Guild Wars 2

It is annoying that after all these years this bug is still there. 2 expansions later and still the base story has bugs that make you have to repeat the story you just did. That is where I am now. I looked on wiki and even it says this is a known bug. Has been for years. Pretty frustrating. I don’t feel like doing it all over again so I am just going to put it off for now. For me the only thing I can think of it when I went to the bank that was being robbed there were bandits by the mystic forge and when I came out of the bank the ones by the forge were no longer there and the star for that area gone. My advice would be don’t walk around the area before starting the conversation at every spot because this story is so very buggy…

This story is so buggy and I don’t think Anet ever plans to fix it because it is so old. However, it is a part every player has to go through so you think they would. These bugs have been listed for awhile now: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Reconnaissance#Notes. For me it was the cutscene that never activated but I had done all sections and even Trahearne said I did.

Okay it is now fixed. Thanks Anet for patching this.

So the problem is still on going. Thanks for everyone posting. This is good to know that it is not just me but also extends to others including those who actually were already in Southsun. Also I am seeing someone posted on reddit about this too so I told them to check this thread.

New bug (I haven’t seen anyone posting about this one) but Karka is now up and no one can get there unless they were already in that map and if they are already on the map they are STUCK there and get kicked out to character select screen!!

Waypointing brings up this error:

The game client is unable to gain access to the log-in server at this time. This is most commonly caused by firewall or router settings, security applications, or connecting through a campus network. For additional support, please visit http://support.guildwars2.com.
(Code=19:9:7:400:101) [OK]

Taking the portal in Lion’s Arch brings up the SAME error.

I can wp to anywhere else..

I am sad as I was trying to do Karka Queen and set up a timer to alarm when it was time and everything

Okay guys if you don’t know where to add that temp workaround here is an image to make it easier for you (Please don’t make fun of those who may not know):

(Also if you are not NA please read the original thread by Anet: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/Connection-error-s-detected-retrying-115/first#post6643415 )

Thank you Chris that did work for me for now. When I did a search for if anyone was typing about this I found this thread first which people did not know the work around so I quoted you there:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/connection-error-5/page/2#post6643746

Okay trying that now:

Chris Cleary.8017:

We’re aware of the issue and are looking into it.
I’ll update here as I get them.

Temp Workaround:
(This will not work for everyone)

As a temporary bypass add -assetsrv 64.25.41.2 to your Gw2 Shortcut in the Target Section (you will want to clear this out at a later date)

64.25.41.3, 64.25.41.4 may also work

Sam here…

For the last few hours. I thought .. well perhaps it is my net and it was late so I went to bed .. woke up… same error:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/Connection-error-s-detected-retrying-115/first#post6643415

Chris Cleary.8017:

We’re aware of the issue and are looking into it.
I’ll update here as I get them.

Temp Workaround:
(This will not work for everyone)

As a temporary bypass add -assetsrv 64.25.41.2 to your Gw2 Shortcut in the Target Section (you will want to clear this out at a later date)

64.25.41.3, 64.25.41.4 may also work

ANET KNOWS and IS WORKING ON A SOLUTION!! YAY!

(Also what is Rain’s problem? We just saying it is still a problem. I have never had as much down time with any other game I have played as with GW2 but perhaps I am just lucky (I played 4 years of WoW as well). Wish the launcher would say when there is a known issue .. instead of having to search to see if it is just us or on Anet’s side…).

I literally was getting between 700 and 4000+ ping

I checked my net .. it is not my net..

http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/17923475

This has been on going for the last 24 hours and quite a few people have confirmed it in game and out.

I find Anet usually places their first confirmation of issues on Facebook and twitter .. not on these forums til later. Check there.

https://www.facebook.com/GuildWars2

https://twitter.com/guildwars2

Also it looks like there is at least 55 reports of connectivity issues reported here:
http://downdetector.com/status/guild-wars-2

and even far back as 2 days ago:
http://downdetector.com/status/guild-wars-2/news/140970-problems-at-guild-wars-2

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

holodoc.5748:

This is completely unacceptable. I understand that there might be issues that would require the team to suddenly disable a feature but there is absolutely no excuse for having to learn game related stuff like these on forums. I wasted unbound mining picks on multiple characters (that’s 5000 karma each) just to find out now, completely by accident, that the jade fragments currently don’t drop jade shards.

