I would like to head the creation of a Guild Wars-like game at some point in my life. I am definitely not at that point right now, however, I would like to get some discussions going on how this game might look.

I have done a lot of thinking and a lot of writing of concepts and would like to share them in order to gain feedback and insights. The Guild Wars audience seems like a good place to start for gathering this information.

If you would like to join the discord server I have set up for discussion please click on this link. https://discord.gg/RUprGYRd

Unfortunately I cannot see the game being PvE and it will strictly be PvP. I enjoyed both in Guild Wars but preferred the PvP. It will also likely be 4 v 4 arena based and it will include the primary/secondary profession system.

I will bring up a discussion point every 3 days on discord which I would love for people to contribute to. Key themes at the beginning will include fundamental questions about how the game will look and how it will work. I will also work on a discussion schedule so people can see which points are upcoming.

The first discussion point will be published tomorrow, at 1900 GMT.

For now, the game is called League of Guilds (very original, I know).

Hope to see you guys there.

If you were the lead in a development studio making a spiritual successor to GW1, what kind of modifications or additions would you add to your game to make it better, while also keeping the core pillars of GW1 (build customization, instanced pve, competitive pvp)?

I saw the following poll ran 4 years ago and thought it would be interesting to repoll.

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Hi everyone, long time lurker, have convinced two of my friends who used to play a long time ago to get back into gw1 and we actually finished the Factions campaign. Now that they are beginning to understand the game a bit more I’m curious what kind of cool strats we can achieve with our party setup. For professions one is playing an ele (starburst build) the other a monk(RoJ and some mesmer skills as a build, honestly I’m kinda struggling to get him a competitive build so far). I can fit any profession in to round the team up. And have a few mercenaries so hero suggestions can be flexible!

Would love to hear some ideas of what we can try out, we will pick up some eotn skills and then go into the Nightfall campaign next.

Here's a thread for people to pitch your ideas for how to add to the game without y'know actually adding major content which would require an art team, animations, and a tonne of playtesting.

I'll start:

• A tiered character based title based around completing actual quests in the game (Y'know, those things almost no one does outside of specific rewards).
• A collection log and tiered account wide associated title for Items / Skins.
• More purchasable costumes from NPCs so we can financially support the game further
• The ability to buy multiple storage pane upgrades and character slots at a time.

Ok your turn guys.

As the title says, what is the best way to play GW 1 on Mac OS Sonoma (MacBook Pro M3 Pro).

Currently run the Mercenary Mesmer team but would like opinions on best options for dragging my alt account around. My main team is setup to for melee support (dagger spam) but to efficiently level alt accounts I have been dropping one hero to have the alt in my party.

What hero would be the best to drop? I would assume one of the mesmers or the SoS hero BUT I'm not sure which performs better. I have trialed both and love seeing the numbers from SoH/splinter but not sure if the extra mesmer would provide more DPS overall.

Would a rework of the hero skillbars be better to include either SoH or splinter whilst keeping the extra mesmer?

Let me know your thoughts!

Also if anyone is available today around 4pm EST with a proof of triumph to help me cap Heroic Refrain I'd appreciate it greatly!

Hi, I decided to try something off beat and go with an elementalist / assassin character.

I'm certain many people have tried this, but are there any current players who think this is viable or just completely absurd? I'm only level 13 or so.

I really enjoy Air Magic and Energy Storage of course. I was thinking of reversing the professions but I do like being able to cast spells alongside the shadow arts skills. There don't appear to be very many, (right away), assassin skills that don't require assassin blade attacks to further the combos.

Just curious what the current players think.

https://preview.redd.it/jekccevfub7e1.png?width=296&format=png&auto=webp&s=d3f16fe31557c6881045f0ed524a539e00ed8dcd

Gut (searching gwtoolbox for sorta similar things) tells me maybe an Armbrace or two, but I'm not sure.

I know there are GW Legacy threads that track the fastest Elite Area and Dungeon clear times but are there lists of any other records? For example, some things I'm curious about:

• Running records - I know these exist for each zone in the game and have seen videos on youtube but I haven't been able to find a leaderboard
• Fastest level 20 - Real time
• Fastest level 20 - in game time
• Fastest level 20 - in game time without using the 0 minute trick
• Campaign Speedrun Records - I saw the speedrun.com pages but I was wondering if these might be tracked elsewhere.

GW Legacy Elite Area and Dungeon records:

https://guildwarslegacy.com/forum/thread/15334-elite-area-record-times/

https://guildwarslegacy.com/forum/thread/15313-dungeon-record-times/

https://www.speedrun.com/series/guild_wars

I used to play quite a bit 10 plus years ago, just getting back into it and all my old builds are no longer viable. Does anyone have some good hero builds to help me out? I do have all the expansions and have a decent amount of elite skills, definitely still have a lot to collect but don't mind capping a few

(Also looking for friends to play with. I'm a casual pve player. Not opposed to pvp but just want to get back in it before I dive into pvp)

Had this random idea yesterday.

What if I made an assassin focused on Critical Strikes and then points in either Axe or Swordsmanship?

This build would use as a base:
- Way of the Master
- Critical Agility
- Critical Eye
- Potentially Shadow Theft as an elite???

The rest I'm not too sure about

Pros and cons so far:

Cons:
- I'm kind of a dumbass so this might be a bad idea

Pros:
- Looks cool af

With winter's day coming soon, what is a good way for me to farm candy canes? I am coming back to the game after many years. I want to get as much of the lucky or unlucky title as I can. I think I have exactly zero right now. Lol.

Hey everyone!

