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Update -- April 2, 2025
Hello friends!
The 20th Anniversary of Guild Wars is approaching on April 28th, 2025! This year, our annual Anniversary Celebration festival will start a week earlier than usual - beginning on April 15th and running through May 6th.
On April 15th, we're also releasing a special anniversary update that includes:
- Permanently adding previously limited weapons to world drop tables
- New permanent quests that reward untradeable copies of certain limited-release miniatures when you revisit classic content
- And you'll want to keep your eyes open for some other new loot appearing as you hunt for weapons.
This is your chance to complete your collections, revisit your greatest triumphs, and hunt for exciting new loot!
We'll share more details next week. Get ready to celebrate 20 years of Guild Wars!
Posts by CuriousAz
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Royal Gifts would be great, but I'm not sure I can even access them without completing Asuran Allies and Ebon Vanguard Allies, coz I can't find a WiK collector that would trade with just the first step of WiK complete.
Ok buddy, ok pal, ok dude. No need to flex on me that hard ._.
I'm working on some spice too.Yeah I couldn't figure out the npc so I went to wiki again and checked the flow chart. Apparently it is basically locked behind EotN. We can get the confessor orders but we cant do anything with them.
I got a lucky boss spawn setup. Full ranged the first general (ranger and 2 bows) and his spawn group (the 3 necro forgotten) before taking ghostly hero to altar. Got necro boss entering west gate. Got monk general on right side and warrior general on left. The ele boss might have been quicker than the monk boss but I had enough pressure dps to kill and enough time to clear out the warrior boss team before the monk general's spawn group got to the ghostly hero.
My build was,
W/E
Air 12, Fire 12
Glimmering Mark, Mark of Rodgort, Glyph of Lesser Energy, Conjure Flame
Used a collector fire staff with a +27 hale mod. Didn't have a wrap for it, +% enchanting would have been ideal. Had a mix of radiant/survivor insignias. Didn't bother changing my major axe/strength runes out.
Lina/Alesia/Stephan/Dunham/Claude
Could probably have changed out lina or stephan for reyna to get better burning up time and cap out the bosses degen since they have natural resistance for +3 HR.
Beyond simply fishing for a good spawn on the bosses I would estimate a player needs to do a minimum of about 35 ranged single target dps to have enough time to clear the bonus.
It's not just about fishing for a good spawn though... I find that the absolutely mentally deficient henchmen AI is the real hurdle.
Just had an amazing spawn, pulled the mesmer boss so as to bug the Ghostly outside the fortress, killed the wurm and first bonus boss (monk) by luring it with a bow, got the mesmer boss to 25%, flagged henchmen and ran to trigger the Ghostly. As I come back, I see the mesmer was back to 80%, the henchmen weren't casting or attacking it and we ended up failing to kill it on time.
I noticed while vanquishing that sometimes the henchmen would just stop moving and literally stood there doing nothing. While it's annoying during vanquishing, it can easily ruin mission attempts and waste 15minutes... no idea why they never updated henchmen AI...
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Those res scrolls, powerstones and summoning stones might be how I bruteforce my way through 4 and 6 man HM missions ._.
Too bad there aren't any ways to get Asura/Norn/Delver without entering EotN. Got really excited for about 45 seconds though when I realized you can 8/13 pages of Young Heroes of Tyria and max Sunspear and Lightbringer that way, followed by a deep sadness when I stopped being illiterate and realized I'd have to turn in the book in the Sunspear Great Hall and Chantry of Secrets...hopes=dashed
They only give 1k rep points each anyhow for 8 missions. You would have to "bruteforce" your way through each 100 times
If you can get access to Elder Rabne you might have good consumable access through royal gifts maybe?
Royal Gifts would be great, but I'm not sure I can even access them without completing Asuran Allies and Ebon Vanguard Allies, coz I can't find a WiK collector that would trade with just the first step of WiK complete.
I got the dunes of despair bonus with the most jank bar ever
Even had a 1.5 minutes left over.
Ok buddy, ok pal, ok dude. No need to flex on me that hard ._.
I'm working on some spice too. -
I was happy to hit r3 on my prophecies only ele account to get the ebon vanguard merchant but then realized most of it didn't mean much. A few rez scrolls might possibly one day be useful.
Those res scrolls, powerstones and summoning stones might be how I bruteforce my way through 4 and 6 man HM missions ._.
Too bad there aren't any ways to get Asura/Norn/Delver without entering EotN. Got really excited for about 45 seconds though when I realized you can 8/13 pages of Young Heroes of Tyria and max Sunspear and Lightbringer that way, followed by a deep sadness when I stopped being illiterate and realized I'd have to turn in the book in the Sunspear Great Hall and Chantry of Secrets...hopes=dashed
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justice wdym quests for ebon title track?
No I just decided to enter EotN to get some more max titles since Tyria was too limiting. Started with the Ebon though, yes.
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Took a good long while but, I got there. 81 dead robots, 8 minutes average.
