Guild Wars 2

That Other Guy.7351:

If they would stop putting all their eggs in one basket we wouldn’t have GW2 go down every time someone decides to DDoS Wildstar -_- Also if they could actually use some of that GW2 money to fund feature development on the game that’s earning it instead of siphoning it off to pay for other games that would be super.

You have no idea of the costs you are asking (multiple data centers….for a game?) nor how funds are distributed (I doubt Anet ever got a dime from NCsoft anyway).

I will agree that there is SOMETHING going on with routing to Anet Servers from EU as a number of members of my Guild connecting from the EU are having major disconnect issues at times. However, ALL of them (about 10) report that the problems ONLY happen during local peak hours and that they are currently in “discussions” with their ISPs about potential “throttling” and routing issues during these hours.

All of the above is second hand hearsay (but they have no reason to lie to me as I am attempting to assist them).

Might I suggest trying to run GW2 -repair option?

Maybe you have some corruption in the DAT file that is causing this graphics isssue?

Find the -repair command line of this page for details: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Command_line_arguments

Top of that pages describes how to run the repair.

Chris Cleary.8017:

A fix is currently being prepared for this issue.

While the behavior (design) of this event was acceptable in the past, changes in the game over time have created an environment around this event that has become increasingly toxic (for the community) due to unintended use/change of mechanics.

Players should not feel that they are in the wrong for completing an event (or event chain), and that is what is happening with this event. The respawn timer for this event will be significantly increased.

Good solution. Thank you for the feedback.

Blix farm showed us that there is a big ammount of ppl that wants Fg farm back. Else Blix farm wouldnt have an impact like this.
Iam not a fan of doing the same thing over and over and over again 8 hours the day thats why i gave up on farming for a fractal bow.
Anet just took something from the community and the community is looking for alternatives.

Oh come on….it’s shows that human nature is greedy and lazy wanting to gravitate the latest way to earn the most for the least amount of work. Making this situation seem like some Nobel Prize winning effort in ingenuity and cooperation is laughable.

Players WANTING massive “Monty Haul” sources in the does not override the potential harm to the game such sources can cause. Anet MUST put the needs of the game over the desires of a segment of the player base.

(BTW, my comments are on some of the general posts I saw above, not specifically the one I quoted….not pointing all that a Dreamer.1952).

My thoughts on this. If at ALL possible, Anet should look into what it would take to make the PLAYER layer of the map (the blue dots of your party, Commander Tags, etc.) be a lower priority than POIs VISTAS and WP on both Map and Mini Map as they DO often cause an issue where you have to change the zoom of your map to select them for Chat display or use (and sometimes that doesn’t even work if the Commander is right on top of the PoI). What I mean is that the PoI (and the ability to select it) shows ON TOP of the Tags and player dots (rather than visa versa like now).

Just a suggestion for improvement as I can see the OPs suggestion being a case for this being toggled off and the player forgetting about it and THAT causing issues.

Protoavis.9107:

You are aware that the t5 and t6 price hike of recent directly relates to the MF change (increasing the variance of results to include sub lvl 80 exotics, increasing the cost of every MF since the few exotics returned now offset the initial cost far less) which also resulted in the doubling on precursor prices right? (ie the minimal chance of the precursor combined with the now significantly reduced potential returns caused by the MF change…think about that for awhile and what would happen if flushing mats down the toilet for a miniscule chance of a precursor wasn’t pretty much the required method for generating precursors…) There’s a bigger picture you’ve not bothered to look at. At current estimates by folk who do mass MF…each precursor is requiring many thousands of t5 mats rather than the stack or two you seem scared of……

I’m not scared….I’m incensed at your attitude that wrecking the T5 and T6 market FURTHER is justified if you can get another method to obtain a Precursor.

Again….utter contempt.

nexxe.7081:

Yes, optional. What are players left to do then? If their main form of content updates is always optional, that leaves them with nothing to do. Re-read what i just wrote and comprehend it.

Nice sideways insult there….If you have never played a game that REQUIRES you to repetitively do the same thing over and over until you EARN (either equipment or some currency, etc.) your passage to the next “Tier”, you have no idea what MANDATORY “grind” is. Anet does not have that at all… Convincing yourself that you need to do actions over and over to reach a goal you CHOSE to pursue is “grind” of your own making.

