Guild Wars 2

I don’t think the issue is so much that it’s a couple of hours of downtime. I think the problem is that it’s right in the middle of prime reset time. For T1 servers, and folks who exclusively – or almost exclusively – play WvW, this is kind of a big hit to their playtime for the week/month/whatever. The best action is typically during reset nights. So I can understand the frustration of WvW players who are affected by a beta they are not even participating in.

I deal with major companies like Dell, SanDisk, Lenovo, and HP… they would have your head on a platter right now..

Skady.5916:

Barsity,
you really should go try other games if 1-2 hours of downtime once in a blue moon is such a big deal for you. For instance, SWTOR used to bring all the servers down for 2-4 hours every 2-4 weeks just to roll the new build over not mentioning hot-fixes etc.

This is literally first long downtime in 3 years and it does not even affect all players. Just sit back and relax a bit while they are working on it, they brought people back to the office on Friday midnight and you still kittening about it is just ridiculous.

That would be fine, if useless, advice on any other night than WVW reset.

Yes, seriously… doing any sort of beta on reset night is an idea not well thought out. The beta should have started Saturday morning. This is my ONE night of the week that I can spend the night in here and that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen at this point.

Barsity.9408:

Kuulpb.5412:

I know it seems like Arenanet doesn’t care, but at the current moment, they are trying to fix a UI that will affect a HUGE percentage of their PvE Playerbase,

Why does ONLY Pve matter? Seriously… once again my Mike O’Obrien post comes into play. kitten THAT!

Kuulpb.5412:

yes messages might have been Helpful, but that is the past, so They are working to make UI compatible with their PvE content, and I’m sure at some point in the future, After they schedule specific events and etc etc, they will do a WvW based feature Patch or somehting that will make it somehow better, Such as More Maps, Maybe the possibility of more servers fighting eachother at once? hmmmmmmmmmm?

They have been awful at announcing betas for WvW content…. And should have just released it to all to see real “server” beta’ing for realsies. The fact they only selecte certain accounts/guilds for WvW means they give no kittens about beta’ing it for real.

You’re forgetting, The expansion is PvE Based. THE LIVING STORY. Anyway, as I read earlier in this thread, This is one fo the first LONG downtimes of GW2 in 3 years, thinking over it, yes It is. And Moaning about WvW on “reset night” because “you want to be so pro” or you enjoy it, isn’t going to help anyone. Take my advice, get a drink and calm down. Wait for Arenanet to finish their repairs. You’re blowing this out of proportion by claiming Arenanet doens’t care about wvw or Mike O’brien doens;‘t or whatever. They may HATE wvw for all w eknow, but they do it anyway because it’s a playstyle they have. At the moment they are working on somehting else, and later they will work on somethign else. Just stay calm and please stop ranting about how you think this is outrageous that Anet had downtime.

It’s a big deal to us spending gold in WvW, tagging up with our guild and getting kicked out. This is the worst night it could happen on. It’s all good because I am only in Tier 6 Server but I could not imagine being in a competitive 1,2 or tier 3 server, people would freak!

Thanks for the updates but please fix this </3

Baristy, without putting too blunt a head on it, I think you’ve expressed well enough to everyone in this thread exactly how upset you are with the current state of affairs.

We get it, is what I’m saying. We get you. The message you’re putting out there has been received.

If you want to hold the employees at Arenanet personally culpable for ruining your Friday evening, that’s fine. Your Friday evening is, it seems, going to continue to be ruined until a fix patch comes out.

But at this time I think you’ve made the same point repeatedly, and it’s starting to get a little tiresome watching the thread update only to find you repeating yourself yet again.

This was bad for WvW. This was bad for Tequatl. This was bad for Raids, because you can’t effectively organize for one without a tag- even if they turned out not to open anyway.

Can you do like everyone else in this thread and just keep us posted on whether you can get in or not? I’d like it if you could go back to having an enjoyable Friday night, even if it is somewhat delayed and soured by this experience.

And on that note, it’s getting closer to two hours since I got knocked out while switching characters, and my most recent attempt to load in was met with the same network error as ever.

I wonder what causes the problem to be more persistent for some users than others?

Balthazzarr.1349:

Yes, seriously… doing any sort of beta on reset night is an idea not well thought out. The beta should have started Saturday morning. This is my ONE night of the week that I can spend the night in here and that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen at this point.

