Guild Wars 2

Thanks for the feedback, all! I’ve found some constructive stuff here and there. As I’ve said elsewhere, it’s really exciting to finally show off Heart of Thorns, and we found today that we had a tendency to get so involved talking about it that we forgot to keep Anthony moving his character around. I’m going to be a little quicker on that front when needed from here on out.

Windu (and others who were expecting all of the things on that list), I’m not sure what to tell you. We outlined what we’d be showing in a news post, then put that news post on our main Guild Wars 2 site, the Heart of Thorns site, in the game launcher, and on all of our social media outlets, in four languages. The information was out there, and didn’t contain any of the things you mentioned.

We did know that people would want to see even more, which is why I decided to add a bonus episode in addition to the regular one. Which means I have a lot of work to do this weekend, but I think it’s going to be worth it.

I just checked the numbers for unranked arena.

Skyhammer has 7.5% of the votes, and is the map used in 7.2% of games.

I know quite a few people that enjoy the map, so I wouldn’t just assume only trolls vote for it.

Thank you for this info. I’m confused, too!

Let me see if I can find out more about this on Monday. Oh heck, I’ll send an email now… but probably wont’t be able to post until Monday.

Sariel V.7024:

Unlike crafting recipes, which are often bought as sheets and remain forever documented in your UI after you learn them, the combinations of the forge are intended to be a puzzle. They are a secret, and their revelation to the world at large remains at the discretion of the players that discover them. Or, in a single case, at the discretion of John Smith ;D

FWIW, I share this sentiment.

We will have more information on this in the “deep dives.” Oh wait, someone just said that.

We’re also expanding the FAQ, but I am not exactly sure when that will be updated or whether it will address this particular question. If you can please look for the details about a particular element of the expansion in the blog post and other resources available when that topics is covered, I feel sure you’ll have most of your questions answered.

If I recall correctly, this was a hot topic a few months ago, but the consensus was that 2 of 5 was too few, 4 of 5 was considered too many, and 3 of 5 would be just right. (Why does “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” come to mind here? )

Are you guys remembering the player input differently? Or do you feel that what was stated would be happening did not get implemented? I’m happy to follow up, but I believe the current number represents the figure that both devs and players felt would be appropriate.

Whoa, Xiahou Mao. That’s an amazing write-up there. Thank you for catching Koviko and other people up on the full story of Season 1!

Given that the expansion isn’t released yet you guys have the chance here to give your feedback on what you’d like to see in Adventures.

Bear in mind that the we what we’ve seen so far is content tuned for the show floor being played by someone who’s already had a few tries.

Johje Holan.4607:

Justin ODell.9517:

leman.7682:

think we’re going 4-0 for me

Can confirm, this is true for the last week.

Sounds like the devs encourage flame wars…

Evan made me do it!

Archaon.9524:

what is top 5%? u.u

He’s being modest, his MMR is actually in the top 2%.

leman.7682:

think we’re going 4-0 for me

Can confirm, this is true for the last week.

Archaon.9524:

Josh Davis.6015:

Taygus.4571:

GhOst.4019:

Sorel.4870:

Where do you see all these devs? I’m on a EU french server and I’ve never seen one with the Anet tag.

I see a at least 2 different devs in PvP a week. My friends see even more in WvW (mainly EoTM). Devs seem to like EoTM and most devs, like most players that don’t have tomes go there to lvl fastest to 80. Rangers have been spotted the most but I can’t say for sure that is what most of them main, because no one knows these numbers. Just 2 days ago my firend went into EoTM and said there were 5 devs running with the zerg, 1 war, 1 guard, 3 rangers. 1 ranger & guard not 80 yet.

As Grouch stated, he wants to help the team out and will play whatever he needs to. I have seen him on Engi mostly but I am sure that is mainly because, what team doesn’t need an engi? I have also seen him play other classes. If engi was to ever become basically useless in PvP (shouldn’t due to balance) I am sure Grouch would play another class more often.

Players should want to help the team. Not willing to switch when there is 3 thieves and it’s not the daily, to me blows my mind. Never the less, it happens.

I am sure there are some devs in EU, whether they live there or just play there; but Anet is in the USA, NA see’s them a lot more.

so….all that to say “They’re in NA, that’s where you’ll see them”
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I’d really like to know what devs if any play on EU servers ^^. would be nice to see them around…

If we get a chance we’ll play there during work hours (EU primetime) but for the most part we play on NA during our free time. Most of us have guilds and friends that we play with, just like you guys! There’s a lot more of us playing than you’d think…we just blend in. (One of us, one of us!)

We do have a handful of EU community managers – like David, Ramon, and Stephanie. I’ve seen Stephanie playing on a FR EU server before in WvW (and then I hunted her down mercilessly).

grouch stop going hj…go ranked xD Never met you there >.<

I generally play in unranked/ranked. My MMR puts me at about the top 5%~, so this may explain why you haven’t seen me around.

