Guild Wars 2

Yeah, I came across this too. I think it happened on another section of some other map as well, but I didn’t think of recording that… Oh well, have a better screenshot for posterity at least.

E: Yeah, the other place I saw it was at Tears of Itlacoatl, as per Xermaran Kos.

No problem and thanks for the response!

See title. https://api.guildwars2.com/v2/colors/1338 responds with:

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It seems to be mostly correct, except for the categories - it is a yellow spectrum Black Lion dye kit dye, not a gray starter dye. :p

Pat Cavit.9234:

Menomonia is only used for headings. IIRC the game uses Tahoma for all non-heading text.

The game UI font actually looks more like Trebuchet MS ~10pt to me.

Yeah, I’ve come across this one a few times as well. It’s always the rare one that fails to appear if it doesn’t award all four chests on the first success of the day. I haven’t noticed any pattern according to which one fails to appear, but I’ll need to try to see if opening the leftmost first really causes it for me too.

Noticed that it fixed for me while in-game a few hours ago, so thank you for the fix!

I wasn’t offered a free one either and I haven’t ever had a golem banker before.

The same bug occurred on my account as well with one of the ascended armor pieces. Not unlocked in the wardrobe nor I even have any character at 500 in any crafting discipline, but the collection picked it up from somewhere regardless.

How much memory (RAM) does your computer have? The “OOM” in the crash log is an abbreviation often used for “out of memory”, so that might have something to do with it.

If you mean the kind of bug where your character isn’t even visible (either with or without your weapon floating in air), you’ll just need to wait a little longer for the game to catch up; that happens to me on a few LA points at times anyway. For some reason the loading screen goes away before it’s actually loaded or processed everything every now and then. (While this happens, you can actually move if you look at the minimap, it’s just that the camera refuses to budge until the character is fully loaded.)

If you mean the kind of bug where you get stuck in a sort of falling animation instead, haven’t had that ever in LA but a few times on other maps, and that’s particularly annoying indeed.

Player Character.9467:

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

Why are people going on about this now? It’s still september…

Because patches happen every other tuesday. We already know what october first will be, october 29th is way too late, and the usual LS style would suggest october 15th will be an expansion on october 1st’s content.

Dragon Bash(June 11)→Aetherblades(June 25)
Bazaar(July 9)→Politics(July 23)
Jubilee(August 6)→Clockwork Chaos(August 20)

and it’s not very likely for scarlet to turn into the mad king.

And yet you conviniently left out the most recent pair, SAB: Back to School and Tequatl Rising… I suppose you aren’t suggesting a connection between these two, now are you?

AerosAtar.3198:

The best I’ve seen Ring of Fire manage is around 78-79% and, as far as I am aware, we have never gotten to the second phase. Mostly because of the common reasons (AFK-ers, dead people not respawning, lack of co-ordination despite best efforts, etc).

I think I heard before that we managed to get to the second phase on one of the first days. Still, the 10+ attempts I was on were all terrible, so yes, Ring of Fire certainly needs help.

So glad I went to guest on Gandara to see a proper run and get my title.

Drake.7691:

Ring of Fire keeps failing on getting it below 60%.. No turret support, no turret defence, etc. :p

The last few I’ve been on probably didn’t even get past 90%, I think. Your message implies we’ve gotten to second wave at some point, and that alone sounds surprising taking account the major lack of coordination and skill during those painful rounds I was participating in :p

Too bad I feel so useless out there but at least I’m trying.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Sounds-dissapear-after-talking-to-scouts

Already posted and they are already aware. The thread was, like, within the first ten items on this forum…

That could explain the source of the discrepancy. A better solution, if one doesn’t mind the folder existing in two places at once, would be to make a symbolic/hard link junction from the former screen folder to the new one. Will probably edit a detailed guide how to do so once I’m back from the uni in a few hours.

E: I did some quick testing with non-GW2 related files and this should be working, but nevertheless proceed at your own risk (and make backups!). In this guide, I assume you want to have the files located physically in the GW2 folder; while it is not possible to make the folder not appear at the profile folder, it is possible to have it appear there and in the GW2 folder. This should also work across partitions and even different physical hard disks if you have more than one of either.

For XP, as old as it is, you will need to download a tool to make a junction in the first place, in this case this one from MS themselves. If your screenshots are still under Documents and Settings, move the folder as is to the GW2 folder and make sure the original Screens folder doesn’t exist.

Now, drop the Junction tool you downloaded to C:\Documents and Settings\(user)\My Documents\Guild Wars 2, open command prompt with administrator privileges, navigate yourself to that same folder (navigation help), and type “junction Screens X:\path\to\GW2\Screens” without quotes and substituting the actual path in. After this, the files are still located at the GW2 folder, but any program accessing the screens folder in your own profile folder should be silently redirected to the another folder, effectively making the folder appear at two places at once.

