Guild Wars 2

Posted by: Autumn Frazee.3158

Living World QA Embed

1-3 are legitimate issues that we are already working to fix, and yes, they affect the main server maps and not the overflows.
4 – So the defend events won’t run if the Scarlet Alliances are currently holding the rally camps. If you see the crosses swords event at the camps, that means a defend even has already run and failed – you’ll have to succeed the recapture event before another defend event will start. If you are seeing it work out differently, let me know!
5 – Rubble Piles will offer Found Heirlooms only once per day.

[Changed!] Make Unlocked BL Chests AB, not SB

Posted by: Curtis Johnson

LA Map Exploration Completion?

Posted by: Autumn Frazee.3158

Living World QA Embed

We have taken care to make sure that all elements of Lion’s Arch map completion are still accessible during the Escape from Lion’s Arch release. Some of them may be a little tricky, but you should be able to get to all Vistas, the Diving Goggles, and even still be able to do the Lion’s Arch jumping puzzles!

TC LA Main Bugged?

Posted by: Autumn Frazee.3158

Living World QA Embed

They Remembered I Rescued Them!

Posted by: Autumn Frazee.3158

Living World QA Embed

Ehmry Bay Main Bugged

Posted by: Autumn Frazee.3158

Living World QA Embed

Scornheart?

Posted by: Autumn Frazee.3158

Living World QA Embed

Rescuing tiers bugged?

Posted by: Autumn Frazee.3158

Living World QA Embed

Zodiac armor

Posted by: CC Danicia.1394

Community Coordinator

whats the deal with people and zodiac armor

Posted by: CC Danicia.1394

Community Coordinator

code fragments/cyphers from TM

Posted by: CC Danicia.1394

Community Coordinator

When will Scarlet's Secret Lair be closed?

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Posted by: CC Danicia.1394

Community Coordinator

I checked with the Team and we’re going to be putting the chests back in so you’ll be able to redeem your cyphers. Sorry about the confusion!

Norn with dark complexion?

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Posted by: CC Danicia.1394

Community Coordinator

Please do not change Zodiac Armor!

Posted by: CC Danicia.1394

Community Coordinator

Petition for Alternate Zodiac Armors

Posted by: CC Danicia.1394

Community Coordinator

Concerned about Captain's airship passes.

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

The crafting stations did not get moved to Vigil’s Keep. However, you can travel directly from Vigil’s Keep to one of the other cities of Tyria at no cost via asura gate travel, all of which have crafting stations.

Umm... Canach and Sheriff Siriam?

Posted by: Autumn Frazee.3158

Living World QA Embed

Canach and Sheriff Siriam were left in Lion’s Arch for a bit of Lore flavor. At the end of the evacuation cycle, Sheriff Siriam and Canach escape on Captain Ellen Kiel’s airship, after which, Siriam takes Canach to the Vigil Keep.

I got everything stolen

Posted by: Gaile Gray

ArenaNet Communications Manager

Gaile Gray
Communications Manager
Guild & Fansite Relations; In-Game Events
ArenaNet

Got banned for having friends..

Posted by: Gaile Gray

ArenaNet Communications Manager

Please submit a ticket to support. While we very much want to help you, this sort of issue cannot be resolved through a forum post and questions of an individual nature — such as those involved in this event — need to be discussed with you in a ticket.

Thank you for understanding.

Gaile Gray
Communications Manager
Guild & Fansite Relations; In-Game Events
ArenaNet

Account Issue Follow-ups – Updated Regularly

Posted by: Gaile Gray

ArenaNet Communications Manager

338397 – Resolved
338660 – Resolved
339222 – Resolved
339990 – Resolved
341173 – Resolved
341494 – Resolved
342699 – Resolved
344311 – Resolved
348264 – Resolved
341028 – Resolved
342411 – Resolved
351624 – Resolved
360326 – Resolved
358835 – Resolved, as you indicated in the ticket. (Duplicate of 352417)
324383 – Resolved; I am sorry that we were not able to offer an account restoration in this case.
345777 – Under review
356069 – Under review
346411 – Under review
361874 – Under review
360490 – Under review
333773 – Agent answered 2/11; if you need more information please update your ticket.
309654 – Duplicate ticket; the original already has received a final answer
342614 – Final answer: This account cannot be reinstated.
349333 – Final answer: This account cannot be restored due to the nature of the incident.
345827 – Final answer: This account cannot be restored due to the nature of the incident.
345977 – Requested agent review
346178 – Requested agent review
347189 – Requested agent review
345980 – Requested agent review
319928 – Requested agent review
354116 – Requested agent review as a possible game bug

Some tickets will require extra time because they are very complicated. Please continue to discuss these matters with the Support Team to reach the best resolution.

