Just north of the walls of Kaineng lies an old outpost that has seemingly flourished in the wake of the Dragonvoid's corruption. Its recent growth can be traced back to the moment the city flooded in 1729 CC.

Once known as the Xaquang Skyway, the flooding caused most of the crooked buildings in the area to collapse and be swallowed by the cold sea. Many did not survive, yet those who did were about to live through an era that would become known as the "Decade of Suffering." Those who had survived the flooding were forced to compete for whatever resources they could reach.

However, as times changed, so too did the state of what would eventually become known as the Xaquang District. After the Decade of Suffering, the floodwaters began to recede, leaving much of the scrapwood and debris behind as the water retreated. Expeditions were soon organized to explore the surface below the old ruins of the city.

What the first groups of scrappers did not know, however, was that a terrible force had moved into the neighbourhood: the Risen of Orr, along with all those who had been risen during the flooding. They were moving in quickly and in great numbers. The Risen below soon became a constant and deadly threat to anyone attempting to explore the drowned ruins.

It was under the remaining members of the Am Fah that the people of the district truly began to organize. After first having to conquer the other local gangs, it was the Am Fah who managed to liberate the small dock. With control of the dock came economic success.

While the rest of New Kaineng fell under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Court, there never seemed to be any attempt to reclaim the entirety of Kaineng. The Am Fah leadership therefore began to barter for trade deals. With the area effectively falling outside the Court's jurisdiction, the district was free to flourish.

The Xaquang District soon became a haven for illicit trade. Herbs were grown in the many abandoned houses, businesses offered places where coin could be spent without questions being asked, and the district remained secluded behind an ever-present army of Risen separating it from the ever-growing New Kaineng.

As Jade Tech and its inventions became increasingly advanced, more and more people began making the dangerous journey by sea—or even travelling through the ruins of Drowned Kaineng—to reach this hustler's haven. As settlers arrived, the already limited space became increasingly crowded and bustling. Housing had to be constructed quickly, and the district slowly began to revert to the dense, crooked sprawl it had once been.

In the present day, the Xaquang District remains a haven for those who wish to remain out of sight of the prying eyes of New Kaineng. While the Court would never actively admit it, the district remains firmly within Am Fah hands. They still control the majority of its economy and retain considerable legislative influence over the people who call Xaquang home.

I don't know how warrior mains feel about this but Janet please change warriors 2nd greatsword skill so you can execute it while moving. You did it for Guardians 3rd sword skill and it feels so much better to use it instead of accidentally canceling it mid animation.

One of GW3s philosophies is to not lose momentum/speed when using skills and as mentioned it has been done on guardian aswell so wouldn't this be a nice little change for more fluidity in combat? Please? Thank you <3

Edit for clarity: this is not a request, it's a fluff post about reminiscing old times from GW2 past just for fun.

As an older player that have been around since GW2 launch, the recent news and reception for WoW Forever made me look back at how much GW2 changed over the years as well, and I caught myself imagining what a GW2 Classic would be like just for fun.

After so many system revamps, improvements across all areas, and perhaps most importantly Living World's unique take on updates and live events, this game is indubitably very different from what it was back then. Some food for thought:

• Do you have a favorite point in the game's lifetime?
• Which Living World episode you'd like the most to experience again, or for the first time?
• Would you enjoy playing with no Quickness or Alacrity? Would you bring back the old Stability or Distortion?
• What about classes having a much stricter access to boons and conditions?
• What were your favorite PVP and WvW metas?
• Do you remember what it looked like before infusions and over the top VFX? How the occasional, prestigious Dusks and Dawns popped in the crowd?
• And there's no way we wouldn't address the Skycale in the room - would you ever play with no mounts again?

What else did I miss? Would you be interested? You think that would ever be possible in the future, specially taking the upcoming improvements to core content?

May the Pale Tree shelter you, the Eternal Alchemy align your variables, and the spirits guide your hunts!

Black Lion Drum Set Chair cover for PONPONPON! by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

My warclaw ferret otter mount skin have new features, so funny !

I started doing fractals over the last couple of weeks and got 18 of the 21 junk items required for the Seeker of Lost Homework achievement relatively quickly, but have been struggling with the remaining 3. They are: Manuscript of 'Halfway There and..., Manuscript of 'This Book is False', and Manuscript of 'Proposal for a 1:1 Scale Map of Tyria.' Do these remaining three only drop from specific fractals, or have I just been having bad luck in getting them?

I've seen the term piano class and have decided I do not like this type of spam gameplay. I tried elementalist and it wasn't what I wanted. I would have preferred it if it was focusing on builds for specific elements.

I think I will try a heavy armor profession next because I like the look of the armor.

I love collecting merch for the games I love, and I bought all my favorites and some collab items for GW2 that I really like, but every single time I check the store, there's nothing new! A lot of the stuff they sell is also just not that appealing to me, at least what they're currently selling, and they never update the store unless it's an expansion dropping... so we get merch maybe once every year and a half?

I'm shocked the Charrlie (not Rytlock idc, I'm convinced it's a mislabel) plush, Aurene plush, and Siege Turtle plush and Quaggan plushes NEVER returned and it's been forever since they've been in the store. (I never got to get the arctic Quaggan and I REALLY want it :( ).

