Guild Wars 2

Yes, I’ve decided I will have to do that. Thanks for replying

sirsquishy.2619:

Did you buy the character slot and then the expansion, or the expansion then the character slot?

Account addons are done in the order they are bought/queued. If you did the expansion first it can take 2-4 hours AFTER the expansion is fully applied to your account for new account upgrades to show up.

I bought both at the same time. There was an option to add a new character slot with the purchase so I did. I received two emails; one receit for the x-pansion and one for the character slot.
The ‘create’ button is greyed out so I haven’t received the slot. Prior to the purchase I deleted one of my old characters that I didn’t want to play anymore so that slot was freed up, but there’s no extra slot.
It is now the day after so surely it can’t take this long time?

Hours ago I bought the expansion and decided to throw in an extra character slot at the same time. I’ve been enjoying the new content for some time now but have not yet received the extra slot. Is it supposed to take this long? I’ve relogged a couple of times but that didn’t help.
I checked my emails to make sure the purchase went through, and sure enough, it says I have bought a character slot as well as the expansion.
Am I missing something?

ProtoGunner.4953:

Sorry, that was a bit of an overreaction of all the complaints I read in this forums. Still I think there are a lot of people who can’t play games anyway. People with color blindness, physically impaired etc.

You simply can’t please every target group, it’s not possible. And while a lot of people appreciate the jumping puzzles in this game there is a minor group who don’t like it. It’s life – life is not fair. It starts with the place you were born, your body, your talents, your disabilities etc.

So it’s ’Life’s unfair, deal with it’ ? The ‘unfairness’ is that many play MMOs because it’s a gametype they can handle. They don’t expect to be required to have the dexterity needed for platform games in a fantsy mmo. I certainly have never come upon this problem before.
How do you conclude that only a minor group of people don’t like the jumping puzzles? Personally I’m under the impression the number is way higher. Be that as it may, let’s just conclude that enough people dislike it for the jumping in regular content to be a problem. I have no problem with jumping puzzles being in the game, -I just don’t do them, and I’m not required to do them to get to the end game. Nor am I required to raid, pvp etc. to play this game. Which is as it should be.
Even if I’m disabled, I’m an ok gamer. I have had no problem with regular content in all the MMOs and RPGs I’ve played through the years, but I keep away from platform games as I can’t play them, which is why I get frustrated to find this type of gamemechanics in a new zone I would’ve loved to explore but now can’t.
That’s all. The ’life’s not fair’ remark is just BS. All they needed to do was, as I pointed out earlier, keep the special content that require dexterity and extra skills to mini-games and extra content for those who enjoy challanges. Then all would be fine imo.

lordkrall.7241:

It requires very few uses of those skills.

With the same logic they can never release anything that requires timing, or fast reactions, or hearing, or color-vision or reading. Since there will always be people that can’t do some of that.

Of course they can release content that require those. Only they need to make that kind of stuff OPTIONAL and not force it upon us as an only option to get through regular content. There are MANY of us who have some sort of disability (or bad connection etc) that make this type of stuff extremeley difficult, even undoable. If I wanted to play platform games I would’ve bought them. I play mmos because I can’t play platform games or other games that require timing/fast reactions. MMOs should be fun and playable for everyone. The stuff that require extra abilities should be kept in mini-games. It should be extra content and kept out of story. That way those who love such content could do them and the rest of us could opt out without missing anything important. Just my opinion.

lordkrall.7241:

The fact remains that it is fully possible to train up jumping ability and as such this is basically a non-issue. Especially since it is permanent.

Not for everyone. I’ve played mmos for years, and I’m not a bad player. HOWEVER I have fibromyalgia, my fingers are stiff so it’s hard to get the timing right. Trying to train this ability make my hands, arms, shoulders and neck cramp up and scream with pain. So I basically avoid all jumping in the game. I can play most of the game just fine, just not the stuff that requires jumping skills and very fast reactions.
There are many who play MMOs who either don’t have the body, reaction, PC or connection required to ever be any good at jumping, that’s why it should only be an OPTION in the game, something you can opt out of and still have fun!
I’ve seen on forums for other MMOs that quite a few who play these are disabled like myself. I’m not surprised. Gaming became one of my biggest hobbies after I became disabled and could no longer do all the physical activities I loved.

Desaita, I get this error message every few days, I did everything support told me and nothing helped. Then, being out of options, I figured I would try rebooting the router as I haden’t tried that yet, -and it worked!
Now, everytime I get that error message I just reboot the router and I can enter the game. I hope this solution helps you as well.