Please also note that botters and gold sellers (RMT workers) file appeals, too. We will not reinstate accounts found to be involved in these offenses. Those listed as “final response” it will not be reviewed again.

Please do not make duplicate tickets for the same situation. Please update your ticket by simply responding to the most recent e-mail with the ticket number in the subject line.

Gaile Gray
Communications Manager
Guild & Fansite Relations; In-Game Events
ArenaNet

Tickets for Review (3 days and older) [merged]

Posted by: Gaile Gray

ArenaNet Communications Manager

338397 – Resolved
338660 – Resolved
339222 – Resolved
339990 – Resolved
341173 – Resolved
341494 – Resolved
342699 – Resolved
344311 – Resolved
348264 – Resolved
341028 – Resolved
342411 – Resolved
351624 – Resolved
360326 – Resolved
358835 – Resolved, as you indicated in the ticket. (Duplicate of 352417)
324383 – Resolved; I am sorry that we were not able to offer an account restoration in this case.
345777 – Under review
356069 – Under review
346411 – Under review
361874 – Under review
360490 – Under review
333773 – Agent answered 2/11; if you need more information please update your ticket.
309654 – Duplicate ticket; the original already has received a final answer
342614 – Final answer: This account cannot be reinstated.
349333 – Final answer: This account cannot be restored due to the nature of the incident.
345827 – Final answer: This account cannot be restored due to the nature of the incident.
345977 – Requested agent review
346178 – Requested agent review
347189 – Requested agent review
345980 – Requested agent review
319928 – Requested agent review
354116 – Requested agent review as a possible game bug

Gaile Gray
Communications Manager
Guild & Fansite Relations; In-Game Events
ArenaNet

(edited 2014-02-19 02:43:50 by Gaile Gray.6029)

Zodiac Armors Feeback

Posted by: CC Danicia.1394

Community Coordinator

videoboy.4162:
Danicia!

Do you think there’s any chance the art team would make a version of this armor without the blue in it? I absolutely love the detail that they put into the rest of the (Light) armor, but I want to still be able to see my character.

(And if you can’t/won’t answer, could we get an Art person in here?)

You’re right, I cannot offer an answer on this. That being said, the reason why the discussion should stay constructive is because I am actively collecting feedback (positive & negative). So. I will put this in my feedback.

Zodiac Armors Feeback

Posted by: CC Danicia.1394

Community Coordinator

Please keep your feedback respectful and constructive. We do not mind if you have negative feedback, but please be constructive about giving said feedback. This includes your thread titles. Thank you.

Opinions on the New Zodiac Armor skins?

Posted by: CC Danicia.1394

Community Coordinator

A thread already exists on this topic. Please leave your feedback in that thread so we can keep it all in one place for the Dev Teams. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/bltc/Opinions-on-the-Zodiac-Armors/

Triple Trouble Meta Seemingly Bugged

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Posted by: Crystal Reid

Game Designer

Taimi Livestream Discussion and Feedback

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Posted by: RubiBayer

Content Marketing Manager

FlamingFoxx.1305:
Livestram on Taimi?

Scott can you guys perhaps be a little more consistent with notifying players when these streams are about to happen?

You have a twitter channel, you have a facebook page and you have official forums – yet these streams are almost never advertised on any of these channels. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect that you guys might actually let players know when things were going on?

Hi Foxx, thanks for the feedback. We promote the livestreams in four languages– English, French, German, and Spanish–on our Facebook and Twitter channels whenever we have one. As Tanek mentioned, you can also subscribe to our Twitch channel to receive an email whenever we go live. As a rule, our regular developer livestreams are on Fridays at 12:00 PM PST. Hope that helps.