Reset night is eveyr week friday, correct? The betas are planned for weekends as they are usually when people don’t have Education/work, correct? It’s just a few hours. this isn’t going to skew the entire WvW system, eveyrone on All servers have the same thing, some people unable to enter. it’s not just you.

attempted the “-repair” thing… didn’t work. guess i just have to wait til tomorrow. going to watch an episode of Falling Skies and go to bed.

thanks for the updates Chris and Gaile and for all the hard work your team is doing to get this issue fixed!

Kuulpb.5412:

Barsity.9408:

Kuulpb.5412:

I know it seems like Arenanet doesn’t care, but at the current moment, they are trying to fix a UI that will affect a HUGE percentage of their PvE Playerbase,

Why does ONLY Pve matter? Seriously… once again my Mike O’Obrien post comes into play. kitten THAT!

Kuulpb.5412:

yes messages might have been Helpful, but that is the past, so They are working to make UI compatible with their PvE content, and I’m sure at some point in the future, After they schedule specific events and etc etc, they will do a WvW based feature Patch or somehting that will make it somehow better, Such as More Maps, Maybe the possibility of more servers fighting eachother at once? hmmmmmmmmmm?

They have been awful at announcing betas for WvW content…. And should have just released it to all to see real “server” beta’ing for realsies. The fact they only selecte certain accounts/guilds for WvW means they give no kittens about beta’ing it for real.

You’re forgetting, The expansion is PvE Based. THE LIVING STORY. Anyway, as I read earlier in this thread, This is one fo the first LONG downtimes of GW2 in 3 years, thinking over it, yes It is. And Moaning about WvW on “reset night” because “you want to be so pro” or you enjoy it, isn’t going to help anyone. Take my advice, get a drink and calm down. Wait for Arenanet to finish their repairs. You’re blowing this out of proportion by claiming Arenanet doens’t care about wvw or Mike O’brien doens;‘t or whatever. They may HATE wvw for all w eknow, but they do it anyway because it’s a playstyle they have. At the moment they are working on somehting else, and later they will work on somethign else. Just stay calm and please stop ranting about how you think this is outrageous that Anet had downtime.

Agreed that the hyperbole is unnecessary, but who knows what Barsity has going on his his life. Maybe reset night is a bigger deal to him than it would be to you, you know?

And, again, it is probably pretty frustrating to get locked out of your favorite part of the game on the best night to play because of a beta you aren’t participating in.

Trajan.4953:

Skady.5916:

Barsity,
you really should go try other games if 1-2 hours of downtime once in a blue moon is such a big deal for you. For instance, SWTOR used to bring all the servers down for 2-4 hours every 2-4 weeks just to roll the new build over not mentioning hot-fixes etc.

This is literally first long downtime in 3 years and it does not even affect all players. Just sit back and relax a bit while they are working on it, they brought people back to the office on Friday midnight and you still kittening about it is just ridiculous.

That would be fine, if useless, advice on any other night than WVW reset.

This is pretty much it. My guild runs reset in mass. And tomorrow planned to fore go WvW on our T1 server to try out raiding, but now… We had a few locked out and it is dumb that I don’t even know if we can login tomorrow all for PVE content that already has a semi-guide on it on reddit.

Barsity.9408:

Kuulpb.5412:

I know it seems like Arenanet doesn’t care, but at the current moment, they are trying to fix a UI that will affect a HUGE percentage of their PvE Playerbase,

Why does ONLY Pve matter? Seriously… once again my Mike O’Obrien post comes into play. kitten THAT!

Kuulpb.5412:

yes messages might have been Helpful, but that is the past, so They are working to make UI compatible with their PvE content, and I’m sure at some point in the future, After they schedule specific events and etc etc, they will do a WvW based feature Patch or somehting that will make it somehow better, Such as More Maps, Maybe the possibility of more servers fighting eachother at once? hmmmmmmmmmm?

They have been awful at announcing betas for WvW content…. And should have just released it to all to see real “server” beta’ing for realsies. The fact they only selecte certain accounts/guilds for WvW means they give no kittens about beta’ing it for real.

Squad UI is a huge feature for WvW… you get that right? What they’re trying to beta test right now is for your benefit too. Did it occur to you that the new map might not actually need all that much testing while the squad UI (obviously) does?

Trajan.4953:

Skady.5916:

Barsity,
you really should go try other games if 1-2 hours of downtime once in a blue moon is such a big deal for you. For instance, SWTOR used to bring all the servers down for 2-4 hours every 2-4 weeks just to roll the new build over not mentioning hot-fixes etc.

