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Hi Everyone,

Please stick to this thread for everything related to black lion chests’ dropping.

This will help us to have clearer feedbacks.

Thank you.

If you can’t find him, he’s located in an instance of Caer Aval (Fort Trinity) in the Straights of Devastation after completing the game, too. He is NOT available in the public map, which is why its blocked off.

The entry to this area is southwest of the Fort Trinity Waypoint and at the north entrance to Caer Aval. There is no marker for the instance entry like you’d normally see for Story steps, so just approach the door and you’ll get the prompt.

Once you’re in, he should be spawned straight ahead. If you don’t see him, wait around for a couple minutes and he should appear.

-Bill

I’m curious, were any of you in a group when you finished the game and couldn’t talk to him?

If you can’t find him, he’s located in an instance of Caer Aval (Fort Trinity) in the Straights of Devastation after completing the game, too. He is NOT available in the public map, which is why its blocked off.

The entry to this area is southwest of the Fort Trinity Waypoint and at the north entrance to Caer Aval. There is no marker for the instance entry like you’d normally see for Story steps, so just approach the door and you’ll get the prompt.

Once you’re in, he should be spawned straight ahead. If you don’t see him, wait around for a couple minutes and he should appear.

-Bill

karma.8763:

Candy corn needs to be deleted of trading post, or there no longer needs to be a reason to farm them from nodes, because by tomorrow they will all be 1 copper each, and no use farming them, if you can just buy a never ending supply for nothing.

Perhaps. But consider this. Candy corn will only be available through Halloween. But you can use it all year round.

Thank you all very much for your feedback about this issue. We’ve already informed the team about all the concerns expressed in this thread, and they’ll look into it. Thanks again.

Hey all, it’s not an issue with crowding, there’s just a bug that causes it to lock up when there’s 100 people hitting it all at once. It should be fixed real soon.

Directly after completing your tutorial you can do an about face and head into your race’s home city. Each one has a portal to Lion’s Arch.

Should be fixed soon.

Glad you’re enjoying it.

As a reminder, Halloween content is being made available in four escalating acts over the next several days. Please don’t expect everything immediately, as that is not the way the event is structured, as you might have seen on the event page.

Issues may crop up in a live environment that developers did not anticipate or encounter during testing in a closed environment. The team tests things as much as they can before a game update goes live, but unforeseen bugs may crop up.

The PvP team is making sure that the tournament servers are stable before turning on paid tournaments. Paid tournaments will be turned on as soon as the PvP Team has evaluated stability and is satisfied that things are working well. Thanks for your understanding.

You are not guaranteed to receive a rare item after opening a Black Lion Chest. You have a chance to get a unique/rare item. Some people are luckier than others. The Halloween skins are tradeable, so if you aren’t able to get them in a Black Lion Chest, you can obtain them on the Trading Post.

The OP’s question has been answered, so this thread will be closed. Thank you.

The point of this thread was to provide a reminder that Halloween items would not be in Black Lion Chests until the Halloween update went live. Because the Halloween event is now live, and you can now open Black Lion Chests for a chance to get Halloween items, this thread will be closed. Thanks, everyone.

This question was answered earlier in this post.

Those aren’t attempts, those are successful logins using your credentials.

To stop them I recommend immediately changing your password to a new one that is unique to GW2. You should also stop using that password anywhere else.

If you are having issues with Gem purchasing after the Halloween update, please post in this thread. We’re currently investigating the issue. Thank you.

Hello everyone!

We are aware of the issue some people are having with capturing an Orb of Power on blue home worlds and have a fix coming! We are very sorry for any inconveniences this may have caused you.

As there is already a post about it in the Game Bugs sub-forum, and the team is aware of the issue, this thread will be locked to keep things organized. Thank you.

They are temporarily unavailable while we resolve an issue with the item. When that is resolved, they will be back. Sorry about that and thanks for your understanding.

