Guild Wars 2

The spawning corpses in LA are hilarious!

Just completed Thaumanova with a fair bit of LA respawning myself…

This is why you need a public test server, the people you have right now are not up to par.

Stuck up the top after killing the boss :@

Revive orbs work.
If you die during boss, get the person with orbs to relog and revive then get everyone else to do the same.

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

zorokai.1486:

before you people blow up at Anet, yes they do many silly things, but content every 2 weeks is something most games don’t have – and its free, keep in mind too making a game is not easy – but this WP thing….. really screwed that up…

I know, and I’ve been one of ANet’s most vocal defenders on here when it comes to bugs and accidents and the living story concept what not. Working in IT support, I know how much can go wrong under a tight schedule.

And yet, I cannot understand at all how this one slipped through QA.

yea i dont understand how they could have missed out on like the most important part of the dungeon…. thats unforgivable

Mark Katzbach.9084:

Thanks for the report. We’re looking into it right now.

You should have been ‘looking into it’ a month ago. By the time you release the buggy content, it’s too late to fix it…..with the two-week, temporary aspect and all. You are upsetting the playerbase and damaging the reputation of your game with your lack of due diligence.

When was the last time an ArenaNet employee actually stayed after hours to work without pay? I do it all the time and I’m also in the gaming industry. If you really love the game you’ve created, you should value it above your meager wages.

i volunteer as (testing) tribute.

No checklist for something as basic as a party wipe?

Also, if you try the relog trick, it doesn’t let you get to the reward chest after the last boss. Until they fix it, save a res orb for that.

zorokai.1486:

yea i dont understand how they could have missed out on like the most important part of the dungeon…. thats unforgivable

You mean, like the Queen’s Jubilee and that Liandri fiasco of orbs with the hitbox under the ground, the dome ceiling making the camera fluctuate wildly and etc?

LoL! Well that was a waste of time. What kitten is this?
Next patch I wouldn’t be surprised if the Login button had vanished.

Best part is how many times the guys in the preview stated that QA had been playing it.

Anet had 8 weeks to fix this >.> (keep in mind that there are 4 living story teams)

same issue, we had to go to character select screen to get back to LA then to the fractal, at least it stayed in the state that we left, so we didn’t had to do everything again.

Cynz.9437:

who tested this?

We, the playerbase. As always.

This is actually te new soft cap, like maw’s huge agony pre patch.

Same happened to us, logged out to get out of the dungeon. too bad by that time the PUG broke up.

Metatail.1306:

Guys, take it easy. Because you insisted, ANet made QA the best of the best. Being the best I believe they just haven’t died once during testing and that’s why they missed the lack of waypoint.

Ahahahahahahahhd auhahahahahahah, this made my guild’s day. Yeah I hear you man, especially how “best” they played the new content on the live stream? xD

Cynz.9437:

who tested this?

lol no waypoint, and also don’t blink in this fractal if your a mesmer — you get stuck in the walls.

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Cynz.9437:

who tested this?

Meanwhile at ArenatNet:

Omg conspiracy to make you buy revive orbs!

My theory is that none of the dev team is good enough to actually test fotm themselves. When they wipe to bugs or have issues they see it as difficult content instead of mistakes. The dev livestreams reinforce my theory

This is Kiel-products at its finest. I mean what did you expect when you voted for that flake. You all deserve it mmmwwhhaha

Mark Katzbach.9084:

Thanks for the report. We’re looking into it right now.

With the greatest respect, shouldn’t there be a basic check for this kind of stuff before a patch goes live?

If there is, how on earth was it missed?

Nay of the Ether.8913:

This is Kiel-products at its finest. I mean what did you expect when you voted for that flake. You all deserve it mmmwwhhaha

Scarlet rigged the election. Our vote was useless, because Scarlet is in a secret alliance with Kiel.

Crovax.7854:

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Cynz.9437:

who tested this?

Meanwhile at ArenatNet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ZkJd4u0Us

Hahahaha. I remember this video, someone posted it about another problem with GW2 way way back in the day..maybe early launch or something. Its just funny.

But I can’t help at laugh at the major goof here hahaha. Woo! Thats something you shouldnt overlook. Was going to do fractals tonight, maybe I’ll wait.

There’s no WP and what’s worse, I’m sitting here dead over a minute, still ticking 6,021 burn damage per second (that’s not a typo) so none of my team can rez me.

I’m really surprised that this made it live. Most of GW2 IME is pretty clean bug-wise and this is really bad.

