Guild Wars 2

Please read: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Battle-music-and-custom-playlists

I’ve already reported this bug as have others, but the custom playlists are buggy. Tracks are forced to play in certain areas, and the Battle playlist rarely, if ever, plays anymore.

Some have also suggested that there should separate playlists for areas (like for Black Citadel vs. DR), but for now, I think the main problem is the buggy playlists.

In the other thread you said it might have something to do with the silent/empty.wav used to randomize the music? Did you try removing it? Did it do anything?

For the longest time if you wanted the playlist to play randomly, you needed an empty file to start your list so that it would play a random one after it picked up on the first one being empty.

Maybe that changed recently? I’m not in game ATM or have my custom playlists set to try it myself. If that doesn’t work, it’s probably busted.

… Which may or may not be my fault, indirectly. I remember reporting a bug about the NightTime playlist not working in the Silverwastes at night before the big patch. ;_;

I really appreciate the custom playlist option and my battle music kicking in when I’m fighting a horde of baddies. I hope this bug is fixed soon.

Maybe. I think I did try removing the silent mp3, but I don’t remember, I could try again.

Yeah, NightTime wasn’t working in Silverwastes, I remember! Don’t blame yourself, though.

Still not fixed with the recent patch. Please look into this, Anet. Thank you.

The short silent track no longer randomizes my playlists, which did change recently. So I hear the same songs, in the same order, every time I log in. I’m not sure if this also broke the night time lists or not.

And that has been happening at least 2 weeks, if not longer.

Forum Bug Report by Me

The problem persists! I could report it again, but I don’t know how much good that will do. Please, Anet, I would appreciate a response of anything. Even if it is asking us more details about the bug.

I just want to know whether this is something the devs are handling or not.

Okay, Battle playlist seems to be fixed to a degree…

But now the BossBattle playlist doesn’t play… in dungeons so far. I haven’t tested this with World Bosses yet.

Edit: Confirmed the BossBattle playlist does indeed play with World Bosses, but not dungeon bosses.

Update! It seems that the following places do not randomize the Ambient playlist:
- Lion’s Arch
- Silverwastes
- Anywhere in Asaclon.

Feel free to list other places you’ve noticed.