Guild Wars 2

It turns out it was just hidden. I had to talk to Ridhais to unlock it ;P

Ty for the info!

I think i did all of the “current achievements” but cant check cuz that section was descontinued. Is there something I need to do to “unlock” this section?

The problem with invulnerable allies and no portal still exists…

Problem 1: When in extreme mode (party) at the last boss the “exit” option is popping up too often… almost half of the room away from the mote. It is very distracting and I’ve see people accidently exiting and they couldn’t reenter.

Problem 2: The illusions last boss creates can get bugged and stay invulnerable and as an enemy if they are killed to 0% before they are pulled into the rift. This happened to me 10 times already with Caith. This blocks the progress, I reported this also in game.

Problem 3: The achievement “flights of fancy” is impossible to do. Last time I did with a party to be sure, every one gets hit by invisible object or loose the achievement condition for some reason at the last flying phase. For the record I flew high all the time so I didn’t get hit by the floor and didn’t see any rocks flying my way.

I didn’t find any of those issues in the issue tracker.

regards

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This is really really kittening anoying, its impossible to write anything usefull…

Thanks for the new link… maybe OP should fix it….

Okay.. so after reading on the forums + youtube, I found out that functionality was disabled intentionally to prevent cheating. I read that what developers usually do in (competitive) multiplayer games.

Yea, you’re right its called depth blur… I was talking about that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OROzPic7nmc

So this “Depth blur” option is still bugged? Or what for is that option? Because I see no difference.

So back then when I started playing the game 3,5 years ago I know I was able to turn the depth blur.. (not field) effect on or off and I also saw noticeable difference. Since then I had AMD and Nvidia graphic cards, and I don’t exactly remember when that stopped working because I had it turned off for a while.

So my setting are usually set to high (see the screenshot), unless I’m raiding, then I set it to lower settings.

My graphic card is Nvidia GTX 770, but I think I also had this issue on my old AMD 7870.

So any1 have similar issue?

Thanks for the link. I must say, I’m a bit angry, Anet keeps doing dumb things without good reasons, or explanations why they do it… As a software developer I know all these deconstructions are executing same lines of code, which means they have 0 work to add all other missing infusions. If not… well then you know why the game is so often so buggy…

You may close or do whatever with this thread…

No they haven’t, they just said this was intentional. I’m asking them to limit the input so that we don’t have to count characters by hand or try to post a message blindly… I don’t have a problem with the limit, just the usability.

This is very anoying… can you ask an intern to add limit the input box to 45 chars?

IHMO this is a usability bug… if you’re asking yourself why I posted this here.

Please…. just add whats missing or let some GM give me 2x +13AR…..

Same problem here….

EDIT: the repair option worked….

- Locate your Gw2.exe file.
- Right-click on the file and select Create shortcut.
- Rename this new shortcut to Guild Wars 2 Repair.
- Right-click on Guild Wars 2 Repair and select Properties.
- Locate the Target line and add –repair to the end. …
- Click OK.

@Sean Hughes You were looking into the OPs issue 14 days ago…. so what do we do about the higher than+13 agony infusions?

When I click on a “Submit Request” in the top right corner I am taken to https://help.guildwars2.com/anonymous_requests/new but I can’t submit any support request.

Exactly the same problem as Zamyra above has. For now I’m running 32bit client which seems to work.

Not only are they breaking raids by changing skills in favor of PVP same happens to PVP when they change skills in PVE… The matchmaking is not working… (the problems were acknowledged by anet) so less and less ppl are playing PVP which makes matchmaking even worse because it depends on the masses to find a good match… soon there will be only a very small dedicated minority which means no interest and no esports… so IMHO if current pvp staff is not replaced very soon, there is not future for PVP in gw2.

Call me pessimist but I constantly had very bad matches (read… mostly much much worse players than me in team, or far better enemy teams) for moths now and it has only gotten worse. I stopped being mad for some time now, I’m just sad…

Its like… you use LFG and then you see it… it happens literally every single time…

Would you PLEASE fix that LFG bug already!!

Great stuff, sadly statistically monkeys would probably guess better matches than current matching system. I’ve decided to stop playing PVP for that reason… only about 5% of matches feel right and fair for me and sadly I will have to face the fact that only very skilled and very lucky will get the wings.

The only thing ANET can do to make up for our lost time in PVP is to not reset the achievements at the end of the year and whoever was responsible for approving this algorithm should be replaced immediately because he screwed over a lot of people.

