Guild Wars 2

I’d venture to guesstimate that probably 50% or more of players running around on foot are using the exploit Golem “+100% damage to players” buff.

Attached screenshot shows a thief striking for essentially 35k damage in five hits; this burst isn’t even remarkable. Warrior volleys are hitting for 20+k, ranger rapid fire can hit for 30k, etc etc etc.

This is out of control and the lack of response or even acknowledgment by ArenaNet regarding this obvious and broken exploit is a slap in the face to the WvW community. If we are stuck with the gimmicky golem changes, is it so much to ask that at least the golem buff EXPLOIT be addressed?

It’ll be fixed at the end of the week when the event ends. If you want it fixed sooner you should be asking for them to end this stupid kittening event early

Be careful with the damage logs. Myself running around in full glass still does more damage than people using the buff, considerably more.

The thief who did that damage had the golem buff.

It’s getting difficult to run across players who are NOT running the buff, it’s widespread at this point.

Why hasn’t this been fixed?

Sunreva.8714:

I’d venture to guesstimate that probably 50% or more of players running around on foot are using the exploit Golem “+100% damage to players” buff.

Attached screenshot shows a thief striking for essentially 35k damage in five hits; this burst isn’t even remarkable. Warrior volleys are hitting for 20+k, ranger rapid fire can hit for 30k, etc etc etc.

This is out of control and the lack of response or even acknowledgment by ArenaNet regarding this obvious and broken exploit is a slap in the face to the WvW community. If we are stuck with the gimmicky golem changes, is it so much to ask that at least the golem buff EXPLOIT be addressed?

Tank up. My full zerk ascended necro hits people for 10k+ life blasts pretty often. That is without this stupid event lol.

This kitten is kittened,i Just enter eb..the first thief i see has the exploit while running outside of a golem.Insta down,even lightning strike hit me for 4.6k…good kittening game anet,amateurs.

yep…i hope this will be fixed ASAP….

this atachment is from this morning wvw, and just now i encounter 2 roamers with supercharged siege golem buffs on both of em…

so annoying…

Just report everybody who uses this for exploiting. Maybe when their customer support explodes they will wake up.

I dont know about you guys, but i want see people being banned for abusing this bug. Its an exploit people doing on a PURPOSE.

The majority of [AKGL] a Baruch Bay Guild is openly using this exploit, WvW is bad enough this week but to willingly use this exploit shows how pathetic you are ( if you are one of the one’s using it).

+1 to reporting anyone using it.

Bug needs to be fixed and players abusing them should get suspended till event is over or banned. I’d rather see them get banned since we all know bugs happened and if they abuse this one, they will be the first to abuse the next bug..

you actually have to -try- to get this buff on you without being in a golem so yes, it is most certainly an exploit.

Attached another screenshot for what WvW is like now. These are two separate bursts, first one is for essentially 56k, second one is for essentially 50k

The golem-buff exploit continues to become more widespread. Arenanet remains silent, and has not addressed or even acknowledged this game breaking exploit.

Clearly WvW means nothing to Arenanet, that much has become pitifully obvious.

Lightsbane.9012:

you actually have to -try- to get this buff on you without being in a golem so yes, it is most certainly an exploit.

Not true, plenty of people have gotten it accidentally by trying to hop in the same golem at the same time, and apparently some people have gotten it from just killing golems.

I honestly don’t care about people using this bug, the whole week is kittened anyway. If these bugged players spoil the k-train experience it’s no skin off my back. Maybe it will convince anet to end this crap early.

Yea I guess I should have used exploit instead of bug. I was in a party with some randoms and one asked if there were golems at spawn so we can get the golem buff without golems.

I usually party with anyone who wants to follow or tag along but now I don’t even want to do that. He even laughed at me when I said I hope they ban people that use exploits.

Come on anet you disabled putting siege away when there was a bug so disable the golems until you fix it. People are abusing this.

Can we finally get an option to report exploiters seeing as bugs you create are ruining the fun for others instead of reporting people for botting and having those reports go into la la land…

It honestly seems like spite now, recent anet posts on the bugs forums and still not one word or any actions taken about the golem exploit issue and duping reports.

