Guild Wars 2

UPDATE: Game is up and running again. -Repair did the trick. Only thing I can even guess would be that something went sideways when I closed down yesterday.

Thanks to shadow for reminding me about -repair. I hadn’t needed it since launch, and had totally forgotten about it. Even still had shortcut for it tucked away in the folder.

Ah yes, I do seem to remember something about a repair function. I’ll have to try that. Also, my specs are:
Win7
64 bit
Intel i7-2600k processor @ 3.4 Ghz
8 GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6670 graphics card

Game was running fine yesterday, and nothing else weird has happened to my computer, so I could only assume something went bonkers with GW2. I’ll try that repair thing though.

I have tried about five times, now, and will continue to do so, but the results have been the same. No matter which of my characters I select to load, the game crashes immediately after I click the PLAY button on the character select screen. I get the following error log:

—> Crash <—
Exception: c0000005
Memory at address ffffffff could not be read
App: Gw2.exe
Pid: 9148
Cmdline: -testVerticalFov
BaseAddr: 00400000
ProgramId: 101
Build: 27836
When: 2014-01-04T17:24:21Z 2014-01-04T11:24:21-06:00
Uptime: 0 days 0:00:45
Flags: 0

I can always get back to the character select screen, but one thing that I noticed is that on the stats for a character I have previously tried to load (and subsequently crashed) the map completion stat shows 0%.

Can anybody help? Thanks.

So for some bizarre reason, for the last four months, it has completely slipped my mind to post a link to my Fan Fic here. Why is that bizarre? Mostly because posting it here was the main reason I started writing it in the first place. Better late than never, I guess.
And this way, there’s plenty to chew on right away.

The story updates a little bit each week (Tuesday evenings, CDT), and comments and critiques are not only welcomed, but sort of wanted. The fastest way to improve one’s skill is for others to give you a heads up when you’re doing it wrong.

So enjoy!
(Link below leads to FanFic.net, just FYI.)
Machinations of Terror

Hitting achievements with my Human Male makes me snicker: “I achieved this. I’m an achiever.”

Also, overheard from a random Charr female near Black Citadel, hear response to be asked if she was ready? “Oo-rah!” Made me want to go wherever she as going. Also made me think of a Charr version of the Marines, and then think I wouldn’t want to meet them. XO

Let’s see. Kate Miller as Commander Serentine (and the female Charr voice). See Sealab 2021 or Frisky Dingo for some good references of her past work. Kari Wahlgren is Caithe, whose resume reads like a Cartoon/Video Game hit parade. (Not to mention the weird thoughts when you realize that Caithe and Little Suzy of Phineas and Ferb fame are the same VA.)
And last but not least, Warmaster Forgal Kernsson of the Vigil is voiced by Paul Eiding (whose voice you should recognize the instant you hear it). When doing missions with him I keep expecting to hear “Snake. SNAKE? SNNAAAAKKEEE!!!” at any moment.

The packs that my engineer wears, the one that changes depending on the kit equipped, seems to be hanging sideways, and rotated 90 degrees. Don’t know if it’s been reported yet, and I haven’t seen any other engineer’s yet. It’s not game breaking, just funny looking.

I’m hoping that this post is going in the right place. I logged in this afternoon, with my Norn Warrior. Yesterday evening, I had looted a rifle from a random ice elemental in the Wayfarer Hills. It had a very nice skin on it (Something like this one: http://i.minus.com/jbgHvPkrH3lV4M.jpg), in my own humble opinion.

But when I logged in, weapon was the generic blunderbuss looking rifle skin. Is there anyway I can get it back? Or do I have to find another one? The stats are still all the same, just the visual appearance has changed.

So, help?