Guild Wars 2

JustTrogdor.7892:

Have some of you all above tried this?

I found the instructions could use a little more clarity. To help out here is what you do:

1. Go to your applications folder and rename Guild Wars 2 to something else. I renamed it to Guild Wars 3 to keep it simple.

2. Use the link above to download the .dmg

3. Open it and click on the installer.

4. Once it is done go to your applications folder and open the new, “Guild Wars 2” application. If you named the old file Guild Wars 3 like I did it will be right beside it.

5. Once it opens let it run until you see it doing the update, “X number of files out of 200,00 files” or what ever that number is for the total files. I used 200,000 because it is something like that.

6. Now you can close the application, you don’t need to let it finish downloading. Just make sure it started patching first. Then delete the new “Guild Wars 2” file in your applications folder.

7. Rename the file you renamed in step one if you want to back to “Guild Wars 2”. I just did this for clarity.

8. You should be able to launch the game now and see if it works.

Note, if you use different user accounts on your Mac you will need to do this for each account you want to play GW2 on.

If you are not sure how to rename a file I have attached and image on the easy way to do it. Right click the file, select get info. Under name and extension just change the “2” at the end of Guild Wars 2, to a 3 and click the “x” to close the window and the name will be changed.

I hope this helps some of you because from reading this thread it seems there has been some confusion.

I can confirm this fix works, and it only takes about 5 minutes. I just did this for my wife’s Mac computer where the TP was inaccessible, and upon next login it worked great!

Be patient when you try it again – the TP took about 10 seconds to reload the assets for each UI tab, but all tabs are up and rolling great now.

My wife is experiencing occasional crashes when playing her account on her Mac, all in WvW, even with settings very low.

She is running a 21.5 inch, Late 2013 iMac
2.9 Ghz Intel Core i5
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 1024 MB
OS X 10.9.2

DevonCarver.5370:

gidorah.4960:

probably because i prefer function over form and action over talk i really don’t care about how functional improvements are presented and if it is done in small batches or big. It also sounds like devon isn’t willing to drop his pet projects and direct his resources to fixing wvw’s big problems which is something the wvw community was ok with under habib.

Chris has called you out on things before, and now I’m going to do it. This is not acceptable for these threads. You are not engaging with the discussion, you are not proposing solutions, you are instead using this as an opportunity to berate me, my team, and the studio for the direction we are taking the game. You are making serious extrapolations about things with little to no actual information. The decisions we make in terms of what projects to work on and when they get released are made with the interests of the game as a whole and the studio as a whole. No one person is working on “pet projects” as you term it, we are working on the game.

Please be respectful to all of us and contribute to this discussion, if you are going to continue to post in this thread.

Side note: I support Devs calling out posters like this when they take cheap shots at devs. None of us know what goes on behind the scenes of the development process.

Patrikan Habaton.2548:

DevonCarver.5370:

Agreed.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/world-xp-and-you/

I think it’s pretty unfair to not reset wxp ranks to about 100.. I mean there were so many arguments when you reseted fractal lvls back to 30 that you would do the same with wxp… you don’t I’m really dissapointed… how can I Keep up with palyers that now have a accwide high rank with more skills… ? You should let everyone start on even footage every season and reset the ranks… otherwise it’s just unfair because ppl have an Advantage starting in the season over ppl that just Play the Content. You took hours and hours of work I could have invested in wxp when you released the fractal update. you took away my work.. I want now to kindly request that you could set me on equal footage to the hardcore wvw Players… I mean whats the Problem they had fun playing wvw they didn’t do it for some number, did they?

I’ve only earned 120 ranks, and I don’t want this at all. Reward people for their dedication.

Huuuuuuuge thanks Anet Devs. This will encourage me to play WvW on more classes than just my highest ranked character.

eithinan.9841:

reduced cd on shouts and soldier runes and cleanse on shouts.

I run this, it’s a blast. In the current meta, condition removal is huge.

For utilities, I use Regen/prot shout, stability shout and one other shout that varies – Retreat for swiftness is what I mainly use, although I switch to stability field for major keep fights.

