So I’ve been experiencing the oddest MMO bug/feature over the past 30 minutes or so of Guild Wars 2.
I had just left Ascalonian Catacombs and decided to collect a skill-point nearby. I’m level 57 so I didn’t expect any problems. However I was wrong. I was getting killed in seconds by level 13 mobs (the Ghosts to the North East). I must have died close to 10 times trying to get that skill-point.
It was odd because at first I couldn’t figure out what was wrong. My gear was fine, my skills worked but I was just getting so much damage so quickly I could hardly deal with it. The game did seem a little laggy though as mobs teleported all over the place.
It took me a moment to realize the game was running at at least 200% the regular speed, probably even more. This wasn’t a client issue, it was the whole zone, (people in chat confirmed it) possibly even the entire server (Abbadons Mouth EU). That meant mobs were hitting you twice as quickly which explained the intense damage.
Essentially it was Guild Wars 2 Turbo.
Now I’m not sure what caused this issue as I’ve played GW2 at similar hours before without seeing this kind of problem.
As fun as it may sound, running the game at 200%+ speed makes it virtually unplayable. I really hope this gets ironed out somehow, assuming it’s not just some random fluke.
PS: This was during 2:30 and 3:00 AM CET.