Guild Wars 2

Not currently, but it isn’t out of the question.

Error 10 is typically caused when you click the Join or Invite button without putting a name in the character name field.

Please try the following steps and let me know if you are successfully able to invite another member to your party.

Click on the party icon in the upper left of the screen. You should see a box that says character name with the buttons join and invite underneath.

In order to invite someone to your party their character name needs to be in the character name field. You can either type the characters name in or target them. Once their name is in the character name box, you can then click the invite button. Doing this will send them an invite which they can either approve or deny.

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

DevonCarver.5370:

The mats will absolutely drop in WvW. In addition, generally speaking, we are putting a heavier emphasis on finding long-term solutions to redressing the reward imbalance between PvE and WvW. I can’t claim they will ever be 100% equal all the time, but we would like it to never be the case that you are choosing between playing WvW and getting good rewards. The two should be one in the same.

Does this mean we can also look forward to Ascended items from WvW badge rewards? I’m talking about back pieces and accessories of course.

I’m not going hold my breath on this one.

Purely from badges, no. We will be getting Ascended back items into WvW and accessories are already there. We’ve been focused on the Ascended items more generally and not specifically in WvW right now. However, we will make sure WvW is at parity with the rest of the game in terms of Ascended gear.

zen.6091:

I take it that since legendaries will soon be able to have stat changes out of combat, it would be possible to do this for other gear?

I don’t see that happening and the main reason is that it sets Legendaries apart. It makes them cooler, it makes them more worth trying to get if you care about stats and not just looks. I could be proven wrong at some point, but I don’t expect us to head down that road.

P.S. No.

rchu.8945:

blah blah blah, WvW players get the short end of the stick, as usual. But thanks for responding!

This made me lol. Talk about backhanded compliments.

AND…. the (gift) eagle has landed. You’ll find all sorts of tasty details about the Guild Wars 2 First Birthday Gift in this thread.

Thanks to everyone for your patience as we worked this out. Now quick — those of you who experienced the “no gift” issue — run and check your in-game mailbox! happy dance

• Each gift is given on the first birthday of the character, not the account.
• Birthday gifts appear in the in-game mailbox with The Guild Wars 2 Team as the sender.
• Your in-game mailbox has a limit of 10 distribution mails, including those sent by other players, by the Black Lion Trading Company, or by the Guild Wars 2 Team. If you delete some of your distribution mails (those with an envelope graphic) to reduce the number in your mailbox, other mails that are queued up for you will drop into your mailbox.
• If you are online when your character turns 1 year old, you may need to change maps to receive your gift.
• Birthday gifts are soulbound, but the items inside are account bound and can be moved to—and used by—any character on the same account.
• One of the items within the birthday gift raises your character level to Level 20, so use the item wisely.
• Buffs, once activated, are per character, not per account.
• We experienced an issue that affected the distribution of some birthday gifts. Some gifts may arrive a few days after the character’s actual birthday.
• The replacement distribution may have given some players a second birthday gift. Using that gift is perfectly ok, and would not be considered an exploit.
• We are not able to give second birthday gifts upon request.

Additions:

• If you delete a birthday gift, we are not able to replace it.
• Characters must remain in existence for one year. Re-rolls will not maintain their original birthdate.
• We are not able to reset a character birthday.
• Renamed characters still will receive a birthday gift.

I’m not sure I’m understanding all of the elements of this matter, but first, I’d like to say how much we appreciate your support of our game, and second, I would encourage you to contact Support by filing a ticket through the “Ask a Question” tab on that linked page. They will be able to assist you.

For tips on what information to provide in a ticket — mostly intended for security reasons to establish that you own the account — please read this post and provide as many suggested details as possible to expedite the ticket.

Hi everyone,_

I’d like to inform you that Cliff has now left ArenaNet to follow a career opportunity that he couldn’t pass. Cliff has been too busy last week to post on the forum, but he wanted to express his gratitude to the API community and tell you that he had lots of fun interacting with all of you. _(update: see his message at the bottom of this post)

But this is not the end of the Guild Wars 2 API, because ArenaNet will continue to expand the API and support its community of developers. In fact, another programmer who’s been working with Cliff long before the transition will be shortly here to take over Cliff’s role on the API Development subforum. So be ensured that it may not be a big change, we in fact have more developers helping with the API behind the scene.

Thanks everyone for your participation to this community.

EDIT: in fact Cliff wanted to share the following with the API community:

_Hi everyone,

As Stephane said, I’m leaving ArenaNet, but I’ve had an incredible time here. I’ve wanted to work on public API since I started here, and I’m really happy that we’ve been able to start releasing them. I’ve been thrilled with the positive response to the APIs, and the community you’ve formed around creating apps. I’ll be eagerly watching to see how both the API and API apps develop in the future. Thanks for your support and enthusiasm while we’ve worked together._

Hi All,

I’m the new primary developer on Guild Wars 2 APIs. I’m ramping up, but I’ve actually been working behind the scenes with Cliff for a while now. I’ll do my best to minimize any hiccups.

I’ll be active on the forums, answering your questions, and reading feedback and suggestions. So please keep participating and let us know what you think.

My short term goal is to support the existing un-authenticated APIs while working on our new OAuth2-based authenticated APIs.

Thank you for your participation and I look forward to working with you all!

Dresden.1736:

As a former community manager for Kabam games, I’ll tell you right now that this guy only knows half of what is actually going on. Directors and producers don’t tell community managers anything because like this guy, he posts only part of the information online and causes a ****-storm. So, take what he says a grain of salt. All we know, now, is that we will be able to switch MF gear to another kind of gear. We don’t know anything beyond that.

I am sorry you had a bad experience in your former job. Here our developers actually talk to us and give us information we need. So what I am posting here is coming straight from the people working on the changes.

To answer a few more questions:

• If you currently have listed an item with MF on the Trading Post, they will be returned to you, as they become account bound.
• Upgrade components that currently give MF bonus will be updated with new functionality.
• All existing drops and crafting recipes that have created Magic Find gear will be replaced with new stat combos.

I asked about this today at a Business Team meeting. Those who purchased the Collector’s Edition are valued customers, for sure! But remember, there were a lot of goodies in that box, and it’s not customary, even if necessarily good business, to continue to give free items for a purchase made a year ago. I can’t think of any other business that would do that, that would say “I see you purchased a mixer a year ago. We’ve developed a handy new accessory and we’re sending it to you for free.”

And by the way, I’m proud to say that at the time it was released, our CE was hailed as “the best in the industry” with having so many nice in-game and physical features.

Sure, it’d be nice to continue to get free stuff for a purchase made in the past. I could see why you would want to get these things for free, but I hope you understand why that isn’t going to happen. Keep in mind that the items are available in the Gem Store or on the Trading Post, so you can get them for in-game gems, in any case I can think of.

We have folks working constantly on finding ways to improve over-all game performance, in particular when a large number of players gather together. You’ll continue to see updates and upgrades in this area as the year continues to get performance as smooth as possible.