Matzuka, did you see my post? Have you tried rebooting your router? I get this error 2-3 times a week an rebooting the router is all it takes to get the game working again for me. Might be as simple as that for you and the OP as well if you haven’t tried it allready

Hi! I get this message usually 2-3 times a week (have for months) The only thing that fixes it for me is to reboot the router. Have you tried that?

mercury ranique.2170:

I totally disagree with this. In my guild we have some (specially older) people who can’t do jumping puzzles. We are a very social guild that help each other with everything. This includes with doing jumping puzzles.

GW2 is a social game that encourage helping each other. There is nothing wrong with a portal and wanting to get rid of them in puzzles is in my opinion very selfish and anti-social.

So true. I’m one of those old players who can’t do jumping puzzles, (I also have fibromyalgia) My fingers just aren’t flexible enough.
Over the years gamers have become older and older, many who play mmos nowadays are 50+
Something to think about

—EDIT— On a side note; -I am of the opinion that in a game you use the tools that are handed to you/your class to achieve the goals/solve problems. Thus, using portals are not cheating imo

To tell the truth, I almost didn’t buy GW2 because I found the characters’ looks so off-putting. I think they all look like dolls, -the guys androgyne ones at that. But a friend talked me into it and I haven’t regretted that, love the game. Still, I really would’ve liked to see more realistic looking characters. Old faces and bodies too, sure. But also less smooth/plastic-looking young faces.

I see there are still people that don’t get what this thread is about.
Disappointed that F&F ends w/ a dungeon
No-ones asking for all content in the game to be soloable, or that dungeons must be taken out. It’s about questlines (in this case F&F, but I want to add personal story too as the same goes there) being soloable (so that we feel somewhat “tricked” into doing them) laying down alot of work, only to be faced by a forced group dungeon as a conclusion to the story we’ve been playing. If it had been a story that required a group from the start it would’ve been a “take it or leave it” and we wouldn’t have felt so cheated.

KorbanDallas.7389:

Dakan.9463:

But to say it again:
medical (some sicknesses prevent the needed reaction speed for coordinated groups)
time (some people cannot guarantee an hour of uninterrupted play)

It’s also not completely out of the question to try and set aside time to do things that take longer at a different time ahead of time – I mean, think about old school RPG games, with “save points.” Those where relentless to the player on a short time – but most of us adapted to make sure we didn’t play unless we were positive the time allowed it.

The thing is, some have babies/small kids. They play after they’ve put the kids to bed but there’s no way they can guarantee that the kids don’t wake during a dungeon run. Life happens.

As for medical conditions, it’s unfortunate. If everything was catered to a super-forgiving state, the “hardcore” crowd would throw a hissy, and a lot of the player base would whine and complain about how easy everything is (which a good portion of the vocal side of the forums do already).

Just to make it clear, I’m not asking for the game to be dumbed down. It’s fine as it is, I certainly don’t want easy-mode. It’s only dungeons I have a problem with because they are typically faster paced and harder. You need to be more on your toes, react quickly/dodge etc. coordinate your gameplay with others -just the kind of things I find very hard to do with my condition. And people depend on me being able to pull my weight. I need to play the game at my own pace, which is why I keep away from dungeons. This has never been a problem with any other MMOs I have played, I just do the open world quests and events and keep away from the dungeons, -no harm done, still plenty to do =) In GW2 however we are forced to group up and do a tough dungeon to see the end of our personal story. That’s a problem. We are also forced to group up to do the last part of a story that up to then has been soloable. I just want to be able to finish what I started. To not have a finish to stories is very unsatisfying. It’s as if all I did was for nothing, it was all just a waste of time. And no, watching how it all ends on youtube as some have mentioned is not the same. I want to experience it myself.

I noticed these past days that some trees shine brightly yellow when seen in certain angles. I believe this was in the Diessa Plateau too

Yeah I was so frustrated that it had reset when I logged in to finish my monthly. I was nearly there, would have taken me half an hour to finish it off but because of the patch, and then the repatch yesterday because of bug, I went to do something else in the meantime meaning to relog and finish off the achievement before I went to bed. But then, lo and behold, I couldn’t log in after the last patch -_- The stupid patches made me miss my monthly. I know there are many that have trouble logging in after patches, -wouldn’t it have been better to let people in all timezones finish off the monthly before patching?

Thobek.1730:

Alphonse.4356:

This is a game we pay to play, not a military style boot camp designed to change our behavior. You are exactly the type of person the causes me to dislike forced groups.

That’s ok, nobody is forcing you to do anything.
If you miss out because your too shy to play with others its your loss, not mine.