ALL MMO are going to have “grindy” aspects in them (they must to keep players in the game), but there is a difference between it being REQUIRED and OPTIONAL. Complaining that there is OPTIONAL “grind” in an MMO is like complaining that your flight to New York isn’t touching the ground.

Maybe maybe instead of attacking people who actually care enough about the game to tell the developers what needs to happen to put the game back on track, you could be more contructive and actually join in with your own list of things the game needs improvement on as well as your own call for more communication. (Directed at Brother Grimm)

I wasn’t attacking anyone, but pointing out the flaw and major exaggeration in an idea a person was posting. Sorry if it pushed your buttons but if you call what is going on around here “caring about the game”, I’d hate to see your idea of a lynching….

Azure The Heartless.3261:

Faux.1937:

Anet, gw2 is not your child, You might have given birth to it, But you gave it to US the Players, You may be its biological parents, but we feed it, raised it, gave it life and happiness.

Kinddaa sounding pretentious there.

I was thinking of some other words, but I’ve been infracted enough already…

To be honest, I think the OPs “rant” is a very good example of the toxic mindset that permeates much of this Forum….

They just rotated nearly every one of these thru the gem store back in May – June. May be a bit of a wait for them to do it again.

Filaha.1678:

So… no evidence, just the same assertions and poisoning the well?

Gotcha. Well, obviously no point in asking you for evidence yet again, so I’ll leave it there.

Per previous, neither of us can provide evidence but the issue is YOUR side is the one that needs to PROVE it’s NEEDED for Anet to add it….good luck.

Thanks for the vendor info as I was unaware they had added all of those items to be obtained outside of the LS rewards….

How many HOURS are you actually in Karma earning mode for that 210K / month?

It does take TIME to earn karma now.

I’m not sure I’ve seen a more skewed and unrealistic view of this game from the eyes of a player as the OPs post. I would call it “entitled”, but it seems the OP actually BELIEVES the imaginary foundation he has built his “disappointment” on.

THINKING the game is not Anet’s does not make it so….it just leads to…well, disappointment.

Jahroots.6791:

….. In the year and some that I’ve been playing they have taken far more from us than they have given.

I think if you go look at ALL the balance updates as a whole, you will not be able to support this statement across the board. If you are looking at it from the perspective of one or two classes in respect to a specific game-play mode, it may appear like “everything is a nerf”. To be honest, your view of the game from a Dungeon player perspective is (per your own word) a small nitch of the game itself.

Navi.7142:

They just don’t want to.
If they would, they would do it.
Simple.

(not jumping on the communication and respect issue, but as you said it is a two way thing and, hell, have they been presumptuous towards the community as well)

I think it’s fair to say SOMEONE at Anet doesn’t want their future plans laid out for community scrutiny. Lumping every employee into that decision role is quite unfair. Whether you (as an Anet employee) like the decision or not you follow it or are no longer an Anet employee.

BTW, they ARE releasing info on their plans and what they have been doing…..just not in these forums. As I’ve stated before, who WOULD want to dive into a mob of pitchforks and torches?

Per above points, your AC charger could be in some way faulty. This will be difficult to diagnose without a known good AC charger.

Apple systems have the magnetic AC connection (to prevent the “breaking” I described earlier). This contact system can get dirty or corroded (this is not always visibly apparent) and not conduct well….causing charging issues. Clean contact surfaces with rubbing alcohol (obviously when turned off and not plugged in).

Gerby.6219:

Too much to ask for one red post in this thread?

You’ve got to be kidding….

The “riot” poses NO threat and letting it die is the best course of action. Posting here would just stir up a now smoldering fire. They have NOTHING to gain by saying anything official.

I watched the Woodenpotatoes video and it nicely sums up what is actually going on here. The idea that the sparse comments in that interview implied SAB would never come back is laughable….they just said it didn’t fit in with the current release flow.

Your friend is mistaken (or pulling your leg). Note that the Trait system changed rather drastically back in April 2014.

Trait tiers are opened up as follows:
Adept – LVL 30
Master – LVL 60
Grandmaster – LVL 80

Trait points are awarded as follows:
1 @ 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60 = 6
2 @ 66, 72, 78, 80 = 8
Total of 14.

Obtaining the actual assignable Traits was heavily modified. You can buy them (for gold and skillpoints), or earn them from doing various tasks in the game. Previously , you got all the available Traits as soon as you opened that tier.

Full details here: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Trait

Maybe if you try to convince Support that you are the Pope?

pigdog.9215:

We are the players still investing our time but we demand communication.

At some point, even a child realizes making demands without an leverage is not going to yield the desired results…..

tigirius.9014:

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3. Adding a long drawn out grind to everything.

Above comment negates all reasonable expectation of anything else in this post. Poster has NO IDEA what grind in a MMO CAN BE. GW2 has minimal grind and it is ALL optional. NOTHING that requires any grinding is needed to complete game content.

I’m pretty sure they merged them into previously existing threads on the same issues (tho the ones about protests DO violate the Forum rules, so those could have been deleted….but from what I see they were just moved and merged). BTW, commenting on Moderator activities also violates the forum rules….

75% of what pops on this forum is NOT criticism, but a virtual lynch mob….

While 100% against any type of challenge or duel system in Open World proper, I have no problem with specific arena type areas adjacent or within controlled areas of open world zones.

The Bane in the Black Citadel comes to mind.

I have no doubts I can get 10 sets of items for 10 characters….that’s not the question.

The question is can I get X sets from the same character replaying the episodes X times?

If a player has one character at 80 and doesn’t want to make the Backpiece now, can they destroy the items and go back and get a set later (with the same character that already got them)?

….just to repeat my objections….it’s still an Outfit.

Filaha.1678:

Brother Grimm.5176:

This fact makes OUR point….

Unless your point is that the current TP system is not as secure and idiot-proof as it could be, I don’t see how that makes your point.

My point is that the TP could certainly use improvements but one of them is NOT adding another complex system to the game that would ABSOLUTELY increase the number of support tickets WHILE potentially taking away a vital economic need in an MMO (gold sink). Anyone with a lick of sense would see that adding ANOTHER trade system to the current game can’t do anything but increase the number of trade related tickets…..your argument that there would be LESS tickets is laughable (and everything Anet has stated on this subject agrees with my assessment of these “numbers”).

I guess I should have added a smiley (or winky) as I was mostly kidding….

Depends on what you want (or are satisfied with) in terms of your Magic Find.

If you are doing everything you can to boost MF (I’d say every player should be doing this until MF is +100 or so), salvage it.

If you are in pursuit of pure gold, then sell them. However, NEVER sell to the lowest Buy order and be careful matching the highest sell order. Never sell any item without looking at the Buy order list first. Looking at the recent average buy orders on a 3rd party site is not a bad idea if the BUY / SELL order spread is large, is not a bad idea.

Going thru all of them for pricing on the TP (or GW2spidy) can pay off in the long run (sell those that are worth X silver, for example), but is a bit tedious and time consuming.

Protoavis.9107:

Comprehension fail, well done. Re-read what was said because the conclusion you reached is far away from what was said.

I re-read it and I still get the fact that you don’t seem to CARE what effect your request would have on the entire player base. The fact that the materials CAN be farmed in no way mitigates the fact that there would be a DRASTIC spike in Mat prices and a nearly guaranteed long term increase from the current equilibrium prices. You seem to think the entire focus is on YOU or others that want a Precursor would be able to get the materials one way or another and kitten the rest of the game…

….thus my contempt.

Azrael.4960:

Wiki is your friend

Plenty of players appear to have not met Mr. Wiki yet….

How are you defining gem store items as not “obtainable”? There are options to “pulling out your credit card” to “obtain” them. Your disappointment is something you are entitled to, but don’t misrepresent the facts with your skewed viewpoint of the situation.

This “feature” would totally change the entire current Open World environment and I seriously doubt Anet wants that nor is willing to risk the fallout that would follow. Not gonna happen.

I agree the fact that you can’t log into the game but can post here is a puzzle…..

I’m sure Support will be able to help you out.

I have not found the above claim of what Orr enemies can drop to be accurate (but I just may be unlucky). There are some standard skins they can drop and then the Orr items, but there are some that can only be obtained as drops in specific areas (from my experience).

CERTAINLY do the research on how you can get skins before spending Karma due to it being more difficult to obtain these days. Keep in mind that the wiki data is supplied by players, not Anet, so the accuracy can be “questionable”….just a heads up.

locoman.1974:

Esplen.3940:

Destroy them. If you want them later, you can repeat the story on the same character (or other characters).

Do you get them again if you destroy them?

