The first time I completed this hero point in Verdant Brink I received the reward chest for doing so. The icon above the interactable belongings object changed to completed as well. However, I did not receive 10 hero points for completing this challenge, nor did the icon on the minimap/world map change to completed. I have since attempted to retry the challenge multiple times (on different maps and days) and the issue has not resolved itself. I reported the issue in-game, but I’m concerned that I won’t get the 10 hero points or proper credit for the challenge’s completion.
I’ll reach out to you guys in game and see what we can work out! It sounds like we can definitely pull something together. I’m leaving work soon and will be online a little later tonight, probably closer to 8:30 or 9. If you aren’t online I’ll send you a mail and we can catch up another night! Thanks for the responses!!
We are a small guild of real life friends (only 3 of us total who are active and have HoT), and we’re looking to capture the Gilded Hollow for our guild. As we aren’t a group who runs any type of events or content in any particular fashion that’d keep people outside of our little group interested, recruiting is kind of out of the question for us.
We are looking for another small guild that is in the same boat as us and hoping to capture their own guild hall. We are willing to help a group like this capture their guild hall if they help to capture ours as well. Ideally our combined group would be between 6 and 10 (I believe more than 10 people causes two maws to spawn instead of 1).
The three of us are typically online from 8pm – 10:30pm eastern time during the weeknights. Weekends could work too, but the times we’re all available are much more sporadic (would be most likely to work between 9pm and 1am although this Saturday is Halloween so we won’t be online much that night). We can work out the exact timing once we work something out. Please post back if you’re interested!
Having played 1733 out of my 1800 total gameplay hours as a Guardian, I will be very sad if the name Dragonhunter isn’t changed to something else. As many others have stated here, I don’t believe the name is appropriate for many reasons. I won’t repeat the same reasons that have already been posted, but put my vote in for Inquisitor, Seeker, Sentinel, Purifier or Warden…anything but Dragonhunter please…
Complaining that this is 100% Anet’s fault and getting frustrated is NOT going to get you back to playing….the above just might.
NOTE: The above should also have the side effect of fixing the recent issues with many overseas players that have BLTP lock up issues…..this has already been proven to be a DNS related issue, so I am hopeful the above may clear up at least some players “zone load lock up” issues as well. Fingers crossed.
This is a very good suggestion. I’ve had a lot of good experiences using Google DNS in the past when my ISP’s DNS has failed me for whatever reason. I agree that anyone having this problem should at least try this. While this shouldn’t be the long term solution, it could allow you to play more quickly than if you had just waited for Anet to work through their issues/with ISPs/with network transit providers.
Of course, with the above said, I tried using Google DNS and I still have the same problem, but others in this thread have noted that it worked for them. A change that’s this simple is always worth a shot. Worst case it doesn’t work and you’re no worse off.
The issue definitely seems sporadic. I confirmed that I am using Optimum’s DNS servers (along with my wife). She was having issues early this week when I was not, however now I’m having issues and she is not. Very strange. I switched to Google’s DNS and that didn’t help either.
I downloaded PrivateTunnel from OpenVPN, and while I’m connected I can access the my character (was stuck in Lion’s Arch) without issues.
I’m not going to quote my original post as it’s gotten too long. The DNS servers would make sense as a potential issue. I’m traveling at the moment so I can’t check if I’m using Google DNS at the moment (I was using it at one point, but I forget if I switched off it). I know my wife is using the Optimum DNS., though. I can check mine later tonight when I return from my trip. Ultimately, the reason why I was suggesting what I did was because your ability to connect is based on whatever server your connection has been choosen to connect to by A net and your DNS/ISPs ability to resolve that server and connect to it. When moving to a new location fixes the issue (whether moving locations yourself or having a friend log in for you) this is because while the map your character is on has not changed, the instance server that is connected to will be very likely to change. It’s very possible that the combination of the server chosen and route taken to it happens to work (whether it’s because a different DNS server is used and/or different network routes are taken, that I don’t know). I was merely saying that I don’t think it has to do with an IP conflict itself, because in networking terms as Brother Grimm has already said, that’s not possible. But how the IP address is resolved and the network path taken to that IP does differ from location to location and is much more likely to be the root of the cause.
After some testing, I might have found the cause of this problem. I believe it is the conflict between the person’s public IP and the game map IP. I will explain why I came up with this conclusion in the follow paragraphs.
From reading many threads on this topic, I realized this problem is not as systematic as it seems, it does not have a pattern on how it occurs; each person gets stuck on different map. This means it cannot be the problem of the game maps.
I also found out that sometimes I was able access the maps which I got stuck on previously. Then I could get stuck on the same map again later when I tried to access it. The only map I cannot access since the patch is Eternal Battlegrounds. It lead me to think that it’s the problem with the map IP. That means I can only access some layers of this same map. Why is it that other people have no problem accessing this map IP? so it cannot be the map IP itself. There has got to be some thing on my end causing this problem to occur. From this assumption, I tried another test.
