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Yep...

Legit, this was me when I first started playing GW2:

... actually, some days that's STILL me ...

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It's that time of year again!

Don't forget your Snargle book! https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Goldclaw_Holiday_Collection

GuildJen's guide is here: https://guildjen.com/wintersday-festival-achievements-guide/

Wintersday tip

Just a little something I wanted throw out here based on a conversation in map chat earlier: be sure to buff up as much as possible before doing your orphan run to maximize the amount of karma you get!

My suggestions:

Food buff - I always recommend ascended foods here, but if you don’t have access to any, these are also recommended: Peppermint Omnomberry Bar, Tropical Peppermint Cake, Scoop of Mintberry Swirl Ice Cream, or Plate of Island Pudding

Utility buff - Peppermint Oil, Tin of Fruitcake, and Tuning Icicle are great examples

Amulet enrichment - Karmic Enrichment available from laurels is most common, but there is also the Koda’s Warmth Enrichment which is a LS3 collection

Guild Hall buff - This is anywhere from 3-10% depending on how many enhancements the guild has unlocked

Guild Banner buff - A Guild Karma banner gives 5% whereas a Guild Karma and Experience banner or a Guild Heroes banner give 15%

Spirit Banner buff - Gives an extra 10%, grab these from Miyani in Lion’s Arch or any Mystic Forge NPC

Booster/Bonfire/Gobbler buff - An additional 50% Karma Bonus can be gained through a communal bonfire set to Karma, a random Gobbler buff, or a Karma specific booster

Winter’s Blessing buff - You get this hour-long buff from giving gifts to the orphans; I always use mine right before doing my orphan run!

Candy Cane buff - Each one you consume gives you an additional 10% karma boost, stacks up to 30 minutes

Volunteer’s Blessing buff - Rare, but can happen if a map gets low enough, and gives you an extra 5% karma for 10 minutes

Race buff - This one you can get from the race event or by doing the trial, and gives you an additional 10% for 15 minutes

My advice: do the Race event or time trial first, then buff up, then do your orphan run!

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Something is very wrong with me

But I'm so proud of this. LMAO

I was upset that I couldn't keep my Kamohoali'i Kotaki as both a water weapon and land weapon at the same time, so I made a second. I made all the components for the precursor then found that I could only make one of those. EVER. /sadfase

So yeah I had to buy the pre, but I'm happy that I can carry it both ways now. :3

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Someone on GuildJen pointed me to this site. Great for beginners and LI (low intensity) builds! Wanted to share as the other nice LI site I had disappeared. /sadfase

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Music Mod

Since Tumblr broke the link post format my bookmark site is no longer being updated, I'll just post 'em here ... here's a nice music mod. In fact this whole site is nice if you like playing music in game! :)

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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

New content! My heart is so happy right now. :)

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Stay outta my cabbages!

Y'ALL! If you have not done your new SotO mastery, GET. ON. THAT! There's all kinds of advantages to it, especially a new currency exchange NPC. Oh. My. GOD. Y'ALL!

Get it, then go see Gharr Leadclaw in Outer Ring in Wizard's Tower (near jade bot). If you're crafting anything, or need any kind of any currency, you need to see this cat. Pronto!

Also, grab one of these: Portable Wizard's Tower Exchange.

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Interesting take on this new feature. I've barely had time to play myself, but am hoping to get a few more hours in this coming weekend!

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Reblogging this here as an FYI. I'll be updating my links in the nav above to reflect the new link ArenaNet has put up.

I'm a little sad that the calendar site didn't take off the way I'd hoped. I had hoped for more contributions from the community, but there's just not the stability of trains and such as there were in the past. I completely understand why and place no blame on anyone. Besides, the Anet calendar has subscribe features that I like, so I'm fine with the replacement. I may find a way to incorporate those postings into this blog at some point when I have more spoons (and a job).

Shutting down

With my personal life gone crazy, and recent loss of my job, I've had both no time nor energy to keep up this site.

ArenaNet finally put up a nice events calendar on the GW2 game site, so from now on I will be linking there. Please update your bookmarks!

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/events/

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Dear ArenaNet

Could I please have ANYTHING except this for a daily? It seems like this is a daily once a week or more now. I HATE this place. I REFUSE TO DO IT. I have all expansions, so please PLEASE for the love of all that is unholy, GIVE ME ANOTHER FREAKING MINIDUNGEON.

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Wintersday

Sorry I haven't posted in a bit. Real life is kicking my ass hard core with health and mental issues. Plus with my work schedule being all over the place, I mostly only play on weekends now. (spoons allowing, ofc)

So if you have not already seen, Wintersday is upon us once again!

GuildJen has an updated guide out: https://guildjen.com/wintersday-festival-achievements-guide/

And don’t forget to grab your Snargle book! https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Goldclaw_Holiday_Collection

These tips are still recommended! https://newtogw2.tumblr.com/post/637851178241294336/wintersday-tip

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Skyscale Medicine Masker

OK so this is part of the A New Look achievement.

BUT! The description is a little misleading. Apparently only champs count towards this. Dunno if that's intended or not, but that's where we are right now. I put together a short list of links where champ worms spawn outside of the two world bosses: Jungle Worm and Triple Trouble.

Just copy and paste this list into chat:

[&BOkAAAA=]NW, [&BFsCAAA=]NW, [&BNkAAAA=]S, [&BAECAAA=]NW, [&BH8CAAA=]NE

Each includes the general direction of the champ spawn, and they're all pretty close to their respective waypoints. Hope this helps!

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Renown Heart Daily

If I may offer some unsolicited advice: When there's a Renown Heart daily for PVE in the Wizard's Vault, and if you have the End of Dragons expansion, go do the Training Grounds heart in Seitung Province.

You'll gain a nice XP buff upon completion and can then buy an additional XP buff on top of that!

These are two separate buffs. Very handy when you're trying to level up those SotO masteries! :)

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Hell. YES!

have

😳🫵 YOU 🫵😳

been missing the #gw2 fan submission tag since the official guild wars tumblr went inactive almost a year ago? well

this blog will be tracking and queueing from #gw2 fan submission, with a goal of restoring the tag’s functionality in promoting, celebrating, and connecting gw2 fan creators!

submit your work, circulate this post, and follow to see art, writing, screenshots, edits, and meta posts from outside your usual gw2blr circles 🥳🥳🥳🥳

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Dear Zojja,

You are not alone. ♥

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:/

I gotta admit, I'm profusely underwhelmed by the new relic system. All of my faves are either absent or changed completely to something less (or not at all) useful.

I'm still working my way through the new story and am enjoying that at least. I'm not exactly thrilled with the new wizard vault either but then again I was one of those who did PVE dailies first, then went on to do WvW dailies as time allowed so I could get rewards for both. Plus, that daily 2 gold helped.

This game is therapy, so I do what little I can with the time I have. So I'm grumpy cuz stuff is different. Doesn't mean I'm wrong, does it?

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Excited squeeing noises

It’s comiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg!!!!!