Guild Wars 2

As far as I know, this was fixed yesterday.

Please read this thread: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Incinerator-Flame-Extinguished/first#post4628691

The question of nighttime effects for Howler is a separate issue, but I believe the first Hot Fix (yesterday) corrected the other effects issue. If not, please submit an in-game bug report so the team can investigate.

Danikat.8537:

I’d love to get the Shatterer statue, it’d look amazing with my other assorted dragons, so I was really disappointed to find out it’s US only.

I’m asking about that.

And of all the figures — and I did like them all — The Shatterer was the one that impressed me the most. It’s really intricate and detailed!

DaveGan.8065:

so can you at least try to put them on different teams?

It does try, in fact the scoring on checks for duplicates at the team level. It’s just being overshadowed by other things.

Part of the problem is that mm is holding these players back, trying to find them matches where they’re unique… but eventually it gets overshadowed by other scoring rules (like the age score, which is used to compensate for long queue times) and they all dump into the same match.

Another part of the problem is we will not do anything about pre-mades with duplicate professions, other than the scoring penalty they take, but that only means longer queue times.

The scoring that works against multiple of the same class is working… there just are so many it can’t hold back the flood.

This has been explained in the following posts:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Toypocalypse-and-Parties/first#post4629653
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Toypocalypse-and-Parties/first#post4629767

We do take on board that this change is not to everyone’s liking, but the change was required and not optional.

With the new build — which just went live — I believe many of these issues will be corrected.

The notes read:

• Fixed a bug in which players could load into an instance of Toypocalypse that had already been completed.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug in which players could load into an instance of Toypocalypse that had already been completed.
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from receiving daily fractal bonus-chest rewards.
• Fixed a bug in which some players would not receive full rewards for completing Tixx’s Infinirarium their first time this year. All players should now be eligible for a bonus reward for completing Tixx’s Infinirarium in this release.

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

Gaile just announced this as being a “good thing”.

Yes, I believe it is a good thing. Here’s why:

• The items needed to make the recipe from prior years no longer are fully available. This means that that players could have been locked out of highly-sought-after items (unless someone happened to retain items from previous years).
• With the new recipe, those who choose to do so may try for the popular tonics and other rewards. As you can see in this thread, both tonics are confirmed as available and forge-able.
• As with everything, this is a voluntary activity. Nothing requires a player to do this. No one “needs” one of these tonics to play. But if they want one, they now have a means to get it.

In the end, this recipe is voluntary. The item is desirable but not essential. Players may decide for themselves if going for a particular item is right for them. In the end, I believe that it really is that simple.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

In case anyone missed this part of the Patch Notes:

Players logged in after 4:00 p.m. PDT [should say PST] on December 15 will receive their first daily log-in reward chest after 4:00 p.m. PDT [should say PST] on December 16.
Players last logged out before 4:00 p.m. PDT [should say PST] on December 15 will receive their first daily log-in reward chest immediately after the update.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-December-16-2014/first#post4630748

I think this is very relevant for most of these reports. If each of you could please review and see if this describes your situation, it may let you know that this is the way distribution took place and does not represent a bug, per se.

Awesome — thanks a ton for those threads! It really helps to have this information.

I’ll send off a report now.

Merus.9475:

Can you grab a UI designer and find out more about the challenge of doing this?

Sorry. It’s being looked into right now, but I’m not a part of that process and there really isn’t anything to talk about yet.

BuddhaKeks.4857:

I knew it would be our fault again! Germany: Ruining everybody’s experience since 1871!

Now, now. We <3 our German players. Nobody ruined anything; I just meant that each language has its own considerations that can affect our character display limits. Being concise is always a goal, anyway.

When I started on the writing team a few years ago, my teammates suggested I try out Twitter because its 140 character format forces you to find ways to communicate things more succinctly.

Oh, one more thing: sorry for threadjacking this discussion so badly :/

1. 1 point goes to World 1.
2. Nothing.
3. 1 point goes to World 2.
4. 1 point goes to World 3.
5. Nothing.
6. Nothing.
7. 1 point goes to World 1 and 1 point goes to World 2.
8. There is not enough context to answer this question.

Each team containing a player that contributed to killing another player gets a single point for that player’s death. This means if anyone dies to only NPCs no points are awarded to any teams. If multiple people from the same team contributed to killing a player only point is awarded to their team. If multiple teams contributed to killing the same player then each contributing team gets a point.

