Guild Wars 2

Anet could you please do something about the ac glitching problem. what is the point in spending hours siege up a keeps when the attacking team just drop one ac and exploits to take out all our siege. we are outnumbered 4-1 during my time zone and siege is the only thing that gives us a chance in holding our bl until our NA wake up. since people aren’t getting punished for using this exploit its happening every night by the same players/guilds. This is really affecting defending in wvw when out numbered people just give up and don’t bother playing

Funny. we just lost an upgraded Bay on our BL to maguuma because they were able to have AC hit all long the roof at inner south gate where our AC were. I understand that the ACs along the walls are vulnerable, but there should have been no way that they could have reached the roof section inside the walls without cheating.

OmegaAngel.2653:

Funny. we just lost an upgraded Bay on our BL to maguuma because they were able to have AC hit all long the roof at inner south gate where our AC were. I understand that the ACs along the walls are vulnerable, but there should have been no way that they could have reached the roof section inside the walls without cheating.

FUNNY. we lost our whole bl to db for using these exploilts even though they have 4-1 our numbers

Perhaps it’s time to just post how it’s done and everyone can do it. Exploits that are used often tend to be fixed faster.

Atherakhia.4086:

Perhaps it’s time to just post how it’s done and everyone can do it. Exploits that are used often tend to be fixed faster.

my guess is that it has something to do with extending the camera view on the person who uses the AC so they get better angles… but that’s just a guess

It’s a simple fix: add a LOS check, and it should have been fixed months ago.

Since a short google search shows such hacks exist since mid 2012 i guess they dont realy care about it. It only ruins the fun of the whole keep siege or defence but thats ok we can zerg in the open field with the skill lag Oo. And no i dont use that stuff im one of those kittens that loses his fun because of that in wvw.

I think they probably do care but can’t actually do much about it.

A hack is something you add into the software on your own PC. Anet has no way to stop you doing that.
They might be able to detect it and ban you but obviously they can’t be sure and don’t want to risk upsetting genuine customers.

OmegaAngel.2653:

Funny. we just lost an upgraded Bay on our BL to maguuma because they were able to have AC hit all long the roof at inner south gate where our AC were. I understand that the ACs along the walls are vulnerable, but there should have been no way that they could have reached the roof section inside the walls without cheating.

There’s a hole in the gate you can see through which easily allows ACs to hit that area. I find that most of the times people complain about zoom hacks, it’s actually just a spot they were unaware of. I know a few of these great spots too.

Many a time as a Yak’s bend player, I have seen enemy players place an AC right up against the wall of a tower of castle and fire not just along the top but to the back of the tower.

mjharrison.3209:

It’s a simple fix: add a LOS check, and it should have been fixed months ago.

There is a lot of things that should have been fixed or updated by now. Anet has completely lost touch with what WvW players want addressed and what they are spending their resources on.

We are frustrated by AC exploits, non-working group UI and completely useless commander and squad system that has no functions and doesn’t allow for private / guild only squads.

Instead we get more mastery lines and “fluff” content. The things that frustrate players on a daily basis have been ignored for a year now.

mjharrison.3209:

It’s a simple fix: add a LOS check, and it should have been fixed months ago.

That’s a horrible idea for a fix. Arrow carts shouldn’t need a line of sight since they are dropping out of the sky. You should be able to lob Arrows over a wall and pray you hit stuff from a defensive perspective.

If they add a LOS check then AC’s would be pointless because they would have to be placed to close to the front of the wall. Like trying to cast Ele Ground target AE’s. 1 Balista would just wipe out every AC placed on a wall.

Holes over the top of the gate, sure I can see that being used and that is legit.

I don’t think eyefinity is against anything either. That is built into the game and can’t be turned off unless it is removed or blocked but I don’t care to see it blocked. I also don’t believe it works for all situations. I can see it being used to shoot into hills lords room from the supply depot, but that should be fixed by updating how arrow carts work.

Scrunching the window doesn’t work like others say because I know it won’t work at garrison water gate to get the arrow carts at the top of the cliff when they are shooting them from out side of outer water gate. I’d like to see an eyefinity shot of someone outside outer water gate showing the top of the cliff to prove it is eyefinity otherwise it is a hack when you see the full red circle around the arrow cart placed back far enough that it should not be targetable.

Shooting into the garrison lords room from outside outer water gate is a hack. Really, shooting into the lords room from even outside inner water gate is a hack unless someone has a eyefinity screen shot showing that you can indeed see inside the lords room from outside the gate without the gate having damage. I can see if the gate had some damage as you can see though that gate when it takes enough, but not when it is fully repaired.

What do you expect from servers though that can’t win unless they hack.

The easiest fix is:

remove all the openings over the gates.
make the walls taller.

Delete arrow carts.

King Amadaeus.8619:

Delete arrow carts.

This.

Orikx.9671:

mjharrison.3209:

It’s a simple fix: add a LOS check, and it should have been fixed months ago.

That’s a horrible idea for a fix. Arrow carts shouldn’t need a line of sight since they are dropping out of the sky. You should be able to lob Arrows over a wall and pray you hit stuff from a defensive perspective.

If they add a LOS check then AC’s would be pointless because they would have to be placed to close to the front of the wall. Like trying to cast Ele Ground target AE’s. 1 Balista would just wipe out every AC placed on a wall.

By LOS I mean:

• a LOS check from camera position to ground target, combined with a slight elevation of camera from current, and
• a collision check with geometry on hit, so that AC fire can’t go through roofs.

Let’s look at the response we got from devon when asked why we don’t have a working group UI in WvW:

“That is totally out of my area. I realize it occurs in WvW, but it is related to the tech we use for parties, etc. While I’ll look into it, I can’t say as I have any ability to fix it.”

Just substitute Parties with Arrow Carts and you have your answer. It now reads:

“That is totally out of my area. I realize it occurs in WvW, but it is related to the tech we use for arrow carts, etc. While I’ll look into it, I can’t say as I have any ability to fix it.”

I would not expect any changes to the LOS on siege, not the way things are now at anet.