Guild Wars 2

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Man In Zero G.8312:

Murderous Clown.9723:

Man In Zero G.8312:

I’ve loved it so far – the only complaint I have is NPCs referring to Divinity’s Reach as “DR” in dialogue…. that’s extremely immersion breaking, to be honest. Otherwise fantastic event!

Why? We use initials like that in real life e.g. LA and KL. I don’t see why Tyrians wouldn’t do the same.

Mostly because it’s all of the sudden. Never in the history of the game until now has an NPC referred to Lion’s Arch as LA, for example, (though players do) – or BC, or RS – it’s the same with Divinity’s Reach; never before now has it happened in game (or in the fiction as far as I’ve read). And it wasn’t just Scarlet, I’m pretty sure I heard Rox and/or our new asura sidekick do it too.
It just felt like poor editing on the scripts before they got to the voice actors is all. (i.e. it was meant to be Divinity’s Reach, but was shorthanded while writing, and never got changed in editing – pure conjecture, but that’s what it feels like.)

There actually is a precedent here: Lord Faren referred to Divinity’s Reach as “ol’ DR” several times while he was on Southsun Cove.

And as everyone knows, he’s a trend-setter.

If you have one of these sets and an exotic mini, you might have noticed some unusual behavior. Miniatures should not be fighting , or taking hits. We’ll be investigating these rogue toys and removing their free will. We do want to add more usability to miniatures, but we wouldn’t do it by putting that usability in quietly without an announcement.

Allied player icons will be fixed in the next hotfix! Apologies for the break!

We’ll watch the feedback for the new minimap to determine what other changes to make and directions to take. Keep in mind not every map has had its art updated. We focused primarily on maps being played at PAX.

Hello Xyonon,

We think we know what the remaining problems are with some sounds playing intermittently and expect to have a fix in by the next release.

We are currently investigating the player-marker issues on the mini-map.

Thank you for your patience!

We’re looking into the blocked events.

If you come across anymore feel free to post more screenshots with locations.

Thanks!

Thanks for the report, Nar.

BrunoBRS.5178:

BobbyStein.2315:

Sir Vincent III.1286:

Seriously, what is the big rush?

Each team has a fixed amount of development time and limited resources to build the contents of a Living World release. Sometimes things get cut or changed because of constraints or other circumstances. Our ship dates for LW don’t usually change.

i think what bobby is trying to say is “there will always be deadlines, and there will always be things that don’t make the final cut”.

Indeed. Thanks for translating my post.

LameFox.6349:

lol. I just assumed her lips weren’t supposed to move.

I have to do some more investigation, but I think it’s a bug that’s tied to how the game generates lip flap at runtime. It’s possible that the way in which she was implemented during the flythrough bypassed that system. I think it’s safe to say that her mouth should have moved during that cinematic.

Thanks for the report, folks!

Sentinel.5731:

so Question about liquid exp, I leveled about 3 times on my characters last night and did not get any of the stuff. Is it a RNG drop?

It is a low percentage chance per rank up chest. We are going to be adding it to more places shortly, but that’s the only place for right now.

Traveller.7496:

Well make that time longer, then! It’s your own decision to squeeze these events out every two weeks! I’m sure players will be more than happy to wait a bit longer to get polished and not rushed content.

Thanks for the suggestion, but that decision isn’t mine to make.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/living-world-in-guild-wars-2/

We’re committed to releasing Living World updates every two weeks. As always, thanks for the feedback.

Thanks for helping, Astral!

VOLKON.1290:

BobbyStein.2315:

Glad you liked it.

So, if I may ask Mr. Stein, … more to come? (Regarding this incident…)

I don’t believe we’ve seen the last of Hobo-Tron.

Sir Vincent III.1286:

Seriously, what is the big rush?

Each team has a fixed amount of development time and limited resources to build the contents of a Living World release. Sometimes things get cut or changed because of constraints or other circumstances. Our ship dates for LW don’t usually change.

