Guild Wars 2

Just to be clear. Is it the game that launches with a black screen? Or the launcher?
If it’s the game, can you try opening up the options (F11 or Fn+F11 depending on your keyboard setup) and seeing if that comes up even though the screen is black? If it does switch into Window mode and see if that fixes it. If it doesn’t let me know. Also, can you hear the character selection screen music playing?

Same. It isn’t an issue though. It’s meant to do that so it isn’t something you can ‘fix’.

I need to point out that Guild Wars 2 operates under a different colour profile. The screen will go slightly blue when you open GW2, this is natural and expected and isn’t anything to worry about.
The only time you should take notice of this is if GW2 isn’t running and your colour profile goes blue-tinted when the integrated graphics card switches off, even then restarting will fix the issue.

But yeah. GW2 has a different colour profile. It is meant to be this way, you won’t fix it by changing any settings because it isn’t something to be fixed.

I actually don’t have that file? There is no Guild Wars 2 folder in my documents, so I wouldn’t have a clue if deleting it does anything? But since my game runs perfectly without it? :P

(Have tried looking through other folders and showing hidden files, I definitely don’t have that)

Put Invisible bags at the bottom tabs, crafting at the second to last tab and normal bags at the top, then you don’t have this problem… There’s no reason you would need invisible bags at the top of your inventory, and if you did you can always just minimise the other bags. The game will only put them in specialised bags if you’ve put those bags at the top of your inventory, which is your own problem.

Sorry but all of these don’t provide enough depth for crafting professions.
The big issue with the Apothecary is that healing potions won’t ever be in game. I think from memory they had considered them initially but thankfully they ditched them. healing potions ruin games. Combat should be about working with the skills you have and the people around you to make sure you don’t die – not being able to drink healing potions and having hotbars all over the screen.

Cartographer doesn’t offer you enough things to craft. All professions have access to self speed-boosts which makes speed boost items relatively useless – buffs are also something that is covered by the cooking profession.

Farming is something you find in a sandbox game, not a theme park. Also you can’t have a crafting profession that relies on other professions because it becomes problematic. All crafting professions need to create items that directly benefit the player and don’t have functions already found in existing professions.

No no and more no. Gambling doesn’t belong in game. I can tolerate Moa racing and RNG boxes, they’re annoying but not obtrusive. In game casino’s are another matter. They don’t belong in a fantasy world and I’m quite certain that they can’t add them in for legal reason as well.
I seriously hope you were joking.

Uhhh? Where is the local.dat file? Maybe I’m just not thinking, but I don’t know where I would be looking for it?

Very few if any games have dense forest quite simply because it doesn’t make for good gameplay. There are a few areas in game that have trees close together and if you go stand in the middle of the trees you will find it much harder to play. They block your attacks from hitting enemies, they clutter the camera and field of vision and they also take up resources, the more trees that are around you the more your graphics card has to render.

Caledon Forest is actually decently dense, just in a different sense because it’s more jungle-like that forest-like.

AltarBeast.4709:

I’m having this same problem… the above process didn’t work for me either.

Usually it takes me 2-5 times attempting to launch, to get to the character screen… now its 15x+

This is not good! Please advise, or patch this patch!!

What are your Macs specs? Are you sure you’re deleting the Guild Wars 2 Application Support folder inside your HIDDEN user library? have you made any tweaks to any files to do with Guild Wars 2? Have you tried opening Disk Utility and Repairing permissions?

Tick Tock.9602:

Foxx, you missed the point I was making. It had nothing to do with the application but rather that going to 8GB of RAM would increase the amount of VRAM for the Intel Integraded Video Card because it shares its VRAM with RAM.

My bad.

Danikat.8537:

I think Ogden asked if it was human built because it was occupied by humans at the time. Also at various points in their history humans have built some pretty huge and impressive structures.

And your character doesn’t need to know much of anything about the Eye to know it wasn’t made by humans. The game always assumes your character followed the storyline of the games (as opposed to the ‘power-level to 10 and go to EOTN route) so by the time they get there they will have seen a lot of the human cultures on Tyria and should have a pretty good idea of what they’re capable of.