I am pretty sure that i was the thief that was doing that to you, and I kinda want to apologize. Me and my friends had found that bug on accident and we thought that it would be fun to mess around, later on that evening we ended up fighting a 5v20ish and wining b/c of the bug. But I do agree that this is extremely broken and needs to be fixed now.

Enough is enough. Everyone knows its the same people on the servers using the exploit.
Either fix the bug or disable the golems. Its not fair to those of us that follow the rules.

It’s definitely broken but is it really any more broken than having golems that do double damage?

Puck.9612:

Lightsbane.9012:

you actually have to -try- to get this buff on you without being in a golem so yes, it is most certainly an exploit.

Not true, plenty of people have gotten it accidentally by trying to hop in the same golem at the same time, and apparently some people have gotten it from just killing golems.

I honestly don’t care about people using this bug, the whole week is kittened anyway. If these bugged players spoil the k-train experience it’s no skin off my back. Maybe it will convince anet to end this crap early.

i’m sure plenty have gotten it accidentally, but after seeing entire guild groups running the same buff, i cannot let it pass off as accidental.

Hey you know what, if anet refuses to respond and still haven’t even put a fix out or end this stupid event after 4 days, go all out and exploit it all, dupe as much golems as you can.

So kitten pitiful how bad this game and arenanet have gotten in the last month, so glad I haven’t pre purchased the expansion.

Anyone got 40k killshot or something like that?

36,133K : https://dru1t5calhgfr.cloudfront.net/uploads/forum_attachment/file/7103/gw024.jpg

Red Daing.7804:

36,133K : https://dru1t5calhgfr.cloudfront.net/uploads/forum_attachment/file/7103/gw024.jpg

Working as intended…

No surprises that this guild is exploiting the hell out of the bug.

Why hasn’t this been fixed yet?

Can we disable this golem buff please?

Ezrael.6859:

No surprises that this guild is exploiting the hell out of the bug.

Working as intended. This game has gone to the kittenter.

Is this being disabled or what?

Sunreva.8714:

Why hasn’t this been fixed yet?

Can we disable this golem buff please?

No, you have to deal with it. Working as intended. We all have to deal with it.

Sad, but true.

I’ve reported all the players who were using this exploit in WvW. I hope anet actually does something about it and bans those players.

roseimperial.9326:

I’ve reported all the players who were using this exploit in WvW. I hope anet actually does something about it and bans those players.

Lol – don’t take this the wrong way because it isn’t directed at you. But they won’t do anything at all but continue to reward them with WvW ranks, exp, and loot bags.

First sign of this and the patch / event should have been removed. Just goes to show that:

A. they don’t care
B. they are inept
C. they have no Quality Assurance

How simple would it be to disable the buff, at least until the exploit is fixed?

I’m actually amazed that this disaster has gone on this long.

Crapgame.6519:

roseimperial.9326:

I’ve reported all the players who were using this exploit in WvW. I hope anet actually does something about it and bans those players.

Lol – don’t take this the wrong way because it isn’t directed at you. But they won’t do anything at all but continue to reward them with WvW ranks, exp, and loot bags.

First sign of this and the patch / event should have been removed. Just goes to show that:

A. they don’t care
B. they are inept
C. they have no Quality Assurance

The hilarious thing about this is that the guy who coded it put in as a 100% damage modifier rather than going through each of the individual golems skills and adding 100% there.

The point of this event was to make WvW a complete joke.

I’d say it’s working as intended, exploit and all.

Bias.4306:

The hilarious thing about this is that the guy who coded it put in as a 100% damage modifier rather than going through each of the individual golems skills and adding 100% there.

Yeah pretty hilarious that they didn’t code it to work only on golems and their skills, nope just plain 100% damage boost. Would have made it useless on players and negated one bug at least.

skowcia.8257:

I dont know about you guys, but i want see people being banned for abusing this bug. Its an exploit people doing on a PURPOSE.

I’m not someone encouraging the use of this exploit but if you ban people for this you’re talking about 50%+ of the WvW playerbase.

This is something unfortunate but has to be waited out.

Hope it does get fixed asap, as of right now its just… weird.

