Guild Wars 2

Hey there,

I’d start with an “MSCONFIG” since you have quite a few apps running in the background and I just want to be sure none of them are interfering with the installation. If that doesn’t work, I’d like for you to follow up with clearing your DNS cache. You could also try using Google’s public DNS to see if this helps as well.

To flush your DNS please try the steps below:

1. Click Start.
2. Select Programs.
3. Select Accessories and locate the Command Prompt shortcut.
4. Right click the Command Prompt shortcut and select Run as Administrator from the drop down menu.
6. Type ipconfig /release in the command prompt.

6. Wait a few seconds for a reply that the IP address has been released.

7. Type ipconfig /renew in the command prompt.

8. Wait a few seconds for a reply that the IP address has been re-established.

9. Type ipconfig /flushdns in the command prompt.

10. Close the command prompt and attempt to make a connection.

This should clear your DNS cache. You may need to perform this command a few times.

If the issue persists your ISP may be providing old DNS information. Some ISPs take longer to update this information. You could also try using a 3rd party DNS service like those available at http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/ or http://www.opendns.com/start/ . Please note that ArenaNet and NCSOFT does not support these services, but there is information on configuring them at those sites.

There could be a number of different reasons why you’re disconnecting. The best thing to do in this case would be to send in a support ticket for us to assist you one on one.

Hi there,

The reason you’re encountering this issue is because both your graphics card and processor do not meet the minimum requirements to play and so the installation will not continue. Unfortunately there really isn’t a way around this and I can only advise playing Guild Wars 2 on a system that meets all minimum hardware requirements.

Is the guaranteed item only a green, or can it be any tier starting from green to anything higher? Like, is there any chance that we get a gold or exotic out of the guaranteed green roll?

yes, the minimum you will get is green but there is a chance that you can get better quality item.

And is there any “special” npc chest, even if at higher track tiers, that gives us a guaranteed gold or higher tier?

There are specific rewards that guarantee exotics on dungeon tracks.

When you do receive Npc reward box on a reward track you will receive 2 of them and each box counts towards 5 “Npc” kills. So opening the 2 boxes is like killing 10 bears. Also to make sure the boxes feel rewarding you are guaranteed 1 green per box so 2 greens total.

Klonex.4562:

it’s actually quite fun on my end to see them

~ what i usually do when they’re on

me: “pssst Anet dev (i actually call them by their name instead of anet dev), give me super powers so i can fly”
them: “no”
me: " darn"
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me: " pssst, Anet dev… give me a hug"
them: “hugs”
me: “oh yeah”
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me: “pssst, Anet dev. let me get a peak of that dev menu so i can give a champ 10x my actual damage so i can feel like a super hero woman”
them: “no”
me: “darn”
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me: “pssst, Anet dev – will there be sab this year?”
them: “hey look, shadow behemoth is up”
me: “hmm…. and darn”

haha! That is about how it goes when I ever I run with my tag up.

By and large, the community is pretty darn nice to me when I’m flying the colors. I had the best time running with groups in the Tower of Nightmares and other big events. I’ve loved when I’m hanging out crafting, and folks come chat with me. I like just doing random hearts, jumping puzzles, and such.

Only rarely have I received a not as friendly reception. This is especially when I like to talk to players. I listen. I take notes. This is a very passionate community and I absolutely enjoy playing with everyone. After all, I was a part of the community before I started working here. My home server is truly my home server!

I can also confirm that Magic Find will affect the Npc boxes(Example Skelk Reward box, Bear Reward Box) on the reward tracks! Those boxes are there to represent players killing that kind of mob in PvE, but without being in PvE. As loot from killing a monster in PvE is affected my magic find we wanted a similar system in PvP so we came up with these Npc Loot Boxes. So salvage all the things and get ready for April 15th!!!!

On April 15th all reward tracks will have 8 tomes of knowledge on them. As there are 8 tiers of rewards on each reward track that means that every tier will have 1 tome on it. So it WILL be possible to level the character you are playing in PvP with the tomes you receive from rewards tracks or you can use them on another character on your account because the tomes are account bound.

