenging group content and the Future of GW2. In the last couple of weeks I have talked about the road to the panel as well as what the Future of GW2 portion could be, so this week I’ll dive into the challenging group content side.

Guild Wars 2: Berserker Exclusive Reveal

ArenaNet continues to unveil the features for Guild Wars 2’s upcoming expansion, Heart of Thorns. This week we have the pleasure of giving the exclusive reveal for the Warrior Elite Specialization, the Berserker.

The Scrying Pool: Journeying Ahead

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The Scrying Pool is a Guild Wars 2 column where I simply ask what if? Nothing is off the table as I dive into possible features and future content, looking at what currently exists in Guild Wars 2 before I answer my own what if question with how I think the feature and content could be implemented.

In last week’s Scrying Pool I talked about the road to Heart of Thorns. In the column, I discussed how I thought that ArenaNet would have a panel at PAX Prime that would announce details of what Challenging Group Content will be as well as a release date for the expansion. Since then, the panel schedule for PAX Prime has been released and includes the following panel for the Saturday morning of PAX:

Guild Wars 2: PvP Leagues

During the Guild Wars 2: World Tournament Series at Gamescom, ArenaNet announced that PvP Leagues were coming with Heart of Thorns. Today, John Corpening of ArenaNet released an official blog post detailing what PvP Leagues are all about.

The Scrying Pool: A HoT Release

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The Scrying Pool is a Guild Wars 2 column where I simply ask what if? Nothing is off the table as I dive into possible features and future content, looking at what currently exists in Guild Wars 2 before I answer my own what if question with how I think the feature and content could be implemented.

This week I’m going to talk about Heart of Thorn’s launch, specifically the time leading up to it. I feel like we are entering the polish phase. We have seen that the World vs World Desert Borderlands map and the PvP Stronghold map are basically done with just some minor touches needed to make them truly great. This weekend we are getting our hands on the full core Revenant and the first four revealed Elite Specializations. I think that each of these are in their final iteration, with only minor changes coming based on player feedback.