Guild Wars 2

I came across a serious bug that’s come up with HoT for Living Story.
I was saving the last part of Living Story before HoT – Point of No Return, to have everything in the storyline more fresh before I did the new part.

When I come to the Pact Assaulted part it bugs out on " Rescue Pact soldiers trapped in Mordrem pods. – Pact Soldiers Rescued: x/3 "
There are only 2 pods marked on the map and in the game. I’ve redone the whole thing 3 times without success.
Then I got a friend to replay his “Point of No Return” and I partied up and joined on his instance, we did the whole thing and came to the same place, no 3rd soldier.

Everyone I’ve talked to has been able to finish this before HoT came out and I haven’t found earlier bug reports online on this part. So something in HoT update must have caused it.

Which means I can’t finish the story and follow the storyline… which is kinda big for me.

Ask and you shall receive:

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/announcing-the-guild-wars-2-revenant-and-stronghold-test-weekend/

So happy

They could have kept doing this on weekdays, but they are awesomely awesome… THANK YOU ANET!

lordkrall.7241:

The world is not fair.
But on the other hand: How fair is it to require that ArenaNet’s employees spend less time with their loved ones just so that some players can beta test?

Spreading it out would probably not be such a good idea from a testing point of view. It is easier to gather and organize information if you have it at one point rather than three different ones. There is also the point that there WILL be more betas after this one. It is not like they will do this beta and then release the game. There will be more betas and there will very likely be beta weekend events closer to release as well.

When did I require?

I asked that they would consider a weekend. I am a customer and I have the right to wish for things.
They will do whatever they feel is best. Listening to your customers is what they have shown many times over that they are excellent at.
If I don’t voice my wishes, they can never know them or make them come true.

So if Anet would tell me: I’m sorry, this is what we can do atm. but we will think about your feedback in the future. I would be grateful. But I don’t require that either. It’s a wish.

And maybe it would only be me that wished this, but I’m never gonna let other people stop me from asking. Someone has to be first sometimes even though everyone else thinks it’s stupid initially.

But I respect your opinion.

lordkrall.7241:

Mirage.4536:

Yes I know, and ofc. you’re right in what you say that they work during weekdays too.
But it would be a bit funny if maybe 5-10% participate in the beta because they also have to work right? Would the test even be worth it then?
It would be most beneficial for Anet to do a stress-test and evaluation when you can actually get players into the game I would speculate.
And if they need to work one day on a weekend, they could have a weekday off. It’s not impossible, since its maybe one beta test in 2-3 years time.
At least spread it out during a couple of different dates would have been fair.

That is not how stuff works though.
They can’t just switch a weekend for a week day, simply because they are working in teams. They need to be there when the other teams are there in order to maximize efficiency, especially when getting ready for a major release.
I also think you highly underestimate the amount of people that can (and will join the test). And if ArenaNet can just change out a weekday for a weekend, why can’t other people working do the same?
Go and work on Saturday instead of Tuesday and you can play as much as you want on Tuesday.

You also seem to assume that there will only ever be this single beta test, which is extremely unlikely.

How fair is it to the players that didn’t get it from the RNG that I got it and cant even use it and they cant get my chance either?

Ofc. whichever date they chose would collide with someone’s schedule, that’s why a spreading on several days (even if weekdays only) would have been most fair. Three different weekdays for example.

BUT I have to agree with everything you said…

I am just so incredibly sad, this meant so much to me.

lordkrall.7241:

Exactly.
Most people work on weekdays. Including people at ArenaNet.
Do you really expect them to call in people to work during a weekend just so that you can join a beta? They will have to work plenty of extra hours the coming months before release already so I doubt they would want to require them to do even more so.

The beta tests are not for the customers benefit but rather for ArenaNets.

Yes I know, and ofc. you’re right in what you say that they work during weekdays too.
But it would be a bit funny if maybe 5-10% participate in the beta because they also have to work right? Would the test even be worth it then?
It would be most beneficial for Anet to do a stress-test and evaluation when you can actually get players into the game I would speculate.
And if they need to work one day on a weekend, they could have a weekday off. It’s not impossible, since its maybe one beta test in 2-3 years time.
At least spread it out during a couple of different dates would have been fair.

