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ABADDON IN GW2!! Vote for Evon now!!

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Brother Grimm.5176

1) What percentage of players do you think have ever completed ANY dungeon much less has stepped foot in a Fractal? Those that farm them are in a VAST minority in the player base (tho, they may be in a majority on these forums).
2) What percentage of players have used a waypoint?
3) What percentage of players have purchased BLC keys?

Just pointing these out so those that are dungeon obsessed don’t underestimate the power of even a temporary reduction in cash outlay for a much larger player base.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Question Regarding Kites (toys)

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Sure wish I could sell this in TP….just taking up room in my bank. (same with the stupid video model of the Zephyr ship).

Every time i see them just sitting there I right click and hover over ’DESTROY" for a moment….

Destroy them then, personally I like these small novelty items and I’ve set aside a full bank-tab for the upcomming ones.

I think you have identified the upside to ANet for being so generous to us players.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

bazaar kites and the JPs

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…..I’m going to guess the above is sarcasm laced, but if you were serious with that, it proves why sarcasm is a bad idea on a forum….or maybe that’s reversed….(or maybe I’m just being sarcastic….see what I did there?).

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Sticky the deadlines

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Brother Grimm.5176

Asking for this info is quite reasonable. DEMANDING it and calling the Devs “rude” for not supplying it is no where near reasonable (and ironically is quite rude itself).

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Thanks for the kite... NOT

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Wow.

Guess I shouldn’t be surprised at this. I vote this as most Entitled Whinny post of the month (maybe they should gifts away for that?).

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

GW2 repeatedly giving me errors

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I’m thinking 2 possible issues:
Hardware failure – memory most likely. How much memory do you have and are the other games you run memory intensive or not? To be honest, the only way to test this is to replace the memory (or run a low level memory test….some motherboards have these built in, but there are free ones you can download).
GW2.EXE corrupted. If you have an old backup (from before you started seeing this issue), you could try to restore the GW2.EXE file. Your best bet is to uninstalled GW2 completely and re-install it.

Hope these give you some direction to go in.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Not receiving Kites of Fortune

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I know this might need to go into a suggestions area, but should there not be a change to the mail icon (like the indicator when you have new mail) if the mail is full? Is it possible for the icon to change if the mail is full and you have additional mail queued up?

Just a suggestion (that should likely go in another forum….).

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Mystic Salvage Kit vs Master's Salvage Kit

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As mentioned above, the answer to your question is if you have 3 unused Mystic Forge Stones.? If you have to buy the stones for the Mystic Kit, it’s more economical to use the Master Kit.

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Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Forced to Craft Celestial Gear.

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Am I mistaken or has almost NOBODY ever asked for this stat combination (ok, so ONE guy seems to think it’s the cat’s pajamas…..)? It is not like this was on anyone’s (with specific builds in mind) wish list, so I don’t really see the big deal.

Entirely possible that the “account bound” trait is temporary for economic reasons (devalue the recipes and quartz for a time). I can only think the time gating is something Anet has put in place stem the “flavor of the day” rush that usually follows the introduction of a new content sets.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Account bound crafted items is a great idea

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I tend to think this might be a temporary situation (account bound crafted Celestial) in order to keep the price of recipes in check. It may also be a test bed for potential future content (to see how loudly players whine or accept it).

I tend to think crafting has a place for generating both gold and self usable gear. The game has room for both. Why not let this play out before lighting torches and sharpening pitchforks to slay the evil Anet monster…..

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

bazaar kites and the JPs

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PS. To the person that said that GW2 is an “Action MMO”… are you serious?

I’d say they very much are and I agree to the extent that there are MMOs that require only targeting and button mashing to complete. If you want to get uber-picky about the term “action”, you can argue the semantics of the word all day.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Celestial crafts: account bound

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Personal theory: ANet are testing to see if we accept a time-gated soulbound crafting process, with a view to implementing the same for Ascended gear.

I don’t disagree with that theory, but I think it is a side effect of their real intent….to make the general sale of these items on the TP impossible and to keep the price of the recipes at a minimum (since they will not be a gold generating investment).

Consider the economy effects if you COULD sell the Celestial items on the TP…..

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Celestial crafts: account bound

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Personal theory: ANet are testing to see if we accept a time-gated soulbound crafting process, with a view to implementing the same for Ascended gear.

I don’t disagree with that theory, but I think it is a side effect of their real intent….to make the general sale of these items on the TP impossible and to keep the price of the recipes at a minimum (since they will not be a gold generating investment).

Consider the economy effects if you COULD sell the armor on the TP…..

