Guild Wars 2

I got to do my first season WvW this morning and observed an odd bug that I hadn’t previously seen.

A number of times throughout my 2 hour play-session I’d down an enemy (typically in a small scale skirmish) only to have them completely disappear from the game instantly.

Now I know what it looks like when someone Alt +F4s as you still get the WXP, regular XP and loot bag and you still see their body for a few seconds.

But it wasn’t happening in this case. Instead they’d just completely disappear with no WXP, loot or anything to indicate what had happened.

And no, stealth skills are out of the question as it happened with both a Necro and a Warrior underwater too.

Is this just a new bug (because I hadn’t seen this before today, despite a thousand hours in WvW) or is this some sort of new exploit to deny people their loot?

Either queue popped for another map or they got disconnected and went linkdead.

No, I’ve noticed this too. A lot.

I’m sure it can’t be alt_F4 or a DC or even a queue pop because that wouldn’t explain the frequency this is happening with such perfect timing.

It’s either a bug or an exploit.

There’s been reports of a ton of people disconnecting from game … I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if this was what was happening.

If you suspect an exploit tho, send that info to exploits@arena.net.

I’m pretty sure a disconnect would have the same effect as pressing Alt + F4.

Queues might be the cause, especially if everyone is queuing for all Borderlands….but it does seem rather odd timing.

And even then, the only thing that should allow you to leave mid-fight is a TPvP game.

Naw I’ve been mid fight and a queue I’d been waiting on for an hour popped. Then there’s the dilemma of finish the fight or requeue. If it’s a long queue, I regretfully leave the fight for the other map.

If it’s happening a lot tho, might be a bug. Just send in a report so Anet can sort it out.

It’s seriously difficult to put in a report for this as it’s inevitably in the middle of a fight with several people involved.

You usually have a lot of things on your mind at the moment and it’s only afterward you think ‘Hey wtf?’