This is literally first long downtime in 3 years and it does not even affect all players. Just sit back and relax a bit while they are working on it, they brought people back to the office on Friday midnight and you still kittening about it is just ridiculous.

That would be fine, if useless, advice on any other night than WVW reset.

Also, they schedule their updates / maintenance. Just as WoW does on a specific day and they do NOT apply maintenance on the spur of the moment while players are heavily involved in their WvW, Dungeons, etc. ANet does most updates on Tuesday’s it seems but also at any time of the day or night regardless of who is doing what.

lol.. and of course they brought people back to the office. They broke it.. they need to fix it… sheesh

Just not a good way to build happiness in your users.

Kuulpb.5412:

You’re forgetting, The expansion is PvE Based.

It contains the ONLY serious WvW update we had in a while… So No. You are wrong!

Whoa, speak of the devil- my patience paid off. I’m finally back in!

Best of luck to all of you. Waiting’s no fun. Just try to stay positive, okay? See you ingame.

Lauriewonnacott.9841:

Barsity.9408:

Kuulpb.5412:

I know it seems like Arenanet doesn’t care, but at the current moment, they are trying to fix a UI that will affect a HUGE percentage of their PvE Playerbase,

Why does ONLY Pve matter? Seriously… once again my Mike O’Obrien post comes into play. kitten THAT!

Kuulpb.5412:

yes messages might have been Helpful, but that is the past, so They are working to make UI compatible with their PvE content, and I’m sure at some point in the future, After they schedule specific events and etc etc, they will do a WvW based feature Patch or somehting that will make it somehow better, Such as More Maps, Maybe the possibility of more servers fighting eachother at once? hmmmmmmmmmm?

They have been awful at announcing betas for WvW content…. And should have just released it to all to see real “server” beta’ing for realsies. The fact they only selecte certain accounts/guilds for WvW means they give no kittens about beta’ing it for real.

Squad UI is a huge feature for WvW… you get that right? What they’re trying to beta test right now is for your benefit too. Did it occur to you that the new map might not actually need all that much testing while the squad UI (obviously) does?

Yes, i do know what commander tags are used for, i’m not an idiot. All i’m saying is, They are adding 10 man content into GW2 with hoT, Which requires Raid Squads, which is a tag. HoT is PvE based, so complaining about WvW so much ins’t goign to help them progress their PvE/WvW sqaud system, it’ll just mean they keep putting it off, or do it during the week when eveyrone is mid-wvw

Barsity.9408:

Kuulpb.5412:

You’re forgetting, The expansion is PvE Based.

It contains the ONLY serious WvW update we had in a while… So No. You are wrong!

Is Living Season WvW Based? Is Stronghold WvW based? Excuse me, but I doubt it’s WvW Base,d and it’s not PvP based, it’s more PvE based.

Prove to me HoT is WvW based and not PvE based and then I am wrong, if not. then shush.

Please tag up a-net then log out, and see if you can still be part of the “game”

Kuulpb.5412:

Lauriewonnacott.9841:

Barsity.9408:

Kuulpb.5412:

I know it seems like Arenanet doesn’t care, but at the current moment, they are trying to fix a UI that will affect a HUGE percentage of their PvE Playerbase,

Why does ONLY Pve matter? Seriously… once again my Mike O’Obrien post comes into play. kitten THAT!

Kuulpb.5412:

yes messages might have been Helpful, but that is the past, so They are working to make UI compatible with their PvE content, and I’m sure at some point in the future, After they schedule specific events and etc etc, they will do a WvW based feature Patch or somehting that will make it somehow better, Such as More Maps, Maybe the possibility of more servers fighting eachother at once? hmmmmmmmmmm?

They have been awful at announcing betas for WvW content…. And should have just released it to all to see real “server” beta’ing for realsies. The fact they only selecte certain accounts/guilds for WvW means they give no kittens about beta’ing it for real.

Squad UI is a huge feature for WvW… you get that right? What they’re trying to beta test right now is for your benefit too. Did it occur to you that the new map might not actually need all that much testing while the squad UI (obviously) does?

Yes, i do know what commander tags are used for, i’m not an idiot. All i’m saying is, They are adding 10 man content into GW2 with hoT, Which requires Raid Squads, which is a tag. HoT is PvE based, so complaining about WvW so much ins’t goign to help them progress their PvE/WvW sqaud system, it’ll just mean they keep putting it off, or do it during the week when eveyrone is mid-wvw

lol mid-wvw

any eta on the fix? been waiting for like 2 hours and 20 mins

Gaile Gray.6029:

I think I should point something out: The game is not down. We’re not having a game outage here. It’s true that some players are not able to join, but the game is still accessible — I’m in it now.

