Guild Wars 2

hey guys!

my issue is: every once in a while (sometimes more often, sometimes less) my screen turns black (only in gw2)
it behaves like a “blackout”-lag…
let’s say i’m running straight forward…screen turns black…screen is up again…and and my char has continued running
the duration of the black screen can vary

[s]it’s difficult to say when it started:
personally, i’d stay it started with the last patch
but i also got a new pc last week (old was an i7-920 with radeon 6850 – no issues, new one is i5 46something and nvidia 760) and a new lcd screen (was a 20"dell, is now a dell u2312hm)
so it’s hard to nail the starting of the issue

first time i encountered the problem was, when i opened a mad king door
but it also happens regularly when i turn around quickly

as far as i can tell, the black screens got rarer, when i acitvated vsync and a 60frame maximum (graphic settings are all on max and i get between 30 and 100 fps in PvE)
i thought that solved the problem…but i got the black screen again five minutes ago in LA … and i believe it had to do because i turned round and there were a lot of people…but that’s only a guess

as far as i can tell i have no heat issue (cpu gets never hotter than 62C and gpu not hotter than 75) and every other game i play does not have this issue, so it’s a gw2 thing only…too bad gw2 is my favourite game :/

can anyone help me with this issue?
or are those informations at least something that could help ANet technicians narrow down the cause? (if it’s something within the code)[/s]

BIG EDIT:
i just ran unigine heaven 4 benchmark and the same “blackouts” happen there, too…
so gw2 is not to blame…but any advice what could cause that is apreciated!

cheers and happy halloween!

thank you very much!

i’ll go for sigil of force then

hey guys!

i’m playing a 20/0/20/30/0 and prefer to use a hammer (mostly because i simply love hammers)

i have magmaton equipped and it already came with the sigil of fire
it’s quite effective but i was wondering if i should switch it for the sigil of force (+5% weapon damage)

my crit chance is around 9%…still have the feeling that sigil of fire procs almost in every encounter
i do not like greatswords – still i envy them because they could get +5% damage via “greatsword power” – the sigil of force could bypass that

what is your opinion?
stick with sigil of fire and being dependent on a crit proc
or would i have a better “return of investment” via +5% damage on every hit?

i thank you very much in advance!

This is my suggestion, how something similar to a dual-class system could be implemented into GW2.

I call it: Adopting

The idea is quite simple – the implementation however might not be as easy (for the devs):
Your Class (Guardian, Necromancer, etc.) gets the option to “adopt” one “special skill type” and one main-hand weapon proficiency.

To be specific:
The first restriction is, that you only may choose to adopt a special skill type of a profession that IS NOT of your own profession category. (soldiers, adventurers, scholars)
So an elementalist may not choose to adopt skills from a necromancer, but is free to adopt from a warrior or thief.

The second restriction is, that you only may choose one specific “special skill type”-range of skills – for example, if you choose to adopt skills from a thief, you can choose to either adopt Deception, Trap, Trick or Venom.
If you choose Venom for example, you may now use Devourer-, Ice Drake-, Skale- and Spider-Venom as one of your utility skills.
No signets! No elite skills! No mix-and-match choice!

The third restriction is, that you only may choose one main-handy weapon-proficiency from the adopted class.
So if e.g. a Guardian adopts the “Gadgets” skills of the Engineer, he is now free to choose if he would like to “learn to use” the rifle or the pistol.
You do not adopt the weapon skills itself – there would be a need to implement new weapon skills for each of the “new weapons” per class. (that’s why i said it would be laborious to implement)
For example, a mesmer wants to use a rifle: it wouldn’t matter, if the mesmer adopted the warrior or the engineer – the weapon skills a mesmer would acquire for the rifle would be the same in both cases.
No off-hand weapons! No dual-wielding!

The fourth restriction is, that no class mechanic will be adopted.
So if you chose to adopt for example the elementalist, you wont get the attunements.
For a very important reason: it makes things a bit simpler and it accompanies the idea of only “adopting” one of the other class’ skill types.
If you adopted a warriors “stance” skill type, you would face the problem, that you had no use of “berserker stance” as you do not “adopt” the class mechanic.
This is working as intended – falling short of one specific skill is outweighed by the benefits a scholar class for example would have via endure pain or balanced stance.
If you adopted the engineer’s turrets, then you would of course not have the utility belt skills etc.

Fifth restriction: the choice is permanent.
This is a powerful enhancement to your class – it would be OP to be able to switch it everytime you want.
Choosing the first time is free, “re-adopting” would require a little gem-fee.

Sixth restriction: PVP
I’m not a big pvp’er, so I can’t really imagine the opinion of pvp’ers on this field.
Personally I would think it would be unfair to exclude pvp’ers from the possibility of choices for individualisation that would be open for pve’ers.
On the other hand, i would understand that, even while note beeing a “real dual class system”, adopting could lead to balancing issues.

In short:
- Adopt one specific skill-type-range of another class (that is not of the same armor class)
- Adopt one specific main-hand weapon-proficiency.