Hope this helps
Hugh “Nightmare” Norfolk

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Called-to-Service-mission-talking-to-Gavin/3826959

This is not an acceptable comment and we will not spend time disparaging each others culture on this forum.

I do think it’s fair to say though that in many countries there is some unrest with the level of political power being wielded by smaller groups (note I’m making 0 value judgement on the concept itself, but it’s fair to say the idea exists) and this idea can sometimes be extended to an argument of wealth disparity. That unrest may be being projected into this environment, but I still see no evidence of that being an issue in GW2.

As zortek said, this restriction was communicated in advance. Unfortunately, you will have to wait for access.

I’ve seen his nobel lecture, but I don’t think that’s what you’re referring to.

I like your thought process and it’s a smart idea to attempt to introduce n-testing into the TP to find the values. The downside is it would be a lot of work to implement without any evidence that we wouldn’t end up keeping the same system we have.

Essence Snow.3194:

I’ll refer you to Shiller. I believe you can draw enough correlations to respond.

Could you provide a bit more context, I’m not as familiar with Dr. Shiller’s works as I probably should be.

It’s possible I’ve missed it and I apologize if that’s true, but I haven’t seen any evidence or even a correct hypothesis that a group of the rich can negatively effect your gameplay experience. I think a clear set of ideas would help me understand and respond to the issue.

P.S. Don’t say luxury goods or I will refer you to the first rule of the tautology club.

Let’s refrain from referencing an entire nation of people categorically, it’s not good business.

Let’s simplify the debate a bit. We have a lot of variables in discussion, let’s say that TP Fees are still a factor, but controlling inflation and gold sinks are not.

Furthermore let’s assume that we all agree that 1c holds a virtual non-value on goods above X price. How do you determine a system that effectively chooses what an appropriate value is that doesn’t
1. Injure the market 2. Discourage use of the TP
Note: this value may be algorithmic, but you must PROVE the values are effective. You may assume you have perfect data of the TP if you need it to support a hypothesis.

Increases in the flood control timer are part of our infraction system. The more active points you have, the longer you have to wait between posts. If you wish to ensure your ability to participate in fast-moving discussions, I recommend avoiding making posts that are likely to result in an infraction.

Hey everybody, the leaderboards for the Spring Tournament are now live on guildwars2.com

https://leaderboards.guildwars2.com/en/na/wvwmain

Bug Fixes over time

• Exception c0000094 crashes
• Controls: Pinch-to-zoom does not function on mini-map
• No “High” selection within Textures graphics option
• Engine: Terrain-texture tile edges visible on cave floors
• Need default screenshot keybinding for Mac
• Logout causes the client to restart with inaccurate mouse controls
• Launcher: Enter key on Num Pad does not function
• Engine: Terrain/Environment flicker with Shaders=High, Reflections=All
• Cursor briefly shifts to center screen when panning
• Client should override Function key preferences
• Commerce: UI: Text input field highlight too dark/not easily visible
• Commerce: Panel does not load on some machines on Dev/Stage
• Finder menu language support at Launcher window
• Input: No way to zoom camera with Magic Mouse when scroll gestures are enabled

RoyHarmon.5398:

Allie Murdock.8152:

Thanks for all the well wishes everyone – makes me happy to see that my work hasn’t gone unnoticed!

Probably over a year ago, I suggested a system to mark posts as “read” by developers/ArenaNet folks, so that we could have the peace of mind that comes with knowing that our ideas, comments, suggestions, and complaints were actually being seen by someone at the company. I said it didn’t really matter whether or not the ideas were implemented, and that the point was to let us know we had been heard; whether or not the idea held merit or was feasible, we could know that you were aware of it and that we wouldn’t have to keep saying the same things over and over, drowning each other’s suggestions in a constant, overwhelming torrent.

You replied to my post. Clearly, my idea wasn’t implemented (along with quite a long forum-related wish list, I’m sure), but that didn’t matter to me. You let me know that I was heard, and that my idea had at least been considered by someone at the company. Which, of course, was the whole point of my suggestion.