After a long hiatus of posting/playing I'm back with another team build: https://gwpvx.fandom.com/wiki/Build:Team_-_7_Hero_Soul_Taker_Mesmerway

https://preview.redd.it/z2g5cjpjq37e1.png?width=616&format=png&auto=webp&s=c3d3d19d776d1de927485f063e9b310632f5f55c

The above team was put together to optimize a version of the current Meta Offensive Mesmerway for a Soul Taker Necromancer player. When starting to experiment with the player bar I came up with a great many defensive builds that allowed the player to provide a large amount of the damage. Those teams were fun, solid, but ultimately pretty slow when compared to a modern Mesmerway. A while ago, in another thread, someone asked what a team with as few changes as necessary from the meta Mesmerway would look like and thus I started my journey.

The team features a triple Mesmer midline, a Bone Fiend MM, and BiP/ST just like the original team. However, unlike the original team, this team also features Dark Aura (to support the player), Strength of Honor at 15 Smiting Prayers, and Splinter Weapon at 16 Channeling, as well as a third backline character for additional protection and healing. By placing SoH and Splinter Weapon on the midline we avoid the issues associated with Hybrid damage/support AI on our heroes. Those meant to do damage can purely focus on it while those meant to support can purely focus on that. The damage provided by the player is insane when Dark Aura and Splinter Weapon are stacked and your foes are balled up, you can kill mobs in DoA HM with only a couple of scythe hits. On the whole the build has similar damage, similar shutdown, far more healing and protection, and it all supports the strongest player bar in the game.

On the pvx page you'll also find variants for when minions aren't preferred and when Spell Breaker becomes necessary to counter deep enchantment removal. This can help set up balls and spikes in areas like DoA where anti-melee and anti-enchantment hate are highly prevalent.

As always I'd love to have your thoughts on this team. The discussion page on the wiki has been pretty active but I'm interested to see what the larger community might come up with!

Hi everyone. I'm a gw2 player and have never played gw1. I would like to try but want to know if I would have to invest in a lot of convenience items or item tabs like in gw2.

Hey there, probably noob question. I was wondering, I have everything to craft a nice looking fiery sword, but it says "Fire damage: 15-22 (needs 12 swordsmanship)

Will it needs that much swordmanship to deal any damage, even if my secondary profession is elementalist and I have a lot of fire magic ?

So, I'm still new to the whole farming and trying to sell upgrade components thing. I've used the Kamadan trade chat search website and Guild Wars Legacy to see what (I think) people (might) want, but now I've amassed five or six tabs of Xunlai Storage worth. What's the best way to go about advertising that much stuff to sell that doesn't step on anyone's toes?

So I’ve lost access to my old account and am looking to repurchase all xpacs. I’m assuming I start in nightfall but is there a guide on the fastest way to get an optimal hero team for perfect runs through campaigns?

First of I tried to search if there is any post on what I need help with and I couldn't find anything (or I'm just dumb - also possible).

I want to complete most of my HoM without the titles for events (like participate in events or something like that). Maybe I will tackle that later but for now I want to focus more on but now I want to do mainly Pathfinder, protector, etc.

I used to run mostly ranger or warrior. My heroes are I would say decent. Not all skills available or in any way equipped.

Can someone recommend me build to run with my main and heroes?

One of my chars is doing the quest "Defend North Kryta" HM again. Recently I read for the first time that there are some Lionguard Sentries on the beach who will join the group if you save them from the titans that spawn there. Is that true? I've tried it a few times now, killed all the titans nearby and the guard thanks me for saving his life, but the Lionguard Sentries always stay in place and never follow.

Has anyone ever been able to get them to support?

Hi, ich suche derzeit Spieler die Lust haben GW richtig zu genießen und gemeinsam neue Chars Hoch-zuziehen und langfristig zusammen zuspielen

LG

Vasburg

G'day everyone. I've been a casual player of Guild Wars for about 15 years, logging in (mainly in Pre) every now and then to get some of that sweet, sweet GWs nostalgia. I know the servers aren’t as lively as they used to be, and I really do miss that aspect of the game.

It got me thinking—what’s the oldest Guild Wars screenshot or video you have in your collection? You know, the ones that captured how bustling the towns and outposts used to be (especially during events)

Please feel free to share any media you have so we can relive those golden days of Guild Wars. :D

In my case it's forgetting that infusion only applies to the armour you do it on . Spectral agony ruined my deathless Ironman

Hi all,

I'm trying to find an old Guild Wars Christmas YouTube music video, I don't suppose anyone remembers it and knows where else it's uploaded or if it's under a different name on YouTube?

It had these songs, and I think maybe another one:

Blink 182 - I Won't Be Home for Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy9_JjLnmZI&

Aubrey Hannah - It's December (And I'll be missing you)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNm6BrZJphE&

Thanks!

Hai would anybody be interested in playing together, I am a GW veteran, pretty much just bored and looking for people to potentially play with, down for dungeons, EA's, story stuff, Vanqs, whatever

Trying to load in to Honur Hill. Gets to 99% and stops with ‘1 file remaining’. I have 2 characters now stuck on this loading screen. I’ve emailed ANet and waiting response. Just seeing if there’s any troubleshooting I can do in the meantime.

Hey, a few of my guild will be hitting Random Arenas tonight at around 5:30pm GMT.

Would be great to have more people there and have some fun playing against each other. Please join us and help revive this golden relic of the game.

Hello, I need to cap a skill using the proof of triumph. However, I didn't know that you can only get it during the anniversary. Can anyone join my group and help me cap an elite skill?