In case you haven’t seen it yet, we posted details about Costume Brawl in the News and Announcements sub-forum. You can read that post here.

For more information about Costume Brawl, please see this post.

We had a couple quick things to clarify right off the bat about the upcoming Costume Brawl:

• Yes, it’s called Costume Brawl but it’s not like the Costume Brawl in the original Guild Wars.
• While it does take advantage of many Gem Store related items, players will still be able to participate even without spending any gems.

Why? The animal tonics and town clothes toys were a little lacking in “fun” department. Sure they aesthetically did something, but they weren’t the most interactive pieces of content we had. So for Costume Brawl, we decided to play into the social nature of Guild Wars 2 and allow players to interact with one another in new interesting ways; like a fun, free-for-all, over the top sort of brawl. If you’ve played with the Boxing Gloves already, you have a bit of an idea from air boxing—we’ve just taken it up a few more notches.

Costume Brawl is a fun thing to do when you need a break from all that hero-ing you’ve been doing. Think of all those fun moments playing tag, or running around a playground during recess. Costume Brawl ties into that simple fun of being in the moment playing—but once the centaurs show up, everyone gets back to this hero business of saving Tyria. Using toy items, transform tonics, and interacting with other things in the world allow you to participate in a free-for-all brawl with other players out in the world. If you are a hardcore 24/7 e-sport PvP player you’ll probably be good at this, but it’s not going to scratch your itch specifically. It’s not serious, it’s not highly competitive, but it does let other players interact in ways they normally can’t.

While brawling, you earn temporary status as a ‘King of Costume Brawl’ inciting new rivals by proclaiming your brawling prowess. This is sort of like being king of the hill on the playground and only lasts as long as you stay in the brawl. Score enough hits and you start earning Costume Brawl achievements for longer term progression.

During Halloween, there are areas in which players can get brawl skills without buying anything, like jumping into the Mystic Forge. Each costume has its own skills and certain costumes allow anyone to join in once the owner has started a brawl. For example, a Witch’s Broom allows you to summon a cauldron. This cauldron in turn will transform anyone who drinks from it, enabling them to join the fray. The Mad King’s costume available in the Gem Store allows you to summon a Ghostly Banquet Table and anyone eating from it joins the brawl as a Pumpkin Food Fighter.

The animal tonics from Black Lion Chests already out there will include brawl skills so anyone with keys from playing their personal story or looting monsters can participate! Mystic tonics and animal tonics are all included. The Boxing Gloves, Cook’s Frying Pan, Pirate Wooden Sword from the Gem Store will all be updated and tweaked to work with Costume Brawl.

Halloween costumes will be unavailable to purchase once Halloween is over, but the brawl will continue to work and the fun will go on with existing costumes and tonics. If it’s popular, we plan on supporting it with even more toys, more transforms, and more features! When you think about it, think about how serious you were playing tag at recess. While it’s not the beloved Costume Brawl from the original Guild Wars – it is something fun, innovative, and unique to Guild Wars 2!

The event has started. This topic is no longer necessary, so this thread will be closed. Thanks, everyone.

Your question is answered here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/halloween/Black-Lion-Chest-Update/

There are a lot of people trying to get into the game at the moment. Please be patient. If any issues persist for a lengthy amount of time, please report them in the Tech Support section of the sub forum, where we have the appropriate staff members keeping an eye out. Thanks.

If you have a bug to report, please use the appropriate sub-forum.

There are four phases of the event.

Before you render final judgment about the event, please play it and come back with constructive feedback.

Thank you.

If you have a bug to report, please use the appropriate sub-forum so the right people can see it. Thanks.

It is always an inconvenient time for someone in the world. In another thread, someone else was irritated that we were releasing the update during “prime time.” A note: it is 4 in the morning in some parts of Europe right now, so it’s a good time for them to get the patch, as there are fewer online there.

Please be patient as the game updates. It’s a big update and there are thousands of people attempting to download it all at once.

They are already up. See the News and Announcements section.

