Guild Wars 2

Remember back about a year and a half ago there was a code that when used in map chat would crash everyone on that map. Well I am suspecting something similar is back, as soon as people start mentioning client crashing or d/c, my client crashes.

I suspect someone is using some chat code….

I have experienced crashing for 1-2 weeks now (now = Aug 16, 2014). Would turning chat off help in testing this issue? Like keeping only guild and personal chat channels, disabling all others.

I reported all crashes as the game launcher nicely wanted that.

If you suspect that, your best bet is to create a support ticket with time/date/location details, so that ANet has a chance to figure it out.

However, I suspect you are experiencing some other issue (and again, Support is your best bet to resolve it quickly).

As I recall, when this first surfaced (and sometimes reappeared), it kicked everyone in the same instance, not just the person typing the code. I don’t believe it mattered if you hide /map or /local, because those codes still get sent to your client (you just wouldn’t see them). On the other hand, it couldn’t hurt to try.

Don’t know about chat code causing crashes but since Tuesday 12th patch I am getting these sudden "serious error notifications with a request to send report back to ANET… not like normal crashing where I loose connection to server or network error’s, but almost like a client incompatibility with windows or other software/hardware.

Bloodstealer.5978:

Don’t know about chat code causing crashes but since Tuesday 12th patch I am getting these sudden "serious error notifications with a request to send report back to ANET… not like normal crashing where I loose connection to server or network error’s, but almost like a client incompatibility with windows or other software/hardware.

That does sound different from simply losing a connection, so I urge you, too, to contact support and get some individual attention. They are almost always really good at troubleshooting this stuff. If it turns out to be a problem on their end (or with intermediate service providers), this will also give them valuable data they can use to negotiate.

Good luck.