How hard would it be to implement a simple in-game messaging system which would directly feed info like this to the players? You already use something similar every time a new build is released. Just use it to broadcast something like “hey, jade fragments are currently disabled until we fix them”. Instead, I have to spend more time on forums than in the game itself to get info about stuff that is actually happening in the game…

They never have done anything like that in the past, so I’m not sure why you expect them to be doing it today.

That said, I agree that they should cross-post important information all the time, not just for urgent issues. This is the sort of thing that could be published on Reddit, the forums, their twitter/facebook feed, and sure, maybe in game.

I agree that would be a good idea

Those poor hamsters ..

Kennings.9217:

The log-in server was down for half an hour, now we’re all trying to log in at once.
“Why is there this queue now to even get INTO the game we paid for?” Lmao, you sound like a WoW player. Free stuff! Free stuff! Calm down. It’s going to be okay. You’ll lose a few minutes out of the month you paid for. Oh wait, it’s unlimited gametime.

Well at least now I know why. Hmm.. speaking of which .. think while I wait I will go play some WoW..

“Guild Wars 2 is currently full. You have been placed in a queue and will automatically enter the game when space is available. Please wait. "

Wait what is THIS now? There are long queues for pvp and now we cannot even get INTO the game at ALL because of queues? What is being done about this? Why is there this queue now to even get INTO the game we paid for? I just got home, don’t have much time to play (only have an hour max tonight and won’t be able to play all weekend) and now I cannot even get in? Thought it was just the server I am on (Fort Aspenwood) but it seems to be most (if not all) servers. I cannot find any information about this so here is the thread I am starting on this. I am hoping to find out what is going on.

I understand where you are coming from because I have been playing for 3+ years, have HOT and have 100% map completion on my main and all 80’s. Yet I personally prefer PvE and don’t like the new dailies getting us into HOT if we don’t feel like doing it. I mean .. Vista in HOT for a daily was hell for me. I tried for hours to find one I could get to. I found it annoying, frustrating, aggravating, and just made the game not as fun as it used to be when I was just playing the base game. The base game kept me for 3 years because I had choices, variety, and could play any kitten way I wanted to. THAT is what drew me to the game. But with the expansion it loses that feel. The expansion is just basically an extension of Silverwastes and Dry Top. It is not as expansive as the base game. The base game is much better than the expansion. And then on top of that paying the Canadian dollar which is in the toilet meant paying more than I did for the base game. Then the dailies change and now if you want them you can no longer just stick to PvE (as I had been doing) to do them but have to venture into other areas (Expansion, WvW, PvP). Before the expansion I was loving the base game, I was even loving WvW before they ruined it and I haven’t been back (I did hear they fixed some things though but everyone who I played WvW with already left GW2). I am an older person who likes to kick back and enjoy myself in a game (Yes casual. Sue me). I am not a young 20 something who can go hours grinding for the next back piece or legendary. That does not interest me. However the expansion and these new dailies feel like you are being pushed in that direction if you want to stay in this game. I miss having lots of choices on how I want to play the game. I miss playing it my way. (Why do I now hear the McDonald’s slogan in my head??).

Too long; Didn’t read?

I would LOVE more choices in WHAT dailies I want to do. I don’t mind the 3 dailies but want MORE choices for the game I payed (twice) for.

IndigoSundown.5419:

Perhaps add a mode. The general PvE stuff (events, gathering, vistas, world bosses, etc.) could be in one PvE mode. Specialty PvE like dungeons, fractals, activities, JP’s etc. could go into a second PvE category.

They do but it seems that HOT is considered PvE so I would love a separation between PvE base and PvE HOT dailies to choose from as I hate HOT.

