Guild Wars 2

Nemis.6874:

And bugged.. I completed Zone3 , and no ACHI…. -.-"

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I’ve been posting this everywhere I can, so here goes again:

In order to receive the zone completion achievement, you must meet the following prerequisites:

-In the Mode you want the achievement for
-Near the Zone chest (inside it is your safest bet)
-Present when the timer runs out in the top right of the screen
-Not in Moto Hell

I’ve received the Glutton for Punishment achievement on Live and I followed the above to a tee. If you run away from the zone chest and explore, or exit before the timer finishes, or are in the process of using a Continue Coin to re-enter the world you won’t receive the achievement.

Draygo.9473:

It didn’t go to waste, though I think you learned a lesson in pacing.

Haha… I feel like Peter Jackson should about the last hour of Return of the King.

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Review: 5 September 2013

130807-002617 Resolved
130830-000272 Resolved
130829-000332  Resolved
130826-002489 Resolved
130830-002231 Resolved
130831-000011 Resolved
130624-002583 Resolved
130827-000961 Resolved
130818-001058 Resolved
130901-002357  Resolved
130831-002544  Resolved
130831-002144 Final response sent 9/05
130811-002521 As the agent asked on 12 August, we need you to update your ticket if the items are still missing.
130830-001244 Known issue — under review
130816-000393 Forwarded for review
130814-002128 Forwarded for review
130901-003145 Under review
130902-001255 Under review
oshik.3041 Please submit a ticket to support

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Review: 5 September 2013

130807-002617 Resolved
130830-000272 Resolved
130829-000332  Resolved
130826-002489 Resolved
130830-002231 Resolved
130831-000011 Resolved
130624-002583 Resolved
130827-000961 Resolved
130818-001058 Resolved
130901-002357  Resolved
130831-002544  Resolved
130831-002144 Final response sent 9/05
130811-002521 As the agent asked on 12 August, we need you to update your ticket if the items are still missing.
130830-001244 Known issue — under review
130816-000393 Forwarded for review
130814-002128 Forwarded for review
130901-003145 Under review
130902-001255 Under review
oshik.3041 Please submit a ticket to support

Lane.3410:

Well, I just went through zone 3, for the third time now, and am still at 32/33.

I definitely started out with 31/33 and I definitely discovered the 2 feats others mentioned (at least the little achievement box dinged and popped up in the corner of the screen 2 times; once before the yeti and once on the actual yeti platform), but one of them obviously didn’t credit me for the meta. I thought going through again might correct it, but it didn’t and I really don’t want to do it a 4th time. -_-

Let me clarify: When I say “another Infantile run” I mean for all of World 2. There were a few acheivement triggers that you could vault over using the checkpoint bounces in Zones 1 and 2.

Like I said earlier, a few areas that progressed the achievement could be jumped over. Give yourself another full Infantile run and you should be good.

Hi GB Panther – First of all, unfortunately your graphics card does not meet the minimum requirements. That aside, you had mentioned that you have the latest drivers for this card. The downside here is that those drivers are from 2010, long before the release of Guild Wars 2. Due to this, it is unlikely that this issue will be resolved unless you upgrade your graphics card. If anything I would suggest a clean installation of your video card drivers, but beyond this there isn’t much else we can suggest.

I have merged a few recent posts into this long-standing thread. What you will see if you look through this thread is a common message: For issues as personal and as individual a purchases of gems in the Gem Store, we suggest that you contact Support by filing a ticket through the “Ask a Question” tab on that linked page. They almost always will be able to assist you. At the least, they can answer questions.

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This is a useful thread that I want to move to the front so I can merge other posts into it.

Excuse unnecessary comments here.