There are thousands of people downloading it all at once, so please be patient.

This is already being discussed in the Halloween sub-forum. Please refrain from making duplicate threads.

The update notes are up: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Update-Notes-October-22-2012/

They are already up: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Update-Notes-October-22-2012/

HOLIDAY
Happy Halloween! Let the trick-or-treating begin. The “Mad Kings” have dusted off their costumes and are taking to the stage, telling their jokes to make the children laugh. It’s a lighthearted holiday, and only children truly believe that the spirit of Mad King Thorn once appeared in Tyria. No one has actually reported seeing him in over two centuries. These days, he’s nothing more than a tale told to make children squeal and behave.

But, paranormal activity in Tyria is on the rise, and Durmand Priory scholars have taken notice. They’re not sure what’s going on, but they aim to find out! Something’s not right.

From October 22 through November 1, Tyria is under the shadow of the Mad King. The weeklong event will unfold in four acts, each introducing new content to explore and experience, including decorations for Tyria and the Mists, minigames, Halloween-specific dynamic events, holiday crafting recipes, and mind-blowing jumping puzzles.

Join us on October 28 (midday, Pacific Time), when we’ll celebrate the holiday pinnacle with a bang!

This is the premiere holiday release for Guild Wars 2, and we’re blasting out of the gate! Visit Lion’s Arch to begin digging into the Halloween content.

COMMERCE
Black Lion Chest Changes

• Halloween items have been added to Black Lion Chests for a limited time only!
  • There is now a chance to get new Halloween-themed weapon skins by opening Black Lion Chests. All weapon skins are tradable.
    • Chain Sword Skin
    • Ghastly Grinning Shield Skin
    • Greatsaw Greatsword Skin
    • Grinning Gourd Rifle Skin
    • Scythe Staff Skin
    • Severed Dagger Skin
  • There is now a chance to get new Halloween-themed shoulder armor skins by opening Black Lion Chests. All shoulder armor skins are tradable.
    • Deathly Shoulderpads Skin
    • Deathly Avian Shoulderpads Skin
    • Deathly Bull Shoulderpads Skin
  • All Black Lion Chests have a chance to give these items, but only until the end of the Halloween events.
  • Get Black Lion Keys from the Consumable section of the Gem Store to open your Black Lion Chests.

New Items in the Gem Store

• Halloween costumes are now available in the Gem Store! These costumes are on sale until November 6th.
  • The Witch’s Outfit can now be purchased in the Style section of the Gem Store for 700 gems. This set of town clothes comes with 4 Costume Brawl skills and 1 companion skill.
  • The Mad King’s Outfit can now be purchased in the Style section of the Gem Store for 700 gems. This set of town clothes comes with 4 Costume Brawl skills and 1 companion skill.
• Spooky Tonics are now available in the Gem Store! Ghost, skeleton, and zombie tonics are all on sale until November 6th.
  • Each tonic turns you into a spooky creature for 1 hour.
  • While active, tonics give you access to Costume Brawl skills.
  • Tonics can be found in the Consumable section of the Gem Store for 35 gems apiece or 125 gems for a pack of 5.
• A set of 3 spooky minis is now available in the Gem Store! This item is on sale until November 6th.
  • This set includes a ghost, skeleton, and spider miniature for 500 gems in the Minis section of the Gem Store.
  • These collector minis are account bound and cannot be traded.
• The Devil Horns town clothes hat is now available for free in the Gem Store. This item is available until November 6th.
• The Phantom’s Hood town clothes hat is now available for 200 gems in the Gem Store. This item is on sale until November 6th.
• Personalized Trick-or-Treat Bags are now available in the Gem Store. These items are on sale until November 14th.
  • Each bag contains food items, recipes, tonics, crafting materials, or pieces of candy corn. 
  • Personalized Trick-or-Treat Bags can be found in the Consumable section of the Gem Store for 100 gems apiece, 375 gems for a pack of 5, or 2,000 gems for a pack of 35.
• Halloween PvP Finishers are now available in the Gem Store! These items are on sale until November 6th.
  • Replace your PvP finishing move with a scarecrow or special Mad King finisher for 1 hour.
  • These PvP Finishers can be found in the Consumable section of the Gem Store for 75 gems apiece or 275 gems for a pack of 3.
• New town clothes hats are now available in the Gem Store!
  • Aviator Caps and Bunny Ears are both now available in the Style section of the Gem Store for 200 gems apiece.