Favorite content so far. I appreciate the easily achievable meta, did not feel like a grind.

Difficulty on tower was perfect. I died a lot solo, but I also made it to the top 5 times with skilled play. Very fun.

I like the mechanic when used on about 1/3-1/2 of mobs. The randomness of it adds strategy, and keeps things fresh.

It’s also good training for WvW.

More than 50% would be annoying, but I like where it is with Nightmare Tower content.

My request: I would like to see past meta-achievement weapon/armor skins such as the Slickpack, etc to show up in the Achievement rewards and be reuseable once per day like the other Achievement rewards are now. (Obviously, not the real weapons/armor, just any skins I achieved for completing meta achievements in past content.)

I am leveling a lot of alts right now, and would love to have access to some of those skins (i.e. Slickpack for my Engineer) when I have got Exotic/Ascended gear for them at max level.

Thanks for reading! I am enjoying GW2 immensely right now.

I hate hacks.

If you’ve posted a name of a hack, or a link to a hack, please remove that info, it’s against the ToS.

We don’t want anyone getting any ideas.

I haven’t been bothered by them in BL, but they aren’t intrusive (the EB ones could be perceived that way).

Have to admit, it was funny when Toxic Coutiers started wailing on garrison in BG BL the other night.

Wish I had gotten a screenshot.

Agreed – good, intelligent post. Welcome to GW2!

OP – thanks for sharing thoughts. My abbreviated thoughts in response, apologize for abruptness:

1. I don’t want the cap lowered.

2. Maybe a little bit, but they’re really not that bad. Besides, they’re supposed to deny areas or they’re not worth building, so I don’t have a problem with current implementation. (i.e. One AC is not enough to stop a 30 man zerg currently, but it will be a pain, and I think that feels right. 3 carts on a gate should stop a zerg in its tracks, which it does.)

3. Agree completely. I wish there was no “superior” type of siege at all.

4. Agreed, but there needs to be a cap. Say, once per matchup/week? Seems reasonable, keeps people from switching multiple times a match to what server needs.

5. Laurels are not that big a deal to WvW, not huge stat increases. However, it could be improved by adding more WvW daily achievements, making Laurels easier to earn for WvWers.

6. Maybe for you, but a lot of people take it very seriously. I am in the middle, I sorta care, but not hardcore – I just think WvW is a blast, skill lag, zergs and all.

7. Totally agreed. If you attack an enemy keep and catch the enemy zerg out of position, they should have to run back asap to defend their t3 keep. Keep WPs should start the timer on first attack, and be contested w/out timer once the Keep Lord is in combat. Timer should start back up after Lord is out of combat.

8. I don’t mind this tactic (interesting strategic maneuver to me), although it would be better if area denials didn’t have an AoE cap and could actually keep people out of Lord’s room.

9. Agreed, except I wouldn’t prohibit siege, I would just put an icon above siege that Commander has thrown.

10. Don’t agree with this. I’ve seen very productive team members of the other four classes.

What boggles my mind is how I get into BG BL during NA prime time in 20 min while in HotM and 1-2+ hours outside of it.

Why does the zone affect queue speed? So strange.

I can see why they put it off with queues being lighter until S1, but it must be more complicated a fix than people seem to think. They play the game, they’re in these queues too.

OP – sorry man, no way this will happen.

Getting PvErs into WvW is frustrating in the short term, but it’s better for WvW in the long term.

If you train them to WvW properly instead of blowing them off, some will learn, might get hooked and improve your server coverage.

Play the long game, everyone will be better off.

morrolan.9608:

Jayne.9251:

Don’t agree. Everyone had equal opportunity to move to whatever server they felt would offer them the greatest challenge, and, if rewards were key to gameplay, server league position. Medium population servers were actually free to transfer to for that week.

As has been discussed winning is only really representative of coverage so how is it fair that significant rewards are based on that?

Coverage is a lot of it, but not all of it. Good commanders, disciplined players, well placed siege, good zerg positioning, supply disruption, player skill, many strategic decisions add up over time, many more, etc.

Flip side – a server’s recruiting & organizing for coverage (as it currently stands) is part of the WvW meta. Annoying but true.