So I appreciate people pointing out we’ve had very little down time in our history, and that’s very true, but this isn’t down time, in the true definition of the word. Just had to say.

lol, yes that’s true the game is not down. I am watching the WvW progress on my iphone app. In the meantime I still can’t get in… on this, the only night that I have the total freedom to play all night. Yes I’m in the minority… but does that really mean I should shut up and not be annoyed? That doesn’t make sense to me… I’m not ranting and raving… just clearly not pleased that in the middle of commanding a squad I got kicked from the game and can’t get back in… not fun.

Gaile Gray.6029:

I think I should point something out: The game is not down. We’re not having a game outage here. It’s true that some players are not able to join, but the game is still accessible — I’m in it now.

So I appreciate people pointing out we’ve had very little down time in our history, and that’s very true, but this isn’t down time, in the true definition of the word. Just had to say.

Except that, for WvW at least, all the main commanders have been kicked and are denied access to the game play we love on, arguably, the most important night of the week.

We are the ones that create guilds, recruit players, train squads and teams, often finance all the siege and consumables, motivate and lead, our personalities are what players come for in all extremes. Reset is a big night for us. Some of us are just very disappointed right now.

Back in! Thanks Anet:)

Kuulpb.5412:

Lauriewonnacott.9841:

Barsity.9408:

Kuulpb.5412:

I know it seems like Arenanet doesn’t care, but at the current moment, they are trying to fix a UI that will affect a HUGE percentage of their PvE Playerbase,

Why does ONLY Pve matter? Seriously… once again my Mike O’Obrien post comes into play. kitten THAT!

Kuulpb.5412:

yes messages might have been Helpful, but that is the past, so They are working to make UI compatible with their PvE content, and I’m sure at some point in the future, After they schedule specific events and etc etc, they will do a WvW based feature Patch or somehting that will make it somehow better, Such as More Maps, Maybe the possibility of more servers fighting eachother at once? hmmmmmmmmmm?

They have been awful at announcing betas for WvW content…. And should have just released it to all to see real “server” beta’ing for realsies. The fact they only selecte certain accounts/guilds for WvW means they give no kittens about beta’ing it for real.

Squad UI is a huge feature for WvW… you get that right? What they’re trying to beta test right now is for your benefit too. Did it occur to you that the new map might not actually need all that much testing while the squad UI (obviously) does?

Yes, i do know what commander tags are used for, i’m not an idiot. All i’m saying is, They are adding 10 man content into GW2 with hoT, Which requires Raid Squads, which is a tag. HoT is PvE based, so complaining about WvW so much ins’t goign to help them progress their PvE/WvW sqaud system, it’ll just mean they keep putting it off, or do it during the week when eveyrone is mid-wvw

HoT is PvE based? Have you even seen all the changes happening in WvW when the expansion comes in? Man read up on stuff before you fly out the door with broken wings…

Balthazzarr.1349:

Kuulpb.5412:

Lauriewonnacott.9841:

Barsity.9408:

Kuulpb.5412:

I know it seems like Arenanet doesn’t care, but at the current moment, they are trying to fix a UI that will affect a HUGE percentage of their PvE Playerbase,

Why does ONLY Pve matter? Seriously… once again my Mike O’Obrien post comes into play. kitten THAT!

Kuulpb.5412:

yes messages might have been Helpful, but that is the past, so They are working to make UI compatible with their PvE content, and I’m sure at some point in the future, After they schedule specific events and etc etc, they will do a WvW based feature Patch or somehting that will make it somehow better, Such as More Maps, Maybe the possibility of more servers fighting eachother at once? hmmmmmmmmmm?

They have been awful at announcing betas for WvW content…. And should have just released it to all to see real “server” beta’ing for realsies. The fact they only selecte certain accounts/guilds for WvW means they give no kittens about beta’ing it for real.

Squad UI is a huge feature for WvW… you get that right? What they’re trying to beta test right now is for your benefit too. Did it occur to you that the new map might not actually need all that much testing while the squad UI (obviously) does?