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Question Regarding Kites (toys)

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Sure wish I could sell this in TP….just taking up room in my bank. (same with the stupid video model of the Zephyr ship).

Every time i see them just sitting there I right click and hover over ’DESTROY" for a moment….

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Bazaar is NOT a jumping puzzle

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Finding SKY CRYSTALS and managing your movement resources DOES make it a “puzzle” and if you leave the ground it is “jumping”.

Not sure why it would matter if the term exactly fits some dictionary definition anyway…. The complaints are that some do not enjoy this type of activity (whatever you want to define it as). They have every right to present these complains (however invalid I or anyone else feel they are). Arguing the semantics of what it’s called is just silly.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

We are not all equal

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I will try to present my point of view in a few words…
This is the third time I am forced to PvP (Southsun – “Crab Toss”, Dragon Bash – “Dragon Ball”)… and I hate PvP – I get nervous playing it… and the game is supposed to be fun not frustrating. Am I right? Someone will definitely tell that “Sanctum Sprinter” is optional… but not for people who collect achivements like me. Furthermore – this achievement is not permanent which further deepens my frustration. I have completely no problem with permanent PvP achivements because I can hop in whenever I feel such need and take care of them. “Sanctum Sprinter” is 85% luck based (only slightly less luck based than “Crabtacular!” – it was the worst achivement in the history of Guild Wars 2…) and do not tell me it is not – Sanctum Sprint is full of bugs and random fails (“Lightning Pull” should be called “I fail 50% of time” or “You will fall to death”). Check out my screens – I ended up in mid air after “Lightning Pull” and was able to run around like this… I wonder what would happen if I looked down – I would fall? Like in cartoons?

You highlight the word “FORCED” as if someone came to your house and physically MADE you do these PvP activities….

The fact that you fancy yourself an “achievement collector” has NO bearing on any design decision that ANet makes or the level of sympathy that anyone should have for you being “FORCED” to perform activities you don’t like.

It’s fine to say you don’t like these types of achievements but don’t make it sound like you some sort of “achievement martyr” that is being persecuted and tortured because every achievement isn’t geared toward what you want to do in the game.

When winning or losing do not depend solely on skill anymore, an achievement for winning hardly means anything.

I’m not familiar with any achievement in this game that means anything?

Up until this last patch, you were 100% correct. With the reward system just put in place, they actually do have a purpose now (my opinion, of course).

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

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Obsidian Sanctum Campers at Kite [Merged]

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I know a few folks who are:
a) OCD about attaining PvE achievements
b) Bought the game on the pretense that they would not have to participate in PvP.

Still seems like a bait and switch when PvE achievements have a PvP map in them. (Fortunately for them I just ported them across being a mez; though they were pretty terrified by the idea but equally anxious on missing their achievement.)

a) OCD issues should be taken up with a mental health professional and should have NO bearing on ANet’s design decisions.
b) No pretense involved….they can easily avoid ALL PvP. Nobody is forcing anyone into a PvP zone.
c) NOT a PvE achievement (obviously since you have to enter a PvP zone to achieve it).

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Unlimited Zenith screwing up weapon system?

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I wish they would move my HoM skins to this type of access (on AP screen). Going to the HoM to get skins is just a waste of time and a PitA…..

If it has effect on TP weapon prices, it can only be to bring them down (which is a good thing to 99% of players).

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Is it bad to keep coming first?

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I’m guessing if someone asked politely to be allowed to get the achievement it isn’t beyond consideration. However, the description of what the OP presented WOULD make me want to follow “Ser Whiner” guy around the track and screw him over at every chance possible.

Asking the win nicely is one thing, demanding that the guy always winning quit is just way over the top.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Obsidian Sanctum Campers at Kite [Merged]

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And before devs respond with “you don’t have to go there to get the 16 achievements” remember that you just added achievement rewards which makes all achievement points valuable now.

They already responded with that response (and rightly so) and just because something has value does not FORCE you (or anyone) to pursue it. Players SHOULD have to work to earn some of these achievements as the “participation” trophies are certainly in abundance in this game…..

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

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Trading Post goes P2W (Pay to Win)

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“The Tome of Knowledge has been added as a rare drop from Black Lion Chests. Using the Tome of Knowledge will grant the character one level and all associated benefits. If a level 80 character uses the tome, they will gain a skill point.”

yep now is pay to win.

Actually, that’s pay to level….been able to do that via crafting since release.

This game is skill based. it means a skilled player in yellow gear and no buffs, will destroy a unskilled player in full ascended with uber food buffs.