The Guild Wars 2 forums are exclusively for discussion and support regarding Guild Wars 2. If you have in issue with actions taken by support regarding the original Guild Wars, please open a ticket directly with Customer Support.

Not sure how you created a topic without a post, but check out this thread for the chat codes.

For the wiki link, you can usually just append the item name to the wiki search URL, e.g., http://wiki.guildwars2.com/index.php?search=Courage.

Since there’s not a response in the linked thread, I’ll go ahead and say a Mystic Forge recipe API is unlikely to happen in the near future.

tichorum.2415:

Shouldn’t we vote for 2 NA teams?

Good call. Fixed, but votes wiped.

Seka.5647:

What about selling access to ones home instance for gathering resources? Namely I just spotted this new type of selling in lfg just about an hour ago : " Sell access crafting nodes (17) for 20 silver…..->" . Does it belong to the dungeon sort of selling section or is it abusing the lfg due to selling access to “items”?

• Advertising an access portal is not allowed.
• Guild Recruitment is not allowed.

Both are unrelated to forming a group and therefore are not part of the intended purpose of the Looking for Group Tool.

Hi all,

It’s about that time! The World Tournament Series Invitational Qualifier, powered by Alienware, kicks off tomorrow, with the top teams in NA and EU all fighting for the opportunity to play for $50,000 at PAX East in Boston.

• The EU event begins tomorrow at 7am PST (15:00 UTC) at http://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2 – hosted by Jebro and ChroNick.
• The NA event begins tomorrow at 2pm PST (22:00 UTC) at http://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2 – hosted by Blu and yours truly.

German livestream: http://www.twitch.tv/guildnews
French livestream: http://www.twitch.tv/fureurwebtv

You can find more information on the event, including a small preview of the teams, on the official Guild Wars 2 blog.

World Tournament Series Event Page: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/events/world-tournament-series/

Blu has also created a video that describes some of the storylines coming into this event.

So, who do you think we’ll see in Boston?

North America Prediction Poll
European Prediction Poll

Don’t forget, we’ll also be previewing our new PvP game mode during both the EU and NA events – both previews are unique! You’ll have to tune into both to get the full picture.

-Josh

Could you give us any more information? I was not able to repro this. I tried unchecking the helm on land, going into the water, and coming out, and I tried unchecking the helm underwater and then coming out. Are there any consistent steps you can do to make this bug occur?

Thanks!

Heh. I got my account set up to switch between NA and EU, so I plan to visit the EU folks once in a while. I sometimes post when I’m playing on Twitter. Follow @BobbyStein if you want, but please keep in mind it’s my personal account—not an official one—so don’t expect news or other reveals there. I mostly blather about games, food, music, etc.

Anyway, hope to see you in the game.

Majic.4801:

I think this thread is a good candidate for being stickied.

Agree, at least temporarily. Done! (Thanks. )

A couple of posts have arisen in recent days about ways to accommodate players who are color blind. This is a merged thread so that everyone can keep up on the discussion without having to track different threads.

Rauderi.8706:

Gaile, thanks so much for forwarding those details.

Secondary question, though.
Since group-selling (taxis/paths/dungeons) are confirmed as legit, are there policies in place about how to handle scams/griefing? Or is that still very much “buyer beware” for those willing to buy/sell LFG spots?

Unfortunately, CS is seldom able to get a clear view on scams of this type. Tracking who agreed to what, and who promised to provide this service or that service is difficult to verify, especially when some of the arrangements are made or finalized outside the game (on Vent, TeamSpeak, Skype, etc.)

So every transaction of this nature is simply, by necessary, considered “Buyer and/or seller beware.” If the team is able to verify that a scam took place, they may be able to act upon the account of the scammer, but that would not involve returning lost items or currency or the fulfillment of the player-to-player “contract.”

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: TP fees are my insurance, as a player. They’re my protection as both a buyer and seller. Dodging fees might sounds attractive, in theory, but I’ve seen too many nasty outcomes to even consider doing trades or sales without using the game system that was built specifically to support those transactions.

Policy posted here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Policy-on-the-LFG-Tool/first#post4768699

I think this should make it very clear where we stand on abuse of the LFG Tool.

Thanks for raising this issue and for aiding us in clarifying our policy.

Got my live account stuff squared away. Hope to see some of you online on EU.

Eurantien.4632:

Josh Davis.6015:

Darkness.9732:

Snip.

Ranger is what I’ve been playing the most lately. Usually survival condi ranger or power lb/gs.

It always gives me a giggle.

“Grouch Goes Bearbow” shows no fear.

Darkness.9732:

Snip.

Ranger is what I’ve been playing the most lately. Usually survival condi ranger or power lb/gs.