Yes, i do know what commander tags are used for, i’m not an idiot. All i’m saying is, They are adding 10 man content into GW2 with hoT, Which requires Raid Squads, which is a tag. HoT is PvE based, so complaining about WvW so much ins’t goign to help them progress their PvE/WvW sqaud system, it’ll just mean they keep putting it off, or do it during the week when eveyrone is mid-wvw

HoT is PvE based? Have you even seen all the changes happening in WvW when the expansion comes in? Man read up on stuff before you fly out the door with broken wings…

Again, excuse me for thinking Adding the revenant (rytlock) and other Living season stuff isn’t PvE based. and that Raids aren’t pvE base,d and the new maps in maguuma aren’t PvE based…

Wish ya luck Anet. Can’t contact my guildies to leave the squad, but I’ll find something else to do and keep checking in (I had the commander tag, if that helps any).

ABRAVECABBAGE.7618:

Back in! Thanks Anet:)

Me too! Thanks, cavalry! \o/

Ok, back in, apparently if you complain enough you get your way:)

TY A-Net.

Kuulpb.5412:

Balthazzarr.1349:

Kuulpb.5412:

Lauriewonnacott.9841:

Barsity.9408:

Kuulpb.5412:

I know it seems like Arenanet doesn’t care, but at the current moment, they are trying to fix a UI that will affect a HUGE percentage of their PvE Playerbase,

Why does ONLY Pve matter? Seriously… once again my Mike O’Obrien post comes into play. kitten THAT!

Kuulpb.5412:

yes messages might have been Helpful, but that is the past, so They are working to make UI compatible with their PvE content, and I’m sure at some point in the future, After they schedule specific events and etc etc, they will do a WvW based feature Patch or somehting that will make it somehow better, Such as More Maps, Maybe the possibility of more servers fighting eachother at once? hmmmmmmmmmm?

They have been awful at announcing betas for WvW content…. And should have just released it to all to see real “server” beta’ing for realsies. The fact they only selecte certain accounts/guilds for WvW means they give no kittens about beta’ing it for real.

Squad UI is a huge feature for WvW… you get that right? What they’re trying to beta test right now is for your benefit too. Did it occur to you that the new map might not actually need all that much testing while the squad UI (obviously) does?

Yes, i do know what commander tags are used for, i’m not an idiot. All i’m saying is, They are adding 10 man content into GW2 with hoT, Which requires Raid Squads, which is a tag. HoT is PvE based, so complaining about WvW so much ins’t goign to help them progress their PvE/WvW sqaud system, it’ll just mean they keep putting it off, or do it during the week when eveyrone is mid-wvw

HoT is PvE based? Have you even seen all the changes happening in WvW when the expansion comes in? Man read up on stuff before you fly out the door with broken wings…

Again, excuse me for thinking Adding the revenant (rytlock) and other Living season stuff isn’t PvE based. and that Raids aren’t pvE base,d and the new maps in maguuma aren’t PvE based…

oh sigh.. let’s not get into a battle of sillyness here… The expansion will affect ALL areas of the game. Not JUST PvE.. big changes to both areas.. That’s all I’m trying to say.

I’m still could not connect in hope you can fix it fast

Im Still could not connect >.<

Gaile Gray.6029:

I think I should point something out: The game is not down. We’re not having a game outage here. It’s true that some players are not able to join, but the game is still accessible — I’m in it now. It is, for some players, not available, that’s true. And we regret that very much.

Anyway, while I appreciate people pointing out we’ve had very little down time in our history, and that’s very true, this isn’t down time, in the true definition of the word. Just had to say.

Just wanted to come in and say thanks for all of the hard work that you all are doing over there. I’m sure this isn’t how the team wanted to be spending their evenings… And I hope you can resolve it soon for your own sake as well as for those affected.

No one likes being stuck at the office 10 PM trying to fix something on implementation day… been there, done that, it’s no fun. Good luck and I (among others) really do appreciate the hard work going into fixing this!

Gaile Gray.6029:

I think I should point something out: The game is not down. We’re not having a game outage here. It’s true that some players are not able to join, but the game is still accessible — I’m in it now. It is, for some players, not available, that’s true. And we regret that very much.

Anyway, while I appreciate people pointing out we’ve had very little down time in our history, and that’s very true, this isn’t down time, in the true definition of the word. Just had to say.

Arguing semantics in a thread full of already upset customers is unlikely to win the company much sympathy, in my opinion. This only makes it seem like these customers and their concerns are insignificant to the company.

And pointing out that you’re personally able to play the game in a thread where no one else is able to play is unlikely to win you much personal sympathy, either. Maybe it’s just a paper cut, but why rub salt and lemon juice in it?

