Guild Wars 2

Maybe the people that are zapping you and using the shortcuts are just trying to win the race, and not actively trying to make your life miserable. It is a RACE, after all.

Also, please, tell me which shortcuts you think that should not be used and why.

I would love too, but for some reason I am having a hard time playing it today. I can barely move and I can’t use the skill 3 correctly, too much lag. It is odd, I usually have no problems with the activity and I play it multiple times, since it is my favourite one of the rotation.

I play it a lot, btw, and I usually win. Too much training during the Bazaar, I guess. I never leave TC for anything, and I still had no problems with this kind of stuff. But then again, it might be because I hardly ever finish after more than two people. Or maybe I was just lucky until now.

It sounds like you are talking about this skill:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Lightning_Storm_%28Sanctum_Sprint%29

As the wiki says, that skill replaces the lightning rod in the second half of the race. It does not need a target, has unlimited range and affects all runners in the zone.

You are not being griefed by someone. Other runners are just using the skills when ever they get. Also there is an achievement for skill uses so people are just collecting skills and spamming them as much as they can before crossing the finish line.

I deleted my original posts because I want to be disassociated from these forums and from this account name. But that is an issue that others brought up a few days ago…about how many of us thought this was just some generic account name thing and just typed in something stupid and random.

Anyway, I appreciate what you are saying about the skill; however, I don’t buy that this is all that is going on. I have on too many occasions watched a character stand in a specific spot and grief others with skills. These players have no intent on even racing at all…they are just there “for the lolz”. For awhile, I thought Anet allowed it because, hey, put all the griefers in one place, let them “play how they want to play”, stay there and leave everyone else alone. But, y’know, I find myself all too often making excuses for a company that is just being irresponsible. Not taking cyber-bullying seriously is not acceptable in this day and age. I would not have spent all night debating this with myself and others, if at least I did not take it seriously. So, if I say…ok, it’s just how the skill works…yadda, yadda…I’m basically giving moderators or devs just another excuse to let it continue. (And, no, I’m not denying your explanation of the skill.)

There is never anyone in front of me so I dont know what griefing is hehe.

Even I go all slow and do not try to trap anyone I usualy am in the top 3 or win. The people who go out and do everyting to hurt other players usualy fall down or get trapped themselves.
I still like it, of the daily activities it’s my favorite.

Well, I have an idea. Since I’ve pulled an all-nighter and will miss work today on account of my decision to argue this…knowing fully well that the chance that a moderator will even read this or do anything about it are slim to zero…I’m boycotting the Griefer Sprint. Have fun! It still makes me mad that I have to resort to that decision because I did enjoy it when it came out. In fact, I even told someone that this is the best thing they’ve created in the game in terms of side activities. Whatever….if you put everyone on an even playing field in terms of skill, lag…I mean everything….like 11 clones of you. Guess who wins? The person with the most Light Travels.

And this is why I hate achievement point systems. I wouldn’t have put up with it this long if not for the stupid one point! And guess what I get for the achievement points next. 1G and a laurel!….so stupid that I’m laughing.

Aspirine, that is just a foreign concept to me. What server are you on?

Well, I have all day since I was up all night….I’ll make the coffee extra strong. I’d like to actually see a moderator chime in on this. And, I’d also like that account name change as others have brought up in other posts. It’s pretty easy for a griefer to track and harrass someone based on your account name, even if you block them and change servers. And, now we’re getting into a true legal matter here. I would be more passive and bring it up through the standard system, but my experience is that the standard system for things like this results in a canned response. If others say they are not experiencing this but I see it almost every time, then I am being targeted, and I want it to stop!

gumoor.5674:

Well, I have all day since I was up all night….I’ll make the coffee extra strong. I’d like to actually see a moderator chime in on this. And, I’d also like that account name change as others have brought up in other posts. It’s pretty easy for a griefer to track and harrass someone based on your account name, even if you block them and change servers. And, now we’re getting into a true legal matter here. I would be more passive and bring it up through the standard system, but my experience is that the standard system for things like this results in a canned response. If others say they are not experiencing this but I see it almost every time, then I am being targeted, and I want it to stop!

Moderators handle the forum only, they make sure people follow forum rules. They have nothing to do with anything in the game. At best, one might post telling you to report all griefing through support.

I wouldn’t hold my breath expecting a Dev to post. They might read this but it’s unlikely they would comment, regardless of whether or not they agree especially since you have brought up the word ‘legal’. Once you say something like that, that rules out any responses. Any Corporation has policies determining responses once a customer starts talking about ‘legal’. This stops all normal discussion from them. No Dev will touch this thread now.

As to account name changes, they have said this is normally only done when the account names have real life info, such as a real name. Because of problems with accountability, such as people scamming others and then changing the account name to avoid blocks, they don’t change account names on request.

If you are having problems with griefing you can make a thread in the forum, like you did here, to discuss it and you can make a ticket to point it out. If you feel it’s directed at you then you need to get the names of those people and put them in your ticket.

Well, I have to think long and hard then about whether I want to support the customer service model that is in place. I can complain plenty about “the other big game company”, but at least they have in-game chats from moderators. And, what was called the big clone of that game, which is is actually a lot Scarlet event with quets….well they have devs show up in chat for like an hour a week to address questions, complaints, suggestions, etc. It’s a big mess of 100 people talking at once, nothing gets accomplished, but the point is that they make themselves visible, which says a lot to the community. I work online and letting the customer know that I’m active, engaged, visible, and present is top-priority!

I’ll boycott the Sanctum Sprint but I’m definitely not doing it try to race and take screenshots. You see how that could raise the bar a little to high, right? :P

Thanks for the constructive feedback.

I play pve on desolation(EU) server.