I still remember that, and I remember the sense of gratitude I felt at having been acknowledged. You’ve held a special place in my heart ever since, and you’ll be missed.

Aww, that’s super sweet.

I know we can’t always fulfill all the requests we get from our players, but we do the best we can to!

It makes me super happy to know that you are understanding of that, and the work we do put in to recognize your efforts. Thanks for sharing!

Let’s simmer down a bit, this is getting necessarily heated. I believe the issue in question is, does a minimum increment of of 1c effectively represent a different willingness to pay or willingness to buy from the original price being compared against, and does that answer change relative to the end price of the item.

Obviously, in some cases 1c is just fine, but is that true in all cases? Why or Why not?
It’s much harder to prove that it is the same price because “technically” it’s a different price, so the origin lies on those who believe that it’s not an effective difference. I think an argument can be made somewhere, but lets do it as academically as possible. have to run, but I’ll be back to check on this shortly.

Thanks for all the well wishes everyone – makes me happy to see that my work hasn’t gone unnoticed!

Chase.8415:

Didn’t even give them a two week notice? That’s interesting….

I did give them two weeks, actually. Just didn’t announce until today.

Listings will be unchanged.

Only completed trade history will be trimmed.

I’m leaving ArenaNet, not quitting Guild Wars. Nice try though.

the sober ninja.6539:

Allie Murdock.8152:

Hey everyone,
As of tomorrow, I will no longer be a part of the ArenaNet team. I have accepted a job offer elsewhere, and it will be a big step in my career path.
Allie

Kind of wondering if Allie know about this when she did the RU interview!

I did not

Nageth.5648:

1. The level of communication. Essentially, I’d like the stickies in this forum to be updated to be current. This includes updates for frequent issues to address how we pretty much get the same handful of threads in this forum over and over and over again. And some sort of patch notes for us. I’m completely 100% okay if they’re kind of gibberish. Having a general idea of what is going on is good and can potentially help us talk to you if we have an inkling of what got changed. At the moment we have no idea what is going on so we do blind guessing at best (raging rants at worse). Oh and maybe remove/condense some of the stickies since there are a lot of them right now.

2. On a somewhat related note, clean up this sub forum. Related crashes should be lumped together in the same thread/bug report. It will hopefully help people find answers more quickly (due to the your thread was merged/moved feature the forums has).

Okay, these are things I can help with. I’ll admit, I’m a PC gal and worked in IT for 14 years before moving to the games industry. I know next to nothing about Mac tech, troubles, or issues. So, I could use your help.

Can you advise which stickies are out of date/need updates? Could you folks report threads which need merging for the future? For right now, I can take a quick glance at the threads, but if you folks can offer up any sort of assistance on pointing me in the right direction, I’ll take care of it.

I’ve got a list of some bugs which were fixed. It will just be the raw data, but you can see that. I’ve enjoyed working with the Mac team to work on the communication. I appreciate your patience with me as I get up to speed.

Watch my twitter/twitch channel and maybe you’ll find out!

Hey everyone,

As of tomorrow, I will no longer be a part of the ArenaNet team. I have accepted a job offer elsewhere, and it will be a big step in my career path.

I’ve been an avid Guild Wars fan since the first one shipped. My life has been intertwined with ArenaNet in many ways. I have learned so much from the team and so much from the community as I’ve progressed through the positions I’ve held here (QA, Alpha Coordinator, PvP Community Coordinator to now covering all of Competitive, Skills and Balance); it’s hard to imagine leaving.

Once I made it onto the Competitive Team, I knew it was the place for me. I have an extremely competitive background, so everything really clicked into place. Needless to say, it’s been a huge pleasure to work here and be on the Competitive Team for the past year.

I’m sad to leave you all behind, but I will still be involved with the team in my own ways. I still hang out with a lot of these guys after work, and will keep an eye on the forums every once in a while to see how things are going. I’m confident that the team can handle things once I’m gone.

I will always love Guild Wars and will continue to work on ranking up in PvP/WvW, and would love to ready up with those of you that are interested!

