Guild Wars 2

What are non-pro/legendary players supposed to do in this situation? Don’t even queue until they change matchmaking? Wait a few days or get a group before queueing?

Seems a possible solution would be to stagger the start of the season. Let all the really high start a few days early, then let the above average group queue, and finally let all the average in. Since it sounds like players are going to have to do it for themselves anyway.

Any penalties for blatant griefers or AFK being considered?
Any chance of pip grace for the random (non-partied) players that end up on a team with a griefer or AFK?

RoseTylor.8760:

Not running on a laptop. Single video card. Windows7 64bit w/ SP1.
Both client versions in the same directory. 32 bit client is playable, but crashes often. 64 bit client will load, login, but hit play and error out:

“Unable to initialize 3D output. Please verify that you have installed DirectX 9 and an updated video driver.”

Attempted 64bit client after each step, but same error every time.
Latest version of drivers on Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti. Reboot.
Installed DirectX 9. (Already had DirectX 11 installed, no mod to DX11) Reboot.
Deleted all 64 bit folders and files. Reboot. Redownloaded 64 bit client. Reboot.
Nvidia Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings > Program Settings. Confirmed GW2 was listed. Specifically added the GW2 64 bit client to the list. Reboot.
Run 64 bit client as administrator.
Renamed Gw2-64.exe to Gw2.exe

Tenken.7342:

Make sure you are installing the drivers from the nVidia website and NOT using the ones from the ‘Windows Update’ feature.

nVidia website and the nVidia control panel

Tenken.7342:

‘C:\Windows\SysWOW64’ and ‘C:\Windows\System32’
I would check with a machine where the 64-bit client is able to run and compare the DirectX files in each directory with your machine.

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\directx\websetup Working machine had 2 hidden files, Non-working machine had an empty folder. Copied the working machine’s files to the non-working machine and still a no go.
C:\Windows\System32 did not have a directx directory on either machine.

Tenken.7342:

Also, sometimes Steam’s install of DirectX and the ‘Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio’ messes with any future reinstall of DirectX. You may want to try uninstalling Steam (if you have it installed) and downloading and installing these two programs from Microsoft directly. Then reinstall Steam once you get your Gw2-64bit.exe issue resolved. If all else fails you may want to try uninstalling the DirectX Runtime and C++ Redistributable and reinstall them from scratch.

Uninstalled Steam reboot and re-installed these. Still getting the error. I’m a little confused by the C++ Redistributable, it looks like a development tool to be distributed by another developer.

RoseTylor.8760:

Not running on a laptop. Single video card. Windows7 64bit w/ SP1.
Both client versions in the same directory. 32 bit client is playable, but crashes often. 64 bit client will load, login, but hit play and error out:

“Unable to initialize 3D output. Please verify that you have installed DirectX 9 and an updated video driver.”

Attempted 64bit client after each step, but same error every time.
Latest version of drivers on Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti. Reboot.
Installed DirectX 9. (Already had DirectX 11 installed, no mod to DX11) Reboot.
Deleted all 64 bit folders and files. Reboot. Redownloaded 64 bit client. Reboot.
Nvidia Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings > Program Settings. Confirmed GW2 was listed. Specifically added the GW2 64 bit client to the list. Reboot.
Run 64 bit client as administrator.
Renamed Gw2-64.exe to Gw2.exe

Next steps?

Still experiencing this issue. Appreciate any advice for resolution.

Not running on a laptop. Single video card. Windows7 64bit w/ SP1.
Both client versions in the same directory. 32 bit client is playable, but crashes often. 64 bit client will load, login, but hit play and error out:

“Unable to initialize 3D output. Please verify that you have installed DirectX 9 and an updated video driver.”

Attempted 64bit client after each step, but same error every time.
Latest version of drivers on Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti. Reboot.
Installed DirectX 9. (Already had DirectX 11 installed, no mod to DX11) Reboot.
Deleted all 64 bit folders and files. Reboot. Redownloaded 64 bit client. Reboot.
Nvidia Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings > Program Settings. Confirmed GW2 was listed. Specifically added the GW2 64 bit client to the list. Reboot.
Run 64 bit client as administrator.
Renamed Gw2-64.exe to Gw2.exe

Next steps?