I do wish coverage mattered MUCH less than it does though.

Ostra.3927:

I have heard this exact statement.

“I am scouting Hills keep will keep you updated” = Scout
“TY!” – Commander
60 minutes later
“15 XX at S gate, 2 rams down” – scout
“We are hitting bay, will get it back later” – Commander
“We have a t2 hills and I have spent the last hour upgrading and spending my own supply building siege!” – scout
“We are hitting bay, will get it back later, get more rewards” – Commander

This is seriously f’ed up and completely destroys the whole concept of the game mode. These defenders and scouts are getting shafted and that is why a year ago we had 5-6 scouts per keep/tower and now we MIGHT get one dedicated enough to do it!

Scouting should be rewarded much better, but that’s a terrible commander too.

I don’t understand why the schedule was made this way, but oh well. Will be a blast regardless.

In weeks 2, 3 & 4 for JQ, week 5 for SoR and week 6 for BG, the 2 T2 servers would be smart to straight up 2v1 the T1 server unless the T1 is behind 10k points or more, and worry about fighting each other after that. T2 may upset someone if they’re smart about it and don’t weaken each other too much.

Wouldn’t blame them at all for doing that, it is a legit tactic (somewhat same tactic BG and SoR have with JQ this week).

Grats, nice work.

JerekLo.5893:

The new skill reminds me of pve skills from gw1. I’m thinking it won’t be locked behind the event; the obelisk shard is obviously the limited time goodie. I can’t see them locking out an entire skill unless it’s kind of weak, like racials.

I’m guessing these universal skills are going to fill gaps in builds anet was having problems covering with normal skill balances. They can get all the professions shored up before they drop anything more extensive onto the table.

Good thoughts, I agree.

Even if it’s just one skill for now, I like that they’re starting to introduce new skills. I’m assuming more will be coming as releases continue.

I started trying get into a T1 BL around 10:30 am est this morning, and my computer crashed twice. Once when queue popped, once when I just got in. Tried to queue solo arena (figured “wow it’s a long queue, I’ll have time for one game for daily”), queue popped in 10 min, but had already started arena game. All in all did not get in until 2:30 pm est. Made the queue even worse.

Had a blast once I got in, but that was annoying.

1) Diminishing Returns
2) RNG (less RNG, more rewards tied to specific accomplishments)
3) Precursors (i.e. either better way to get them than MF or redesign of MF Precursor mechanic)

Minor:
1) Achievements (more PvE achievements, specifically for dynamic events)
2) In-game notification tool for dynamic events.

1) Population imbalance between servers
2) Account-wide WXP
3) Events for defenders, which help with defender rewards (i.e. when an upgrade is queued, defenders can complete an event to make it go quicker, collect rocks for a wall, collect siege parts for wall mortars, protect reinforcements from keep to a tower, etc.)

Want to see the new features in The Razing, compiled into one short video? Need to know where to start the new instances?

Video guide available here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyiQWJRXoSg

Many thanks to Aidan Taylor and the GW2 Website for this info.

Same issue here – all I need to complete the zone.

A workaround for the short-term if the catapult is bugged would be to allow the guards at the tower to teleport players up to the top.

Bugged for me too. I apparently skipped a big chunk of NPCs in a camp to the west of the tombs that probably had dialogue, causing the bug (no quest objective there though).

While I enjoy my Guardian (main character), I find myself wishing I had one more ranged weapon with faster projectiles for WvW. The Scepter is decent, and better than nothing, but it can feel cumbersome because of the slow projectiles. It strikes me as a mid-range weapon.

I would love to see a long-range support weapon with fast projectiles.

I throw in my vote with the Crossbow, as it fits the feel/mold for the character.

Home World: Northern Shiverpeaks
Guild Name: Skyfires
Guild Website: n / a
In-Game Contact: Goel Lightfire
Focus: PvX
Quick Notes:
Small guild dedicated to giving out free buff banners to the NSP server community. If you’re looking for a small place and would like to help us earn guild influence to give away banners, look me up.

We are the founding guild of the Free Banner Movement

If you are a guild/GM/officer who wants to give back to the GW2 community, please visit that post and join the Free Banner Movement.

Thanks very much for being the second guild (first not counting mine ) – I hope it takes off too. Please feel free to invite other guilds to do this as well if the opportunity arises – direct them to me and/or this post, and I’ll get them on the roster.

I agree – coordination would be good for guilds that have multiple FBM members on the same server. That could be done through the contact personnel on the roster of FBM between the two guilds /whispering to make sure they’re on the same page.

They don’t stack, so having guilds divide which banners they give out is a great idea.

This post is reserved as a list for:

Active Members of the Free Banners Movement:

Northern Shiverpeaks

Guild Name: Skyfires <SKYF>
Type: PvX
Contact: Goel Lightfire, GM
Banner Location(s): Divinity’s Reach – Minister’s Waypoint

Crystal Desert

Guild: Whispers of Acoma
Type: PvX
Contact: Kayg Hunter.7849
Banner Locations: Lion’s Arch primarily, but we also use Dungeon Entrances.

Gate of Madness

Guild Name: The Nights Watch
Type: PvX
Contact: TheMagicTouch.4398 or Princess Flick.8723
Banner Locations: Rata Sum – Metrical Court WP, near the instance to the arcane council

Stormbluff Island

Guild Name: Dragons of Anarchy
Type: PvX
Contact: Sir Bataglion Stark
Banner Location(s): Hoelbrak (Great Lodge Waypoint)

Server Not Listed

Guild Name: Warriors Alliance
Type: PvE/PvP/WvW/Dungeons etc
Contact: MrGotty.8952
Banner Location: Rata Sum

My name/main character is Goel Lightfire, and I am the GM of Skyfires <SKYF> on Northern Shiverpeaks (NSP).

Roughly 1-2 times a week, I have been distributing free buff banners to NSP, planting them in Divinity’s Reach in the plaza by Minister’s Waypoint (Bank/TP location). I do this because I love being generous and helping other players out.

Towards this end, I am creating the Free Banner Movement (FBM). I am looking for active guilds/GMs/officers across all servers who will commit to occasionally (1-2 times/week) distributing free buff banners at major cities, WvW or large dynamic events.

By doing this, you will be:

1. Helping other players
2. Improving your server’s community and the GW2 atmosphere
3. Publicizing your guild
4. Improving your guild reputation on your server
5. Recruiting opportunities
6. Receiving tips from banners
7. Enjoying the joy of giving

(Also, in guild recruitment broadcasts/topics, you can advertise you are a member of the Free Banner Movement. One of my goals is that enough guilds would join the movement that being a member would be good PR for your guild and improve the effectiveness of your recruitment efforts.)

The commitment is this: Your guild commits to give out at least 1 free banner a week in a public, heavily trafficked location on your server.

That’s it. 50 influence is cheap, so even small guilds can do this. You are more than welcome to pick which types of banners to give out, and you are more than welcome to use the free banner for recruiting, public relations and to receive tips.

(Personally, I have been tipped generously for posting banners. I have received over 20s for 4 banners so far, all of which has gone back into guild influence to buy more banners. Many thanks to those players – you know who you are.)

NOTE: This is NOT an guild alliance – this is a movement of guilds who want to be generous and give back to the GW2 community.

This operates on the honor code, so if you commit, please follow through or ask that your guild be removed from the list.

If you are interested in committing to providing free banners to your server, please post in this topic, direct message me or contact me in-game (Goel Lightfire, NSP) and I will add you to the movement as an active member. Please include your Guild Name, Type (PvE, PvP, WvW, PvX, etc.), your primary Contact and where you will primarily be distributing banners (DR, LA, WvW, etc.).

Thanks!

~Goel

Fantastic guide, much appreciated.

The most useful part for me was your weapon synergies and utility skills discussions. I will be revisiting skills that remove conditions in WvW for sure.

I think “Cost proportional to distance traveled” is perfectly fair. The game is designed around using waypoints to get to locations quickly, and I definitely feel the costs add up a little too quickly for me, even at low-mid levels (currently 34).

Phenomenal game though.