- You may not adopt Signets, Elite skills, Class Mechanics, Off-Hand-Weapons.
- If a skill would “interact” with a class proficiency, for example “Roll for initiative”, then the “class mechanic part” will be ignored, even if it would render the specific skill useless.
- Choice should be permanent, re-adopting possible via gem-purchase.

please comment and discuss

got mine this week, too
ordered 27th september, shipped december 14th, took about 3 weeks to europe (3 weeks with all the holidays is fair enough for me, considering the cds coming all the way from the US)

i’ve read that sometimes people received the cd’s damaged…
fortunately “only” the paper case was damaged at its corners…
the cds were fully intact
the whole cd package was packed in plastic-bubble-protection-thingy…still the corners were damaged

hope for everyone that they get their’s soon and undamaged!

Dear ArenaNet!

Where is all the fancy Merchandise for Guild Wars 2?
I would like to see:
- Plush Baby Quaggan (incl. Baby Quaggan Mini Code for ingame use)
- GW2 Keychain
- GW2 Baseball Cap
- GW2 Stickers (and HAVE to include Quaggan Stickers)
- Quaggan Car Emblem (like the darwin-fish/christian-fish)
- GW2 themed Poker/Playing Cards (the joker definately being a Quaggan)
- list continued by community

do you also want to see more GW2 merchandise?
then please post your suggestions and your support for buyable stuff

and please, if there is more merchandise to come…make it availble in europe please…

cheers!

that would be absolutely awesome!

it would also be awesome, if i could transmute the look of my city-outfit glasses to my armor-helmet

I’m also missing an ego perspective…
it’s not a big issue to me…but if it were implemented i’d be happy

i’ve ordered mine on 27th september
nothing yet…

after the 6 weeks one should let them allow to ship, i wrote my first ticket
“manufacturing delays” was the answer
almost two months and 2 tickets later…still “manufacturing” delays

edit:
got the shipping confirmation today
ordered 27th september, shipped dec 14th…i hope it survives the travel over the big lake xD

still a bit disappointed about directsongs lacking communication regarding the delays … but i’m so totally looking forward to the soundtrack, that’s gonna be awesome

at least a barber to change your hair would be cool!

i hope they make dyes accountwide…
it took so much time for me to find so so many different colors for one character

would be a shame not be able to use them with alts

yeah i would also like to have the ability to ahve some “official” bond between my wife’s character and mine

i would definately pay for a plush quaggan (but only if a code for an ingame quaggan mini is included)

having a quaggan mini in game would be so awesome!

Ticket # 120919-001486
Got the Agent’s response
Replied with all the information asked for via email

(hope “updating” the ticket via responding by mail was correct – I do not have a support account)

edit: oh, have a support account now – system created one automatically for me… that’s service thanks!

Ticket # 120919-001486

due to XML error 48 i can’t link my accounts via account management
i’ve sent this ticket to ask for a manual link AND if it was possible to keep my GW2 email adress as login-name for both games

I think i provided all necessary information in the ticket – i have not received an answer yet

thank you for this review thread!

Dear AN,

your game soundtrack is just awesome!
it’s…it’s…i can’t even find the right words (besides english not being my mother-tongue)… sometimes I just enjoy the environment together with the wonderful music of the gw2 soundtrack

your game is art
the soundtrack is art

I did buy your game…
now I want to buy the sountrack!

where can I order it in Europe?
or is it availble as digital download?
or does at least anybody know how customes for cds bought abroad are handles in europe? can I safely order the soundtrack at directsong in the US?

thanks for bringing art back into my favourite hobby!

I love the hammer!

just wished, it would profit more from the zeal trait line (+% hammer damage would be awesome)

and having this little jump on the 2 skill is just awesome – fighting feels like fighting again

i also love skills 3 and 4…only 5 has the problem for me, that it’s almost impossible to “catch” players in (s)pvp…coupled with a high CD it’s my least used skill

but besides that…i love hammers!
and i love AN for their hammer love!

same problem for me

almost 2 weaks ago, i tried logging in to my account management via my smartphone/mobile broadband – had to authenticate the connection (did NOT check the “remember network” box)

some days ago i logged in via smartphone…no email authentication needed

is the authentication failsafe activated for my account?

it would be cool to see the email-authentication status in your account management

I LOVE the hammer with the guardian

but seeing those two traits work with hammers would be even more awesome

how exactly can I change my email/log-in name?
afaik the feature is disabled in the account managemend, and I don’t see an option to change the email via a support ticket

currently i’m asking myself if I should link to GW1 at all, if i have to use my old GW1 email for GW2 :/
but well…email authentications doesn’t seem to work right now anyways, so I think it doesn’t care anyways

I can’t even change my GW1 password when i log into GW1…how strange is that!?!

but if i link my accounts…i could at least change the password via the GW2 account management, right?

I would love(!!!) to have an authenticator (most preferrable for iOS/android/wp7-8)

it would make me feel so much safer concerning GW2

hey!

I’ve created a GW2 account…and decided to play GW1/unlock HoM rewards afterwards
so currently I use (preferred) email-adress A for GW2 and adress B for GW1

when I link GW1 to GW2 now, which email adress/password will be my login for both games? (especially GW2)

Will A “overwrite” B – so, my GW2 adress will also be my GW1 login from then on
Or will B (my GW1 Account) be my login für GW2?

please help me, because I definately want to keep A as my login-name (especially because I know, that there are problems with changing your email adress right now, right?)

thank you in advance!
cheers!

I get this message/XML error, too

it would be nice to get an official response – at least if it’s something faulty on our side or not