Agent so secret I became a Moahawk.
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Ah i though someting was odd when dropped this1 today
I'm well aware of what day it is today, so I really hope this is real coz, oh my God, I love you.
I knew I wasn't misremembering a purple insc crystalline existing from back when EotN came out. Saw a picture taken with a potato on a german forum of one and was looking for a screenshot for a good while now.
Also saw a grainy picture of a q6 15-21 purple crystalline with no mod, but that was surely a fake, right? (Please blow my mind and post an ss of it)
EDIT: I thought you owned it :c still, a great thanks! It's funny(or sad?) how excited I get over 20yo pixels. -
insc.?:^)
No, dual vamp
dual vamp insc
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I got treated with the usual urgoz treatment today :). Always calming to know some things are still the samegz on the 20/20 staves!
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Either W/R or W/any, Troll Unguent 10 wilderness or Healing Signet 11 tactics. I only have good tactics shields, so it's probably gonna be Healing Signet for a while until I get a decent Shadow Shield.
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Sometimes lucky
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Guess I'll start a nudey collection
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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mmh
big money BIG MONEY
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Very good, very nice
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justice I'll start doing missions after I'm done with Obby, good idea though, I shall be yoinking it. Considering I haven't turned in my deldrimor talisman, I might just get the green zealous daggers for insane energy maintenance.
I was a good boy this week, thanks to the Pantheon bonus.
Dumb idiot Aatxe AI. Get got, nerd.
A lot of this...
Now to eradicate about a billion FoW driftwoods and spiders.
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don't merch it, PyroLobster is starting a new collectionCan confirm.
alrighty
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min damage for req5
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Excite Blue just break your leg kappa
Gotta play Pokemon for the next 10 hours...
It's just one of those days ._.
Well, that's it for the easy titles.
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Baklawa I only used the tonK™ for the TotA trains with the logic that a single healer would have a lot of issues with keeping 3 melees alive, so I'd rather focus on soaking up damage and making nice balls ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) of monsters, both of which should the pressure off the little healer. From the Crystal Desert onward I used the build in the first photo. Still tanky for balling purposes, but at least I deal a fair amount of damage.
Adinay I'm recovering from a hip and knee injury, so I have all the time in the world to play, since, ya know, I can't work, aren't allowed to leave my village without a doctors note, finished reading the Tolkien's legendarium books that I have, and couldn't get into PoE2. It's been a while since I've no-life'd GW like this lol.
Pog
Obby to go, maybe.
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Pain.
The end is in sight.
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Gotta flex my Tyria-locked Ironman drop.
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Adinay people who do these challenges are usually good or at least decent at the game, and I'm looking for the henchmen difficulty. Now, whilest some people have the same AI as henchmen, I doubt I could find 7 such people.
What I was thinking about is using my main account, assembling 6 heroes with the TotA henchmen builds+this iron boy, then leaving on the main, leaving my main account with what are essentially less dumb versions of the TotA henchmen.
Luckily I'm about 118 ectos and shards away from making a decision, in the meantime...
Crystal Desert,...
...complete.
Felt like I should take a SS of this FDS that dropped before picking it up.
I guess I was right to do so.IDS and FDS down. A good q9 Fellblade, Long Sword and Crystalline to go.
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Mats ready for exotic Charr.
FoW build. 118 Shards to go.
Oh good god farming Smites with only Prophesies skills...
1) Sympathetic Visage+100b? Nope, not consistent enough.
2) Sympathetic Visage+axe? Not enough damage.
3) Sympathetic Visage+hammer? Even worse+worse armor.
4) IW??? = not even at all
5) Shield of Judgement????? = KEKW NOPE (I was getting desperate)
6) Looks weird but: tanky, spikes balls of any size ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), manageable issues with mobs shattering...Hmm
Ok so why didn't anyone tell me this ._.
I guess my quest for the Obby is over before it began.
Ain't no way I can get to the Forgemaster solo...
Have I yee'd my last haw?
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Quick little vanquish before the CBT that is Survivor.
A lot of Gates of Kryta, Nebo Terrace Skeleton Archers and Hulking Stone Elementals...
One.
Two.
DING DING DING, on the dot.
Charr and Obby will be joining them later.
Reward for Survivor; accessible Nicholas
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This section of unnavigable terrain looks suspect
fits perfectly under your pfp
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Train 2: Maguuma Boogaloo
Killed all but 3 Behemoths this way. No Totem Axe QQ.
Considering how little anti melee there was and how unwilling to ball the mobs were, I quite regret doing it with this tanky abomination of a build.
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justice nope, the Dunes remain Despairful. I'm sorta just ignoring missions until I finish vanquisher/explorer/skill hunter, and then I'll just lock myself into mission outposts until they're finished, although I don't have much hope of completing 4man missions.
Squeezed a few hours of energy out of myself. Hopefully the Maguuma train happens this week.
