Very happy with the update! Could also bring back other players so that might be cool!:D
One really small disappointment (or I am too blind) is that I didn’t see a “new” axe skin. But still very cool that they released the pre-order skins etc into the game (and even made a new one😲). This might take Fashion Wars to a new level:D
Apart from this news, I hope that the official store will sell off everything at 50% during the event, including costumes, account upgrades, etc. And will also offer items and emotes available with the collector's versions..
Apart from this news, I hope that the official store will sell off everything at 50% during the event, including costumes, account upgrades, etc. And will also offer items and emotes available with the collector's versions..
That would be stepping on everyone who bought those exclusive codes, limited by physical copies. Its unlikely they will do that and probably why they went with the in game route of adding skins, an already grey area.
Apart from this news, I hope that the official store will sell off everything at 50% during the event, including costumes, account upgrades, etc. And will also offer items and emotes available with the collector's versions..
That would be stepping on everyone who bought those exclusive codes, limited by physical copies. Its unlikely they will do that and probably why they went with the in game route of adding skins, an already grey area.
Isn't it what they just did
whats about pre minis ?
whats about pre minis ?
A pre char can not access embark beach, thus it wont be able to take & make the quest for mini reward, thus wont apply to pre.
Curious about global weapon drops if they will drop in pre aswell. Probably not, but you never know.
What a clock the event is online?
I have a few thoughts about some of the added weapons:
EotN Pre-Order weapons imo are clearly fancier than the average skin which would warrant dungeon end chest exclusivity. They also strongly resemble the themes of the different EotN regions.
Glacial Blades (Sword and Daggers) thematically really fit the Dragrimmar Dungeon which could really use some more / nicer exclusives and thus they belong there. I also think that they will (and should) have the fixed icy mod as the preorder item. As much as i like zealous on my daggers, the glacial visual element is very prominent on the skin and it should be in line with other weapons like that (FDS, IDS...).
Hourglass Staff has similar elements as Clockwork Scythe, it needs to be an Asura Dungeon and the only matching choice is Oolas.
Darksteel Bow looks Charr-y and thus belongs in one or multiple Charr Dungeons.
The other former PvP weapons don't need to be dungeon exclusive, they are similar to other skins with different tiers. And they can be region-specific, i.e. Etched Sword = Norn Area, Granite Edge = Asura.
Nightfall Pre-Order Items should not be tied to Mallyx or realm of torment, they should just be general random drops. Maybe tied to some specific areas or enemies, like the Soulbreaker could only drop from the blue Dervish Djinn which would kind of match its visual style.
Both Nightfall Pre-Order weapons have fixed elemental mods, for the scythe's skin it is visually justified but the spear skin does not really have any fire or glowing elements that would warrant the fire prefix. Then again, the spear looks more generic anyway and it would not really matter too much imo.
Factions Pre-Order items look like they could just be random Canthan drops (I don't mean this in a bad way) and imo that's what they should be. Put them in Urgoz and Kanaxai chests as well for good measure, so we can have both OS and insc. versions and everybody will be happy.
The Spiritbinder should be Ritualist req exclusive imo, it's in the name.
I don't have many thoughts on the other weapons, the ones 'available everywhere' are obviously much more random and for Tyria exclusives there aren't really any Tyria specific elite missions which would mean that they're probably somewhat random too.
btw. there already exists a drop research thread for the upcoming new weapons:
That would be stepping on everyone who bought those exclusive codes, limited by physical copies. Its unlikely they will do that and probably why they went with the in game route of adding skins, an already grey area.
Isn't it what they just did
Obviously not because they released skins not actual codes?
Official steam deck control layout!
I just want another free Anniversary storage pane! Gimme
Making time to enjoy this celebration. I've been off for too long.
You folks are all excited about the updates, but will your excitement continue to last, when almost everybody will run with the same formerly "legendary" pet as you?
"Look man, I've finally got a Kanaxai!" - "Yeah, me too!" - "Oh no, looks like everyone has it now..." - "Hey, where is your Kanaxai?" - "Well, I am not using it because don't like it anymore."
