To help test, you’ll need to add a special command line to your GW2 client’s shortcut. Here’s how:

• Create a shortcut to your GW2 client (right-click -> “Create Shortcut”)
  
• Right-click the GW2 client shortcut
  
• Click “Properties”
  
• Locate text field labeled “Target.”
  
  It should contain the file path of your shortcut, and will look something like this:C:\Games\Gw2\Gw2.exe
  
• Type -testVerticalFov at the end of the Target line
  
  Be sure to include a space between .exe and -test. The line should look like this: C:\Games\Gw2\Gw2.exe -testVerticalFov
  
  Please note that your Target line may or may not have quotation marks. If it does have quotation marks, this tag should go outside of them. So it will look like this: “C:\Games\Gw2\Gw2.exe” -testVerticalFov
  
• Once the command line has been added, click Apply -> OK.
  
• That’s it! Jump in and play with this new setting, and post your feedback in the following thread: https://forum-en.gui...irst#post551648

If at any time you want to return to the old FOV, simply remove the –testVerticalFov from your target line and it’ll return to normal.

Halloween draws near. The insanity is rising, so be on the alert for changes all over Tyria. The Durmand Priory is scrambling to respond to reports of increasing paranormal activity in Queensdale, Kessex Hills, and Gendarran Fields. People have seen Lunatic Courtiers in Kryta for the first time in over two centuries, so excitement abounds!

The Priory has set up camps in Queensdale, Metrica Province, the Plains of Ashford, Caledon Forest, and Wayfarer Foothills to use as bases of operations to respond to the lunacy. They’re keeping an eye on suspicious individuals who have shown up around the festivities there and are taking people away to play dangerous games.

Magister Tassi’s search for Mad King Thorn’s history is causing folks to travel farther abroad as six additional ghosts appear to tell their tales. Other Priory scholars are upset by rumors of people visiting the Mad Realm. Could it be that the Mad King’s demesne has opened its doors?

Just wanted to clarify a few things:

• The pinnacle of the event (Act 3) was not rescheduled. We incorrectly listed the pinnacle as occurring on October 31 in the Game Update Notes. The date of Act 3 in the Game Update Notes has been corrected to October 28. The correct dates are displayed on the event page on the website.
  
  
• Act 4 will still occur on October 31.

Nothing has changed except to correct an error in the date as originally displayed in the Update Notes.
Thanks. [Source]

As some of you noticed, we have published the time of the special event which will occur on Sunday, October the 28th at 12:00 PM Pacific Time/19:00 GMT.

On the holiday team, we are fully aware of the fact that not everyone can be logged into the game at specific time. We’re also aware that people live in different time zones, and those times can potentially fall on different calendar days. This is why each act is a phase, or a period of time, rather than a moment in time.

The one major exception is the beginning of Act 3, which is something that I think most people will want to be around to see. The choice of 12:00 PM Pacific Time/19:00 GMT on Sunday was a very informed, calculated decision. It was primarily based on the fact that it’s pretty much the peak of our weekly concurrency, which means it satisfies the highest possible percentage of our users. It also means that it’s the same calendar date whether you’re American or European.

For those of you wondering, having the event at separate times for separate zones is actually one of the worst options. Whatever happens is going to be on livestreams instantly and then on YouTube about five minutes later. At least this way, everyone has a chance to experience it in the game, without having it spoiled by the rapid availability of video on the Internet. [Source]

Basic Information

• Item tiers (White (trash) < Blue (fine) < Green (masterwork) < Yellow (rare) < Orange (exotic) < Purple (legendary)
  
• Item affixes (Berserker, Rampager etc)
  
• Salvage everything that is L70+ for rare mats w/ discussions on salvage kit usage
  
• Map Completion your 60-70 and 70-80 zones for L70+ exotics

Trinkets & Backpieces

• Skip rares and get Masterwork trinkets instead (stats upgrade is minimal and rares are about 45x the prices of masterworks)
  
• Mats you need for exotic trinkets
  
• You can get a rare guild backpiece for 5 gold (waste of money really)

Armor

• Fine/Masterwork: Cursed Shore karma vendor location and stats
  
• Fine/Masterwork: WvW karma vendor location and stats
  
• Rare: What mats you need to get a full set crafted (1.5-2 gold for the full set)
  
• Rare: WvW karma vendor also sell a rare set for 95k karma
  
• Exotics: Select sets based on your stats preference
  
• Exotics: Four ways to get full exotics: crafting (10-12 gold for full set), Dungeons (token grinds), WvW (Badges of Honor grind), or Karma (Orr Temple karma grind at 42k karma/piece)

Weapons

• Fine/Masterwork: Cursed Shore Karma vendors or WvW vendors
  
• Rare: WvW karma vendors or T3 cultural vendors if you got spare karma
  
• Rare: How to get them crafted w/ full mat list.
  
• Exotics: Full mat list for regular crafting, mat list for mystic forge crafting, you can also get them from dungeons and wvw

Runes/Sigils

• A list of most exotic runes/sigils in the game with methods on obtaining them (mat list for those that are crafted)

Food

• Peach tarts for 26% magic find and +60 power (<20 copper each)
  
• Onomnomberry stuff if you want 30% magic find
  
• Lotus Fries are a cheaper alternative if you just want 30% magic find (1/3 price of Onomnom stuff)

A little Halloween gift from us to you: The Guild Wars 2 Halloween 2012 theme by ArenaNet's Maclaine Diemer:http://soundcloud.co...-halloween-2012 ~RB2