API errors & bugs

in API Development

Posted by: Stefan Larimore.6872

Programmer

smiley.1438:
The french one seems indeed a bit weird – at least inconsistent to the others. So in french would be possibly “Cercle de feu” -> “Territoires frontaliers (Cercle de feu)”. Since these names apparently are taken directly from the game (including bugs) i guess theres some string replacement done here. Further explaination by a dev would be appreciated

I investigate this a bit. It turns out as you suspected there is some concatenation at play here, as dictated by some special markup and is different for each language translation. As in:

EN: %str2% Borderlands
FR: Territoires frontaliers (%str2% )
ES: Tierras fronterizas de[pl:""] %str2%
DE: %str1% Grenzlande

Unfortunately, what we render in the API is after the concatenation markup is trimmed out (and presumably replaced with an empty string). I did a brief investigation on how I might be able to render the name with markup, but it will require more work than I can afford right now. I’ll keep this noted as a bug.

thank you!

Ele in Dev live stream scrimages

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Posted by: Tyler Chapman.1832

PvP and Balance QA Embed

Phaeton.9582:
Firstly, just want to point out that back in the ele meta Lys was a dominant force, and as one of the few players to stay ele through all their balancing hurdles there’s no doubt he will be dominant again when ele is brought back up to par.

Secondly….

Tyler Chapman.1832:
Not sad no. It feels a lot better; more fluid, more natural, no hidden rules. We will just have to pay a close attention to what happens and make any adjustments where necessary. It was an essential step towards a better future experience for players.

What kind of ratio between offence/defence is there with this double swap meta, relative to how it was? Am I going to be doing 3.8k hydro+geomancy weapon swaps on a guard or2.4-3k (I forget) on warrior? How are condi builds affected and are their condi application skills as important now?

Hydro and Geo don’t scale with power anymore. Their flat damage values are very low now.

in-game alias: Powerr
Skills and Balance/PvP Team Principal QA
Former active member of Team PZ

Patch notes???

Posted by: CC Danicia.1394

Community Coordinator

Concerned about Captain's airship passes.

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Please learn time zones...

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Escape from Lion's Arch content too hard

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Because this thread has already drifted far and away from its intended topic, it is now locked. I recommend that players who would like to help others with the content keep an eye out for their posts after they have had a chance to play the content to render assistance.

Thank you Anet...

Posted by: CC Danicia.1394

Community Coordinator

Ele in Dev live stream scrimages

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Posted by: Tyler Chapman.1832

PvP and Balance QA Embed

Rangers have some cool things coming too! Much needed power ranger lub! It’ll be all positive reactions right?!!

Hopefully this is enough to hold you over for now. I won’t be here for much longer but I know you guys deserve more communication regarding this patch so I’m doing what I can where I can. Pay attention to the forums in the near future as well as Ready Up episodes to find out as much as you can. Submit those user clips! Lets see your skills.

in-game alias: Powerr
Skills and Balance/PvP Team Principal QA
Former active member of Team PZ

Game Update Notes - February 18, 2014

in Game Release Notes

Posted by: CC Danicia.1394

Community Coordinator

LIVING WORLD
Escape from Lion’s Arch
Lion’s Arch is under attack! The Lionguard is scrambling to protect citizens and evacuate the city. The attack from Scarlet’s armies left Fort Marriner heavily damaged and the Gate Hub Plaza in ruins. No corner has been spared, resulting in burning destruction, toppled boat buildings, broken bridges, and scorched fields. And a deadly miasma is spreading across the city, gaining lethality until the survivors are forced to retreat. Somewhere above it all, Scarlet watches the destruction, waiting for the moment when the final step of her plan can come to fruition.

Attack Cinematic
Upon logging in, players level 30 or higher will see a cinematic of the attack on Lion’s Arch. Lower level players will watch this upon entering Lion’s Arch for the first time. Players can rewatch the cinematic by talking to the refugee camp director at any of the three refugee camps located by the Vigil Keep in Gendarran Fields, by the Durmand Priory in Lornar’s Pass, and on Stormbluff Isle in Bloodtide Coast.

Note: All characters that were stationed in Lion’s Arch before the attack will be relocated to an adjoining map.