Same here, from scores you can see how broken the matching system is. It puts whole teams completely wrong together… I just hope some one gets fired for this at anet… This has been going on for moths and they want to promote pvp… pfff…

AegisFLCL.7623:

My first 55 (went 45/55 for wins) games this season were exclusively solo Q. I think I ended up somewhere in the last tier of sapphire, I cannot remember specifically. Longest win streak was 9. I’ve only had a single loss streak of 3. Some days I will occasionally go +1/-1 for 4-5 games, I then either take a break or eventually will rack up a winstreak.

I’ve duo’d since hitting ruby with my close friend and we’re now in diamond. Matches are both harder (more balanced in terms of skill) and last longer; some matches I’ve had against 5 man teams will run the timer out before either team scores high enough. The majority of my losses are to solo or duo Q enemy teams. I’ve maintained a rough w/l ratio of 75% so far. I play 5-10 games every other or every 3rd day.

I still believe the majority of people posting on the forums are stuck due to personal reasons. This system is a million times better at determining skill in correlation to rank than S1 ever had a hope to.

Okay but how is it my fault that I get paired with ppl that clearly don’t know how to play? For example, suiciding, never cap anything, refuse to listen and always run far, etc. The last game I had a team that though it was fun to suicide. But the enemy was pretty good so I wasn’t able to get kills… Is it possible that I just didn’t play enough matches to get stable matchmaking?

Were you ever in that situation? If yes what did you do to at least not lower your MMR score?

Sirbeaumerdier.3740:

AegisFLCL.7623:

First off this is a serious post and I’m not trying to belittle anyone or tell them they’re trash. I’ve seen all the threads over the past two weeks and I think the issue is a little less prominent than you believe it to be, namely because it’s the same 30 or 40 people posting/creating new threads over and over.

The small portion of data that Salamander collected was actually pretty useful too. 50% of players reported being in the 50th percentile area of the ladder, which sounds accurate…

To get to the point though, for those players wanting to improve there are definitely some questions I want to stress that you ask yourself:

- Do you multi class?

If you do not, or cannot efficiently, grinding through leagues with one class is not going to work. Period!

As I’ve progressed through Ruby this season, I’ve noticed that almost every match is won due to swapping to counter a team comp. If we are not bringing the right tools to the job, why should we expect to win.

- Do you/can you rotate?

Again, if you cannot rotate, you will always lose to a premade because of coordination. Premades are 100% beatable, you must first bring the proper classes, traits, utilities, and rotate to be able to counter them.

I’ve played against multiple 5/4man premades as well as a few ESL teams and won due to the reasons above; heck they’ve been super stressful and or annoying due to some wicked strong team comps, but it is very possible. My win rate remains around 70% for this season (62% in ranked over all time).

- Do you peel?

Quite simple, teammates will often get pressured, rather than trying to focus someone take the time to peel for that player it can pay off big time when the enemy team no longer has a single offensive cd.

- Do you swap traits/runes/sigils?

Again this is very similar to the first question, but will often be a key reason as to why you will lose if you don’t. Normally most teams will have coordinated teams as of late put their focus into heavy flat damage + cc, or heavy aoe/condis + cc. Most classes have a way to alleviate both types of pressure through trait, rune, and sigil combinations. If you refuse to take the time to make adjustments it’s going to hurt your play as well as your teammates.

- Do you rage at players and waste time/possible comebacks by typing half the match?

Simply don’t do it, it’d be wasting everyone’s time. Sure we don’t always get the best teammates but there is really no point that will come of berating other players.

- Do you complain about premades and then don’t put in the effort to queue with one or two more players?

Solo Q isn’t coming back, at the very least in this season. Please put some time and effort into befriending a good teammate or enemy you may see in a game. It really isn’t that hard and as everyone likes to mention, it automatically makes you win games (100% no true). Create a post looking for teammates, be proactive!

In the end, I believe a lot of these reasons are why so many players are stuck where they are. Yes there may be a small handful of players stuck due to unfortunate events, but just because you’re a skilled 1v1 player, it doesn’t mean a thing if you can’t support your team and make an attempt to actively do all of the things I’ve mentioned above.

Ok, where do I start…

You first try to minimize the problem with the number of people complaining and then proceed to talk about that small sample of players who participate to something not even far from scientific to conclude it was helpful as in significant?

But let’s have some fun, I do use all professions and adapt if need be. I can play very well 2 of them and decently 3-4 more.

I totally know how and when to rotate since a long time now ty very much for asking.