Balthazzarr.1349:

Kuulpb.5412:

Balthazzarr.1349:

Kuulpb.5412:

Lauriewonnacott.9841:

Barsity.9408:

Kuulpb.5412:

I know it seems like Arenanet doesn’t care, but at the current moment, they are trying to fix a UI that will affect a HUGE percentage of their PvE Playerbase,

Why does ONLY Pve matter? Seriously… once again my Mike O’Obrien post comes into play. kitten THAT!

Kuulpb.5412:

yes messages might have been Helpful, but that is the past, so They are working to make UI compatible with their PvE content, and I’m sure at some point in the future, After they schedule specific events and etc etc, they will do a WvW based feature Patch or somehting that will make it somehow better, Such as More Maps, Maybe the possibility of more servers fighting eachother at once? hmmmmmmmmmm?

They have been awful at announcing betas for WvW content…. And should have just released it to all to see real “server” beta’ing for realsies. The fact they only selecte certain accounts/guilds for WvW means they give no kittens about beta’ing it for real.

Squad UI is a huge feature for WvW… you get that right? What they’re trying to beta test right now is for your benefit too. Did it occur to you that the new map might not actually need all that much testing while the squad UI (obviously) does?

Yes, i do know what commander tags are used for, i’m not an idiot. All i’m saying is, They are adding 10 man content into GW2 with hoT, Which requires Raid Squads, which is a tag. HoT is PvE based, so complaining about WvW so much ins’t goign to help them progress their PvE/WvW sqaud system, it’ll just mean they keep putting it off, or do it during the week when eveyrone is mid-wvw

HoT is PvE based? Have you even seen all the changes happening in WvW when the expansion comes in? Man read up on stuff before you fly out the door with broken wings…

Again, excuse me for thinking Adding the revenant (rytlock) and other Living season stuff isn’t PvE based. and that Raids aren’t pvE base,d and the new maps in maguuma aren’t PvE based…

oh sigh.. let’s not get into a battle of sillyness here… The expansion will affect ALL areas of the game. Not JUST PvE.. big changes to both areas.. That’s all I’m trying to say.

I never said it’d ONLY affect PvE did I? No, i didn’t.

Well I’m happy for you lucky souls that are able to get back into the game.. I am gonna head out of here and off the computer since it doesn’t look like I’m gonna get in soon… and I’ve tried probably 100 times in the last hour.

Kuulpb.5412:

Balthazzarr.1349:

Kuulpb.5412:

Balthazzarr.1349:

Kuulpb.5412:

Lauriewonnacott.9841:

Barsity.9408:

Kuulpb.5412:

I know it seems like Arenanet doesn’t care, but at the current moment, they are trying to fix a UI that will affect a HUGE percentage of their PvE Playerbase,

Why does ONLY Pve matter? Seriously… once again my Mike O’Obrien post comes into play. kitten THAT!

Kuulpb.5412:

yes messages might have been Helpful, but that is the past, so They are working to make UI compatible with their PvE content, and I’m sure at some point in the future, After they schedule specific events and etc etc, they will do a WvW based feature Patch or somehting that will make it somehow better, Such as More Maps, Maybe the possibility of more servers fighting eachother at once? hmmmmmmmmmm?

They have been awful at announcing betas for WvW content…. And should have just released it to all to see real “server” beta’ing for realsies. The fact they only selecte certain accounts/guilds for WvW means they give no kittens about beta’ing it for real.

Squad UI is a huge feature for WvW… you get that right? What they’re trying to beta test right now is for your benefit too. Did it occur to you that the new map might not actually need all that much testing while the squad UI (obviously) does?

Yes, i do know what commander tags are used for, i’m not an idiot. All i’m saying is, They are adding 10 man content into GW2 with hoT, Which requires Raid Squads, which is a tag. HoT is PvE based, so complaining about WvW so much ins’t goign to help them progress their PvE/WvW sqaud system, it’ll just mean they keep putting it off, or do it during the week when eveyrone is mid-wvw

HoT is PvE based? Have you even seen all the changes happening in WvW when the expansion comes in? Man read up on stuff before you fly out the door with broken wings…

Again, excuse me for thinking Adding the revenant (rytlock) and other Living season stuff isn’t PvE based. and that Raids aren’t pvE base,d and the new maps in maguuma aren’t PvE based…

oh sigh.. let’s not get into a battle of sillyness here… The expansion will affect ALL areas of the game. Not JUST PvE.. big changes to both areas.. That’s all I’m trying to say.