COSTUME BRAWL

• Costume Brawl is a spontaneous battle for points that can occur anywhere in the world by using town clothes, toys, and transformation tonics.
• Equip town clothes, toys, or consume transformation tonics to gain access to Costume Brawl skills. Costume Brawl skills are labeled as such in their descriptions.
• Using Costume Brawl skills puts you into Costume Brawl mode and makes you a valid target for other brawlers. 
• Use your Costume Brawl skills to hit other players in Costume Brawl mode to gain points and avoid being disabled by taking too many hits yourself.
• Gaining points in Costume Brawl is fun and can earn you achievements. 
• To exit Costume Brawl, use the Time Out skill.
• Entering combat will automatically remove you from Costume Brawl.

ACHIEVEMENTS
In response to several letters from the Tyrian Explorers Society, we have made the following changes to recognized achievements:

• Added karma rewards to daily and monthly achievements.
• Added 19 new exploration achievements to the “Explorer” achievement list, including “Dive Master,” which tracks unique diving goggle uses.
• Added a new “Jumping Puzzles” achievement category.
  • Moved all existing jumping puzzle achievements from the “Explorer” category to the “Jumping Puzzles” category.
  • Added 4 additional jumping puzzle achievements.
• Added a new “Bosses” achievement category.
  • The “Crash Landing” achievement has been moved from the “Explorer” category to the “Bosses” category.
  • Added 7 new boss achievements.

MYSTIC FORGE
“The Mighty Zommoros has been caught failing to notice the generosity of those who grant him gifts. The Mighty Zommoros will now appropriately reward baubles to those who bring him offerings.”—The Mighty Zommoros

• The Mystic Forge ingot-conversion recipes for bronze, copper, gold, and darksteel have been fixed to reward correct materials. 
• The Mystic Forge recipe for the Abyssal Scepter has been fixed to correctly award the Abyssal Scepter.
• The Mystic Forge recipe for the Lidless Eye now requires 10 giant eyes.
• The Mystic Forge recipe for Titans’ Vengance has been fixed to correctly award Titans’ Vengance.
• The Mystic Forge recipe for the Wall of the Mists now requires 250 orichalcum shield bosses instead of powerful blood and 30 giant eyes instead of 1.
• Zommoros has been reminded to give out baubles for less desirable (low-level) rare weapons.
• Fixed a bug in the Mystic Forge conversion recipies for rare Glacial Ingredientsthat cause them to reward Charged Ingredients instead.

EVENTS
There is a skritt burglar on the loose in Tyria! Adventurers that encounter this thieving rodent are encouraged to confiscate whatever loot they can shake out of her.

• Added over 30 events across the game.
• Fixed a stuck event chain in Straits of Devastation.
• Fixed a blocking bug in the event “Defend the Leaders of Caer Evermore from the Risen” in Timberline Falls.
• Fixed a potential blocking bug caused by the event “Destroy the Risen broodmother to free Rakkan” in Cursed Shore. 
• Fixed a potential blocking bug in the event “Rescue Scholar Alil Rodez” in Lornar’s Pass. 
• Fixed a bug preventing Siege Master Marith from collecting catapult parts in Kessex hills.
• Fixed a bug preventing Tactician Footi from setting up her cannon in Cursed Shore.
• Fixed a bug preventing skritt from being driven out of Nentor’s Mine in Lornar’s Pass.
• Lengthened the time between events when attempting to hold Arah and made repeated attempts at holding Arah more difficult.
• Lengthened the time between events when attempting to hold the Temple of Grenth.
• Lengthened the time between events when attempting to hold the Temple of Melandru and made repeated attempts at holding the Temple of Melandru more difficult.

