As Evan mentioned, make sure “Use Free Camera” is enabled. Then, if you use left click to pan the camera it will keep the same viewing angle. Using right click will cause it to snap back to its original follow position.
But I get where folks are coming from, and this feedback has been noted. I think we can drop more hints along the way without spoiling too much in the future.
Now I’m wondering if that 1 out of 10,000 theories was on this forum, or on Reddit.
I’ve seen some pretty good guesses here and on Reddit.
If you are dissatisfied with the change, you can contact Customer Support to request a refund. For more information on the reasons behind the change, please reference this post.
Hey, everyone. We’ve been reading all your feedback about the Flamekissed Armor Skin that was released into the Gem Store yesterday.
Although the Flamekissed Armor uses the same mesh as the Tier 3 Human Cultural Armor, it was not our intention to create an armor skin that so closely matched the existing Tier 3 Human Cultural armor set. The intention was to use the mesh as a basis for creating an armor set that stands apart and is distinct in appearance. However, after reading your feedback, we agree that the Flamekissed armor is not visually distinct enough from Human Cultural Tier 3 armor.
We will do a few things to address this issue.
We will temporarily remove Flamekissed Armor Skin from the Gem Store.
Players who have purchased Flamekissed Armor Skin will keep the skin.
We will make new art for the Flamekissed Armor Skin that achieves our goal of making a visually distinct and attractive armor set and does not closely resemble the Human Tier 3 Cultural armor.
Once this new artwork is completed, we will then update the Flamekissed Armor Skin so that all existing sets that players have purchased get the new art. We will also offer the Flamekissed Armor Skin for sale again at that time.
When we update the Flamekissed Armor Skins with the new artwork, any player that has already purchased the set and who does not like the new, updated look, can get a full refund by contacting Customer Support.
Note that there is no ETA on when this change will happen. We need to work with the Character Art Team to determine when we can have a new armor skin ready, and this could take some time.
Thank you everyone for providing your feedback. We appreciate that you took the time to let us know how you feel about the new armor set.
I love it when old threads are re-animated necro-style :P I would definitely say that I’ve got a good feeling that they have SOMETHING planned for this. It just doesn’t seem like them to throw out a thread like this without something behind it. I mean there are dozens of other monster types missing that have no mention whatsoever.
Hrm. I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade but I’ll have to take the blame for inflating this beyond what it is. At the time I was creating the content in Black Citadel, everyone was abuzz about waves of “mysterious” bird deaths and thinking it was a sign of something apocalyptic, when in every case the deaths were quite ordinary and not notable.
When I thought about the absence of gargoyles from the areas of Ascalon where they used to live in large numbers (which, as a player, is a detail I would have noticed), I wanted to say something about it, but without saying what actually happened to them. With the conversation on the scholar in the Black Citadel, I didn’t set out to answer that question as much as I wanted to explore how some people in Tyria, just as they do in real life, respond when presented with things in nature they don’t have an explanation for.
Gargoyles and Mergoyles have disappeared, and at least one person is looking into it. Whether we expand on that story in the future comes down to whether the story of their absence is interesting enough to be worth exploring, and fits in with other stories we want to tell.
February 4 Content Release Notes LIVING WORLD The Edge of the Mists
Tyria is reeling in the shadow of the titanic horrors Scarlet Briar has recently unleashed. With its attention diverted, however, Scarlet has struck again—this time close to home. The dangerous mastermind has released a powerful enemy through a portal into an undiscovered, fragmented region of the Mists. Heroes of the Mist War are needed to explore and secure this new realm, but what will they find, and what does this latest attack portend? A Study in Scarlet
Captain Ellen Kiel is seeking help with a development in Lion’s Arch. Join her at Fort Marriner in Lion’s Arch for more information.
Meanwhile, Marjory Delaqua and Kasmeer Meade have acquired different artifacts from Scarlet’s machinations from the last year.
Lead the investigation to piece together the puzzle that is Scarlet’s plan so far.
Taimi’s Troubles
Taimi, a gifted asuran prodigy, has been marooned in the Edge of the Mists while investigating Scarlet’s motives. She needs the player’s help to escape.
Can players avoid the perils in the Edge of the Mists in order to recover the golem parts she needs?
Unstable Portals
Whatever Scarlet did to rip open the Edge of the Mists portal in Lion’s Arch has caused unstable portals to open intermittently in some of the more dangerous areas of Tyria.