You can now get rid of the downloaded executable after you’re done.

IMPORTANT: Junctions and other similar tricks can confuse programs and users and as such be cautious when modifying the junction link itself. I believe I have heard that Windows Explorer in particular actually deletes the folder (from both places because they’re the same) if you delete the junction, instead of just removing that one reference to the folder. To remove the junction safely, use the same tool you used earlier for creating it.

Attached a screen shot where I tested this with a different folder across different (virtual) disks.

Derk Gently.3859:

Attempted to screenshot but screen capturing disrupts the mouse over stats.

You can take such a screenshot by switching resolution temporarily to Windowed Fullscreen and pressing Alt+Print Screen; it will preserve the mouseover boxes and send the image to your clipboard instead, from where you can paste it to Paint or something and save.

I wasn’t questioning your preference but rather was surprised by the fact that why your game was behaving differently from mine in the first place. I am the only user on my computer as well.

The example was there just to point out that the current behaviour was probably the intended one all along.

I don’t know why you would have your screenshot folder within the game folder in the first place, it’s always been at C:\Users\Soulweaver\Documents\Guild Wars 2\Screens for me ever since I joined in the BWE3 for the first time. (And it makes a lot more sense to store them in the Windows account’s personal folders anyway; for example, in such cases where multiple people have their own Windows and GW2 accounts, using a single folder would have the different users’ screens all mixed up together.)

Can confirm that this is a problem on Ring of Fire (EU) as well.

Solid Gold.9310:

Yes, teleporting bots.

I’ve seen them at nods, and they will appear briefly at waypoints.

Report them if you can.

That’s what I expected so thanks for confirming it. Managed to report the one player which appeared and disappeared (with selection also dismissing itself automatically, like Oranisagu suggests) every 10 seconds at the CS entry WP. The character kept doing that for a good 5 minutes at least.

Geotherma.2395:

I’ve seen this, but keep in mind some people have alts at nodes to gather more efficiently. So if you see different characters at the same node thats probably it. On the other hand I’ve seen myself a character flash in front of a node, flash at the next node I see, then the next.. Now THAT is a bit obvious. But again like I said, some of these may just be players logging into an alt trying to gather mats for a craft and simply logging back to their main to farm, grind, quest w.e.

Vol.5241:

Shame on me for having alts parked at nodes I suppose

Well, I don’t support that kind of playing – I think it beats the whole purpose of playing – but each to their own. I’m however aware of it and I’ll try to distinguish parkers from botters myself when reporting, via obvious differences (like character not disappearing as soon as the animation completes). Of course, if you fail to look like a human-controlled character, I guess that’s your own fault because that requires hardly any effort.

In-game, I’ve noticed characters that appear out of nowhere and then disappear just a moment later. Usually they appear next to (random, not some specific rich) gathering nodes, but I’ve began to notice them also appear near zone portals recently. I’m almost positive these players are botting/cheating (somehow warping from node to another) but the thing is, I don’t want to risk my own account in case I’m actually making false accusations because I’m not 100% sure. So, should I report them or not?

kwalle.3674:

The monthly is divided in tiers. the total that needs to be done is what you said (5 – 100 – 500 – 5)
So normally you should only see the goal to your next tier, and not the total of it.
It’s bizzar that you can see the final amount, normally you should only see the tier maximum.
see wiki for more info: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Monthly

I guess it isn’t that bizarre really, considering they didn’t specify where they checked their numbers from. The daily/monthly tracker shows the final tier requirements on mouseover even if you haven’t finished the previous tiers yet, which may be the source of the confusion.

5, 100, 500 and 5 are all the final tier values for those achievements. 1, 25, 125 and 2 are all the first tier completion requirements, except the last one which is tier 2 of 5. Every player has obviously the same monthlies.

I use double-tap dodging all the time and I managed to do the daily just fine :s

Just noticed the same issue. One would think it’s a bit odd for an achievement that should be completely unrelated to whatever the patch added to break down like that, really.

penatbater.4710:

wait, im confused. So is WvW considered pvp? :|

Some think so, some don’t. I strongly believe it is PvP as it’s players you fight against 95% of the time. As for the survey, it is one of the options in the third PvP related question.

Took part in the survey already but might as well respond here.

I’m very much a PvE player, only going to WvW for the monthlies for the 50 kills when applicable and to the Heart of the Mists only to walk through to the LA portal. In PvE, I go for both exploration and dynamic events; as for dungeons, I’ve only done five story modes (Arah with a PUG, and the first four in a 4-man group with my friends).

My lack of PvP interest is partially because I feel I’m not that good a player and partially because I don’t like losing to other players (which happens a lot because of the first point :p). That of course inevitably leads to that I’ll actively seek a zerg whenever I participate in WvW because that way I have at least some safety. Sometimes, like the last week’s match with Gunnar’s Hold steamrolling the whole week, I won’t even bother to try.

