Guild Wars 2

Cronkh.2367:

Bump!

Because we’re an awesome guild worth joining !!

bump cuz what he said!

Robert Hrouda.1327:

Hey folks, here’s an update on the situation that you will soon see in an upcoming content patch:

I made it so that the sparks will better follow players. They will try to get closer to the player before using their skill, and their skill recharges faster, so they will spend less time standing around after using a skill. I also made them prefer player targets so that they won’t just attack a minion/pet/npc if a player is nearby.

While her healing is a factor, I felt the main problem was the spark behavior. The changes I described above make them better follow the player, which is in line with the mechanic of the fight.
I’ll be keeping an eye on it though.

While I’m glad the Simin battle will be a bit easier I just have to ask. Have you managed to deduce any problem with the four mobs at the bloodyshard?

Obviously you’ll get more info if more beat simin and run into the same bug but it’s not exactly fun to run into “another bug” once you spend ~5 hours in path 4 and not being able to finish. Using quotation marks as I don’t agree simin is bugged or whatsoever.

For the bug I’m talking about see:Arah path 4 broken.

So any chances of a (quick)fix for this problem coming along the spark fix in the next patch?

fourpoundburrito.1698:

RoRo.8270:

Path 4 bloodstone shard doesn’t become attackable randall does not interact with the shard triggering the cutscene not sure what causes this

I want to repost this one since it was buried in RoRo’s long list. When approaching the shard we saw a brief cutscene, but after killing the 4 mobs guarding it nothing happened. After spending 5 hours in the dungeon (Simin took us a really, really long time) our brains exploded all over our keyboards, it was quite a mess.

Bumping this.

My group had the same problem. Got the cutscene→ Killed the illusionist but wiped→ came back and killed the other 3 mobs but the event won’t end and we end up stuck.

SolarNova.1052:

I advise you get ether a 660ti or a 7950.

if they are to expensive then try for a 7850 or 560ti or even a 7870.

650(ti or not) vs 7850 the 7850 is easyily better.

This is a good indicator of what each one stacks up as. Do note that as with everything there will always be differences and exceptions.
For example AMD latest divers have made most their cards a good % faster than when they released.
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/
navigate to High End Video Card Chart

From the above site I picked the scores from the chart
1,832 Asus GTX650-DCT-1GD5 € 130,-
2,724 Asus GTX650TI-DC2T-1GD5 € 160,-
3,695 Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen € 160,-
3,978 Asus GTX660-DC2O-2GD5 € 230,-
4,627 Asus GTX660 TI-DC2OG-2GD5 € 290,-

So yeah the 7850 is the better choice in terms of price for gaming as Shuyin said. I guess it boils down to whether I’m willing lay down another 70 just for Autocad and such.

Thank you both very much.

If anyone has experience with these cards and/or programs on how they perform, I’d love to hear about it. At 31 Dec I’ll most definitely already have made my choice so do not bother to post after that.

Been playing GW2 on a notebook from 2006 ( yes I know.. but what works, works) However I finally have some funds to build a new decent desktop but I’m a bit torn on which gpu to use.

Hardware Spec:
-CPU & Clock speed -i5 3470K (3.20GHz)
-Motherboard model -MSI Intel Z77 Express Z77A-G43
-RAM -8 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3
-OS -Windows 7(most likely will be upgraded to 8 )
-HD -Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (Gw2 is installed on this).

Game setting
Display Resolution -Full Screen-1680X1050

As I also use design/simulation programs such as Autcad I found that the GTX6xx series performed better than radeon. So I mainly searched for an affordable gpu of that series which brought me to the gtx650. However I got people saying that the radeon 7850 is way better for gaming and others saying the same about gtx now I need your help deciding which one to pick

choices:
Asus GTX650-DCT-1GD5 € 130,-
Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen € 160,-
Asus GTX650TI-DC2T-1GD5 € 160,-
Asus GTX660-DC2O-2GD5 € 230,-

The gtx660 is a bit out of my reach but if people are extremely enthusiastic about it I may consider it.

Nope, Gaile silenced the aforementioned thread, someone made a Reddit page concerning the issue other than that I tried to ask about it on Twitter but got ignored. Perhaps I’ll go for a new ticket been as it has been a month since my last two >.>

To be fair I’m guessing they haven’t released the names yet is because those who have been hacked would lose their chance of getting their reserved names. But perhaps a way for the accounts with reservations to free them would be nice.

Same here, waiting for 4 names >.<

Tried customer service twice and below are the responses I got.
Doesn’t seem we’ll be getting the name changing option or cancel reservations any time soon.

1st time:
Thank you for contacting the Guild Wars 2 Support Team! We would like to apologize for the time it has taken to get to your issue. We are experiencing a high influx of tickets regarding character names and wanted to cover the more common ones.

CHARACTER/GUILD/DISPLAY NAME CHANGE

If your character, guild, or display name is less than what you were looking for and do not wish to restart in order to acquire a new name we are unable to offer this service at this time. We understand just how frustrating having a name other than the one you were after can be and ask that you remain patient until we are able to provide such service.

If you would like to make it known that you definitely want this service to be available, the best way to have your feedback or suggestions for Guild Wars 2 reach someone in development is to post it in a public forum like the Official Forums, Twitter, Facebook, or on a Fan Site. The more people who view and comment on it, the more likely developers will take notice.

CHARACTER NAME VIOLATION REPORTS

If you were reporting a character name for violation of our Naming Policy (https://www.guildwars2.com/en/legal/guild-wars-2-naming-policy/) please use the in game function to do so in the future.

this is done by right clicking on the person’s name in chate and selecting “Report” and then chosing “Bad Name”. These reports are monitored at all times and will be addressed faster than reporting them via the ticketing system.

If your issue was not addressed by this response we apologize for the frustration. Please close out this ticket and open a new one with a more detailed subject line so it is not pulled for responses in the future.

2nd time:
We have not announced when we will be making reserved Guild Wars character names available for use. Please keep an eye on the website (https://www.guildwars2.com/en/) for updates.

Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns.

Regards,