Guild Wars 2

mygirlparadise.7583:

We should not have to uninstall or rename anything. It is GW2s problem and they should be fixing it. Just give them time. There is always something that happens when a new big patch is going on. Everybody is trying to update the game at the same time and the servers go nuts. Does it suck? Yes but I am not going to go playing around in my computer to fix GW2 problems. We shouldn’t have to.

That’s how I see it as well. The variety of affected systems and fixes (some of which don’t fix it for everybody) tells me it’s something on Anet’s end.

It’s a beautiful day. I’ll just open up the windows to let in some pollen—-erm, fresh air, and check back later.

Normally GW2 runs flawlessly for me, that’s why this morning was such a shock. I attempted running Portal 2 and D3 with the same results, so whatever’s going on isn’t limited to GW2. I’ll look into it.

JusticarArkiel.1564:

I did say it was an idea of mine.

But where do you get time travel? The egg’s been in stasis according to Ogden, and Rytlock did his disappearing act shortly after the MoP did his. From a chronological standpoint, it makes enough sense to me.

From a storytelling standpoint, it doesn’t. Rytlock has his own quest, retrieving his sword and ending the Ascalonian curse, which really doesn’t connect to the MoP and Glint’s egg directly. Unless it went like this:

Rytlock: “You! Human god of war and fire and yelling! That’s my sword! I need it back to end the curse on Ascalon!”

Balthazar: “Okay, fuzz-face, but first take this dragon egg and give it to that guy wandering the desert. You’ll know him, there’s a kitten-ton of plant monsters raised by Mordremoth chasing him. Tell him he must promise to protect it with his life.”

Rytlock: “(grumble) Agreed. Why are all those spirits screaming and running? Is there another dragon attacking?”

Balthazar: “No, it’s something leaking through from the other side of the world, something about a Kardashian donkey.”

Rytlock: “Really. I’ve never seen such a creature, I wonder what they look li—-AAAAIIIIGGGHHH!!!”

Balthazar: “(sigh) Kormir, we’re going to need one of your blindfolds…”

I’ve never really understood the appeal of halter tops on any female character in any game. We are fighting a war, we don’t have time to sashay around displaying our doodlebobbers, you pervs. Give us some good old Agent Scully trenchcoats!

Hail UberQuaggan!

Well, as the Joker told Batman all those years ago, “You can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.”

If we don’t have imperiled zones, where is the tension (and therefore the story) supposed to come from?

Chrispy.5641:

I bet that Scarlet is probably not going to die, and we have to deal with her in season 2.

I’m starting to get that vibe as well. I figure she’ll slip away while we battle her “Assault Knight”. But I’m all right with that; she’s actually starting to become better as a villain in my eyes. I don’t anticipate a fight with any ED’s until expansion time, but that drill of hers may very well annoy one into action.

SLloyd.7629:

Glad I am not the only one…guess I will wait a while.

Me too. I have no second computer to experiment with.

Rage The Numbers.7943:

I’m just curious. How many of you guys have read Edge of Destiny?

I have, once, and after reading this thread I want to read it again. But every time I find the dang thing on the shelf, it disappears!

Never saw a book behave like that.

Ivotek.6289:

US Auth 3 is down

http://www.mmoserverstatus.com/guild_wars_2

hopefully that’s the entire problem and we’ll see a solution soon

That’s a useful site! Thank you for the link.

Seems these guys also attack a rather infamous “church” known for rabid hate-mongering. Now, why can’t they just stick to targets like that? People would stand up and cheer instead of wishing various physical impossibilities on them.

She’s trying to free UberQuaggan, of course. What do you think all these quaggan tonics are dropping for?

I was the charrdian who accused you of being a dev in disguise who stuck the chickens in the game, then sat there laughing at the people trying to kill them.

It’s funny. Been playing since beta and I had no idea these things were there. You learn something new every day.

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

For the record, I don’t think Jory and Kasmeer stand for anything. They are just a couple. Two characters that happen to be in love, and who are drawn into this conflict with Scarlet. In Tyria, this is not a strange thing. If only the real world was more like Tyria (but without the dragons and mesmers).

(playfully points an accusing finger)

Aha, I see how it is, you’re prejudiced against mesmers!

I thought my mesmer had forgotten to go to the little asuras’ room before heading out to the new area. Glad I’m not the only one.

Zhaitan rises from the depths of the Sea of Sorrows, bringing the benighted nation of Orr with him, and goes to the doctor’s office.

The doc says, “What’s wrong with you?”

Zhaitan replies, “It all started with a bump on my back…”

That whole sequence was interesting on a number of levels. At least one other NC member was there along with Faolain, and we wonder why Mordremoth is taking so many of the Court. Faolain sneers, “You know nothing of the Court” then goes on to liken service to Mordy to serving the Dream.

Well, Mordy showed her, didn’t he?

And Garm. Even Braham, in his grief, noted the wolf’s absence. Where’s he gotten to?

Anakita Snakecharm.4360:

This is bringing back fond memories of Obey vs. Dismantle in GW1, and as such I love it because that was a fun marketing gimmick IMO.

