I was not around for the original Mad King events on Guild Wars. From what I hear, they were massive and fun. With that said, so far the Guild Wars 2 version lives up to the lineage of the original event. It comes complete with a festive redesign of Lion’s Arch and plenty of mini-games and goodies in the gem store. There’s also an interesting scavenger hunt with a good story line involved. I went ahead and took the liberty of showing all the key areas in the hunt within a video. All in all, the event is well done– and free, so you can’t beat that.

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This week starts out normally, but after we finish with the news and the mailbag, we jump into a special Game Show format designed to help new players of Guild Wars 2. Each question is designed to reveal a tip for new players that will help them as they journey into Tyria for the first time. So join us for this epic show filled with suprises, even for long time fans!

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Tales of Tyria, Episode 43, has been released and this week they discuss W3.

News of the week: We now have a launch time! Midnight?!? How will that affect you? There was also a stress test this weekend and some new websites have cropped up! Next we move onto a some mailbag questions from our audience and then roundtable discussion on World vs. World mecahnics. Will there be problems encouraging people to keep fighting once it’s lost?

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Tales of Tyria is out with episode 41 as they discuss how much fun they had during BWE3.

Episode 41:

• 03:25 – Feedback: Whistleblowing
• 6:05 – News: The 48 Hour Marathon, Names Reserved for 24 hrs After Character Deletion
• 10:30 – Beta Weekend #3

• 10:30 – UI/Economy/Other: Vistas, Gem Store, Hunger Royale, Keg Brawl
• 54:50 – World vs. World: WvW Pop Cap Issues, Sentries, Commander Book
• 1:45:13 – PvE: Asura, Sylvari
• 2:11:04 – Structured PvP: Legacy of the FoeFire

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This week brings us a new episode of Tales of Tyria.

Episode 40:

• 10:30 – Feedback: Role Playing
• 11:40 – News: End Game / Lgendary Weapons Video, Trivia Contest
• 46:20 – Mailbag: Too many Legendaries, Whistle Blowing in MMOs

Question of the Week – How long would you bother spending to craft a Legendary?

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One of our favorite vidcasts, Tales of Tyria, put out a new episode yesterday.

This week we pull back the curtain to show everyone out there exactly how we make the show. What hardware do you need? What software? How much bandwidth is used? How do you get started streaming or recording GW2 to post on Youtube? But first we go over this week’s news and feedback from last week. Stay tuned at the tail end, because after the show we spend another 45 minutes talking about release date speculation and board games.

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Tales of Tyria‘s episode 36 goes over their experience with BWE2 including sPVP and other class issues.

The regular co-hosts have the night off this week, as Bridger invites 4 members of the Team Legacy Structured PvP team on the show to discuss the status of SPvP as of Beta Weekend Event #2. We talk overall impressions, responsivness, balance, builds, and much more.

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Tales of Tyria‘s episode 35 goes over their experience with BWE2 including W3!

This week we take the opportunity to discuss our experiences from BWE #2 while it’s fresh in our minds. We start with WvW and make our way through Structured PvP over to PvE, Crafting, and the Finale event. We also spoke at length about the market system in GW2, and how you can take advantage of it and stop giving Freelancer money

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We’re really starting to like these guys, check out Tales of Tyria’s latest vidcast (while you’re taking a break from Diablo 3) as they discuss the latest and greatest of the stress test and a few other topics including, Is the holy trinity really gone?

Episode 31:

06:34 – Feedback: WvW Keep Balance
12:14 – News: Guided Tour of Lion’s Arch, Stress Test, and Post Launch Content
29:30 – Bridger Rant: $1 = 80 gems? WTF?!?!
34:02 – Roundtable: PvE Revisited – Is the holy trinity truly gone?
Weekly Question:
Question of the Week – Having played the beta, what are your thoughts on the holy trinity?

Video after the break.

From SoundStrategyNetwork presents Tales of Tyria, we get a great video giving us a tour or Lion’s Arch, the central city in Guild Wars 2.

Take a walk with us around Lion’s Arch, and explore all of it’s hidden secrets. From the High Dive into Old Lion’s Arch to the Order of Whispers and back, we cover every area of interest that resides in Lion’s Arch.

Full video after the break.