1065183 Final Response sent and is correct.
1025053 Not an account issue, but your ticket is in the hands of the Communications team.

Wanze.8410:

Made 50 forges, got 1 gift dolyak and one toymaker tonic.
Not much glittering snowflakes around atm, so might have to wait a bit until the next badge.

Wow, congrats!

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Top-100-Players-from-previous-leaderboard/first

The following players qualified for prizing:

North America – Team Arena
Noscoc
Backpack Z
Wakkey
Slightly Braindead
Magic Toker Babe
Five Gauge
Ishanäh
Phantaram W
Muffinnz
Demise Was A Bear
Martin
Curie The Bombshell
Fifty Five Hp Monk
Frank Underwöod
Legend Supcutie
Lil Apt
Figgah
Aestus Estus
Mentsuyu
Quilja
Anastarcis
Hman Leviosa
Snufflés
Dawn Keebals
Spencer B
Coooomander Quaggan
Z O O S E Y B O Y
Lady Dribbz
Brl Readymade
The Uslurper
K Z W Is A Joke
Âvítori
Crysís
Rawface
Over Powered Necro
Rat Meta
Teszlá
The Guardian
Bartigator
Josre
Crazy El Presidente
Mafty Navue Erin
Kensuda
Mafty Naveyu Ehzi
Sevinuh
I Am Spirits
Caed
Aeroxe
Gvrn
Calpis Soda
Zoe L
Lianyue
Assassinmozen
Yung Amon
Readymade Can Play
Brianpepperss
Apoptosis
Chisakki Ikaros
Z Ele Ele Elel
Nothing Z
Milà Storm
Hand Some Man
Demise W
Demigod Oo
Thunder Code
Ementon X
Rinoka
Ender Prima
Digums
Lil Kyra
Asscheek
Mykasa Ackrman
Karina Z
Cyndaquîl
X Ghôul
Câst
Kirito Mikoyose
Kizos Awan
Java Smashy Smashy
Cheese Mode
Super Violet Man
Medi Guard
Pink Puma
Lia Hazuki
Ûßnext
Casuàlty
Judas Evergreen
Sublime El Paladin
Trickshotting
Mastèr Splinter
Cooolestial Amulet
Falchii
Drunkpozzzum
Spikys
Escandinava
Koto E
Oideyasu
Mrs Japopan
I Î
Rizzylard

North America – Solo Arena
Fifty Five Hp Monk
Dawn Keebals
Mentsuyu
Well Whale Well
Sa Rii
Losing My Religion
Darbus
Eli Wonder
Kirito Mikoyose
Demise Was A Bear
Stylehero
Q Com
Jal Ja
Kenyan Lux Fortuna
Reikou
Meridia Stormgarde
Deathknight
Biribiri Inko
Kepyaz
Chudat
Anastarcis
Snufflés
Kasai Tsuki
Martin
Sea Emcee
Skelementalist
Inflambio Na
Vee Wee
M C Mei Jiang
Kor
Âvítörí
Kirrena Rosenkreutz
Buhbee
Decap Engineer
Enjuku
Iksmar
Níënor
Torrent
Calpis Soda
Joshua S
Captain Meow
Hohoho Techie
Deku God
Karen Senpai
Briply
Cmc Cmc
Mafty Navue Erin
Assassinmozen
Demise W
One Hundred Nades
Lady Dribbz
Mith Plague
Zhuan Zhi Bu Yun
Crispykachu
Kattla Valda
Bart On Rampage
Rellik Kyaw
Mrs Captain America
Confetti Guy
War Kjh
Aletta Black
Falchii
Wilco Tango Foxtrot
Backpack Z
H O N O R
X Vll
M I T Raisin
Lambchops
Magic Toker
Bettysueyo
Revock
El Ohh El
Z O O S E Y B O Y
Curie Was A Lion
Talgô
Remssi
Clown Shoez
B Ll N K E R
Katarina Dagger
Shadows Shooter
The Sober Ninja
Arrow Trap
Alerie Despins
Sortt
Caed
Laure
Teszlá
Ahxa
Wakkey
Decent Size Laser
Hitoiro
J U K
Asetty
Kimgoon
Mrawwwr
Näschä
Baoge
Quilja
Haru Pls
Heavens Rage