Soloed as a ranger with a Polar Bear and a Carrion Devourer. Took quite a long time and was mostly kiting and pet management, but still very doable alone. The first spawn right at the beginning was a bit challenging, though, died twice due to inability to limit the aggro efficiently enough.

Still would’ve preferred to do it with my friends but we were sent into different instances all the time… we’ll probably try that tomorrow again.

Well, take a second look on the actual top bar… PvP has its icon up there now.

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

I can understand people being frustrated. But seriously, Griffonrook Run is right over there. Do that first, then come back and tell me if the Clocktower is unfair or hard. It isn’t. But it’s slightly challenging. You might have to try it several times.

Griffonrook is actually quite interesting an example; it does have an easy mode and a hard mode. You don’t need to take the bomb with you; you’ll still get the achievement if you don’t, but you don’t get any loot.

ykyk.2740:

Soulweaver.2190:

ykyk.2740:

Soulweaver.2190:

Well, if we then have so many people who think this is perfectly fine as it is now for a temporary puzzle, do tell me a reliable way to get past this part. I’ve tried about 120 times now and I’ve got past this part once. Either I need to hurry ? leads to me bumping my head to platforms from below or jumping off the area altogether, or take my time ? leads to the green mass catching up on me before any chance of getting to the later parts. Based on vids on YouTube, the green stuff becomes less of a problem once you get far enough, so it’s just this annoying starting part.

I usually play a norn, but switching to an asura didn’t change anything.

Is that right at the start? Jump on the little gear platform that spawns and then jump onto the next platform. It’s OK to spam jump here because you are unlikely to fall (it’s still possible obv) and you NEED to clear this part quickly to make it in time for the next portion.

Yeah, it’s right at the beginning, and that’s an awfully vague description. The main problem is the gear (visible in the distance) laying low a few jumps after where I stopped to take the screenshot. It’s so low that every time I get that far (after bumping to the small rubble blocks) it’s already sunken below the kill zone.

I’m sorry to put it bluntly but I believe that will be because you are clearing the front portion far too slowly. The first time-gated jump that most people have trouble with is a little rock at 0:48 of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w0NZAJVnQE

Observe the pace where you have to clear the front portion because you need to minimally be doing it that fast to clear that rock jump (he BARELY makes it, you can see the acid literally touching his feet).

After that rock there is another time-gated jump with the gear platform you have to jump down on. If you are too slow, the acid engulfs the platform with you on it. These are the 2 major time-gated portions in the run, if you are running into time troubles anywhere else my only advice is to practice and maybe watch some videos to become faster. Good luck.

Yeah, the part I fail is right after the pause at around 0:30 in that video, and I just can’t figure out how to do it quickly enough, it seems. I’ll just put the whole thing aside and stop trying unless someone of my friends can do it for me, because I’m fed up of this fruitless failing.

ykyk.2740:

Soulweaver.2190:

Well, if we then have so many people who think this is perfectly fine as it is now for a temporary puzzle, do tell me a reliable way to get past this part. I’ve tried about 120 times now and I’ve got past this part once. Either I need to hurry ? leads to me bumping my head to platforms from below or jumping off the area altogether, or take my time ? leads to the green mass catching up on me before any chance of getting to the later parts. Based on vids on YouTube, the green stuff becomes less of a problem once you get far enough, so it’s just this annoying starting part.

I usually play a norn, but switching to an asura didn’t change anything.

Is that right at the start? Jump on the little gear platform that spawns and then jump onto the next platform. It’s OK to spam jump here because you are unlikely to fall (it’s still possible obv) and you NEED to clear this part quickly to make it in time for the next portion.

Yeah, it’s right at the beginning, and that’s an awfully vague description. The main problem is the gear (visible in the distance) laying low a few jumps after where I stopped to take the screenshot. It’s so low that every time I get that far (after bumping to the small rubble blocks) it’s already sunken below the kill zone.

Well, if we then have so many people who think this is perfectly fine as it is now for a temporary puzzle, do tell me a reliable way to get past this part. I’ve tried about 120 times now and I’ve got past this part once. Either I need to hurry ? leads to me bumping my head to platforms from below or jumping off the area altogether, or take my time ? leads to the green mass catching up on me before any chance of getting to the later parts. Based on vids on YouTube, the green stuff becomes less of a problem once you get far enough, so it’s just this annoying starting part.

I usually play a norn, but switching to an asura didn’t change anything.

Sigleaf.1207:

I am sorry you cannot invest the hour it takes to do a jumping puzzle. – - On a side note, I completed the tower in an hour and I just ran it 4 times in a row and didn’t fail once…

Good for you. As you can see in this thread and in a few others, though, it’s not always a matter of spending one hour on it, some spend hours and hours and still can’t do it. And there’s only so much time left to master it.

