Guild Wars 2

Just to the other Nova Scotians (Surprised to see so many others on here actually), I am also having a login IP issue. I keep ending up connecting through NB IPs. I’m here in Cape Breton, as far away from NB in NS as possible. Yet, on my account it says three different IPs, two of which are New Brunswick and one of which is Nova Scotia. I removed the two NB, attempted to log in and it sent me a verification email. The email said I was attempting to login from NB.

I remember near launch I had a similar issue with this, but it was not detrimental to my ability to actually play the game. Near launch I was apparently trying to login from NFLD. I removed that IP and it automatically reset to my NS IP.

sigh Since there is little public acknowledgement on behalf of Anet/NCsoft (whichever) it looks like it’s not a huge priority for them. Warlords of Draenor looks interesting I guess…

For how many people are having this issue I feel Anet is failing to adequately respond. Now, I don’t know whether this is due to them focusing on the LS or just because they don’t have the number of people they need on the issue. Either way, this is evidently quite a serious issue as this thread shows. Post after post with people having the same exact issue to the extent there are over 400 posts now relating to it.

Not going to lie, I am frustrated. Not just because I can’t play but because this isn’t an isolated issue and it’s been happening for quite some time. Were it impacting just me, then I wouldn’t be so worried or frustrated, but that plainly isn’t the case. I’m not going to play the “paying customers” card for a multitude of reasons, but I am going to say, I think there should be a stickied topic about this for any more players coming to the forums with this issue as well as any and all information about the issue and what Anet is doing to resolve it or what they might be able to recommend in the meantime for personal fixes (if at all possible).

ISP: Bell Aliant
Location: Canada, Nova Scotia
Region: NA
Server: Tarnished Coast
Error: The game client has lost connection to the server. Please wait a few minutes before restarting the client and trying again. (code=7:11:3:191:101)
Characters Impacted: Two
Areas: Queensdale, Gendarren Fields.

What is really odd is that the character that was impacted in GF is now playable, but my warrior in Queensdale is now being impacted. Also, my warrior is displayed 0% map completion. I know for a fact that he has all cities and at least three other maps completed: Queensdale, Snowden Drifts, Wayfarer’s Foothills.

EDIT: Just want to give an update: Four out of five of my characters are now doomed to limbo… Three are stuck in Lion’s Arch, One in Queensdale now. Let’s hope my fifth stays alive.

EDIT TWO: All characters are now doomed. R.I.P, I enjoyed you while you all lasted. I will never forget your sacrifice. My characters will never know what or how much they mean to me.
Game is completely unplayable past the login screen.

Oh, Soulstar just reminded me of another. Eating and drinking animations. And I’ll be honest, I haven’t actually played GW1 and have only heard of implemented ideas. I doubt waypoints will be removed though Nurvus because then you would have regular players taking up issues with that.

Ninth Suggestion: Dynamic Events. I like them. I really do. However, some are really difficult and restrict some areas I want to go and here is why: I think dynamic events were made in mind that there would be a consistent flow of people in the area. However, this is not necessarily the case now as a lot of people are now higher levels and those low-medium zones that are now becoming untouched except by some alts and RPers are now in possession of dynamic events that are either difficult for one or two people or are highly interruptive. I would say increase the time between events.

Tenth Suggestion: Weapon dyes. I would absolutely love to be able to change the color of my weapon and I’m sure everyone else would as well.

Eleventh Suggestion: Cloaks and accessories. I would absolutely love cloaks and capes and I would also like accessories to be visible as well. I think it would be a nice addition, myself.

Twelfth Suggestion: Color coded player names. I don’t mean by profession like some games do. I mean being able to pick out a certain color for a friend’s player name because I’m sure we’ve all been in situations where we have to constantly pay the closest attention to the chatbox or scroll through it to see someone’s response.

Thirteenth Suggestion: Equipment sets. Many games have systems where you can store armor and weapons in a certain place and can toggle a button, so long as you’re out of combat, to change into them without having to personally equip everything. This is beneficial in a second sense as well because it would help keep players’ inventories sorted out instead of placing items in the first slot of the inventory.

Anyways, these are my personal thoughts on things and I’m sure I am definitely not the only one with them. I would love to see these suggestions in game and I do believe they would be good additions.

Thanks,
Morsus.

Alright, now to first get started let me state this: some of these suggestions, if not all, may have already been posted, however I just want to put in my personal thoughts on some things.
Second, before anyone starts trying to hammer at Roleplaying, I’m not just stating this for roleplayers only because it is an MMORPG and for these people, take note of the last three letters. There ought to be a little more in the game, I believe, to cater to the RPG aspect and a little more on the RP.
Also, some of these suggestions may have been in GW1 and may be planned however, again these are my personal thoughts on what suggestions might enhance the RP aspect.

First Suggestion: Can we get interactive chairs and seats and such? Being able to sit down on a park bench now and then would be nice instead of either sitting on the ground/floor or awkwardly sitting on top of the chair so that my body ends up inside of it.

Second Suggestion: Can we get interactive doors? For those of us that conduct RP outside of a tavern, such as guilds who want private meetings, we would like more open buildings along with more active doors we can open and close. This is not just DR but many places (New Ascalon, and other settlements) Also, most like not just for humans. I’m sure other people who play other races feel this way as well.

Third Suggestion: This one is more guild oriented and I’m sure it is most likely already planned but in case it is not: Guild Halls. Instanced places where only members of the guild could be given access. Places that are customizable with furniture, locations, buildings, NPCs’ etc.

Fourth Suggestion: Mounts. No, I don’t mean fast mounts to try and take over waypoints (though I would prefer it, I know it won’t happen.) I mean the mounts like the one of the witch’s costume’s broom. Where you walk at pretty much normal running speed. This would be nice with a Moa or Horse, or Dolyak, etc. I think it’d be fun and entertaining.

Fifth Suggestion: The Halloween event was interesting. I enjoyed most of it. What I did not enjoy however were the Halloween items (the permanent models and the temporary four hour ones) What I mean by this, is that the permanent items cost a lot to make. Let me say something first; this is a game that focuses on players’ enjoyment as they level rather than endgame content. Keep that in mind for this part: why then have temporary Halloween event items and have the permanent items at level 80? Its not the cost issue that bothers me necessarily, even if I can’t personally buy it. It was the fact that for a game that preaches about level balancing, they implement event items at maximum level. Perhaps cut the level next time. And for anyone wondering, yes I do have a level 80. Just my thoughts.

Sixth Suggestion: Waypoint costs. No, I am not stating to remove them altogether (Although I really don’t think there is any point of having to pay for them) but I do believe that if you die, then you should not have to pay for a waypoint to revive. I think that is a little unfair especially with damaged items.

Seventh Suggestion: Town clothes. I want more, and so do many other people. I also do not like the fact that when you take damage in the clothes, it automatically switches to your armor. I think this should be a toggle option because I’ve run around in DR in town clothes, jumped off something, took damage, and then had to switch back. Its a minor annoyance, but it seems a little unnecessary to have. Now, I also enjoy the Halloween town clothes, even to the extent I would like them as an actual armor however they can’t be transmuted with actual armor so far as I know or skinned over the armor like the primeval.

Eighth Suggestion: As a heavy armor wearer, it makes me rather sad that I have only so many armor choices of armor to wear. I’m sure this goes out to those who can only wear light and medium armor as well. I think if I can wear heavy armor, I could wear lighter armor as well, despite it not being near as effective. Or at least be able to transmute the models/skins a bit.