Guild Wars 2

Many of us are still at work in EST time which is 3 PM. So this beginning event will only animate once like the Halloween Mad King breaking out of the Lion Arch floor?

/jump this happened again just now!

Frotee.2634:

Gathslan.1870:

Cynic.3496:

I’m happy about this patch! I even hope they do add full progression raiding someday! You can’t keep people interested on cosmetic gains only and I think they finally realized that. It’s going to be nice to have a reason to login again.

yes you can, just read 99% of this threads comments

Seconded – you know there are still people playing GW2? The game where you quasi-automatically got max stat gear once you reached max lvl (which was 20)?
Do you realize there are probably quite a lot of people who bougt this game for the very reason that there was no carrot on a stick? Once they add full progression raiding, I’m done for good – like, from MMOs forever.

Thank you, uninformed people buying the game expecting the same old garbage we get in every MMO, for ruining my one not-standard MMO.

You do realize this is not just for MMO. You know all MMO/RPG games Torchlight, Diablo, Borderland, Skyrim, etc. are all gears level up based after the story?

If you’re only talking about MMO about gear grinding, you’re a frog living in a well.

Every games out there including FPS (weapons), are mostly progress and on going with upgrades + story. If the story finished, what else to do? Dead game for many.

You do realize the amount of people here on the thread disagree the one who only posts. Those loves the idea will hardly posts about it. This is generally like most forums when there is a rant, hate comments. People posts right of the bat. This thread haters is about 0.001 % of the GW2 population.

Hater gonna hate anyways lol.

I prefer this way seriously so I have a goal in game to play. If it is all just cosmetic, well many people will get bored. Not everyone is into fashions.

I’m 50/50. If this allows us to progress in dungeons for gears, I’m up for it.

AND people should stop comparing to WoW. That is plain stupid to think this way.

MMO/RPG for like 8 years across WoW, Aion, Cabal, Rift, TERA, Rak, SWTOR, EQs, etc and including non-MMO but single RPG, Borderland, Skyrim. In the end, what’s drive the game after the story? Gears level not just looks! Sorry buddies, not everyone is into fashion shows here.

Anet mentioned this earlier and kept quiet about this. Mailing in game gold has a threshold. Once you passed it, it will flag your account.

I’m getting this password error lately during dungeons, cities, pvp, wvwvw. It’s random and I got booted like 4-5 times across 3 days.

What I did before? Launcher asked me to change my password, so I did change my password and I successfully login every time into the game. So it is NOT me who is typing a bad password.

I am getting boot from the during game randomly and gave me this screen.

This happened like 3 times today, at random time I get booted out of the game with an error msg saying “Bad Password”?!?! Sorry I kept forgetting to write down the error ID but does this has to do with my iPhone Auth linked to my GW2 account?

Hardware Spec:
CPU: SandyBridge-E 3930K @ 4.8Ghz
GPU: GTX 680 SLI + Driver 310.33
MOBO: Sabertooth X79
RAM: Samsung 30nm 16GB DDR3 @2133Mhz
OS: Windows 8 Pro 64bit
HDD: 256GB Vertex 4 SSD + 5.25TB HDDs 7200RPM

Game setting
Display Resolution: Duo 2560 × 1440p @ 60Hz
Graphic Settings: Best Appearance, LOD Ultra and Shadow Ultra. Supersample.

FPS Value:
PVE :
Min 95 / Avg 110 / Max 168 (Cursed Shore)
Min 60 / Avg 75 / Max 90 (Cursed Shore + Events 40-50 players)

Cities:
Min 55 / Avg 68 / Max 80 (Lion Arch)
Min 93 / Avg 120 / Max 170 (Other cities)

PVP:
Min 95 / Avg 110 / Max 160

WvWvW:
Min 55 / Avg 75 / Max 90

GW2 build# 15977

Notes: FPS runs on 1440p resolution which is more stressful than on 1080p

When are we going to have the ability to change our character’s Cosmetics or Hairs style?

I’ve been wondering about this for a long time, I hope it is in the November patch. But I do need some insight from ANet like how soon or is it coming?

You can find some cheap VPN.

For example, user here posted a video with the Mad King camera bug in Labri.. You can see higher grounds anywhere.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/FOV-Field-of-View-Changes-Beta-Test-Feedback-Thread/page/10#post651908

Pozmol.5061:

DjRiful

Why is that ? that´s exactly what was happend to me when i build my pc . I don´t mind about slot , just curious

I think it’s the boot up process that only check the primary slot, not the secondary. BIOS found not GPU. No booting for you.