Europe – Team Arena
F Swag
Âzron
I Zapdos I
I Lady Asura I
Yo Eternya Yo
Gíuliettâ Léon
Purple Farrorz
Drazeh Hips
Ybobb Goes Ybobb
Qouve
Asada Eledhwen
Lord Asura
Morwenna Darnus
Dr Eng Mouby
Milo Kryta
Hibify
Sîzer
Sensotix Engineer
Jnoun Antithief
Kanscout
Táge
Tamyrs Fire
I Sitha I
R O M
I Alassëi I
Dead Or Doomblade
I Lypion I
Teh Protôtype
Seiishizo
The Lord Helseth
Mysteríouz
Alphadave
Sam Goes Hamstorm
Ingenium Odium
T F L Ventari
Bullet Punch Qtmode
M I M Shaku
Texbí
Zedaris
Azani
Paisuri
Noize Haz Peew
Srs Lee
Shy Shad Shy
Denshee
Üö Äöü Öü Äüö
Second Azani
Ilb
Blauegefahr
Phd In Stomponomics
General Kayun
Don Vito Corleône
Mysterîouz
Eternyananananan
Guns N Tools
Toaddd
Mini Collero
Warrior Trololol
Kranox
Emperor Xeon I
Ambassador Napzor
Disgusting Yordle
Blue Bërry
Much Wow Xrrx
Mindy Philips
The Nufrael
Fake Is Afk
Slingér
Lemming Pwns
Kervv Elementalist
Scarlets Zan
Liiven
Chozen Sin
Skovô
Chungii
Tapss
Snówball
Pola Chan
Engis Gonna Kill Ya
Mr Xeon
Dipset Yeezus
Lady Kayun
Atrastea
El God El
E L E Iisey
Bartigator
Lótso
Teh Hybrid
Lord Anorak
Collero T
Misha Awesomehat
Noob Mode
Xíon
Àngel Chaos
Thijsken Pwns
Im Behind You Lul
Moniqué Playz Ele
O Árkanî O
Physicks Cant Engi
Elsa Ishii

Europe – Solo Arena
No Way We Win
Zmaty
Vivian Philips
Vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
Conditank
Asada Eledhwen
Feisty Camel
Dr Eng Mouby
Cuttulu Carries Pug
Decap Engi
Ajnis
Metatail
Gíuliettâ Léon
Prawiak
Blíín
Squares
Abu Ramundo
Cavà
Thanathya
Sbemsbem
Mini Tharathir
Teh Hybrid
Wing Marine Rush
War Is Not Op
Onixal
Lord Asura
Jaina De Sky
Mysterîouz
Sig Of Spite Trolol
The Great Winston
Lei M
En Chop
Sorceress Xerrex
Tïlz
Côronae Borealis
I No Pain No Gain I
Dr Xyiun
X Instinkt X
Alköre
Torin Ranga
Fresh Aira
Eight K Microwaves
Artico
Scarlets Zan
Ququ Qoqo Qaqa
Ingenium Odium
Alphadave
Uhtameit
Hiba Lol
Ayquisha
Gutss
Fixithief
Lótso
Kanscout
Seiishízo
Âvu
Oultimazura
Blaçkyer
Right In The C Pu
Trist N
Raqanar
Tovargent
El God El
Cptn Zhu
Gaijinx
Avehs On Fire
I Alassëi I
Don Aero
Thijsken Pwns
Z B R
Fiftyseed
Bananaz R Evil
The Nufrael
Icefox Wischi
Dramatic Warrior
Magno Cerebro
Sensotíx
A Fourth Truly Evil
Synergica
Gaïalidh
Miandas
K É N N Y
Angimerkel
Knuhtt
Ar A Ck
I Lypion I
Nagâ
Cigarr
Phd In Stomponomics
Forsaken Kida
Bockwurst Ohne Bock
Lil Pwnda
Wildxzeeh
Technigcker
Freddy Bus Baun
Balldi The Legend
O D E S S A
Spalouf
Moooshu
O Árkanî O

Chaith.8256:

It’s simply because you lose points for DCing or character swapping.

The data makes no distinctions for the cause of a desertion, but yes this explains the discrepancy on the leaderboard. A future update will include desertions in the losses column.

Chaith.8256:

It won’t affect your win rate unless you don’t return, just leech the points.

Coming back won’t matter. You are awarded dishonor and flagged as a deserter the moment you disconnect. You’ll still get end-game rewards if you come back though.

