Guild Wars 2

Also, I did jump in GW1 and it worked fine. I know that may not mean anything, but I’ve noticed that many times GW2 has had issues GW1 has gone down too, so, that’s something :P

Same error for me too. I was actually in WvW when it hit; it didn’t kick me out or log me off, but the PPT timer stopped counting and when I tried to WP to another map or hit the “Leave the mists” button it just gave me the login server error. So I exited the game and now I can’t load in any characters, I just pops the error window and reboots the game. So much for my power-play weekend I guess.

In my experience the last few months, if you are being attacked by an enemy, are shown to be in combat, but do not hit them with any sort of offensive skill/attack, you can harvest normally. However, as soon as you hit an enemy with any skill or attack (minions/pets included), you will get ruined materials until you exit combat. So if you can withstand whatever is attacking you, you can just ignore it and do your harvesting. Hope that helps until they patch it

In the long run it seems possible it will be permanent, or at least returning on a cycle like Halloween and Crown Pavilion. It is incomplete atm though (unless they had a ridiculously prolific 4 months and just didn’t release it all ;P), and they’re going to take it down each time they build a new world so they can tweak everything across the board and build excitement for the next world. I’d love to see it around long term once it’s finished, but I can understand why they take it down in the meantime.

I did read the update notes and saw the early end-of-voting date, yet 2 weeks later I’d forgotten and assumed voting would end with the new patch. Now I’ve got 300 “bricked” Support Tokens and a pile of sadness. Oh well…

I don’t blame Anet that I forgot, but an in-game reminder would have been nice. They do send mail for everything else possible ;P

One of my biggest issues with the direction Anet’s taken the Living Story is that it seems to always be aimed for the lowest common denominator, with Day 1 guides and update notes that give away most of the story before 90% of players even download the patch, let alone have a chance to play it. Hell, the “5 fugitive” part of the Dragon Bash story told you the zone each was in and even put a giant gold star on their location. I’m all for making sure everyone can do the content, but as a huge fan of GW1 and the exploration it had, this method takes all the fun out for me.

The 2 week updates and temporary content seem like they stem from the same problem. Instead of taking their time to make solid new PERMANENT content and fix the problems lingering since launch, they seem to feel the need to pump out constant temporary updates to keep as many people logging in daily and make as much gem money as possible as quickly as possible. Idk if that comes from NCSoft or Anet themselves, but I worry that this short term mindset may drive away long term interest in the game.

For me personally, all this content is simply wearing me out. There are a lot of great things about GW2 that keep me playing, and as someone who loves story and lore, I want to play everything I can, but with so much coming so quickly and no break to let me miss it, I’m getting burned out. I wish they’d move back to the permanent update model they used in GW1 for the War in Kryta and Winds of Change updates, because in the meantime I’m starting to feel forced to choose between playing all the content and enjoying myself, and that’s a choice I don’t want, and feel I shouldn’t have, to make.