That’s basically true in most games and misses the point of something being P2W. The relevant scenario is when there are two players, otherwise equal, but one is able/willing to buy an advantage and the other is not. The player with money can then pay to win, hence the term.

So from your astute observation, anyone that does not have immediate access to this food type is being denied game content that is absolutely necessary to play the game?

Some here are twisting and exaggerating the “Pay to Win” term beyond belief…..

As some have already stated, if you’ve never actually PLAYED a game that REQUIRES cash purchase to move forward in the content, you have no idea how far off the reservation your are dragging this dead horse. (even if it IS toward the so-called slippery slope).

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

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Obsidian Sanctum Campers at Kite [Merged]

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Brother Grimm.5176

If you can’t get the kite, you can’t get it. Simple as that. This isn’t a freebie. You gotta work for it.

I sincerely hope no one tells you this when you really need something you don’t have in real life.

I suspect Randroids and people with the same kind of mentality actually have a lower propensity to thrive in a healthy society.

There is a BIG difference between NEEDING something and WANTING something. Our entire world would be a LOT healthier if more people understood this.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

The Fake Powerups' range needs to get nerfed

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I agree that all the other objects on the track should have the same range…and they certainly do not appear to .

What other offensive power up could the leader use (besides the one that checkpoint jump….that would be completely unfair)?

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

These stories are not fantasy at all

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Despite all these arguments about what IS and IS NOT fantasy, the bottom line is that ANet is likely limited in scope and resources as to what they can put out in these content patches so as not to conflict with the overall main story arch that they have and will be presenting.

All of these content “patches” are different….some are combat oriented, some have strong story-lines and some are just designed to provide some content filler. Anyone has the right to complain about how they don’t like this one or that one, but EVERYONE should keep in mind that they are FREE and none of them are required to actually complete the original game that you paid for.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Only a couple of Zenith weapons? O.o

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Seriously? Complaining about how much free stuff you can get immediately?

shakes head and wanders off

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

This is not a platformer game

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I’m severally disabled and thus cannot work, therefore I do not get paid for a job done. If you can’t do the job (JP), then you don’t get paid (Achievement). And don’t throw out the Achievement Reward system as an argument. There are two types of hindered people: those that learn to adapt and accept their situation (in this case knowing it’ll take longer to get the Achievement Rewards), and those that whine about “fairness” and “equality”.

I salute your attitude, Sir!

I’m sure there is more constructive conversation than this, no?

No doubt, but the OP wasn’t asking for help, assistance or even suggestions on how to complete them…..he was asking for them not to exist in the game…..just because he can’t do them (or at least thinks he can’t).

I also don’t agree with the OPs statement that the game is not a platform game…..I’m pretty sure platform based movement was part of the game since they announced jumping would be involved. I’ll admit I wasn’t crazy about the notion and I’m often frustrated due to my lack of twitch skill and coordination, but I do find it rather satisfying when I finally DO complete a JP or reach a difficult VISTA. It IS part of the game….period.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

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Cannot end Transform skills prematurely

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I’m pretty sure ESC works as well, but I’d have to try it (I know it drops me out of DAGGER STORM).

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Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

PvP Achievement rewards soulbound?

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If an item allready is in your locker you may not be able to store it and make it ‘soulbound on acquire’.

While you may not be aware it’s already in your locker and you are unsure WHY you can’t store it (thus confusing), you can simply destroy it as it has no other use (when you realize you already have the item in PvP locker). Note that this is highly confusing to non-PvP players (but still nice to get PvP armor options for free).

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Got Ruined Logs with Chop-It-All Axe

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I think this also has some bearing on if you are actually IN combat mode or not when you start harvesting a node. I could be wrong, but I have never had any problems of ruined items when running up to node (not in combat mode), starting to harvest and then being ganked by many hits while harvesting. Note that effect based hits can knock you out of the harvesting and you will then be in combat mode.

I have no true evidence that this is fact, just my personal experiences (but I have never paid much attention to EXACTLY when I get hit during this process, so I could just be very lucky).

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

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Zenith Item Issues [merged]

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Just as a side note, I got my first Zenith skin last night and didn’t see anything odd except for the fact that you had to double click the skin you wanted (rather than simply select it) before the ACCEPT button would become active so you could finalize the selection. To be honest this should make it MORE difficult to select the wrong skin and it is also possible that this was an stealth change with yesterdays patch…..have no way of knowing how the selection process worked previously.

BTW, selected Great Sword skin and got GS skin….

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Forced Character Name Change?

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Ellis – your claim that you mean it be “suitcase nuke” is not supported by your reference to the South Park episode (that basically changed the old meaning to a new (hilariously) offensive meaning). Your attempt at playing innocent is not fooling anyone and that is what was meant by you “lying”. A more accurate term would have been “intentionally misleading”, but they both mean the same thing.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Another Client has connected?