Okay I verified that YES IT DOES BUG sometimes.

Solution: Log out and back in and you will be back at the part of the story where you choose which to do: Defend or Attack. I did attack (again) because I like to figure out what is bugged and report it. This time it worked. If Tizlak does NOT lead you UP that ramp (where the green arrow directs but then he leads and then the blisters SHOULD appear and more mordrem) then that means it is bugged. This has been hard to prove as it does not happen ALL the time but only SOMEtimes.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/The-Jungle-Provides-Tizlak/first#post6118921

Additional information:

Not sure if this is important but this second time around I stuck to Tizlak like glue. He tends to stop walking if you are just an inch ahead of him. Perhaps this is why he bugged out? Not sure. This part needs more testing to figure out why it sometimes misses a trigger.

Okay I don’t need your help. Turns out just because you did it and my instance was bugged didn’t mean I was doing anything wrong. I went through it again and verified that it WAS in FACT bugged. Not every time. But when it does a trigger does not happen. In my case it was the blisters did NOT appear. This basically put the whole instance on pause.

Going through it again this time Tizlak DID lead (up that ramp) and this time the blisters DID appear and I was able to do the story.

Tahlie.4259:

I’ve done it just fine, several times over. O.o Not sure what issue you’re running into.

You did the attacking path? Can you help me? I have walked everywhere and nothing triggers the next part.

You can see the where I walked in the mini map in my pic.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

I’ve not had any trouble finishing this. It’s definitely wonky — Tizlak follows you around, but you have to head to the right spot, which is marked with a harder-to-read-green circle than usual.

Okay I am logging in and will see if I can see it. I quit the game frustrated at this and posted. I didn’t see this thread until I searched general bugs from The Jungle Provides and found this 6 month old thread. Really? This is still not fixed?

REALLY wish there was an ABANDON QUEST option at times like this….

Seems others have come across this bug as well:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/The-Jungle-Provides-bug

On one character I defended the Itzel village but on another I decided to try the other path and follow Tizlak to attack the modrem. With defending it was hard but was doable, but attacking and following Tizlak seems broken. Tizlak does NOT lead. He just follows you. And the arrow on the map .. I go as far as I can and end up at a ledge. I can either not take the ramp up and go straight to a dirt bridge that leads out of the instanced area and kicks me out or I can take a turn left on the up ramp and follow that path which leads outside of the instanced area. Trying to talk to Tizlak gives me absolutely no answers. I have walked all over and finally just gave up and logged out of the game. I bought HOT when it first came out but have not been impressed. So far it seems very “one game style” instead of what the base game had been all along. HOT is basically only a Silverwastes expansion but I personally prefer Silverwastes to HOT except for gliding. Map is terrible and extremely easy to get lost on and many parts seem broken as well as XP is broken if you get more XP than is needed to train and get to the next training. But at this point, I have tried and .. well .. I am stuck. Most of my guild stopped playing after HOT came out and being frustrated and walking in circles with no clue as to where to go doesn’t give any incentive to keep on going.

Too long; didn’t read?

Picking the attack with Tizlak path is broken and you cannot proceed past claiming the 2 areas.

I have an idea for an icon that would show over someones head if they have the Matrix Key when in Metrica Province and in their inventory. For each charge it shows a number in the icon too perhaps.

The reason is so many times people say they have the key and if they don’t have a bank golem or what ever on them to bank it they want to be the one to open the hole after Fire Elemental for the Steam golem but many times someone else will open it instead. You are left either jumping in with your key breaking and feeling like you did all the work to get all 4 charges on your key for nothing .. or holding onto the key and not jumping into the hole and wishing you had a bank on you.

There are many places even in the base game where gliders are not disabled yet we as players would LOVE for the option to choose to disable them anyway. Could we have a toggle so that we can have gliders off til we turn them back on?

So much for this! Ya for me my HDD failed and I am now using a small drive for my C and I don’t want it filled up with high quality screenshots (yes I know it only saves up to 999 but it is still a lot of Mb).

