Guild Wars 2

Ithilwen.1529:

I got through it solo. It took me a bit over 4 hours, but it can be done. Therefore, it can’t be as bugged as people are making out.

It’s massively bugged.

They just yell and grunt loudly, sadly.

I don’t see it mentioned, but if I use S3 as a mob charges me it sometimes won’t evade properly, instead I’ll just get trampled to death.

He legged it with our underwater skills.

Sure, if £40 is the difference between getting an SSD or not it’s obviously the better option. I was assuming a budget where £40 wouldn’t make oe break another component.

Fermi.2409:

MrH.2591:

get yourself 16GB

16 GB of ram is a total waste of money these days, though. There’s no reason to go above 8 for gaming.

If you’re building a Skylake rig there’s no reason not to get 16GB, even if only a handful of games benefit from it. It’s more for future proofing, it’s not like you’d replace a build like the one I suggested for years. Plus it’s only £80 for 16GB.

Chillius.8165:

So I guess in the end I’ll have to get a new CPU :C I was hoping to avoid it, but I guess I’ll be going Intel then. Any suggestions for a beast CPU from Intel?

Sounds like a good time to jump to Skylake, get yourself 16GB of DDR4, i5 6660k, good 1151 motherboard, an aftermarket CPU cooler so you can get the most out of your CPU and enjoy PC gaming bliss for years to come.

I love my Revenant but it’s definitely rough around the edges, I expect it will take many patches to get it to 100%. It would nice if Roy could make a known issues/upcoming fixes thread, just to let us know he’s aware of the problems.

I was one of the people who thought 400 was ridiculous but 250 is fine, even as a Revenant.

One of the many Revenant ability bugs, if the hammers hit a wall or anything really they turn off.

Revenant underwater combat is clearly unfinished and rushed, maybe one day they’ll build onto it.

It would be the best thing to happen to the game, 64bit DX11/DX12 would make a huge difference. I remember when WoW went from DX9 to DX11 and my frame rate nearly doubled in populated areas like towns.

They even jacked up the cost of Ascended armour.

http://www.dlgamer.co.uk/download-guild_wars_2_heart_of_thorns-pc_games-p-29394.html

They’re an official retailer and much cheaper, less than £27.

1 ring so far, that’s it.

Ticaw.2683:

MrH.2591:

Ticaw.2683:

I already dropped everything to low , and shadows off. Still, barely 30 fps.
Is there a way to lower the resolution without having those black bars around?

Open the Nvidia Control Panel, select desktop size and position under display. Select aspect ratio and tick override scaling mode set by games and programs, then select perform scaling on GPU. Hit save and try it out.

I’m afraid I can’t find it

https://i.imgur.com/OpU6dSf.jpg

Orangensaft.7139:

giovr.6538:

not everyone waste 300 G to be a commander and almost no one ask to be inside the squad… this new tag is a blessing, you don’t need a real comm to lead an event train anyway

but you are not supposed to use the MENTOR tag to lead a train where a commander tag would fit…

Says who? If there’s no commander a mentor will do just fine in that situation.

I think a lot of us are doing waypoint runs ATM so it’s extremely annoying.

Ticaw.2683:

I already dropped everything to low , and shadows off. Still, barely 30 fps.
Is there a way to lower the resolution without having those black bars around?

Open the Nvidia Control Panel, select desktop size and position under display. Select aspect ratio and tick override scaling mode set by games and programs, then select perform scaling on GPU. Hit save and try it out.

The apple when used correctly is great. If we’re missing a 4th commander on Octovine and I apple up and lead a side how is that a bad thing? Just because someone paid 300g it doesn’t make them a good leader.

The new maps have worse performance, especially when high up. You’ll have to lower your settings to compensate.

Sylent.3165:

Naevius.3185:

Roy Cronacher.1576:

That happens if somehow the legend stance buff is removed(it shouldn’t be) as it’s used to help control the upkeep skills. Is this any adventure or just specific ones? More information would be useful.

Happening all the time now in Tyrian areas, apparently if you are down-leveled and your effective level changes.

I had hoped for a fix by this morning

Same, I hope they don’t drag their feet with this issue.

It’s definitely not just new areas though, it happens when just running around the same area.

If we need a 4th commander for Octovine but don’t have one I like being able to tag up and lead, without spending 300g. I don’t see why anyone would be against this.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

Yes, the commander tag has (many) more functions, but sometimes it’s handy to have someone with a mentor tag (that knows how to lead) but doesn’t necessarily have the commander tag (because they don’t need all the extra stuff). I know it’s come in handy a few times in the Labyrinth quite a few times, just to help keep people together, and let those filtering in know where the group is at.