Yeah, that was a great time. We were looking for clues everywhere. I remember posting jokingly that an Anet employee could type “kumquat” and we’d all go nuts looking for the hidden meaning, and Martin Kerstein immediately posted “KUMQUAT”.

BobbyStein.2315:

You have to understand that developers are not at liberty to discuss specifics regarding upcoming releases until we’re absolutely certain that they will make it into a build. Also, we have to be careful not to get in the way of Community or Marketing initiatives. It’s a delicate balance.

That’s understood, I think. Not to mention you’ve got customers with a wide range of interests and concerns. Trying to strike a balance for that has got to be nerve wracking.

Scarlet probably would not irritate as many people as she does if she had more of a unique personality. Right now she just seems to be this generic psycho, with no other purpose apart from causing mayhem. Compare that to Marjory, who calls everyone who crosses her path “Sugar” and makes references to Norn farts.

Now, you say you’ve got an epic conclusion in mind for Scarlet’s storyline. I’m going to trust you on that, and hope to be pleasantly surprised.

Lankybird.8149:

Sweet baby jesus it is ROSTER not rooster…

Ah say, ah say, we are aware of that, son! We’re just having some gentle fun with the OP’s typo, dadrattit! Did you get your sense of humor shot off in the Battle of LA or something?

Grab onto your skritt shinies, folks, here we go!

The way I see it…

…it’s a game, not a job.

My smallish guild is mostly made up of friends from other games…Diablo, LOTRO, and the original GW game. We’ve all known each other for years; if they want to go run with another guild because that much larger guild is doing dungeons and requires members to represent at least part of the time, I’m okay with that. As guild leader I think it would be mighty bad form for me not to represent at all times. It’s simply not worth getting one’s bloomers in a bunch over.

That said, I would like to see an alliance system implemented similar to the one we had in GW1. I think that would help everyone with regards to getting a lot of endgame stuff done.

Was just watching the video. Unlike many I haven’t managed to get bored by the game yet (there’s tons of content I haven’t even seen!), but still swinging my sword in happy anticipation!

(point an accusing if somewhat stubby Asuran finger in the general direction of Anet)

I see what you did there! The “mysterious Asura gates of Coriolis Plaza” are a mystery no longer, but are now fully functional! However, they’ve been a work in progress since the game launched, which means…

…someone KNEW! You knew LA was gonna be razed, and were preparing for it all along! But at least one guildie and myself see through your veil of secrecy! Ha, I say to you! HA!

Also, HA!

Carry on.

Well, we humans and the charr got over our differences (mostly), so I guess we can smooth things over with the Mursaat as well. After all, they were one of the races that fought the ED previously, so their input would be vital.

“Your face is funny!”

(P.S. Most epic thread I’ve seen in a while)

In a word…UberQuaggan.

(shakes fist)

kitten you, Scarlet! kitten you to HELL!!!

There’s even a guard who complains about the looters, but they’re untargetable. I find that endlessly frustrating.

When do we get to work on our “Looter Booter” title track?

Eric.6109:

One thing’s for sure: there is something on the table.

It’s not in the water? That dang quaggan was lying all this time?!

Very much in support of this idea. Even being able to salvage leftover or unwanted items would be welcome.

Egon Vidar.9125:

Tanith.5264:

Some of us just get irritated when we sense that an agenda—-be it social, political, or whatever—-is getting shoehorned into a storyline that it has nothing to do with.

A.. gay agenda?

Any agenda that has nothing explicitly to do with the storyline of a game. The best example of this I can think of off the top of my head would be Bioshock, which clearly draws some of its inspiration from Atlas Shrugged. In that case it actually is part of the storyline and doesn’t come off as, well…pandering. Pandering annoys the living kitten out of me no matter who it’s aimed at. Cheapens the product.

I will say this. Now that I’ve actually had a chance to watch the “touching base” cutscene in LA and seen the interaction of Marjory and Kasmeer (and everyone else), I’m not as concerned as I was about this. There actually is a lot of character depth being introduced and I’m very happy to see that.

…actually, I haven’t, not yet, but it seems quite a few people over on Reddit did.

Given the ending of Scarlet’s story, I would have thought this sort of activity would be confined to the Maguuma area. However, perhaps the Breachmaker made a much larger breach than expected.

Has anyone experienced this while mapping, exploring, or simply running through the jungle?

Not sure if it’s an intended thing or possibly something that’s been there all along, but my engineer was rather startled to discover yellow snow in Wayfarer yesterday.

Naughty Norn.

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

I suppose a lot of people secretly feel uncomfortable with the topic. Whenever they discuss the topic of homosexuality, they feel the need to point out which side of the biological fence they are on.

Not necessarily. Some of us just get irritated when we sense that an agenda—-be it social, political, or whatever—-is getting shoehorned into a storyline that it has nothing to do with. If it were part of the storyline then yeah, I could see it. It’s not. Whom sleeps with whom has no bearing whatsoever on this particular storyline.

Taimi has the best lines.

“I don’t have a fop to quote…”

Since Aerin gets sent to the compost heap staightaway, I doubt he’s the main villain this time out. More likely a patsy.

(Not sure if the spoiler tag is necessary at this point, but I figured it can’t hurt.)

So ever since last Tuesday, I’ve found myself playing my sylvari ele more and more and perversely enjoying the whole “they belong to the dragon now” storyline. My ele is already rather sinister and mad-looking, so I just took the concept and ran with it.

The other evening I went charging through Hoelbrak shouting things like, “All things have a right to grow…UNLESS THEY RESIST MORDREMOTH!” and “May the stars guide you…TO MODREMOTH!!!” With me was an obliging guildie yelling “Help, I feel like I’m in a slasher flick!”

So thanks, Anet. This is the most fun I’ve had roleplaying a character yet.

The responses to the image are telling, aren’t they? Some of us notice the creature, some of us notice the hairstyle/armor, some of us notice the environment.

I’m intrigued by the title. There’s “Nowhere to Hide”. Caithe, this means you. Get your leafy fanny out of that cave at once, not even my thief enjoyed being you.

Oh, and the image? Easy. Obviously Pippi Longstocking battling a particularly angry hylek.

MidnightX.6294:

And who will vanish next? Zojja, Eir or Logan?

We’ll need to come up with catchphrases for them. Rytlock’s journey has only just begun, and Caithe will bear somebody’s pain. What about the others?

From the synopsis for the next installment “The Gathering Storm”…

The situation worsens for the citizens of Wayfarer Foothills and Diessa Plateau. Volunteers have eased the burden, but more refugees hobble down from the Shiverpeaks. The storm there gains momentum, but the forces of good are beginning to rally. They’re sending their heroes to defend the land and its peoples. Someone must hold back the gathering storm.

In Flame and Frost: The Gathering Storm, the second installment in this four-part series, the stakes are raised, and battles rage, in the foothills of the Shiverpeaks.

The focus is definitely on the mountains, I’d say, and now “storm” is becoming a big factor. I need to go explore that region of the mountains between Diessa and the Wayfarer Foothills more closely.

I used to have a real problem with the charr running animation, but then a guildmate pointed out that they look like “an excited cat running after a toy”.

Now I love it.

Anet, could we please not have any dailies set in the Shiverpeaks for a day or two? It’s just that it was twelve degrees at my house this morning, and…well, you guys do your job too well. When one has one’s headset on and is hearing the howling wind and crackling ice of the mountains, it becomes very real indeed. Having the Claw of Jormag belch his freezing breath in my general direction makes me just wanna go crawl back under my electric blanket and not leave it until March or so.

Maybe we could go dig for seashells in Southsun or something until the cold snap is over?

I’ve been keeping myself entertained pretty well by working on world completion for all of my characters. I use a RNG site to choose which map to “work” next.

Also, it helps to have imaginative guildmates. Last night we had a lot of fun with an improvised “hide and seek” game, in which the “hider” offered prizes to whoever found him first. So you can make your own fun.

Just throwing it out there.

Another vote for Tybalt here (or “Tybs”, as my guildmate calls him). First smiling charr I’ve met.

:)

So very sorry for your loss, OP and guild. As many of us have realized, guilds can become extensions of our families, and losing a member of that family hurts beyond the ability of words to express.

I see Miss Gaile has already weighed in on your request, so hopefully something can be worked out. I hope so.

I’ll wait until I experience it first-hand myself, before I judge. I remember (with some uneasiness, I admit) LOTRO and its disastrous “radiance” gear which they eventually shelved.

I trust ArenaNet to approach this more intelligently, however, given their track record thus far with this game.

I think so too…either the Inquest (Braham walloping in Inquest golem), or the bandits (the highly suspicious NPC Carden dresses a lot like a bandit), or even the Nightmare Court (Trader Aerin, I’m looking at you!).

The whole thing stinks of Sinister Triad, and I’m now going to do the same silly thing I did on Reddit and shout, “Detective Hats confirmed!”

(we all know who the Vizer was and what he did, but just the same I added a spoiler tag for those who haven’t explored Orr much yet.)

If you’ve dared the Vizer’s Tower in the Straits of Devastation, you’ve surely seen the name. Whoever he was, he climbed the tower and got a good look at its remains…which include a broken Mursaat statue and a mural of everyone’s favorite mad god, Abaddon.

My Priory-aligned mesmer is especially curious, since it seems likely this explorer also worked for the Priory. However, the wiki doesn’t seem to have much information on him. It appears his exploration did not end well; in fact, one of the books we find contains this ominous statement: “I do not expect the Risen to allow me to leave.”

The Tower’s detritus raises many questions, such as what the Vizer was doing with a Mursaat statue. However, I’d like to learn more of Mollen. Do we have any other traces of him?

PeterThomas.7243:

I always try to help new players whenever I encounter them… I do seem to be in the minority, though.

I expect an influx of new players who found a pretty white box under their Christmas tree in a few days. We should all be welcoming and helpful to them, because we’ll need all the help we can get. One day the remaining Elder Dragons are going to get tired of watching that mad salad run around and remind Tyria of who the real world-ending menace is.

What about the heralds? Shouldn’t they tell us if Scarlet is attacking a particular area?