Guild Wars 2

Xarv.9372:

Your location : Canada

Time and date of incident (plus time zone) : Since the last patch

Game World : Fort Aspenwood

Map : WvW borderlands and pve maps.

Brief description of what you’re seeing : I’ve been playing this game for over 3 years with no issues whatsoever and all of a sudden since last patch, I getting massive FPS drops. In wvw fights it goes down to 5-10. It makes the game completely unplayable. Sometimes it suddently happen in regular pve maps with no specific events going on.

Ticket number, if you submitted one. : Didn’t submit one, I will next time I log in.

Also a ticket is filled out here through support. Not in game.

This is a very old thread.

Please refer here to lag/FPS/latency issues.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/How-to-Lag-Latency-FPS-Issues/first#post6098786

They already fixed this. It’s an old issue. Not sure what issue you are running into but it’s not this.

No due to story and how hard coded it is.

trouble.3562:

I dont know how to see if i have issues with this thing you call “level 3” since i don’t know what it is. But the real practice problem is the same, big lag spikes and some dc’s.

Well that is the problem the thread is talking about. It’s nothing Anet can fix. You can read this thread to find out what the issue is on your end.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/How-to-Lag-Latency-FPS-Issues/first#post6098786

trouble.3562:

I play from Argentina. Same kitten thing, i had like 8 hours of lag today. Now im sudenly all f. day lagged, this is forcing me to find another game

my normal ping was 180. Now my normal ping is 200-250. Lag spikes from 400 (which is normal now…) to 3.900.
so sad

You have issues with level3 too?

You could bind a keyboard key or mouse scroll to your click. Would make it a little easier

Rednik.3809:

TheRandomGuy.7246:

This plus all cc skills lost their identity. It went from coordinating soft+hard cc to maximize damage and control to just “lol spam cc for free 50% damage boost”.

Old CC system was way too strong in coordinated groups and almost useless for random ones. New one is more balanced and overall better.

Whether or not it’s better is just a matter of opinion. Some people like having more coordinated team work game play. I know raids brought that to some extent but we used to have more of that in other game modes like fractals with the old CC. I don’t particularly miss the old one but I do miss that coordination aspect. I know it was OP but it could have been nerfed to some extent rather than completly revamped

No worries it’s commonly reported here.

The current break bar isn’t bad it just requires less coordination. There was more skill to timing ice bow 5 and coordinating with your party to get the stacks down quickly without accidentally going over 5 stacks and missing ice bow

Check your bank. If you click your inventory wth that open it will go in the bank

It’s not an issues according to Reddit. I don’t know much about them but I know others who openly discuss using them on the forums here.

Be careful of free ones, I have heard there virus issues with those.

https://m.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2w0j08/thought_about_using_a_vpn_because_of_connection/

It seems like the line of thinking here goes:

1) I play 2000+ hours and finally get my first precursor.
2) It’s crappy and cheap
3) it will be another 2000+ hours to get another so I feel “ripped off”

But it’s just as likely that you play 2 more hours and another precursor drops. It’s not like you got a precursor so now your account is “banned” or “flagged” from having another drop.

Tumult.2578:

It looks like all the Jumping Pads are now Launching Pads and they haven’t changed for a few days. Looks like they’re done.

It might take a couple hits but you might want to Recheck that full credit thing Andraus.

Each battery phase counts toward the side chests. If you don’t do any battery phase I think you only get one (or maybe zero I’m not sure) if you miss one, like you’re doing laundry or something, you will miss out on a side a chest.

I’m sure you still get the world chest regardless but you will miss out on the side chests.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chak_Hatchery

randomguy.1283:

Literally just did gorseval 8 hours ago and it worked perfectly, so I’m not sure what you’re talking about.

Same. No offense but probably are missing the hit box or not using the f skill

malus.5894:

Keller.3914:

Same thing here. The problem seems to be at the Level3 network in Dallas.
!http://i.imgur.com/xjDRVj1.png!