I was saving them in the bank because I might do it in the future if foxfire clusters go down in price, just so I have something to do with all that excess bloodstone dust, but if I can get it back I’d rather have the bank space.

I’d be hesitant to do the destroy on another players word on these forums (no slight intended). Might want to hold onto them until either a Red post confirms this (or someone links to a red post that says you can get them again with the same character) or a player posts that has done the following:

1. Obtained all the pieces.
2. Destroyed them (or potentially turned them into a Back item).
3. Redone all the LS2 episodes and gotten the items a 2nd time.

I wouldn’t have any issue with keeping them in the bank for all my alts if they stacked….but the raw items don’t. I’ll likely Destroy at some point soon (despite above info being good or bad).

Are you stating a particular Server has been stuck for 7 weeks or are you implying EVERY server in Silver has had the same color for 7 weeks? I’m assuming you MUST be in EU as my server has changed several times and we are Silver NA (Yak’s Bend).

I’m going to go out on a limb and call you out for exaggerating the actual situation (tho it can certainly be frustrating to remain the same color for even 2 weeks).

Note that there is at least ONE PoI that does not show up on the map (or the map count) but is needed……The Order of Whispers instance in Bloodtide Coast.

Neither Dry Top nor Southsun Cove contribute any numbers to the needed list nor effect the overall count (nor the Explorer Achievements for their areas or totals).

Just to add to the debate….if an when (and I think the time is drawing near) that Precursor crafting is released (yeah, I could be delusional), keep in mind it will likely be done by releasing an entirely NEW set of Legendary Weapons (I think this is one of the reasons for the delay….they cannot upset the current Precuror/Legendary markets (directly)).

A new set of Legendary Weapons present the following possiblities:

1. Weapons may be desirable visually and thus become “the flavor of the month” items. This means whatever is required to obtain the new ones will have huge demand and will likely reduce demand for the old items….including the older Precursors (at least for a limited time). This will likely result in a sharp drop in current Precursor prices on the TP (likely to happen mere moments after any news of the new Legendary Weapons leaks).
2. If the new Legendary Weapons are similarly forged, then all Mats associated with making them will also rise in price.

Pure speculation above.

SkiTz.4590:

I can’t believe people actual defend anet’s communication and PR agenda lol… so many white knights here that think anet can literally do no wrong and everything they have done is perfect, without fault.

I in no way think they are perfect and without fault….the do lots of things I think are questionable, but I do realize this is THEIR game, not mine. I have purchased a license to play it.

Sure it would be nice to hear a bit more about what is going on behind the scenes, but the virtual lynch mob in this thread is exactly WHY they choose not to and as a reasonable, logical adult, I understand this choice completely.

Harny.6012:

If this is a routing problem somewhere in between, how is it possible we can chat with each other?
I don’t think their chat servers are handled by a different ISP in different location so different route would be used.

If you mean posting to this server, it’s VERY possible for an ISP to block (or throttle / incorrectly route) one type of data and pass another TO THE SAME EXACT IP ADDRESS.

Serbianwolf.1652:

I was just wondering why is this feature still not implemented after 2 years? Cmon people, its essential thing!

1. It was never intended to BE a feature, so it’s not GOING to be implemented….EVER.
2. It is NOT “essential thing” as the game is in no way suffering because it’s not there (the definition of “essential”).
3. see PvP or WvW for a currently existing solution to “dueling”.
4. …even tho 1v1 dueling is not currently nor ever will something the game is balanced for….and thus is pointless.

Sorry to waste your time trying to help. Good luck to you all.

You guys do realize how this may just make them NEVER bring it back. If they cave to this kind of “pressure” (not that it in any way matters to Anet), it sets a precedence they likely don’t want to make….

Just clean up the mess a week from now when this dies down and I’ll be sure to wave as I pass thru Rata Sum….good luck.

Charak.9761:

I think its funny they had time to make a long quest chain for an ascended backpiece in this LS that could of worked just as well with precursors.

When it turns out the current back piece quest line is a test run for Precursor Crafting, your statement will be highly ironic…

Everyone of the OPs issue have been blown entirely out of proportion by this toxic community (mostly in THIS particular forum). Can’t believe the OP didn’t mention Mounts and Prestige armor for PvE players…..