As of just 1/2 hr before reset it is STILL broken.

A free to play person was complaining that they could not do the first story (level 10) and they also could not post on the forum. So here I am posting it for them. I wish I could give them an experience scroll so they could at least do their first world boss fight. I just told them to explore and level that way and that story sucks until later anyway due to it being so split up til 80.

Because of this they recently decided to go back to WoW free to play instead as at least there they can play til 20 for free. I told them they can still do hearts. They were not impressed.

Thank you everyone for this discussion as well as the answers. This will help me in my guild’s new guild recruitment message since the old one no longer is appropriate. I do miss some things that once were but I do see some new good things. Time will tell if it is just as good as before or even better or worse. I would like there to be more incentive for people to want to represent a “MAIN” guild instead of repping none or choosing to stay guildless. At the same time without influence there no longer is people just repping who ever has the highest benefits anymore so that is good for guilds and the benefit of being in a guild at all is access to guild halls which is nice when a guild has those buff vendors and resource nodes available. I also realize some choose to join an alternate guild now to have access to the guild hall that their main guild doesn’t have so that they can see what both have.

Q: What are the benefits to players for repping a guild in 2016 and what are the benefits to the guild as well as to themselves as new players?

Extended question for clarification purposes:

I am posting on my guild’s forums a new thread as the old one is outdated with the release of HOT and the changes to guilds. Now the whole guild repping is completely different as there is no such thing as influence. What do I tell new players as the reasons to represent a guild?

There are many reasons people do not rep 100% and that is that not all are 100% what players want in one guild at all times. Some want to WvW, some want to PvE, some want a mix, and not all guilds do it all but one or the other. Some people want to be in a RP guild, some want to be in a Christian guild yet that guild they joined might not be in the same WvW server. So this won’t be on why would you NOT rep 100%, but what are the benefits to players for repping a guild in 2016 and what are the benefits to the guild as well as to themselves as new players.

Idea #1: We have a Guild icon on our screen. How come this isn’t utilized to ALSO have a list of Guild’s currently looking for new members. Guild leaders can toggle if their guild is accepting new members currently and only those ones show in the list. Each Guild in the list has their requirements such as % of required representation (and what that means for new players who have no clue) and what level their guild hall is at and what buffs they have and what language they mainly are and what time zone they go by and what server if they do WvW and if they are PvP, PvE or WvW or PvX (all) and if they have any other requirements such as age (some require 18+ due to the language they may use in voice chat within the guild) and sexual-orientation acceptance or religion acceptance (there are certain guilds that are considered “safe havens” for certain groups of people).

I have seen other games with a search feature and with how Anet has improved the game over the years I thought it was high time that this suggestion is made as it can now easily be implemented with some work.

#2: Or even utilizing the LFG took to also have a tab for Guild searches.

#3: Heck, even in the short term if it is easier to have a /guildsearch that would redirect to guildex even though that is not an Anet site like the /wiki is… Still, another idea.

My friend said she cannot post on the forums because she is free to play. So I am posting this for her:

Good thing I read this now .. my main .. my Mesmer .. has 100% world completion and I JUST got this game .. I think I will hold off til they fix all the bugs as Stavemaster Adryn has really got me frustrated … and no info on him on the /wiki

How can you destroy those projectile portals? They hurt bad! Also isn’t Adryn a HE?

But I think what makes him so over powered is his cool downs. They are too short. He seems to be able to attack faster than you can even place an attack. However it is actually not at a ridiculous pace as this game places a lot of importance on dodging and that mechanism is used a lot here. He does have sayings that indicate which attack he will do such as “the portal” he says “Gaze into nightmare” (Dimensional Blast) and “Power to Consume!” for the Soul Rip.

You can set up your chat to show you the damage done so that you can review what damage hurts you the most and what skills of your worked best against him. That is what I did to learn he is susceptible to conditions and to reflects.