So they’d be able to look at the Eye and know it wasn’t made by humans in the same way people in other franchises can see an alien space ship and instantly know it’s alien.

Yeah we all know the Eye isn’t a human structure xD

There are references creeping back in, also in the new Sea of Sorrows book for example.
But I think that’s more just that they’ve finally been given the all clear to work on Canthan and Elonan content. It doesn’t necessarily mean it is anywhere near release, just that it will eventually happen.

A LOT of the NPC’s surrounding this event have Canthan roots though, so it does look real suspicious. As you’ve said Mai Trin and Marjory Delaqua, but also one of the Pirate Captains in Lions Arch with Magnus is of Canthan descent and has some rather shifty sounding dialogue.

Yeah blood effects require a higher rating. Honestly they don’t add anything to the game and they often look more like a cheap visual effect rather than something convincing. I much prefer it without.

I don’t get peoples issues with WP’s. I’m someone who PvE’s exclusively and only plays dungeons or fractals on the odd occasion. I don’t work the TP and I am by no definition rich. I’ve managed to slowly accumulate 25ish Gold which is poor by most standards. WP’s aren’t an issue, I can’t imagine why you think they are when your regular looting should be paying for it with ease.

I don’t get the purpose of this. I do this all the time, just log into my characters and play around in whatever area they happen to be in. It is really enjoyable. I understand that there are a lot of people who only enjoy running dungeons over and over again, but they are not everyone. Accept that different people like different aspects of the game and different modes of gameplay and move on.

Yeah Sea of Sorrows has pretty much been adopted by us Oceanic players. I don’t think they are likely to make an Oceanic server.
As dekou points out WvW requires at least 3 servers, even then it sort of requires more than 3 so that there is some form of rotation, otherwise a whole lot of issues crop up.

Gandarel.5091:

VitalSuit.1980:

“A strange sound echoes in the darkness below. Could all of those stories about drakes in the sewers be true?”

Don’t mix a joke into a theory crafting :P This one is clearly just a joke.

It’s only half a joke. It point’s towards there be actually being something going on in the sewers, and makes light of the fact that the citizens of DR think it could be Drakes.

>.> Ok, I can see that being pretty effective. That’s about how the Inquest conduct their business anyway.

Kyllaa.1385:

Yes, my hawk does, but my eagle does not, nor my owl.

I tested it immediately after it started and I have screen shots from a couple weeks ago. Tested it again after the 1.11 build.

Ok so that sort of suggests it’s an issue with how the texture is behaving with the model, since I’m almost certain that all of the small birds use the same model.
We should try running the game with the -dx9single command and seeing if that effects the laser hawks. I know back when I was using Crossover/Wine using -dx9single resolved texture stretching issues, but I have no idea if it would have any impact or effect on a cider port?

What, you don’t think they’re using them for the completely harmless dancing holograms that you saw in the dungeon xD? ;P Even pirates need to have fun!
Is it possible that by stealing the cubes they could be altering the way the holograms work in order to use them for other means, like teleporting actual dragon minions around Tyria to terrorise people

Of course diversity can be a great thing. But unfortunately I don’t think this is viable. Guild Wars 1 was releasing huge balancing updates 6 years after release, the more skills you have the more complex balancing becomes. I think more weapons is a better solution to the variety problem. When you allow people to select skills you just make it overly complex for new players and elitists become even more adamant that there is a meta and everyone should follow it.

I understand your annoyance with this, but it’s the same for any class. Elementalists have skills that require a target to actually to anything but of course you can cast it regardless of whether or not you have a target/there are enemies around – just nothing happens. So I understand the annoyance, but in a game with pseudo-action combat it becomes problematic if you start to restrict skills usage by factors like that.

Definitely agree with this. I don’t think there is a lot that needs to be said, it’s a feature that just makes sense.

It doesn’t make the name of the game meaningless. The name Guild Wars refers to the Guild Wars that took place historically before the Searing, it had nothing to do with the GvG that was in game.
That aside I do hope they bring Guild Halls back at some point and I believe they have said they are looking into it.
I definitely think the whole Asura Gate to your Guild Hall idea makes a lot of sense and is a really good idea. I think the only problem with them is that they don’t have a lot of function outside of GvG or RPing/meeting.

