Guild Wars 2

i haven’t logged in for almost a month now, because of the LS pacing. 2 weeks isn’t enough time for me to sit and enjoy it. it’s a constant flow of new content and achievements, but there isn’t anything also that interests me, or get me to come back to the game.

i guess the ascended stuff’s being rolled out, but it hasn’t enticed me to log back in, yet. i guess its atm too expensive, and with all the new time-gating materials that are needed. stuff can only be crafted once per day, per account? that’s stupid. things now will just be more expensive, and not as fun (for me)

i’d like to see more core game related lore, and less emphasis on short content that heavily promotes the gem store.

the new patch out already?

if they stick to their fractal design, it would have bosses, traps, stuff to interact with and defeat. Also, since there needs to be more fractals, this new fractal introduces a new tier of fractals past lv80, possibly to 80-100.

lots of jumping puzzle elements, and possibly something like the maw, but on a pve/dragon event scale.

stick to vagueness, people. too many NEW ideas.

i will be participating for the AP, not politics.

i vote Logan, because the perks only last a month. additionally, like Logan, it’s better to just run away, sometimes.

they should combine both dungeons into a super-awesome-mega-turbo-tastic dungeon that takes 10 hours to complete, and comes with like, 100 achievements, and put it on a 2 week temporary content schedule. and gives 50 silver, and maybe 300 karma.

players required, 3 zerkers and 2 mesmers for portals.

i plan to do the minimum for both sides, then watch as the ones i wanted in office don’t get picked.

why isn’t Trahearne in the running, as well?

My vote: Logan Thackeray 2013: Running Towards A Future!

why doesn’t the council make the election a fight to the death?

i envisioned a separate WvW or PvP instance of about 500 players, 250 each side, in support of their favorite candidate. after a week or two, the greater number of zerg wins…wins.

700 gold gets my vote.

I have just completed a fresh install of Windows 8 PRO, and am slowly going through the process of making sure each thing i load works (games/apps, etc.). going to spend a few days without GW2, cause i am scared to reload it at this time. ima try to get the backup feature working first, so i dont have to reinstall Windows from scratch if it tanks more.

thank you for the inputs. as for the anti-aliasing suggestion, am i supposed to add a game profile for Guild Wars 2? my second post shows what i had as far as the settings go, but i did not make a profile for the game.

if it is a memory issue, i have an updated monitor pic (attached).

this is what the monitor looks like when i first turn on the pc. after disabling everything i could think of, and uninstalling all my extra programs. i tired to taka a screenshot of when GW2 is not running, and a comparison shot of when it is loaded, but then the game crashed, and i have to post/type all this again.

the first time this crash happened it was right after updating to the Sanctum content. it happened ONCE the first week it was out, and i was able to enjoy a bit of it shrugging it off, but the previous week so far has had me crashing like crazy. since running windows 8 in November/December, i have pulled many all-nighters and have had maybe network disconnects, but nothing this serious.

i am hoping it isn’t a hardware failure of some sort, as the x58 platform is a bit older now, and my motherboard has been long discontinued, making replacements far beyond budget or difficult to find.

i will see if i can dig up my Windows 8 disc – i seemed to have misplaced it. once i find it i will go ahead and reinstall Windows this weekend.

well, so far still no luck, despite ending all other processes, and reinstalling drivers again, but this time Catalyst 12.4. With 12.4, the game client, but not the entire system when changing IN game settings.

I have been running 13.4 for a few months PRIOR, so i’m optimistic that it is not a driver issue. i do not update to BETA versions, and the AMD support site references 13.4 as CURRENT.

I went ahead and installed the 13.6 BETA anyways, which also did not fix the issue.

i have been using the uninstall AMD drivers too from the AMD support site between installs, so i don t think anything else is corrupting it. steam games play just fine, such as borderlands, torchlight 2, and saints row the third.

i am running 13.4 right now again, and i was able to get into Lions Arch, but when i clicked yesterdays AP chest in the corner, the game crashed again. if i am able to get the character selection screen, my characters’ armors and hair are visible, but the body skins and faces are not, as if they are invisible. changing any of the graphics options in-game seems to crash the client once the options are changed. for example, this most recent attempt, i opened the graphics settings in game, and tried to change a Medium setting to low, which crashed the system

i am going to move everything else off this drive, and then defrag it with the DAT file still on it – maybe if it is too fragmented, that might be causing the issue.

i had the game originally loaded on my main SSD boot drive, but have since been trying it out on my other steam games’ drive, to rule out my SSD.

oh look, daily reset…..