If you’d like to know what kinds of things I’ll be doing in the future or would like to just stay in touch, here’s some of my info:

Twitch (new): http://www.twitch.tv/allie_hugs
Twitter: @AllieMurdock
IGN: Allie.9268

Much love,

Allie

Hey everyone,

As of tomorrow, I will no longer be a part of the ArenaNet team. I have accepted a job offer elsewhere, and it will be a big step in my career path.

I’ve been an avid Guild Wars fan since the first one shipped. My life has been intertwined with ArenaNet in many ways. I have learned so much from the team and so much from the community as I’ve progressed through the positions I’ve held here (QA, Alpha Coordinator, PvP Community Coordinator to now covering all of Competitive, Skills and Balance); it’s hard to imagine leaving.

Once I made it onto the Competitive Team, I knew it was the place for me. I have an extremely competitive background, so everything really clicked into place. Needless to say, it’s been a huge pleasure to work here and be on the Competitive Team for the past year.

I’m sad to leave you all behind, but I will still be involved with the team in my own ways. I still hang out with a lot of these guys after work, and will keep an eye on the forums every once in a while to see how things are going. I’m confident that the team can handle things once I’m gone.

I will always love Guild Wars and will continue to work on ranking up in PvP/WvW, and would love to ready up with those of you that are interested!

If you’d like to know what kinds of things I’ll be doing in the future or would like to just stay in touch, here’s some of my info:

Twitch (new): http://www.twitch.tv/allie_hugs
Twitter: @AllieMurdock
IGN: Allie.9268

Much love,

Allie

Hey everyone,

As of tomorrow, I will no longer be a part of the ArenaNet team. I have accepted a job offer elsewhere, and it will be a big step in my career path.

I’ve been an avid Guild Wars fan since the first one shipped. My life has been intertwined with ArenaNet in many ways. I have learned so much from the team and so much from the community as I’ve progressed through the positions I’ve held here (QA, Alpha Coordinator, PvP Community Coordinator to now covering all of Competitive, Skills and Balance); it’s hard to imagine leaving.

Once I made it onto the Competitive Team, I knew it was the place for me. I have an extremely competitive background, so everything really clicked into place. Needless to say, it’s been a huge pleasure to work here and be on the Competitive Team for the past year.

I’m sad to leave you all behind, but I will still be involved with the team in my own ways. I still hang out with a lot of these guys after work, and will keep an eye on the forums every once in a while to see how things are going. I’m confident that the team can handle things once I’m gone.

I will always love Guild Wars and will continue to work on ranking up in PvP/WvW, and would love to ready up with those of you that are interested!

If you’d like to know what kinds of things I’ll be doing in the future or would like to just stay in touch, here’s some of my info:

Twitch (new): http://www.twitch.tv/allie_hugs
Twitter: @AllieMurdock
IGN: Allie.9268

Much love,

Allie

Hi All,

As some people have noted, the current /events.json API is not compatible with the upcoming Megaserver technology. As such, the events API will be phasing out in its current form as maps get migrated over to megaservers.

For now, instead of the events API please follow the guidance described here: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-megaserver-system-world-bosses-and-events/

We will consider implementing a timer API based on this schedule for the future.

Please note that we do not allow Match-up threads on the Guild Wars 2 forum. You can read about our forum changes here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Guild-Wars-2-Forum-Moderation-Updates
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Upcoming-Forum-Changes-to-WvW-Match-ups-Sub-forum

Hello all,

In the spirit of my latest update, I’d like to get a good feel moving forward, on everyone’s Top 5 list. These can be your Top 5 issues, bugs, complaints, compliments…whatever you have. I’ll present this to the Mac team and possibly get some things addressed or at least, an answer that we can’t do something or it’s not ready yet.

I thank you all for your patience while I get caught up on all your concerns and questions.

Howdy all!

I’ve given an update here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/mac/April-Feature-Pack-Will-we-see-any-updates/3869261

Howdy all!

My apologies; I was out on Friday and did not get to follow up. Since then, I’ve had discussions with the Mac team and we discussed your concerns.

