Guild Wars 2

Gynxz.4079:

Bots= Called bots because they are not controlled by a player. A player used a program to leave the character unatended farming gold/karma for him. This goes against the rules of the game since the player is not actually playing the game and impacting negatively the experience of other players.

Bot or Botting can also apply to people who go AFK in an event spawn area, leaving their auto attack on. The core concept is that the character is not under direct player control- there’s no flesh and blood at the keyboard.

I’ve been kinda bummed myself about there being a PvP thing in the Monthly, not because I think it shouldn’t be there, but because the last time I tried PvP (in GW1) people were so rude and nasty to me for being a novice, and not knowing exactly what to do every last second of the battle, that I’ve been reluctant to try it again.

Baby Quaggan!
Raccoon
Owl Gryphon

I first noticed it over in Brisban Wildlands, getting tuning crystals. I made a loop gathering from crystal nodes, and by the time I got through, they were all reset and I could gather from them again, without zoning.

Then I was in Ascalon Settlement, lighting candles in the graveyard. Got to the last one, turned around, and they were all unlit, and I could re-light them. And the Seraph Care Package for Parks kept respawning.

This biggest issue with these, is that these contribute to hearts, and with them loading over and over, it screws up how you fill up that heart. I could just keep lighting the same candle over and over.

Children of the Deep City [Dni] is a cross-server super casual social guild. No representing requirements, no pressure for PvP or PvE, no zomg must build stuffs; just a place for peeps with a shared love of mindbendy puzzles and linking books to find each other, chat, and occasionally run around together. Drop me an IM here or in world, and we’ll talk.

Same thing on Tarnished Coast, the group headed into the Henge is just standing there.

chuiu.4985:

And they are still unlabeled so you don’t even know if they are soul bound or account bound unless you buy one.

This. It absolutely need to say if something is soul or account bound before you get it into your inventory from the vendor (karma or gold). The fact that things are inconsistently labeled has cost me a chunk of both currencies.

Elidath.5679:

Quaggan baby plushes are in the “shut up and take my money” territory.
’nuff said :P

Absolutely.

We should get http://www.squishable.com/ to make them.

Navi.7142:

Why? Do you feel that you have to buy these keys?

If you want to get into the chests, you either wait a Very Long Time for the drop, or you buy the keys.

I have a stack of chests sitting in my bank, waiting semi-patiently.

I do think the drop rate might be kinda sparse, though- between 5 characters since launch, I’ve gotten 3 as drops.

Rhynor.4015:

Same skillpoint (Loch Jezt) on Tarnished Coast, but he’s missing rather than dead. He was dead prior to the September 25 patch, and has been MIA since then.

Same on Tarnished Coast- was a body, now he’s missing. Which I suppose is better than the frog on his back with his tongue lolling out

Blarrg.8305:

What they said above. It doesn’t show them on the minimap, but on your screen all mobs, critters and nodes will have their names above their heads, showing you where they’re at. Just press and hold CTRL

Foo. I was hoping I could get dots on the map. Hate coming around a corner into a mob.

I would like more IC type town clothes, although I’m digging running around in my GW2 tshirt

ClausLars.1724:

SoulTrain.2157:

i dunno if this has been mentioned, but i just recently tried it and found it really helpful which is making a easy to get to hotkey for “show all enemies” on the map.

I didn’t even know that was an option. Do you just map it from the options menu?

How? I miss this soooo much!

I suspect that some of the more clever adaptations of names may get a bit of a pass on the naming policy I really love it when people come up with clever names, it is such a nice change from the juvenile ones.

One of my guildies has Charr le Mange, I think that’s 2 puns in one name?

They really need a “summon GM” button or something.

I have happy thoughts of a GM swooping in, giving a verbal 2 minute “clear the area!” warning so the not botted/afk-attacking players could get out of the way, and then dropping something huge and deadly on the botters.

Followed by zoning them into a holding pen that they can’t map out of while the GM locks their account. Maybe permanantly turn their armor a bright neon puce colour so we can tell who they are.

SammyIAm.1726:

It’s definitely tougher with a Norn, but I actually like the disparity. I mean, it sorta makes sense that their hugeness would have trouble fitting into tight spaces. If you want an easy race to complete jumping puzzles with, just create an Asura.

Ugh, no. My Norn does so much better with jumping puzzles than my short stubby-legged Asura. Drives me nuts.

I lurve the wiggly ears. Watch what they do when you dance

Follow up was the suggestion by another guildie that the quaggans need the dance. Which really broke my brain.

This is the sort of thing that happens around my house.

