Guild Wars 2

And got yet another 2 disconnects. and major lag loading chars. kitten is anyone in Anet even reading these forums?

I have been getting lag, disconnects and long loading screens intermittently ever since starting playing the game (at launch). Recently it has got much MUCH worse. My 2 favorite chars are pretty much impossible to get to heart of the mists or Lions Arch. Only way i sometimes get it to work is to guest on a lower populated server.

I cannot see why it is my PC (high spec), or ISP (person using exact same connection has less problems) plus I have encountered exactly the same issues playing on a completely different PC on a different connection.

Problem seems to get worse and worse after every update. Instead of being excited about new content my first reaction is..oh no, I’m going to get even worse lag/disconnects.

This is NOT GOOD ENOUGH ANet.

I have lodged a support ticket, but I don’t hold out much hope given my previous experiences.

:(

Desolation server, UK.

Game becoming unplayable. Even if i ever do manage to load a character the lag makes doing anything pretty much impossible. Been getting worse over the last few days. i.e. after dragon bash update.
Desolation server. UK.

Not quite the same error, i get 7:11:3:191:101
But its the same thing. Long loading screens, terrible lag. Unplayable characters.
It’s worse than EVER!

I’ve had this problem in the past and have recently been getting it again. Has been an issue since the patch/update at the end of May for me. Very annoying.

Still happening. All I tried to do with char is move across Lions Arch and now stuck on eternal loading screen of annoyance.
When this does it is usually always my necro and my ranger. All my other characters are generally fine.
When I contacted Anet support a few months ago, after a bit of digging they basically told me I should uninstall Kaspersky because it is know to cause issues. Now, I know this is at least partly true, because if kaspersky is running a scan it can affect guild wars and other games – therefore i make sure the scan runs at times I’m not trying to play. However, they could not tell me what a suitable alternative was for a virus checker and I’m NOT going to uninstall something I have months left of a licence for when I cannot be sure a different virus checker won’t have the same issue!
Everything had been fine (at least since the LAST time I had these issues a couple of months back) until the updates around end May.
Not happy doubt will ever be given the deafening silence of Anet on the issue in general.

Desolation server. UK.

Game had been playing fine for a while, now I am yet AGAIN getting stupidly long loading screens with 2 of my characters (others are fine). I have had this problem on and off for the last 6 months or more. Getting sick of it.

Desolation server.

My lvl 80 Ranger and lvl 80 Necro often get stuck on lions arch loading screens (currently both stuck) yet my 3 other chars have no problem. Getting really sick of it, spoils the game when i can’t play one of my favourite characters

+1
This has been suggested number of times before (ever since the release of the game) and nothing so far but you never know, keep on askin’. XD
Yes there is a workaround using an invisble bag slot, but it would be far better to have a dedicated mini-pet slot

What is weird for me is that (for the last 2 hours) 2 of my chars just get stuck on eternal loading screens, the other 3 don’t. Wtf is that all about!…although it does hint towards not being my pc or my internet connection that is the issue
Oh: in case i didn’t say before, I’m on EU desolation server.

Currently having major loading screen errors trying to go to heart of the mists. EU: Desolation server. Dunno if i want to try any of my other chars as they will no doubt get stuck too either on HoTM or LA.
This is getting a bit ridiculous. Game is becoming unplayable more and more i don’t want that, i want to play the cool game!

Ever since the last update i’ve been having random lag problems in numerous different areas. On EU Desolation server.

getting this issue a LOT more now. Have had disconnects and major problems with slow loading screens. Getting to the point that i can’t play due not being able to frigging transition anywhere. This is really disappointing cos Iove this game and its becoming more and more unplayable.

And is happening AGAIN with another character. trying to go to heart of the mists. endless loading screen, then disconnect. Restart game, login in again. Endless loading screen.
I’m getting bloody sick of this. It’s really spoiling an otherwise great game.
EU, Desolation server. Encounter this with all characters at different times loading all sorts of different areas.
Poor.

Long loading screens are getting worse and worse for me. Currently stuck trying to get to Lion’s Arch (usually the worse culprit along with heart of the mists). I’ve got 12Gb RAM and an overclocked I7 chip…i really don’t think it’s a problem with my PC!

fixed. but now getting the eternal loading screen error when try and go anywhere

deleting those files or changing the language did nothing for me.

