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As if the Inquest wasn't bad enough; we also have the shadowy and mysterious Inqeust to deal with!

I love finding stuff like this in games, reminds me that the devs are humans and gonna make human mistakes

Look. I like noodle mom. She's got a super pretty design and she deserves a hug.

I don't just make memes, I'm also handy with colored pencils and gel pens. This took me about a week to make.

normally I lose stuff like this after a week, but somehow I still have the receipt from 2012 lul...

When we first got this outfit, I was rocking it so hard with the weapon skins back in the day. Then this year we got Transform emote and I had enough to buy it so i thought why the hell not? So I dressed up again and put the Transform emote to use.

Played a ton back in the early days, had a couple of level 80 characters, did a lot of dungeons and world bosses, then drifted away when life got busy. Reinstalled last week on a whim, and honestly, I’m lost.
Logged into my old main, and there’s a bunch of stuff I don’t recognize. New map icons, a hero panel full of things I don’t understand, my build feels completely outdated, and I think there’s an entire system of masteries and elite specializations that didn’t exist when I left. I opened the expansions page and got overwhelmed by how many there are now.
I don’t want to just grind aimlessly, but I also don’t want to follow a strict guide that turns the game into homework. I just want something to aim at that feels fun while I get back into it.
Is it better to jump straight into the expansions with my old character or finish up whatever story I left unfinished first? And is my old build salvageable with a few tweaks, or should I just start fresh with a current one?

Hopefully this is allowed. I scanned the rules, and this doesn't seem to break any...

Looking for an old player I lost touch with years ago. We played together in the original game, but then a number of us went dormant. When GW2 launched, he was the only guild member to move across, and started a sister guild over there (not providing guild name so this won't be confused with recruitment).

In GW I think his primary characters were Homie and HomieStarr, and on the GW2 Wiki I think he's Homestarrunner93. My main character was Zorn.

Finally started playing GW2, and hoping there's some chance that (14 years later) he's still in touch with the game and community.

Edit: corrected the Wiki profile name.

So,

just made a mesmer. focused on making a full healing build for endgame.

I’m gearing up a heal build and leaning towards full minstrels. in full minstrels, will i be able to still have the boon uptime i need? wanting to play boon chrono and troub. i really don’t want to go harriers for just a little extra damage that doesnt matter all that much, what i want is to be as tanky as possible. but still be able to have 100% uptime once ive got the rifle camping rotation down. i want to play heal tank in raids, and be unkillable for messy pugs.

really want to go minstrel over givers if i can. all the snow crow guides show full harriers though. is it possible to be as effective in minstrels only?

With and without text.
It seems i can share my socials here so here they go:
https://x.com/DianaMoonrider
https://www.deviantart.com/dianamoonrider

Some may ask themselves, if it's better to sell or to open these bags. The answer is sort of subjective, but I'll try to state my thoughts and would like to invite others to add their opinions about it here.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Trick-or-Treat_Bag

The prices after this first week are continuing to drop and I'd say you have to ask yourself what you want out of it.

It's a great source of gold, if you need it, since they can be farmed easily with any profession all day long and sell like hot cakes on the tp.

Opening them floods your inventory with plastic fangs, chattering skulls, nougat centers, candy corns, various halloween tonics some finishers, rotten eggs and toilet paper.

As of writing this post, a stack of 250 bags sells for roughly 7g 80s on the tp.

If you are after Candy Corn Cobs, my advise would be to sell the bags and buy the cobs directly. Opening a whole stack of bags, leaves you with give or take 1000 candy corns, which can be traded into one Cob, however on the TP a cob goes for 4g 30~90s currently. Thus you can get almost 2 cobs for a single stack of bags.

They also have a rare chance to drop items like Vassago, Onus etc as well as T6 materials. Also, they can drop Courtly Weapon chests, which are account bound and contain a choice of one of 12 weapons with a unique skin you can get only from this chest or from guaranteed unlock tickets.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Courtly_Weapon_Chest

Lastly there is a super rare chance to get infusions, some selling for a pretty penny, but usually you'll need to open tens of thousand of bags just to get one.

tl;dr: don't care about the weapon skins and super rare chance for infusions? sell the bags!

need candy corn COBS? sell the bags and buy them directly.