Fight off Aetherblades to restore these portals and use them to join the battle.
Achievements
Players can unlock achievements by investigating Scarlet’s motives, helping Taimi in the Edge of the Mists, and using one of the unstable Edge of the Mists portals in the wilds of Tyria.
NEW FEATURES AND CONTENT World vs. World
Introducing the Edge of the Mists
A brand-new section of the Mists has been uncovered for players to battle in.
This new WvW map will always be available and, unlike existing WvW maps, is able to create overflow instances. This means players no longer have to wait to play WvW, regardless of the number of players attempting to play.
The map can be entered from the WvW UI screen or from Lion’s Arch.
All European worlds will be matched up with one another in the Edge of the Mists. All North American worlds will be matched up with one another as well.
Worlds will be matched according to which color they are in the current WvW matchup. For example, all green worlds will be on the same team in the Edge of the Mists.
There are nine special objectives in the Edge of the Mists, each with a different boss to defeat and bonus for capturing and holding.
The Overgrowth Region
Altar: Defeat the elementals guarding the altar to capture it. Once the altar is captured, players can power it up to gain an immunity boon.
Observatory: Defeat the three grawl tricksters to capture the observatory. Once captured, players can purchase a sentry turret that will mark enemies on the map.
Statuary: Defeat the stoneworker to capture the statuary. Once captured, players can use the supercannons to bombard enemies.
The Frostreach Region
Forge: Defeat the smith to capture the forge. Once captured, players can craft Koda’s Hammer, a bundle weapon.
Bell Tower: Defeat the bell ringer to capture the bell tower. Once captured, players can ring bells throughout the Frostreach region to summon Spirits of Koda to defend the area.
Shrine: Defeat the Voice to capture the shrine. Once captured, players can summon the Claw to patrol the Frostreach region.
The Badlands Region
Workshop: Defeat the mechanic to capture the workshop. Once captured, players can purchase a mechanical siege devourer transformation.
Airport: Defeat the pilot to capture the airport. Once captured, players can purchase air-strike items to call down remote air strikes on enemies.
Wurm Tunnel: Defeat the wurm to capture the tunnel. Once captured, players can use wurm tunnels on the map to travel across great distances.
There is an additional new objective type in the Edge of the Mists: Reactors.
These objectives are guarded by one creature and, when held, will provide additional supply at specific objectives.
Building generators at each reactor will increase the size of the supply deliveries.
Each region has a tower and a keep associated with it.
Each keep has a specific bonus that accrues for the team holding it when they capture and hold other objectives in that region.
Overgrown Fane (Overgrowth Region)
For each objective held in the Overgrowth region, players will receive an increasingly powerful buff.
Arid Fortress (Badlands Region)
For each objective held in the Badlands region, automated turrets will be activated in the area to defend against invaders.
Thunder Hollow (Frostreach Region)
Each objective held in the Frostreach region will increase the strength of snowfall in the area, which impedes invaders.
The Edge of the Mists resets every 4 hours, and the score from the map does not affect the score for the current WvW matchup.
Victorious worlds in the Edge of the Mists will receive a supply drop in their home borderlands map upon victory in the Edge of the Mists.
A new, permanent achievement group has been added to the WvW achievement category for the Edge of the Mists.
User Interface and Queue Improvements
The WvW panel, opened with the B key, has been updated to more closely match other UI elements in the game.
It now includes separate tabs for entering WvW, viewing the detailed score, and viewing WvW ranks and abilities.
The Mist War tab includes information about the Edge of the Mists, the current score in the WvW matchup, the buttons for entering each map, as well as information about the queue status of each map.
The queue for WvW has been updated.
Players are now able to see their position in the queue for any given map.
Players can now see the current queue status of each WvW map on the WvW panel. This includes the number of people queued to enter the map.
BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH General
Fixed a bug that caused the legendary drake in Angvar’s Trove to occasionally become stuck.
Rewards
WvW Bonus Chests: Increased the drop rates of ascended weapons and armor. Armor will drop approximately 1.5 times more often than weapons.
Guild Missions: Increased the drop rates of ascended weapons, armor, and trinkets. Armor will drop approximately 1.5 times more often than weapons.
Tequatl: Increased the drop rate of all ascended weapons. Further increased the drop rate of Sunless ascended weapons.
