Today we get a new Dev Blog by the Guild Wars Team telling us when and how we’ll be able to reserve our names for the upcoming launch.

Today no one actually has the name Wizardex, because all character names from the original Guild Wars were two words or more. All one-word names will be up for grabs at the start of the Guild Wars 2 Headstart Access period. But there are currently 20 million two-word names in use by existing Guild Wars players. We need a policy that allows dedicated players to hold on to their established names, while freeing up the bulk of names for the rush of Guild Wars 2 players who will come into the game at launch.

Thus our policy will simply be as follows: to preserve your character name from Guild Wars into Guild Wars 2, you must be an active Guild Wars player (more on that below), and you must create a Guild Wars 2 character with the same name as your Guild Wars character during the Headstart Access period or on launch day.

Get full instructions read the blog post. However, if you want to reserve your name today, go make a Guild Wars 1 character now!

Source: Reserving Your Character Name for Guild Wars 2

I want to start with a bit of a confession.  I’m a cooking junkie.  Cooking is always my tradeskill of choice in any game that it is available.  I’m a fan of cooking because I love the idea of creating consumables as a tradeskill, as there is always a built in demand due to their limited use.  Other tradeskills must compete with world drops, but Cooks have only a very small amount of competition in this regard.  Further exacerbating the competition factor in Guild Wars 2 is the fact that the Trading Post operates across all servers, and while all crafting disciplines will undoubtedly experience increased competition as a result of this, the built in continuous demand for consumables should help to keep the chefs of Tyria profitable.

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Check out some Ranger sPVP action with a Greatsword & Sword/Dagger pet builds. Trait build focuses on Toughness and Vitality to increase survivability. Using three passive signets. Warning: video is low res.

Video after the break.

Today we get a brand new developer’s blog with a bit of lore attached to it.

Meet Ameranth, a sylvari who shares the same sense of wonder and curiosity about her world as her kin—and yet who stands out because of how she has chosen to act upon it. You see, she decided to satisfy her curiosity by seeing Tyria firsthand, walking from one end of the land to the other.

In Guild Wars 2, you’ll find her as far away from the Grove as Black Citadel, eager to see all there is to see in Tyria. Ameranth is joined by her faithful sylvan hound, Anna, and if you happen to run into her, she’s more than happy to tell you about their journey. “Ever since emerging from the Pale Tree, I’ve had the itch to see what the world has to offer. And what better way than with my own two feet?” she’ll tell you.

Read the rest of the story over at Guildwars 2′s official homepage.

Guildwars2 Junkies brings you part 2 of 3 of the Ranger in Queensdale series. It’s a quick demo of the first five levels of the Human experience. This time we finish off the second major leg of the story quest, complete a bandit heart inside a cave and then finally show off a random world event that was triggered by a Lady in White.

Video after the break.

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.

The stress test yesterday yielded some great PVP videos and today we’re noting TOPvP with some great commentary regarding his elementalist and engineer builds. Check them out after the break.

New screenshot from Arenanet for our long awaited 500k Like milemark. From GW2′s Facebook page:

Ding! We’ve reached 500,000 Facebook followers and have the long-promised epicness for you: Destiny’s Edge, together and taking on a foe that you’ll find familiar. This is an actual in-game screenshot embellished by Daniel Dociu.

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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.