How fair is it to the players that didn’t get it from the RNG that I got it and cant even use it and they cant get my chance either?

Ofc. whichever date they chose would collide with someone’s schedule, that’s why a spreading on several days (even if weekdays only) would have been most fair. Three different weekdays for example.

But please please why?

Most people work on weekdays, some of us for those hours and more… One would assume that a weekend would be better for your customers.

Can’t believe I got a portal and now won’t be able to play anyway cause of the extremely limited time, 3 × 2 hours on a Tuesday.

I’ve played this game since start and put so much money into it and just once I win something, and then Murphy just waits around to slap me in the face….

I hate you Murphy!

ISP: Com Hem
Region: EU (Sweden)
Server: Seafarer’s Rest

Can’t login, or get disconnected when in game a lot since the latest small patch. Played this game since beginning, never had this kind of trouble before.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>pathping -4 -q 100 206.127.159.152

Tracing route to 206-127-159-152.ncsoft.com [206.127.159.152]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
0 Eternity [192.168.0.194]
1 192.168.0.1
2 Vrr-DOC-3-Bu50.comhem.se [83.248.240.1]
3 vrr-bbr-2-be20-10.net.comhem.se [213.200.164.81]
4 kt-core-1-be103.net.comhem.se [213.200.162.127]
5 kbn-b3-link.telia.net [213.248.71.69]
6 kbn-bb4-link.telia.net [62.115.142.206]
7 hbg-bb4-link.telia.net [213.155.130.102]
8 ffm-bb2-link.telia.net [80.91.245.123]
9 ffm-b11-link.telia.net [62.115.137.175]
10 ncsoft-ic-306349-ffm-b11.c.telia.net [62.115.43.74]
11 206-127-157-86.ncsoft.com [206.127.157.86]
12 206-127-157-102.ncsoft.com [206.127.157.102]
13 206-127-159-152.ncsoft.com [206.127.159.152]

Computing statistics for 325 seconds…
Source to Here This Node/Link
Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address
0 Eternity [192.168.0.194]
0/ 100 = 0% |
1 0ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 192.168.0.1
0/ 100 = 0% |
2 7ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% Vrr-DOC-3-Bu50.comhem.se [83.248.2
40.1]
0/ 100 = 0% |
3 8ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% vrr-bbr-2-be20-10.net.comhem.se [2
13.200.164.81]
0/ 100 = 0% |
4 —- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% kt-core-1-be103.net.comhem.se [213
.200.162.127]
0/ 100 = 0% |
5 12ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% kbn-b3-link.telia.net [213.248.71.
69]
0/ 100 = 0% |
6 12ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% kbn-bb4-link.telia.net [62.115.142
.206]
0/ 100 = 0% |
7 17ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% hbg-bb4-link.telia.net [213.155.13
0.102]
0/ 100 = 0% |
8 32ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ffm-bb2-link.telia.net [80.91.245.
123]
0/ 100 = 0% |
9 27ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ffm-b11-link.telia.net [62.115.137
.175]
0/ 100 = 0% |
10 28ms 88/ 100 = 88% 88/ 100 = 88% ncsoft-ic-306349-ffm-b11.c.telia.n
et [62.115.43.74]
0/ 100 = 0% |
11 —- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% 206-127-157-86.ncsoft.com [206.127
.157.86]
0/ 100 = 0% |
12 —- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% 206-127-157-102.ncsoft.com [206.12
7.157.102]
0/ 100 = 0% |
13 28ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 206-127-159-152.ncsoft.com [206.12
7.159.152]

Trace complete.

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Folks please save you proposals, feedback and topic related discussion for when the threads actually open on Monday, or the CDI community may not see your posts.

I would hate to see your ideas get lost or missed.

Chris

Bump

Chris

Bump.

Chris

First, thank you for this chance, looking forward to Monday.