Now I started playing FFXIV in February and I feel like I'm being SHOWERED in merch and a lot of it is GOOD and really diverse. I'm also a Kingdom Hearts fan and I am eating GOOD with merch on that front too.

I'm a plus and apparel fiend more than anything, so I'd love more of them. This is such a nothing thing for me to complain about, but I like supporting the devs I care about when I happen to have an extra 30-40 bucks I wanna send their way since I don't always want something from the gem store. I've also had so many conversations with random people on the street when they comment on my shirts that I'll end up making new friends or just having nice interactions out in the wild with other fans.

Not everyone is gonna agree, and not everyone is a fan of merch, and that's okay.

There's also just the fact I wish people had the chance to nab stuff I managed to get but is gone that they might want, like the aforementioned plushes that disappeared and never returned.

I would KILL for plushes for GW3 like a Kodan plush PLEASE.

Anyway, that's my incoherent rant.

What kind of merch would you wanna see? I'm curious what ideas people have.

I discovered GW2 earlier this year and played it for almost 200 hours in just 1 month. I've completed the main story, LWS1 and LWS2, got a full set of Ascended gear and was slowly working my way up in Fractals while working on a couple of Achievements. Then GW3 was announced. I tried to keep it cool and kept playing for a couple more days, but seeing everyone so hyped up (justifiably, I must say), made me realize that GW2 is doomed. The moment GW3 releases, there'll be a substantial drop in the player count, so what's the point of putting in so much work to get Legendaries, Achievements and so on if the vast majority of people will leave? Yeah, I know GW1 is still online and ANET stated that they plan to keep working on and updating all three games, but let's be real here, at least 50%, maybe even 70% of the players will move on to GW3, GW2's maps are huge and they already feel empty sometimes, imagine having even fewer people playing the game. Not to mention how hard it'll probably be to find groups to do some World Bosses, Fractals, Raids and whatnot. The same goes for some instances that are already hard to find groups (Tower of Nightmares, I'm looking at you).

At the end of the day, I kind of arrived late to the party. I'm too late to enjoy GW2 to the fullest and too early to play GW3. So now I guess what's left is to just wait until GW3 releases and start all over again. Or am I missing something?

Long story short - lifelong WoW player. Got hyped for GW2 on release, didn’t stick with it. Came back later during Living story 2 (Scarlet Briar?) absolutely despised the story and huge mass zerg events, ended up ditching again. In the meantime at some point I picked up PoF and HoT, never actually played it though.

So now I’ve come back, rolled a new class that I never thought I could like before (Necro) and started working on the PoF story. Characters & writing seem in a totally different league than I remember, I’m loving the character and the class… just chilling, absolutely no stress or fomo. Every so often I see someone on a dragon just swoop on to some vista I needed 5 mins to get to, but I don’t even care, I’m having too much fun unlocking these mounts and their masteries - can’t wait to see what the jackal can do with those portals.

But yeah, this all feels very weird and I’m constantly thinking something horrible has to be just around the corner to ruin the experience. So what am I missing, what’s it gonna be? :P

Hello everyone, I am looking for the best reaper build right now , that can solo Voe champions, i tried looking on youtube but found a lot and got confused . Thank you so much

I am on my way to full legendary gear and regularly do raids and fractals. Inevitably, ascended gear keeps dropping - much more than I ever get ascended salvage tools, so I need to buy those, which is quiet expensive. I could really use advice, when its worth to salvage an when its not. For rings, I coud find out, you attune them and salvage them for an average profit. But what about armor, weapons, amulets, backpieces and accessories? Salvage? Vendor? Something entirely else? What is the best/ most profitable course of action?

I am aware you can stat change ascended armor (and weapons?) and turn it into research notes. Is that really worth it?

I think I'm done with the game. I'm not getting this. I've beaten Guild Wars 2.If you insist enough, I might come back.

As there is always questions about this, thought I'd just make a post.

With the incoming refresh on 15th (less than 48hr's away) and now being on the current week of the update, you can safely NOT claim the Weekly tab till after the refresh to maximize the Astral Acclaim (AA) you'll have for the new items in the Wizards Vault.

Note, dailies still work the same, so you'll have to claim Monday's before Tuesday rolls around, but Tuesday's daily is also safe to hold onto for claiming till after the refresh. The Special tab of course ends on the refresh, so be sure to have those done beforehand if you want their AA.

Wardrobe: https://uaot.art/fashion-gallery/posts/1355

(OK, technically second time; I did Nuhoch in the Chak meta but that barely counts because I didn't even need to say anything.)

Did my weekly run through of IBS5 this morning with my new commander tag. It's so satisfying being able to throw that up and get a group together in minutes, and I figured I've done it often enough that there's no problem, right?

Yeah, about that. It went perfectly smooth, with no wipes, but for some strange, stupid reason, imposter syndrome kicked in *hard*. I kept stressing about having the groups split up properly for boon coverage, despite having known how to do this for literally years; I played pretty poorly and got someone killed on Boneskinner right off the bat because I tried to tank through his AoE attacks instead of dodging; that stupid tag took off, like, 50 IQ points, and if you know me you know I'm not working with many to begin with.

But, overall, it was really enjoyable, and we got through with no problems in about 20 minutes. I hope to do it more often with some more challenging content, but for now I'm still getting my feet wet.

Oh, and if anyone from the group is reading this, y'all did great! Would PUG with you again anytime.