Guild Wars 2

Thaddeus.4891:

Why ppl ask for refund when Anet give them something? I don’t get it.

Ignorance and greed are the answers for many of life’s little questions.

Beldin.5498:

…… NO 1 1 1 1 1 .. since my god .. have you leet players still not learned that there is actually an auto-attack ?

I was going to add that comment, but figured his keyboard needs to continue to be abused for no good reason just for the L33T attitude….

Ok, I see the issue with your math….you are counting the Character slot costs as you are talking about a NEW character and I am talking about upgrading an existing one. Obviously doubling the cost of a bag and getting a 17% increase in storage is NOT economical…..(but I’ll likely do it as an “upgrade project” for main storage bags on my toons anyway).

Smooth Penguin.5294:

I think your problem is that you’re using a non-PC rig to play GW2 on. You need to upgrade to a Windows based computer.

While that is a funny running joke (that I considered posting myself), it’s not very helpful.

Not familiar with the Mac Client so I don’t know if has the REMEMBER USER and REMEMBER PASSWORD checkboxes, but those settings have causes issues with certain systems in the past. Try this:

• Uncheck both boxes
• Clear the fields and type in the credentials manually
• Make SURE you use your GW2 associated email address in the account field (NOT your display name).

If this gets you into the game, you can then recheck boxes when you log in later. Beyond that, you will likely need to submit a support ticket.

BTW, if you can log in here then your account is not lost.

This is often also an issue with running GW2 as a non-administrator user (so I’ve heard). Try starting the game as administrator (right click on Icon and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR….will need admin credentials) or make your user an administrator (not recommended for security reasons).

As I mentioned previously, this CAN be fixed by players, but requires that EVERY player exit the Queensdale zone (on your server, obviously) at some point. This can be a difficult thing to try and organize since this is likely the most popular Champ Train zone (besides maybe Forstgorge Sound) and most popular starting zone for new players.

Good luck trying to get everyone to leave but that should correct the broken events as the zone will rebuild when the first player enters the empty zone.

I got credit for Sharkmaw but NOT Urmaug’s. Did not attempt Troll’s End.

Just to add some data input to this issue. I DID get my Monthly last night after completing Champion Slayer and previously completed Daily Achiever (got rewards Chest and 10 Laurels). I also completed Jumping Puzzle (12 of 12) this morning and go the Achievement and points, but the Monthly still says 2 of 2 (even tho I have 3 completed).

Not sure what any of this means, but just wanted to share data.

Not to be mean, but you should not post FUD…. Heartbleed could not effect the BLTP in any way. The bug you are talking about has nothing to do with this issue, so quit spreading this unfounded rumor (PLEASE).

That has NOTHING to do with this bug (Heartbleed itself could not effect the server). This exploit in no way inhibits how a website works or does not work and a hacker would not be likely to use this to try and gain control of the server (even if that WAS technically possible). It only EXTRACTS data from the servers memory (not changes it or alters it in any way).

BTW on the MAC issue, Apple put out statement today that it’s systems are “TOTALLY IMMUNE” to this bug…..Obviously the statement meant that nothing in OSX or other Apple OSs have OpenSSL code used, but the main statement implies to Apple users that there is nothing to fear at all and that is just absolutely untrue.

Blude.6812:

3/4’s, 2/3rds many respected/established news sources are in conflict with your #s.
I think I’ll go with them.
e.g.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2599896/Security-alert-web-traffic-encryption-heartbleed-bug-discovered-leaving-two-thirds-web-traffic-exposed-hackers.html

PS. Thanks for the info link Brother Grimm.

The press in general always over hypes and dramatizes every event and are 10x worse on ones they realize no layman could actually understand if they were smart enough to even try and explain it. If you haven’t noticed, Facts and Truth are not very important to the media any longer.

BTW, you seriously used the word “respected” and then linked the Daily Mail? I sure hope that was an attempt at humor (because I shot water out my nose).

Are you seriously going to swap trinkets (via storage) each time you decide to play a new character? Good luck with that…..

Magnus Steelgrave.6580:

Keep in mind that they also said they wanted not to ruin the current precursor market so one can really assume that crafting them will be quite pricey

And / or be completely different Precursors….

Getting kicked in an instance should down you and you have to click a respawn dialog to exit the instance. This would allow for reporting (and ranting / threatening…not sure if that is desirable or can be blocked) before you left the map.

Do a screen cap before you enter the instance (when everyone reports ‘1’). That way you have all the party names in the image to report them later.

Not your birthday, but when your character reaches one year…… type /age in chat.