It is human nature to aim for something that not everybody can get their hands to that easily. This update is going to take a major part of that away from everybody because those pets meant to be something special for a reason, when they were given out only to the players who truly earned it in the old days during the PvP contests. You may realise this sooner than later, and then we will see how much longer you will continue to like the changes.
I personally don't care, since I stopped playing Guild Wars some years ago, but it is worth noting that Guild Wars doesn't have much to offer anymore that credits fame or excitement. The whole excitement of finally getting your hands on those pets will be nothing but a shadow of the past.
So this change is unusual for ArenaNet, since they realised it was a mistake with the asia pets back in the days during the 8th anniversary already - hence they never repeated this mistake ever since (up until just recently that is). So this step of giving away the most famous items out for such trivial things like clearing hard mode missions makes me wonder, if this is just an attempt to allow players gather all the last good things that the game had to offer just easier, to make it less impactful when ArenaNet finally announces the shut down of the servers with their next step.
I guess, only time will tell.
new drops to mobs not more q9 weapons traders please.....
Display MoreYou folks are all excited about the updates, but will your excitement continue to last, when almost everybody will run with the same formerly "legendary" pet as you?
"Look man, I've finally got a Kanaxai!" - "Yeah, me too!" - "Oh no, looks like everyone has it now..." - "Hey, where is your Kanaxai?" - "Well, I am not using it because don't like it anymore."
It is human nature to aim for something that not everybody can get their hands to that easily. This update is going to take a major part of that away from everybody because those pets meant to be something special for a reason, when they were given out only to the players who truly earned it in the old days during the PvP contests. You may realise this sooner than later, and then we will see how much longer you will continue to like the changes.
I personally don't care, since I stopped playing Guild Wars some years ago, but it is worth noting that Guild Wars doesn't have much to offer anymore that credits fame or excitement. The whole excitement of finally getting your hands on those pets will be nothing but a shadow of the past.
So this change is unusual for ArenaNet, since they realised it was a mistake with the asia pets back in the days during the 8th anniversary already - hence they never repeated this mistake ever since (up until just recently that is). So this step of giving away the most famous items out for such trivial things like clearing hard mode missions makes me wonder, if this is just an attempt to allow players gather all the last good things that the game had to offer just easier, to make it less impactful when ArenaNet finally announces the shut down of the servers with their next step.
I guess, only time will tell.
Way to be a debbie downer...... RIP minipet market
Way to be a debbie downer...... RIP minipet market
I don't think so. It is a proven fact that socialism has never worked in the past, and it always ended in a failed state. This update is pretty much the same approach, in an in-game economical sense, since, unlike many other online multiplayer games, Guild Wars is set with a very unique trading system which requires items not affected by inflation, which is now being taken away with that update. Even if this type of economical transformation wasn't intentional by ArenaNet (Let's assume it wasn't), it was ultimately thanks to it, that led to the amazing game that you like so much today. They may never admit it, but ArenaNet eventually began to realise and intentionally used it to their advantage.
Way to be a debbie downer...... RIP minipet market
I don't think so. It is a proven fact that socialism has never worked in the past, and it always ended in a failed state. This update is pretty much the same approach, in an in-game economical sense, since, unlike many other online multiplayer games, Guild Wars is set with a very unique trading system which requires items not affected by inflation, which is now being taken away with that update. Even if this type of economical transformation wasn't intentional by ArenaNet (Let's assume it wasn't), it was ultimately thanks to it, that led to the amazing game that you like so much today. They may never admit it, but ArenaNet eventually began to realise and intentionally used it to their advantage.
Minipets over the past few years have just been a colossal problem, it fed directly into RWT heavily and they were constantly, and consistently being sold on the black market. This hasn't been the case with other valuable items for the most part. I think it was just addressing something that was a long time coming, much like adding the 7th year presents with previously rare minis because of the duping problem and inability to ban every account that participated. The brink of absolute abuse by a select few, who controlled the market and sold them as they pleased, some of which could have been old duped ones from an un-banned account. Anyways, it hurt a select few innocents, which is very unfortunate, but everyone can agree it had gotten out of hand.
