Guild Wars 2

Whoa. Just did the -repair, which came back with the same error. BUT then did the normal link and got in!

Still unable to log in for Chicago area. Error 58:11:1:800

So far, stuck 3 times in a row waiting for Zott to destroy 3rd catapult. Pretty sad this bug still exists.

Sitting on my keys as well. I use about half of the boosters I get. Seriously don’t want any more ToT bags.

As a Fashion Wars 2 player, this just solidifies why I didn’t buy HoT. Can’t make new armor or Legendaries, but oh look here’s another 4 outfits in the gem store. If you want to focus on content quit focusing on the gem store. HoT never was and never will be 5/6 of the content of GW2. But look they’re working on another expansion already…

Prefer armor. Didn’t buy HoT because of lack of new armor skins. Dislike the inflexibility of outfits.

I remember when sparring about content =/= price and people came back with that you’ll get free content over time like the LS….guess that all goes out the window. So now the price of HoT is worth even less if they have completely stopped the free content.

The current GW2 is nothing more than paid expansions and gem store items. How far the game has fallen from it’s roots.

LEGENDARY JOURNEY:
log in, do timegate, log out, wait 24 hours…
log in, do timegate, log out, wait 24 hours…
log in, do timegate, log out, wait 24 hours…
log in, do timegate, log out, wait 24 hours…
log in, do timegate, log out, wait 24 hours…
log in, do timegate, log out, wait 24 hours…

With the recent addition of yet another outfit in the void of armors I’ve officially left the game for now. I’ll come back in a few months and see if Anet decides to add any, but for now I give up.

See y’all in the spring.

Jahroots.6791:

Selkirk.4218:

it isn’t a whine. 2 new armor sets in an expansion is not acceptable. for those that like outfits and looking like everyone else-hey great! but some of us like individuality and customization

To be fair, there’s also the new heavy Mistward set as well as the upgraded Guild armour. Then there’s some pieces that are unlocked with the Elite specs. We actually have a decent number of new options for customization available to us, and they’re all earned in game.

To be fair, when you compare it to the number of the core game at release it is not a decent number at all. HoT effectively only adds what 3-5 sets worth of armor at best? There were 8 dungeon sets, and then karma, crafted, cultural, etc… on day 1.

It’s Anets choice to choose gem store outfits over HoT purchases. As there are at least a handful of us who are not buying HoT without better/more armor options. Outfits are easier and they seem to make more money, so they Anet is choosing to abandon us.

Divine Flavor.2016:

When I was a kid, I used to watch these movies or television shows where the Dad spends his free time puffing on a pipe, and building a ship in a bottle in his study. I used to think, “That’s so stupid, why would he waste his time doing something like that?”

Now that I’m a working professional, and a father and husband myself, I totally understand what that ship in a bottle is all about. Sometimes I think that GW2 is my ship in a bottle. Anybody else feel the same way?

Nope, because you turn off the PC you have nothing to show for your time in GW2. Where as you build a ship in a bottle you always have it to show off and be proud of.

Anet is just waiting for all of us who prefer armor to outfits, to either buy outfits or quit the game.

No you can not. Their response on the issue is “our bad, maybe next year”

They are just hoping us ‘skins’ folks will either convert or go away.

Took me a little while but I found it! Thanks!

Nike.2631:

So when people see the new heavy armor that came with Revenants, are they calling that “1/3rd of a set”?

Missing the point. Whether is 2, 6, 27, etc when you compare that to the core game with the same ratio it is a fraction of the sets the core game had. Even if HoT came with 1/3 of the sets the core game did it would be a huge step in the right direction.

But as it stands there are the equivalent of 2 dungeon armor sets when there are 8 dungeons, not including karma, crafting, etc sets from the core game.

TheSwede.9512:

Looking in the Wardrobe, we’ve got 3 new Sets for each of the 3 Armor Classes: Bladed, Leystone and Guild Armor Sets.
Consider that most other games have often completely humanoid races (Such as WoW, with the exception of those KungkittenPandas, or ESO who have only humanoids with different heads, ears and teeth) whereas GW2 have Humanoids in Humans/Norn/Sylvari, Asura (Who are kinda humanoid but with a very different build, especially the heads) and Charr who are bipedal Cat monsters.

So in total, they had to make 3×3×3=27 different Armors in total.

And this is without mentioning the Weapons and Specialization Costume Pieces.

So I’d say they’ve got a pretty good coverage on that Front. Don’t forget that we got completely new animations to boot, that wasn’t just variations of existing animations. (I’m talking the likes of Daredevil/Revenant Staff Auto Chain/Melee Skills, Reaper’s Gravedigger, Scrapper’s Rocket Charge or Revenant Mace/Hammer.)

Using your math then there are like 300 sets in the core game, 27 is pretty pathetic in comparison….

