Guild Wars 2

Sorry if this has been asked or addressed before, but searching the forums and google search didn’t yield any results.

What happend to illusionary elasticity, wasn’t it supposed to be baseline? Is it bugged? was it removed? I’m asking because i’m noticing a lack of an additional bounces on the staff auto attack and pistol 5, but GS 3 seems to have the additional bounce ?

Thanks for the answers.

Nirim.6789:

I had the same thing with omnomberry bars, or pie’s ..dragged them to my inventory, nowhere to be found, i checked toroughly.. found them again 15 minutes after while sorting trough the other stuff…pretty sure i didn’t miss it!

I was also unable to use all the inventory spaces in the guildbank at the time my bars went missing…everything seems to be fine now, perhaps try to relog?

Thanks Nirim, a quick relog fixed the problem – the shells appeared in my bag upon logging back in.

:)

Less than a few minutes ago I tried to withdraw a stack of 250 karka shells from my guild bank by moving it from the bank to my storage. Somehow the shells got lost during transit and disappeared. There’s no log record of them too. I’m not willing to try it again with another item.

Has anyone else encountered this bug?

Memser stealth skills also affected by this bug. Stealth nerf to stealth FTW!

SonOfJacob.7396:

kamizefrog.3421:

I have four 80s; mesmer, Guardian, thief and elementalist that I man using a controller and have no issues playing any content in the game ( pve, spvp, jp, dungeons, wvw.)

I’ve been playing warrior, guardian, and mesmer with Xpadder. I’ve found that the warrior is SO easy because he doesn’t typically need ground-targeting, and guardian is also relatively easy. Mesmer I’ve found is a little tougher.

How do you deal with ground-targeting? I can’t imagine what an elementalist would be like, but I want to play one after I finish with mesmer.

Sadly, ground targeting still requires the some use of the mouse. My 1-3 keys are bound to the shoulder buttons so on a staff ele this give me access to five ground targeting skills on my left hand – lava fount, ice spike, geyser, and eruption. When i need to cast these skills I’d use my left hand fingers to access them and use the mouse to control the camera and position the ground target, and cast the skill by pressing the respective key on the controller. My movement and dodging ability isn’t hampered by this because my I have w,q,e,s, and dodge mapped to my left analog stick.

I have keys 4-0 mapped to the face buttons of the controllers, so I cast skills like meteor shower, frozen ground, healing rain, static field, and unsteady ground by “prepping” skill with a press of the face button with my right thumb, then moving my right hand off the controller and onto the mouse, position the ground target and cast the skill using the left mouse button. As in the above scenario with the 1-3 keys, my left hand is free to control movement, dodges, etc.

when running in dungeon groups, I tend to keep the mouse courser centered on my character. I do this because most of the fights in dungeons requires stacking – so basically the mobs come to your group. This eliminates the need to use the mouse for ground targeting, because you should already have the targets right where you need them to be (on top on your party stack.)

It sounds more complicated than it really is. :P

It’s a personal preference but I guess I’m one of the few people who actually use a controller 100% of the time to play this game (been playing this way since first BWE). I tried keyboard and mouse and found it too cumbersome for me to use; I’m not a great typist, & I have small hands / short fingers so reaching for the number keys is a chore for me.

I have four 80s; mesmer, Guardian, thief and elementalist that I man using a controller and have no issues playing any content in the game ( pve, spvp, jp, dungeons, wvw.) I find that no one can tell that I’m using a controller to play and are in disbelief when I tell them otherwise.

Using xpadder, I’m able to map all the movement, combat, dodging, targeting, camera controls, and skill keys to the buttons/sticks on a xbox 360 controller- making playing the game much more enjoyable for me because everything is accessible via my thumbs and index fingers.

I’m willing to share this profile with anyone who’s interested ????

Here’s my Princess Peach/ Princess Zelda inspired mesmer look.

:B

My character couldn’t resist the perfect “selfie” opportunity.

Using the Mesmer’s Staff skill #2 (Phase Retreat) immediately after being knocked down or stunned will cause the Mesmer to be “rooted” to the ground; Basically unable to move.

This bug occurs in both PvE and PvP.

Addtionally: Using a WP does not fix the problem.

Like the others here, I can confirm that this problem is persistent in every aspect of the game -PvE, WvW, Spvp, etc. – and affects every memser player who utilizes clones.

Note: That only Gem Store outfits like Madking, Cook, Bloody Prince, etc. are affected, but not armor skins like Phoenix, Flamekissed, Aether, etc.

Hopefully this a bug that will be addressed in the next patch 05/20/14?

Not sure if anyone else has noticed, but ever since the tower of nightmare’s patch, our character’s mouths no longer move while they talk – namely when receiving a boon like “I can run faster than a centaur, etc.”

I was wondering if this lack of lip syncing is an intended removal or a bug? Though, it’s a minor detail that most people may not have noticed, I sure appreciated it and miss now that it’s gone.