Same problem here.

Well unfortunately Anet can’t do anything for you about this.

The only thing you can do is pressure your ISP to talk to level3 into fixing their issues but the odds of that happening are very unlikely. You could also try a VPN but is don’t know much about those and idk if it would help in this case.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Why are you limiting yourself to one per day?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Noxious_Pod

• Before the meta event completes, a few Noxious Pods spawn across Dragon’s Stand
• An average of 2-6 pods are known to spawn on each lane and within the area of its checkpoint events. Look on the sides of the main lanes or in special events areas as the lane progresses.
• After the meta event completes successfully, Noxious Pods spawn in set hidden locations hinted by the red arrows. Each " hidden" location only accessible on victory usually contains 3-5+ pods in different sections of the hidden section.

I think he meant we need noxious pods in our home instance but only one would not be enough. So if they would implement it, to put 2/3 in instead of one. Wording is confusing tho.

I don’t really see the need for it.

I’m just trying to imagine a charr wearing something like this. Maybe that’s why it never happened?

Your XP is still going into the bar you just can’t see it as it is not unlocked. When you unlock it, it will be there.

Tumult.2578:

Seriously? This is your plan? To make non HoT players (with paid accounts)
stop doing Teq? More failed maps? More angry players?

You have to realize that when you take away content that was paid for, and it’s been used for a long time, the players will feel isolated and cheated. They will then act the same way and you made them that way.

Get ready for more failed maps and specifically, full maps that look half full because lots of non HoT players are on the map and not playing, but showing up at the end to tag the boss for full rewards.

Was this what you were going for?

You can’t tag teq at the end for full rewards. Doesn’t work like that

But the moss. The axes. The mud. The fun jump trees. The traps. The stand and wait for someone to count to 321g. And this last one is for the lazies who never run wisps and afk at the tree bark door <3

Xarv.9372:

Same for me, the game got unplayable when there are zergs around in wvw. This never was an issue before last patch. Oh well.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/How-to-Lag-Latency-FPS-Issues/first#post6098786

Bebop.8296:

Im sorry but I dont understand this very much.

Since a few weeks ago, I have been with a really high ping, and Im not able to enjoy the game. I want to know where the problem is.
Can U help me understanding this program? XD

This ae-25-0.ear1.Dallas1.Level3.net is the reason that I have 1kping some times?

Actually it’s Miami edge hop 6. That is the source of your packet loss going down into Anet servers. So you can contact your ISP to pressure that hop owner into fixing it. But not much else you can do besides look into a VPN like WTFast. I don’t know much about those tho.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/How-to-Lag-Latency-FPS/first#post6089000

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/How-to-Lag-Latency-FPS/first#post6089000

Yeah that is level 3 for you…. Not much you can do except call your ISP and get them to pressure level 3 Into fixing their stuff.

There’s a few threads that are probably buried now about ageis. The role play community especially dislikes it and people who use shields as it clips and looks bad. Unfortunately there isn’t anything that can be done about it except as you already figured out with getting hit to remove it.

You could also just pvp that track.

Id rather see Raven leave my staff and fly along side me as I glide. It seems odd to me to glide and the Raven still sits on the staff.

Although I would not be opposed to the Raven leaving the staff and forming the wings. Like when it is weilded

Feirlista Xv.1425:

Sorry the server are not in Seattle, they are in Austin Texas for the US and Frankfurt Germany for EU

Yeah I know. I realized what I did after I already wrote it. The concept is still the same tho. I’d I get a chance I may end up fixing it.

Terrier.8732:

Interesting. I play from Australia on EU wvw servers and use WTFast as a VPN. I’m keen to see if I can use this program to check that connection.. but how would I go about it?

Any instruction appreciated. Thanks

I’m not sure how ping plotter works with a VPN. I tried googling it but it seems like you can still use it tho the results may vary and not be accurate. Honestly I don’t know tho.

KIM.2875:

Thanks for the info. I am suffering from this problem, and I followed your recommendations here is the test if you want to help me determine my problem

https://www.pingplotter.com/commonnetworkproblems/

About halfway down the page you will see results like yours. Basically it’s you ISP.

One of the most common issues reported here are issues with Internet connection.

1) Understanding your connection to Anet servers:

Anet’s servers are located in Dallas for NA servers. Unless you live in Dallas, a test such as speedtest will not work. Connections to other games and websites while having issues with GW2 does not mean Anet has server issues. Your internet connection takes a “drive” to get to Anet’s servers in Dallas. This drive goes along hops which can be compared to as “highways”. Sometimes these hops are having issues. Think of it as road construction or an accident on a road. If you live in Pennsylvania and there is an issue with a hop in Virginia (on its way to Dallas), that your internet provider uses, then you will have issues getting a good connection to Dallas where Anet has it’s servers. However you may not have an issue getting to servers in California since your internet is not going through Virgina (Hypothetically) to get to California. This is very similliar to taking a road trip where a major highway you must take is under construction. When one highway is under construction this only affects traffic going down that highway. This is why your connection may work at a local speed test server or other online games where their servers are located in different locations.

2) Where your problems are coming from:

To determine where your issues are coming from you can download ping plotter (https://www.pingplotter.com) It is a free program and can also be used on your iPhone or Android phone as an app. To determine general lag issues with GW2 simply download the program and type: “ncsoft.com” in the search. Run the test. If you want to be more specific, in game type /ip then take that number and plug it into ping plotter.

3) Reading your test (pics to follow)

You will primarily want to focus on Latencey and Packet Loss. Packet loss is shown on the left hand side (PL) and will have a red percentage. Packet loss can occur at any hop. Where the majority of your Latencey or packet loss starts, is where your issues lies. However if the packet loss starts at the bottom where Anet has its server names, then the issue is on Anets end and you should report this in a ticket with your results. If this occurs anywhere else along the route then this is not Anets problem and there is nothing they can do to help you.

4) How to fix issues

If you have issues anywhere except Anet’s servers or in the first couple hops, unfortunately there is not too much you can do. You can contact your ISP. If the issue occurs right at the first couple hops it may be your ISP and in that case they need to fix it. You can call them and report the issue. If the issue is somewhere else on the route, like halfway through, (for example Level3 or Telia.net are common issue hops) then you can call your ISP to try and pressure them into contacting the hop owner to fix the problem. However it is unlikely your ISP will do anything (except perhaps give you the “run around” saying its Anet when your data shows otherwise). They do not have direct control over the hop. They technically could use a different route around that hop although it’s unlikely you’ll be able to convince them to do this. Alternatively you could look into changing your ISP and hoping the new one does not use the same route. You could also look into a VPN however I do not have experience in this area to give any advice.

If it’s lag from the server then type /ip

Take that number and download ping plotter

Put that number in ping plotter

You should see packet loss from (P.L. Red percent on the left in the data) that server at the bottom of the ping plotter data. Otherwise it’s your pc or some setting

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

EragamerLG.2390:

When GW2’s base game became F2P, F2P players were officially directed to the GW2Guru forums provided by Curse, if they wished to post anything. That’s where the F2P Forum community is.

Officially? Do you have a source that ANet is directing people to guru?

(For what it’s worth, I stopped recommending people use guru if they want an alternative to the official forums; reddit has been by far and away more responsive and useful in my opinion.)

It’s on the front page. (Right-hand side.)

I checked it a couple months ago and it was quite dead. They would be better off recommending Reddit really.

danielrjones.8759:

@Andraus, request pops up often, one today even.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/You-can-now-buy-level-80-with-real-money/first#post6088533

Yeah, and the feedback is negative. I was going to link that actually. There is no support for that in the thread.

danielrjones.8759:

I don’t think these are bad ideas. Only problem I have is where does it end? First the option to have insta map completion, then the option to have insta level 80 for the low price of x amount of gems. Then people will want insta lvl 80 exotic gear. Then it would be access to any chapter of any story with any new character that has never done the story. Because no matter what there is always something in the game others will say “why shouldn’t we have (fill in blank) without earning it since I already earned it before.”

I understand your line of thought here. However those things are very rarely (if ever) requested. This topic is requested about once a month to every other month. There’s a lot of support for this topic and really not any for the ones you pointed out. I’m not a psychic so who knows maybe someday people would request things like that and use this purposes change as an argument for how it is feasible, but right now that isn’t happening.

Speed test does not show you the connection to Seattle where the servers are located. It just takes the nearest speed test server.

You can download ping plotter. It’s free and can be downloaded on your computer or phone as an app

Put in: ncsoft.com to the search

Run the test and post a pic here.

You will be looking for packet loss issues at different hops to the server. Packet loss is shown on the left. You will also want to look at latency issues as well which is indicated on the right side. There’s a line that as it goes more toward the right, the more latency issues you have.

I have 3 characters with all waypoints unlocked. I use them as mules now because after playing their races (asura/charr) I got very tired of their asthetics / running / clipping. So I made new characters of those professions in races that I like. But it is a real pain to go through and unlock all waypoints again for them. I have 4 world completions at this point as well. So I would support this.

We can’t have race change so we need to restart characters. Having the feature would help alleviate the no race change issue.

You could put it in open world and advertise you would pay 3G or so per person upon completion.

It’s only on your side that the egg is present. Others can’t see it. Just FYI

They actually have nerfed some of them since launch. But yes as other poster above pointed out they are just meant to be a “flavor” skill more or less. Otherwise one skill could become mets for certain classes which would cause issues.

There’s two different bugs being reported here. The bug which is fixed with dance or sit. And a bug where you are stuck in terrain so sit and dance don’t work. The later should be reported and hopefully they fix the terrain tho I wouldn’t get to excited.

Your route seems to change pretty often. Like you are using telia then level3 in different tests. The second picture shows an obvious problem with level3 in Texas which is pretty common. The other tests are harder to tell since your packet loss is starting at the top which is most likely your ISP. However your second test shows no issues with your ISP. I’m not sure exactly if there’s a way to fix this. There’s ways to force your connection to take a different route through different programs but I don’t have experience with those. You can look up WTFast, they offer a service that I believe usually addresses this issue. But maybe someone else can speak to the effectiveness of using such programs. Just be weary of free programs like this. I’m not sure how safe all of them are.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/Latency-3/first#post6079200

Hmm I’m a bit confused of what is actually happening. So did you try to get the recipe again and have your artificer learn it? Huntsman can’t craft it even tho the tool tip might say so.

It sounds like you asked questions in map chat. You did not get any answers. So you felt vindictive and turned map chat off in a passive-aggressive way: “Since no one is going to have the courtesy to answer me I am just going to shut them out.” This is how you are coming across and people here on the forums are going to take issue with that. I understand you are telling us otherwise but there really is no reason to turn off map chat in your situation. I understand your thread is about being toxic. In no way am I trying to be toxic here. I’m just being assertive while describing my take on the situation. In the future I would just recommend keeping map chat on. Yes map chat can become toxic but this becomes much more likely to happen when no one is listening. It’s frustrating when you ask questions and no one answers them before a fight. It is also frustrating when during a fight people are trying to coordinate and prevent a failed event and no one is listening.

Grats man :-) that is a cool accomplishment

If any compensation happens it will probably be similar to the wardrobe change and how people had two of the same legendary. They added a title specially for that as a form of “compensation” or acknowledgment that those players crafted two of the same legendary before the wardrobe change by adding twice told legend. There were a lot of debates asking to have a process where a duplicate legendary owner could unbind a weapon one time to sell it but they did not go that route.

So I would not expect actual compensation.