Guild Wars 2

Since a few days GW2 shows the desktop for a short period every time that I change maps. As if it has problems with loading the new map. This is new behaviour for me. I have no idea when it started exactly. I did not change my video drivers so I don’t think it has anything to do with them. Are there other players who experience this behaviour? Is it also new for you?

I would look at the video driver change as the reason for the “new” behavior.

Whenever a map loads for me, I get 20sec to 3min of the loading screen (depends on the map and how populated it is….I’m guessing). THEN I get a brief black screen OR desktop flash and a return to the loading screen for 2-10 seconds before the zone loads up.

It may also be due to what mode you are playing on. I am using Windowed Fullscreen.

Note that I have never seen any adverse effects due to this behavior and do not consider it a “technical problem” in any way. Investigating the why or how to “fix” this, is in my opinion, a waste of resources (again, it has never caused any issues that I can identify).

I seem to recall this behavior starting right about the time the wardrobe system update dropped (9 or 10 months ago), but a video driver update could certainly make the symptoms of the loading screen blip different.

You could always roll back the video driver to confirm this.