Thanks, There’s still hope! XD

During the Halloween event, I had a busy schedule and could not be on GW2 24/7 to farm the events. Now, that I have free time, I’ve been been able to get 12/13 achievements for a sweet friend. However, I don’t see a way to get the last achievement to get the mini. So, does this mean that I can’t complete the Halloween story?

Note: I don’t give a rat’s kitten about getting the mini, I just want to complete the story.

ThiBash.5634:

To be frank, I’m still very annoyed that the Canthan district was removed because some nobody from the other side of the world felt offended.

What about the artists and programmers that put hours of work into the district? Are they allowed to be offended?

What about the scores of players that are now missing a very good looking part of Divinity’s Reach? Are we allowed to be offended?

Any apologies for those two groups? Is one Asian person more important than the majority of your fanbase?

In all honesty, that last fact offends me greatly.

I am of Asian decent, and I am highly offended that Cantha has been ditched because someone thought it would be offensive to a person like me. Moreover, I just don’t buy the excuse that Cantha would be culturally offensive to Asians. I think the truth behind Cantha’s omission is NCsoft’s fear that it would take away the thunder of it’s “Asian theme” themed MMO “Blade & Soul, which is due out in the USA soon.” Further, and on that note, why isn’t “Blade & Soul” possibly offensive (according to NCsoft’s standards), based on it’s theme alone?

In conclusion, like most of the posters here, I too would love (and pay top dollar) to have Cantha brought back in a future expansion to GW2.

It’s bad enough that we have the slowest movement speed in the game, but the 15%(?) reduction in speed while engaged in battle is a game breaker. As a mesmer, It’s highly improbable to defeat an opponent (insert class w/passive speed buff or spamable movement skills) who has half a brain to flee from the battle. Sure I can blink to close some distance, but they’ll still out run me, because even if they have the in battle speed penalty, it’s offset by the passive speed buff they have. Further, Blink is only viable for one “attempt” because of its excessively long CD. Also, I can attempt to use Illusionary leap to “lock” them in place, but that only works if we’re on equal terrain (which is 45% of the time), or if they don’t simply dodge it. Next, I can try to pull them with temproal curtain, but that only stops them for a millisecond. Last, I can do a 180 (which forces me to stop running for a second) with a staff and pray I phase retreat near the enemy. Now after all that, if I’ve caught up (highly unlikely), I’ll be at a major disadvantage because these skills will be on CD’s.

Flipping the example, I would have no chance of escape, because the other classes can easily outrun me, and I would have blown through these skills just trying to run away. This equates to other classes saying to memsers, “don’t try to run, you’ll only die tired.”

So please consider giving us some form of a passive speed buff. Also, Compounding Celerity trait is useless (and doesn’t count) because our illusion often don’t survive long enough in battles for us to make use of this trait.

Now, if a passive speed buff (preferably on signet of inspiration) is not in the works, I’d say a fair buff would be a 50% reduction of blink’s CD. This would make it more viable for pursuit or escape in battle (see supra). If you think that’s OP, I’ll direct you to the thief’s short-bow (5) skill ; it’s basically our “blink” skill that can be used in succession up to three times (depending on the thief’s initiative.)

This is one of the bugs that have been noted but have yet to be fixed.

You can find a list of all memser related bugs here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Mesmer-List-of-bugged-abilities-and-traits/page/11#post1530977

Sad face =(

This has to be bar-none the best thing (so far) that’s ever happened in GW2! Just spent over an hour with a pug inside the SAB and we all had a blast. Thanks for Lol’s Anet.

Note:

just noticed that the main theme (at the character select screen) got an 8-bit demake. Here, I thought the SAB was already icing on the cake, you had to go and put a cherry on top of it too, did you Anet? Again, Thanks for bringing a genuine smile to my face today.

Clones/Phantasms in WvW no longer spawn with weapons – others are experiencing this problem too.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Huge-Wx3-bug-with-our-clones/first#post1535033

jportell.2197:

Everyone continuously post in this bug especially those that are big in W3… This is a huge disadvantage for us making clones useless as distractions to any player with half a brain seeing as staves are usually taller than the character model… Sooo lame.

it’s not just staves or the greatsword, the bug affects all weapons combos for clones/phantasms in WvW – even illusionary warden doesn’t have its axes in hand.

This bug basically has forced me to retire my mesmer from WvW participation.

Lysico.4906:

GS and STaff here.

NONE of my clones appear with a weapon anymore in Wpvp!!!

This is a major bug!

Please help us ANet. This one is huge..

I can confirm experiencing this exact problem in WvW as well. This is a huge bug because it takes away a major core of the mesmer’s repertoire during combat – e.g., using clones to distract enemies.

I hope this, along with the other bugs introduced by this patch is fixed soon.