As to the other suggestion, PvP should never exist outside PvP zones. I’m all for 1v1 maps/capabilities inside PvP, but players shouldn’t have the ability to duel out in the open world, it’s messy and doesn’t encourage a positive PvEing experience. The world is made for PvE, the Mists are for PvP. Keep PvP there and leave PvE out in the open world.

Honestly I thought this was going to be a topic about how all the weapon and armour skins from GW1 should be remade in GW2 and I was ready to throw knives at you…

But I think re-creating the GW1 special costumes or creating similar costumes isn’t a bad idea at all. People loved costumes in GW1 and I would love them if we had them in GW2 in a similar way (where they were a skin that wen’t over the top of regular armour rather than town clothes). Lets face it, town clothes were just a bad idea. I appreciate the sentiment but they have no purpose outsikitten and most players aren’t RPers.

Yeah 3 is the Skyhammer PvP map that was mined from the .dat, and the 2nd one is possibly the loading screen for it. However judging by the style of the art I wouldn’t think they would use it. It doesn’t quite match with the predominant art style used in game.

Dustfinger.9510:

I thought Aaron said we have jotun architecture in GW2.

But I just try to look at them as if they had civilizations the way humans do. Different architecture with different purposes and different utilities for those structures. So there’s nothing saying the HoM really is Jotun made. I just don’t want to discount the possibility until I get more information. We may find more from the Jotun with expansions as the unexplored areas open up.

Sorry I wasn’t reading very carefully and i think I mistook what you said.
But yeah definitely the Jotun had civilisation ins some sense close to what the current races have and would most likely have had a lot of different structures built for specific purposes in a range of styles. To me though, the lack of physical evidence of their civilisation suggests that it was all destroyed a long time ago, so it would be odd if the Eye was theirs because it still stands. Then again we really don’t know what it’s true or intended purpose was. For all we know the Mursaat constructed it and used the Scrying pool to travel into possible futures of Tyria that existed in the mists (I don’t think that at all though).

Dustfinger.9510:

It’s possible. With multiple giant kings, each kingdom may have had different looking architecture. And most of the architecture may have been destroyed in all the wars the jotun have gone through.

But I don’t think it would be logical for Jotun architecture to have been destroyed but have the Eye with the ability to withstand all the earth shaking that went on with Jormag’s rise. I just don’t think the Jotun built well-lasting structures, if they did there would be evidence of it littered around Tyria, even if you destroy a building parts of it should be left over unless they weather with time and become used for other things or are built out of degrading materials like wood.

Hockey has Egyptian roots but whatever…. The word itself comes from Old English.
To say that Hockey is Canadian would be like saying that the Mursaat are gods…

Tintaglia.4762:

FlamingFoxx.1305:

I would expect it to be fixed at some stage, but it is only a skin issue so it’s not too bit a deal.

No, it’s not just a skin issue. The Veteran portion of the Daily Achievement was not satisfied by killing one.

I’m only going off what the developer who did it said…

Simplicity.7208:

Why wouldn’t the Jotun make sense? That’s who I always assumed built it since we’ve already heard from ArenaNet that the Jotun were one of the (if not the) most advanced races on Tyria with magical understanding rivaling that of the six human gods before their collapse. Seems perfectly logical to me that a race with such intelligence and magical prowess created something as powerful as the HoM.

Notice how there is very little Jotun architecture around the world. Considering how there are no remnants of the Jotun’s past I wouldn’t think the Eye would be their creation. If they had the ability to create something as powerful and durable as the EoTN which has stood for (thousands/hundreds?) of years then there would be a lot more Jotun architecture left standing. I would also think the dwarves would have been able to identify it if it had been Jotun architecture. I think it’s far more likely to have been of Seer or Mursaat (or something else entirely) origins.

Laser Hawk issue is bizzare because Owl’s don’t have the issue and I would have thought they used the same model. Is there anyone with a ranger with a Hawk who can tell us if their pet hawk is a laser hawk or not? It might be helpful to know if it’s an issue isolated to Enemy hawk’s or if it’s an issue with the texture/mesh?