Interesting. At the very least there needs to be a sticky in that folder explaining why you can’t start a new topic and/or how you submit a suggestion…..

Sorry for sounding snippy, I had no idea the Suggestion forum was blocking new topics.

EDIT: OH…..that forum has been Archived (which explains why it’s locked for new posts). Why and how you submit a suggestion is still not clear.

Anet response to this concern in this thread:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/Heart-Bleed-bug/first#post3880509

Everything that exchanges user data is IIS front end, so no chance of account data being compromised.

Thanks very much for the confirmation.

What they are changing does NOT make them a total waste…..you can still have them equipped (like you do now) on 2 different characters at the same time. What hey are adding would allow you to loan/give them to another character without having to buy them for that character.

Trying to convince anyone that you don’t need 2 sets of Zerker Trinkets in this game is going to be a tough sell…..but feel free to submit a ticket after the patch goes live and see what support replies with.

I tend to think the time to “get rich” on this issue was for about 2 hours several weeks ago. Everyone else with plans to capitalize on this one will end up eating a lot of UIDs. (Unless you are going for Bifrost….as I can’t see this not significantly lowering the material costs to forge it).

I also want a view of the chaos that will follow if the UIDs are account bound….the wailing and gnashing of teeth will be a glorious sound!

Im Mudbone.1437:

….. get rid of the gem store too.

How do you think they pay the light bill to keep the servers on so you CAN play the game? Charity donations?

Some of things that are actually typed on these forums are simply unbelievable…..

And GW1 DOES have a gem store (in-game store) whether it is called that or not….and it ONLY uses RL money.

Axe is a viable weapon for a Ranger and certainly for a Warrior. Check some of the many GW2 build websites out there for specifics (or ask / look in the Ranger forum).

Character slots are 20% off right now so the Warrior option has a bit of an economic upside.

ICEing.9237:

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Any other rage or depression stories over the toilet?

Classic out of context quote right here…..

Crossaber.8934:

Kymswarden skin can be obtained from high lv personal story.

Seriously? I guess there is a reason to actually finish it then…thanks! I think that’s exactly where several of my characters left off (just after opening up Fort Trinity).

EDIT: Just looked this up and the reward for the personal story is STRONG HERO’S LONGSWORD OF FORCE and the LVL 72 and LVL 80 ones do have the same skin as Kymswarden AND have Zerker stats with a Superior Rune of Force (but are Masterwork stats). They are also soul bound on aquire, but I guess that won’t matter in a few days….it will unlock the skin.

Not sure I want to spend 3-4 gold on a skin (don’t want condition stats), but that is an option….thanks for the link.

Flissy.4093:

Lankybrit.4598:

I am having fun with Champion trains

Stop lying to yourself. Nobody finds champ train fun.

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Extensive gameplay! Meta action! Exponential fun!

So your why it takes an extra 15 seconds to kill those Champs? Thanks for sharing.

Just because some choose to leach rewards per above, does not mean others don’t actually put in an effort and actually enjoy the combat (lack of risk or challenge notwithstanding).

This is an example of the “culture” I try to avoid in game.

Drago Ivansen.5398:

Brother Grimm.5176:

(Am I having deja vu or has this poor equine been roughed up in here previously?)

Not unless you provide some links

I’d be happy to if the search feature worked, but it doesn’t and I KNOW I’ve seen at least 2 or 3 DOZEN other threads railing against 1c order bumps…..

…..we supposed to now categorize a new separate color system to satisfy one person?

You are aware that there are classifications of types of color blindness and it does not “effect” one person but a non-trivial percentage of the population, right? Your failure in this analogy proved the oppositions point.

Aidan Savage.2078:

Thala.2801:

DarcShriek.5829:

Back in January, a complete set of tools went on sale. The was reduced significantly, but you had to buy the entire set.

Great! That would fit my interests perfectly, so I’ll wait for another one of those. Thanks!

The harvest items are mostly a look item.

Completely disagree. They are a convenience item to never need to worry about gathering tools ever again.

I don’t give a rodent behind what the animation looks like…..

NOTICE: THIS REQUEST WILL BE CONSIDERED WHEN BL KEYS ARE NO LONGER BOUGHT BY PLAYERS IN THE GEM STORE….

…THAT IS ALL.

Beyond the numerous walls of text in this thread for or against the “punishment of the rich” issue around, where is ANY evidence that:

• This increase request is in ANY way needed to improve the game?
• How would this not be a negative for EVERY player that ever sells something on the TP?