WvW

• Fixed an exploit that allowed players to occasionally teleport through walls.
• Reduced the range at which players could interact with completed arrow carts.
• The blue team’s start point on the green Borderlands has been changed to no longer remove allies from the area.
• The Charr Land Mine is no longer usable in WvW areas.

PvP

• Fixed bugs that allowed teleporting before a match starts.
• Fixed bugs for getting into team bases in Legacy of the Foefire and Battle of Kyhlo.
• Svanir has been updated to have slightly more health in Forest of Niflhel.
• Paid tournaments will be available soon. To ensure the best experience possible, free tournaments will be used to make sure everything is working smoothly before bringing paid tournaments online. Thank you all for your patience.

GENERAL UPDATES
The Durmand Priory is currently investigating an ancient dwarven door recently unearthed in Dredgehaunt Cliffs. Meanwhile, strange reports of a caravan of shark tanks crossing the fields of Fireheart Rise are presumed to be a hoax.

• Jumping puzzles and open-world minidungeons have updated reward tables.
• Added 3 new jumping puzzles. 
• Added more diving goggles throughout Tyria.
• Citadel of Flame medium armor coats now include the warning text “This coat hides shoulder armor.”
• Butter and chocolate no longer drop from loot bags of level 50 and above.
• Butter and chocolate no longer drop from Supply Bags dropped by centaurs, Stolen Supplies dropped by ettins, Ritual Bags dropped by Flame Legion, or Materials Bags dropped by Inquest.
• Increased the chance to get vanilla beans from herb nodes in the Tarnished Coast and Steamspur Mountains.
• Increased the respawn timers for omnomberries, black crocus, ghost pepper, lotus, and Orrian truffles to 5 hours.
• Reduced amount of cinnamon dropped from nodes from 3,5 to 1,2. Cinnamon now only comes from green wood nodes.
• Reduced amount of walnuts dropped from nodes from 3,5 to 1,2. Walnuts now only come from soft wood nodes.
• Removed parsley and thyme from herb nodes in the Tarnished Coast and Steamspur Mountains.
• Rune of the Noble (Superior): Updated drakehounds summoned by these runes to die after 60 seconds.
• Rune of the Pack (Major and Superior): This upgrade’s on-hit effect now works properly.

STORY

• The story step “Estate of Decay” has been updated to make door interaction more consistent.
• The story step “Mightier than the Sword” has been fixed so that using the mesmer elite skill Moa Morph on Steag will not prevent progress.
• The story step “The Battle of Fort Trinity” has been fixed to avoid a problem that could prevent progress in co-op mode. A problem that could prevent progress while defending the gate has been also been fixed.
• The story step “The Blossom of Youth” has been fixed to avoid a problem where bypassing a section could prevent progress.
• The story step “Trading Trickery” has been fixed to avoid a problem that could prevent progress.

DUNGEONS
Dungeons now award karma on completion. The first-time karma reward for completing the story of a dungeon is larger than subsequent story runs. The first time per day a player completes an explorable path for a dungeon, the karma reward equals (Player Level) * 23.5. For the rest of the day, subsequent runs of the same path will reward karma equal to (Player Level) * 9.5.

Ascalonian Catacombs

• Fixed an area where players could get outside the map in the Flooded Temple.
  Caudecus’s Manor
• Gunpowder Morgan’s maximum range and damage have been updated.

Sorrow’s Embrace

• Inquest Grenadiers have been reassigned to a new task; some new enemies await on the long road.
• Kreutzerova will no longer prioritize a player at the dungeon entrance when first encountered.
• Nokk’s Gravity Distortion now properly displays the time you are distorted.
• Shukov’s golems now properly display during his event.
• Shukov’s mark II golem has had its electric field updated to be a bit more dangerous now.
• The lava in some areas is now behaving as lava should.