Lupanic.6502:

if this is correct why Ostricheggs has 14 games won 1 lost and he has 9 points?

lets asume for every win +1 makes 14 points. For 1 loss -3 is 11 not 9

Is it because Ostricheggs is esports?

Hmm, that is interesting. I’ll look into this.

There is quite a bit that’s new, and here’s another post I think is both positive and helpful:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/New-Mystic-Forge-Recipe/first#post4631506

One of our special Wintersday reindeer agents… ok, ok, Josh, one of our designers… let us know that there’s a fun new recipe in the Mystic Forge. In the past the Mystic Forge has produced some keenly-popular items, including the Endless Toymaker and Endless Gift Dolyak tonics. Now, you might be aware that a few of the items that were used in the old recipe no longer are available. So this year, in order to allow a few of these rare tonics to make it into the hands of lucky Wintersday celebrants, you will be able to combine mid-tier snowflakes (delicate, glittering, unique, and pristine) in a recipe that, while it usually will produce a gift box, may produce one of those valuable tonics, instead!

Best of luck, and Happy Wintersday!

cheshader.5081:

Predator’s aura keeps disappearing.

cheshader — is this new since the update today? Or how long has it been happening?

khani.4786:

Don’t forget that Howler has no nighttime effects anymore and has been broken forever. Getting that fixed would be great.

Khani — do you have any idea when that started? I’d like to report, but if I had a tad more info, it’d be wonderful.

soboard.6974:

Can you describe the limitations on text displays in game? Does this limit the availability of lorebooks in game that include long chapters for those interested in such things? Is it more complex than simply making a string file? This has always bugged me. I know that with the dynamic event system, Anet has striven to go away from quests with walls of text; but Im curious why this simple solution isnt added in?

There currently isn’t UI implemented in the game to display something like a lore book. We have some places that we can display longer text strings, like those summaries in our recently-added Story Journal UI, but conversational text strings have to be kept within a certain length to account for things like German localization.

There’s not a lot that’s “simple” to implement in a game as complicated as an MMO like ours, unfortunately.

Lore books are something we’d like to see happen, but I can’t promise they are on the way soon or anything.

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

I would, but there is no “Area” / “Subarea” categories that fit, and it won’t let me send the bug report without selecting those.

Oh fooey, I’m sorry! Well, I will pass this along for you. It’s an odd one.

Hey, Pixelpumpkin — did you happen to submit a report in the game? Click the gear in the upper left, then submit a bug report. This gives the team some really helpful info, if you can send that over.

Thanks for the report, Akira. Can you other folks let us know if the issue is cleared for you, as well? It should be — the whole situation was interrelated.

I am happy the team was able to get this addressed so quickly!

Zietlogik.6208:

Didn’t they say that Skyhammer, Spiritwatch and Courtyard aren;t in the rotation since the patch? I have yet to see them…

Yes, they are no longer available in ranked arena. However, I didn’t make that change until an hour after the ladder started. -_-

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a client crash.
• Fixed a server crash that occurred when players joined activities.
• Fixed a bug that prevented some players from trading in items to Sous-Chef Seimur Oxbone.
• Fixed a bug that prevented some back items and weapons from animating.

Thanks for the helpful info, Dinks and nottsgman.

Yes, this is a known issue and we’ll get it fixed as quickly as we can.

Mrbig.8019:

You always get at least 1 point for winning, and lose 1 point for a loss.

Sorry if someone already mentioned this. This is incorrect. You will always get at least 1 point for a win, but you will not always lose 1 point for a loss.

The full range for a win is +1 to +3. The full range for a loss is -3 to +2.

Alright, everyone! First off, THANK YOU for all of the added information on this issue; these are exactly the kinds of details we need to easily narrow and identify the root of an issue when it is reported. I’m happy to say that we’ve identified the problem and have our top men working on a fix.

While we do have a build on the way with some of the other issues identified with today’s release, the fix to this issue WILL NOT be ready and tested for this next build. If you are running fractals with the daily chest in mind, please recognize that you will not receive a daily chest until the fix has been implemented. If you are not working to progress your fractal level, farm relics, or test your might against Mai Trin, I would recommend taking the night off to check out other areas of the game – such as Wintersday or WvW (heed the summons to the Mist War!).

Thank you all for your patience and help with us to get this issue handled! Be sure to keep your eyes on the ‘Game Release Notes’ for the latest updates on a fix to the issue!

Happy hunting!

Glad you got that worked out, necsolo.