Peeling and focusing is great and all but if you are alone to try and do it it’s going to be hard…

Did it happened that I have raged? Yes. But I honestly dare anybody to avoid boiling after some of the horror I’ve been witnessing. We are humans and we have limits. Of course when you surf on a beautiful beach where all is sunny more than not raging won’t come as often… Try being stuck for 10+ matches with ppl who are clearly not of your level… I want to film you.

Now for the real issue, SOLOQ. I fully understand that this is intended as a team mode and as such you are incredibly disadvantaged if you are not in a premade. Sadly, not everyone has the same opportunities due to a plethora of factors. Why do you think I still inflict myself with soloq? It’s that or I don’t play 99% of the time is why because I just happen to play when others are not available including the friends I’ve made and added me because they thought I was an asset to them capable of carrying more than my weight.

The only real problem in this system IS soloq. For it to work like it want to it, sadly, should force ppl to present a team of 5 just as raid force you to be 10. Why? Because the soloq system really is a Russian roulette system and ppl who have thousands of hours and are clearly quite good can end-up with a lower rating than someone brand new to the game. In other words, you will be fed new players all the time and not surprisingly loose more… How can anyone think a new player can be of a higher MMR than someone with thousands of matches is just beyond the power of words to describe.

My concern now is, will this carry on to the next season to? If so I might permanently stop playing ranked in soloq as my rating might now be too damaged. This mean you are marked for life pvp-wise.

If ppl want to do a tournament they should make it like it’s supposed to be with team signing in for the comp with winners advancing until a winner is determined and give the guys a prize. Somehow this system is a pseudo comp that isn’t one. Measuring teams and allocating individual rating to players even when the team was never the same. This is profoundly kitten.

The the original poster: Can you go 50 soloq games just so you can see how fun it is? Thanks!

I definitely don’t deserve to be Legendary or Diamond, but then I again I also don’t deserve to be matched with/against players that run in small circles looking up. The matchmaking system IS broken and its programmers ARE clueless.

As for Quoted post. I second everything you said and it is probably a post that sums up the whole forum front page of the PVP section.

Will this 64-bit client executable be updated with the updater when a new version is available?

Another slightly related question… Why is there no Linux client since you have Mac version and those two are really similar?

I already have a legendary weapon, but didn’t get the achievements. While I understand that those achievements are about the process getting the weapons the new way, but I think that those who got it the old way deserve a way to get those achievements. I’m not gonna make a second twilight just for that.

Seera.5916:

Of your dynamic ip’s stay within a range, the authenticator will learn them all and eventually stop asking.

I don’t think that will happen soon, there can be at least 255*255 IP adresses AFAIK.

Does SMS authentication work with dynamic IP? With mobile authenticator I have to authenticate whenever my IP changes. It’s pretty annoying…

regards

I’m trying to figure out why are my matches so fluctuating all the time…. is there a any relationship between my match scores and my skill/ MMR?

Well if you must know, with that 45 character title limitation there was now way I could says what I wanted, I wanted to write “low ranked players” at the end I gave up and wrote “p.” lol xD

Really? I develop software and web sites, I know its simple work that students can do in few hours. What lame reason can there be? I would bet on some ones imagination maybe…

Q: Should low ranked players be disallowed from joining ranked games?

We all know PVP suffers from matchmaking system not working properly, in fact sometimes I think it doesn’t even exist.

But what makes this even worse is that low ranked player can join in a ranked game, barely hitting anything or going AFK, etc, etc… you get my idea.

Also if any one can join ranked games, I don’t see what’s the point to have unranked game type.

I personally think this would make finding a better match a bit easier, or at least not get frustrated by completely useless teammates. So what do you think?

I am constantly getting matched together with people with very different skill levels, from total beginners to very skilled players. Also the game is almost never balanced. This can be reproduces nearly 90% of the time. Since the function of a matching system should be to “match” people with similar skill level, I’m considering this behavior as a bug.

Besetment.9187:

Heres a blogpost by an Awesomenauts developer called Joost:

http://joostdevblog.blogspot.nl/2014/11/why-good-matchmaking-requires-enormous.html

That’s a good article… so I assume GW2 does not have 60K concurrent players in pvp. Then I guess premades are quick answer to the problem.

I really wish total beginners would not be allowed into ranked games, because they are just adding to the problem of matchmaking issue.

Same here, I’m an average casual player, and the matches I get seem mostly random. I get 4-5 games with very strong enemy or player that are total beginners (some don’t even cap point) and then few games where I have very strong teammates. So maybe 1 in 10 games would I say its really matched.

Some one said its elo based system… and then I remembered Leage of Legends and their “elo hell” few years back. It was exactly the same thing. AFAIK Riot worked a year on the system to fix it (kinda).