Taygus.4571:

GhOst.4019:

Sorel.4870:

Where do you see all these devs? I’m on a EU french server and I’ve never seen one with the Anet tag.

I see a at least 2 different devs in PvP a week. My friends see even more in WvW (mainly EoTM). Devs seem to like EoTM and most devs, like most players that don’t have tomes go there to lvl fastest to 80. Rangers have been spotted the most but I can’t say for sure that is what most of them main, because no one knows these numbers. Just 2 days ago my firend went into EoTM and said there were 5 devs running with the zerg, 1 war, 1 guard, 3 rangers. 1 ranger & guard not 80 yet.

As Grouch stated, he wants to help the team out and will play whatever he needs to. I have seen him on Engi mostly but I am sure that is mainly because, what team doesn’t need an engi? I have also seen him play other classes. If engi was to ever become basically useless in PvP (shouldn’t due to balance) I am sure Grouch would play another class more often.

Players should want to help the team. Not willing to switch when there is 3 thieves and it’s not the daily, to me blows my mind. Never the less, it happens.

I am sure there are some devs in EU, whether they live there or just play there; but Anet is in the USA, NA see’s them a lot more.

so….all that to say “They’re in NA, that’s where you’ll see them”
____
I’d really like to know what devs if any play on EU servers ^^. would be nice to see them around…

If we get a chance we’ll play there during work hours (EU primetime) but for the most part we play on NA during our free time. Most of us have guilds and friends that we play with, just like you guys! There’s a lot more of us playing than you’d think…we just blend in. (One of us, one of us!)

We do have a handful of EU community managers – like David, Ramon, and Stephanie. I’ve seen Stephanie playing on a FR EU server before in WvW (and then I hunted her down mercilessly).

The thought of us balancing something so our own characters are stronger is simply ludicrous. A lot of devs that are directly involved with balance, myself included, tend to hop between professions quite often. Research, if you will. Theory and knowledge of mechanics can only go so far – the real key is getting your hands dirty.

Now, if things get serious in ranked queue (as they should), I’ll probably hop onto whatever I’m the most comfortable with just so I don’t bog my team down, but for the most part I like to keep things fresh by playing different professions.

We agree. The spectator camera changes Branden just put in was just one small item on the list of things we’d like to do for spectator mode at some point. There has been some great discussion on the forums in the past regarding spectator mode improvements/readability, and we agree with much of what is said.

We haven’t talked about our new mode in-depth yet (no spoilers, sorry), but making it a friendlier viewer experience is something we think about constantly when making design decisions – right up there with making it fun, approachable, and intuitive.

Travis the Terrible.4739:

Gaile Gray.6029:

Interesting thoughts here. I always think of it as a gentle reminder of my need to use care in what I do. Especially that #%@$ jumping puzzle amongst the trees… at which I died multiple times. You know, “Play more wisely.” I don’t love the runs to the repair NPC, but I don’t resent them.

It’s good to see other players’ thoughts on the matter.

Im fairly certain fall damage doesnt damage armor. Unless youre falling and almost dying then dying to the mobs. You so silly gaile.

No it doesn’t. Well, yes, it does indirectly if there are huge beasties in large numbers below, and your stalker is lounging at a distance, cleaning his paw, and you are so weakened that it’s curtains 4 u.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

I see it as Death Penalty like in GW1. Sure, you could remove it by setting foot in town, for free, or carry items to mitigate it (which had gotten pretty cheap and easy to get by Year Five).

It was, however, an incentive to not play sloppy to avoid wasting your time. After all, if death has no consequence, there’s no motivation to change your behavior and just run headlong into the same obstacle until luck smiles on you in pity and lets you progress.

Well put, TT. I’m with you on this.

Your game history shows you won 5 of the last 10 games you played, and have 302 wins and 270 losses on the off-season ladder. Your rating is slightly above average. Nothing I’m seeing suggests a problem.

We’ve had an increase in players recently, maybe you’re feeling their presence?

Another shot in the dark… We changed balance recently, maybe your build needs a little tweaking.

Hi guys!

It’s no secret that customer support is swamped right now and we’re behind on things. I’m bringing in extra people to catch up with what is quite simply one of the best reactions ArenaNet could ask for – thousands of new and returning players.

Our priority is getting players into the game. Password resets are being handled as a priority. Other issues are coming in behind that.

Lastly, if you are in one of our batch password reset mailings and you have additional or separate issues PLEASE reply to the email and let us know. We are handling good contacts who chose ‘password reset’ in bulk for speed of service. This does not mean we want you to go away. We love you!

*Edit – Submitting your ticket more than once does not improve your wait time – it merely slows down the team as we have to close those duplicates.

Updating your ticket does not have a negative effect on your ticket. In fact, updating with additional identifying information can reduce your wait time.

Glad you noticed! We’re always looking for ways to better promote these events while also not breaking the immersion that you’d expect from a RPG.

