Guild Wars 2

Stopped playing a couple of weeks ago, the client was correctly updated. Tried to play today and got the old “connection error detected retrying” error again. Since I don’t remember what I did to fix it the first time I’ve got it, I uninstalled the game and tried to download the whole game again but it didn’t work. Tried all the solutions you can find online, nothing working.

The only thing that seemed to work was to create a shortcut for “Gw2Setup-64” and include “-assetsrv 62.154.232.187:80” in the shortcut target. It started to download files but the downloader suddenly restarted and it stopped working again.

Anyone else getting this? It’s getting old, honestly.

I’m having the same problem, put in a support ticket a few days ago haven’t heard back.

Rename Gw2Setup-64.exe to Gw2-64.exe, place it wherever you want to install it, then use the -assetsrv option (Gw2-64.exe -assetsrv 64.25.41.2).

Healix.5819:

Rename Gw2Setup-64.exe to Gw2-64.exe, place it wherever you want to install it, then use the -assetsrv option (Gw2-64.exe -assetsrv 64.25.41.2).

Thanks but it didn’t really work. Still trying here…

To simplify things, create a “Guild Wars 2” folder on your desktop. This is where you will be installing GW2 and you can move it wherever you want later.

Download Gw2.exe direct from the patch server, renaming the file to Gw2.exe. Place it in your Guild Wars 2 folder on your desktop.

If you were able to download the file, right click it and select properties. If it says the file is blocked, unblock it. If the launcher still fails to connect, it’s caused by your firewall or other software running on your computer.

If you were not able to download the file, open a command prompt (cmd.exe, search the start menu) and enter the following, then press enter:

ipconfig /flushdns

Close your browser and try to download the above Gw2.exe again. If it still fails, use Google’s DNS and try again. If it still fails, try this Gw2.exe instead, which is ArenaNet’s primary server. If that one fails, you have a problem with your connection.

If you used the primary patch server, you will need to additionally run Gw2.exe with the -assetsrv option. Right click Gw2.exe and create a shortcut. Right click the shortcut and select properties. Append the shortcut’s target so it looks like this, but using your own path:

"C:\...\Gw2.exe" -assetsrv 64.25.41.2