Glad they have the time to add more outfits…[slow clap]

http://dulfy.net/2015/10/25/gw2-upcoming-gemstore-items-from-hot-patch/

Nike.2631:

Carbon Footprint.3421:

Only 2 ‘sets’ as there are only 2 new heavy chest pieces in the wardrobe.

See, that’s just weird thinking to me. That would be 2 “heavy sets”. Along with 2 “light sets” and 2 “medium sets”. Why people consider SIX completely separate looks to be “two sets” is strange.

Blame Anet, they called it 2 sets. Besides until my guardian can choose from all 6 it’s only 2 to me.

That and if you follow the 3x math then does that mean the original game launched with like 90 (rough guess) sets? So 6 sounds really bad as well. No matter how you cut the pie it comes up horribly short to those us for whom it matters.

Nike.2631:

Nike.2631:

There’s three sets at the very first frog-vendor in Verdant Brink.

Test.8734:

Oh?
Are you saying that there are 3 new armor sets in the game?

Yes. Though we may be having a language barrier as I am referring to 18 distinct pieces as “3 sets”.

There’s another 18 pieces associated with claiming a guild hall, and another 18 pieces for the ley-stone armor.

They very clearly say, “Two new armor sets are available”.

Maybe the guild stuff is still locked, and only viewable through the wardrobe? The others are available now.

Only 2 ‘sets’ as there are only 2 new heavy chest pieces in the wardrobe. So if there are more random pieces I don’t know, but only 2 complete sets in wardrobe at this time. Unless I’m completely blind, which at my age is more and more likely.

myself.2143:

Sorry to be the debbie downer here, but Anets investment goes into outfits and BL ticket weapon skins. Meaning you got to pay for them. That’s the direction they’ve decided on and that’s what you’ll get from now on. We are just going to have to deal with it.

Well there are a few of us who are speaking with our wallet, for what good it will do.

So if we are motivated by new skins and got TONS OF NEW SKINS before HoT, what’s the point for us to buy HoT if it doesn’t have what we liked about Guild Wars 2 to begin with?

Hard to imagine but some of us look at content as that stuff you do to get the real reward, new armor skins. I was all stoked about earning new armor skins through gameplay rather than just gold and then there are only 2 and I don’t like either for any weight class. Fashion Wars 2 is the real reward for some of us.

Problem is they way Anet sold it. They treat the specializations like a new class. And with any new xpac you generally can start the new class at lvl 1. So the general expectation of some people was that they would get to play their specialization at a weaker level to start and build it up as they played it. But instead they have to grind/play the same class they have been playing for 1000s of hours before they even touch the new specialization. It’s anti-rewarding.

I can honestly say that if I bought HoT I would have been REALLY excited to be able to whip out a bow on my guard on day one. Should Anet change it, maybe not, but they sure as kitten should have sold it differently, in my opinion.

You are really comparing apples to oranges. Personally I’m going FO4.

Doing dailies until HoT has armor skins worth getting then I might buy it.

Map completion is what Anet calls ‘content’. Why would they remove ‘content’?

Lots of people have this issue and this is the only real response from last year. Sounds like it’s a GW2 being 32 bit on 64 bit system problem. So yeah you can say it’s my fault for having a ‘modern’ OS…And it’s great an all you guys coming in to say you have no issues, but that really doesn’t help. The only solution is to turn down settings because the software can’t handle it on some 64 bit systems. But what ever, you win, I’ve been white knighted out of the thread. Good luck.

Chad Taylor.3487:

Thanks for submitting your log files. I’ve found your corresponding crash reports and we will look into the issue immediately.

The skinny is that it looks like we’ve allowed you to shoot yourselves in the foot with maxed out graphics settings combined with crazy boss zergs. The GW2 client is a 32bit process which has access to just 4gb of RAM, even less in practice due to fragmentation in high churn environments like a zerg fest. I can see from your log files that you are hitting an upper limit of about 3.5 gb of allocated memory before crashing on a failed allocation(i.e. running out of memory).

In the meantime here are some things you can turn down that will free up some memory in zergs without compromising graphics too much:

-Disable “High-Res character textures”
-Ease back on “Character Model Limit” and “Character Model Quality”
-Ease back on “Lod Distance”

The memory use for characters can roughly be described as = character count * character quality * 4 (if high-res is enabled).

Report back if those changes don’t help and I will do the same when we have a fix in-bound.

Zypher.7609:

Carbon Footprint.3421:

It’s a GW2 thing. Built a brand new screaming machine last year and got it to crash to desktop fighting Karka Queen on the first day. It happens frequently on world bosses. Best advice is to simply play a ranged toon and auto attack facing away from the boss.