Aerlen.5326:

RvLeshrac.2673:

Johabi.4275:

Please don’t water down the SAB just because an extremely vocal group of people don’t like it. I love the grueling difficulty of it and have been having more fun in GW2 than I have in a long time. One of my favorite things about the Living Story events is that they don’t have to cater to every player since they come and go so fast. Not every living story event is for every player. I personally play every single one that involves a jumping puzzle, but I don’t really do much with the dungeons. It doesn’t bother me that the dungeons don’t cater to my specific tastes because 1, I enjoy the base game a lot, and 2, I know that there’s always more content right around the corner.

If you don’t like the SAB, just don’t play it. If you feel World 2 is too hard for you, just play World 1. Games are supposed to get harder as you go along, and the SAB should be no exception. I had a ton of trouble with World 2, but by the time I got through it, I had gotten really good at it. That feeling of mastery is so much more rewarding for gamers like me than any item or title – although those are nice too. (Please make a title for Tribulation Mode.)

The main thing I’m trying to say here though is please don’t make the SAB any less difficult. I honestly hope that World 3 is more challenging than World 2 too.

There’s a hard mode for people who want punishing difficulty. This thread has NOTHING to do with it. Your punishing difficulty is perfectly safe.

We’re requesting fixes to Normal, which should be Normal.

^^^^

In fact, I will defend TM until I’m blue in the face. This is about Normal being buggy and in need of fixes, no one wants to nerf TM!

Agreed. Fixes are incoming.

Puru.4217:

Question:

Would it be possible that instead of simply reducing the longevity of the next levels, you could divide them in two parts?

I’m thinking of just making a lot of alternate paths and more secrets. That way a casual player can run through the main path with ease and those who want tougher content can opt into it.

Please update your ticket to ask this question. I believe that the team involved will be able to answer you most accurately.

Chiara.9827:

I really wish there was a way to come back to our last checkpoint at will, without having to sacrifice a life. It could work just like waypoints do, maybe at the cost of a bauble. Will you think about that if it’s doable?

I like this idea a lot. I’ll look into the possibility. Would be a great Whistle song. But I’ve found that 90% of the things I want to do can’t be done in our engine. And as this thread is evidence, when we try to push the engine to do things it doesn’t like we end up a mess.

Chiara.9827:

The only other thing I didn’t like about zone 3 was the artificial difficulty of some jumps. … On one, you HAD TO stand on thin air to do it, and not just slightly, it was a matter of guessing how far over the rock you could go, the answer was totally out and then a little more.

The other one seemed like an impossible jump until I realized you had to jump on a tiiiiny little, little and very inclined slope just in front of you in order to make it possible. The issue here is it was so tiny and inclined the game still showed me as standing on the rock I was formerly, except that I was not and that bit of height made all the difference.

I’m trying to ease players into more difficult jumping. In the first case I want people to figure out that they can change direction while in the air. Yes, you can nudge yourself out into the air. Or just jump like normal, outward, then steer back in. Your second example is the first time I’ve included a sloped surface in the main path. They are all over the place, but this is the first time it’s mandatory. The point of doing this is to broaden the player’s horizon and possibility space. Teaching them to look more closely for ways to access secret areas and such. That being said, I’ve streamlined that room so most of the platforms are larger and falling won’t drop you all the way down in most cases.

In retrospect I should have put that first experience out in the open, by itself and prominent. I’ll probably add that in next time we have an SAB release. Thanks for the specific and clam critique.

Chiara.9827:

If I voice my disappointment on the lack of achievement in this thread will it be heard? Or I need to go somewhere else where the right person can see it?

I’ve been collecting all the feedback on this thread in a list of things to bring up next time we start on new SAB content. I’ll look into it.

Chiara.9827:

I know I wrote a lot but these are just little issues in the big picture and aside for them zone 3 was awesome, I really enjoyed the time spent in there
I’m afraid of what you may come up with for world 3 and 4 tho :p

Haha, thanks. It’s looking like W3 will be…. shorter. If anything I’ll do shorter primary paths and a lot more secret and alternate paths.

No problem! You should get a response from us shortly if you haven’t already.