Anything that doesn’t go against the Forum code of conduct:
“Do not engage in staff call-outs. Using the words “ArenaNet” or any staff member’s name will not expedite the answer to your query.”
“Do not post petitions, “I demand an answer” threads, conspiracy threads, or comments about circumventing the rules.”

I think there is a difference between asking for a response, which has already been done, and creating multiple topics and posts asking over and over again. We have already asked and we have had responses that indicate they are aware of Mac users desire for updates. Continuing to complain about it doesn’t help the situation. Acknowledge that there is a problem and move on.

Da Sonic.6521:

FlamingFoxx.1305:

GW2 is a worldwide game. As someone who lives in a country that is not America, like half of GW2’s playerbase, I do not support this idea. Keep your sports out of my game -_-

Hockey is an American sport? Take that Canada!

>.> No, American Hockey teams are American… Real world sports teams have no place in a fantasy world. It would be akin to putting American Presidential election badges in game. There are just too many players in other parts of the world for that to ever be a good idea. Nobody in Europe or Oceania wants to see that. (Before someone says ‘American Servers’ its worth pointing out that all of Oceania and anywhere that is outside of Europe plays on the US servers.)

It might also be kind of good if there were some kind of notification, just in the same place as the looting icons or something, that indicated when they had run out. It’s really easy to play a dungeon and just not notice when your food has expired.

A dev already responded to this in another post (in the bug forums i think).
Apparently he accidentally swapped a string which swapped Oakhearts with Ranger Spirits xD. I would expect it to be fixed at some stage, but it is only a skin issue so it’s not too bit a deal.

Aigisthos.3059:

Yeah, I got a PM saying that this was not allowed in the General thread section and that it was being moved here. I sent them an email asking why since this thread is more of a discussion than it is a technical support issue. Will be very interested to hear what they say though it will probably end up being something like, “All Mac stuff goes here.” lol

That is exactly the answer you’re going to get. It makes sense in a way, the predominant user base is Windows users who won’t have anything to say on the matter so it makes sense having it in this forum where mac users will see it. But I understand what you mean because it isn’t really a technical issue. In a perfect world where everyone uses OSX we wouldn’t have that problem xD.

Also you’re still missing what I’m saying. I completely agree that the lack of communication isn’t good. I just think there are ways to be reasonable about it.

(Side note, don’t double post. There is an edit button which you should use if you want to add on to what you’ve said, double posting gets messy)

prenavo.3926:

With Planetside 2 and DCUO coming out for the PS4 it’s probably safe to assume Everquest Next will also be launching on there as well. The console market is going to explode with MMO’s when the new generation gets underway.

You are grossly overestimating the MMORPG market. MMORPG’s are technically a niche market in the broader scope of gaming. It’s only safe to assume the EQN will be on PS4 because both are owned by Sony… :P

xarallei.4279:

DeadPrank.7580:

I am just reading the novel Sea of Sorrows in which the ship the protagonist hired on set sails to Kaineng! It seems Cantha is closer than ever! Also look at the artwork for the next patch on the releases page. Disclaimer: I have not yet read the whole book.

I’m guessing he’s not going to make it there. But at least they are acknowledging Cantha’s existence. We can only hope they can take further steps and eventually introduce a Cantha expansion.

He does. In fact the book offhandedly mentions that they go back and forth between Kryta and Kaingeng a few times. I think in terms of the timeline it’s set not long after the end of Guild Wars Beyond, so it isn’t a big deal in the novel, it’s just trade as usual

Devildoc.6721:

kostbabis.8791:

I dont get why you are all so happy..I for one realised that 15 water and evasive arcana should be like the base for ele survivability..Not even something like fresh air can outweight the fact that ele base defence SUCKS..
This patch achieved nothing..It only forced EVERYONE in max cond removal only now we have our water line nerfed..Not even stability and 20 in earth is worth it with the necro plague.
Thx anet..but unless you really fix the arcana problem and the base ele defence nobody gonna use air/fire/earth grandmaster traits in serious pvp..
Thats my opinion of course

It’s kind of a problem that anet decided to give classes basically the same dps, but gave classes different health and armor. Thieves and Elementalists who spec full damage get 1 shot by boss attacks if they ever get hit, warriors can survive it while specced full dps.

the result is thieves and eles have to spec into surviving rather than damage.

