Guild Wars 2

Anyone else having the problem that all other player characters are using the same animation for EVERYTHING, such as reviving, swinging their weapon etc? It looks like players are hacking each other to bits when they’re reviving each other.

Guess not, must be a problem I’m only getting. I’ve also noticed that other players seem to be wearing exactly the same armor depending on armor type, for instance all heavy look the same etc, and in instances where I can actually see the face of the character (all clothies seem to be wearing hoods) all I am getting is a black shape. I can only see what a player looks like by clicking on them and looking at their portrait. Am I being a complete nub and this is just something for Halloween or is there something wrong with my game files?

Those are the basic models that the game uses when your computer hasnt fully loaded the area. Since they turned culling off you may get this in busy areas and not just wvw. Its completely normal. The revive animation looks like the repair anim in wvw and everyone who hasnt finished loading properly on your end has the basic model/armour. I get it occasionally for a few minutes when i load into LA. Better hardware or an SSD might solve the issue if it bothers you that much.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Culling

The weird thing is, is that I am not just getting it in busy areas, I was on my thief earlier and there was literally only one other player in the immediate area I was in (Gendarran Fields I think it was, the beast pit area) and he had this standard model. It’s strange since performance hasn’t been much of an issue for me, I can get between 40-60 fps in build up areas including Lions Arch.

Thanks to your info, I’ve figured out that the reason this was happening was because my character detail limit was set to lowest, I’ve popped it up to highest and no more weird models. Cheers for the reply!