Guild Wars 2

…is what I find myself shouting at my screen when my character refuses to pick up an important interactive item.

Especially those crystals during the Jade Maw encounter.

There seems to be numerous issues with picking up interactive items.

1. There seems to be an inherent delay when picking things up…close to a second. I’m not sure what it is…maybe animations or something. Whatever it is…it should be reduced/removed. GW2 needs to be responsive above all. And this is the opposite of responsive.

2. Picking up items while moving. This too is frequently unresponsive when you try to pick up an item while moving in a direction. What’s worse is that the game will sometimes “lock” you into walking making you unable to respond properly, sometimes walking off cliffs in the process.

3. And then there are times when my character will simply refuse to pick up the crystal, despite standing still right next to it. It seems like auto-shot (in the case of a Shortbow) seems to override the “pick up” animation. This really needs to be improved.

In general, action priorities should be something like this: Dodge > Interact > Combat Abilities > Auto-Attack

same happens to me.

The locking auto run is really frustrating, and some times no amount of spamming jump, wasd or esc stops the darn thing, just stops when it wants too.

Maybe some one had been polishing chunks of the jade sea? Who ever polished the jade sea should be shot! Stop polishing the sea, stop it now!

Kellie.3687:

The locking auto run is really frustrating, and some times no amount of spamming jump, wasd or esc stops the darn thing, just stops when it wants too.

Maybe some one had been polishing chunks of the jade sea? Who ever polished the jade sea should be shot! Stop polishing the sea, stop it now!

yes this is a mind ****. its like having Fear on you from an invisible enemy… Random 180* turns and now this, like wtf is that!?

Glad I’m hearing other people having the pickup crystal issue and the stuck run issue. I thought my w key was getting stuck or something.

Have these issues as well. The running off thing is the worst and I have to deal with it a lot if I try to pick up my banner too.

It has always happened. Since launch and probably BWE.

They just never bothered fixing it and until now most people haven’t come across it.

The auto-run bug thing is highly annoying as well as the slight delay in picking up the crystals.

It almost feels like lag but it’s definately 100% bugs.

And I thought that autorun issue was something with my combat mod.

OMG!! The other day team mates were calling me dumb, coz I failed so hard at turning on those fans… I was spamming fffffffffffffff and just wont work for me for like 5 secs, I thought either my connection speed or my keyboard is playing tricks on me…….

You forgot to mention the guy dying on top of a crystal, also you have to res him or try to target the crystal, good luck with that.

Also experiencing the “stuck w” issue, mostly during the neck seal on cliffside fractal.

Item pickup is also messed up. Also during the siege, you cannot pick up weapons summoned by an ele whilst in charr form.

I have had all of these issues. Because of the pick up crystal delay issue the only way I’m guaranteed to survive the jade maw death ray is if I’m already stood over a crystal when I see the skull.

Same problem here with the ‘locked on walking forward’ since forever. It has been happening everywhere and not just in Fractals. I have had the same problem on path 1 of AC where you have to pick up the scepter pieces. Once you remember to release your W key before interacting it is okay though.

Yeah it sucks. And I hate when auto-attack interrupts dodge.

My party and I have had similar issues.

The more we fight him, the more we get used to said issues, and adjust around it. Although honestly, it’s probably something players shouldn’t have to “adjust around”. It should probably just be more responsive.

Yep. Its still doable but incredibly annoying and should be fixed!

Dee Jay.2460:

2. Picking up items while moving. This too is frequently unresponsive when you try to pick up an item while moving in a direction. What’s worse is that the game will sometimes “lock” you into walking making you unable to respond properly, sometimes walking off cliffs in the process.

Happened to me. I fell to death because of this and my friends laughed so hard lol.

When the crystal is next to downed/defeated player I cant even pick it with mouse click… so frustrating…

Yup, had the getting the locked running when picking up an item thing quite frequently or not being able to pick up an item. It was really noticeable for the first time during simins but with so many things that require picking up in the new dungeon it’s become even more obvious.

me too.
Also, if a jade colossus dies on one and has loot, I think a player with a full inventory cannot pick up the crystal because the game prioritizes the loot over the interactable object.

You dont really need crystals except the very end of the fight, just dodge when boss starts to scream. ;-)

Flax.4980:

I have had all of these issues. Because of the pick up crystal delay issue the only way I’m guaranteed to survive the jade maw death ray is if I’m already stood over a crystal when I see the skull.

Let’s not go that far. There might be a delay but you still have some time to walk around to a not too far crystal.

Shadow of Azrael.1205:

You dont really need crystals except the very end of the fight, just dodge when boss starts to scream. ;-)

You need to damage the boss one day or another to reach that point though

Man I hate that auto-run when I want to pick up a crystal.

This bug has been in the game since release and its very frustrating. I haven’t heard anet comment on it so i’m guessing it isn’t on their priority list to fix. This isn’t the only event that requires you to pick stuff up. I also noticed even if i’m not attacking at the sametime while trying to pickup a crystal it still happens

It’s annoying. What I do is spam the ‘f’ key and dodge anyways, since his attack is dodgeable when you’re marked.

The auto run thing is annoying too. I usually reorient my camera and hold both mouse buttons (to prevent myself from running into something dangerous) then spam all my movement keys and can get rid of it in about 2-5 seconds but it has prevented me from responding to certain events in a timely fashion.

EDIT: I have been informed that the ‘auto-run bug’ is usually not a bug at all, but just lag. Some weirdness that accompanies it (like being marked by the Jade Maw, not seeing his attack, and still being able to throw the crystal) supports that information.