It’s random for each chest.

Good luck!

Gnat.9405:

Can we expect to lean Scarlet’s motives or are we to assume that she’s just crazy and is doing this for the lols?

People will learn more about Scarlet’s motives in time.

Nike.2631:

Wow… Now there is advice that is going to haunt these boards.

Well, I’m just trying to be forthright. Our intention was for the booster not to affect them, but it currently does. Rather than yank the rug out from underneath you, we are letting you know ahead of time that we intend to change it and that the change will be coming soon.

Uruz Six.6594:

And we have to know exactly everything about them in the first chapter too.

I think you’re on to something…

They haven’t been rolled back, they are not a high percentage chance but they are dropping. Ask around and you’ll find some people with them.

Rouven.7409:

BobbyStein.2315:

Aeolus.3615:

Lord Faren will become Batman!

He already has the tight outfit. Now he just needs a cape!

Newsflash: Capes confirmed! Coming soon! High priority living story project! Lord Faren apparel and more in the store!

I think Faren’s speedo would make a great microtransaction item.

Just kidding. (Or am I?)

Traveller.7496:

Well, I guess the only way to find out is to actually make a LS about a man who’s not-so-mild-mannered nobleman by day and a Krytan crimefighter by night. Maybe he was bitten by a skritt, and turned into … The Skrittman.

Interesting. What kind of wagon would he drive?

Hi Circuitnerd. Please help answer a few questions so this can be looked into:

Does this happen with a particular PvP map, or all PvP maps?

Does this happen with every match that you play in maps that are affected?

When did this start occurring?

What profession are you?

Can you confirm that there either is or is not another Elementalist in the map when this occurs?

Traveller.7496:

Sadly, it would be way more interesting than the story you have going right now.

For some, and not for others.

Watch this Friday’s livestream.

Aeolus.3615:

Lord Faren will become Batman!

He already has the tight outfit. Now he just needs a cape!

Glad you liked it.

Just popping in here to note: today’s hotfix has gone live and the karma change has been reverted. Those who spent karma today will be refunded. The office is closed for the night, so this process will start when the team is back in the office and able to work on it. Thanks.

Living World

• Fixed an issue which caused Vorpp to play his completion line incorrectly.
• Improved the server-side performance of Aetherblade Pirates.

General

• Temporarily reverted karma consumables to their previous values.
• Corrected character model options text to no longer specify WvW only.
• Fixed various crash bugs.

Hey, everyone. We’ve read your feedback and we have an update about the karma issue. You can read about it here.

Thanks.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

…I think we still have much to find out rather than “we know all we will ever find out”.

There is a lot more to come. The Living World story is paced very differently than other content in the game, partially due to the nature of how we build and release it. I won’t spoil anything other than say that we’ll reveal more in time.

Hey Reroll,

I let the team know you’re still having the same issue. When I get an update, I’ll make sure to let you know.

Thank you for your patience!

They currently do affect them and the intent is for that to not be the case in the future. I believe we are aiming to address that in one of the next 2 builds. I would suggest consuming your liquid WXP in the meantime. I’ll do my best to provide advanced warning so you can take full advantage of it beforehand. So my advice is drink up now with a booster active, but don’t hoard them because that is only a temporary advantage.

Man In Zero G.8312:

Murderous Clown.9723:

Man In Zero G.8312:

I’ve loved it so far – the only complaint I have is NPCs referring to Divinity’s Reach as “DR” in dialogue…. that’s extremely immersion breaking, to be honest. Otherwise fantastic event!

Why? We use initials like that in real life e.g. LA and KL. I don’t see why Tyrians wouldn’t do the same.

Mostly because it’s all of the sudden. Never in the history of the game until now has an NPC referred to Lion’s Arch as LA, for example, (though players do) – or BC, or RS – it’s the same with Divinity’s Reach; never before now has it happened in game (or in the fiction as far as I’ve read). And it wasn’t just Scarlet, I’m pretty sure I heard Rox and/or our new asura sidekick do it too.
It just felt like poor editing on the scripts before they got to the voice actors is all. (i.e. it was meant to be Divinity’s Reach, but was shorthanded while writing, and never got changed in editing – pure conjecture, but that’s what it feels like.)