Since you built it yourself, I would look into some programs to monitor your gpu heat. Sounds like it is overheating which is causing the crash. I built my own and like the other poster I have had 0 issues, and run everything on max settings even during Teq and other large battles. Really though it most likely is your computer, yes GW2 contributes in parts but your crashing issue is most likely a driver/over heating issue.

I have a hard time believing a 980 GTX SC is overheating on GW2, which it isn’t. Exact same thing would happen on my old rig, and this one was a 100% hardware change. High player population boss fights commonly cause this issue, specially right after reset.

Yes I could lower my settings for the battles and yes that would solve it, but that is a pretty kittenty resolution to fix an issue that has happened to people across the spectrum of hardware for 3 years.

It is grand that many people have played without issue, but many have not and it’s not always user error.

EDIT: and here’s a further laugh, just did a fairly low population Karka Queen and GPU ran cooler during the fight than it did before and after. So yeah not a hardware issue.

SHM.7628:

Carbon Footprint.3421:

It’ll never happen because having to do world completion on each toon adds “content” to the game. It’s just a way to keep you playing the game.

I think your confusing grind with content. If you want to repeatedly grind it for the gifts of exploration then fine. Just saying, that is not content. It’s even more meaningless once you unlock the world achievement.

Content was in quotes to represent that I don’t call it content but that is how Anet sees it.

It’s a GW2 thing. Built a brand new screaming machine last year and got it to crash to desktop fighting Karka Queen on the first day. It happens frequently on world bosses. Best advice is to simply play a ranged toon and auto attack facing away from the boss.

It’ll never happen because having to do world completion on each toon adds “content” to the game. It’s just a way to keep you playing the game.

I’m waiting to see the new skins, both armor and weapons. If they suck then there is really no point in the content.

Armor>outfits. And if I don’t like any of the new armor options with HoT they won’t get my money.

Another meh outfit, color me underwhelmed. Armor rules! Outfits drool!

As a dress-up kitten, show me the armor (not outfits) and I might show you my money, Anet.

I use it 100%. But I’m a filthy casual.

No soup for you!

Another reason: shield face.

More accurately, it’s not “open” but rather a “pre-purchase beta weekend.” Just sayin’.

Airship for me.

Duke Blackrose.4981:

Carbon Footprint.3421:

I used to use both Protector’s Impact AND Protective Reviver, can’t any more because they are in the same tier.

I really hope this is a joke post.

Actually serious. I am very casual and fall off stuff a lot and do world events where people need ressing. Never been one to try too hard at the ‘best’ build but rather one that fits my play style, which is now hindered.

I used to use both Protector’s Impact AND Protective Reviver, can’t any more because they are in the same tier.

“How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Speed/Traveler Runes”

Best movie ever.

Yeah, the last ones I need are in the Lions Shadow and there are a dozen of us just standing here waiting for the door to interact with. Pretty lame bug I hope. If this is by design then it is pretty fail.

ladybutter.5280:

I’ve been discussing HoT’s content with someone before, and I told him that I get the feeling that it isn’t close to what an xpac should be. Then our discussion ended with “well it will depend on the price”. And now look, I was right all along.

So far, here’s what I know we’re getting for sure:
1. New 1 zone, the vertical one. The way they emphasized a lot of times the verticality of this new zone makes me think that this is all we gonna get. A single zone with a lot of floors.
2. New Guild Halls – okay new one! excited about this.
3. New PVP Stronghold
4. New masteries
5. New/Sort of elite spec for each profession (good for you if the new elite works out for your class, if not sorry)
6. New/Sort of 1 weapon choice for each profession (some only get offhand, and tough luck if that new weapon is actually useful on your class)
7. New profession!!! Woot!
8. Replaced borderlands – I repeat, replaced. The new bl maps are supposed to replace the old one, so it means, technically, it’s not part of HoT. Don’t tell me old players who won’t buy the xpac won’t have access to wvw bls?
9. Reworked Normal Specialization – in short, re-worked trait system. Not included in HoT.

And now I believe that is all? How is that even on par with the content available in the base game? There were no mentions of new dungeons and fractal maps even.

It’s like they’ve thrown in the bonus base game to justify the $50 price tag.

If you compare this to what you got for paying $60 for the original game, your list falls quite short of kitten value.

$50 for 5/6 the content of the core game or $0 from me.

$50 should grant us 5/6 the content of the original game. I don’t think that is too much to ask.

Speaking with my wallet and saving my money.

Side note: I asked my wife, who is a math teacher, and she confirmed that if I paid $60 for the core game and $50 for the expansion, the expansion should have 5/6 the content of the core game. Seems reasonable to me.

Not paying $50 for an expansion unless it has = content as the base game as I got character slots with the base game for almost the same price… what a rip off.

upsdn.5426:

Carbon Footprint.3421:

This isn’t for current players, only new players. They only care about new money not old money.

Then why is it in the gem store?

For the rich/desperate suckers who want to waste the money just to be in the beta.