Let’s be honest, this request has NOTHING to do with being “RICH” in GW2. It is direct attempt to “punish” (yes, I used the word) those that choose to “play the BLTP”. If Anet does not feel it necessary to put limit or stop his way of “playing the game”, then those that choose to be full time traders are doing nothing against the rules of the game that requires them to be “punished”.

I tend to think all this, “Kill all the TP fippers!!!!” mentality, comes from general angst about the Precursor status on the TP but this suggestion is like using a Bush Hog (huge lawn mower pulled behind a tractor for you city folk) to kill one weed. From the player perspective, the Precursor issue is “broken” as it is almost impossible for the causal player to obtain one. From the game perspective it is likely right where Anet wants as Legendary weapons really shouldn’t be in everyone’s inventory (but that’s just my opinion).

As a CTO I would think you understood the economics of this from a business point of view. As a player, you can wish for this, but I think if you look at the broader picture, you would agree it does not make economic sense to purse this kind of complete overhaul.

My understanding of how DX10 and DX11 works, your ENGINE has to built and/or be heavily modified to support it so that the major performance improvements are actually possible. Many of the games you speak of (if not all) use 3rd party engines that have had this modification done by the Engine developers, not the game developers. Anet is NOT in this boat, since their Engine is proprietary.

Also, many of the games you speak of are FPS and LIVE or DIE by their shinny “eye candy” so they have a (real or perceived) competitive reason to support the newer DXs that allow for some flashy new features. That is not the case with an MMO.

You may be right that “something has to change”, but performing this major surgery on an existing game that is currently (maybe not for long) making money, is NOT the only answer. While I’m sure Anet Devs want to do everything they can to improve the game experience we players have, NC Soft calls the shots on something like this and I don’t see them ponying up the resources involved at this point in GW2 life cycle.

Did she even get the automated email right after the ticket was submitted? If not, she is for some reason not getting (or blocking) the support emails. Certainly a compromised email account is possible (change the password on the email account immediately).

Thanks for that info.

Exactly what URL or address did you check? I’m guessing this website account server and the game login servers are separate servers (tho they likely both access the same DB). Also, the Trading Post servers use some form of HTTP to control data to and from the game UI, so that likely uses our log in credentials to connect and could be SSL based.

Completely forgot about dying weapons until that page…..sigh.

My favorite Greatswords are Cobalt (almost too flashy an animation) and Aureate Highlander (awesome looking “aged” weapon). Lionguard, Seraph and Krytan are all good, non-massive skins that are not difficult to obtain. I really want Kymswarden but it only comes out of the mystic flusher.

The other advantage is that you can use the Preview to mix & match pieces from different sets on your character to get the look you want, then go out and obtain just the parts you need for that look.

Just to add the Preview feature at your storage will let you look at ANY skin available in the game (not just the ones you’ve unlocked in your wardrobe).

Dansilent.6249:

But unfortunately there are no wars…

Sure there are (just not between Guilds…..) :P

Nice maths…..thanks!

I’ve always gone with the 15 slot bags, but I now have the gold & resources to upgrade to 18 slots.

It would be nice to hear the story of how this came to happen. I’m sure it’s a great “inside joke” tale at Anet.

One of the Devs should change the little hill that the Frostgorge Champ Troll spawns on to a pile of player skulls (in full helms).

Been playing since beta testing and I’ve done one story Dungeon.

Just not my cup of tea and I don’t particularly like the “culture”. Now that’s not to say I will never try it and learn to love it, but there is plenty going on elsewhere for me to enjoy at the moment. Knowing that the Dungeons are there and available is enough.

I’m not sure I would call 3 in 24 hours harassment, but like the person above said. Block and report the sender and move on.

Blude.6812:

3/4’s of web site use it—it has the potential of being a big problem, especially if they are not using perfect forward security. Does ANET use it??

That is a blatant exaggeration. Less than HALF the websites on the Internet even use ANY form of SSL (much less the OpenSSL code). Only Unix / Linux servers would use it (yes, those OSs are very prevalent as smaller web servers).

Testing I found this morning showed that less than 6 % of the top 10,000 websites on the internet are still exposed (tho you are right that those exposed sites should shut down until the issue is fixed).

The exploit can be blocked by turning off the heartbeat service (but that causes some potential long term issues with the site itself) and or blocking heartbeat requests via a firewall. The REAL fix is to update the OpenSSL code, recompile the site and then you have to revoke and install new security keys. None of that can fix any potential information already stolen and unfortunately, the attack leaves NO trace on the server, so nobody can be sure it hasn’t been used in the past (but keeping something like this under wraps for any length of time in the current internet security community would be nearly impossible).

sirsquishy.8531:

Brother Grimm.5176:

This will never happen for the simple reason that doing so would either FORCE everyone to update to a DX11 / DX12 capable hardware / OS combo (not going to happen) or they would have to release and maintain 2 different versions of the client. This pretty much doubles all maintenance and testing work, so this is not a likely scenario either.