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That was the whole point see, we ARE being forced to do dungeons, – if we want to see the end of our personal story and the living story, all which up to then had been soloable. Otherwise it’s like having read a whole book and then had the last chapter torn out. Of course we would like to see the ending.
And you still don’t get it, .there are many who hate doing dungeons with a passion, and those who can’t do them because of health reasons, like myself as I said previously. It’s not because we’re SHY. If we were that shy we wouldn’t have picked a mmo to play , we’d only be playing solo RPGs were we were sure to never have to interact with other people.

The world is so vast and I have no sense of direction My memory also isn’t all that great, lol. So there’s much running around and wasting time.
Many of the RPGs I’ve played (and I also seem to remember Everquest 2 ??) had map pins where I could note down where to find my personal points of interest. Be it the location of a certain NPC, Boss or node or other.
I would love to see this implemented!

Thobek.1730:

some people need to man up and stop being such anti social introverts.

That was both ignorant and rude.
First off: Introvert does not equal anti social. Stop putting labels on people if you don’t understand what they mean.
Secondly: Many loath dungeons, (for different reasons) so why should they be forced to play them to see the end of a story they’ve been happily soloing through up to then? Many play MMOs to experience and quest/do events in a living open world, (with other players I might add, so it’s not about being a-social) NOT to raid or do dungeons. We are all different and often don’t enjoy the same parts of the game. Heck, I’ve known some that would rather harvest and craft than anything else.
Points here are: 1. A soloable storyline should not end in a group requirement.
2. It’s never a good thing to force a certain type of gameplay on people.

MatthewMedina.5419:

I understand that there are players who will simply object philosophically to this direction, and wish that all the content we create to be solo-friendly, but our company has always been focused around building an online world that encourages our players to play our game together.

With all due respect Sir; Encouraging and forcing are not the same.
I don’t “object philosophically” to doing dungeons. I can’t and won’t do them for two reasons:
1. I have fibromyalgia. My arms/fingers/back/neck hurts and I’m also very stiff. This means I’m slower than the average player and not as flexible with my fingers, meaning I can be slow to react/have problems dodging etc. The fast pace of dungeons are a terror for me, for both body and mind because I get stressed trying to keep up, meaning I stiffen and hurt even more.
2. I won’t do them because I don’t want to ruin the game for others. If I have problem keeping up, I shouldn’t join groups.

I’m doing just fine in the open world though, and I have soloed all my personal stories up to the last dungeon part on 3 characters. I love MMOs, -to play in open living worlds, I just can’t be forced to playing in groups.

I ask because I get this error about twice a week. Sometimes it happens when I try first time log-in in the morning, other times I get thrown out of the game and can’t log-in again. Also I often get this error after a patch.
Luckily it can be solved (for me at least) by rebooting the modem, although there are times I need to do it more than once and reboot the pc as well. It’s getting very annoying. I’ve had this error popping up weekly since I first started playing several months back.
I play other MMOs and have never had this kind of problems with them.
So I’d like to know if this is a known problem still, or if I’m basically the only one who’s frequently getting this error

ForAce.1943:

This is MMO, not Single Player game! Come on ppl!

MMO only means it’s an online game played by many people on the same server at the same time. You share a world with other players. It does NOT mean it’s a game you need to join a group to be able to play. That’s a misconception.

same happened to me and my friend last night. All that work, and no award =/

I ran into this bug some weeks back on my first character and thought I should try again today, certain the bug would be fixed by now.
The bug is still there. I can open the door but there’s an invisible wall in the opening that stopped me getting through

I never participate in these type of events because I know from experience they are lagfests, even if I have a decent PC and connection.
Why can’t an event happen all across the zones and not require us to all be in a city all at the same time? I like how the themed events are done in RIFT where you pick up the quests in your homecity then the quests themselves are done all over the zones (like fighting back invasions, collecting stuffs etc etc,) They are also less confusing. I’ve seen many asking where to go and what to do. I usually love taking part in events, especially the seasonal ones, but I don’t think the ones in GW2 are executed very well.

So the labyrinth is now mostly tricks with a rare treat thrown in..? I’m guessing the 24 hr timer is pr account and not character too? Because I could open the chest with my necro in the morning but not with my mesmer in the evening

Yes, it’s bugged. I got loot from it yesterday but today I killed the boss twice and got nothing from the chest, even, just as with the op, I got a gold medal for participating

The same happened to me. I finally manged to finish the quest the third time I tried as this time I saw my character by the wall and managed to randomly throw out spells and finally kill the last mob. Then, luckily, the person I had to talk to to finish off the quest stood next to me. Pheew.
But it’s clearly bugged. Camera is stuck by the trebuchet