Just bumping this thread to note that the bug with the display of suspension reasons and times should now be resolved. If you’re still having any issues with it, feel free to PM me or submit a Support ticket.

Hi Sylv,

I hope your recovery goes well. Like Regina said we will be thinking of you. And a big hug to you, all of your friends and community for the support they have shown.

Chris

Laserbolt.6731:

I find it so interesting to see how the new system is grading people’s skill.

These people are consistently winning matches that their team is expected to lose, I guess. Mostly they have wins.

None of the typical names appear in the top 10, unless I am missing someone well-known.

It looks like you cannot climb the leaderboard by crushing people you are expected to crush.

Maybe some of the top players would do better playing solo and carrying weaker teams.

Based on those scores, I wouldn’t say they were not expected to lose, merely that it was not in their favor.

Will be interesting to dig into the data and see how it’s playing out over time.

If this is an issue of their MMR not matching their skill, it should resolve itself after a while.

Skady.5916:

I keep getting into the games with 10+ min on timer and nothing going on, no mobs spawn etc. Am I actually supposed to wait 10 min until the new game starts?

That does sound like a bug. Have you clicked the gear emblem, then Support, and then “Report a Bug?” We’d love to get those details!

Good luck with the recovery Sylv, wishing you a good end of year and Wintersday despite the circumstances!

Details of the post here:

The programming team is investigating the crash now! In the meantime, the crash can be avoided if you do not hover your mouse cursor over the item link that appears after selecting and accepting the rune (see screenshot). This will let you utilize your sigil bags while avoiding the crash – at least until a proper fix can be implemented!

Kharr.5746:

So, I just finished a ranked arena match (started ~ 5:00 pm EST) and it STARTED as 4v5. We did not have a 5th from the very beginning, and no one joined all game. I thought the new system was supposed to prevent these matches from starting? Why are we still starting with 4v5 matches??? Someone obviously didn’t click the queue to join, yet the match started anyway.

The match cannot start without a player confirming the match. There may be some race condition if the player leaves after accepting caused by not receiving the message about the player leaving until the match is already started. I’ll look into it and see if there is anything more I can do to prevent it.

I found an idempotence failure within the dishonor code.

Dishonor is disabled until the issue is resolved.

Found an idempotence failure for dishonor. Disabling it until it’s resolved.

Groutesk.6082:

bun can you explain how it stacks?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/PvP_Matchmaking_Algorithm#Dishonor

savov.3712:

Thank you for the quick response.
I’m playing only solo ranked, since the leaderboard started, like 3 hours ago(?). All my games from today, are all solo ranked and all are since the leaderboard started. Haven’t played anything else. And I’m yet to be placed in a fun, fair and competitive match. Till now, all feel like playing low-level hotjoin…

Not sure what to tell you.

The lowest rank you played against with today was a rank 30. The majority have been 70-80. You haven’t had any roster size mismatch issues, and MMRs have all been in range for each match.

Bottom line: This was not a “choice.” This was not a decision made without thought, or carelessly, or in error. This was a necessary change that stabilized the game, for both PvP and Activities.

We understand that you would have preferred that this change not be made, but the cost of not making this change was too significant to let it slide. The change was necessary and as much as we regret any dissatisfaction that you may feel in relation to it, according to the designers it must remain in this state for this year’s release.

You only receive ~50 minutes of dishonor if you have 20 stacks of dishonor. That’s two abandons.

I’ll still take a look your account just in case.

I’ll look into it.

In the future, all I need to know is which arena you were in, and what the time it was.

I just heard a bit more from the designer who informed me of this change. He said to be sure to let you know that this change was not implemented solely to stabilize PvP, but also to stabilize Activities. So it had a larger purpose than I at first understood, and I wanted to be sure to share that info.

Please include the error codes if you get them.

Thanks to everyone for sharing tips to complete this daily. I’m sure they were very helpful to Lillith and others who are attempting this objective.

I think perhaps you misunderstand. The code that is used for this event is code that also is used for PvP. The code that allowed party joins for Toypocalypse was changed — by necessity — in order to stablize PvP and Activities as a whole. This wasn’t a design decision, this was a necessary change.

I’m sure if you look at this objectively, it makes sense to set a short-time event for single enters in order to stabilize all of PvP, which is a permanent element of the game.

I’ll ask the designers if they have more insight, but what I was told indicates that “we had to do this change in the short term in order to make PvP and Activities more stable” which applies to the permanent game mode.