[My Dream: The Ability to Change the Display Name.]

I understand that the name you picked awhile ago no longer represents you after a long period of time. I've had a couple of experiences of changing my "gamer name" in the past. I'm not sure if it helps but I think the name Exotic Panda can hold up over time though.

[Have you ever won a GW2 giveway?]

The biggest I can think of off the top of my head was winning a $100 USD gaming mouse from donating at a AGDQ event a couple years ago. As far as Guild Wars 2 is concerned I never won anything Anet hosted but I did win a precursor at a Pink Day community led event.

[Is toxicity in Fractals and Raids even worst now ?]

I personally very rarely experience toxicity in this game, outside of PvP (even then that has become less of a common occurrence for me). I have regularly participated in T4 fractals but I always join or create more casual appealing groups such as "Everyone welcome". I don't find T4 fractals really challenging enough to require the elite builds and group compositions that can often come accompanied by that more toxic elitist attitude, so I figure that's how I've avoided it thus far.

[Where did the social people go?]

For me I find I don't read the chat very often. I'm either on a voice chat when I'm playing, which is most of the time I'm playing, or I'm likely focused on a specific task. Still when I notice the chat I'll typically try to respond if I have something positive to offer.

[Can Charr's back be modified to be straight?]

Type "/crossarms" for a straight backed charr. However as already pointed out charr are in a much more natural position when slightly hunched.

[How to convert Karma to Gold & Exotic/Ascended Gear !]

Sounds great! However I won't be taking advantage of these methods for awhile due to collecting minis using karma. Collecting may be somewhat addicting.

[Returning player, sadly, the current state of the game just makes to go away again.]

Ascended gear is a 5% increase in stats over exotic, but that doesn't mean the people wearing it are 5% better players. Players wearing full exotic gear can, and do, overwhelm opponents who wear ascended, by making good builds and learning to use them effectively. I'll admit zergs are often messy and filled with the best copy pasted builds currently known, but they basically always have been since the game came out.

[Now we've said our least favourite, what is your favourite sound in the game?]

"You rub my fur the right way." - player's male charr says in a sultry voice. It caught me off guard while playing belcher's bluff but I thought it was hilarious

[Mage Knight Appearance Package]

It reminded me of Big Hat Logan in Dark Souls, especially with the outfit being mage oriented.

[What is your favourite soundtrack in the game?]

One of my favorites is the Battle on the Breachmaker. It was very fitting with the actual fight and its current use in fractals works out quite well.

[AOE heals affect downed?]

Your regular healing skills do not heal downed players. The most common method of reviving players is simply by pressing "F" while standing on them. Alternatively there are several skills out there that can be used to assist with reviving downed players, such as "Toss Elixer R", an engineer skill.

You can basically assume if the tool tip doesn't mention healing, specifically, downed players that it will only heal players that are still up.

[Help Aurene Absorb Volatile Magic]

Glint's voice told me she needs help absorbing the energy, and I took that to mean I needed to stand in the blue area with Aurene where she was absorbing it. Turns out I was right. I don't recall anything more specific then that telling me what to do there though.

[Precursor drops]

Played since GW2 launched and I've had 2 precursor drops. One, The Legend, was from a random set of rares put in the mystic forge during season1 marionette (cause she dropped nearly a full inventory worth of rares each time the event ran). My second, Dusk, was about a year and a half ago that I got from a random mob on the Ascalonian fractal. I also won Rodgort's flame during a community event several years ago. All other precursors I have I either crafted or bought.

[Are Guild Lottery's a scam?]

As guilds are run by players than we must accept that some players will try to manipulate others for profit, however many guilds are run by players with good intentions. I'm a part of a community that does lottery, and they are transparent about taking a small portion of the money for use in guild activities ( food and banners, etc.). For years they have consistently done as stated with each lottery. That, I believe, is a great way to do lottery.

Alternatively I've seen another guild, mainly the leader, use lottery for personal profit. For example that player waited until after funds were received to claim that some money would be taken to benefit the guild. Shortly after the lottery the player was seen sporting new expensive skins that were not present before, while it was a friend of the player that won. No additional money or items were added to the guild bank as well.

So for short, some guilds and players will do it for fun and to benefit the guild, while others do scam. If you suspect a scam, do report the player.

[[Merged] Customer Support Ticket Response Times]

I've only used Customer Service 3 times since starting this game at launch due to issues with not being able to access the game. Each time I had communication from a human being who appeared to be perfectly fluent in English, my main language, and appeared competent in their knowledge of the issue and the game in general. My problems were always resolved in less than 24 hours. In my personal experience I would claim that they are very good at what they do.