Again, we’re sorry that we’re not able to correct the problem. If our programmers were able to do so without incurring further risk of making it worse, they would do so. The technical situation has not change since I posted earlier in this thread. Making demands will not change the technical issues involved, and given that the thread has run its course, we’ll close it.

I’d like for you to try launching the client a bit differently. The instructions below will change the way Guild Wars 2 connects on your network. In short, this will force all data inbound and outbound to use port 80. Since port 80 is a very common port, it usually has the least amount of issues with transmission of data. To do this:

1. Locate the file “GW2.exe” and right-click it, selecting “Create Shortcut.”
2. Rename this shortcut to “Guild Wars 2 Port Test.”
3. Right-click on this shortcut and select “Properties.”

4. Edit the “Target” line to include /clientport 80 at the end.

Note: Please make sure /clientport 80 is outside of the quotes

Correctly Formatted Example: “C:\Games\Guild Wars 2\GW2.exe” /clientport 80
Incorrectly Formatted Example: “C:\Games\Guild Wars 2\GW2.exe /clientport 80”

5. Once completed, click “Ok” to save your changes.

If you get an error trying to save, your target line may not have the correct format. Please try step 4 again.

6. Double click “Guild Wars 2 Port Test” and try connecting again.

Please let me know if this has any affect on the issue.

Hi My Attack Will Kill,

I’d start with a router bypass so we can rule that out right away. If that doesn’t work, I’d follow with Msconfig to rule out potentially conflicting apps.

Hope this helps!

CommodoreSkippy.2657:

It’s really great to get so much direct Dev response. I am once again looking forward to new SAB content.

That said, I still would like to hear more about the decision to reward much fewer Baubles in World 2 than in World 1.

For those commenting on a lack of Baubles in W2, I “dug up” (wakka wakka!) the numbers.

World 1 Dig Baubles: 665
world 2 Dig Baubles 1560

Meriem.3504:

I have to admit I am disheartned that it isn’t made be solo even though we can try running it solo anyways. I actually thought it was meant to be solo since it bascially trying to recreate a lot of old single player games.

Running it with two people I think would be ok but with more then that it sours the concept of the world for me cause having more people takes away the vinatge feel and just makes it look like a weird dungeon rather then a retro return to the past.

I think the fewer players you have the more old-school simulator it is. Solo play gets close to the difficulty of a an 8-bit platformer where you have to learn the levels really well and plan ahead.

Crimsony.2514:

I guess that means the Shortcut Worm doesn’t have a strong sense of justice. Only a strong sense of indigestion.

This is accurate.

MrAskAPirate.8041:

tichorum.2415:

“All existing players have been sent mail with enough Essence of Luck to increase their account magic find to 20%.”

Why have I not received mail with this?

I had this same issue at first, then I realized that both Moto’s coins and the luck boosters get put into the personal mail bag of the first character you logged into after the patch; not your account-wide mailbag. I hopped on my thief for a moment and then switched to another character, then started wondering where my stuff was. I popped back in the thief and they were both there.

Thank you for providing this information. I feel sure it helped tichorum find his items.

We are re-examining this question. Thanks for your patience!

ShiningSquirrel.3751:

You can try opening a ticket by clicking on the support link on the top of the page, then “ask a question”.
But to be honest, it’s very unlikely you will receive any assistance. There is no option to undelete a character. There is an option to roll back an entire account, but that is only used for an account that has been hacked by a third party. The “evil little brother” accessing an account its not considered a hack.

This is correct.

No jumps in SAB should require a dodge-jump. That was one of the team’s commandments when creating content.

citizankane.5723:

Vince Ste Marie.2081:

Just as a friendly hint, Dig Spots don’t count toward Bauble collection achievements.

Does things such as the stump the raccoon boss is guarding or honeycombs count?

Nope. The Baubles that count are floating Baubles (in the open areas and secrets) and chest Baubles.