The mean pseudo vampire and the guild's golem, a scrappy merc, and the black citadel's most sensitive indoor charr

Returning player from back in the first year the game came out. What are some good builds for healers? Engineer, elementalist, Mesmer?

Im having trouble choosing between these two. I have all except for these two (ele and warrior too but want one of these two first) but could not decide yet.

I play every mode except fractals (but do want to play, just need to start and have the time to do it) i love pvp, WvW and open pve mode.

Which one is your favorite and why? Gameplay-wise. The two i enjoy most that are like them is mesmer and guardian.

I'm pretty new to MMOs and playing thief, currently lvl 36. I like the combat but half the time idk if I'm playing it properly or just pressing buttons.

I've done my first dungeon and tried PvP once. Got destroyed in PvP but obviously I've only tried it once so I'm not expecting to be good.

What should I focus on learning first? Any weapons you'd recommend while levelling? And for PvP, what am I actually supposed to do as a thief?

People have told me it's a hard class to learn. Was thinking about trying warrior but I do enjoy thief so I'd rather understand it a bit more before switching.

Any advice or guides that explain the basics and why you're doing things? Don't really want to just copy a build and still have no clue what I'm doing.

I also LOVE the action cam!

EDIT: Cheers everyone, I've been reading through all the replies even if I haven't replied to each one. Honestly the community has been so helpful since I started playing, both here and in game. Makes getting into an MMO for the first time a lot less overwhelming. Appreciate you all taking the time to explain things!

Recently got my charr fursuit from u/Zolfir they did an amazing job bringing my girl to life! Also got photobombed by a stray kitty :D

Come join the 21st King and Queen's Horrorween 2026 community event, Boo's of the Ooze!

This October 24th on EU, join your hosts Daniel Frozenwind and Mad Queen Malafide in Lion's Arch, starting at 5:30 pm CEST. Take part in various fun games and activities, and have a chance to win fantastic prizes!

More info and raffle here:

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/177374-the-21st-king-and-queens-horrorween-2026/

Do not miss the Chromatic Costume Contest, the haunting melodies from the Ghostly Quartet, and the adrenaline and high octane from the Blasphemous Blob-bounce race!

Personally, I love getting right in the face of the BBEG. I love trading blows, parrying, and dishing it back. The guardian is perfect for me because I love using the Aegis mechanic to block and then counter with stacking boons.

What’s your favorite playstyle for GW2 or other rpg’s?

So, I was harvesting flax in Verdant Brink when suddenly I started spewing black clouds and feathers all over. I didn't have any infusions, I don't own Nevermore, and the effect stayed going until I changed maps. But it was very cool, and I'm curious what set it off and/or how I can get it permanently. Anyone know what it is?

As messages states I have received a three day suspension but I have no idea what I did wrong. Support is very vague about it and I can't change my behavior or cease to use something if I do not know what it is. Hence trouble shooting with the community here.

I am using: Nexus, arcdps, Blishhud, dodgejump macro, autoclicker for bag opening. All of which are stated to be allowed in TOS. All of which my friends are also using and they are totally fine. Our suspicion was that it might be related to fishing as it is the only thing setting us apart. Other than that I am totally clueless.

Anyone who might have a clue?

I know this might sound like complaining but I am totally fine with receiving a suspension as long as I can know what to avoid in the future. I am just hopping on to random content, rifts, fishing, convergence, open world bosses, sprinkling water in WvW, raiding with my static, which I have been doing for two years no problem, so I wonder what changed.

My take on a Batman inspired character in GW2, which I ended up calling Harrow Knight. I also put together a desert variant to give him a different look .

Wardrobe links

Harrow Knight : https://uaot.art/fashion-gallery/posts/1480

Desert Harrow : https://uaot.art/fashion-gallery/posts/1481