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You need to check our account security at this website and make sure an IP address you do not recognize has been authorized (and remove it if it has). Then change the password to something 10 characters or longer.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Getting nervous about buying gems

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The only issue that I’m aware of that will likely result in an absolute account shutdown with potentially no recourse to reopen is if you reverse or deny payment of a legit CC charge….that requires an ACTIVE action on part of the CC holder. Any other “mistakes” would certainly be actionable and have other recourse to be reinstated.

I think a lot of this paranoia is due to ANet’s poor choice of wording and harsh stances presented in the automated emails being send out from ticket submissions on such issues. I think there has been enough of a stink raised over some recent account banning for other reasons that hopefully this policy will be altered (at least, the wording of some of the email response should be changed to something that is just a tad less rude and absolute).

I have no idea how a legitimately purchased legal Gem Card could result in an account issue and if there are claims out there that they have, I suspect there are other “shady” aspects of the purchase that the claimant is not revealing and that ANet would NEVER make public.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

e-Mail from "ArenaNet?" Please read! [merged]

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Guild Wars Account Will Be Shut Down Inform

This alone should tell you it’s not legit….

This IS an indication that a hacker knows your log in email address, so you might consider changing the email on your account. If you responded in any way, they now know it’s a legit log in name. From that info, they can attempt to burte force your password, so I suggest changing that immediately (and make it at LEAST 10 characters long).

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

unfair account termination while buying gems

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Yeah, company bean counters do not usually “forgive” CC charge disputes so you are likely out of luck on this one. I’ve seen posts from Gailie that state there are only a few CUT THE CORD actions a player can perform and disputing a CC charge is one of them.

I’d be more worried about your “friends” CC …. CC fraud is a felony and your name is on the account.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Mobile Authenticator

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While it’s not impossible to get hacked with it enabled, the hacker would have to gain access to your phone and GW2 web account to get around it. Not saying some super-hacker couldn’t figure out a way, but if the NSA wants into you GW2 account, they will likely be able to swing it.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Chinese tried to log into my account?

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Ok this happened to me and I am PANICKING I DONT WANT NNO ONE HACKING ME! someone please tell me something reassuring cause im FREAKING out!

edit: I changed credentials BUT STILL SO NERVOUS!

Do you have IP authentication or the mobile authentication turned on? If not, do so and quit freaking out.

Passwords can be force guessed quite easily these days and if your email address / user has been used on other websites, that’s 50% of a hackers job done. Keep in mind that a modern website’s DB is going to encrypt passwords (and more recently CC #s on file) with a private key would take THOUNSANDS of years to hack. However, your user name, email address and lots of other info is more likely stored in string fields that are easily gathered and sold to hackers. Also, that password you used on that QUAKE 2 message board in the early 90s WAS likely stored in plain text beside that same gamer handle you have been using for 20 years.

If your password is 8 characters, it takes a modern PC system less than 24 hours to guess it (that includes upper, lower, numbers and symbols). A 10 character password takes between 5 and 6 years. A 12 character one can take hundreds of years.

Don’t use 8 character or less passwords….EVAR!

Check it out if you don’t believe me: https://howsecureismypassword.net/

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

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Zenith Item Issues [merged]

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Brother Grimm.5176

Beyond a mistake issue there seem to be a lot of people reporting “I picked A skin and got B skin”.

Either there is actually a not well understood yet bug when selecting he skin, or there are lots of players making “mistakes” due to mechanics of the selection process itself.

It will be interesting to see how ANet handles and/or responds to this issue.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

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Stop the Cheating and Match Fixing in Races!

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@OP – why not just wait a week or so and this “cheating” as you call it will die down as most that want the achievement will already have it. Getting POed over this is just laughable…grow up.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

WP while falling = teleport, then return

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I think Fox is trying to say that they teleport, then it ports them right back to where they ported anyways and they die.

Can’t say I have had that happen to me, then again I usually either just let myself fall or force the game to close before I hit the ground and I log back in alive where I would have died.

Hmm…..I’ll have to try that just to save me some Silver.

I think they should have an achievement for most damage taken from a fall…. (call it OUCH!)

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Anyone got 52 crystals? Edit: All found!

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I refuse to look at a guide unless I just get stuck near the end of the month below the 40 needed. I would certainly think an Achievement for obtaining all 52 would be in order as well.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Total disappointment over this update

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There seems to be some actual issue with any type of fast movement skill (jumping, charging, etc.) and connection latency (this may NOT be directly related to your average ping but more to internet “hops”…that will of course effect the actual latency during a particular skill activation and resulting client/server synchronization).