It seems that if everyone around you dies you are screwed but this is not true as this CAN be soloed. But if you want you CAN get a chance to rez (resurrect) 1 or 2 of the fallen NPC’s to aid you but you have to be tactical about it. Dodge when he speaks and keep an eye on him and rez in spurts. You will not have enough time to just stay by a player or NPC and rez them. Do not be in close quarters with Stavemaster Adryn so that you can dodge and back away from his attacks but be aware of areas where you may fall to your death if not careful. He does NOT seem to be a fast walker so distance is your friend. His portal however has a very long distance and can seem to follow you but seems to miss the farther away you are if you go off centre.

If you do NOT see the portal you might have a graphical problem or a corrupt file. Not sure but the game does have a -repair function. However you should submit a ticket to Anet about this problem as you should see the portal as clear as day.

I might create a page on the wiki (yes I have an account and have added stuff but never made a page before) as I have just beat him. I figured it out. Dodging (I accidentally dodged off the edge once but good thing I have a glider and was able to get back up without him resetting). I also was able to run past him and rez 1 npc (lbli .. the son of Kaana Tiatli) which helped act as distraction so that I could stun Stavemaster Adryn which worked quite well. I also took screenshots of 2 of his sayings as he says (which is typical of all bosses at the 3/4 mark and the 1/2 mark and sometimes the 1/4 mark) sayings.

At the end of defeating him you unlock a new skin of your choosing from the Bladed Headgear Box:

• Bladed Cowl
• Bladed Helmet
• Bladed Mask

They are ACCOUNT BOUND until you wear it then it becomes SOUL BOUND. So if you do not like the look you can grab one you cannot wear and save it for an alternate character but cannot sell it on the Trading Post.

Others are having a hard time beating him as well (Example #1 & #2) but I hope that my tips help you are someone else.

Even though the errors I get are only saying time outs, load times are longer and my memory use from the game alone is maxed every time I try to play. Since the last patch I get time outs OFTEN and cannot play this way. Yes i know it is said that this is the smoothest post-beta release or expansion release of any game in history but .. it is frustrating never the less. I log in and am in for max 10 min before getting a time out error or not being able to contact the server error. I don’t even use the Firewall that comes with my antivirus since before all this so that isn’t the issue. I was able to play for hours before the last 2 patches.. Heck I am only in Lion’s Arch!

I mean at first I thought it was because my computer is old (Specs here) but I was able to play just fine .. before HoT came out and I decided to buy it before any sale as I was going to.

Lim.1752:

every time log in.. and 1 minute later the game crash. windows 7

Same here .. getting Code=7:11:3:191:101 errors.

Yup that worked! Thanks! Solved

abomally.2694:

AdAware is causing the crash:

Module: LavasoftTcpService.dll <—- module causing the crash

I recommend that you uninstall it or disable it from running at startup.

Thank you. While waiting for a reply I noticed that as well. I didn’t get that every time but this last time where I copy pasted it into this post I saw that and I uninstalled “AdAware Web Companion” which I had installed at the end of June. Now I am able to update. Seeing if I can play without crashing now.

I came home from work and decided to play GW2 since yesterday I did not have a chance. I start it up (I have never had any issues with any previous updates and didn’t know there was another yesterday since I wasn’t on) and it crashed at the beginning of an update. I let it close and relaunched the launcher. This time it crashed at 11% update. 3rd attempt didn’t even make it that far and 4th attempt crashed at 8%. 5th attempt it just launched the launcher black and hung.. and I had to Ctrl+Alt+Del.

Guess I will just play something else … What the heck is going on and what did you guys do in this update that I no longer can play GW2? I am now glad I didn’t yet buy the expansion…

Help? The first crash it just gave a Windows (7) error and closed. The second time it brought up the submit error to Anet so I did that.

Heck I can’t even get into the game now since the update … won’t even finish the update .. this sucks! And I have been able to play without any issues for 2 years … so it is definitely on Anet’s side ..

