Guild Wars 2

Perhaps you didn’t contribute enough to the quest in terms of damage? Or perhaps you weren’t within the capping area by the time they got captured? The latter has happened to me before as well, and is at your own fault.

So I’ve noticed this a few times already. Whenever I’m playing my personal storyline in order to get through longer queues in WvW, which only happen only occasionally.. I get the pop up to enter WvW – So what does one do when their mission is almost done? Exactly. Rush to finish it in time before the bar expires and you’re automatically reset to the back of the queue.

However the moment a cinematic appears, you’re automatically pushed back into the queue anyway. Why is this? And does it reset me back to the start of the queue? Or do I stay ahead of those who opted to enter after me? Why does the pop up not just stay if I skip the cinematic?

I thought World Tranfers were supposed to become a paid feature after a few weeks had passed after release? Yet I’m still able to use free transfers every day.. Is this a bug or will they remain a free feature forever?

(I’m hoping to attract the attention of a Dev for an actual answer on this thing issue, since I’m not the only one in my friend list suffering from this supposed bug)

While fighting Steag to gain control of the Sanguinary Blade.. I used my Moa transform elite skill on him, and down by his lil’ Moa paws the blade spawned.. Few minutes later I first got him down to about 10% of his health. He instantly regenerated to full health, only to die after I downed his full health pool again.

However I had “picked up” the blade when he got transformed into a Moa. So no new blade. And now I’m stuck in the mission – Though that’ll probably reset if I leave the instance area, so no worries there.

It’s still a bug though, correct?

I’m actually quite pleased with how the mechanic currently works. I just wish they’d polished it a little more around the edges to make sure that each profession stood an actual chance to get out of the downed state, while still having that unique feel that each profession has.

I believe that is working as intended =) The skill “Whirlwind” in GW1 dealt damage multiple times to multiple characters as well. That’s why the skill animation lasts for more than just a split second.

Jason King.2647:

Thanks for the reports! We’re aware of this issue and working towards a fix.

^ Why do people say there’s been no response to this when clearly there has been?
Perhaps the string of faulty coding isn’t inside the door itself, but is instead located in a different part – Like how certain skill point challenges might have certain strings of code the same, making them all bugged if one of them gets bugged (As was seen in the past).

In the mean time, go and do the Obsidian Sanctum jumping puzzle in the Eternal Battlegrounds =) It’s more fun anyhoo.

Commanders can be useful outside of WvW as well, y’know. Especially now that new world events will be added to the game. Also, keep in mind that these so-called commanders are gamers just like any other of us and are therefor entitled to enjoy the game just as much as you are – In their own kind of way even.

So instead of complaining about people who have things to do in real life, or are trying to level their crafting/buying dyes/selling loot, etc. Try to get a collective of people to help donate in-game gold towards your own Commander status. Because yes, that’s how many managed to buy that fancy lil’ icon. Guild effort.

Don’t think the worst of people just because they have something that you don’t. If you were in their position and people were complaining about you, you wouldn’t feel comfortable about it either.

I’m currently located on Underworld. I hardly ever see English recruitment messages whilst in WvW or even outside of it. I do see the occasional person who speaks English, but whenever I’m online (Mornings and Evenings) it’s mostly just people I can’t communicate with.

As a mesmer who likes to infiltrate and use my portal to call in a quick cap, it’s pretty much impossible to employ my favourite strategy as the people don’t even know the English skill names – Let alone know how to use them =/

We really, really need more servers dedicated to languages. The server I’m currently on seems to have a large number of Polish/Czech players active in WvW, whom don’t speak English at all – Yet they don’t have a server dedicated to their language/country.

It’s becoming increasingly annoying to try and communicate with people during WvW while hardly anyone speaks proper English. And not only that.. What about the French-speaking Canadians who decide to hook up with European servers because they have servers with their native tongue?

I dunno. Maybe I’m just annoyed at the moment, or perhaps I’m actually making sense. You tell me.

PS: Does anyone know of any European servers with mainly English speaking people on it? Would love to get a transfer to there.

Anyone else unable to click the icon? Or is it just me?
Have tried it in combat and out of combat, at range, melee range, etc.
But it just won’t budge.

Can’t even CTRL+click it in order to paste it in the chat window.

Not sure if I should state specific locations in here for where the dropping happened, but considering that there’s no way out of it.. I fell through one of the walls in Obsidian Sanctum the moment I entered it through the portal at Overlook.

As I entered I received a message that Overlook was under assault, so I figured I’d hide in the puzzle until the enemy capped it.. Before teleporting back (Not sure if possible, was testing that part, lol).

But when I tried to hug a bunch of walls to be less noticeable for possible enemies passing by, I randomly fell through and landed a few metres away from where I was standing before. With no way out, other than the waypoint at the start.

As said, there’s no way of exploiting it, since there’s no way you’d be getting out.. But nonetheless I’m posting these printscreens with doubt in mind.

Hoping this will get resolved soon, as I imagine it a simple task to fix. But alas, who am I? =)

I’ve come across this bug multiple times now, though always in the same location. Whenever I picked up a torch before I enter the darkroom in Obsidian Sanctum, the lighting it radiates seems to be bugged/delayed.

The light from the torch that’s supposed to hit the floor and light it, doesn’t reach that far down it seems. The walls seem to be reacting perfectly though, so it’s most likely just something to do with the ground.

Another thing is that whenever I throw the torch or make a bonfire whilst in said darkroom, the light will have a delay of several seconds before it ‘activates’ and the surrounding area is revealed – It however ends whenever it should.

Below I’ve added a printscreen of what I’m experiencing. Hoping that I’m not the only one and that it’ll get fixed sometime in the long run; considering this isn’t really a pressing issue or anything =)

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I just tossed a ranger down a ridge in one of the WvW jumping puzzles, and the pet didn’t fall down along with the ranger. Which is weird in and of itself. However the ranger even managed to swap his pet for a new one, and THAT pet was still standing on top of the ridge as well.

Shouldn’t pets be falling down with their owners? And doesn’t swapping your pet make them spawn at the player’s location rather than the enemy’s location?

I just experienced exactly the same thing. I put down a portal, ran a few meters to try and get away from my enemy.. Dropped down the second portal to disappear in smoke – And voila.. Enemy came right through my portal and still killed me.

It made me giggle, sure. But not sure if intended or not?

Perhaps the song was originally intended to be in a different place and got repurposed after its name had been given already? =)

FriendlyFire.6275:

Yeah, I ended up emailing them and got a reply stating “manufacturing issues” were delaying the shipment. This is the kind of thing I would’ve expected to be told directly instead of having to actively seek an answer for.

Turns out their site also hates diacritics, so I need to have my address corrected on top. Compared to most online shopping experiences this is really not something I hope to encounter often.

As much as I’d like to agree with the fact that they shoulda told you.. I’m said to say that there’s very few companies who go through the effort of actually doing that. It sucks, but alas.. That’s how it goes.

Hopefully if enough people show interest in the soundtrack, they’ll consider bringing it to a bigger store – Or an additional store with better range and service.

Have you tried contacting them and asking? Shipping times increase drastically if you live somewhere in the middle of nowhere – Since not every country has daily flights for incoming and outgoing mail.

Also, have you tried double checking your address to make sure you didn’t accidentally send it to your neighbours or someone further up or down the street? This has actually happened to me once, hence my asking.

If you’ve tried both with zero response, I’ll gladly “Boo!” them =)

Voice actors are really just a matter of taste. Some will like them, some won’t. So far I’ve hardly heard any voice acting that bothered me. But then I’m usually more interested in the story and what’s going on my screen – Rather than focussing on audio only, since then you’d be missing out on a lot of the game.

Also, you really need to keep in mind that this is just the vanilla game – No expansions, nothing. And already it’s filled with a ton of dialogue. Had they hired professional and expensive voice actors for each and every sentence in the game, you would not be able to play it. They would’ve gone bankrupt =)

Elunarie.9283:

In Guildwars, we knew of two dragons: Glint and Kuunavang. Though “Bubbles” hasn’t been totally confirmed in-game yet, would it be saying too much to assume Kuunavang might have been his/her champion ala Glint and Kralkatorrik?

And where are Glint’s children? Were they all destroyed by destroyers or did she manage to hide away any of them and/or her eggs? In Guildwars we are tasked with keeping destroyers from killing (or corrupting) one of her children, so we know they were targeted by Primordus even when (if Primordus was aware of her and Kralkatorrik in general – and being aware of great sources of magic, I would definitely think the dragons are aware of every aspect of each other) she was considered Kralk’s champion.

And who was the father of these children of Glints, if any? Were they Kralkatorriks? What is the relationship of an Elder Dragon to a lesser dragon like Glint? Glint does go into this a little when she meets Destiny’s Edge, but now that we have lost her to the fight – we have no way of asking her what else she knew about the physiology of dragons and their relationships.

Some interesting questions. Perhaps they will be answered.

Ree Soesbee has repeatedly stated that Glint’s babies might make a reappearance in GW2 – Though this would be in an expansion most likely. I’d find links and such, but I’m lazy. This was asked in one of the more recent interviews on TwitchTV however, I believe – And I know I asked her myself about the babies at Gamescom in 2011 =) Of which I’m 100% sure there are video’s roaming around on YouTube ^^ You’d have to look that up though, heh.

Since world transfers will be limited to once per 24 hours soon.. Does that mean the option to visit a server as a guest become available again? I’ve got a bunch of friends spread over several servers and I used to be able to play with them regardless, ’cause of free transfers – And before release, there were guest options for servers.

Hence why I’m asking if guesting will be allowed again the moment server tranfers become more limited.

(To elaborate for those who didn’t get to see this feature of guesting, it was a feature that allowed you to play PvE content on a different server (with friends for instance), as a guest. Meaning WvW and sPvP were only accessible via your homeworld and not the one you were visiting as a guest)

Why would that turn it into a PvE puzzle? I’m not saying players in the puzzle would get kicked :P Plus at the current rate that outposts and keeps get captured, it wouldn’t be long before the next team comes ‘round to grab it =) I’ve seen a single outpost switch around to a different team several times within the span of half an hour. That’s not nearly enough to finish even half of the puzzle ^^;

Plus going into the puzzle with a full on zerg would be pointless, as the rest of the map would become vulnerable =)

So as you might’ve guessed.. This thread is about the jumping puzzle in the Eternal Battlegrounds, going by name of Obsidian Sanctum. You can access it through 3 keeps in WvW, 1 located on each of the portions of the map closest to your team’s starting waypoint.

That effectively means that any and everyone can access the puzzle at any one time. This is incredibly annoying when you’re trying to do the puzzle by yourself, while the enemy teams love to gank up and do it in groups. But why is this so horribly annoyed? Here’s a list of why’s:

1. You need to run and jump around on tiny ledges, from which it’s very easy to lose your balance and fall down – Meaning you will need to do countless amounts of puzzling all over again (Not bad persay, unless your short term memory got fried, I suppose)

2. The challenges present in the puzzle are already pretty darn hard to get around. Without getting attacked from all sides, my thief has plenty of troubles jumping from one end to the other – And by the time you reach the room with no lighting.. things only get worse. Or perhaps in the colloseum part.

3. By the time you’re halfway into the puzzle, you’ll probably have spend around 20 minutes to half an hour – More if you’re doing it for the first time, or on a different profession. Not by itself is not annoying. However imagine being run over by a truck seconds before your character’s hands reach the chest with its rewards. And since you’re all alone.. No one is around to help you.

As you might’ve guessed.. I suck at making good lists. But thanks for reading along so far already. Next up is a suggestion to remove some of the annoyance caused by these members who love harassing others – Even though clearly this is a PvP portion of the game, of which I’m well aware.

Instead of making the puzzle available for everyone at any given time.. Why not limit access for 1 world at a time? Why not remove the 3 entrances and instead place a single access point in for instance Anzalias, or Quentin Lake. Or any other random outpost available.

Not only would this give people more incentive to capture said outpost, but it would also give outposts other than Stonemist Castle some extra strategic value to the team. I mean really. The chest gives you free siege weapons, amongst things. What’s not to love?

Thoughts? Opinions? Or do y’all think I should just team up with the rest of the zerglings on my server and do the jumping puzzle with 15 (allied) people at a time?

PS: Attached you’ll find a printscreen which clearly indicates how annoying it is to spend an hour or more on a jumping puzzle, solo.. (The team member just teamed up FYI, a few seconds before I made the printscreen)

Anyone happen to know which Pets can be found (& tamed) in WvW?

I’m pretty sure I’ve already seen the Juvenile Pig, Juvenile River Drake and perhaps a Moa type.. Not sure about the latter. Anyone else seen any other species?

I’ve already checked the wiki to see if there was any information regarding this, but nada. Not even when you check each pets’ own wiki page.

I’d personally prefer the “santa outfit” and such to be town’s clothing, instead of actual armor. Since let’s be honest.. There’s no way you’d be able to go after an Elder Dragon and can expect to survive dressed as such.

They had similar options in GW1, so I reckon it’ll be a matter of time before it’s being added into GW2 =) I for one support it and would love to get a chance to redo my Asura’s hairdo.

Malakree.5912:

So we then go through the three basic questions.

1) Were you running a phantasm build? (if no why the hell not)
2) Did you have at least one phantasm out? (if no why the hell not)
3) You do realize you would have gotten way more damage by just leaving the phantasm out right? (if no…..)

I had a total of 2 phantasms in my 2 weaponsets. Why? Because it was fun. I occasionally had the 2 phantasms out, and occasionally only had 4 illusions up and running.

But I already see what kind of a person you are. You can try to cram out as many numbers as you’d like, and try to aim as high as possible.. But Mesmer is mainly a profession meant to control and support. It’s not supposed to be a tank, it’s not supposed to be a prime damage dealer. Instead of trying to force old habits unto these professions, try to have fun instead.

Hmpf. Sucks that we don’t get any passives that help boost the running speed. I was hoping there was something I missed, which made ‘em just as viable in WvW as for instance the speed of a Ranger, an Ele or a Thief – Since I can’t seem to outrun any of these classes.

Like, I just searched through all of the traits available and did a quick search through the Utility skills I’ve got available to myself so far.. But I can’t seem to find anything that boosts a Guardian’s running speed. Are there any Utility skills in the 3rd Tier that allow Guardians to move faster? Or are we doomed to be one of the slowest professions in the game?

If the latter is true.. I’m sad to say that it discourages me to use a Guardian in WvW or sPvP – Since speed is such an important part of that. I’m not saying I won’t use this profession.. But it does make it a whole lot less attractive in these kinds of situations.

Like Sethran said, your level is too low to gain any kind of a reward from it.

Malakree.5912:

When would you ever use them in SPvP….

I just finished a match in sPvP and yes, I did use it. Several times even. Without dying. So if you ask me, the problem doesn’t exist inside the Shatters themselves. The problem only exists in your skills.

If you find yourself going down too often, perhaps you should consider practicing more. Or try out one of the many other professions, whom you might end up loving more than you love the Mesmer =)

I think you should just have a look at this:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/Useful-Information-on-Account-Security

Malakree.5912:

Then the really good players realize that atm you just shouldn’t use the shatter skills outside of solo PvE, if you shatter at any other time either its distortion because your pants are round your ankles and you NEED that 3seconds or you kitten up and pushed the wrong key.

Eh? There’s plenty of uses for them in sPvP and WvW. It’s not like you’ll be fighting zerg vs. zerg constantly. And even if you were, the occasional shatter does good AoE damage and could greatly benefit your team if you place it well enough.

I like how you kitten things up though. Meeeow!

sdsakuragi.8170:

I’m sure Anet will reimburse us for lost in game time.

With what? The monthly subscription fee that you don’t need to pay in order to play the game?

PS: I’m able to log in again.

The stealth skill does seem to be bugged, yes.

If you ask me, the Shatter skills aren’t meant to be spammed anyway. The mesmer gets its survivability because of its clones – Destroying them in the midst of a fight could turn out really silly, as it might mean you’ll go down real fast.

However when the enemy is near death already, sending your clones to explode makes all the more sense. Since if you don’t use a Mind Wrack or anything else, they’ll be destroyed anyway. And I believe that’s what the tactics are all about, and that’s what’ll set the “Good” players apart from the “Bad” players. The former will know how to stay hidden and alive much better than the latter who will spam his Shatter skills like his life depends on it.

Considering it’s close to midnight in Seattle, I’d say either maintenance.. Or a new build is getting published =) Either way, take some time off to relax your eyes and try again in a few minutes. If it still fails by then, wait another 15 minutes and so on. No need to get all dramatic ^^

Not sure if serious, or just being a troll.

I personally find the “Finish off” thing really annoying as well. You get no chance to rally, since the enemy will almost instantly come towards you and finish the job – It’s just not fair. Especially so considering that some professions have greater skills while downed than others.

Stealth for instance gives a ton more survival chances than the silly immobilize skill that Ele’s get. Hell, even the Mesmer’s downed skills are more useful than an Ele’s or a Ranger’s – And even those aren’t as “good” as they might seem if the enemy’s there in greater numbers.

The most I’ve had to wait to enter the Eternal Battlegrounds is around half an hour. Which can be easily neglected if you travel over to a Borderlands map first, and then queue up for EBG. Mind you, I’m actually on a high population server.

Plus keep in mind that if they up the maximum people allowed in WvW, you’ll also start seeing things like lag more often – Not to mention that most machines won’t be able to cope with such an amount of players visible on your screen. I mean really. My computer’s pretty high end, and it has plenty of issues running WvW during large scale battles – Imagine adding about 300 people to that (100 for each server), and things will only be getting worse. THAT would spoil the fun of WvW.

Pony.3256:

How is it our fault and how is it abusing?
They sold items that granted you 50% crafting exp.
50%!!!!!
You could level any craft super fast.
So tell me again how it’s our fault that Arena Net sells items that make us level faster and then punishes us for using them.

From what I gathered, people found ways to abuse cooking materials to gain more in-game gold for themselves – And that’s why they took them away from vendors.

Why the hell are you guys complaining? It’s because tons of people were abusing the cooking material system that it had to be overhauled so drastically. If everyone just kept to playing the game in a fair way, this never would’ve been necessary.

If anything, blame yourselves. Not the company who did it in order to prevent the rest from the game from collapsing as well.

noblue.8640:

There are times when I hate the downed state, and times when I like it. It makes 1v2 a lot harder to pull off, but it also prevents cheesy crap from being too good. Here’s how I’d rate each class:

Thief: You are extremely annoying to kill. If you’re quick, you can stomp him after his first shadowstep. If you’re even a little bit slow, he’ll do shadowstep -> vanish -> shadowstep. When this happens, you’re often better off just killing him (especially if you have AOE to damage him in stealth)

Engineer: Like the thief, if you’re not quick finishing an engineer off, they can do pull -> explosion -> pull. Really annoying.

Mesmer: Overrated. Whenever a mesmer clones himself, I see a big red arrow over the real one’s head. You can usually tell the real one by how he acts anyway. Buys you a couple seconds at most.

Warrior: Pretty good. Hammer throw is easy to dodge, but vengeance is quite nice. Sure, you often die at the end anyway, but it gives you a chance to rally. Plus, if you and your opponent both go down (not uncommon), you will almost always win.

Guardian: Fairly bad. The knock back is hard to dodge, but after that you’re dead. The healing mark is decent if people forget about you.

Ranger: Also bad. Pet heal is the same as guardian, and the daze buys you a second.

Elementalist: Worst. Elementalists are the only class that can’t interrupt a single stomp right after they go down. You will rarely get to use mist form.

Necromancer: Not very good. Fear buys you a bit of time, but that’s it. You are good at killing other downed people.

You raise valid points, Sir (Or Ma’am if you wish). Though if you ask me.. The skills themselves aren’t the issue. It’s their downtime and the fact they need to charge up in order to be used – And after that a long recharge follows up. Was hoping to find some new insights about how to survive as an Ele while downed.. But I suppose I’m better off just dying and respawning – Or waiting for a ress after having died =/

Lanaki.7415:

Hilarious by the way. Now every time I’m downed I’ll be imagining giant kittens running over to smack me around.

Teehee. You’re welcome ^^;

Warchiefomega.2738:

I m not too happy about the fact that dieing in WvW causes damage to your gear. This can happen alot if someone is not very careful but also if you don t get a res. I haven’t found a problem with resing but i have found myself discouraged when i spawn at the beginning and have to run all the way back to the fight. I understand that it is needed because a respawn point too close would only make taking a keep harder

New waypoints are actually available in WvW. You can attain them by upgrades key possessions that your server has taken. And not only that, you can strengthen the walls, add economy-related goods to the outpost and even buy extra defenses for it.

Fixing armor isn’t as bad as it used to be, trust me. They’ve done a fine jobe at fine tuning that. If you find yourself out of money to keep fixing it, try going different routes and taking down enemies 1 at a time, instead of all at once :P

Affected character: Muffleton Fitch
Level 40 (Vigil) storyline changed from Quaggan (Selected by me) to Skritt
He’s currently housed on the “Underworld” server =)

The problem with Vapor Form is that it isn’t instantly available. That’s what causes most deaths in WvW and/or sPvP – Because during those few short moments that the skill needs to become accessible, your enemy could already be on top of you executing the finishing animation. You simply don’t have the luxury of waiting around for several minutes.

And though Blink and Mist Form are useful to get out of harms way before you get downed.. They don’t necessarily work well enough when your entire group in WvW is being overrun by an even bigger enemy group. By the time you teleported into safety, the enemy will already be right on your tail – Especially so if there’s Thieves involved, since they can shadowstep quite effectively these days =)

I didn’t know about the 20% damage redux though. That’s insane! Sure explains why I felt like I was pretty much useless in WvW/sPvP after BW2 =/

So whenever I find myself playing as an Ele in WvW (Or sPvP even), I occasionally gey knocked down when facing multiple enemies simultaneously. Nothing wrong, right? Well, other than me thinking I’m, over the top awesome, but in the end still sucking. Alas! That aside.

The moment you get downed, the enemies around you start pounding unto you like kittens trying to catch a ball of wool. And this is one of the major downsides to playing as an Ele, by my account.

A Guardian can push the surrounding enemies away via the use of “Wave of Light”.
A Warrior can knock a foe down, or when its available go for a Vengeance killing spree.
An Engineer can pull an enemy towards them (Which I think interrupts the enemy’s current action), and they can set off an explosion that launches nearby enemies.
A Ranger can use a Thunderclap to daze near enemies, while its pet helps to revive them.
The Thief can do invisible and teleport away, or the other way around if they so prefer.
Even the Mesmer can summon a downed clone, confusing their enemies as to whom the real target is.
The Necromancer gets the all awesome “Panic” button.. By which I mean “Fear”.

Yet where is the Ele in all of this? It gets to throw around with lightning a lil’. It can immobilize a single enemy – Which does next to nothing when surrounded by hordes of enemies. And to make matters worse.. Vapor Form, for an astounding 5 seconds.

So tell me. Am I doing something wrong when I get a near-instant finish on top of my head the moment I’m downed? Or is the frail Ele supposed to just roll over and wait for someone to resurrect them?

I have no issues taking down any of those three classes which you assume are overpowered. I’m an Ele – One of the classes you feel are underpowered. Perhaps you still need to get better acqainted with the mechanics of each profession in order to properly utilize them?

Not everything is about dodging constantly, or attacking constantly with that one real awesome attack. Gotta mix things up a bit. Perhaps try allocating skills to different keys, etc. =)