Guild Wars 2

This thread is already overdone, but I figured I’d add my 2 cents. Someone may have already said this, but I’m not reading 3K posts. Hopefully Anet gets the message.

I think the $50 version should be $40, include a character slot expansion, and NOT include the base game. The $75 and $100 could stay the same.

This way, a veteran player can get a slot for their revenant and HoT at a decent price.

A new player can get the base game, the expansion, and some extra goodies which I doubt anyone cares about for a decent price.

The gem “discount” would be the same.

So, as I’m sure many people know, you can create a Quiver of a Thousand Arrows in the mf and then choose the stats for it, including stats you couldn’t normally get like celestial. I’m leveling an alt and would eventually like full celestial for it. It would be nice to know whether this recipe is permanent or if it will be removed soon. I don’t really feel like dropping 60g for a back piece on a char that’s not even 80 yet, but I will if I have a limited time frame to do so.

We should be able to do something with transmutation stones, such as putting 4 into the forge to get a transmutation crystal. For players who level alts and do their dailies, the number of these near-useless objects gets pretty ridiculous, and transmutation crystals are actually quite useful.

Need a na server if anyone knows

This is my ping plotter. I’m not the best at interpreting network issues, however all the hops are fine except for the PL at the destination address. It’s definitely not a firewall issue as I’ve removed my firewall thinking that may be the problem. The latency is intermittent, however when it kicks in the game is entirely unplayable, never mind doing any sort of PvP.

I still don’t think it’s fair that I received no warning or even acknowledgement that Anet had changed it. An in game email would have been nice, as I said, so I didn’t have to think I had been hacked. I really wish this had come up earlier, since I’ve had the name for more than 6 years. My GW1 main had that name, I linked my accounts no problem, and I named my new account that. Especially considering that it wasn’t even a character name, only an account name, I find it a little excessive. I understand I can file to change it now, but I had to come to the forums and get a response from another player, not a dev, to figure that out.

Their naming guide lines also seem a little vague. For example, does “Michael” count as a reference to a real life name? And I know of a catering and restaurant business titled “Simple Simon” (yes actually). If they had trademarked that name for their business, is that a violation? If I was to name my account “ILoveMozart” would that be a violation, with W.A. Mozart being a historical figure? And if my real name was Jesus, is it inappropriate for my account to include Jesus in it? There are just too many ways to interpret it. I would also like to point out that I do understand that it says “religious and historical figures” and that my name clearly was in violation.

And Katz has a point that even things like necromancers could be considered religious figures, like the Witch of Endor (1 Samuel 28:3–25). The rules clearly state that “We do not permit names that… use misspellings or alternative spellings of names that violate any of the above rules.” Zhaitan is CLEARLY and alternative spelling of Shaitan. How did Anet not violate their own rule? I would seriously like this cleared up.

All in all, there is a very fine line between religious “tolerance” and religious discrimination. In which category does censorship fall under?

For the record, the majority of those questions were intended as rhetorical, and I certainly do not expect an answer for each one. What I would appreciate a response too, however, is the in game notification email for whoever this happens to next, and the Zhaitan – Shaitan affair.

I believe it is rather negligent to change my account name without notifying me at all. I did not receive an email or any form of contact, and as such have spent the last few hours trying to find and fix any security issues because I assumed this had been done by someone else on my account. I would have appreciated a message saying that it was an official change so I did not have to panic.

My account name was Satan For Mayor.6571. My Guild Wars 1 character was named Satan For Mayor, and I have become affiliated with that name in my guild and through players in the in game community. I would prefer to not have to re-establish a new name with my in game comrades, when I have used this name on Arenanet and NCSoft games for over 6 years. As far as religious tolerance, the name “Satan For Mayor” does not condone or offend the Christian religion any more than naming the antagonist of your game “Zhaitan,” which is clearly a reference to the Arabic word for Satan, Shaitan. Any person of Islamic faith would find just as much offense in “Zhaitan” as a Christian would in “Satan For Mayor.” As it so happens, I am not Satanic and the name stemmed from a particularly troubling mayoral election in my city at the time of my Guild Wars 1 character’s creation. If my name must be changed to Arty Roman Sofa, I fully expect Zhaitan’s name to become Naithaz.

Is there any way to challenge that?

I just logged on, and my name is acount name is “Arty Roman Sofa.5042”. That is not and has never been my account name!!! I have a google authenticator on my account, so I don’t think someone could have hacked me. I have all my stuff still, so I’m quite confused. My friend says that he can still see my normal account name in the guild pane. I don’t know what to do…

Ok, I did find another thread on this. It didn’t have a response though, so I would still appreciate an answer as to whether this is intentional and if anything is being done.

I imagine this has been covered before, but I wasn’t able to find it anywhere. Whenever I sell many things on the TP, I get an error selling after about 10 items or so. If I click around a bit it goes away. I’m not sure if this is to prevent flipping massive quantities of items really quickly or if it actually is a bug or what, but it’s quite annoying when you are trying to sell a full inventory of loot. Like I said, since I’ve heard other people experience this as well I doubt this is breaking news, but I figured it couldn’t hurt to post.

In the guild pane, when selecting an upgrade to increase the skill of your guild in a certain field, it refers to your “guilds” skill as opposed to your “guild’s” skill. Just sayin. I figured it wasn’t really a bug, so would be more appropriate to post here.