Profession Skills
Warrior
Riposte: Fixed a bug that caused projectiles to continue being reflected after the skill was canceled when traited with Missile Deflection.
Necromancer
Signet of Vampirism: The active life-siphoning effect of this signet can no longer be applied to inanimate objects, such as WvW gates.
World vs. World
The Righteous Indignation buff has been updated in the following ways:
New icon
New visual effect
Reduced the outgoing damage multiplier from 300% to 200%
Increased the amount of Dragonite Ore dropped by keep lords.
The WvW panel is now visible everywhere (in overflows, while guesting, etc.).
The right-click player menu now works properly while in WvW—showing options for party invites, whispers, etc.—for players who are not enemies in WvW.
The player location UI now displays specific WvW map names and the correct home shard when mousing over players who are in WvW.
Fixed some bugs related to WvW queue ordering.
Fixed WvW queue-related exploits.
Added a requirement to attain rank 30 in WvW in order to purchase the Gift of Battle.
Living World
Fixed an issue that was causing the Detached Great Jungle Wurm Head to remain invulnerable after the timer started.
Fixed an issue in which the wurms were not properly deactivating when the event failed.
Fixed a rare issue that could prevent the Detached Great Jungle Wurm Head from reemerging.
BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE New Items and Promotions
New Lovestruck weapon skins are available at the Black Lion Weapons Specialist for the introductory price of 1 Black Lion Weapon Ticket for the next four weeks. Black Lion Weapon Tickets can be found in Black Lion Chests.
The Permanent Cute-Quaggan Finisher is now available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 800 gems. Players can now have cute quaggans dance around their fallen foes in PvP and WvW when they use this adorable finisher.
Glory Boosters will no longer be sold in the Gem Store starting February 11, 2014.
Improvements
The Flamekissed Light Armor Skin has returned with a new look and can be obtained for 800 gems in the Style category of the Gem Store. All existing Flamekissed Light Armor pieces have been upgraded to the new look.
We just resolved an issue that arose with erroneous queues being created for maps that were not full. This popped up as part of the roll out of tomorrow’s build and unfortunately affected numerous maps for a period earlier this evening. The issue has been resolved and WvW should be back to normal.
aren’t we past the point where them being aware of the issue is enough? they should have addressed this a week ago and the silence seems to be creating problems? don’t you think instead of you someone who does have the knowledge and expertise should be here?
No, not at all. This is the Account Issues Sub-Forum, and posting on the subject of dissatisfaction with a design decision is quite off topic. I thanked everyone for his or her good manners earlier, and you will note that I asked them to post elsewhere. (The forum people tell me that posting in the Guild Wars 2 Discussion or Black Lion Trading Company sub-forum would be a good choice.)
So no, this thread isn’t where we’ll be discussing the matter, where previous content in this post was more related to an actual account issue (or the perception of one) and was appropriate for this forum.
Since this thread has devolved into name-calling and general rude comments, it is now locked. As a reference on giving constructive feedback, please refer to this post as well as our forum code of conduct.
We’ve shown our prototype maps already for new game modes. Our current maps really are designed specifically for conquest. Trying to make a new game mode work on existing maps is really tough because options are so limited. Not to say it’s impossible, but I believe creating a map for a specific game mode really makes it fun to play.
I haven’t been able to reproduce this bug, all I can give is the usual advice: make sure there aren’t any nearby enemies, since you need to defeat them all before Ballista will proceed.
Guys, I appreciate your faith in me (at least I think that’s what you’re showing ) but I am not in a position, and do not know the knowledge or expertise, to respond to the threads you’ve pointed out. Yes, I can read them, but I am not able to answer, nor should I.
I am confident that the team members who are directly involved in Gem Store items are aware of the thoughts being shared in the threads. Thanks for understanding.
Have you bothered to take the advice given you? Have you tried updating your ticket to ask these questions? Apparently you’d prefer to post complaints across multiple forums rather than gain an understanding of your personal situation. Please update your ticket to discuss, and do not use the forums for a matter that cannot be addressed via the forums.
As far as I can tell, an agent gave you the correct answer, and the forums (multiple forums, in your case) aren’t really intended for housing or addressing your opinions on the matter of your response.
This is an individual technical support issue, it is not an account issue, such as access, hacking, etc. Please continue to discuss this with our Technical Support Team via your ticket. I assure you that the team has a lot of background in technical support.
