Guild Wars 2

Don’t know if there’s already a thread on this, I searched for one, but couldn’t find any.

So the basic idea is what’s stated in the title, any sort of warning for players in WvW for when a new patch is about to kick everyone out into LA. I really don’t think this is a hard thing to implement, of course I could be wrong, but I mean PvE gets one already, and the stuff people do in PvE requires way less resources than the stuff in WvW, like setting up siege, taking a tower or keep, or moving groups of people about. I can’t count the amount of times that I’ve been in the middle of a tower or keep cap and saw the patch warning pop up and run to the lord in vain to try and claim it quickly. So a simple warning of even 3 minutes would be really appreciated and would allow patches to be a bit less disruptive for everyone in WvW.

There’s been tons of threads on this. Anet promised a one hour warning a while back and last patch they did that … But it’s since gone back to the surprise patch again it seems.

Here’s another thread on the subject, but there are easily a dozen more

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Unexpected-patching-loss-of-golems

Obviously anet don’t actually have a process n place on this its just at the whim of the devs.

Ah, the good old late 90’s, pre-ITIL work practices of IT.
“Is the boss or anyone else remotely important in the office?”
“Nope”
“Just reboot that kitten then!”

morrolan.9608:

Obviously anet don’t actually have a process n place on this its just at the whim of the devs.

ANet does not have a centralized process in place for dropping patches. If you listen to the 45 minute video they did back before launch where they describe various aspects of their coding schemes, one of the things they mention is that any group of devs can drop a live patch at their whim without involving anyone else. It’s been pretty obvious since then that they think it’s pretty cool to do so.

Cactus.2710:

morrolan.9608:

Obviously anet don’t actually have a process n place on this its just at the whim of the devs.

ANet does not have a centralized process in place for dropping patches. If you listen to the 45 minute video they did back before launch where they describe various aspects of their coding schemes, one of the things they mention is that any group of devs can drop a live patch at their whim without involving anyone else. It’s been pretty obvious since then that they think it’s pretty cool to do so.

Yea probably when enemy server is about to enter inner Garrison for server Anet dev plays on :-)