I never said it’d ONLY affect PvE did I? No, i didn’t.

lol, you said, and I quote: “HoT is PvE based”

If that doesn’t exclude WvW I don’t know what does… meh it doesn’t matter… bottom line is that it’s still broke.. and hopefully will get fixed by the next time I try to log in.

i’m literally crying inside… T_T

Chris Cleary.8017:

We have not implemented a fix yet, players that are able to get back in have either waited 10 minutes and not logged back into the launcher/game (thus disbanding the squad they were in), or their squad has disbanded from players leaving the squad they were in.

ETA on Fix: Soon

Hey there… odd thing is.. although I was commanding a group.. none were grouped in a squad with me.. all were just following as people do without using the squad feature… so that’s a little odd… Just thought I’d put that out there

Trajan, WvW players are not the only people that “… are the ones that create guilds, recruit players, train squads and teams, (often finance all the siege and consumables), motivate and lead…” PvE folks do this as well. we may not need siege, but we do all the same things, just in dungeons and fractals and storylines.

• to everyone who’s ranting, kittening and moaning – i get your frustrations…. i still can’t get in hours later…. and i preordered the $99.99 HoT release, looking forward to the betas that i had not previously gotten to play. i am SERIOUSLY excited about the Ranger’s elite specialization the Druid, and can’t play it because i can’t get in. i was in WvW with my guild at the time, changing maps and got booted out, but do you see me ranting and raving? no. they are working on the problem. all of you are just going to have to find some patience and pull the sticks out of your butts.

Trajan.4953:

Gaile Gray.6029:

I think I should point something out: The game is not down. We’re not having a game outage here. It’s true that some players are not able to join, but the game is still accessible — I’m in it now.

So I appreciate people pointing out we’ve had very little down time in our history, and that’s very true, but this isn’t down time, in the true definition of the word. Just had to say.

Except that, for WvW at least, all the main commanders have been kicked and are denied access to the game play we love on, arguably, the most important night of the week.

We are the ones that create guilds, recruit players, train squads and teams, often finance all the siege and consumables, motivate and lead, our personalities are what players come for in all extremes. Reset is a big night for us. Some of us are just very disappointed right now.

Chris Cleary.8017:

ETA on Fix: Soon

Beautiful.

Chris Cleary.8017:

We have not implemented a fix yet, players that are able to get back in have either waited 10 minutes and not logged back into the launcher/game (thus disbanding the squad they were in), or their squad has disbanded from players leaving the squad they were in.

ETA on Fix: Soon

Thank you so much for an incoming Fix, But I must say I Have checked every 25-30 mins or so, and Not been able to get past the character select screen wihtout Error 1022.

I suspect it’s just one of those things.

Balthazzarr.1349:

Kuulpb.5412:

Balthazzarr.1349:

Kuulpb.5412:

Balthazzarr.1349:

Kuulpb.5412:

Lauriewonnacott.9841:

Barsity.9408:

Kuulpb.5412:

I know it seems like Arenanet doesn’t care, but at the current moment, they are trying to fix a UI that will affect a HUGE percentage of their PvE Playerbase,

Why does ONLY Pve matter? Seriously… once again my Mike O’Obrien post comes into play. kitten THAT!

Kuulpb.5412:

yes messages might have been Helpful, but that is the past, so They are working to make UI compatible with their PvE content, and I’m sure at some point in the future, After they schedule specific events and etc etc, they will do a WvW based feature Patch or somehting that will make it somehow better, Such as More Maps, Maybe the possibility of more servers fighting eachother at once? hmmmmmmmmmm?

They have been awful at announcing betas for WvW content…. And should have just released it to all to see real “server” beta’ing for realsies. The fact they only selecte certain accounts/guilds for WvW means they give no kittens about beta’ing it for real.

Squad UI is a huge feature for WvW… you get that right? What they’re trying to beta test right now is for your benefit too. Did it occur to you that the new map might not actually need all that much testing while the squad UI (obviously) does?

Yes, i do know what commander tags are used for, i’m not an idiot. All i’m saying is, They are adding 10 man content into GW2 with hoT, Which requires Raid Squads, which is a tag. HoT is PvE based, so complaining about WvW so much ins’t goign to help them progress their PvE/WvW sqaud system, it’ll just mean they keep putting it off, or do it during the week when eveyrone is mid-wvw

HoT is PvE based? Have you even seen all the changes happening in WvW when the expansion comes in? Man read up on stuff before you fly out the door with broken wings…

Again, excuse me for thinking Adding the revenant (rytlock) and other Living season stuff isn’t PvE based. and that Raids aren’t pvE base,d and the new maps in maguuma aren’t PvE based…

oh sigh.. let’s not get into a battle of sillyness here… The expansion will affect ALL areas of the game. Not JUST PvE.. big changes to both areas.. That’s all I’m trying to say.

