Guild Wars 2

Scar.1793:

If you plan on camping world maps and low level content, then yea sure it’s ok, but like any other class you can play pretty much anything and be fine.

M’eh… high end content has always been a bit of a pain for me. I’m an absent minded old fart, so PvE is about all I do. Unfogging maps, farming for loot, and grinding achievements is pretty much my thing.

I recently returned to the game after a long break, bought HoT, and just started a Rev a few days ago. The comments here are discouraging, I must say.

All I can think, however, is… Yeah, but those melee staff attacks! :-D

Reminds me so much of my (long ago) highly beloved Chanter in Aion.

I like her. I’ll keep her and level her up and see how things go.

Adding my nag. This is so annoying!

I’ve had to bind my middle mouse button (clickable scroll wheel) to “Target nearest foe” so I can quickly get back on the attack after accidentally selecting a party member (or whatever) in the middle of a fight.

Anet, why oh why are you not fixing this? This can’t be intentional… can it?

Those videos are amazing. I’m mostly a casual PVEer, but I’ve been inspired to run D/D on my Ele following this build. At level 60, even with my slow, stumbling fingers, I’ve been surprised by how well I’ve stood up to mobs when I get more aggro than I expected.

Daphoenix, I would love to see a video with a small picture-in-picture overlay of a recording showing your keyboard hand while playing. It just boggles my mind at how you can keep moving so much while rapid firing skills and swapping attunements like that. I’m working on it, but man… I could only hope to be half that good, I think

Thanks for sharing you expertise. It’s very motivational.

Ashley,

I installed the updates in the first link you provided. When I ran the file from the second link, I got a message saying the current version was newer and no update was needed.

The condition still exists. I also noticed something similar with Guild Wars 1, only it’s a quick flash of a black screen. So it appears to be some kind of quirk with my system. I’ll try any other suggestions you have, but I’m not going to worry about this little issue.

I’m just happy that GW 2 is no longer crashing on me all the time. I was a little irritated that I need to change my OS just for a game, but I’m already getting used to Win 7… even liking it. So I guess I should be thankful for the nudge to finally give up my old faithful and reliable Win XP.

Hi Ashley, thanks for your attention to this matter.

It’s not that big of a deal, just a minor annoyance that kind of detracts from the feeling of “immersiveness” of the game.

Not sure if calling it minimizing is correct or not. When I go through a portal, the loading screen appears like normal, then just before the area loads, I get a brief flash (less than a second probably) of my desktop, or if I’ve taken any screenshots during the current login session, I see my most recent one flash fullscreen.

Just to update this… I upgraded to Windows 7, 64 bit. The problem appears to be gone. I played over four hours last night and again this evening, went through multiple portals (between maps and into cities) and didn’t have a single crash.

The only weird thing now is that when loading to a new area, the game minimizes and flashes to my desktop, or any recent screenshots for a second and then loads the area. It’s a minor annoyance considering I don’t have the crashes anymore. Here’s hoping that it stays this way.

You know what, it’s just portals in general I’m having trouble with. I was suspecting the one to Divinity’s Reach because I’m still fairly low level and was using that one the most.

But, I just had two crashes in the last hour or so crossing between two maps, just 15 minutes after starting the game, then again, about 40 minutes later leaving Lion’s Arch to Gendarran Fields.

It’s very frustrating.

Thanks, kirito. At least it’s good to know there’s a possible explanation.

It just happened again. There was no error code on the message, just “A serious error has occurred that prevents the program from continuing to run.”

So it could be a 32 bit issue? Hmm… guess I’ll have to think about finally upgrading my OS. :-/

Just wondering if anyone else has this problem? It happens regularly. I can have hours of perfect gameplay, then go to use the portal to Divinity’s Reach and the game crashes. I’ve had other random freezes, but this one particular thing is a frequent occurrence… like once every three or four times I use that portal. It feels like I’m gambling when I use it as to whether I’ll get through or crash.

AMD Athlon II X3 435, 4 Gigs of ram, Radeon HD 6870 (with latest drivers), Win XP sp 3.

I haven’t got the error code, but I’ll write it down and include it here next time it happens… which it will, I’m sure.