Guild Wars 2

I am really greatful anet is working on culling but there is an other issue which seems worse:

In big combats specially if 3 teams fight inside Stone Mist player skills are not working. You can run around and keep fighting with auto attacks but your skills specially the ones with a cast time won’t work. This is not an issue about my computer or my connection because all players had it and it happened every time in a big battle. Maybe EB servers should be improved to support more players to fight efficiently.

Have had this happen too. Even if u aren’t involved in the big fight and just on the map it can cause it too

Happened to me too and also in PvE events, most noticably in the big Karkas events.

Seems to be a kind of lag somehow, because if i waited enough without moving my meteor shower would come 5 secs after the casting bar had gone through.

It’s Server Lag

yep happened to me too.

their puny (kitteny) servers cant handle killing so many players at once that are alt-f4’ing

Wow, happened to me too. I tought it was my computer..

terminatorkobold.6031:

Happened to me too and also in PvE events, most noticably in the big Karkas events.

Seems to be a kind of lag somehow, because if i waited enough without moving my meteor shower would come 5 secs after the casting bar had gone through.

Yea that’s right I forgot to mention about that as well same issue there.

Heaven forbid all three sides get into the Stonemist capture point, because it will cause earth-shattering lag that will effect the entirety of the map until the fight is over. And in a fight like that, it’s a crapshoot.

Definitely noticed this. I’ve even had it with instant abilities; e.g., I’ve had massive lag trying to use Guardian Virtues or Shouts. I’ve had better luck getting Empower to channel than Virtue of Courage in 3-way SM fights. I’m not sure, but I think there’s some kinda queueing/logic issue with the game handling insta AE abilities.

I’ve never had ability lock, but I HAVE encountered numerous instances where my character is stuck in place unable to move, and he’s not immobilized. Using an ability that moves my character in some way (like a leap) frees me, but I don’t always have one off cooldown or even available depending on what I’m running at the time.

yeah i agree this gets really bad when there is a 3-way fight for stonemist but thats really the only time it happens, there’s alot of people in that small area, not much you can do about it. as someone said its server lagg, not your connection

I have also had the Ability lock due to the server lag. It can be a pain sometimes only being able to normal attack targets. On a second note I have also had a problem similar to another poster. I have no de-buff or condition on me that immobilizes me yet my character locks up unable to move. When you try to move the character stands straight up like a totem, in-order to free myself I must dodge roll or use a movement skill.

IBishopI.3102:

I have also had the Ability lock due to the server lag. It can be a pain sometimes only being able to normal attack targets. On a second note I have also had a problem similar to another poster. I have no de-buff or condition on me that immobilizes me yet my character locks up unable to move. When you try to move the character stands straight up like a totem, in-order to free myself I must dodge roll or use a movement skill.

That happens when I build siege equipments. I think the movement lock is longer than build cast time.