Guild Wars 2 is not having issues of the nature that you’re experiencing. Yours is an individual issue where you are experiencing packet loss all the way down to the servers, as has been explained to you. They also have informed you about how you might start to address the problem. Please heed their advice.
Is everything ok on this now, Arathor? If not, I suggest you submit a ticket by clicking “Support” at the top of this page, then clicking “Submit a request” in the upper right-hand section of that linked page. The team should be able to assist you.
Account sharing is the major cause of irresolvable tickets. These are very sad, and consist of tickets where the account ends up closed because ownership cannot be proved to belong to any particular player. Not only is account sharing (accessing someone else’s account for any purpose) prohibited by the User Agreement, but it is strongly discouraged by common sense.
Hello,
I have a similar problem.
I save my ascended mats on low level alts and absent mindedly deleted the one with the most mats (more then enough for full ascended gears and enough weapons).
I’m extremely annoyed at it, since these were mats from 3-5 hour WvW gameplay, so we’re talking a lot of stacks.
I already made a request, I really hope that what Smooth Penguin said is incorrect. Gaile, if you would just have a peek at it aswell please: " Request #315614 "
I would be extremely grateful.
Best Regards,
Ragnarok/Viriato
I will review an issue, but it must be placed in the Tickets for Review Thread (above) and must be at least 3 days old or older, so that the team has had time to resolve the issue.
Please keep in mind that purchasing from a third party carries inherent risks and buying a used copy is an incredibly bad choice, because the account will always be “owned” by the original registrant and not someone to whom he resells it. That means you can’t get support for the account, the owner might try to sneakily reclaim it, etc., etc. If your friend decides to buy the game, I encourage him to choose the supplier very carefully, buying only a new account from a reputable source.
Since you have already linked your accounts, your login and password would be exactly the same as GW2, and the same as you would use to login to this website as well.
This is correct. However, if you continue to have trouble, please feel free to submit a ticket by clicking “Support” at the top of this page, then clicking “Submit a request” in the upper right-hand section of that linked page. The team should be able to assist you.
For tips on what information to provide in a ticket — mostly intended for security reasons to establish that you own the account — please read this post and provide as many suggested details as possible to expedite the ticket.
Yesterday’s issue may be completely unrelated to this situation. The CS team would like to look into this for you so please submit a ticket by clicking “Support” at the top of this page, then clicking “Submit a request” in the upper right-hand section of that linked page. The team should be able to assist you.
For tips on what information to provide in a ticket — mostly intended for security reasons to establish that you own the account — please read this post and provide as many suggested details as possible to expedite the ticket.
This appears to have worked out for you. I’m undeleting the first post, Mobius, because having responses with no original post is confusing, and your situation and its resolution can help others. Thanks for understanding.
Please submit a ticket by clicking “Support” at the top of this page, then clicking “Submit a request” in the upper right-hand section of that linked page. The team should be able to assist you.
For tips on what information to provide in a ticket — mostly intended for security reasons to establish that you own the account — please read this post and provide as many suggested details as possible to expedite the ticket.
Did you play any of the steps with another player? If you play co-op and choose to accept story progress at the end of the story step, it will put you on the same storyline as the other player, even if it doesn’t match your own.
Also, as an aside, I removed the thread, with an explanation why the thread was removed. It was removed as it was a “name and shame” post to accuse other players of hacking/exploiting/cheating. We do not allow those on the forums.
In the future, if you wish to know why a thread was removed, you can email us at forums@arena.net
Discussion of moderation and forum policies are not allowed on the forums. If you wish to leave feedback about those rules or the way they are implemented, please send them to forums@arena.net. While we cannot promise that any or all requests of changes will be implemented, we will definitely review and discuss them among the Community Team.
I understand your frustration. As a player, I also want more features. However as a developer, I would rather have our releases get the testing time they deserve. The more we try and do without pushing back release dates, the lower the quality bar of that release gets. Regardless of it being a small fix, when many teams try and ‘squeeze in’ more fixes, they start to go untested, missing from patch notes, and ultimately cause more harm than good.
We have multiple teams all working on different things at different times. The fix for is bug lives with the rest of the upcoming PvP features and will be released at the same time. Since this bug fix will be retroactive, we’re not worried about trying to squeeze it into an earlier release.
) but I am not in a position, and do not know the knowledge or expertise, to respond to the threads you’ve pointed out. Yes, I can read them, but I am not able to answer, nor should I.