Since my last post, i have kept trying to play with no success yet.

this time, i was able to get past the character creation screen, but then the client promptly crashed before i could get into The Grove.

I also got a pair of dual error screens.

I checked my Catalyst software, and this is what it said, comparing it to the stickied help thread:

I have been also experiencing the system crashes lately, since last Wednesday. Today, i didn’t get to choose a character – it crashed my video (screen went dark). Similar issue to those with the [Module: atiumdag.dll] (error?). It has been happening more frequently.

I have restored my copy of Windows 8, and have uninstalled my video drivers, version 13.4 .

I seem to crash when idling in Lion’s Arch, or The Grove (my only two hangouts), as well as random areas in PvE zones. Sometimes it will crakitten the Daily Reset, and yesterday, it crashed when i opened my 4K(?) Achievement Chest. Yesterday, i was also in the Ascalon Catacombs next to the starter way point + repair anvil, before the first door.

I do not overclock my system, and my video card came pre overclocked, so i have also tried to run it at “stock” speeds by tuning it down to reference specs, with same issues.

i have attached my system specs from today, and my log file, which details the crash information.

ok but that would mean id have to spend either more gold, which is probably more than all the way-pointing, to get gems to get another character slot and roll a lowbie, or eat it.

already admitting i have no skill, i gave it my all and failed too much for me to handle. its all opinion anyways. i just wonder where all the money goes that players use for waypointing.

i’m burnt out on the new JP zone already…i just don’t have enough time to get to the Dive achievement location with the short skill timers. tried to get up to the goggle location on a fresh pick up of the jump aspect, and it ran out before i got to the top.

maybe have a group of aspect crystals on the top level? at least then maybe players don’t have to re run the course numerous times, and just work on the top half.

jump puzzles were nice when they were off the beaten paths of specific zones – you had to really try to find them first, and that was okay for me. now that is is part of the content, and will probably be part of future updates, i don’t know if i can enjoy the new stuff as it comes out. at least i tried it with all my might, and i guess 10/16 is all i can muster.

it was a fun 4 hours of content. grats to those who have completed it already. i commend your play skill. thanks for the reworking of the achievement system, and obvious grind of the new quartz material.

after failing so much and burning through my 2 gold in way points, i have now forgotten WHY i am doing this content. another jump puzzle i was okay with – its a new zone, and some new content. what i don’t like is that i have to revisit OTHER jump puzzles, after suffering through them the first time.

also, wvw/EB JP – worst revisit ever, since kaineng is now 3rd place (or lower by now). sitting at 10/16 and wondering what to do now. running bribe-age is at 2 ectos per JP

i got 2 gold total from 2 chests today – burned through it in about an hour cause of my bad skills. i would like both wps free, since this is probably going to be TEMPORARY CONTENT. if it was to stay, change it back to pay, but for now i think that waypoints should be free.

i have 8 ectos ready to pay someone for portals and assistance with JPs

id go through the sky crystals, but it seems that by the time i figure it out, the skills disappear, so i have to keep going back for them again and again and again….

looking to get Obsidian Sanctum, Forsaken Halls, and Cliffside Fractal (2 ectos Each), Dive Achievement, and the rest of the sky crystals.

i agree with these points. as it is a zone with few events and bosses, i think that players should still be able to keep the aspects until they choose to drop them for the boss events if they choose to participate. I’m not a speedy player when it comes to JPs, so why are they designed to disappear after so many uses, or after a set amount of time?

i am not liking the way-point costs in this new zone, even though there is one at the top and one at the starting area below. is it because of the events, there are way-point fees? Lions arch has 3 Jps, and free way-pointing. if this is a temporary zone, i think that way-pointing should be free.

2 gold (1+1) from 2 chests today (one when i logged in, and one for the 500 AP), and burned it up in an hour. thanks for the +300 AP, at least.

i didnt see any fireworks, aside from the boxes of fun players left out around the projector. i stared at the dragon for about 30 minutes hoping to see the holographic zerg come to kill the dragon in 3 minutes, but that never happened. turned my sound and music ON, and didn’t really get an epic feel of what the entire show was about.

i hope that the Tyrian Version of Dragonforce rocks The Effigy stage, and some chicken and/or dragon heads roll. giving additional kudos for Trogdor sighting.