Red Daing.7804:

36,133K : https://dru1t5calhgfr.cloudfront.net/uploads/forum_attachment/file/7103/gw024.jpg

The event was already questionable without all the bugs, now with 36k Killshots and 250k Icestorms (10400 per hit times 24) it’s a complete disaster.

I’ve tried hoping for the best, but it seems they are purposely ignoring every thread about this. I hate it when they go silent like this. It’s like the worst response possible. It does seem like they are just going to wait it out. I was actually enjoying the event but getting ganked and zerged down by people exploiting the game has ruined it.

Atoss.1056:

Anyone got 40k killshot or something like that?

I have had these w/o the buff

Ezrael.6859:

No surprises that this guild is exploiting the hell out of the bug.

I’ve personally reported 2 of the 4 you pictured several times over the past couple days and yet nothing has been done, no word from Anet. It’s disappointing to say the least.

Went out of the spawn trying to do some roaming. This is basically the first greeting I received.

Exciton.8942:

Went out of the spawn trying to do some roaming. This is basically the first greeting I received.

Ha..my experience yday,also the first thing i met was a thief exploiting,had 14k backstab on me and lightning strike ( sig ) that popped for 4.6 i think,just lol…
This silence from anet is wonderful aswell.

Sunreva.8714:

I’d venture to guesstimate that probably 50% or more of players running around on foot are using the exploit Golem “+100% damage to players” buff.

Attached screenshot shows a thief striking for essentially 35k damage in five hits; this burst isn’t even remarkable. Warrior volleys are hitting for 20+k, ranger rapid fire can hit for 30k, etc etc etc.

This is out of control and the lack of response or even acknowledgment by ArenaNet regarding this obvious and broken exploit is a slap in the face to the WvW community. If we are stuck with the gimmicky golem changes, is it so much to ask that at least the golem buff EXPLOIT be addressed?

anet has been slapping wvwers for years you get used to it

Lightsbane.9012:

you actually have to -try- to get this buff on you without being in a golem so yes, it is most certainly an exploit.

This is absolutely not true.

I picked it up without wanting or trying, had to relog and lose my spot on the map to clear it. (I don’t think I had it long, a single point cap at most, didn’t have it approaching the Forge, had it immediately after)

Are plenty of people abusing it? Definitely.
But there are some who don’t know they’ve picked it up (like me) who’d really rather not get banned because of a devs clustertruck of code.

Sadrien.3470:

Atoss.1056:

Anyone got 40k killshot or something like that?

I have had these w/o the buff

On normal player, not some uplvl naked scrubcakes with stacked 25 vulenrability/might xD

Saturday – nothing
Sunday – nothing
Monday – nothing
Tuesday – nothing

Nothing is being done to address this exploit.

This is absurd. It still hasn’t been fixed?

ScribeTheMad.7614:

Lightsbane.9012:

you actually have to -try- to get this buff on you without being in a golem so yes, it is most certainly an exploit.

This is absolutely not true.

I picked it up without wanting or trying, had to relog and lose my spot on the map to clear it. (I don’t think I had it long, a single point cap at most, didn’t have it approaching the Forge, had it immediately after)

Are plenty of people abusing it? Definitely.
But there are some who don’t know they’ve picked it up (like me) who’d really rather not get banned because of a devs clustertruck of code.

“Doesn’t matter, you exploited the bug, you deserve a ban” -Most people.

They seriously need to fix this, it’s almost comical at this point. I have yet to meet a roamer in EB without this bug or someone in their group with it on.

But the way ANet has (hasn’t?) responded is basically telling the majority of people “Go ahead, it is only going to be around for a few days” and that’s exactly what a lot of people are doing

Sunreva.8714:

Saturday – nothing
Sunday – nothing
Monday – nothing
Tuesday – nothing

Nothing is being done to address this exploit.

Inaction is an action in that ANET decide to not act .

They can be accused therefore of condoning hacking
condoning bugs
condoning WvW as a joke.

They have the power to stop it .
They have the means to talk about it.
They have the ability to punish.

In there absolute inaction in fact veritable support in the points of interest ..they are clearly making a decision and there action is to do nothing .

To condone and by condoning allowing thus supporting .

They still have the ability to prove many wrong but as time slips away there defense becomes increasingly flimsy.