Pretty much. Obviously if you’re like me and play a Staff ele who is spec’d into Earth and Water then the patch is great. I can understand why others aren’t so happy. I originally played as a fire ele, but you very quickly realise it isn’t viable when you’ve used your dodges and get hit by a boss and die >.>

At least thieves have the ability to completely hide and are pretty much the worst profession ever -_- kill them all!

Anet has said before that they don’t want to recreate an entire new starting experience. As in, all future zones are more likely to be level 80 zones, which creates a pretty good case against new playable races. The one exception to this would be Tengu who could very easily share starting zones with the Sylvari, problem solved. (Tengu are about the only viable playable race, other than something brand new).

The biggest issue I see for new playable races comes from the existing content. Any new characters would have to be able to participate in the existing storyline (Anet has said they aren’t doing standalone campaigns like in GW1, so I state this confidently). But it doesn’t make sense to have a Tengu, who lore-wise had nothing to do with the fight against Zhaitan and as a race they have said they haven’t decided what action they want to take, fighting against Zhaitan. Not to mention they would never come across members of their own race (NPCs) during the storyline and a whole lot of content would cease to make sense.

I think there are a lot of very good reasons why new races aren’t likely. (Although I love Tengu and will play them happily if they do add new races)

New professions are far more likely to new races. Class balancing is easier than invalidating the entire games lore. (although not necessarily as desirable).

GW2 is a worldwide game. As someone who lives in a country that is not America, like half of GW2’s playerbase, I do not support this idea. Keep your sports out of my game -_-

Actually one of the biggest issues is converting the game from Direct X to OpenGL. We don’t have a native OSX client, so the chance of a PS4 client isn’t that high.

Also I think you’ve overestimating the amount of MMO players who will be buying PS4’s. Console adoption rate isn’t that high. Also GW2 is far superior to Elder Scrolls

Konig Des Todes.2086:

FlamingFoxx.1305:

I think is possibly an unfortunate side effect of having too many writers shoving their hands into things, but that’s just opinion.

An opinion which I concur fully with. The Guild Wars franchise is really losing its originality with the living story, and I blame the larger, newer, writers.

It’s really quite sad. You can see the effects throughout the game with all the inconsistencies in style and content. It’s most noticeable in their recent reliance on lore based blog posts that fill in the massive gaps left by the personal story. If you compare the recent ones with the Story posts we had before GW2 was released there is a serious decline in narrative style and the awareness of lore and it’s situation within the game world.

I purchased Sea of Sorrows yesterday and I’m not very far in, but there is a noticeable difference that comes through in Ree’s writing, something the game has been sorely lacking of late. Even then I’ve seen people point out that there are inconstancies and contradictions within the novel which sort of suggests that it’s gotten to the point where too many people have messed around the with storylines that even Ree isn’t able to work fully within the confines.

I in no way mean this as a personal insult, but watching the latest videos with Angel McCoy is kind of cringeworthy, it feels as if the world has been reduced to a story that lacks breadth, intelligence and tangible mystery and now exist solely to cater to the mechanics that other divisions come up with and to the masses of people who don’t care too much about the story or aren’t familiar with the world.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

The Inquest show no indication of being able to control anything. With the possible exception of Kudu’s Monster… though that’s still uncertain, given that there was no Inquest alive to try to control the thing.

There’s a scene in the explorable mode where some Inquest are fully surrounded by dragon minions that’re trying to attack them. Subject Alpha’s escape is all about an experimental multi-dragon-corrupted minion being outside of their control.

They were trying to create and control a dragon champion. Kudu turned himself into one more or less, but there’s no indication they were succeeding, beyond the fact that Kudu had dragon-related abilities and had his own mind.

Ahh ok. My bad, as I said, haven’t played CoE yet :P
Still stands to reason that the inquest wouldn’t really be aware of what was most convenient for the dragon to corrupt and would therefore simply corrupt whatever they wanted?