My main question to those that are having these issues is what home server are you using? If you are in HK using a UK based server, are you not inviting connection latency issues? I get that in an ideal situation you should be able to pick whatever world server you want, but in the real world, data does take some time to move back and forth. Also, I am in no way aware of what server availability ANet has provided for these customers, so I understand that could certainly be the root of why a world server based halfway around the world is being used.

A player could have a OC-48 connection to the internet and if his path to the sever he is playing on goes thur a several dozen routers (that potentially could be throttling bandwidth) with an actual physical path of thousands of miles, he’s going to get latency. Your connection speed to the internet is only one of many factors involved in where latency would possibly be introduced during a play session. Does a faster connection help? It certainly could, but it’s not the only factor.

It has nothing to do with your connection. I live in us and have perfectly clear internet yet i have same problems like you.

Just out of curiosity, what world server are you playing on and is it US based or possibly very high population? I think a lot of these complaints (not saying they aren’t valid) don’t take the answer to this question into account.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

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Thanks for the free achievement points

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Brother Grimm.5176

It’s simply loyalty to customers (with a side of “if you want the extras, go buy GW1 and play it”…still possible). It’s brilliant on several levels for ANet. Yeah, I get the sour grapes attitude of non-GW1 players, but some of the angst being vented in this thread is hard to believe.

Some players put WAY too much importance on an AP score (tho, in light of the recent rewards, I agree that the importance HAS been increased).

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

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Can't access Sactum Sprint

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You need to say you are ready to go at the first dialog or you will be sent into a PvP match. This seems to be a pretty consistent but and I’m sure they will eventually fix it.

For those that get sent into a match by mistake, quit to character select and then reload character and you should be back at the racing start NPC. (I’m sure this must bugger some PvP matches in some way but I’m not familiar enough with PvP to say how).

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

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How I fixed my FPS Issues

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Brother Grimm.5176

Wow….the things I read in this forum…..

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Obsidian Sanctum again?

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Brother Grimm.5176

What he said, Pvp’ers are forced to PvE when they want something for that particular content. So if you have to take your time to get one achievement which isn’t even needed for the big overall meta achievement, then don’t do it.

The difference is, nobody in PvE actively tries to deny you the content.

I agree nobody is forcing anyone to obtain a particular achievement, but you have to agree that doing something boring is more achievable than being actively denied access to the content. No doubt there are ways around this, but the argument that these issues are the “same” is laughable.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

This was a bad idea

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Is it just me or are there locations that leave you stranded without crystals to get the aspect skills after you fight a spawn? I died several times trying to jump BACK to aspect crystals to continue moving forward after fighting.

1) is there a way to regain your previous aspect skills after dropping them to fight?
2) Are there actually locations that do not supply aspect nodes and allow you to be stranded (so your only option at those locations is to ignore the fighting and continue with the path)? If so, that might need to be fixed.

I only played for about half an hour this morning, so I could be missing aspect nodes under my nose (tho I was not the only one looking for a way off that platform after killing the Champion), but if there are locations like that, they need to be fixed (either don’t spawn enemies there, or make sure the node is readily available).

ON TOPIC: I’m not a big fan of JP either, but this a bit different and while I find it frustrating during the learning curve (the main reason I think some HATE JPs), it does present some level of challenge that may grow on me.

I think ANet has to mix up these content updates or risk them all being too similar. I don’t think anyone can deny that the visual content presented here is superb.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

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Soft planks vs others

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Tier 2 materials are available in more areas of the game and are easy to farm at any level beyond 15. While, T2 ore is used to craft both T2 & T3, T2 wood is only used in T2 crafting. Thus, less places used up but still the largest potential source of raw wood. Result was a glut of T2 wood so Anet fixed it on the refinement side (I guess it kind of makes sense that softer wood requires more material to make the same refined product)?

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

crafting = not fun at all

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Only the cooking craft could ever actually be considered to be “fun”.

Also, the myriad of crafting guides out there that most people follow stomp any potential fun out of crafting in general.

I’m not sure the crafting system was ever designed to be “fun” anyway. The ability to obtain and craft a variety of skins, would extend it’s usefulness a bit, but I’m not sure it would make it “fun”.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances

Legendary weapon? why?

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the damage (like fire) is purely cosmetic

I think that’s inaccurate. The weapon does fire based damage instead of physical (but plenty of other weapons can do that…not just legendary ones). The Legacy sword skin is an example.

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances