Guild Wars 2

I’ve been holding off on making this thread for months because I didn’t want to add more complaints to these forums, but today I’ve had enough.

Something needs to be done about the last fire trap in the eternal battlegrounds jumping puzzle. I don’t know what it is. Maybe there’s just far too many gargoyle heads. Maybe it’s something else. But EVERY TIME, without fail, the second that trap is pulled I drop from my constant ~22 fps to 2-4. The game becomes an unplayable slideshow.

I could be next to the fire trap, in the arena, or even in the dark room; as soon as that lag trap is pulled, I suddenly find myself not able to do anything properly.

Not even massive zergs lag me like this trap does. My computer even makes a different sound when that trap is pulled.

And to my knowledge, there are a ton of people that have this same exact problem.

PLEASEEEEEE do something about it. I would rather not see the flames, and be hit by the fire, than have to go through the nightmare I go through every time someone is in the mood to pull it.

And for all those I expect to give me advice on what settings to use, well I’m already on the lowest settings possible.

Maybe a stupid question, do you usually go through that section stealthed or not? There’s a fountain that gives 5 minutes of stealth immediately before those traps. I think I’ve run that part at least 100 times and probably only seen the fire trap pulled once or twice.

Apart from that, sounds like an issue specific with your graphics card, you may want to see if there’s a newer driver available if you haven’t already. 22 fps is already sounds really slow for running the game at lowest settings, unfortunately it may be the case that your hardware isn’t cutting it.

I have no issue passing the traps, my issue is being in the puzzle and having the trap pulled period. The game becomes unplayable.

And as for my graphics card, I surpass the minimum requirements for gw2, so I don’t know why something as silly as that trap should put me through so much headache.

This is the first I’ve heard of this problem. I have minimum specs, but run on higher quality, and nothing happens, can get through any trap just fine, pulled or not. Makes me think it could be client issue, not server or computer, but your client.

I’ve had the same issue, though my frames don’t drop that low. They drop from 40-50 to about 10-15 when the trap is pulled. I know a lot of people that it happens to as well. I really don’t think it’s the client.

Should a silly fire trap really cost people 30 fps? Lol

i have this issue as well

nvidia geforce 9800 gt

gittin old…

Power.2957:

Should a silly fire trap really cost people 30 fps? Lol

Maybe its the “Revenge of the Jump Puzzle” for all those gears and fruits you throw

Sorry Power couldnt resist.

This is a ridiculous thread. Support tickets. Send them.

Omne.4603:

This is a ridiculous thread. Support tickets. Send them.

I didn’t realize posting about an issue that happens in WvW in WvW forums, so that other players could mention whether or not they experienced the same problem, made my thread ridiculous.

Not to mention this is probably coming from a guy who either doesn’t do the JP or has a high end computer.

Take a seat please.

that trap has no effect on me i had it pulled near many of time and my fps stays the same 70 fps the whole time

Guess what.

Lag is the trap.

This is actually a bug. Many people I talk to have noticed a significant drop in FPS when that trap is pulled. This is probably more relevant and would see a bug fix more quickly if it were in the bug report forum.