We have plans for promoting things better in-game, but for now we have bigger fish to fry (you know, that whole expansion thing), so my in-character roleplaying event descriptions will have to do for now.

Hey Backpack et all,

The Guild Wars 2 forums are not the appropriate place to discuss this issue. As mentioned above by Oliver, please submit a ticket to ESL with your case and they can investigate your situation. Distributing funds in NA is more difficult than EU due to tax laws, and some of you have requested physical checks rather than wire transfers which draws out the process even further.

Thanks to everyone here for such helpful advice.

Welcome to Guild Wars 2, Imp!

Majic.4801:

~ snip~ ….speaking as a player who plays all races and classes and has leveled 27 characters to 80… ~snip~

I just have to pause to say “I salute you!” (And ask, of all you’ve chosen, what’s your fave? I’m genuinely interested.)

Edit: I just realized I sorta posted in an off-topic theme. Perhaps a different thread would be best, eh?

I would think you could turn off that visual by clicking the check mark in your hero panel that toggles on/off on the headpiece. (Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong on that.)

Myself — the residual visuals that you see do not impact your account. We’re not concerned about what you’re seeing, but what others see, so the name was changed. No impact on your account, ability to log-in, or in your access to your gems.

As to policy: Please note that JT has provided direct quotes about our policy on name changes. We’re sorry if someone typo’d when setting up the account, or decided s/he liked a different name better, or things of this sort. But changes “by request” are simply not something that our CS Team will do, for a variety of reasons I’ve explained in depth in the past.

Note there are exceptions: security and a truly (not pretend, but actually) offensive name.

Someone suggested that all their friends report them as “offensive name” so that they could get a free change. Not going to happen, and abusing the support system with fake reports is a violation that can result in a time out.

We’ll definitely have more to say on guild halls in the future. The releases at the announcement were sort of appetizers, giving an overview of many things. But we’ll serve up more of a tasty entree in each of the “deep dive” features that we offer.

Interesting thoughts here. I always think of it as a gentle reminder of my need to use care in what I do. Especially that #%@$ jumping puzzle amongst the trees… at which I died multiple times. You know, “Play more wisely.” I don’t love the runs to the repair NPC, but I don’t resent them.

It’s good to see other players’ thoughts on the matter.

Laraley.7695:

Lupanic.6502:

Laraley.7695:

Lupanic.6502:

Does someone know what hiba is doing? He deleted his twitch channel and I am not sure if he plays in NA

Yeah, He’s on NA, I’ve seen him couple of times.

But he does not play the Go4 Cup? It should be easy for him to find a team.
Give Oeggs + Hiba combo please

He does or did at least. Last time I’ve seen him he was on the team Literally Whatever.

I believe this is the correct answer.

Hey all,

A little birdie told me that some of the folks from Massively are forming a new group, so if you were on their FB page, you might want to check that out!

I’ll go ahead and throw the various vendor icons (bank, guild bank, trading post, vendor, armor vendor, weapon vendor, etc etc) and the WvW icons in there too. Note that the component that reads from the dat file is tied to the normal release schedule — so I have no idea when these additions will actually go live.

Naus the Gobbo.5172:

Maclaine Diemer.7693:

This piece is actually quite a bit longer than you heard in the stream, and it changes right around the point where it cut out. Shame, really, because I think it gets more interesting from there. Sorry for the teaser. I can’t discuss what our plans for releasing music are just yet, but eventually you’ll be able to hear the whole thing.

YEEEEEEEEESSSSS, I was so hoping you would be doing the music!

Thank you so much for the music you’ve made so far, you are a fantastic composer.

But is Leif Chapelle still around?

Yes, Leif is still here and also working on music in addition to his design duties.

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Evan Lesh.3295:

Reward track progress is not tied to rank points in any way, and has its own balance between wins, losses, and the different arena types.
Reward track progress is linear, and the same for all tracks.
Potions give a fixed amount.

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

Knowing this, we can probably work out the rest on our own.

I have one more question – do bonus points (e.g. for top stats or autobalancing) count towards reward track progress at all?

No. But keep in mind celebration and birthday boosters increase reward track progress.

Reward track progress is not tied to rank points in any way, and has its own balance between wins, losses, and the different arena types.

These screenshots all appear correct.

Reward track progress is not tied to rank points in any way, and has its own balance between wins, losses, and the different arena types.
Reward track progress is linear, and the same for all tracks.
Potions give a fixed amount.

As stated by Gaile, “ArenaNet cannot approve or review or “vet” any third-party programs.”

Additionally, we do not tag or note accounts to allow someone to essentially get a “freebie” for using disallowed third-party software. If an account is found to be utilizing disallowed third-party programs, then the account is subject to administrative action as outlined by the Conduct Breaches and Outcomes document.