Can’t login in:
Country: UK
Server: EU Desolation
Build: 16732
Error Code: 42:0:9001:4105

However, my brother who has the same spec PC, on the same world server using the SAME internet connection is currently playing GW2 fine. :S

Apparently I’m appearing as online then offline in the game – according to what bro can see. So it’s logging me in to some degree – just can’t get to next bit.

On Desolation. I occasionally come across this problem trying to travel to lions arch. It’s been worse the last few days
In fact. Just happening again now with my lvl 80 ranger. Bah!

I’ve just noticed this issue as well. Not sure if I’ve lost achievement points as I can’t remember exactly what the total was but have lost one point on lifetime survivor (so now 499999) and some of my slayers there may be others, I haven’t check through everything.

This is poor. VERY poor. Please fix!

Getting really bad lag, very long loading screens and disconnects. Usually when traveling to (or point to point) in lions arch or heart of the mists. I’m on Desolation server. Getting sick of this. Is really spoiling the game now

Ok, trying to get to heart of the mists. and get nothing but pretty much infinite loading screen then often disconnect. This seems to happen all the time atm. Anyone else got this issue?

Ok. Now have tried to get to the heart of the mists for ages and have just been kept waiting then get disconnect. this is no good, now i can’t play my main char at all os is stuck on friggin loading screens.

On desolation server.

Have had lots of issues with these over the past week or so in all sorts of areas. Had thought the cause of this for me was something else on PC (my virus checker can sometimes interferes but still get issue even when it isn’t scanning) but from the sounds of it it ain’t on my PC end!

Lost shores. bugs and confusion from the beginning. Noll = nillappear?
And generally, I know they don’t want to spoon feed people but they could at least make it slightly more fun for the casual gamer. at the moment its frustrating and confusing and putting people off the game.

With the one time left out due to times. Disagree.
My in problem is that these events are supposed to be ‘fun’ but mostly leave most players with a ‘wtf’ then heading straight to wiki.
I enjoy a challenge, i dont wont to be spoon fed. but the whole quest chain could be made clearer. IMO at the moment it is a confusing shambles.

Ok, so. In GW1 i really enjoyed the big events that came round every so often. So far, in GW2 i have found them…not fun at all basically.

I realise a big part of GW2 is to just ‘go play’ and not have to be lead by quest markers etc. but I feel these do have a place in the big events (more than they do currently). I feel the game enough should be enough to tell you what to (generally) do next. You shouldn’t have to go and look up the wiki for the basic stuff IMO.

In the recent Nov event (as well as the starting event being so full of lag I could barely play) after that it was very confusing what to do next…and even when you started doing that whether or not you had completed. I really think these events would benefit a bit more from slightly more hand holding with better quest markers/chains ticked off (but not being totally spoon fed!).

No doubt I’m about to get chastised with people telling me to just ‘read my mail’ and ‘its easy to figure out’. My point is: maybe you find that. But i don’t. I think for the more casual gamer/player these events are much less fun that they could be. This is a shame, and it’s really putting me off playing the game now.

Would be nice if all the total stats currently on your armour etc. were viewable somewhere so you could see exactly what you have (Not just the main power precision etc but the minor ones…like magic find)…or am i missing something

It depends on how you like to play the game, IMO there’s no need to rush to lvl 80 -guild wars has never been about level cap cos it’s about so much more. I’ve been playing since headstart and still haven’t got any chars to lvl 80 (one getting close now) but I’m enjoying the game and the stories and the events and…everything.

I agree with OP – but also with that there should be an option to turn this off for people who don’t want too much clutter.

Hmm, ok so tried again on my own, no probs this time. Yay! Gonna put that one to hangover of the bugged parties for halloween events.

Attempt this personal story quest twice now and both times char seems to lag for ages then eventually get a cutscene then have about 30mins unable to move with a cutscene symbol over my head. When I finally CAN move. Can get to the green star but npc is missing so can’t exit. Then keep getting rubberbanded back to same position.

I’ve done this both as part of a guildees personal story and with a guildee with me as part of mine. They did not encounter this problem at all (and they are using the same connection as me so it’s not a lag issue).

Anyone else encountered this?

I agree – having something – list or icon on the map to show you which areas you have/haven’t completed would be very useful. GW1 had this for hard mode and shield quests.

And Aga it’s not about being lazy, as has been said broken events or skill points often mean you can’t finish an area and need to come back. Its the fact you can’t tell and actually have to go there to find out!

Absolutely agree. Yes it’s a minor thing but it annoys me I can’t see my own name!

Same in Desolation the other day. Invisible wall blocking entry.