Serbianwolf.1652:

If developers don’t take any action with this, I can see private servers poping up xD

Regardless, SAB is awesome! PLEASEE bring it back ><

This game has no endgame content at all :C

1) Good luck with private server of an MMO.
2) SAB is awesome in your opinion….I think it’s a rather lame attempt to carter to the nostalgia of an era of video games that is far to over-hyped (my opinion). I don’t have an issue with SAB as long as it doesn’t take away from the ACTUAL GW2 game development being delayed.
3) Beyond the argument that there IS end game content in GW2, how is SAB in any way end game content? It’s available from a starter city and playable by ANY character level. If you meant to say “challenging content” rather than “end game content”, I can understand your point (but there is also challenging content in the actual game).

It definitely sounds to be related to some issue with the graphics card / driver (but that could just be the failure symptom of an actual hardware failure of some sort). Here are some suggestions to help pin it down.

• Reseat your video card. An intermittent connection on the PCIE-16 slot could cause strange behavior. While you are at it VERIFY that you are plugged into the primary PCIE 16 video slot (most MBs have 2 and it’s usually the one closest to the center of the MB).
• Check your Event Log (especially after the system fails and is able to recover). The recorded error / warning may provide some insight into what is causing the driver to fail (or how it was able to recover my give valuable data).
• Check for a GW2 crash log. I’m unsure of the details, but the wiki should provide them (or someone will post them after this). Often that will point to something with GW2 that may be addressable.
• Try to repair your GW2 client / data file. (see link below and find the -repair option)
  http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Command_line_arguments

Hope one of these helps and good luck.

Unfortunately, most laptops do NOT have a seperate AC input board, but the input is soldered to the main motherboard. If the AC plug gets struck while plugged in (as in dropped, knocked against a surface behind the laptop, etc.) the solder joints can become cracked or damaged and no longer make reliable contact. This likely often results in the entire motherboard to require replacement (very few repair shops can repair a cracked surface mount solder joint….assuming the pad on the PCB had not been damaged beyond repair).

TLDR: Your AC input plug may be broken (or intermittent) and that often requires significant repair costs (possibly a motherboard replacement to fix).

NOTE: I have a decade of laptop repair experience, so I’m just adding my educated guess….it could be a laptop / OS setting issue or a bad battery.

BTW, newer laptops CAN have circuitry that allows for battery use while the AC is plugged in but it does not have anything to do with PSU efficiency, but battery life. This is usually only found in laptops that have INTERNAL batteries (no removable battery pack). This usually only kicks in if the system is run for extended periods of time on the AC adaptor (in order to exercise the battery so it does not sit charged for long periods without any load…..this is BAD for any battery system). Note that this should NEVER result in the battery being completely drained (or even dropping below about 80% charge). If that is the problem, the internal battery circuit is not functioning properly.

Manasa Devi.7958:

Blame the mods for merging threads. I posted in another 7:11:3:191:101 thread that was about recurring disconnects while playing, instead of character lock-outs at certain zones. All those posts are in this thread now.

Did not consider that when I posted, so sorry if my post implied posters doing something wrong. Actually did not intend to assign “fault”, just stating that there are likely dozens of failure causes that can generate this particular error. The error is important, but does not automatically mean everyone that gets it is failing because of the same “defect”.

I think a lot of this depends on why (and how) the account was “closed”. If it in any way relates to a CC charge cancellation, chargeback or refund that account may not be recoverable (but if you are in fact posting from it’s login, I don’t see how that is the case…or that is even closed at all).

In either case, Support is going to have to clear this up for you and good luck.

Lady Deedra.3126:

Brother Grimm.5176:

Lady Deedra.3126:

There is a few people who can control the precursor market. It is already being done.

Proof or keep shining your hat…..

Your funny. I can personally control 5 of the precursor markets myself. The proof is in my guild bank. If I really want to get nuts with it I can buy every pre on the TP and control it all. Proof is in the amount o gold I have.

I note you removed your “claim” to being able to personally control 5 precursor markets….but it was quoted so let’s take a look at that claim.

Having enough money to buy all of any particular Precursor on the TP does not mean you can control it. You MAY be able to temporarily manipulate the price, but without 100% ownership of the SUPPLY, there is no control.

BTW, I would LOVE to see you try that “buy it all” strategy above, but I think we both know that would be a very high potential for economic disaster. Which means even attempting to manipulate those highly volatile markets is unlikely to be profitable.