| Event/POI Name: | Twin Sisters Waypoint |
|---|---|
| Event/POI Type: | Waypoint |
| Event/POI Zone: | Blazeridge Steppes |
| Image Walkthrough: |
| Guild Bounty | Guild Trek | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peculiar Pig | Sharkhollows Edge | |||
| Weird Wind Rider | ||||
| Curious Cow | ||||
| Tricksy Trekksa |
Heart of Thorns is the first Expansion Pack for Guild Wars 2
It was just announced at Pax South in San Antonio, Texas, that Guild Wars 2 is getting a full fledged Expansion pack called Heart of Thorns. Announcement was made by the co-founder Mike O’Brien and game director Colin Johanson during a Guild Wars 2 panel that was livestreamed in front of more than 65.000 viewers on Twitch. Here are the major points that were announced about the new expansion:
Check out the official Heart of Thorns announcement page here.
- Heart of Maguuma Jungle is where expansion takes place and where you fight Mordremoth
- There will be no raising the level cap – no gear treadmill
- New way of character progression called Masteries
- Jungle is a huge vertical space – you will have to master new skills and abilities to traverse the new zones
- New group challenges that will require you to master those new skills and abilities
- New profession specializations – customization of professions
- New guild support and new guild progression
- New challenges and achievement
- New Legendaries and precursors
- Brand new profession – The Revenant – Heavy armor
- New WvW Borderland map
- New PvP mode – Strongholds
- Guild halls
Mastery System
- Mastery system is account wide and all level 80 characters you have will have unlocked what you unlocked with the Mastery system
- Mastery points can be gained from single and group challenges, exploration, achievements and more
- Hand Glide ability can be gained through Mastery – flight for your character for better exploration of the jungle
- New civilizations and you can master their languages and access lore for those civilizations
- Mastery system will allow you learn new combat abilities as well
- Mastery system will allow you to build collections that will send you on a quest to get precursors for legendary weapons
Specialization System
- Help you grow your profession into something new
- Almost like a secondary profession
- Rangers will be able to master the abilities of a Druid. Rangers will be able to grow into a druid and get access to a new heal skill, new elite skill and new mechanic, if a Ranger decides to go for a druid specialization. Druid ranger will be able to use a staff,
- Necromancer specialization will allow Necros to use greatsword weapon
Here’s the official trailers.
Guild Wars 2 – Talking The Talk, Walking The Walk
PAX South is underway in San Antonio, Texas, this weekend and ArenaNet team has a few surprises in store for their fans. The attendees will have the opportunity to visit a Guild Wars 2 panel with co-founder Mike O’Brien and game director Colin Johanson, where the future of the game will be discussed. They will be joined by Jennifer Hale and popular personalities like AuroraPeachy, Bog Otter, Jebro, Chronick and “surprise guests”.
Those of us at home will be able to join in on a livestream on the official Guild Wars 2 Twitch channel (http://www.twitch.tv/GuildWars2), starting with a pre-show at 10:00 a.m. CST (8:00 a.m. PST, 4:00 p.m. UTC). The stream will also offer a post-show commentary by MattVisual and WoodenPotatoes.
If you’re not interested in the show, there’s still ways to benefit from it – during the weekend, all players will be rewarded with double XP. Experience boosters will be sold with a 15% price cut, and the game itself will receive a generous 75% off sale on their website (http://buy.guildwars2.com).
Source: official website
GW2 Free Trial Restrictions
According to Gaile Gray, ArenaNet Forum Communications Team Lead, during the Free Trial period, Trial Accounts will have several restrictions:
- Trial Accounts can send mail only to a player who has added the trial account holder to their friend list
- Trial Accounts can send whispers only to a player who has added the trial account holder to their friend list
- Trial Accounts cannot use map chat
Here are some other details about trial accounts, and how trial accounts work:
- Those playing on a trial account cannot sell items the Trading Post
- Trial Accounts will be limited to 2 character slots
- Trial Accounts will not have access to the Gem Store
- Trial accounts will not have access to the Currency Exchange
- Trial accounts will have access to Edge of the Mists but will not have access to World-versus-World
Also, FYI: there will be no guild restrictions in place, so your friend playing on a free trial account is welcome to join your guild and will be able to chat and play with you and your guild members.
The Guild Wars 2 Free Trial
From September 25th, for a limited time only, MMO fans can explore the world of Tyria and play Guild Wars 2 for free. The free trial begins at 12 a.m. PDT September 25, 2014 and ends at 11:59 p.m. PDT October 1, 2014.
We’ve opened up free trial account registration, so you can create an account now, download the game, and get ready to explore the world of Tyria on September 25!
If you participated in an earlier Guild Wars 2 free trial, you’re invited and your existing account will work for this trial too. Download the game now!
Have a question about the Guild Wars 2 free trial? Visit our Support Site.
Dry Top Map with POIs, Vistas and more added to the site
It has been quite a while since we updated GW2 Life. There are many excuses that we could make for this, but when Season 2 started and a whole new zone got added we figured there is no excuse for not returning to the game and checking out the new content. New zone is called Dry Top and you can reach it via a portal in western Brisban Wildlands. There are 19 new Points of interest, 4 skill points and 5 vistas to be discovered in this zone. We found locations of all of them and added the map of Dry Top along with guides on how to find each and every POI, vista and skill point (as you should be used to by now from our website). We also added locations and screenshot guides for various events found in the zone that help towards the Dry Top achievements. You can reach the new pages through the Interactive Maps menu drop down up on top of the website or by clicking here. There is a Jumping Puzzle in the new zone as well and we are working on the guide for it. You can expect to see it up on the website shortly.
Dredgehaunt Cliffs Map
Dry Top Map
Vista
| Guild Bounty | Guild Trek | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookworm Bwikki | Cave Spider Nidus |
Maw’s Rise
| Event/POI Name: | Maw’s Rise |
|---|---|
| Event/POI Type: | Point of Interest |
| Event/POI Zone: | Lornar’s Pass |
| Image Walkthrough: |
| Guild Bounty | Guild Trek | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookworm Bwikki | Cave Spider Nidus |