Okay I rechecked my times with a different time converter this time thanks to Donari.5237 and Biohunter.3029 for pointing it out. This time I used http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html and got my times correct. It won’t be during work for me.

Thank you for correcting me.

NA Eastern Time Zone the times are:

2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. EDT
10:30 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT

Anet reads their twitters so I have apologized to them on there but wonder why such a short time period for testing. Is this another stress test or just to give us a taste to keep us wanting more? Either way I wish everyone could see what is coming out but the testing is only 2 hr intervals which from the last time (if it is like last time) you basically follow story with a lot of cut scenes and don’t really get much of a chance to play around with what your character does. I guess you could fool around and ignore what the story is pointing you to do, but I thought I would offer this as any consolation to any who will be at work during those time frames.

I am sorry I got upset (even though I converted the time wrong for my time zone). Just “u have to be on at such and such a time or else miss out” kind of gets people cranky even though that is how it is done here.

Donari, I am East Coast. I wasn’t saying anyone else is. I was only speaking for myself not everyone else that has ever played on NA server… Also what are you going on about “elections on different coasts”. I am not even in the USA and I used a time conversion so the times I am talking about are my time zone which means 11:30am testing is 7:30am for me and the latest will be at 3:30pm for me.

So anyway, ya Anet can do what they want but I feel they SHOULD HAVE told people that the times would be only a selected group of time zones and during the week as I know so many who have played their kitten off hoping for a portal drop. They try so hard to get a lot of people signed up but then a few whole time zones won’t be able to play if they have school (which this isn’t exactly March break or summer vacation) or at work. Of course this is upsetting. Poor foresight on Anet’s part.

I think Anet should have thought about the times everyone would be on .. the whole world plays GW2 .. not just a select few time zones want to do the Beta testing..

This is very upsetting to all those in North America because of the HUGE Hype of the portals dropping and everyone spending so much time in Silverwastes and dry top and then to be told “Sorry you have a job .. you won’t be able to enjoy the beta testing after all!”. This is just UNACCEPTABLE! #HOT #GW2

For my timezone you see the time conversion to took the time to do below:

11:30 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) is 7:30 a.m. EDT
3:30 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) is 11:30 a.m. EDT
7:30 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) is 3:30 p.m. EDT

Will Anet consider times set up for NA as well? What alternative is there for us GW2 players in NS servers where we did get our portals and email invitations to partake in this beta test?

Ya it is already being talked about in the support and Bugs sections as well as Twitter:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/Auction-House-Broken/first#post5061017

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Black-Lion-Trading-Post-is-down/first#post5060934

https://twitter.com/GuildWars2/status/598474546220507136

Well at least now after hours we know it is being looked into … but now also getting crashes as well as the TP being down.. grrr

Yes it has been down for me for HOURS and I had to quit Silverwastes because I had no room and I usually sell on the TP between fights. Funny how someone on the server said "why is no one doing the “pacman” run?" .. because everyone had full bags..

Code=42:1001:9001:4410:101

But now I am having a new issue .. disconnects every 30 seconds .. What the heck is ANET doing?? Frustrating..

I am on the NA server btw. Restarting the game or going to another server does NOT rectify the problem.

Update for all in this thread – Anet knows about it and is talking about it on Twitter (why not here?). Anyway, here you go: https://twitter.com/GuildWars2/status/598474546220507136

I used 3 Black Lion Salvage kits on 3 Exotic level 71 Rampager’s Soft Wood Warhorn of Accuracy (item #26852) which resulted in the Globs of Dark Matter dropping in this order: 2, 0, 1 = 3 (from 4 of item #2652).

Then I used the BLSK on 7 Carrion Scallywag Helm of the Centaur (item #1640) which resulted in dropping the GoDM in this order: 0,1,2,1,0,1,1 = 6 (from 7 of item #1940).

I got mine on May the 7th and people still were getting them on the 8th so don’t give up yet..