Occasionally, you just need someone to mark a spot too, and it’s handy for that as well.

I really don’t see the issue in pve, and it doesn’t work on wvw at all, where having a commander is actually mildly important.

I feel the same, it’s handy in a pinch when used correctly.

Yep, it’s all upkeep skills, not just Facet’s. Report it in-game and on the bug forum.

Hidden.2103:

I’m not sure if it’s the same problem but I’ve also noticed that Vengeful Hammers sometimes deactivates very frequently for no apparent reason.

Edit: Just tested in PvP Lobby. It doesn’t make any sense to me but it seems like Vengeful Hammers cancels after a second whenever standing on any of the ruins next to the target golems. As long as I don’t climb any of the ruins, it stays until I run out of energy, no matter if fighting or not.

This is a different bug, the hammers bug and turn off if they hit a wall or something.

i5 3570k @ 4.3GHz
GTX 970
8GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz
500GB SSD
Windows 10 64

I’ve never crashed.

Yeah, same here. It’s not just Facet’s though, it’s all upkeep skills. A pretty huge bug really, hopefully it’s fixed very fast.

Roy Cronacher.1576:

That happens if somehow the legend stance buff is removed(it shouldn’t be) as it’s used to help control the upkeep skills. Is this any adventure or just specific ones? More information would be useful.

It seems to be any upkeep skill, they will randomly shut themselves off for no reason. I’m currently running around the world collecting WPs and Facet of Elements sporadically turns itself off.

Same here, since the patch my Facet’s randomly turn themselves off. It’s not just zoning into new areas, it will just happen sporadically.

Valentine.4286:

MrH.2591:

If bugs that prevent you from completing content are “minor” I’d be interested to hear what you’d consider major.

So considering I did complete it in my third try… Yes, minor

Congrats on the game not bugging on you and allowing you to progress?

Remove all the grunting and add actual dialogue, please.

It’s a very buggy skill, try using it on a mob that charges.

If bugs that prevent you from completing content are “minor” I’d be interested to hear what you’d consider major.

I’ve only tried it once in a PUG which failed, I definitely want to kill it at some point. Managed a flawless Octovine yesterday which was fun.

Thanks for keeping us updated.

Dungeons are dead, long live our new Fractal and Raid overlords!

Valentine.4286:

Aaaw, because of a minor bug in last boss fight you wish you didnt buy the expansion at all.. I feel your pain, I’m here for you. Must be so horrible, such a waste of money..

On a serious note, only bug I encountered was when the floor where the rift was located, was gone. But just remember to look for that and if its gone, die and start over (will lose what, 10 sec that way?). Had no problem with updrafts, sure you did it right?

Also, I still liked the Mass effect ending, mostly because of the heartbreak of not being able to come back to Miranda and make babies :/

Minor? Are you having a giggle? The bugs aren’t minor at all, they prevent you from killing the boss if the game decides to bug on you. I’d like to see you kill the boss with him spawning rifts in unreachable places.

The change allowed me to spend yesterday enjoying the game as a Herald, how that could be considered a bad thing I don’t know.

I’m using a clean install of Windows 10 and it’s fine.

Contact support, they’ll move the items to your Revenant.

Cerpin.9152:

Okay, so now I log onto any of my characters that have never been to the jungle and they have 80% of their specialization completed.
I run to a few easy hero challenges in Verdant Brink and get to 100%. That’s character progression done for the next 3 years, I guess…

Thanks, [can’t say that on a polite forum]!

Most people don’t have 100% map completion on all their characters though.

Agreed.

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The fight has 101 bugs, I wasted so much time on it earlier and I just couldn’t kill it because of them. I won’t bother again until it has been fully fixed.

Julie Yann.5379:

I for one am very grateful for the change to 250 HP. The only thing that 400HP challenged was my patience. I just hope that they don’t nerf the actual difficulty of content like raids and fractals cause I do like to challenge my skill.

I understand that some my feel a sense of loss of progression but the truth is that there is tons of progression to be made with masteries, fractals, raids, guild halls, precursor/legendary crafting, skins, achievements etc. Locking fun game play mechanics behind an unnecessary grind wall is not needed and is, quite frankly, bad design.

Great post.

It was so buggy I couldn’t kill it so I wasted over an hour for nothing. I won’t be going back until it’s fully fixed.

Nilix.2170:

I feel like I deserve a title for having done it before the change

Sure, how about “The Lifeless”? jk

Well my gear is now broken and I can’t continue, so I’ve just wasted a lot of time because of this fight. He kept spawning rifts outside of the map so I couldn’t reach them.

PS: Make it so your gear doesn’t break while doing instanced story quests, it really sucks.

5/10 before, 6/10 now, although I won’t review it yet.