Hi Raesin,
I’d like to collect a Game Advisor report so I can look into why you might be experiencing this issue. You can download the Game Advisor application at the link below:

http://us.ncsoft.com/gameadvisor/

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Hi Xolido – Have you heard back from support yet? If not, could you please give me your ticket number and I can take a look and see what’s going on here?

Hi PieGamer – To anyone experiencing this error message I’d recommend creating a support ticket so that we can assist you one on one and better narrow down the cause of this particular issue.

Just as a friendly hint, Dig Spots don’t count toward Bauble collection achievements.

Tribulation Mode Shortcut Eagle is working as intended. Shortcut Eagle has an acute sense of justice, and skipping Tribulation Mode is not very justice-ey.

Hi Sorrow – I’d start with a clean installation of your video card drivers. After that I’d start with the basics of troubleshooting the black screen issue – delete local.dat + repair, deleting the GW2 cache folder, disabling any necessary startup applications, bypassing your router and connecting directly to your modem or disabling SPI Firewall on your router, etc.

SirAmikVarse.2793:

My old email company just canceled all accounts and I have one week to get everything sorted out – made a new email account and switched everything except my anet account, I went into account details and there’s nothing that lets me change my email, how do I do it?

Please contact Support by filing a ticket through the “Ask a Question” tab on that linked page. They will be able to help you with this.

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Hello hash. This is in no way true. The server IP’s were registered in Texas which is why you’re seeing this, however, the data center for EU servers is actually located in Frankfurt, Germany.

Sept 17th = no balance
Oct 1st = yes balance

Problems like this are always very hard to track down because they are so vague and infrequent. The best I can do is relay the information to someone with more insight

These are all great ideas! They are very much inline with our direction for the game. The one thing I have to disagree with as-stated is #1: “Remove hot join.” Removing hot join means removing all custom arenas, which we will not do as they have many benefits. I understand why the community wants this; to have the majority of the player base shift to a more structured format like an unrated solo arena. The best middle ground I can see is removing all ArenaNet custom arenas.

Hey Mystogan,

You might try step 3 from the troubleshooting thread:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/mac/Basic-Mac-Beta-Client-Troubleshooting/first#post2480238

Might be a data corruption issue.

Eowin Of Rohan.2619:

I’m also stuck at 31/33
Where are the 2 points that have been corrected ? (don’t want to go through the whole thing again if both are in zone2 for example)

The two problematic tiers for this achievement were located in 2-3. There were also areas that you could easily jump over and miss triggering the achievement. We’ve increased the area that triggers these so they should be pretty impossible to miss. Another run through Infantile Mode should net you the achievement.

These blurbs should show up in your chat log. Instant translation!

Rhage.3265:

I bought gem’s 2 days ago with my card and everything was peachy. Today I went to purchase a few more, and accidentally deleted my card from the saves. I thought “hey no biggy, I’ll just redo my info and save and all will be fine.” Apparently I was wrong because since then I have gotten constant “Payment approval failed.” I’ve tried well over 15 times now and I can’t seem to get it to go through. Any help would be very much appreciated.

I think the best option is to contact Support by filing a ticket through the “Ask a Question” tab on that linked page. They will 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.

I saw this too. This is a transient problem during a game update release, which just happened. I’m already seeing more world names.

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SUPER ADVENTURE BOX: BACK TO SCHOOL

• Fixed a bug that prevented the rare tradable Super Hammer Skin from dropping in zone completion chests.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Tiptoe achievement from being awarded properly.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Baby’s Second Super Adventure achievement from being completed.
• Added a warning message before entering the Super Adventure Box from Rata Sum: purchased buffs and all other types of buffs will be lost upon entering Super Adventure Box.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Tough Customer achievement from being awarded.
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from being able to loot the chests from World 2-3 in both Normal Mode and Tribulation Mode on the same day.
• Fixed a bug that prevented players who had completed World 1’s Infantile Mode in April from accessing World 2’s Infantile Mode without completing World 1-3 again.

BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH

• Fixed a bug that caused a client crash when players attempted to sell a deleted item on the Trading Post.

Hey folks,

We have this issue in our tracker.

Thank you for the reports.

NiftyNags.7946:

Uuuuugh, just spent 2 and a half hours soloing W1Z2 trib mode, cursing the name “Josh Foreman” (in a good way ;P), and when I finally finish the boss, I’m feeling really accomplished and happy, so I start hopping around the map while the timer runs out. Then, with 3 seconds left, I remember some posts mentioning that you have to be standing next to the chest to get the achievement. I was too far, of course, and it was too late, so no achievement for me.

I had a raging fun time, but that was a huge disappointment sharply cutting my glee short. I don’t know if this is intended to prevent some kind of exploit, or if it can be changed/fixed, but that definitely sucks. Not a fun way to end the night and go to bed. My pillow will soak up many a tear tonight.

I’ll probably end up running the zone again (and much faster this time), but it would be really nice for people doing trib mode to not miss the achievement just because they didn’t stay next to the chest at the end.

I’ve been trying to communicate this on the forums as much as possible.

CommodoreSkippy.2657:

As far the owls that litter the World, do they need to be infinitely spawning? They aren’t difficult, just annoying. The owls add no additional challenge, they only serve to make the game less rewarding.

The owls are not what they seem.

Crise.9401:

Here is a suggestion, please create third mode… like infantile, but with the principle of “help on demand” rather than having it shoved in my face. Being someone who had 0 need for infantile mode before the notorious water sprouts in W2 Z1 I would really appreciate the ability to get helping hand when I hit a brick wall not have to choose to either go through the level on rails, or keep slamming my head against that wall.

Funny, I brought this idea up a couple weeks ago. I think I was told we couldn’t do it for some technical reason. I’ll ask again.

RvLeshrac.2673:

And then a dev claiming that the people complaining about the magical offset attack hitboxes are just crying when they meet the smallest amount of resistance, before finally buckling under the deluge and admitting that, yes, there are issues that need some work.

That seems like an odd interpretation of this:

Josh Foreman.8250:

You may be right. I think it’s too early to tell. Some number of people hit a little resistance and quit and come to complain about it. And some number hit that same resistance and are inspired to overcome it and they are in the game right now doing that. I don’t have a good sense of those numbers are right now. I’m more than happy to adjust it when I have better data to work from. Thanks for your feedback.

Or were you referring to something else I said?

TheZoobler.8073:

Josh Foreman.8250:

Smaller team, actually. And the length was my own desire to get as many ideas as I could in there. I spent several months pulling 16 hour days and a couple weeks where I did a couple 36 hour stretches, went home, slept and came back and did it again. No one else wanted me to do that. In fact those sort of crazy hours are discouraged at ArenaNet. I did that because I freeking love what I do and wanted this release to be the best thing ever. Turns out I pushed too hard to get those new mechanics in there and I’m being told here over and over that all that work was wasted and it’s making people miserable. I’ve learned my lesson. Won’t happen again! And for that, my family thanks you!

Now see, this is sad to read. I hate that anyone could spend so much time and put so much effort into something they love, only to be shrieked at by everyone and feel like it was “a waste”.

SAB is something special and forget anyone who can’t see it’s something that you’ve been absolutely dedicated to. W2 definitely needs some tweaks, but that’s all it is. Tweaks. Tweak it a bit, and it’ll be fun again, and we’ll all have a good time.

I’m sure MORE work is not what you were looking forward to, but it’s all that stands between this release and perfection.

As for everyone having a meltdown… maybe we should all relax for a little while, and go back to having fun after the tweaky-patch hits.

Hm. Let me specify, lest I be accused of whining. I meant all the EXTRA hours I poured in was wasted. I just put in too much stuff. I’m not crying here. I’m learning a lesson.