Guild Wars 2

Hey folks,

The WvW team is aware of this issue and are working on a fix. I’m unable to provide any further details but will try to update you when we can.

Thanks for the report!

To everyone whom applied to the Edge of the Mists test, we want to say thank you. Devon Carver, the World vs. World team coordinator, asked us to share this message with you:

Greetings,

January 9th was the end of our public testing of the new Edge of the Mists Map. This was our first time inviting people to play a portion of our game in active development and without NDA restrictions. The people playing the map and providing their feedback helped us make several important decisions while allowing us to test the new content in as close to a live environment as possible. It is not an exaggeration to say we couldn’t have brought the map to the quality level it has reached without their help!

To pull out a specific example, our original plan was for each matchup to have its own version of the new map. As we tested out the map with various numbers of players and spoke with the members of the test, it became clear to us that the ideal approach was to group all of the NA players into one group and all EU players into another: meaning that all NA blue worlds will fight side-by-side with each other on the blue Edge of the Mists team. These kinds of decisions, and others, were ones we couldn’t have come to without getting the map in front of the large number of players that we saw over the course of the test, and without your feedback on the official forum!

When the Edge of the Mists does release, I hope everyone here is as excited to play a map that your fellow WvW players helped create as we are.

Cheers,

Devon Carver

We’re getting ready to send a big batch of credential emails to folks in guilds that got the “Roster Received” email.

To guilds who have submitted rosters and have yet to get that email — do not worry! We have a lot of rosters to process and we will get to yours eventually. We ask for your patience and hope to have everyone in as fast as possible.

We received a very large amount of roster sheets over the weekend and so we’re working to get through them all as fast as possible.

Thanks for your patience!

Retsuko.2035:

A 1000 guilds have been invited. The guild i’m in is one of the biggest active WvW guilds currently on SoR with both NA and EU coverage, and yet not invited yet.

Really makes me wonder how much RNG Anet’s selection process is.

Helioz has been invited — an email was sent to one “Green Arrow”. I suggest you tell them to check their email.

Email addresses are necessary for our process — just as how it was necessary for when you first registered your Guild Wars 2 account. You may need to add both noreply@guildwars2.com and edgeofthemists@arena.net to your safe list/contact list/etc in order to receive the essential emails you need to participate in the test.

Luna.9640:

So now it should be clear but if you have any problems with authorization e-mails check your blocked lists specially if you’re client of those Microsoft e-mail services.

Out of curiosity, have you had any issues after this when it comes to our emails being put into your spam/blacklist folder?

Hey everyone,

If your guild submitted a roster sheet to us, you should have received your credentials along with other juicy/very information stuff!

I’m going to channel my inner Oprah and say CHECK YOUR INBOXES!

I don’t believe we’ve had issues but every college email is different. You can get an email from live.com or gmail.com for free and those seem to have the least problems, tell him to try that if he’s concerned.

And yes, NA and EU testers are on the same server.

We’ll be announcing a schedule soon, so stay tuned

In regards to Yahoo emails, yes, it applies to .uk as well as SBCGlobal emails.

It’s perfectly fine to have your name be in both the guild representative/leader slot and in the roster, too.

In regards to people in multiple guilds whom were both invited: Please include your information with ONLY ONE GUILD. This will make the process a lot easier and we’ll be able to get your credentials to you faster.

Hexin.5603:

When is the next test date? Just curious (we’re rounding up the necessary info as per the note fyi)….

We haven’t announced anything for next week quite yet, but when we do I’ll be sure to post it here!

If you forgot an email address, please re-send the roster with the appropriate email addresses.

Yup, we’ve sent out a very large amount of invitations and even more will be coming soon. They come from edgeofthemists@arena.net!

Please remember to fill out the entire roster sheet, including email addresses. Do not put anything in the “Internal Use Only” area, as internal = ArenaNet.

As a future reference, to those who have yet to submit a roster, please be aware that you must fill out the entire roster for every member you want added to the test. (Except, of course, the aforementioned “Internal Use Only” section.) If you don’t provide an email address for everyone, we can’t invite them.

For those concerned, the email we’re sending all documentation related to the test from is edgeofthemists@arena.net. It wouldn’t hurt to add both that address and noreply@guildwars2.com to your email contact list to avoid problems receiving our emails.

As another clarification, there is a hidden section of the guild roster sheet that says passwords, but you’ll note it says for internal use only. That is for us to use for when we invite your guild! Please do not open or fill in the sections that say internal use only. We’re going to remove that part of the roster sheet from future invitations just to clear up any confusion.

Hey folks,

If you received an invitation that asked for any passwords, it’s not from us. We never ask for any passwords. Please report any emails that ask for passwords to GW2 Support.

There is a hidden section of the guild roster sheet that says passwords, but you’ll note it says for internal use only. That is for us to use for when we invite your guild! Please do not open or fill in the sections that say internal use only.

We do ask for your account number (Username.####) for our reference and any email address. This does not, I repeat, does not have to be the same email as your Guild Wars 2 account. This is how we give you an account for the Edge of the Mists test, which is not accessed from your retail client.

I hope that clarifies any concerns.

MarkPhilips.5169:

Our guild (Make Your Choices [SAW]) was chosen but i’ve some problem to enter in the new map.

Is it working now? (i think it’s the right time). How can i enter exactly in the new map? It appears in the www menu? (i don’t see it now)

Thx

You have to follow the instructions in the email provided and send us a roster list of everyone in your guild whom is interested in the test. From there, we’ll work towards giving you an account so you can download the client.

Hey folks,

Thank you for the reports — I will have the team look into this!

Hey guys,

We’re continuing to work towards fixing this problem. I can’t provide a date but I ask for your patience — when I have more information to provide on this issue I’ll be sure to update everyone.

Thanks!

Everything up to this point have been added to the list. Thanks for the reports, everyone!

Hey guys, thank you for the reports.

We’re aware of this issue and it is being fixed.

Thank you!

Hey guys,

Thank you for the reports. We’re aware of the issue and are working on a fix.

Hey guys,

We’re aware that the fix didn’t work for everyone and are working on a solution. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Hey guys,

We’re aware that the issue is still present and are working on a fix.

Sorry for any inconveniences caused by this!

Hey guys,

I’ve added all of these since Josh’s last post to the list for us to look into further. Thank you for all of the reports!

Hey everyone,

Thank you so much for these reports — we’re aware of this issue and are working on getting it fixed as soon as possible.

Thanks for the reports, everyone! We’ll look into it.

Hey Alice,

We’re currently aware of this issue and are looking into fixing it. Thank you for the report!

Hey guys,

We’re sorry that it’s been a little quiet around here — rest assured, that does not mean we aren’t listening and checking into just about each and every bug reported in this forum and any other. Josh has been swept away by his new tasks, so I’m going to do my best to poke my head in here as much as I can.

StinVec, as Josh has said to you, we’re incredibly grateful for your efforts! We’ve had a bit of a shift in positions over the past few weeks, so that is why there’s been a bit of a lull in the developer interaction in this forum. Hopefully with me being here now, that will change.