Zaxares.5419:

Now I’m wondering… What happens if you got two teams, both with 4 leechers each, and nobody was actually playing? Would the match just go on forever?

i think the timer is set to 30 minutes, so yeah , that might be awhile for afk. though you could, at maybe 5 seconds, score a kill so that your team wins at the last seconds.

while i don’t enjoy this new game mode for the festival/bash, i can safely say i am doing my part by running into the opposition, to speed up others’ achievement progress at a faster pace.

i am so horribly terribad at this game mode, but to i guess jump in and attend a session to pop the achievement, i guess it HAS to be done if i want dem wings.

for the free kills i provide inside the arena, you’re welcome. 7 more rounds to attend before that title track finishes, so after that, you probably wont see me in there again, so bear with me, because 20 wins? sounds too difficult if i have no skill.

i think there are too many currencies, but i also think that for token management, there needs to be a system in place that frees up valued storage space in our account banks.

i think that the dungeon tokens could be counted like laurels and gems – no space-taking tokens/items, and logged in your account as small symbols in your inventory/account. you could still get the armor and stuffs you want, it just would be counted and tracked like gems and laurels (saving space).

i was fine with Gold, Karma, and badges (glory okay too, i guess, but i haven’t dabbled in pvp). as new stuff is usually introduced with new currencies, i feel that maybe it’s time to scale back on the currencies, and just stick to the basics. more options for karma arose, like gambling orr boxes and other exotic items like back-pieces, and i am fine with that, because i gain karma by “just playing”. i think karma should tie into much more, and instead of introducing new currency, also add alternatives to each. if i do not have 1800 tokens, make me spend some karma and gold, instead.

also, to add, please stop making rare or exotic materials currency, such as the addition of +ectos for earrings. i am fine with the laurel count, but making them cost ectos is overkill. i cannot imagine what is in store for ascended weapons and armor down the road. maybe we will need laurels + 500 of a rare material to purchase new shinies?

in short:

1) keep the space hogging tokens out of inventory, count them like gems and laurels
2) gold + karma alternatives to tokens?
3) do not add rare materials in the cost of stuff.

ok, i just wanted to make sure, thanks!

What is the recipe for me to get Ascended (Infused) earrings?

I am guessing i need 250 ectos/each and more tokens

Needs more cool pics! also, make the tree axe frost effect, and gathering maybe like poison effect.

buy legendaries for all my friends

is it also weird that the backpack isn’t too high up my character’s back? i thought the pack would sit higher, because the ascended book i skinned sat between her shoulders.

i think if members feel that attached to the guild, they will be free to do as they please. my guild has a forum (which sits empty besides a few admin posts), but we also have a facebook page, where i can only assume very interested or vested members are going (i do not have FB myself). options are always good, though.

i currently admin my guild’s enjin site, and it recently bunmped down to FREE status, disabling some of our big hitting items (gallery, website chat for users), so i have had to remove extra pages that weren’t working.

yeah i agree about making it interesting to visit. humorous words and mems only get a site so far. my guild asked me top setup some events, but untimately nobody followed them. when i logged in and asked around, they had already started doing their own thing.

Khisanth.2948:

rgrwng.4072:

i was able to get into the forsaken JP portion, whee i died shortly after. it now shows as Forsaken Halls on my map, but i am still 174/175. i was at 173, but i did find the “coil” place in the lowest right corner below the grawl cave.

i am still stuck at 174 now for 3 days, rechecking maps and various forum sites looking for the answer. i already have 100% map completion.

How about the tiny bit below Forsaken Hall? Ulluk’s Hunger?

to be specific, that is the grawl cave that is iced shut? i will check again, but i am pretty sure i have that place you mentioned.

also, keeping enemies OUT of friendly aoe range or target zone. it took me (an exaggerated) 3 seconds to cast that, now it is wasted.

place aoe, i hope it stays there. i try my best to anticipate aoe target locations (ahead of enemy path), but all is wasted if they get pulled another direction.

can convert gems to gold, and then craft to level 80 in a few hours using online guides. then convert some more gems to gold so that you can afford the Trade Post items you want.

i say keep it permanently – idk if i am going to be able to amass enough baubles for the stuff I want out of the new content.

most of my guild doesn’t enjoy it at all, so i am having trouble forming a team to get through the first world (all drop by the second dogbee). i like this new content – just don’t ramp the difficulty – i like the challenge AS IT CURRENTLY IS.

when i killed my first bunny, i said into guild vent, “THIS IS BETTER THAN FRACTALS”.