The question now is, is there a way to get more balance matches?

And what to do when people that never played PVP (it’s obvious after first minute) join ranked games? Should I just afk for 10 minutes? Cuz hey, you can’t even properly report ppl in GW2. I don’t do this, but today the matching system kittened me off. I mean I can’t even get dailies sometimes >_<

Anet… Why would you allow beginners to join ranked if you know the system is flawed or even broken?

Finally… The money is put aside for HoT, but if I don’t see any improvements about matchmaking in the changelogs before release, I’ll rather spend it on something else.

PS.: I play pvp legendary warrior build and only that.

regards

All good points there. I do play mostly PVE, dungeons, lvl40+ fractals, bosses and sometimes wvw.

I think it’s best just to gather mats for now and wait what anet will do with classes, there is no telling what they are planning.

Thanks all!

Its year 2015… can’t you make 255?

Please, at least limit the input field to kitten we don’t have to manually count characters? That’s a 5min work for one web developer.

regards

Hey all,

so I’ve decided to start with a new ascended armor for my ranger and was just thinking about the new specialization druid. Currently I’m running my ranger and my thief as zerkers, but I’ve seen anet will make thief more condi based and I was wondering if the same thing might happen to the druid.

Also is it possible that mobs in HoT will be more voulnerable to condi? I think this already be the case in SW.

So any one have more info on that?

regards

The bug report says it’s a heap space issue, which means it’s a memory leak in the game. I lost Karka loot 3 times now, not to mention not able to finish countless dungeons and fractals thanks to recent disconnects. I want some kind of compensation for the lost time.

Blizzard gives it, why shouldn’t you!

I don’t know if this problem has anything to do with that, but started happening after lags started. Game crashes just after Karka Queen gets killed, lost 2x whole loot now. You have my crash report!

Cry To Bleed.2150:

Had the issue for over a week. So reinstalled Gw2 from scratch today and it seems to have fixed it. No error codes or dc in sight. If you ppl havent tried it yet, do so.

can some1 confirm that?

Port 443 does not work, still unplayable on evenings. To recap chat works fine, game totally lags out and at the end disconnects and/or complains that login servers are not accessible.

The game has become unplayable in the evenings. It is obvious that game servers hit the performance roof when population is high. This is now like that for two+ weeks, don’t make me regret buying gems >_<

Your location: Austria
Time and date of incident: every day after 7pm GMT+1
Game World: Gandara

See video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_uQNOXsg8Y

Your location: Austria
Time and date of incident: from 23rd on, through whole day, minutes of spikes
Game World: Gandara

I pinged all 3 connections gw2.exe had two with 35ms and one with 150ms, which suggests connections to the servers are fine and the problem is on your end.

See video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_uQNOXsg8Y

Thanks guys for quick and clear answers.

I didn’t notice that Versatile Simple Infusions is actually “versatile” and can be equipped to any infusion slot on ascended gear. I’m gonna use them to get my AR to 10 or 15 so I can run at least until lvl 25.

Yea about the MF recipe… I know they are not needed, I mixed those two topics together. My goal is to craft Fractal Capacitor and one thing lead to another… I wanted higher lvl fractals so I needed AR, and I decided to make the capacitor, to make it I needed mats to make it, to get them you need AR and to get the AR I needed infusion… I got chicken in an egg problem xD

regards.

Some one plz explain how am I suppose to make an infusion slot, if I need materials from lvl 10+ fractals to make it, but to run lvl 10+ I need AR already?

And why are all recepies for mats like:
- Vial of Condensed Mists Essence
- Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence
- Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence

such, that you never get material as drops to craft them?

Aiblush.3865:

Not too sure, but with the removal of further glory rewards (glory pts and boosters) and vendors as of March 18th, it would be reasonable to :P Might as well just spend them all before they become useless.

Yea that’s what I am trying to figure out… should I spend them all or not…

I didn’t see anywhere what will happen to unspent glory. Will it disappear or converted to gold?

regards

Several people including me did bug reports in game as well on the support ticket system about missing and bugged achievements. We never got the answer besides from automatic reply.

Does any bother to look into this matter?

regards

I’ve done this, got the award chest which content is crap btw, and after re-logging the achievement resets. So don’t bother with it because it’s bugged (others reported this on another thread too).

Brinnig.9403:

I asked support about this problem as when I got 8/8 I got the loot bag and the achievement was recorded as well, but didn’t get credit toward the “A Sweet Friend”. They said the Devs are aware of this, and are working to resolve it.

So you got the achievement back?

If so, will they give us the achievement back when this is fixed, or should we also contact the support?