Second, as around 75% of this thread is filled with suggestions that should not be in here maybe, if I may be so bold, a small edit of your first post where you change the date to bold letters and both begin and end the post with
" Do not under any circumstance post your suggestions in this thread as the CDI will start on Monday " also in bold. People only read the first sentences regarding that they can post suggestions and are so excited they start writing right away without reading through the thread or your post thoroughly.

Then all suggestions regarding the CDI itself can be seen clearly without having to go throw miles of unrelevant posts. ^^

Thanks for an awesome game!

We need to keep boosting this topic and if someone gets a chance, ask a dev when they are going to fix it if they get a chance at a Q&A or such….

Yes! So much this!

I have the same exact problem.

I want UI centered on the middle screen… and yes I have made my center monitor prefered one in Eyefinity-setup and tried all kind of different settings.

And my login screen looks stupid, I want to see my characters without switching resolution.

Plz make a command to force the reverse of -uispanallmonitors, because seeing missions and chat at opposite ends of three 24" monitors is just neckbreaking imo.

+1 +1 +1

P.S Thank you for an awesome game btw.

Unearthly awesomeness!!!

Incredibly laggy today and last night for a few hours, had similar problems at the time this post started, but been pretty good since then. Today I’ve talked to a lot of players who experience the same thing and they live in different countries.
No matter if I restart computer, play in different areas, on different characters, play on one of my other computers, bypassing router etc.
Every other game, net test etc. shows no problems. Only in GW2.

100Mbit Super steady cable connection

Sweden:
Com Hem

P.S Maybe Vizunah found a way to infiltrate PvE on Seafarer’s Rest…

For the thousands in attendance, and the millions watching around the world!

Finally…! The FOV has come back too… Guild Wars 2!
If you smeeeeeeell what the Anet… is… cooking!

Love it! Best thing that happened since launch, improving immersion. Thank you!

Darn, this thread made me hungry. Sandwichmaster omnomnom.

Colin, that was awesome, really funny! More personal comments plz
I love seeing devs taking time on their weekends to reading the forums and making a joke.
It’s actually an incredible feat when people almost live in and through the game, taking offense by a small joke and telling the dev to go work on bugs/nerfing/op:ing etc.
You made one of the best games ever! Congratulations!
Haven’t had this much fun since Dungeon Master, Diablo and Wow came out.

For great justice! Aah me leg! <— makes me smile/laugh everyday.

Thank you everyone at ANET

I know, and I will surely post there next time I have a crash.

But we got lucky and an ArenaNet representative took notice of the thread and maybe, just maybe in the future they just might implement a viewing distance restriction to perhaps solve some graphical issues/performance problems.
And I like to live life with a little hope, so I’m happy.

And thx draeath, for your replies also helped in drawing attention to the thread, and thanks for the link to the other thread and trying to help the forum stay on topic, as I’m sure will be needed. And sorry for deviating a bit. ^^

I currently have a lot of technical problems when I play, we were trying to be helpful as you suggested but to keeo it on forum thread topic policy I could rephrase it:

Low FPS, crashing, graphical Issues.
Screen suddenly freezes showing hundred colors then goes black and then everything returns to normal after 3 seconds. Happens 5 times an hour. 1 in 5 times the game crasches to desktop with notice of “Seriuos error. Unrecoverable graphics error…”

Can’t adjust viewing distance which seems to murder the gfx card in a lot of areas and fights with many mobs/chars involved.

Tech Spec:
Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.93 Ghz
Corsair 2 × 4GB LP 1600Mhz Cas7
Corsair TX-650W PSU
Asus GTX 470 (Nvidia 306.02 Beta driver)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
Win 7, 64-bit clean install

Crash-report coming as soon as next crach.

Bump.

This would help improve performance a lot on all kinds of hardware and surely help eliminate some
graphical issues people are having when certain areas are taxing their gfx cards to the max.
(I have a 2 year old gaming laptop Core i5 + AMD 5650 that can run a lot ofmodern games on
1280×720 on medium settings. GW2= 1-10 fps on the lowest setting possible.)

I would also like to see an option to adjust how far away you can zoom out from your character and
how far you can zoom in. I find it hard to get an overview in battles most times and sometimes
I would like to zoom to 1st person mode.