I'm glad they did something for the anniversary at all! Of course I had my hopes, but tried to manage my expectations. This is really cool, can't wait to see new drops!
I just wanted new areas for pre-searing and a way for characters created before the LDoA title to return there and get the title.
A lovely suprise. Didn't hoped for a big update but that seems great. I like the idea of bring back these rare minis but the best part are all these "new" weapons. Many of them looks very cool and I try to get some of these... perfect time to play GW again.
Game update now new weapons on EB. Minis quests too.
Game update now new weapons on EB. Minis quests too.
now the big question: are those decade skins also available as drops?
would be kinda lame if they aren't
then again, that would leave the preorder versions a bit more exclusivity
now the big question: are those decade skins also available as drops?
would be kinda lame if they aren't
Yes they are (see updated text) (For the store the update must be manual, item by item, patience!)
Hello friends! Today we released the special 20th Anniversary Update to Guild Wars.
Twenty years ago we set out to make something really special with Guild Wars. Today we're celebrating that journey with this special update.
We've made it easier than ever to play Guild Wars. The new Guild Wars: The 20th Anniversary Masterpiece Collection includes all three campaigns (Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall), Eye of the North, some special bonus items, and now, the Bonus Mission Pack.
And it is available a little bit later today and until April 29th at 80% off - our best deal ever.
And you can load up on costumes and other quality-of-life add-ons at 60% off!
Visit The Guild Wars Store.
For the full list of limited weapons now permanently available as rare drops, check out last week's update Feedback:Game_updates/20250409.
Here is an overview:
Additionally, there is a new series of permanent quests which allow you to revisit the stories and endgame areas of Guild Wars in Hard Mode. They are permanently available from Merrise, Sworn to Seas in Embark Beach.
During the Anniversary festival each year, a series of Unique weapons featuring some of the returning weapons and new mods have been added to the Ancient Anniversary Weaponsmith.
We're excited to announce we have permanently added a new series of suffix mods, "of the (Profession)". These are available as rare drops on main-hand weaponry. These mods have the following special features:
*replace 'Star' with 'Guild'
take that, guild wars 2!
Fresh while farming
Fresh while farming
Super excited for the new mods and to see what their min and max is!
Guild Wars®: The 20th Anniversary Masterpiece Collection €7.99
Xunlai Material Storage Expansion €2.79 (etc, etc, etc)
Fresh while farming
Super excited for the new mods and to see what their min and max is!
max is 5 if we assume the new decade weapons are max (which i do assume)
max is 5 if we assume the new decade weapons are max (which i do assume)
If you take a closer look at the new green weapons, they're designed to work with PvE elites from other professions (synergy).
Love the new trailing effect!
Cant wait to be back from holiday and grind this shit 😱
Cant wait to be back from holiday and grind this shit 😱
New build setups with +5 Soul reap and +5 fast cast on heros and +5 crits on melees ;P No need for BiP anymore!
Cant wait to be back from holiday and grind this shit 😱
what a HORRIBLE time to be on holiday
Cant wait to be back from holiday and grind this shit 😱
New build setups with +5 Soul reap and +5 fast cast on heros and +5 crits on melees ;P No need for BiP anymore!
A warrior with soul reaping being able to spam energy based attacks :o
5 Fast Casting lets you bypass the fail chance on PI and get a 3 second KD. Will be fun to theorycraft PI meme teams.
Soul reaping is going to be an all-around strong option for passive energy management
Sooo a warrior with a weapon with SR: 5 will get 5 energy per kill? That's insane, I like it.
Do you have to be using the secondary profession to get the benefit? Ie if I have plus 5 soul reaping mod, but I’m a warrior ele, does it still function?
Very excited, build wars just got more buildwarsy
I am gonna go nuts with theory crafting builds and setups with this 😏 This is such an insane addition, I freaking loveeeee. Instead of adding skills or whatever, they gave the option to use the primary attributes which gives that much more options;D
Edit: back to the beach I go… the spam is insane so will be back soon peepz xd