E: Exactly, neon. It’d be all right if this was one of the new permanent puzzles instead of a limited time puzzle.

Fun is subjective. For those who can do it, it might be fun. For clumsy butterthumbs like me who can’t even get halfway to the first chest on their 50th try, it really isn’t. Not finishing it will surely leave a sore hole in my achievements. I know that if I don’t get it soon, it will be left uncompleted forever as an event puzzle. Limited time puzzles should be less difficult while the ones added to the game permanently could just as well be as hard as they can make them.

So, while the particular puzzle is devilishly difficult, I’m not saying it should be nerfed, just that it was put into a wrong place.

I’ve had that in the northern parts of Bloodtide Coast, nowhere else. And yeah, they’re really distracting.

I believe I reported this in-game like a month ago; seeing as it’s still not fixed, I guess they have more urgent things to patch first :p

You should probably single out these instances you claim to be buggy. I’ve explored most of the world on my main (also a norn, though that isn’t probably not a deciding factor), including all the cities, and at least I haven’t personally come across any instance with no natural way out.

You don’t see hearts on your map if you never spoke to them or never got them recorded via a scout, and you’re too far away from them. Just go there and help them out, you should be fine.

You should read the description to those bags "10 Slots, Items in this box will never appear in a sell-to-vendor list and will not move when inventory is sorted. "

That explains the first question. The second question, I have no idea why depositing all materials doesn’t work.

E: Ninja’d :p

I just personally visited (and finished) Frostsound Gorge yesterday for the first time, and did the dragon event twice during that time. I was under the impression you’re supposed to kill the mob wave to protect the NPCs firing the cannons (the leading NPC even shouts something like “Incoming! Protect the cannons!”). Once the wave was over, most people ran over to grab bundles and shoot off the wall; there was just one wave per phase anyway, so where’s this supposed chance of abuse? I don’t know if I ended up with honest people or if you’re just imagining the problem, but I didn’t see anything that could be abused the way you describe it.

I just noticed this one very strange bug. For some reason, I can’t see anything past a certain story step in the My Story tab in the hero window. Scrolling anywhere below “Estate of Decay” makes the story step list go blank; the steps will show as normal again if I scroll back to somewhere above the said step. The next step that should appear there is “Ossuary of Unquiet Dead”. It’s not a huge problem as it doesn’t block progress, but I’d certainly want to recall the last steps’ stories at some point.

The screens below show how it appears just above and just below the problematic position; they also contain possible spoilers for the late plotline.

Above (is OK): http://i.imgur.com/CU0sI.jpg
Below (is not OK): http://i.imgur.com/OPcZE.jpg

I’m totally in support of this. An awesome idea (as long as the CPU mobs actually have a clever enough AI, as in not the regular PvE AI, for it).

selan.8354:

erm… honestly i don’t like a limitation on how long i get to play weekly. There are weeks where i barely have time to play and other where i play a lot but it’s my choice. I don’t need a parental control at all! If i want to play for 12 hours I will and if I feel tired ill go to bed. Honestly, a restriction on playtime would make me quit the game immediately.

And no one said it would be compulsory. Common sense says that if such feature would be added, you would be able to turn it off and control the time limits yourself.

While I don’t believe it will be coming back, I’ll also throw in my two cents in support of the old, epic title screen.

By the way, I don’t think there was any mention of what ultimately happened to the three-color password hash. It was first promoted as a kinda cool unique feature which should’ve helped people spot typos they make while being inaccurate enough to not be insecure, but then it was abandoned when the launcher took over the login features. Was there some kind of problem with it? I think it would’ve fit easily into the launcher as well…

The event is broken on Ring of Fire at the moment. Instead of the usual “all sharks are friendly” problem, however, this time it seems the spawn place for the sharks was off. They aren’t in their usual chamber, but instead the large shark is in the lake area and two of its brood are sticking out of a rock above the water level. Unfortunately, the third brood shark is swimming somewhere inside the rock and cannot be defeated. (Its name appeared in red inside the rock a few times, but I couldn’t get a screenshot out of it.)

Or you could, as a workaround, replace the Screens folder with a symbolic link via (an elevated) command prompt window, like I did:

C:\Users\Soulweaver\Documents\Guild Wars 2>mklink /d Screens Z:\xampp\htdocs\gw2s
symbolic link created for Screens <<===>> Z:\xampp\htdocs\gw2s

After doing so, all software should transparently display the Screens folder as if it was in Documents/Guild Wars 2 even if it exists logically in another place.

A setting for the default screenshot folder would obviously be preferred, though :p

Edit: the “pre” tag doesn’t seem to use a monospace font. Anyway, the top line there is the command I used and the second line is what it outputs if it was successful.