Vax-
So, I’ve got the Gangnam song stuck in my head. But I keep replacing Gangnam with ‘quaggan’. And the ‘sexy lady’ part is replaced by auto-tuned quaggans going “ooooOOOooooo”

Me- facepalm

Was super pleased to find a puzzle that was an actual find clues and make it work puzzle, but after all those veterans, was bummed that there wasn’t a chest or other reward that we could find.

My Sylvari has eyes that look all black, except when you get really up close- and I made her to have lots of colour, too. Happened on day 1, thought her eyes were missing.

There seems to be several dynamic events stuck at one point or another, across different servers and there’s multiple threads about them, making it hard to know if the one you’re seeing has been mentioned or not- I thought it would be a good idea to try and make a solid list, so we (and devs) don’t have to dig through dozens of pages looking for one topic.

So, if you know of a dynamic event that is stuck, and cannot progress, please list it here like so:

Event:
Area:
Server:
What’s Stuck:
Days Stuck:

I’ll kick off…

Event: Battle for Beetletun- Retake farm and bring sprinkler pieces to Clarence
Area: Queensdale
Server: Jade Quarry
What’s Stuck: Centaurs are at 0, farm is still burning, Clarence will take sprinkler pieces, but says centaurs need cleared out
Day Stuck: At least 2

Event: The Kodan Claw- Escort the Quaggan emissary to the Kodan
Area: Snowden Drifts
Server: Jade Quarry
What’s Stuck: Emissary Bleepdoop is stuck inside a rock, and is killed repeatedly. Even if he is knocked out of the rock by an attack, he swims back in when the attack ends/he is revived.
Day Stuck: At least 3

This isn’t just on Blacktide, it is also on Jade Quarry. He’s been stuck in there at least two days

My understanding is that if you are near an event point (like the centaur bridge), and you go afk while running an auto attack, then you are violating the ToS. While it is not using an actual bot, it still falls under the botting umbrella because you are using an automated system to facilitate gain within the game, without actively playing the game. Saying “I was just afk.” doesn’t count.

I go afk all the time, (moms have to do that), but I always try to move myself to a neutral location, and make sure my attacks are off.

I thought they just built in toe-holes on their shoes

Over in one of the many threads about account bound dyes vs soulbound dyes (with well thought out pros & cons for both.) the topic came up making your favorite dyes account bound, rather than making them all account bound. I thought this was a snazzy idea that deserved it’s own topic.

I think it is a nice compromise between Zomg which char gets this colour?? and keeping the dye economy going.

Colonel Kernel.7506:

Korn.1587:

Guys, you do know that you can add dye to favorites and they will be available for ALL characters, right?

That’s a big Negative there good buddy.

Just checked it out, put some dyes on Favorites on my Mesmer, went to my Ranger and Favorites is empty.

That’s really a pity too. I’d accept that as a reasonable compromise. Of course that comes with its own issues, like what happens when you put a color on Fav from one character use it on another, then remove it from Favs on the first?

Actually, this is a really good idea, and deserves to be a suggestion of it’s own. goes to do so

Larynx.2453:

I cry every time I see Risen Quaggan.

There’s undead Quaggan?! Sadface

I’m all for them being account bound on use. People will still sell dyes they don’t want, people will still be able to find ones they don’t have.

The other thing I’ve noticed is that there’s quite a few dropped dyes that are super close to a pre-loaded. Like Spitfire & Autumn or Breeze & Stream- they are pretty much the same colour, one’s just a tad darker.

I just double checked as it was happening, and their mouths don’t move, either. So it’s not just that the audio isn’t happening, the animation synch isn’t either. They still do hand gestures, though (which provides some interesting insights into the process…)

haderach.2410:

I’ve noticed this as well. I think it was introduced with one of the last 2 patches because I never had an issue with it until now and I just resumed my personal story after 2 days of not doing it.

I just started noticing this today with multiple characters- chunks of npc audio missing during cut scenes.

aeonZgamer.5307:

Vivisector.5680:

Maybe they could make a “Cooking Pantry” sellable for Gems that would store all the intermediate cooking collections as Collectables.

I’d go for this in a HURRY!

This sounds lovely. Something for those random ingredients!

zerorelative.3104:

I have this issue each time with Gort, but if all players leave the cave for a short period (5 minutes maybe) the open/unusable chest closes and is usable.

I haven’t had this work yet, either because others in the cave can get the chest and/or aren’t willing to try it.

Yes, you can. And I did mention that the wiki does cover some things, but I would like a more immersive in-game source.

Tanaquil.9314:

I think this problem is particularly bad for chefs.

I think so, because the other crafts seem to have much more level segregation- the low level crafting materials make low level items, and when you move on to the next level, you won’t use those lower level materials anymore.