I’m not sure if Anet worry about having the Camera distance or FOV maxed out like the Mad King bug will provide advantages over landscape like in WvWvW.

What I am saying that your corner of your screen will able to see enemy on higher grounds. Normally, you cannot due the hill or mountain side is high up and you need to tilt your camera to look up at the sky direction to spot enemies if they are waiting at the top of the hill.

If this is what Anet worry about, well why not make Fog of War like in RTS / SC / Dota / Torchlight that it blacks out the area where your character cannot view from the eye level. You will still see far if the horizon is flat or plain (like now except the higher ground) but if there is a hill over it, it fades out the area until you gain high ground.

On higher ground you should be able to see everything around you because you have the advantage overlook the map.

Some board won’t even boot without a GPU on the primary PCI-E slot.

@Danno, you’re asking the impossible unless someone sell you a second hand.

I have 2x Elementalist lvl 80 characters. lol

Anyways, Elementalist requires a load of effort to be efficient. It’s just insane the amount of time we have to build up the gears and trait for a proper bunker spec by sacrifice so much damages output for survival.

Glass cannon if you don’t time it right, we just die. Or ganged by 2 players pretty much instant death. Even now Elementalist bunker 2000 toughness with 20k HP can only last a couple of few seconds if being ganked by 3 glass cannons. Problem here is, you cannot kill but to die slowly.

Yes, I’ve seen rare Elementalist video vs 3-5 players (those opposing players aren’t even good in PVP) so that defeat the purpose of it.

So my answer to you, Elementalist if VERY fragile if you do not put effort into it (dance attunements and timing).

… Thief -> 1,2,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,12,12,1,2,12,1,2,12,1,2, hell yeah, game is so simple to play with ownage.

And no, I haven’t try much into Thief, aside of that 1,2,12 jokes. I cannot comment how are they played out. But this is my perspective from playing an Elementalist.

Anet isn’t deleting character names. It’s more like an issue after a server reboot. All the names needed to be fetch again as soon the person login the next time. This shows up in Guild tab as well.

I know I have several network that is checked to remember and what if I want to remove it from the whitelist. Where could I do that?

MikeLewis.7496:

Hi all,

First and foremost: please be aware that your accounts are still protected by the mobile authenticator at this time.

Here’s what has happened:

- We have been developing a “remember this network” feature for the mobile authenticator in line with the same feature used by email authentication

- This feature became active tonight during the planned maintenance updates

- For any account which has already selected to remember a network, the mobile authenticator will respect your existing settings

- This means that if you are logging in from a location that you permitted via email authentication, the mobile authenticator will not currently prompt you for a secondary code

Your account is still covered by the authenticator for logins from unverified locations.

This is the result of an oversight on my part and I’d like to apologize for any uncertainty and worry. We’ve double checked the systems and authentication is working correctly for unverified logins.

Unlinking the authenticator was temporarily disabled due to a configuration accident; this has been corrected and should work again.

For the moment we do not have a user interface for editing your “remembered” network locations. As a result, please be very cautious when selecting to allow new locations from the emails (or, in the near future, from the mobile authenticator login screen).

Thanks for bearing with us while we get the rest of the mobile authenticator features ready to go.

Omg, thank you! I was so annoyed for each prompts.

Yeah, this have been bugging me for a long time!

That’s not the case, Windows 8 RT is for the tablets, Windows 8 Pro still have the desktop like Windows 7 minus Start menu. That’s about it.

Performance is same when idle in GW2 on Win8 vs Win7. But I get massive FPS drop or shuttering when moving around in Win8 than Win7. Even moving to new area.

I am not sure if Win8 has different thread handling and if so, I think GW2 engine needs to optimize for Win 8. I am getting FPS lost while turning my camera and moving to new area on Win8.

On Win7, everything is smooth constant FPS unless it is in WvW.

→ https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Configuring-User-Account-Control-UAC

tekwiz.8635:

but once you start overclock, you sold your soul to hydro company.

Nah… like $5 bucks more per month?

GW2 doesn’t need reinstallation. Just save the folder like everyone else said. You can also run GW2 off USB.

Turn off the UAC or move the Guild Wars 2 folder out of the Program File to your C:\ drive. Run it from there.

This is something Anet need to fix or MS… the launcher always need UAC confirmed to modify files aka update the launcher itself.

Exceeding the min requirement does not equal you can run the game at max. The min requirement is the playable or run state regardless of low FPS. At least you can game in normal world. WvW is more intensive.

The higher the clock speed of your CPU is better, overclocking can yield better FPS but risky if you have no experiences with overclocking.