Finally a Nick week I can complete. Plus FoC and Earth Shaker captured. (Merchant summoning stones POG)
Farming on NM is so scuffed. 4 hours of giants only got me 1 rare armour piece, but at least I finally found a Major Vigor.
Ettins are still better for runes though ._.
Second run, fancy axe.
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Red Fireball - I feel no joy in playing hardcore characters, so I don't do that. With henchmen only (and their lovely AI), it would mean I'd be resetting every week.
Tour de Charr, complete.
Say what you will about the build. It works.
You have been playing this game for 3 days. Please take a break.
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Had to skip 3 area. They were way too likely to 60DP me; 6 Charr groups are too sp00py. Leaving them for tomorrow.
May my internet connection last me another night.
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Physiotherapy has been kicking my butt for the last few days, finally felt like playing again.
Quick ZMission Elona Reach from a couple of days ago.
Choo choo, here comes the [REDACTED] train.
Warrior rupt, new meta.
Pain.
Here's to hoping I don't DC through the night.
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justice I mean, you're not wrong. But I'll be doing everything but the Crystal Desert and Watchtower Coast as an 8man group from TotA.
Dunes of Despair is living up to it's name. Best attempt out of 10ish. Would have had it if 3 Scarabs didn't pop up right at the end or if the warriors didn't run away. Had to take a break for the rest of the day.
Might as well if Kepkhet is the ZBounty.
Some money and the last rune for IDS farming.
...and then I get it on the very first group. Bruh.
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Sick cat+MTG night=not much progress.
Undead chicken redeadified.
Farmed Ettins some and was wondering if Sentinel's Insignia even drop in Tyria? Yet to see one drop, and I want 5 of those bastards.
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Low energy day.
Some Ettin farming.
First q8 and ecto from my first TotPK attempt.
Soon followed by a wipe kekw.
A quick think about why we died and an elite skill capture later, this abomination of a build was born.
And it made all the difference.
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I'm not planning on doing EotN Adinay, unless I come to a point where my (very limited) skill at the game won't be enough.
HM missions honestly seem unlikely for me, especially the 4man missions, since the henchmen AI and skillbars leave much to be desired, and warriors get cooked by the anti melee. That might end up having me do EotN, grab heroes and give them Tyrian only builds (and do everything I can in EotN, of course).
HM missions start after I vanquish everything though. Those I will painchamp with henchmen and 8man trains from TotA, after farming approximately 42069 Honeycombs during the anniversary event.
Twelve more months and I can buy a bag!
*Michael Jackson noises*
Mission, bonus and exploring, all at the same time. It's called Eve fish in sea, or something.
Just a slow NM Maguuma day, and finishing all bonuses.
</3 Rest well, our favourite spoiler-related boss
The 12 Ettins outside Beetletun drop more and better runes, than the 35 Grawls in Witman's Folly, it's kinda crazy. Gonna have to wait on the last mission until I'm done farming those bastards; it gets annoying with WiK active...
So 24/25 for the foreseeable future ._.
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Is it 2005 already?
Get terrain-blocked, idiot.
I can't believe I clutched this.
The MVP of Twin Serpent Lakes.
All in a days work.
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Making friends and dolla dolla bills with Ettins.
Very professional.
Only 10 iron, 10 wood and 400 gold?? What a steel!
GG shield and axe. Trading them for mini Kanaxai! NO LOWBALL, I KNOW WHAT I HAVE!
Tactical POG.
Fancy.
Friendship ended with Ettins. Now Grawl is my best friend.
Vanquish Kryta now, or torture myself with WiK mobs?
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Had to buy it, like a pleb.
Bit of a cheeky move, but I wasn't in a Maguuma mood.
Surely this axe will hold me until Droknars.
30 minutes later...
What a trustworthy fellow.
First gold max sword c:
Time to bully the elderly, with secret OP hax0r build.
Best farm myself a max armour before I infuse stuff.
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Thanks to Test , Raining Ecto , and maCStah for making this addition possible!
hold up, what did you have to do to these 3 mens for it ?
what happens in LA, stays in LA uwu
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It do be your fault Excite Blue that I'm doing this
First title complete.
Bro never stood a chance. It's ok guys, I stopped the searing!
Yo wtf.
Need an opinion on a few things relating to the spirit of the challenge:
*Accessing The Battle Isles, yay or nay? I'm thinking for Z quests only.
*Z coins for larger bags, yay or nay? Think it should be ok.
*Z coins for zkey, yay or nay? I'm thinking nay, but I like fancy skins...
#prerequisites: - Completed NM- Weapon/shield must be a copy of the current weapon/shield
*Pcons, summoning stones, tomes, yay or nay? I'm thinking nay on all but Honeycombs.
*Deldrimor weapon, yay or nay? I'm thinking nay, unless I already have a weapon with the same stats. Other greens are fine.
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Tyria only
No grouping, no trading
No heroes, only henchies
Only selling to dye, material, rare material and runes traders
Can use collectors, armorers, weaponsmiths, material artisans