Cooking has much more “I might need that later…” going on.

Lutinz.6915:

The Logan/Jennah love thing was pretty poorly handled in the book but it was real. That was confirmed by Ree Soesbee.

Their love could be totally real, and there still be a level of compulsion to the ‘come help me, I need you!’ spell- even if it wasn’t intentional. Given how Logan is presented, it seems really out of character for him to be on this quest, where it has been pounded into all their heads that they will fail miserably if they aren’t all there, and suddenly go racing back to his lady love.

If this is really what happened, I’m surprised he doesn’t get more flak for it from people outside of the team.

FLAIL Vax has been mocking me because I absolutely have to talk to ALL THE QUAGGANS! The one that was too shy to see if I taste like hero cracked me up. And they sing !

One of our guildies took lots of screens to plot out a plushie. I’m thinking of hitting up my knitting friends. Snuggly quaggans must exist! (Is there a Quaggan Appreciation Guild yet? Cause if not, I’m totally doing it, just so we can say we’re members. )

One of the things I’m loving about the game, is how much cool stuff there is just sitting around to find- and for some of the more well-known/major locations, someone nearby clues you in to what it is (Like the Temple of Ages, or the Freaky Huge Caromi Wall). But there’s other places where you find ruins, and other than an occasional PoI name, there’s no clue as to what it was (like the snazzy jumping puzzle in Kessex Hills… what is it, and who’s been putting up torches?!?).

There’s sometimes names or more details in the wiki, and comparing the two GW maps sometimes gives a clue, but it would be really snazzy if there was more in game ways to learn things; like more books in the Priory library, or maps on walls, or npcs that you can chat with.

Nothing drives us old Myst nerds nuts like cool ruins and structures that we can’t figure out…

Has anyone else noticed this? Especially when she’s low on health her ‘omg I’m dying’ phrases clip off in mid word.

Atlas.9704:

Eleri Tezhme.3048:

Oh sweet Eternal Alchemy, yes! I never ever want to hear about raptor eggs ever again.

But…
But…
Any plan involving raptors is fool proof! I am an umitigated genuis!

How many of you read that in the Asura’s voice? Be honest

Utterly. Gah. He sounds almost-but-not-quite familiar, too.

I’m having way too much fun cooking, tossing things together in discovery to see what I come up with, but please oh pleeaaasseee can ingredients that aren’t also boosts have a place in storage? My poor cook has pockets full of chocolate frosting and bread dough

I can live with having to pull cooking ingredients into inventory so I can do some discovering, but by the time I have all those ingredients in inventory, I’ve got almost no room for the stuff I might make, especially when there are bits that won’t go in crafting storage.

And sure, I could go look up lists on the wiki, and only pull out what I need, but where’s the adventure in that?

InternetKillTV.5798:

When Legendary Weapons require 100’s of such items and farming is an absolute necessity (Providing you don’t want to fork out 100’s of gold) I don’t understand how they could throttle drops.

Yes, it does take 100s of them. And that should take a long time to get, not a few days worth of farming. That’s why there’s an anti-farming throttle.

I am guessing (cue rampant speculation) that the drops we get now labeled ‘trophy’ will eventually be the sort of thing Collectors (and Nick-like NPCs) will want in trade for goodies- but they aren’t rolling those out en masse, so there’s no use for them…yet.
For now you can get rid of them at any merchant, there’s a ‘Sell Junk’ button at the bottom of the sell tab.

I am eternally thankful to the people who have pointed me at start points for POIs and Vistas.
And I’ve been reporting- I may not see the end result, but the more people that do, the less often we have to.

I dunno, I liked her. She sounds happily schnockered on good mead.

Oh sweet Eternal Alchemy, yes! I never ever want to hear about raptor eggs ever again.

At the very very least, let me turn OFF the attack/combat comments, hearing them every few seconds makes me want to fling my characters off cliffs.

Still happening to me with Gort’s too- and I haven’t got Kessex to 100%

I’m really bummed about this as well. Cooking was the only crafting I was enjoying, the discovery process was really complex, and running around learning where to find different ingredients was fun. (Now, if Discovery didn’t need the stuff in your inventory to figure out…) Jeweler was getting boring fast, because so many parts become useless outside of their ‘level’, but the cooking, the things I make are useful across the board.

I’ve gotten a couple of VoTB still, but lots of butter and eggs… maybe we need to eat more omlettes?

Nope, still bugged. Chest appears as open and can’t interact with it. Have tried zoning, logging out & back in, not following Gort, making sure I get an attack in on every ettin, and not attacking anything, just waiting outside the cave.