Crovax.7854:

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Cynz.9437:

who tested this?

Meanwhile at ArenatNet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ZkJd4u0Us

LOL!! omg that was funny, but sadly true.

So… our group bumbles our way through the story mode, kill the boss aaannnddd we’re unable to loot the chest because we can’t leave the boss’ platform without dying and there is no waypoint to get to the chest… so got the achievement… yay… I guess…

any news on eta of the patch to put in the wp?

Tried Story Mode and lol’d when we wiped. Putting a WP in story mode is just common sense. Back to the best game ever made Baldurs Gate 2…which is 14 years old and a better game than GW2 will ever be.

Also repulsor shield gest stuck to u when ressing someone. can’t drop it after that and have no repulsor shield abilities. please look into this.

This + the skins made from already existing ones…
Are the devs on vacation or something?

Recent update saying it is fixed… but just went with some friends and we are still unable to Wp/checkpoint/res without getting out of the instance

Well…first they make you run through a story mode, and then forget to put a waypoint in there. Yeah…QA team definitely exists.

Bella Risa.7413:

Sampo.9678:

ANET PLS .

Recent update saying it is fixed… but just went with some friends and we are still unable to Wp/checkpoint/res without getting out of the instance

Same here. This needs to be fixed ASAP.

Already fixed as of second bug fix patch today! Go on your way people.

I should know better than to play on patch day. I can’t even remember the last time there haven’t been bugs, but these bugs are simply inexcusable. Way to make the new content incredibly frustrating!

This is just ridiculous. Good intentions for the patch I guess but my god. Another enormous dropped ball.
Not having a WP in there is a clear indication that they do not QA their stuff..and uhm why is this?! Oh, we have a time table to push sub-par content out! we must get stuff out the door every 2 weeks!

This is the shining example why you cant do this, arenanet.
Change your cadence please.

1 guy in group still alive and out of combat. no place to respawn, no popup checkpoint. this is in the story of the reactor. don’t know how it is working out for the actual fractal.

Even if there’s no wp because its fractals, at least let us respawn outside of combat

Still no waypoint/means of respawning without having to either log out or have the rest of the group sacrifice themselves (both options are ridiculous). It’s not as if you can actually res anyone stuck in that horrible burning DOT room.

Is this intended?

Yumiko Ishida.3769:

Already fixed as of second bug fix patch today! Go on your way people.

Still bugged, Yumiko.

With these bi-weekly updates, it does not surprise me that this happened. I really feel for their QA team. QA is not a simple thing, since they usually end up being the ones to fix bugs as well. Poor guys must be getting worked to the bone.

RyuDragnier.9476:

Yumiko Ishida.3769:

Already fixed as of second bug fix patch today! Go on your way people.

Still bugged, Yumiko.

Indeed. It is still bugged. I’ve attempted this with 4 separate groups now. Every time, because no one knows where to go or what to do, the entire party ends up dying at some point and everyone ragequits.

GG, Anet. I didn’t think it was possible for anyone to so colossally drop the ball testing content more than BioWare with SWTOR. But this patch…. this patch is a thing of wonder. Am I not buying enough gems? If I buy more, can I please have you actually Q&A your patches or at least get a wp in this stupid fractal?

There’s an in-house QA team? Because it just seems like they’re pushing all this content out on a rapid pace and just having the player base test it for them instead.

Simonoly.4352:

Still no waypoint/means of respawning without having to either log out or have the rest of the group sacrifice themselves (both options are ridiculous). It’s not as if you can actually res anyone stuck in that horrible burning DOT room.

What’s the point of that room anyway? We never went in there while finishing the storymode instance. Is it only used when you come across the fractal in a normal run?

Crovax.7854:

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Cynz.9437:

who tested this?

Meanwhile at ArenatNet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ZkJd4u0Us

100% on the Money!

It’s time to ditch the ‘every 2 week’ release model where 20-35% of the release is broken or Buggy, and do a ‘every 6 week’ release where 5-8% of the content is buggy/broken.

But, if Anet/NCSoft actually had a Q&A Department, this thread wouldn’t even be necessary.

Time to get your acts together Anet!

GG anet. We can all tell you put a lot of thought into making this. In all seriousness, while I appreciate the game, every patch has a major bug like this that should not have happened.

BTW Revive orbs work great here!

I present you the new Theme song for GW2

I was hoping this patch would be something like this….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoDKXozA0M4

But nope we got kitten