No, they could just include 2 different engines for the game. DX9 for Legacy support, and DX* for whatever version they settle on. So they would not need 2 different clients for it to work. Just different included Graphical API’s.

Many games do this, Why Anet does not for GW2 is beyond me at this point. It has been proven time and time again that the single threaded API for DX9 is what holds this game back.

The different “graphical API” IS the majority of the GW2 client. I have no doubt that most if not all of the .DAT file would be the same, but the client WOULD be different code and would have to be tested separately. Also, I don’t think you or I are knowledgeable enough to say for sure WHAT content changes might be needed to support DX12. IF significant changes are required to the data file to support DX12 they would possibly need to support, supply and test multiple DAT files.

If other games were built from the ground up to support multiple DX versions (they MUST since their installer HAS to load different libraries at installation time) then that was a decision made in development, not something they added 2 years after release. Implying this is something that is easy to ADD to a game because other games were DEVELOPED that way is not being realistic.

Nobody is disputing that DX9 is a limiting factor in GW2. I’m just stating that the reality is that NOBODY is going to retool a 2 year old game for DX12. Asking for this is just silly.

BESIDES the work involved to develop a newer DX version client, this will never happen for the simple reason that doing so would either FORCE everyone to update to a DX11 / DX12 capable hardware / OS combo (not going to happen) or they would have to release and maintain 2 different versions of the client. This pretty much doubles all maintenance and testing work (not to mention the development work involved in the new Direct X version), so this is not a likely scenario either.

On the DX12 Win 8 issue, Microsoft will bring all guns to bear on forcing users to switch to Windows 8 from Windows 7 to avoid the current Windows XP situation in the future. If DX12 proves to be a “must have” for PC gaming, it’s entirely possible that MS will dig in it’s heals and “encourage” Windows 8 upgrades to get DX12 on your system.

Then again, DX12 does have competition that might quash that if they gain any traction before then. If DX12 faces legitimate risk of market share loss, it will be released to Win 7 sooner than later.

Being attacked at the moment you gather from a node has some percentage chance to ruin the gathering. It’s possible a Champ has a higher chance to ruin the harvest?

I think there are some issues with the game still thinking combat is in progress after specific situations happen in a battle (or you are just not aware you are somehow still being “tracked” by an enemy AI). I don’t think it has anything to do with any recent patches or game changes, however.

Next time it happens to you, try forcing a weapon resheath (not sure of the key off hand) and / or try an emote (/sit is the quickest one).

It’s entirely possible that we misunderstood (or it was badly explained) how this “split” month would work. It is very possible that when the patch goes live will get the monthly if you already have a least 2 done.

I suspected that all the claims that we can get 20 Laurels this month were premature speculation and how this month’s Achievements would work were just not very clear.

being able to remove (or request to remove) a follower is a very good SUGGESTION but Devs don’t watch this forum for suggestions.

At the top of this page SERVICES > SUPPORT
At the top of the SUPPORT page is a SUBMIT A REQUEST link.

I’m guessing they can handle doing a refund (but I’m not sure). They can obviously point you in the correct direction.

They use GOOGLE authenticator. The fact that there is not an app for your phone that seems to work for you is not something they can fix. They can obviously fix the website and the information. BTW, I think it is only Windows Phone 8 that is the issue and the earlier versions of Windows Phone have worked in the past (thus the information and link to the app that is currently on the website).

Not having the phone I can’t check but are you absolutely sure you properly linked the app to your Google Account (I’m guessing that’s what you need to do to get it to work with the GOOGLE Authentication). The article I linked to earlier mentioned that he MS app was not necessarily easy to set up.

Anet has stated many times that Guild resources are NEVER going to be rolled back (or restored) for any reason.

Drawbacks to personal (or small membership) Guild Banks:

• Can only be accessed at your home server.
• NOT transferable with your account to another server (Guild resources NEVER move home servers).
• Per Anet policy, Guild resources will NEVER be rolled back or modified for ANY reason (I’m sure known bugs may alter this stance). This includes account compromises (by ANY member of the Guild), Guild members gone rogue (tho, the the rouge Guild members account can certainly be banned), or perceived (or real) item, resource or gold loss.