I never said it’d ONLY affect PvE did I? No, i didn’t.

lol, you said, and I quote: “HoT is PvE based”

If that doesn’t exclude WvW I don’t know what does… meh it doesn’t matter… bottom line is that it’s still broke.. and hopefully will get fixed by the next time I try to log in.

We shall agree that we like our own gamemodes! insert music of… somethign

Kuulpb.5412:

Balthazzarr.1349:

Kuulpb.5412:

Balthazzarr.1349:

Kuulpb.5412:

Balthazzarr.1349:

Kuulpb.5412:

Lauriewonnacott.9841:

Barsity.9408:

Kuulpb.5412:

I know it seems like Arenanet doesn’t care, but at the current moment, they are trying to fix a UI that will affect a HUGE percentage of their PvE Playerbase,

Why does ONLY Pve matter? Seriously… once again my Mike O’Obrien post comes into play. kitten THAT!

Kuulpb.5412:

yes messages might have been Helpful, but that is the past, so They are working to make UI compatible with their PvE content, and I’m sure at some point in the future, After they schedule specific events and etc etc, they will do a WvW based feature Patch or somehting that will make it somehow better, Such as More Maps, Maybe the possibility of more servers fighting eachother at once? hmmmmmmmmmm?

They have been awful at announcing betas for WvW content…. And should have just released it to all to see real “server” beta’ing for realsies. The fact they only selecte certain accounts/guilds for WvW means they give no kittens about beta’ing it for real.

Squad UI is a huge feature for WvW… you get that right? What they’re trying to beta test right now is for your benefit too. Did it occur to you that the new map might not actually need all that much testing while the squad UI (obviously) does?

Yes, i do know what commander tags are used for, i’m not an idiot. All i’m saying is, They are adding 10 man content into GW2 with hoT, Which requires Raid Squads, which is a tag. HoT is PvE based, so complaining about WvW so much ins’t goign to help them progress their PvE/WvW sqaud system, it’ll just mean they keep putting it off, or do it during the week when eveyrone is mid-wvw

HoT is PvE based? Have you even seen all the changes happening in WvW when the expansion comes in? Man read up on stuff before you fly out the door with broken wings…

Again, excuse me for thinking Adding the revenant (rytlock) and other Living season stuff isn’t PvE based. and that Raids aren’t pvE base,d and the new maps in maguuma aren’t PvE based…

oh sigh.. let’s not get into a battle of sillyness here… The expansion will affect ALL areas of the game. Not JUST PvE.. big changes to both areas.. That’s all I’m trying to say.

I never said it’d ONLY affect PvE did I? No, i didn’t.

lol, you said, and I quote: “HoT is PvE based”

If that doesn’t exclude WvW I don’t know what does… meh it doesn’t matter… bottom line is that it’s still broke.. and hopefully will get fixed by the next time I try to log in.

We shall agree that we like our own gamemodes! insert music of… somethign

lol, agreed

Gaile Gray.6029:

Robotmoxie.4025:

Whoa, speak of the devil- my patience paid off. I’m finally back in!

Best of luck to all of you. Waiting’s no fun. Just try to stay positive, okay? See you ingame.

Glad to hear that, Robotmoxie. Thanks for reporting it — it gives hope to others who also are waiting.

Gaile, is it possible that the HoT Beta is extended by an extra day, or maybe just a few hours, because of this? and some form of compensation to the WvW players? nothing MAJOR. I’m not entirely sure what they could get other than WvW claim tickets xD

This is probably why they can’t beta the new WvW map with a sizable part of the community on the normal servers. If they did, even if the issues were as minor as it could get, the hardcore WvW players would just complain about how it spoiled their “prime time”.

Lauriewonnacott.9841:

This is probably why they can’t beta the new WvW map with a sizable part of the community on the normal servers. If they did, even if the issues were as minor as it could get, the hardcore WvW players would just complain about how it spoiled their “prime time”.

Very True.

I get GW2 isn’t a “hardcore only” game, and it isn’t a “Casual only” game, but both ends can ruin it, one going oh I cna’t do X, like explore, and one is I cna’;t do Y like, take control of said map to win wvw

Chris Cleary.8017:

ETA on Fix: Soon

Soon™

;)

I appreciate that you guys are up working on this.