keep it in the game – it doesn’t have a major presence (besides the gateway), so it is i think unobtrusive being in Rata Sum. though i was stuff was cheaper.

i have spent about 90 gold so far trying for The Legend. i guess i am not doing it right.

aw man the legend went up. i should check more often, but the Trade Post hasn’t loaded for me for about a month, now.

i was able to get into the forsaken JP portion, whee i died shortly after. it now shows as Forsaken Halls on my map, but i am still 174/175. i was at 173, but i did find the “coil” place in the lowest right corner below the grawl cave.

i am still stuck at 174 now for 3 days, rechecking maps and various forum sites looking for the answer. i already have 100% map completion.

1) do not have to party up for world bosses
2) because i do not have to party up, should i die, i can way point right away, because i am not in a party which is “in combat”
3) can form a boss zerg, because unlike dungeons, limited to a party size of 5 (if we could steam roll CoF-2 with a mass zerg rush, i think it might be funner.

solo it took me 45 minutes each story. i imagine it would’ve gone by much faster if i was in a full party. i might try replaying them with a group tonight, as i heard that i can replay them each day for rewards.

i would like to see WvW server bounties on WvW maps. With the # of players scaling the difficulty, it should be very fun. also funny to watch a server wipe on Tarban.

i think a better idea would have been to move them to WvW, so even though you either hate wvw or guild size is an issue, at least you will be with enough people in WvW to get it done. the only competition then is the other servers.

i am trying to enjoy the bounties myself, ankittenrying to give it a fair chance. so far, no good items have dropped for me (class restricted items).

what’s going to happen with that psycho sylvari?

Looking forward to finishing Bifrost. 3 gifts, awaiting precursor since February.

3 gifts for bifrost done, been waiting for Precursor for about 2 months now. all i need left.

can’t we repurchase the trait books for 2 gold each? and then just keep a stack of them?

there’s already a whack a mole in one of the dredge mines, i think in diessa lowlands. the npc gives you a mole whacker, and the dredge come out of the ground in a random pattern next to the npc

maybe something cool with sieges that are around the world – a siege-based shooting gallery, or we could play H.O.R.S.E. (trebuchet+ hillside hoop). players will take turns shooting trebs into large hoops.

maybe a game that allows players to construct or use a rube-goldberg machine.

Charr players can entertain the masses with the “Battle of The (War)Bands”. also, centaur races for elementalists. or, a Ninja Warrior like event, full of jumping aspects and traps.

I liked the norn arena quest line in Eye of The North, where we battled our favorite NPCs (and received the black moa handbook). just don’t add extra tokens and income to this event, so players don’t have to “farm” it to get new stuffs. i do like the idea of the crown helmet though, like in Eye of the North. that was a neat and unique item.

after this story is all wrapped up, will the affected pve maps be altered in some way? example, if during the last epic battle to end the story changed the landscape for ever? like, if it was a HUGE dragon effigy, and we downed it (like the dragon events), will it leave a smoking crater in it’s absence? or will we gain new allies, and see an introduction of a hybrid race?

instead of summoning an Ice Bow, why not just let ele’s use bows?

What will be the requirements for Ascended Armor in the future? Tacking on additional material requirements (like Ectos) is cheap and not as fun as it should be.

WvW stuffs? i don’t play wvw much, but some ppl in my guild do a lot, so i thought i would ask.

will there be more living stories, or after this current one (flame & frost) will we end up waiting for an expansion? will the other areas of the world open up this year? would really like to explore the dwarven area, and maybe revisit the fire isles.

will there be mini missions that players can play, revisiting past lore events (like the GW1 ones with Master Togo, or Gwen, when she escaped the Charr camp)

will the “achievement minus 1” problem be fixed? i do not have 200 gold like i once did (it’s kind of a one-off achievement, i think, i don’t bank-roll the TP like others do).

moar town clothes

more clearly communicated goals for forums (besides the blog posts and wiki). every major change should have a top post, stating what/WHY it is being done. leaving it to player speculation results in possible hostile, then locked threads, angering it’s frequenters more. come out, and just post what’s going on!

make t3 cultural the new ascended armor

something is happening up north that is driving the norn and charr inland (south), and we are to find the source. the dredge and charr legion (forgot which one) have joined forces, causing trouble in their lands.

that’s all i got from it so far. what is the driving force or motives of the bad guys is unclear to me (or has not presented itself clearly)