You need a X79 system or a system that can support up to 32GB or 64GB of ram like mine can max at 64GB but (too much money)… . RamDisk it.

To max out the game, not possible. Even my $2000 desktop max out at only 40-50FPS in WvW….

You said laptop.. they are x2 slower than desktop performances… so $800 won’t even get you near max. You will be stuck at low, a decent $2000-$3000 laptop will gets you to 40 FPS WvW on Medium-High settings depends on your screen resolution below 1080p.

Your Windows 8 is probably updating in the background, check your Task Manager and look at our Wifi graph.

Good lord, thank you! I’ve been wondering about this for weeks!

Lucas Ashrock.8675:

I bough this diamond, hoping to get my 80-120 fps expected from a highend gpu.
Why i have 40 fps? I followed the suggestions from the thread
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/FPS-and-Performance-based-issues-1/first#post338300

Ending with the exact same fps, 40. Is Anet planning to improve high end videocards?
Such a disappointment.

That sounds about right. 7870 = 6970 only slightly faster and that 6970 on Core i7 3570k runs between 35-45fps.

So you’re GPU is normal.

The draw distance is the most ridiculous I’ve ever seen in any games!

WoW draws everything, people still satisfy even they takes a bit of low FPS but at least everyone can see everyone and the feel of population on the map.

GW2, most of the time I thought Lion Arch is empty like dead empty until I walk into a crowd of people. Things started to popup like behind and delay. Some part of the area where you stand in LA end up people vanishing except the important NPC.

ie.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_0eNMdjYho

I cannot stand this Culling engine. It’s driving me nuts to find where everyone is!

For example, the Mad King event in Lion Arch. People popup when I’m like 10 yards away from them and I can only see what’s around me in a radius! This is like walking into a invisible fog that you cannot see any further than 10 yards.

Perhaps reduce the polygons dynamically when the character is very far away?

I just update from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 8 Pro for $15 only + Media Center Pack.

You read it right. $15 upgrade. Everything snappy fast and smooth despite about the Start Metro UI is kinda awkward to get used to.

GW2 on Windows 8 has no major differences in performances from Windows 7 BUT loading time ingame is definitely faster!

Both OS tested and ran on the same SSD (Vertex 4 256GB). Windows 8 has better ram and CPU management as far I tested.

Xandos.5941:

Got 5 attempt yesterday, all in one day :| changed password again… this is something really we should not care about? I mean we have the IP adresses (I know they are probably under proxy) but, cant DEVS block this stuff or something like that?

You have some sort of keylogger, trojan on your PC? Should have it check up. Scan

Laptop cannot really upgrade anything, there are some CPU you can change on the same line series BUT only a few Ghz differences.

If you heard people getting upgrades like changing video cards and CPU. They are on Desktop and specially custom built one.

Don’t need to redownload….

To be honest, I haven’t got anything at all No SKIN or etc. As I participate every single moments. I’m quite disappointed, also spend quite a few gold here and there for costumes.

I’m just curious if everyone is on the same page, the only achievement now you cannot complete is “Attend the Party” which will be on Act 4?

So many people here are making false assumption… it’s incredible. I agree with Damian.

This is not FOV related, this is a bugged Boss camera mode that did not reset after leaving Mad King dungeon.

Those who fought Dragons and Swamp, will know this camera mode.

So /facepalm.

I can’t stand tearing, Vsync gives a better smooth experiences. Only useful if you can drive the game 60+ FPS. If your FPS is 50 on average. no differences on Adaptive Vsync unless you’re back on the old driver or old GPU that locks between 30 or 60.

People don’t realize how much involvement with other graphic visual when you change your FOV. For example, Page 5 on my post.

The water reflection placement is not scaled or follows the new FOV settings, the reflection stays at the same position as in FOV 60.

Look at those 3 screenshots.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice FOV but visual glitched / BUGGED! As Anet stated, it causes visual glitched.

The water reflection is bugged out when I use the FOV test.

Screen 1 = Without FOV Test.
Screen 2 = With FOV Test.
Screen 3 = With FOV Test.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As the title said, I think it’s should be more glow and bright in the night.

lol took me 15 tries and done it under 1 hr.

Screenshot here

It is just myself that I can only see my surrounding glow? Because I notice other people they don’t have the flow around them from another view.

My body is gone after teleporting to an underwater waypoint.

27" 2560 × 1440 display.

Screen 1 = FOV Beta OFF
Screen 2 = FOV Beta ON

Am I missing something? I did exactly like the instruction and I do not see any FOV settings.