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A great video showing time lapses of various areas throughout Tyria… well worth a watch.

Gamebreaker.com’s Taugrim dropped a video showcasing an interesting Warrior PvP spec. For little over eight minutes, he goes over the various abilities, the reasoning for those abilities and the different combinations for different situations.

Check out the full-article here. If you were going range as a Warrior would you opt for this route? Let us know in the comments below.

WoodenPotatoes has released a three-part series of videos covering the new WvW dungeon that was added in the last beta event. The run took about an hour to complete, and with a team mate he shows off the features and traps of the dungeon.

Players in the dungeon can discover mystic fountains that puts them into stealth so they can sneak around without being detected. On the other hand, opposing players can take control of various traps throughout the dungeon, such as rolling boulders, spike traps and fire traps to impede progress. The footage also includes the mysterious dark room that ArenaNet told us we’d need to see (or not) to believe.

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How cool would it be to experience a new dungeon with one of the guys who actually helped design it? Answer: It’s awesome! YouTuber/Blogger Kaeyi Dream had this opportunity during this last BWE.  ArenaNet developer William Fairfield was kind enough to join Kaeyi, along with her Somnium guild mates.  Fairfield had previously talked about GW2 dungeon design a while back in the ArenaNet blog.

Throughout the video, Fairfield offers insights into the dungeon’s creation. Here is a video of their run together: enjoy!

Part 1

Mini-Maps, quest guides, arrows, markers, etc. – all of these are standard in the MMO world.  Guild Wars 2 is no different.  Sometimes, however, it’s important to remember that the maps and guides don’t tell the whole story.  By design, a large part of the GW2 experience can only be done by watching what’s actually happening on the screen.

In this video, I share about an experience I had that was a perfect example of this.  While roaming the world, I run across a little boy who is gathering materials to build a bunch of “snow norn” to scare away the grawl that are threatening his home lodge.  Once I finish gathering this material, it was tempting to simply run off to the next item on the map or follow the next cue on the mini-map.  Instead, I decided to hang around and watch what the little boys does.  What happens is epic!  Check out the video for more!