Guild Wars 2

Twilight zone moments, lol. Three times now I’ve been just running along in the new LA map, have heard a whistle (like when the rangers summon their pets), all the players and NPC’s nearby disappear, and I just drop dead. First two times near the lighthouse, this last time while entering the bank. It’s really bizarre. I’m wondering if I’m still even visible to everyone else when it happens. I was in the entrance of the bank and when I ran back it was quite crowded, yet nobody rezzed me.

Haven’t seen this, but I’ve not been in LA much.
I have seen though times where someone cannot be rezzed. Usually a terrain problem in those cases though so not sure what might be going on.

There’s not much point rezzing in a city (outside of puzzles). That said, a lot of times people can die in such a way that where their body appears to be is not where you need to be standing in order to revive them. Sometimes those two places are far enough away that you cannot stand within range of the correct place to revive them and still be able to interact with their body to begin rezzing. So it’s possible that even if people did see you they might not have been able to do anything about it.

Hmm, I’ve heard that whistle, but I certainly never dropped dead. Interesting.

I’ve been seeing some threads in the WvW forum about people disappearing and then instant death. Here’s one that mentions it: WvW issues. All players disappearing, though it talks about lag and rubberbanding also.

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Elysia.5019:

Adding to the issues… can be running with no enemies around and just randomly drop dead. This is ridiculous.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

I’ve been seeing some threads in the WvW forum about people disappearing and then instant death. Here’s one that mentions it: WvW issues. All players disappearing, though it talks about lag and rubberbanding also.

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Elysia.5019:

Adding to the issues… can be running with no enemies around and just randomly drop dead. This is ridiculous.

I’m experiencing neither of those things though, lol. Just the Death Whistle.

This happened to me while doing the new JP. I was just walking along a plank and dropped dead. There was nothing in the combat log and I just logged off because of I had just spent an hour working my way through the puzzle to learn it.

GG Anet, you win.

I was leading a chest train in SW 2 nights ago, and something similar happened…except half the map glitched. Weirdest thing ever.

There is something in Tyria that is more scary than Moredremoth. Perhaps Zhaitan is making a return? That piece of tail in the priory was always suspicious with you know.... The body and head missing. Whatever it is it sounds sinister by nature. Beware.

Maybe it’s a reappearance of the killer terrain glitch, where a small change in the terrain gives you instant death. (The whistle is probably a coincidence then).

I had a guildie die instantly from the killer terrain glitch from stepping off a tiny rock once.

I’ve encountered that bug too since the patch.
Just walking around SW , suddenly hit for 300k damage, then just full dead. Sound was muted so can’t confirm the noise.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Maybe it’s a reappearance of the killer terrain glitch, where a small change in the terrain gives you instant death. (The whistle is probably a coincidence then).

I had a guildie die instantly from the killer terrain glitch from stepping off a tiny rock once.

It’s possible. I do explore and hang out to catch NPC dialogue a lot, so the seemingly high frequency of my encounter with this glitch may just be happenstance.

Also… and off topic.

Andraus.3874:

There is something in Tyria that is more scary than Moredremoth. Perhaps Zhaitan is making a return? That piece of tail in the priory was always suspicious with you know…. The body and head missing. Whatever it is it sounds sinister by nature. Beware.

They HOPE that’s his tail. Lmao!

Conski Deshan.2057:

I’ve encountered that bug too since the patch.
Just walking around SW , suddenly hit for 300k damage, then just full dead. Sound was muted so can’t confirm the noise.

did you check what combat log attributed it to?

Sounds like the same issue from this thread.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Random-death-while-jumping/

It has been a day or two, and I can say that this bug is not limited to merely the new LA map. I watched a party member randomly drop dead in front of me while we were milling about trying to catch up with the Commander in EotM earlier today. She and I were merely running across a bridge otherwise without duress and she just fell over dead.

Conski Deshan.2057:

I’ve encountered that bug too since the patch.
Just walking around SW , suddenly hit for 300k damage, then just full dead. Sound was muted so can’t confirm the noise.

Fascinating… I’d not even had the forethought to consider checking the combat log. I shall do this next time it happens.

It was happening in Fields of Ruin last night as well.

Massive rubber banding, 3000 Pings and people inexplicably dropping dead like flies.

Even in the city of Ebonhawk without an enemy in sight.