With two weeks left there's still no word on how fashion templates are going to work in #GuildWars2 , judging by the information they did provide it's possible they're encoding them similarly to statues in your homestead:
28 bytes for the skins and 112 bytes for the dye channels
28 bytes for the skins and 112 bytes for the dye channels
January 19, 2026 at 10:51 AM
With two weeks left there's still no word on how fashion templates are going to work in #GuildWars2 , judging by the information they did provide it's possible they're encoding them similarly to statues in your homestead:
28 bytes for the skins and 112 bytes for the dye channels
28 bytes for the skins and 112 bytes for the dye channels
For the archives: thatshaman.com/post/2026/01...
that_shaman - Upcoming features from the January 13 patch
that_shaman - Upcoming features from the January 13 patch
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January 18, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Today's mining post is up thanks to Riddle-of-the-Waves taking over for me this week
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Today's mining post is up thanks to Riddle-of-the-Waves taking over for me this week
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I pressed a button, back to sleep 😴 thatshaman.com/tools/gemsto...
Gemstore Schedule
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January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I pressed a button, back to sleep 😴 thatshaman.com/tools/gemsto...
Hints.gif! 😬 Thanks Kiki
January 12, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Hints.gif! 😬 Thanks Kiki
Surgery was a success but I will definitely be out of the running for a while. Thank you all for all the well wishes earlier 😌
January 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Surgery was a success but I will definitely be out of the running for a while. Thank you all for all the well wishes earlier 😌
Weird bugs are weird: I noticed on my alt account that for some reason doing a single Enhanced Barrel Roll on a skimmer enables Ley-Line Riding even if you don't have the mastery unlocked yet
The only way to get rid of it is to dismount and don't use the barrel roll skill again
The only way to get rid of it is to dismount and don't use the barrel roll skill again
January 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Weird bugs are weird: I noticed on my alt account that for some reason doing a single Enhanced Barrel Roll on a skimmer enables Ley-Line Riding even if you don't have the mastery unlocked yet
The only way to get rid of it is to dismount and don't use the barrel roll skill again
The only way to get rid of it is to dismount and don't use the barrel roll skill again
I need some surgery next week so I'm not expecting I'm going to do the mining post next Tuesday, do it yourself for once 😬
January 6, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I need some surgery next week so I'm not expecting I'm going to do the mining post next Tuesday, do it yourself for once 😬
Happy New Year to you all! #2026 #guildwars2
January 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Happy New Year to you all! #2026 #guildwars2
Merry Christmas from your favorite #GuildWars2 red flags! (and me) 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Merry Christmas from your favorite #GuildWars2 red flags! (and me) 🎄
Hey @guildwars2.com just saying but your hamburger menu on the site has been broken for a while now making it impossible to navigate to subsections on mobile devices
December 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Hey @guildwars2.com just saying but your hamburger menu on the site has been broken for a while now making it impossible to navigate to subsections on mobile devices
You're not supposed to be able to turn the camera on the prophecies select screen but if you rotate it on any other expansion and change it back while you're still on character select it will keep the previous rotation 😅
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
You're not supposed to be able to turn the camera on the prophecies select screen but if you rotate it on any other expansion and change it back while you're still on character select it will keep the previous rotation 😅
It's been 10,000 years since I've last seen these in #GuildWars wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Feedbac...
December 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It's been 10,000 years since I've last seen these in #GuildWars wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Feedbac...
Grumpy Grinch mode activated:
One 20-Slot Large Wintersday Gift bag costs as much as two 24-Slot Orichalcum Lockers or SEVEN 20-Slot Halloween Pails
End grumpy rant.
One 20-Slot Large Wintersday Gift bag costs as much as two 24-Slot Orichalcum Lockers or SEVEN 20-Slot Halloween Pails
End grumpy rant.
December 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Grumpy Grinch mode activated:
One 20-Slot Large Wintersday Gift bag costs as much as two 24-Slot Orichalcum Lockers or SEVEN 20-Slot Halloween Pails
End grumpy rant.
One 20-Slot Large Wintersday Gift bag costs as much as two 24-Slot Orichalcum Lockers or SEVEN 20-Slot Halloween Pails
End grumpy rant.
It's only gotten slightly worse this year just under 250g at the moment! So at least it's relatively stable? ... ❄️ ⛄
Annual "Wintersday is way too expensive" post. Here's a graph showing how much gold you will have to spend if you want to unlock a skin from a previous year:
December 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It's only gotten slightly worse this year just under 250g at the moment! So at least it's relatively stable? ... ❄️ ⛄
This one has been taking a while but so did the 🦀. Another marker for science:
🧺, 🍿, 🗡️, 4 × cuteness overload
🧺, 🍿, 🗡️, 4 × cuteness overload
dance 🤔
December 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This one has been taking a while but so did the 🦀. Another marker for science:
🧺, 🍿, 🗡️, 4 × cuteness overload
🧺, 🍿, 🗡️, 4 × cuteness overload
Don't be like me:
1. Do the new player event for a free skin
2. Talk to the mist stranger for my reward
3. Mindlessly click through the conversation options to get the box
4. Realize the box only contains skins for the profession you accept it on
5. Already have all the Necromancer skins...
1. Do the new player event for a free skin
2. Talk to the mist stranger for my reward
3. Mindlessly click through the conversation options to get the box
4. Realize the box only contains skins for the profession you accept it on
5. Already have all the Necromancer skins...
December 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Don't be like me:
1. Do the new player event for a free skin
2. Talk to the mist stranger for my reward
3. Mindlessly click through the conversation options to get the box
4. Realize the box only contains skins for the profession you accept it on
5. Already have all the Necromancer skins...
1. Do the new player event for a free skin
2. Talk to the mist stranger for my reward
3. Mindlessly click through the conversation options to get the box
4. Realize the box only contains skins for the profession you accept it on
5. Already have all the Necromancer skins...
Wintersday done, time to go on a ski vacation!
December 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Wintersday done, time to go on a ski vacation!
Today's wintersday post is up thatshaman.com/post/2025/12...
that_shaman - Upcoming features from the December 9 patch
that_shaman - Upcoming features from the December 9 patch
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December 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Today's wintersday post is up thatshaman.com/post/2025/12...
Guess I'll watch the replay the next day because that's deep in the night in EU 😅
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December 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Guess I'll watch the replay the next day because that's deep in the night in EU 😅
Now I feel sorry for Sareb that I completed the event before he got a chance to tell me all about it 😅
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Now I feel sorry for Sareb that I completed the event before he got a chance to tell me all about it 😅
Here's another example in Spamadan with everything maxed out at 4K on a RTX4070. DX9 is clearly the bottleneck with the new bloom and SSAO shaders.
So if you're not running something like Reshade (you could probably use the vulkan version) or TexMod you're likely better off using DXVK
So if you're not running something like Reshade (you could probably use the vulkan version) or TexMod you're likely better off using DXVK
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Here's another example in Spamadan with everything maxed out at 4K on a RTX4070. DX9 is clearly the bottleneck with the new bloom and SSAO shaders.
So if you're not running something like Reshade (you could probably use the vulkan version) or TexMod you're likely better off using DXVK
So if you're not running something like Reshade (you could probably use the vulkan version) or TexMod you're likely better off using DXVK
If you're encountering FPS loss in Guild Wars Reforged I would recommend giving DXVK a try.
1. Download dxvk-x.xx.tar.gz from github.com/doitsujin/dx...
2. Extract d3d9.dll from the x32 folder into your installation folder
3. Profit?
For example Spamadan Region 1 on a basic GPU:
1. Download dxvk-x.xx.tar.gz from github.com/doitsujin/dx...
2. Extract d3d9.dll from the x32 folder into your installation folder
3. Profit?
For example Spamadan Region 1 on a basic GPU:
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
If you're encountering FPS loss in Guild Wars Reforged I would recommend giving DXVK a try.
1. Download dxvk-x.xx.tar.gz from github.com/doitsujin/dx...
2. Extract d3d9.dll from the x32 folder into your installation folder
3. Profit?
For example Spamadan Region 1 on a basic GPU:
1. Download dxvk-x.xx.tar.gz from github.com/doitsujin/dx...
2. Extract d3d9.dll from the x32 folder into your installation folder
3. Profit?
For example Spamadan Region 1 on a basic GPU: