Guild Wars 2

Yes, it does not work like gliders, because — unlike gliders — each mount has different functionalities. You will have to switch between them often and quickly, and that’s what the additional skill button will be there for.

Two weeks and still no response. It’s starting to get a tiny bit irritating…

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

It drops just as often as before. The issue is that it’s account bound on acquisition, so it’s never available via the TP.

We know, that’s why everyone is asking about the drop rate. It’s a real shame.

Also, make sure your firewall isn’t blocking the game executable.

NecroLizard.6138:

Just dropped in the daily chest of exotic materials in the necro one for me.

Lucky you, I would love to get one. GW1 nostalgia.

My assumption is that each elite specialization will/should cost the exact same amount of HPs. Otherwise the concept wouldn’t make much sense, which would only add to the long list of content inconsistencies.

Musashi.1735:

Everyone just picks whatever skins are most prestigious or the most obnoxious, largest & ridiculous looking glowing mess possible.
It really is such a shame to see that whoever thought up the skin ideas (90% of the Gemstore skins in particular) couldn’t show some restraint, especially since how amazing GW1’s aesthetic was. Even most of the hairstyles have just become stupid jokes. It has totally tarnished this game & ruined any chance of immersion.
If it wasn’t for Path of Fire coming out soon, i would uninstall.

I agree with your sentiment.

Armor, weapons (not just legendaries), back items — the design has become quite awful as of late (with very few exceptions). Instead of simple but elegant classic fantasy world designs we keep getting more and more futuristic looking, shrill, over-designed stuff. (By the way, I don’t recall this being a sci-fi MMO, but perhaps I got that wrong?)

I have been complaining about this for months, but it seems the more you complain the more kitten of the kind they release, even more ridiculous and extreme than before. (But the kids seem to love it, which only proves that they are deliberately turning GW2 into a game for minors.)

hugo.4705:

What is STRESS test? I don’t get it! It’s not “How the game can be stressful for players” I think?

A stress test is how well servers can handle the load of players in connection to whatever might be causing server-sided lag on the maps as well (environmental effects, skill effects and what not). In that case, maps or skill effects and the like will need to get optimized, maybe server resources need to be adjusted or upgraded etc.

Vanive.3804:

Today while opening a Black Lion chest I received a previously unlocked mini
(Dwayna’s Messenger). I was under the impression that you wouldn’t revive duplicates of previously unlocked items that can not be traded i.e. account bound. Is there anyway to trade this in? or am I stuck with it like my 6 copies of the Queen Jennah mini?

Whenever you receive an accountbound special item like that, you need to close the BLC window and start over, or else you are likely to fall victim of the dublicate bug where a dublicate doesn’t get recognized during the same opening session. The only way to resolve this would be to open more chests until you receive another dublicate, which then rewards you keys for this and the previous one.

Support can resolve this as well, but they are super busy at the moment and response times can take weeks it seems.

Amaimon.7823:

That sounds strange. If the daily reset is somewhere in the middle of the day the avhievement would be close to impossible for europeans to complete.

Server reset in Central Europe is at 2 a.m. local time.

Ayrilana.1396:

Were you in VB when trying to do that?

No. Also, it doesn’t matter where you are located, this item usually always works, from everywhere.

AlexTheGreat.1672:

The event is still bugged. On it to send a ticket also, please let me know if it worked for any of you so I can do LS2.

I am sorry to hear that.

I did that particular part of LWS2 about a week ago and got lucky. But it stinks that you can only get this done when you happen to land on a map where the event hasn’t bugged out. It’s been a long time, I wonder why this cannot be fixed.

I love this hat, but I hate the wig (the male one in particular).

My only character who could actually wear this is my female norn, because she happens to have that exact hairstyle — but the hat simply doesn’t go well with her warrior look.

Is there a way you could start working on making such lovely hats attachable to a characters actual hair, without either adding a random wig or making them go bold? That would be great.

Such a beautiful hat, what a shame…

Archranis.2375:

I usually use mine shortly after reset each day, and sometimes I get weird behavior like this, too. Usually it corrects itself if I try and use it a bit later.

Ah, good to know. Thanks. It had never happened to me before, but I guess there is a first time for everything.

Edit: At server reset, the bug was no longer present. But since I am not the first one to experience it, maybe someone should look into it?

Arden.7480:

In the end of P4 he said that he heard their voices from the Bloodstone.

Perhaps this is why Balthazar’s first target was Bloodstone, but it turned out it did not have enough power to rebuild weakened Balthazar.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Hidden_Arcana#At_the_Durmand_Priory

Ogden Stonehealer: “The gods shared the magic stored in the Bloodstone. That is a complex tale for another time.” (see screenshot)

Also, this: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bloodstones_

The bloodstones are tied to the Gods and their magic.

Rauderi.8706:

I seem to be getting a nightly disconnect, usually between 9-10pm Eastern. It’s really infuriating. I’m hoping I don’t regret getting into PoF with this kind of issue being persistent.

Sounds like an internet problem. There is nothing ANet can do about your local connection issues. If I were you, I’d call my provider since this is happening frequently and always around the same hour.

Maybe they just appear “that awesome” because most alternatives are “that bad”?

whasabee.2370:

do the dev realise people could be able to fully reach the max in the new elite spec less than 10 seconds after the release?

So what?

Those people worked for their hero points, it shouldn’t matter when or where that work was done.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

It’s actually a month before they get closed automatically.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/Delayed-or-No-Ticket-Reply-Read-This/first#post4533589

Interesting. That means everything before that has deliberately been closed. I only had this happen to me once, and it was not even two weeks from ticket creation date.

You need to update a ticket within (I think) five to seven days, or else it gets closed automatically. Since support is currently handling an overload of requests, it is wise to do that as they won’t get back to you anytime soon.

sorudo.9054:

i think that, like anyone staring a new character, likes to avoid LA like the plague.
the reason is because of the starting cinema when you visit LA for the first time (whith that new character), it not only forces the cinema it also places you on a completely different place then where you should be placed.

Wow, so you lose about a minute of your life. Tragic.

Also, it is not the only place that “forces a cinematic” when a character enters the map for the first time. Dry Top and the Silverwastes do, too. Also, there is a Skip option for all those cutscenes.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Are you sure you didn’t buy one of the other items already? That would also result in greying out the option.

Of course I didn’t. That’s why only the Crowbar was greyed out while the rest wasn’t.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

• In Tyria, everyone talks much the same regardless of being cut off from each other for hundreds of years.

And lately, all player characters as well as their companions mostly talk like modern day 16-year old American teenagers.

Anyway, I wouldn’t mind some local accents to be added to the flavor of the game. Actually, I’d love that.

Corax.7381:

Where’d you get profession from? Ori said armor weights, not professions. They’re right.

Potatoes, potatos.

My point still stands: With outfits you can cover every armor weight, hence the argument is nonsense. As for the rest, read my previous posts again, I am not in the mood of repeating myself over and over. ^^

P.S. Please stop making this thread yet another discussion about taste. It’s a suggestion for a new mechanic to be added, and that’s that.

Jazz.4639:

@Ashantara: i made a ticket about the audio is not working correctly for me since last balance patch.

I was asking about what error the support page was giving you. ^^

Once again, this mission is bugged — only this time at a different step:

I eliminated all the Asura and defeated Vorpp. I have no more attack skills present in my skill bar, but I still can’t open the Holding Cell. Also, the golem VRPP-261 keeps respawning every time Faolin kills it, and I can’t kill it myself due to said lack of attack skills (i.e., an empty skill bar).

So, I am stuck and have to restart the mission (which I can only hope will solve the issue).

Edit: Okay, on my second try, the bug did not occur. Thank the Six…

Check your firewall settings, maybe something is being blocked.

Also, without knowing anything about your system specs, people can only make wild speculations about possible reasons for this issue. If you are playing on a laptop, it obviously is slow to load and run the game (as the hardware can’t keep up).

costepj.5120:

Well done – you’ve managed to keep one developer in coffee for a few months

Funny.

I think many people have stated they would gladly sacrifice quantity of content for quality, and getting a whole season like LWS1 back, and reworked for everyone to enjoy, certainly falls into the category of quality content.

Art.1290:

This is awesome. How do you make a picture with all your characters like that?

By being skilled in using a graphics program (like Photoshop, for instance). Pretty simple once you get the hang of it.
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Here is another of my heroes:

From my experience, south lane is always slowest, because its side events take longest to complete (of course, if you ignore those, you can finish faster — but that would be a waste of XP and Karma).

OriOri.8724:

I doubt it will happen. I think that this is more complicated to implement than we imagine. But even if it is dead simple, they stated with the leg armor release that they want to give each armor weight a distinct profile. And part of mediums profile is trenchcoats. So ANet wants medium armor to have trenchcoats for some reason :/

Those are all excuses from ANet, as you can wear an outfit that will completely cover your visual profession identity in PvP and everywhere.

Frankly, I have a feeling that some designer at ANet is getting a kick out of angering us with trenchcoats, because they know a majority of players hate them.

Look at the ranger profession in GW1 and then tell me that trenchcoats are a necessity to identify that profession. It’s a shameless lie.

Just a quick note:

• Mordremoth’s dragon design was awful imo.

That wasn’t Mordremoth you saw in the last story mission. It was just the impersonation of his mind, as that is where the instance took place.

If you want to see Mordremoth per se, you will need to play the Dragon’s Stand meta event, where you defeat the actual dragon.

It certainly won’t work with every coat (for instance the wider coats that aren’t tight on top), but still with many. Hope some dev sees this thread.

Randulf.7614:

Map design and variety alongside map storytelling (as opposed to the actually instanced stories) has been a real strength of the design teams.

I second this statement, the bold part in particular.

The problem with PoF, from what people got to explore during the recent demo weekend, is the lack of waypoints — there are too few, and that will cause a variety of problems, regardless of the speedy mounts.

Oh, one last thing you might want to consider: there is a thing called “Masteries”, which was introduced in HoT. Since it retrospectively introduced masteries for the core game as well, you might want to buy HoT in order to be able to level those masteries. Not right away, but as soon as you decide that you indeed enjoy the game and want to continue playing it.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

You might try a -repair of the client, or make sure your computer clock is set correctly, as others are not experiencing this issue.

Since nothing has changed on my system and it worked just fine yesterday, I see no need to take on any of those measures.

If the bug persists as of tomorrow, I’ll consider it.

Thank you, Gaile, for keeping us up-to-date on the status quo.

And a huge thank you to the great support team — by far the best in online gaming!

I was just browsing the old GW1 wiki and stumbled across two swords that I loved by design and would love to see return in GW2 (like some other skins you’ve already brought back):

https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Emerald_Blade
(I remember its glow, it was quite a legendary weapon)

https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Highlander_Blade
(simple, elegant design, not as long and clunky as many other swords)

kuukelite.6187:

Thanks for your comprehensive post Ash.

If you was me, would you just log in and level up without buying anything? Money isn’t an issue, I just don’t know how to approach it

Game is currently downloading, eek excite!

Heh heh, hope you’ll have fun.

As for your question, no need to buy anything as of yet (if you are talking about LW seasons and the like). Just follow your personal story and get back into the game first, then decide what you want to do on an educated basis.

Do not delete your existing character(s), you will regret it later (for the birthday gifts alone!). You could start a new one from scratch to see what has changed regarding the game’s mechanics (the skill system, for instance), but you can always continue with your old character(s) as well.

What a great idea! Had completely forgotten this existed. I loved to play Polymock in GW1! <3

I, too, would prefer to have this available as a mini game within GW2, though.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Mike O’Brien recently stated that bringing back Season 1 was unlikely to happen, as the resources required would be better spent creating new content.

Yes, the ever same excuse for everything they don’t want to do. Is ANet that poor that they can’t afford additional resources? I know for a fact that I alone have invested hundreds of bucks into this game these past 18 months, and I am certainly not the only one.

Campaigns:

• core campaign
• Living World season 1 (currently not replayable)
• Living World season 2
• Heart of Thornes expansion
• Living World season 3
• Path of Fire expansion (will launch next month)

If you buy Path of Fire (the upcoming second expansion) now, you will get the core campaign for free along with it. Since you already own the core game, though, there will be no other bonus for you. Heart of Thornes and Living World seasons 2 and 3 can also be purchased (either for gems or for money when you log into the official website). Living World seasons are usually for free to anyone who logs into the game when they are being released (telling you this for the future).

Since all content is playable at any time, you didn’t miss out on much (at least not on anything that would give you a disadvantage). So yes, you can dive back into GW2 now, there are many new players, no one is at a disadvantage.

AvaAzul.8290:

four year old thread being necro’d yet not being disabled????

This has been an ongoing thread for years now, so there is no reason to “disable” it.
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Here’s another one from my ever growing collection (left side: present state, right side: want-state).

Eros.6801:

Tried to swim to Southsun Cove only to find out there is a portal in LA….

This is the best!

Unfortunately, I am quick to dismiss fails from my memory, so I can’t come up with something original from the top of my head. I am sure there have been dozens of occasions I failed badly at this game, particularly when I was new to it.

Danikat.8537:

Sorry for the stupid question but as someone who has never played WoW: What is raid story mode? How is it different to the existing raid?

Probably similar to the dungeons’ story mode. By the way, I would support raid story mode — just so one understands what the heck is going on in those raid instances story-wise, who the bosses are, where they came from and what on earth they are doing there now.

Carighan.6758:

The veneer of “your choice matters” was enough at the time, we were all amazed by how amazing the game was.

Nowadays we have less actual choice, but much better systems, but it’s all a wash.

Exactly. It is no longer amazing that way, and the reason is not the fact that the game isn’t “new” to us.

Legend of Rogue.5394:

I have done it 35 times on the X10 recipe and all I get is 30 clovers?!?!?!? That is 3 /35 which is .08% ….. WHAT THE HECK IS THIS!?!?!

It’s a matter of sheer luck. Sometimes you do 30 in a row and receive none, sometimes you receive several stacks.

Carighan.6758:

It rarely happens that a new expansion fully reinvigorates the “new game world”-feeling of starting a new MMORPG. But it’s utterly rare.

For some reason, I feel like you did not get my point.

Maybe the title was misleading, but if you read my post, you should understand that it’s not about “the new game world feeling”. That’s an entirely different topic.

Shirlias.8104:

Creating specific encounters which depend on personal story would be certainly nice, but a total waste of time if compared to a single episode of living story.

That might be so, but nonetheless, I wanted to point out that ArenaNet has broken their promise made in that trailer, and it was quite a sarcastic move to put it in said anniversary chat.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/170508581 @ 02:28:55

“Your Guild Wars 2 story begins when you create your character. […] The humans, a noble proud race surrounded by enemies. The charr, masters of warfare and conquest. The norn, heroic shapeshifters from the frozen north. The asura, beings of small size and great intellect. The sylvari, a mysterious new race of plant people. […] When you’re ready, you will enter Tyria, a massive, ever changing world. […] Because these dynamic events evolve and change, depending on the actions of players like you, each time you log in, you can find something new. […] personal story. This unique, customizable adventure changes and branches with every choice you make. No two players will have the same experience. […] It’s a living, breathing fantasy world. A deeply customizable role-playing experience.”

This was one of the first trailers released for the game, and I don’t know about you, but I found it a slap in the face to have it featured on the 5th anniversary Guild Chat. Because they’ve completely erased this game mechanic by making every player experiencing the exact same content, following the exact same path, forcing them to make the exact same choices (for there are no choices).

I want that GW2 back, with personalized content, where race (and perhaps profession and personality as well) matter, where you were able to choose your path. Nowadays, I hardly recognize my charr or my norn for their human behavior, tone, language, and emotional responses.

I hope the devs will get back to this vital part of GW2 that used to make your character feel special and provided a lot of fun and variety.

Here is another example (you have to excuse the suboptimal color composition, as you cannot select colors in the preview and I didn’t want to waste transmutation charges on this outfit).