Perhaps a good place to try is http://gw2.guildex.org/guilds/na/fort-aspenwood ? Also what time zone are you in? Do you intend to represent the WvW Guild at all times? Representing a guild enables you to see and partake in Guild Chat which is a really good thing. Many WvW Guilds have Team Speak or Mumble or some other sort of voice program to better relay what is happening in WvW.

I have gotten one today but edited to help others:

Points to remember:

• Anet will never send you a message like this in game
• The link .. always look from the end first to see the REAL domain this scam is hosted on
• The bottom of such mails say in a box that it is sent from a normal player
• There is an exclamation mark that is the report button. Use it on every one of these scams you get.

YES it is fixed now!! At least on Jade Quarry (IP: 64.25.33.88:0) now! What about for the rest of you?

Feonix.4790:

..very frustrating for my friends who were told Guild Wars 2 was this rich, immersive experience, and now they feel like the game is treating them like an idiot because the game doesn’t think that they’ll “get it”.

Meanwhile, once they’ve unlocked something by leveling up enough, the game just says, “hey, you’ve unlocked this thing,” and that’s IT. Barely any explanation, and they’re left scratching their heads going “… okay?” When veteran players were traveling around learning new things it was very natural and very immersive. We saw a thing we didn’t understand, we investigated or learned through action. Now the game has a big pop-up that says “Hey, by the way, now all of a sudden when you die there’s this downed state and you can rally. Have fun!” and players are just left confused.
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TL;DR: Brought some friends into the fold. The NPE doesn’t help to explain anything to them and only serves to frustrate them (and me) by gating major systems – including the kitten plot – behind a level wall, forcing them to play for many hours before the game actually becomes fun. It should just be fun right out of the gate, like it used to be.

EXACTLY! I first noticed that with my friend Bryan (who subsequently went back to WoW instead of staying with GW2 – not because of that per say but just that he didn’t like how things were set up in GW2 and would get frustrated and told me that WoW was easier to get into and he missed raids). But I remember walking with him as he was brand new and I had jumped on one of my lower characters (who were like level 20 but still lower than 80 so I could still do things I hadn’t in his area). I went to a Vista and he kept saying it didn’t do anything. Now I didn’t know about the changes so I kept explaining you just click on it and what not. In fact I think it was one that I had already done so I couldn’t even tell if it was one where you get something in your inventory and have to consume it or what. Why is this locked anyway for low level characters? I don’t get the reasoning here. This just means that later on they have to come back just for these things .. which people end up going back to areas for World Bosses but not every single spot a Vista and SP are. There is a lot of needless waypointing anymore .. And as for Skill Points, not like they were too high level for them to do as they are in areas they are in that are their level already. I don’t understand why these things are locked for them. IS there a reason??

Maybe that is the confusion in us posting here. We are veteran players complaining about how it is for new players. WE know what has changed and when we help out new players we only end up confusing them instead of being “the most friendly and helpful community in an MMO” that we were claimed to be.

I also noticed that there no longer is a “how many vistas, WP’s SP, etc” completed on the world map. When I hit for the map to come up .. that is missing. When I mouse over a name of an area, it no longer has a mouse popup saying how much of the area has been completed. I found this VERY useful. When did this disappear?

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

This particular ‘bug’ usually only shows up when there is an unusual amount of players starting new characters. It has been ‘fixed’ before, but it seems a large population in the instance seems to trigger something….

I would hazard a guess that the Devs would put in a permanent ‘fix’ if they could pin down the problem, and that they are not intentionally ignoring the issue.

Hopefully that is the case. It would be nice to have someone from “the bug fixing” group from Anet post in here to reassure us kitten many now cannot play the Norn story due to this. A whole unplayable race for new players is NOT a good thing.

Should we list what IP’s are having an issue instead of what server?

As it is a new build just came out so I am going back in to see if this has been fixed. .. Ha .. just updated … and the game crashed on launch. Not looking good

I did. Nothing found. Oddly enough it went away on its own and I have not seen it since I posted here about it … coincidence? I still wish Anet would read this and give some insight on this.