Twilight Arbor

• The maximum range of Nightmare Vines has been increased.

PROFESSION

• Reduced fear’s maximum stacks to 5 to prevent excessively long periods of time where players don’t have control of their character.
• Updated the stability boon to stack duration up to 3 times.

Elementalist

• Air Pocket: This skill no longer allows players to shadowstep out of water.
• Cone of Cold: The healing gained from the this skill’s heal attribute has been increased from 480 to 780 at max level.
• Earthquake: The responsiveness of skills used after this skill has been improved.
• Fire Grab: This skill has had its attack angle increased.
• Glyph of Renewal: This skill no longer resurrects dead allies; it only revives downed ones.
• Lightning Touch: This skill has had its attack angle increased.
• Magnetic Grasp: The responsiveness of skills used after this skill has been improved.
• Ring of Earth: This skill now applies cripple.
• Signets: All signets have been updated to function properly with the Earth Magic traits Written in Stone and Signet Mastery.
• Downed State Updates
  • Discharge Lightning: This skill can now stack vulnerability up to 2 times.
  • Grasping Earth: This skill has been moved to skill 3 and given a 10 second recharge. Damage has been increased by 50%, and it bleeds enemies on every pulse. This skill can now be interrupted by other skills.
  • Vapor Form: This skill has been moved to skill 2, is instantly available upon being downed, and has a 20-second recharge.

Guardian

• Leap of Faith: This skill’s functionality has been improved to make it more reliable.
• Line of Warding: This skill is no longer able to move friendly NPCs around.
• Protector’s Strike: This skill has had an exploit removed that caused it to block longer than intended.
• Renewed Focus: This skill may now be used on the move.
• “Save Yourselves!”: This skill has now been split between PvP and PvE. In PvE, players will notice no difference. In PvP, this skill’s boon duration has been changed to 5 seconds.
• Shield of Absorption: This skill no longer blocks some friendly NPC missiles.
• Symbol of Wrath: This skill’s attack has been improved by 10%.
• Virtue of Courage: This skill has been updated to not apply aegis each time the user bobs in and out of water.

Thief

• Assassin’s Signet: This skill has been updated to grant 15% damage for 5 attacks rather than 50% damage for one attack.
• Basilisk Venom: This skill’s buff now applies for the appropriate duration of 30 seconds.
• Disabling Shot: This skill can now be fired continuously at targets behind the player without the ability jumping them back toward the target. This skill now also has a cost when firing at targets behind the player.
• Flanking Strike: This skill’s first attack is now unblockable.
• Ink Shot: This skill no longer allows players to shadowstep out of water.
• Nine-Tailed Strike: This skill has been fixed to properly provide the intended amount of initiative.
• Shadow Refuge: This skill’s stealth removal tripwire has been updated to properly match the skill’s effects.
• Whirling Axe: This skill has had evasion removed from the ability and has a missile-reflection effect applied to the whirl effect.

Mesmer

• Arcane Thievery: This skill now appropriately removes the aegis boon rather than being blocked by it.
• Confusing Images: This skill has been updated to fire at its correct distance.
• Cry of Frustration: This skill’s tooltip now accurately shows that confusion it applies lasts for 3 seconds.
• Mirror of Anguish: This trait no longer functions on necromancers when they have Reaper’s Protection active.
• Phantasmal Warlock: This illusion’s recharge between attacks is now slightly longer.
• Phase Retreat: This skill should no longer teleport players into geometry or other places they shouldn’t be getting into.
• Scepter Skills: Projectile skills for the scepter have had their velocity increased by 33%.

Engineer

• Elixir B: This skill’s toolbelt skill now accurately reflects only one boon being applied to allied targets.
• Mine Field: This skill’s recharge has been reduced to 20 seconds.
• Throw Mine: This skill is now unblockable when it detonates.