Since the latest patch, all of my clones no longer have weapons when they spawn.

clipnotdone.9634:

1 skill doesn’t hit anything.

What more can I say, Id make a quip about play testing but that would be rather moot at this point.

Noticed this bug too, couldn’t hit a single krait with my mesmer’s spear (1) attack.

Please, for the love of all the gods of Tyria, implement a toggle option to disable right click targeting!

This “bug” needs to be squashed ASAP because it negatively affects (see previous posts, supra) every single aspect of the game; leading to what should have been a fun gaming experience to a frustrating one.

My vote goes to Traffa (the asuran npc you escourt in Caudecus’s Manor) – she’s cute and has the “kaaboomy” personality to match.

I also find Demmi Beetlebum from the Order of Whispers quite irresistible.

I believe you make that armor via crafting the Tailoring profession (level 150.)

No, the level cap as it’s implemented is perfectly fine (IMHO).

There’s nothing wrong with selling portal services to the top of the puzzle if people are willing to pay for em. :P

after the latest patch, I noticed that my memser’s clones no longer appear to be holding her trident. This only happens when the trident is equip, clones with spears equipped are not affected.

When the NPC (the Demolition team) for the final event bugged out, forcing everyone on Dragonbrand to miss out on the loot fest of the end because we couldn’t complete the event. … yeah Good times that was!

/sarcasm

Well, the only other game that’s free to play with no gear grind is Hello Kitty online adventure…..

I can’t even believe that I’m actually considering going to play that game now. >=(

Honestly, the only thing left for me to do in GW2 now is to finish my personal story and get my 100% map completion, after that (if the gear treadmill/ gated content is here to stay) I’d better ask my 6 yr old niece who those other animals are on the island with Hello kitty.

Sadly, I think in this one instance we, the folks against vertical progression, are the vocal minority.

I logged in 2 hours before the Lost Shore event started and I saw no one in Lion’s Arch even mentioning/complaining about the new tier. For about an hour and a half I stood there just listening to map chat and still not once did anyone raise a stink about the new tier. When the event did start, there were hundreds of players who showed up to participate causing massive lag all around, but still no complaints/comments about the new tier.

My guess is, these people are indifferent to the idea, and presumably they far out number us here.

Currently, I still enjoy the game, however; I know I will lose my enthusiasm once I’m excluded from participating in future content (once the full gear treadmill thing with the ascendant items is implemented), because I didn’t “grind” for the current “flavor-of-the month” gear/stats items. Remembers WoW gear checks and shudders

With that said, I’d still like to thank ArenaNet for the past three months of what equated to being in a constant state of MMORPG nirvana for me.

Innocente.4271:

Ascended Gear flies in the face of the principles laid down for Guild Wars 2 over the past 5 years!

Don’t have Ascended Gear at this particular ‘gearscore’ level? Then you can forget about doing that dungeon with that group! Don’t have any level of Ascended Gear? Then you can forget about doing that dungeon at that level , ever!

Horrible, horrible decision on ArenaNet’s part. Whoever green-lighted this should be moved out of decision making immediately!

This is NOT what GW2 is supposed to be about; divisive game mechanics that drive players apart.

This design shift reminds me of the one that Mythic did in Dark Age of Camelot with the Trials of Atlantis expansion. ToA introduced endless gear grinding to that game, and flat killed the game.

Now, in GW2, we will have to grind specific gear in order to play? Well, the sociopaths are going to love it. The folks that have been making GW2 a home because GW2 was not like WoW are going to hate it!

Fair Warning Given

You’ve summed up my concerns nicely! I quit WoW (and other MMo’s) because of the gear grind – I have responsibilities that won’t allow me log onto play for hours on end. But when I have the time to play, I found that I could not join my friends or others in raids, events, and dungeons because I was not able to dedicate enough time get the “requisite” gear to be able to participate in those events.

I came to GW2 under the promise that I wouldn’t need to every worry about what gear my character had in order to enjoy full content of the game. Yet, if I read the latest announcement concerning this “ascended” gear tier correctly; I would be severely limited, even precluded, from participating in the new “Fractured” dungeon if my character did not have “ascended” gear equipped? To me, that sounds exactly like the “You don’t have X gear, then you are not allowed to participate with us in X event,” situation I faced in WoW.

For the fear that this trend will become the norm for all future expansions of GW2, I must join with the many others here in expressing my displeasure about the addition of this soon to be introduce required gear tier.

30’s, and have been playing it since the first Weekend beta, and I still can’t get enough of the game.

Just want to report that like the others in this thread, I’ve been constantly encountering the problem where using phase retreat while standing in a stream or inside a narrow cave would teleport my character underneath the terrain. Once there, the only means of escape is by use of a waypoint.

Here’s two locations on the Metrica Province Map that I can recall encountering this bug:

The champion spider cave east of Thaumanova Reactor and the champion jungle troll cave northeast of the Luminates Plant.