Lion’s Arch

The city of Lion’s Arch is being hammered from the all-out attack of Scarlet’s forces.
- Towers and monuments have fallen. Homes and stores are in ruin. Crumbled cliffsides and scorched fields line the city limits.
- The Aetherblades, Toxic Alliance, and Molten Alliance have carved out areas of the city to attack.
- Only the waypoints by the three entrances will be functional while inside the city.
The established asura gates of Lion’s Arch are no longer operational, and waypoints from other zones are contested.
The miasma levels cycle every hour. The Lionguard musters its forces at the top of the hour outside the city entrances, ready to storm in.
A new hastily erected asura gate connects to the Durmand Priory in Lornar’s Pass, while the northeast exit to Icegate Gorge in Gendarran Fields has been permanently blocked.
Map completion remains possible, including waypoints, points of interest, vistas, jumping puzzles, and diving goggles. Just watch out for Scarlet’s troops!
For players who need to follow their Personal Story steps, Captain Smash and Bouncer Kinna over by Icegate Gorge in Gendarran Fields will sneak adventurers into Lion’s Arch.

Evacuate the Citizens!
Caught in all the chaos of the attack, the citizens of Lion’s Arch need help. A tally of all the citizens the players rescue will be kept for each foray into the city. Working together with the entire map, players must search for survivors, defeat attacking troops, eliminate enemy champions, and escort survivors to safety. For each tier of citizens saved, all event participators will receive a number of Alliance Supplies as a reward.

Citizens cower in corners throughout the city, waiting for rescuers to encourage them to flee. Help them reach an exit or a stealthed Whispers agent.
Help the Lionguard establish a foothold, taking and defending rally points just inside each city entrance.
- Rox and Braham are fortifying the Trader’s Forum, Marjory and Kasmeer are working to secure Postern Ward, and Magnus is defending Fort Marriner.
- If any of the three rally positions are held, an order representative will arrive with a beneficial buff.
Stopping the miasma deployment by defeating the enemy troops will allow players to rescue five nearby survivors.
- As a further bonus, if all three miasma deployments are simultaneously prevented within ten minutes, an additional 35 citizens will be saved.
Some groups in Lion’s Arch require an armed escort in order to successfully escape. Assist them by clearing their escape route and increase the rescue tally by five.
Keep an eye out for piles of rubble where residents have stashed their heirlooms.
As the miasma nears lethal levels, champions will attack Fort Marriner and the Lion’s Shadow Inn. Elite enemies will land at the Grand Piazza. Defeating each boss event will save 10 additional citizens.
Beware the miasma, and heed Captain Magnus’s updates as he appraises its rising level. Miasma has no known antidote, and those who fall to the deadly gas will find themselves at one of the adjoining camps to recover from its effects. Be sure to secure the exit before it reaches lethal levels!

Vigil Keep, the Impromptu Hub of Services
Most of the services in Lion’s Arch have found a new home at the Vigil Keep in Gendarran Fields.

All home-city asura gates will now connect to a new gate plaza in the Vigil Keep.
All WvW and PvP asura gates have also been hastily erected to connect to the Vigil Keep.
The Black Lion Trading Post, Bank, and Guild services have moved to the Vigil Keep.
Dungeon reward vendors and cultural weapon vendors have moved to the Vigil Keep.
The powerful Zommoros, along with Miyani, have relocated near the new asura gates.
Sonder the Seller, Scornheart, and Poyaqui are also available.
Floating above is the captain’s airship, the Havoc’s Heir, a one-stop shop for all services.

Three Refugee Camps
Survivors of the attack have congregated at the doorsteps of Tyria’s orders. At each camp, the Captain’s Council and the Lionguard give relief and medical aid to refugees. Here, players will be able to return found belongings and heirlooms for helpful rewards. Hot-air balloons from Kryta provide free travel to the other camps in this time of need.

Gendarran Fields: The main refugee camp lies just south of the Vigil Keep.
- The Consortium has reestablished its asura gates to Southsun Cove and the Fractals of the Mists.
- Kouris will still connect players to the activity of the day.
Lornar’s Pass: This small camp lies south of the Durmand Priory, nestled in the foothills.
Bloodtide Coast: This camp lies along the north shore of Stormbluff Isle.