Warrior

• Battle Standard: This skill no longer goes on full recharge if it’s interrupted while being activated.
• Brutal Shot: This skill can now stack vulnerability up to 2 times.
• Forceful Shot: This skill’s damage has been increased by about 70%, and its activation time has been increased.
• Stomp: The responsiveness of skills used after this skill has been improved.
• Tremor: This skill can now be activated while moving.

Necromancer

• Corrupt Boon: This skill now properly removes aegis rather than being blocked by it.
• Fetid Ground: This downed skill now has a Dark combo field. Its visual effects have been updated to show its actual radius.
• Life Leech: This downed skill’s damage has been increased by 25%.
• Spectral Walk: Removing this skill from a skill slot while it’s active will now remove all benefits gained from activating the ability.
• Spinal Shivers: This skill now properly removes aegis rather than being blocked by it.

MAC BETA CLIENT

• Fixed a bug that prevented players using Apple keyboard varieties other than US English from binding the key to the left of the “1” key in the Control Options panel.

Your question has been answered here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/halloween/Black-Lion-Chest-Update

I just wanted to remind people that the Black Lion Chest won’t get updated with new goodies until our game updates today.

Just make sure you patch before you start opening chests if you’re looking for the new Halloween items.

My earlier statement has been buried a bit, so I’ve created a new thread.

Please continue the discussion here.

Thanks.

We understand that you’re all impatient for the Halloween update to go live.

As stated on the event page, the Halloween event will go live on October 22, Pacific Time.

As previously messaged earlier today, it will go live later this evening on October 22.

It is an involved process to push a game update to the live servers, so a lot of care must be taken to ensure quality.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Michael.4791:

Invulnarable is a message that often pops up in underwater combat. I assume that this is a different bug.

Long story short, yes.

Thanks for your feedback, everyone! We’ve noted your concerns, and we’ll take them into consideration for the future. However, more of this is discussion and feedback than a bug report, so I’ll be closing this thread. If you want to continue this discussion, feel free to start another thread in the GW2 discussion forum or the Suggestions forum.

The update notes will be posted when the update goes live.

You’ve already posted in the Tickets for Review thread. Please do not post multiple threads on the same subject.

Please don’t make duplicate posts. Please wait three days and if you still need assistance, post in the “Tickets for Review” thread.

We understand that you’re all impatient for the Halloween update to go live.

As stated on the event page, the Halloween event will go live on October 22, Pacific Time.

As previously messaged earlier today, it will go live later this evening on October 22.

It is an involved process to push a game update to the live servers, so a lot of care must be taken to ensure quality.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

We’ll have updates on several of these issues tomorrow. And of course if you have an update to share — a resolved issue or more info to share — please feel free to post here.

Thanks for your patience!

I think some further clarification on this might help, as there can be a couple different causes for the “obstructed” message to come up. But first, let me clarify that this is not a profession specific bug – it can happen to any profession.

There are two scenarios (that I’m aware of) that can cause your attacks to become obstructed during combat:

1. When attacking a stationary “gadget”: There’s a known issue that when attacking objects, your attacks can become obstructed. We’re currently investigating this, but it’s a widespread bug, so it may take us time to get a fix in. We understand that this bug can make some fights more difficult, and thank you for your patience while we work this one out.

2. When attacking a creature: If you get an obstructed message when attacking a creature, the problem is most likely caused by the map. In this case, it’s something that we have to fix on a case-by-case basis. If you come receive an obstructed message while fighting a creature, please let us know your exact location (screenshots are a big help!) so that we can investigate it further.

I hope this clears things up!

K Smooth.5426:

This is very frustrating. I spent $60 on a game that I have been banned from for doing NOTHING wrong. It has been 3 days and not even a word from support. There are so many people complaining about being wrongfully banned it is ridiculous. I have played countless MMO’s in the past and have NEVER witnessed anything like this… still waiting for an update on my ticket….

What is your incident number?