Yesterday we discussed exploring the world of Tyria and getting rewarded by planting flags farther and farther away from other flags. We also got a hint that there will be treasure maps as well! Well here’s another screenshot from Curse’s database of a treasure map that plops down an X on your map and you’re left to find it and then an event starts as soon as you get there.

Just another example of something cool that Arenanet is creating for us!

This video has been seen by many people already, but that is probably not enough. Enigmius gives us an in-depth editorial on the different ways to level and progress your character in Guild Wars 2. We’ve seen a lot of different people discuss on forums that they were confused on what to do in GW2, or that they didn’t know what to do and felt lost. This is hardly surprising as a generation of MMORPG gamers have been conditioned to go from golden exclamation mark to exclamation mark. and that is definitely not the case with Guild Wars 2.

So continue reading and check out Enigmius’ video where he goes over all the different sources of experience and the general flow of how the game is played. He’ll discuss W3, hearts, events, crafting and more!

We’ve discovered a video by Navi B. Zhang that shows us the new dungeon added to the W3 maps. In order to get in your server needs to control one of the keeps.

A first impression of the new wvwvw dungeon in the eternal battle ground is a nice jumping puzzle with loots in the end and many broken legs and faces in between.

Few things in the video are pretty awesome and worth mentioning. First, there is a second of the dungeon that requires torches, and if you don’t have them, your screen is completely dark (10:42 in the video). There are traps that you have to avoid and you need to throw your torch to light your way (14:27). The rest of the video shows us the really cool jumping puzzle inside.

Watch the full video after the break.

One of the greatest things about Guild Wars 2 when it comes to character customization is the dye system. Not only can you change colors on the fly, there is a wide variety of colors to choose from; once you collect all of them of course.

One industrial gentlemen decided to collect as many dyes as possible and hunt the Trading Post for anything he had missed. Take a look at the image to the left and you’ll see how diverse the system is. The best part is that this isn’t even a complete list!

What do you guys think, is this enough color! Link up some screenshots of your best looking characters, if you have them, and share your favorite color combinations.

With the BWE2 being over, we are starting to sift through a ton of great videos. Today we find one of Team Legacy spending a ton of gold on Siege Golems and see what the can do with them. The video is incredibly interesting!

Team Legacy (www.teamlegacy.net) on Crystal Desert server bought 100 Golem blueprints, gathered thousands of supply from 3 different keeps over 30 minutes and built an army. Check out our exploits in the final night of the beta.

Continue reading to watch the video.

There is now an ongoing Ask Me Anything on Reddit right now. Jump in and participate and find out what has already been asked. Stay tuned for when the AMA ends and we’ll have a final tally of the whole Q&A for your reading pleasure.

Hi, everyone.
This is Mike O’Brien, and I’m the President of ArenaNet. We’re working on a game called Guild Wars 2. We have a Beta Weekend Event coming up this week from June 8 – 10, and I’d like to take this opportunity to answer your questions about the game and the upcoming beta event.
I’ll also be joined by ArenaNet designers and developers and we’ll be here to answer as many of your questions as we can in the next three hours.
Here’s who will be participating (and our sigs):
Mike O’Brien – President/Founder – MO
Chris Whiteside – Lead Producer – Chris
Mike Zadorojny‎‎ – Content Designer – z
Mike Ferguson – WvW Designer – Ferg
Peter Giuntoli – Programmer – Peter
Jon Peters – Systems Designer – Jon
Isaiah Cartwright – Lead Systems Designer – Izzy
So without further ado, AMA!
~ Mike O’Brien

There was a new addition to GW2 for BWE2 and it’s called the Mystic Forge. From the latest developer’s blog we get this description:

On a less dangerous note, the Mystic Forge has arrived in Lion’s Arch. This strange forge actually holds the imprisoned djinn Zommoros, who hails from distant Elona. If you offer the Mystic Forge gifts (like unneeded items and weapons), you will receive a gift in return. Got a pair of pistols that you don’t need? Drop them in the Mystic Forge and see what Zommoros gives you in exchange!

So it appears that the Mystic Forge is some kind of dumping ground for unwanted items. The question is, will this mechanism be better than either salvaging or vendoring items? What kind of items will we see in the Mystic Forge? Will we see crafting materials, different weapons and armor or maybe we’ll see runes and sigils. It appears that Arenanet is all about giving us options on how to get rid of our trash.

One of my personal wishes is to see the Mystic Forge become something like Diablo’s Horadric Cube. Just imagine the possibilities. What would you like to see the Mystic Forge be?

The next Beta Weekend Event is just days away and the wait is just plain torture. To sate your hungry for all things GW2 we found a video we haven’t seen before from gameinformer as the give us some fantastic footage from the first press event back in April. We figured that since you’re itching to play, the next best (or worst?) thing to do is to watch other people play!

To watch the video hit us after the break.

During the last stress test, one player took it upon himself to explore the areas of Guild Wars 2 with his jumping abilities.

All of these clips were recorded during a two hour period during the stress test. The last jump is probably one of the more awesome things that I’ve ever done in a game. Expect more videos when the next BWE comes!

Youtube user TheLinkUnit gives us a pretty cool demonstration of what off-the-wall things you can do inside GW2. Check the video out after the break.

Today we get a new update from GW2′s Facebook page:

We know you are all very eager to begin the next Beta Weekend Event. Our community did an amazing job in the previous Beta Weekend Event and stress tests, providing our team with great feedback. Our goal has always been to do this right and treat the beta testing process as what it should be: a way to work out the bugs beforehand and give you the best game we possibly can at launch.

With that as our goal, the development team is working extremely hard to address your current feedback and prepare Guild Wars 2 for the next Beta Weekend Event. Once they’re finished, they’ll be ready for you to head back to Tyria for the next phase of testing.

We’re going to adhere to a monthly schedule as much as feedback and development allow, so it may be a little more or a little less each time, depending on how things progress. For now, we will have more information on upcoming Beta Weekend Events and stress tests as soon as we’re able, and we thank each of you for being an important part of the creation of Guild Wars 2. ~RB2

Since I am well-versed in dev speak, you can interpret this message as, “We’re not quite yet ready to have BWE2 yet.” Reading the tea-leaves, I would guess that the next beta weekend event is coming the first or second week of June. Arenanet hasn’t given us a set schedule yet other than once a month. Perhaps with “little more or a little less” than a month apart we might see two events in June.