I copied my public IP at home, then I took my computer to a public place and acquired the IP from there. It is of course different from my home IP. Also it had a different IP format(my home ip is xx.xx.xx.xx, the other ip is xxx.xxx.xxx.xx). I ran the game. Guess what, I had no problem accessing any of those maps I got stuck on; I can even access Eternal Battlegrounds. Tried other tests, everything was fine; no connection errors whatsoever.
After that test, I was pretty certain it was the conflict between the person’s public IP and the game map IP. When I tried this at home again, my home IP is still the same. Therefore, I got stuck on those maps again. This also explains why some people are able to unstuck their characters by guesting to a different world. It’s not guesting a world, it’s the likelihood of getting access to a different layer of the map. It also explains why people have the same home IP will get this error. And also why resetting the modem, which resets the public IP sometimes, could get your character unstuck.
If what I am proposing is correct, I think it’s the problem with the programming itself. I still do not understand why ANET made the map IP the same format as my home IP (xx.xx.xx.xx). Coincidence? anyways, hope that helps.
Can I second the motion that this be considered rather intensely?
As much as I want the issue to be resolved (my wife and I are having this issue), I highly doubt this is at all related because xx.xx.xx.xx is an entirely valid IP format. I think this is more of a coincidence than anything else. It’s much more likely that the combination of the server you’re getting connected to and path taken to get to those servers are different and it just so happens that the different path and server combination works without issues.
My wife is having more issues than I am. I had issues on Sunday, but haven’t had an issue the past few days. She is still experiencing issues though, here are her details:
Your ISP: Optimum Online
Your location: New Jersey, United States
Your territory or region: NA
Your Game World: Northern Shiverpeaks
The full Error Code: 7:11:3:191:101
The number of characters with the problem: 1 (character name is Tinia, account name is nayru.6123)
The map name(s) on which the character or characters are trying to load: Straits of Devastation
She was also getting a “Cannot connect to the log in server” error a few days ago while already in and playing the game, but I think those have stopped. When that was happening, she couldn’t join parties or view friends/guild list.
Thanks for the numbers, sirsquishy. It’s good to know that if I do go forward with an upgrade of these parts that I will see an appreciable difference. Your setup looks similar to what I was thinking of. Now I just need to decide if it’s worth it. I kind of wish Skylake was closer, it feels like Haswell has been around for a long time.
I’ll have to put a price watch on a 280/280X. I’m really tempted to gamble on a 290/290X on eBay that was used for mining…tempting to have a high end card at a bargain. Either way, I’ll hang onto the 2700K and wait until Skylake comes out to see if that’s worth getting. I’ll also keep my eyes out for a good price on an R9 of some sort (likely 280X).
Thanks for the suggestion, Avelos. I know GW2 is CPU bound, but from what I’ve been reading, CPU performance hasn’t increased much between Sandy Bridge and Haswell (especially if the Sandy Bridge is overclocked). I wasn’t sure if GW2 might be an exception of sorts though, given it’s reliance on a good CPU…sounds like it’s still not worth it though. I’ll look more into the R9 cards, performance on them seems very much improved compared to what I have in other games, at least. Any idea how much of a boost I might see in GW2?
I’m thinking about upgrading my platform as it’s been quite some time (or at least it feels like it has been) since I’ve done so. Currently, I’m running the following:
Intel Core i7 2700k (overclocked to 4.8GHz)
AMD Radeon 6950 (BIOS flashed to a Radeon 6970)
16GB Memory
I prefer to run on the highest settings possible when playing (the only exception being render sampling, which is set to Native). I play at 1920 × 1200 resolution. When sitting in LA I get about 40 FPS with this setup and settings, and when in a zerg I drop to 25 FPS and below depending on the size of the zerg. I know GW2 isn’t too optimized, so perfect performance when in a zerg of people isn’t really possible, but I’m wondering how much of a benefit I would get from upgrading at this point. I was thinking of something like the following:
Intel Core i7 4790K
Radeon R9 280X (or 290 non-X)
If anyone has either (or even better, both) of these parts and can speak to the performance in GW2 at similar settings, I’d be very appreciative.
You will find it much easier this year if you did it last year. Ascended gear + camera changes + AOE changes = easy mode.
Took me 50 tries last year to beat it. Did it on try 2 this year.
Some may find it much easier this year and I’m happy that it didn’t take you long, however it still took me 37 attempts last night to get it, not much less than it took me last year. I’m just glad that I didn’t destroy my 201 Queen’s Gauntlet tickets from last year…would have been that much worse.
Aside from a lot that’s already been mentioned, something that’s really been bothering me with Megaservers has been when GW2 decides it wants to crash half way through a world boss, and then I log back into an empty map without the boss present. It’s pretty frustrating because before Megaservers (these crashes actually weren’t really happening, but let’s assume they were) I could just log back in and most likely be back in the same map I was in when the game crashed. Now I just get placed in some random map which never seems to have the boss I was just doing up. Very, very frustrating. There should be some sort of grace period for disconnects where if you reconnect within 2 minutes you get placed back into the same Megaserver map.