Rewards and Achievements
During the player’s foray into Lion’s Arch:

Alliance Supplies will not only drop from the invaders, but players will also be rewarded for rescuing a number of citizens. They hold a variety of items, such as a chance for Refugee’s Belongings, Spinal Shards, Spinal Blades Blueprint Scraps, Refugee Children’s Drawings, Piles of Bloodstone Dust, and Powerful Potions of Slaying Scarlet’s Armies.
- There’s a rare chance for Quaggan Tonics, Captain’s Airship Passes, and even a Mini Captain Magnus.
For those who take and defend the rally points inside Lion’s Arch, an order representative will arrive and offer a 30-minute buff that grants combat boosts.
- Vigil Valiance is obtained by defending Trader’s Forum.
- Priory Aethershield is obtained by holding Postern Ward.
- Quickness of Whispers is obtained by securing Fort Marriner.
Coordinate to stop three miasma deployments simultaneously to earn the Triple Threat achievement, which awards 10 Spinal Shards and bonus loot.
Rescue enough citizens and work together with the entire map to earn five tiers of rewards.
- As players surpass each tier, contributors are rewarded Spinal Shards, Refugee’s Belongings, and Found Heirlooms.
  - Tiers are set at 100, 300, 600, 1000, and 1500 citizens rescued.
- Those who remain until the miasma reaches lethality, participants will be rewarded with daily Dragonite Ore, champion bags, Blade Shards, and masterwork items.
  - For players who attain the highest tier, there’s a chance for ascended materials and rewards from previous Living World releases.

When not rescuing citizens:

After completing the escort events in Lion’s Arch, search for NPCs in the refugee camps who will sell utility feast recipes, speed boosts, potions of Slaying Scarlet’s Armies, or give players a bit of luck.
Combine the four Spinal Blades Blueprint Scraps in the Mystic Forge to start constructing a Spinal Blades back item.
- With Spinal Shards, add more blades to upgrade the Spinal Blades back piece until it reaches the ascended level.
Found Heirlooms can be used to purchase Selfless Potions or Thoughtless Potions to display the player’s halo or horns, respectively.
- Find 30 heirlooms and earn the Memories in Your Hand achievement, which awards either 50 Alliance Supplies or 50 Empyreal Fragments.

More to achieve:

Various achievements will challenge players to clear each of the three entrances to Lion’s Arch, complete each of six escorts, and defeat the bosses that arrive as the miasma nears lethality.
More challenging achievements will ask players to defend each of the three entrances to Lion’s Arch and all of the rally points for a full evacuation cycle (Triple Play achievement), or defend a special group of evacuees without a loss (All Bets Are Off achievement).
Extraction Complete, the meta-achievement, awards 100 Alliance Supplies when players finish 15 out of the 28 Escape from Lion’s Arch achievements and daily achievements.

BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH
World Polish

Triple Trouble
- A new achievement has been added to the Great Jungle Wurm encounter. This achievement is awarded when players complete the event and unlock the prestigious title of “Wurm’s Bane.”
- The Wurm Demolitionist achievement has been lowered to 5 kegs, down from 30.
- Wurmslayer progress is now awarded to any participating player in the Triple Trouble events.
- Wurm Decapitator progress is now awarded to any participating player in the Triple Trouble events.
- Successfully completing the Triple Trouble events now has an increased chance at ascended armor.

World vs. World

Removed the requirement that players need to attain rank 30 in WvW before purchasing the Gift of Battle.
The Air-Strike Grenade and Sentry Turret items are now account bound.
Edge of the Mists:
- Moved two tower guild officer NPCs that were interfering with bucket interactions.
- Added trading post icons to the Black Lion trader NPCs in the starting areas.
- Added missing interact text to one of the bridge-build locations.
- Fixed an issue that caused the bonded elementals at Overgrown Fane to appear stacked on top of each other.
- Fixed an issue that caused Retaliation to do PvE levels of damage instead of PvP levels of damage.
- Reduced the rate of fire of the Badlands auto-turrets.
- Removed duplicate titles from the Resourceful and Some Say It’s Your Specialty achievements.

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE

New Items and Promotions

A new set of light, medium, and heavy armor in the Zodiac style are available in the Style category for 800 gems each.
A new airship full of merchants, a bank, trading posts, crafting stations, and everything players might need all in one place now hovers over the Vigil Keep. A two-week Captain’s Airship Pass can now be purchased in the Services category for 150 gems.
A permanent Captain’s Airship Pass is available for sale through this introductory week, after which it will only be available during special sales. Players can find the permanent Captain’s Airship Pass in the Services category for 1000 gems.
A new Ascalonian-Leader Finisher is available for 800 gems in the Upgrades category. Players can now summon a ghostly champion and army to trample their defeated foes.
Players should stop by the Gem Store to pick up their free sample of an Experience Booster, a Revive Orb, and a Crafting Booster!

Improvements

Additions to the Black Lion Chest:
- There is now a rare chance to get a Mini Marjory Delaqua or Mini Mai Trin from the chest.
- For a limited time, every chest also contains a guaranteed stack of 5 Bags of Alliance Supplies.
Banker Golem (2 Weeks) will now start its countdown timer when players activate it for the first time, so it is safe to stack unused ones in inventory. This will not affect golems previously purchased or waiting in mail.
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Ele in Dev live stream scrimages

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Posted by: Tyler Chapman.1832

PvP and Balance QA Embed

Not sad no. It feels a lot better; more fluid, more natural, no hidden rules. We will just have to pay a close attention to what happens and make any adjustments where necessary. It was an essential step towards a better future experience for players.

in-game alias: Powerr
Skills and Balance/PvP Team Principal QA
Former active member of Team PZ

Ele in Dev live stream scrimages

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Posted by: Tyler Chapman.1832

PvP and Balance QA Embed

in-game alias: Powerr
Skills and Balance/PvP Team Principal QA
Former active member of Team PZ

Ele in Dev live stream scrimages

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Posted by: Tyler Chapman.1832

PvP and Balance QA Embed

By technically I mean that we are giving some nice changes to ele but there is so much going into that patch that trying to gauge the meta or what will be strong/too stronk/weak/too weak is just not possible right now.

I’ll say that internally staff Ele has turned out to be strong, scary strong against condi meta. The glass cannon specs seem to be unchanged but the tankier dps specs have seen substantial improvements. Enough? Arguable. At least ele will now bring the cleanse support it has needed. Will the Signet of Resto change be enough to make it super strong? Arguable, but it’s definitely a viable option now. Do you want to lose the cleanse from ether renewal? Probably not.. but dagger specs see a nice sustain boost from using RS. Additionally, our changes has brought a new role to ele and it’s one hell of a role! I’m sure plenty of people will have tons of fun messing around with what they can do on ele now.

Regardless, it’s just really hard to say where ele will stand on the tier chart in PvP with double on swap sigils coming in alone. This might over scale certain specs into godliness while bringing other classes up to par at the same time. We will have to see the implications of what a bunch of stacked up hydromancy, energy, battle, and geomancy sigils do to the tides of battles. Every single class has such drastic improvements to sustain through this that it makes glass cannon specs stand up stronger against foes, at the same time it allows full tank builds to bring out more damage while supporting their group. There is a lot more might flying around. With warrior 5 second weapon swaps, they can utilize 4 different on swap sigils as compared to what most classes can do with 2.

It’s just difficult to gauge at this point with so much happening. I really wish we could speak about what else is changing, but hopefully time flies quickly and we can deliver the news asap. Ele will however, be in a better place than it was I assure you.

in-game alias: Powerr
Skills and Balance/PvP Team Principal QA
Former active member of Team PZ

Instruments too quiet,

in Bugs: Game, Forum, Website

Posted by: Jeffrey Vaughn

Content Designer

What’s your speaker setup? A common sound issue is having 2 speakers or headphones when the sound card software is set to “surround” (5-7 speakers). This causes some of the audio to get directed to non-existent speakers, which can throw all the levels off and make some audio (esp. dialogue) sound very very quiet.

Dev livestream: Ready Up: Feb 14 @ 2pm – Scrims & more!

in PvP

Posted by: Allie Murdock

Community Coordinator

What leak?