I had typed out another long response but I decided not to post it.
I’m just going to chalk this up to a lack of understanding/difference of opinion between us.

All mac users are using a product with a Beta tag. As in, a product that isn’t guaranteed release but is rather a test of viability. I do agree that there is a deficit of communication and that an acknowledgement of where they stand in relation to the continued support and development of the OSX client is necessary at some point. But at the end of the day the product works and works well so it isn’t something I feel is worth getting all hot and bothered over.

Their lack of communication isn’t a slight to mac users, I think it’s important to remember that a company is not a person, it is a collective of people, all of whom have their own jobs and responsibilities. It’s entirely possible that this issue stems from higher up from people who have nothing but the profit margins in mind and the result is that the people who do care aren’t able to offer the support they would like because they don’t have access to the financial means or support that they would ned to do so. Obviously it’s sad, but it’s because of that possibility that I don’t feel like bashing them on the issue. Take Ashley for example, she has obviously attempted to assist recently with situations, but for all we know she did that of her own accord and without pay (I say for all we know, not that she did or that it’s likely because I’m sure it isn’t I’m just using it as an example). The answers you want are quite possibly beyond her reach and there is unfortunately no way I know of contacting those who would have a direct impact on the situation. It’s out of my desire to respect that Anet is a company made up of individuals all of whom have to act in certain ways that I hold the viewpoint I do.
(The Tl;dr of that is basically that I understand you feel like you’ve been slighted or kept in the dark, but it’s entirely possible that their employees feel the same)

All in all we honestly have the same views Trog so I don’t want to argue with you. It’s just that I don’t want to be mad at someone without knowing exactly who to be mad at, and I don’t want to be mad at someone for something beyond their control. People are people.

(as to the initial comment, I’m someone who has, like a lot of people, been following GW2 since it’s announcement in 2007 after having been playing GW1 since it’s release in 2005. That is 9 years of investment in a company, so yeah I would have felt like it was a massive kick in the face if they had an OSX client that was only available to people who had purchased and played using Windows. I realise that for people who are new to the game it would be really easy to just see that there was no OSX client and walk way, but for those of us who have really invested a lot emotionally into the world of Tyria there is obviously going to be a different sentiment on the issue.) R.I.P Darrius of Ascalon, the greatest Rit that ever lived <3

Pavees.7281:

Scarlet…what a cliche name for a fantasy game. I actually Like Mr.E’s name alot more then scarlet(i am red haired and my character wears red etc etc so it’s not because i hate red).

I hope the white mantle plays a part in this story arc just because of their importance of working behind the scenes.

I think the White Mantle have been a little too inconspicuous thus far in GW2 to be included. They might include the Bandits or Separtists (who obviously are White Mantle in a sense and it is suspected/known that the higher ups are White Mantle), but I think they’d avoid using the Mantle until some Mursaat related storyline crops up?

Yeah Scarlet is a bit of a cliche, but then having a mysterious character identifying by a single initial isn’t all that original either. That’s just how this kind of fantasy tends to work (and I think is possibly an unfortunate side effect of having too many writers shoving their hands into things, but that’s just opinion).

Pavees.7281:

Getefix.9150:

obviously it was the Utopians

You know when they make a possible future expansion i hope the utopia idea gets reused as a new land or world. So many wasted ideas it’s sad to see alot of them go unused.

I think they’d be unlikely to do that simply because they did reuse a lot of the ideas in EoTN and going forward into GW2. What is left over once you cut out everything that was either used, adapted or flat out rejected probably doesn’t form anything cohesive. The idea of a Utopian land could be used and is hinted at in lore I guess, but a lot of the architecture and ideas were already adapted into what we saw in EoTN and went on to inform the current Asuran architecture etc.

I haven’t done CoE yet so please correct me if I’m wrong.
But could it not be likely that the Dragons corrupt that which they can easily control. So that isn’t to say that they can’t corrupt things, but like you said rather that they choose not to. Therefore with the Inquest they corrupt things the dragons themselves don’t normally corrupt because they’re able to exert some kind of control over them through their own technologies? (like I said, haven’t done CoE yet so I’m only working with the limited knowledge of it that I do have).