They updated me on some crash fixes, back end issues, bugs…they’ve been killing a lot of bugs every patch, which was neat to see! Since a lot of what they do is back end high level engineering stuff (that I barely grok), you don’t see a lot of the updates in release notes notes.

We’re going to work on getting more of this information out to you in the future. I hope to have more info regarding bugs for you soon.

As the Accounts sub-forum is set up for folks to ask questions and report issues to our Suppor Team, we like to keep them on-topic. We do know that many of our players like to assist players looking for help, and we do appreciate it.

With this in mind, this has gone off-topic regarding the original posters concerns & request. As always, please submit a ticket, as all Support for in-game issues will be resolved via the Support system.

Hi Peshyy,

This could be a result of using the Beta drivers as drivers are what your crash logs are actually pointing to:
Module: nvd3dum.dll

That said, I’d recommend using the 335.23 WHQL drivers as the Beta drivers aren’t technically supported.

Aside from that, since this is only happening on one character I can suggest the following, but I still would advise rolling back your drivers:

lease go to your shortcut for Guild Wars 2 and right click it and choose properties.

In the line that says Target, add a space at the end of whats there and then -prefreset

It should look something like this: “C:\Games\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.exe” -prefreset

Click apply and then ok.

Once the above is done, try launching the game and logging into the character you are having issues with. If this resolves the issue, go back into your shortcut again and remove the -prefreset line.

Hope this helps!

There is currently a bug affecting the Chalice of Glory. This item is found as a part of the Digital Deluxe Edition and the Digital Deluxe Upgrade. The issue is that this item is incorrectly granting 5000 Glory Points instead of 5000 Rank Points. We have temporarily disabled the use of the Chalice of Glory while we work to correct this bug.

Once this bug is resolved, the existing Chalice of Glory item will be updated to grant 5000 Rank Points. Players who have not used the item yet will be able to use it and gain 5000 Rank Points.

Our Customer Support team will be sending a replacement Chalice of Glory that will correctly grant 5000 Rank Points to players who have already used this item and were incorrectly given Glory Points.

Players who purchase the Digital Deluxe Edition and Digital Deluxe Upgrade will get the correct item, but will have to wait for the fix before it can be activated.

Thanks for your understanding while we correct this issue, and we apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused.

Please note that we do not allow Match-up threads on the Guild Wars 2 forum. As this thread has turned into a matchup thread, it is now closed.

You can read about our forum changes here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Guild-Wars-2-Forum-Moderation-Updates
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Upcoming-Forum-Changes-to-WvW-Match-ups-Sub-forum

Please note that we do not allow Match-up threads on the Guild Wars 2 forum. You can read about our forum changes here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Guild-Wars-2-Forum-Moderation-Updates
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Upcoming-Forum-Changes-to-WvW-Match-ups-Sub-forum

I think we’ve discussed this and the majority seem to agree that the system works just fine, it’s just that each player needs to move with care in the deletion process.

Closing thread.

There are about 17 reasons I cannot answer that question.

An increase in the tax rate would simply get passed on to consumers, with a little bit being absorbed by sellers. It would not be an effective tax on the rich.

There is currently a bug affecting the Chalice of Glory. This item is found as a part of the Digital Deluxe Edition and the Digital Deluxe Upgrade. The issue is that this item is incorrectly granting 5000 Glory Points instead of 5000 Rank Points. We have temporarily disabled the use of the Chalice of Glory while we investigate a fix for this bug.

Thanks for your understanding, and we apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused.

As it currently stands, the achievement will only progress when soul-binding the actual armor pieces bought from the vendors and not by applying it’s skin. It is possible to make the achievement use skins instead, but there is no plan for it at this very second.

Thank you for submitting these questions. We will review the questions from this week’s thread, as well as those from the other language forums. We will chose a group of them to hand over to the various Development Teams. Their replies will be posted in all language forums on Friday, April 11.

That info is all in the original blog post here: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/announcing-the-guild-wars-2-tournament-of-legends/