I agree. More guild info is a must! especially the last logged in and something to show level of representing.

Yeah at first i thought it was a bug, then realised i wasn’t holding the fire button down to get the range. LOL

Monsoon – major lol. Could not have described it better myself! Yes, this is a really bad issue. I’m sick of getting killed by the invisible zerg.

Personally I don’t see there being any need for mounts. Can’t have flying ones because of vistas and would be stupid in WvWvW. Ground based ones…giving a speed boost would not be good – besides can already get speed boosts. So that leaves them just as aesthetics, so whats the point? we already have tonics and mini pets for that!

Waypoints work just fine – although are expensive. I’d rather they reduced the cost of waypoints rather than implement pointless mounts.

Yes please! Would be far better for each pet to have a unique name that STAYS. And to clarify, this is not just when you are swapping between the 2 active pets – this is when you select different pets to go INTO the active slots – they default either to a previous pet name or back to juvenile.

I agree with XDeadzX – would help have an even better connection with the pets.

Zeivu, I don’t see how it put a huge extra load on the servers – they already have to keep track of which pets you do or don’t have to choose from (which is more than 4), one extra string parameter ain’t going to make that much difference!

And here was me thinking it had been removed because the survivor achievement is still bugged. sigh

I do get them from erratic locations – but always within the UK, and they are usually reasonably near enough to where I actually live (apart from one which was from way down south in England somewhere) that I just blame my ISP (BT). I also know these are all me as they are always just a few seconds after I try and log on.

Probably best change your password as suggested above to be safe but I think if they are within the UK and you are sure it is you then thats just ISP playing silly buggers!

I agree. This should be split into the separate options to give people more flexibility.

Ohh I hope so! Mad king is just sooo bad lol

Yes is still bugged, which is very annoying. I did manage to get my 100k yesterday by doing a lot in a 45-50 zone with a lvl ~45 character (plus xp boosts etc) but it shouldn’t have had to come to that.

Lifetime survivor is also bugged btw. Has never worked.

Ok, I think I see what you are saying now perhaps separating these functions out would make it clearer.

In the meantime, for the example you gave, why not create a new rank in-between officer and lowest member and give them admin rights. Then they can recruit people but not kick anyone above them. That way you can have the officers as the long term trusted ones and the level below as the trusted newbees. For example in my guild we have 4 ranks: Leader, Officer, Rifleman and recruit. Riflemen is the one we added to be this exact in-between level they can recruit, kick recruits but not officer or leader.

Um don’t we already have this? isn’t that what the ‘Admin lower ranks’ checkbox is for in the ‘Ranks’ tab? I’m an officer in my guild so have got permission to kick/demote anyone below me but can’t do that to any ranks above me (i.e. Leader.). So it sounds like this feature already exists? Or am I misunderstanding something here?

I believe by default the lowest rank only has the ability to recruit new members. You can add as many new ranks as you like to give different people different permissions.

No no no! The level scaling is one of the best (and core) features in the game! Better gear does make a difference even scaled down. And you do get higher level drops.

I’m not saying the system is perfect – no doubt there are areas that will be tweaked as the game settles down. The point someone made about not being lower level than some of the creatures is a v. good point for example.

I can see how this annoys some people but at the moment I’m happy with the character bound system. Mind you I haven’t found a really awesome rare dye yet – my opinion may change lol!

I see it as part of my characters development depending on what random dye drop they get.

Hi all,

This is a question that I haven’t been able to find a definitive answer to on the forums or the wiki so I though I’d ask here.

So can someone tell me: Is guild emblem transferrable/transmutable between armour sets (i.e. using a transmute stone like you can with everything else) or do you have to fork out 1g each time you get a new bit of nice armour you want to display your emblem on?

Thanks.

FireBelcher.3510 – Salt will disappear from the ‘discovery’ window if you have discovered all the ‘discoverable’ recipes. Same with Strawberries…and all other ingredients. However you can still use salt through the production window to make things. If you haven’t discovered everything with these things and they aren’t showing up then it’s a bug (OR the recipe has to be purchased from a karma vendor and can’t be discovered).

Phaenilix.3124: Check the production window rather than discovery, you should be able to make bags from there? Ingots wont show up in the discovery window if there is nothing new to discover with them (or possibly you aren’t high enough level in the crafting?).

Still sounds to me as if a lot of this issue is people misunderstanding the crafting system rather than it being a bug. Although what Cloneofyou.2467 mentions does sound like there may be some sort of bug in there somewhere!