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Why is there demand for random gear drops on the player market?
I've played this game on and off for over four years, and no longer have a single character that is below level 80. Once you get to that stage, you'll find that your drops are almost all level 80(ish) ...
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How do I play with my friend in Guild Wars 2?
This sounds like you were not on the same instance of the map, once in the same party, goto the same map. Then click on your friend in the party and click Join in instance (name of map). Should be ...
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Where does my gold go in Guild Wars 2?
Guild Wars 2 has 3 levels of the main currency: Copper, Silver, and Gold. Most likely you're reaching 100 copper coins and they're being converted into one silver. This happens automatically, so that ...
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What exactly am I supposed to know when progressing through Personal Story?
You should be able to play and enjoy most of the game without much prior background information - as long as you're aware that you are taking part in a world with a rich history and don't mind not ...
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Does the expansions affect leveling
There are two expansions, Heart of Thorns and Path of Fire. Both expansions feature zones and elite specializations for level 80 characters. The mastery system, including the mount feature of PoF, ...
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What is the plot of Guild Wars 2?
You can read through your Story Journal after completing instances if you want to get through them as fast as possible and learn more about them later.
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Is the area between Kessex Hills, Gendarran Fields and Lion's Arch reachable?
That area is not currently in the game. If it was, you'd be able to find it in the wiki fairly easily.
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How to do the "Wintersday Skritt Hit" daily achievement more easily?
Hitting friendly skritts around Tyria with snowballs counts toward the achievement (even if they don't have the fall animation).
You can buy Sealed Package of Snowballs (at least 2) in Divinity's ...
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Cheapest mystic forge recipes?
The fastest & cheapest way is to buy one each of the four cheapest dyes on the Trading Post. They typically go for 20-30 copper. No need to dig around in your bank or find karma vendors.
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Winning outfits instead of buying them
At the moment, none of the existing outfits can be obtained through a normal loot, quest or anything. The closest option that could exist would be to loot a Black Lion Chest Key, to open a Black Lion ...
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Are you able to buy an online gem code and use it in Belgium?
Yes, you should be able to purchase gem cards and redeem them, even if you're from Belgium.
There has been an official statement following the changes they went through, in which they basically state ...
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Is all Guild Wars 2 voiced
No, parts of the personal story are covered, living world is mostly voiced again, and some of the introduction areas. Most NPCs have a little dialogue when events are happening, or callout to you, but ...
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Why is there demand for random gear drops on the player market?
Amos M. Carpenter's answer is all about the level 80 point of view. Mine is not: not everyone insta levels to 80.
If you go in lower level areas, you'll see that they are not dead. People are still ...
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What exactly am I supposed to know when progressing through Personal Story?
Converted my long comment into an answer.
Most of the points raised are addressed in the Guild Wars story, if you've not played the previous game, I can understand why some of this might seem ...
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What is the maximum amount of gold you can store in your wallet?
There is indeed a maximum to the amount of gold you can have in your wallet. This amount is 200,000 gold. It has been reached on January 3rd, 2017 by the Reddit user numerix, as he presented it ...
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How can I craft a new underwater helm?
You can now purchase ascended breather recipes from the "Aquabreather Recipes" section of BUY-4373 in the Mistlock Observatory and Sanctuary.
The recipes will appear in the helm section of your ...
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Are invisible supply caravans still shown on the map for opponents?
Other teams can still see the icon. But not the Dolyak itself.
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Can I equip 2 Mist Talisman?
According to this list on the wiki of unique items, you can wear two Mist Talisman. Normally ascended items are unique, such that you can only equip one of them (which is why earlier ascended ...
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What exactly am I supposed to know when progressing through Personal Story?
The story is only developed in story instances. So unless you've started the story of Scarlet's War (Living Season 1), Living Season 2, Heart of Thorns or Living Season 3, or unless you haven't ...
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Is all Guild Wars 2 voiced
If you are hearing no voice at all, this could be due to your sound or language settings or simply the game has not downloaded the sound files at that point - it is playable way before the download is ...
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Are Guild Wars 2 Gem keys region locked?
As you have already found out yourself, the key does not seem to be region locked.
To expand on this, a Guild Wars 2 account is not bound to any region. As an inhabitant of the EU, I can play on both ...
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Is the area between Kessex Hills, Gendarran Fields and Lion's Arch reachable?
If you have the access, Mistlock Sanctuary is an area above that island. So, it is possible to see guild/party members as if they are on the island if you check from your world map. Though, they are ...
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How can I force my quest to progress?
It would seem that this is a known issue as detailed on the wiki page.
Its not possible right now to advance the story beyond the dialog
between Scientist Viraddi and First Mate Bilgefire. ...
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How long is the Dominion of Winds in Guild Wars 2?
According to this map from the novels, the wall forms a pretty tight perimeter around the two islands between Kryta and Southsun Cove. The closest you could get to the south wall would be Southsun ...
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How to do the "Wintersday Skritt Hit" daily achievement more easily?
using 2 packages :
Goto the silverwastes at the bandid camp there are 2 skritt Sentry.
the left one is right before a rock stand at a straight angle of him and make sure that the aiming grid is full ...
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How do on kill sigils work together?
On-kill sigils have stacks of up to 25 (you'll see a buff that stacks up to 25) which reset when you die. You should get hp when you kill an enemy, as well, as there is no reason for these two ...
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