Hey everyone. With world bosses being on a schedule now, I constantly found myself going to Dulfy.net or a similar site to check what world bosses were up or would be coming up next. While Dulfy and others have done a great job putting multiple time zones in their tables, I’m very lazy and didn’t like scrolling down the page to find the current time and boss. I created a small webpage that will tell you what boss was last activated as well as what boss is coming up next. I whipped this together in just a couple of hours, but it seems to be working well so far. You can click the waypoint icon to get a link code to the waypoint in game. I’ll be working on making various improvements over the next few days, for example, I want to add an auto refresh every 5 minutes or so. If you notice any issues, just let me know. Thanks and enjoy!
I concur with this. I only got into PvP right around when this patch hit, and I’d love to get the Minstrel finisher. It looks like it literally just left the store not too long ago, it makes me very sad
I was just up on the Breachmaker for the first time so maybe I’m misunderstanding the requirements for this achievement. However, upon defeating the Prime Hologram/Ultra Violet Hologram a large world chest appeared, but I did not get the “One Step Closer…” achievement. Is there something that I have to do other than participate in this fight? I assumed that since I participated and received the world chest that I would have gotten the achievement as well. I went inside the Scarlet’s End right afterwards (even though I’ve done this already) and still no achievement. I’m on a server which rarely gets this far, so it’s a bit disappointing to have not gotten this one. Any ideas on what went wrong?
Really sucks. I had accidentally put on 2 birthday boosters yesterday (didn’t realize they actually stacked). Would have been OK but I went in late last night and lost about 45 hours worth of a birthday booster with no warning. GG
I know the answer to this (it’s a no) but I’ll ask anyway. Is there a support process to request getting the missing booster time back?
Thanks for the positive support. I’m honestly so fed up with her announcing that, that it overshadowed anything else that they could possibly have given us. Nothing says kitten Like spending several months on obtaining something and going “it will get an appearance update. I know I made the right decision” And then getting this. Worst possible scenario.
I understand you’re upset…but maybe you should have waited until they officially announced that they’re updating your legendary before equipping it. IMO you shouldn’t craft a legendary for what it may be but for what it is now. Otherwise this happens.
While I understand this, don’t get me wrong. I like to mildly roleplay the profession that I am. A shield like this goes perfect with my guardian. And while already having Foefire’s Essence, I felt it was the obvious choice to go for. When I have it equipped, I do feel like more of a guardian. At the same time, I look at what everyone else has to show with their legendary, and for putting the same amount of time and effort into it, it makes me sad knowing that I was the one that was dealt the least amount of cards.
I respect your reasoning. For what it’s worth I don’t think that other legendaries, like Flameseeker’s, shouldn’t be enhanced. While I’m not working towards Flameseeker’s myself, I do find it to be a pretty sweet legendary but lacking a footfall while a bunch of others have it is a bit disappointing. While it may not have a footfall effect, it certainly does stand out in combat, so I know I’d try to take some comfort in that if I were you.
All of this aside, don’t give up hope. Lindsay did say that they may still go back and touch things up in the future. You may still get a footfall or similar effect some day.
Anet has not said anything about legendary recipes changing. I don’t think they will as they will mess up a lot of people’s plans (like your own). I’d be shocked if you continued on your path and were unable to craft it due to a recipe change.
Thanks for the positive support. I’m honestly so fed up with her announcing that, that it overshadowed anything else that they could possibly have given us. Nothing says kitten Like spending several months on obtaining something and going “it will get an appearance update. I know I made the right decision” And then getting this. Worst possible scenario.
I understand you’re upset…but maybe you should have waited until they officially announced that they’re updating your legendary before equipping it. IMO you shouldn’t craft a legendary for what it may be but for what it is now. Otherwise this happens.
. The DNS servers would make sense as a potential issue. I’m traveling at the moment so I can’t check if I’m using Google DNS at the moment (I was using it at one point, but I forget if I switched off it). I know my wife is using the Optimum DNS., though. I can check mine later tonight when I return from my trip. Ultimately, the reason why I was suggesting what I did was because your ability to connect is based on whatever server your connection has been choosen to connect to by A net and your DNS/ISPs ability to resolve that server and connect to it. When moving to a new location fixes the issue (whether moving locations yourself or having a friend log in for you) this is because while the map your character is on has not changed, the instance server that is connected to will be very likely to change. It’s very possible that the combination of the server chosen and route taken to it happens to work (whether it’s because a different DNS server is used and/or different network routes are taken, that I don’t know). I was merely saying that I don’t think it has to do with an IP conflict itself, because in networking terms as Brother Grimm has already said, that’s not possible. But how the IP address is resolved and the network path taken to that IP does differ from location to location and is much more likely to be the root of the cause.