I’d have to check through old content, but I’m pretty sure we’ve had ambient NPCs referring to some cities with nicknames since launch. I understand why it might sound jarring to some, but we’re experimenting with dialog to make it sound a little more natural.

This is the type of upgrade to the system we will likely be making, but it is not a short-term project. We feel commanders aren’t getting enough mileage out of the system as it is now and we’d like to make it much, much more robust.

We will be adding more liquid WXP that will be purchasable, likely with badges and some other currency, soon. As in, less than a month. I’ve made it a personal goal to improve the experience for playing alts in WvW. And to cut it off now, we are not making WvW rank account bound.

This cleared up about 3:45 Pacific. If you’re still having issues, please post in the Tech Support forum. Thanks.

Hey Ellesee,

We are already investigating this issue.

You can head over to this thread with any future concerns: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Separatist-Propaganda-Posters-Missing

Thanks!

a t s e.9614:

What do you mean not actionned?? Ive been playing for a month and half right now ? Maybe its my email verification that didint worked because i cant click on it when i try ???

You account is able to access the game. Nothing that CS did is blocking it. If you need help, please contact Support on the link above and then “Ask a Question” tab. Thanks.

SquirrelKing.8964:

I would like to add that I do not have a low spec machine. I have a core-i7 processor with a radeon 7950 HD and 16gb of ram. My fps was over 40 for the duration of the cutscene. I don’t think it is anything wrong on my end.

What was your latency?

Sarrs.4831:

Make them all painterly?

Isn’t that why the personal story has the stylised conversations?

That was the original plan, but a variety of factors led to the decision of shortening the painterly cinematic and doing the rest via the in-game systems.

Thalador.4218:

The problem is that Jeff and Ree are either very busy with building the overarching lore (and giving into the subpar ideas of the new writers) or are held back so the LS writing team can have their “fun.”

I can’t comment on what Ree and Jeff are working on, but I can say that I’m ultimately responsible for the quality of the Living World story. I don’t imagine we’ll please everyone with our new direction, but that’s true of any story. That stated, I encourage people to leave their feedback. Just please be respectful.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Mm, no, the problem might be that the LS writers are trying to have it be “fun and entertaining” as opposed to “stirring and exquisite writing”. Which is good, because people shooting for “stirring and exquisite writing” sometimes risk missing the mark and moving right on into “boring and pretentious” or too far into “just plain boring”. Like shooting for Inception and instead getting Minority Report.

This is true.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

. . . on a semi-related note? Who is voicing Scarlet Briar?

Tara Strong

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

In your Options Menu > Graphics Options > Adjust the settings for WvW Character Quality. This should fix your issue.

Glad some folks are enjoying Scarlet’s introduction. There is more to come. As always, thanks for your thoughtful feedback and constructive criticism.

Ayusaki.6739:

I think it might be THIS GUY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pabPl4SYtU

That’s me!

If you’ve experienced some strangeness with the flythrough cinematic during the Queen’s speech, it’s likely related to system specs and graphics settings. Due to the length of the flythrough, lower spec machines may notice the caption timing and lip sync misaligned, graphics anomalies (like Scarlet’s gun floating in the air), or other weirdness.

This shouldn’t affect the painterly cinematic (with Lord Faren and Queen Jennah), as the VO is “baked in” with the movie file.

We apologize for this inconvenience and will be looking at ways to solve this issue in future updates.

Thanks for the report, Chamona. We’ll get it added to the tracker.

We’re investigating, but it’s worth mentioning that closing pirate or molten events do not count as portals.

Edit: Also, after you close your first portal you will receive a buff for 15 minutes. All the portals need to be closed while the initial buff is active or you will not receive credit.