Guild Wars 2

Whenever i click on any toon on the character select screen the screen goes to a loading screen then shuts down. Only happened after this patch. Send help….

If you have any memory reading DPS meter installed — arcdps, BGDM, gw2helper — uninstall or update it. They have been the cause of the vast majority of crashes like this reported recently.

gotcha. Thank you.

I thought programs like this would get you banned.. never used any of them for that reason. Does Anet allow these now?

Some DPS meters are allowed.

trueanimus.4085:

I thought programs like this would get you banned.. never used any of them for that reason. Does Anet allow these now?

It’s complicated, but in the most recent Reddit AMA they accepted the inevitable, and agreed that a memory reading DPS meter that (a) showed only what was locally accessible to the client, and (b) did not provide any advantage to players, was acceptable.

So, showing your DPS, and your groups DPS, is OK. Gear inspection, distance to target, etc, not good.

arcdps, and gw2helper, comply with these terms, so if you would like to use one, those would be the best choices. (gw2helper is the simpler to use, by the by, but I’d trust the numbers arcdps shows more.)

In all cases they will be accurate for your own DPS, but other player DPS is either estimated, or shared out of band.