Guild Wars 2

I don’t see any reason to make legendaries bound on acquire. People want to spend hours and hours making uber-weapons — why shouldn’t they be allowed to sell? People prefer to do things they enjoy and acquire gold (but not the scavenger hunt) — shouldn’t they be allowed to purchase those same weapons?

Also, the current prices aren’t indicative of the future legendary market: only a few people can craft a legendary and only a fraction of them would be willing to sell — this makes the supply tiny. Similarly, the number of people that could afford to pay premium prices to be among the first to wield a legendary is tiny. Things will change as more of us gain wealth, as ANet makes adjustments to the supply of materials required to craft, and so on.

Someone reported an interesting way to resolve the issue. They adjusted an option for their video card (yes, video). It turned out that both HDMI for the video and the on-board sound card were trying to render the game sounds and this caused a reverb effect, which amplified certain sounds (but not others).

See: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Something-to-try-for-annoying-sound-bug

Whatever your results, please post to that thread so that others can see how effective it is. Good luck.

If you were suspended for an inappropriate character name, you will be prompted to provide a new name when you logon (or that’s how it was working earlier in the year). You do not have to delete the character and start over.

Ohoni.6057:

That would also be great, but they don’t rotate maps properly. Mine’s been blue or green for the past month and a half or so.

“This could be resolved for making sure that never happens more than two weeks in a row. If that were true, everyone should have access to a third of each of the maps for at least a day or two every week.”

There are some of those in the game already.

• Modus Sceleris
• Skritt Burglar

I believe there are others besides these.

You can form your own team for every PvE achievement except for Toypaclypse, (which uses a “hot join” mechanic and is treated as PvP). The PvP Snowball fight also uses hot join, perhaps to prevent any small groups from dominating the event. The other achievements are either individual, e.g. making snow-people, or competitive, e.g. choir bells.

Ultimately, that means you can get 12/12 achievements for “Apprentice Toymaker” by doing all group activities with your guild.

(The same was true for Halloween and the Karka invasion: PUGging wasn’t required for those either.)

The recipes are fairly cheap and getting cheaper. I’m not sure I understand why you don’t want to buy them from the TP.

The issue only comes up if a server ends up the same color week after week. (Assuming ANet wants to keep WvW maps for map completion.) This could be resolved for making sure that never happens more than two weeks in a row. If that were true, everyone should have access to a third of each of the maps for at least a day or two every week.

I don’t play WvW that much, so what I did is checked on late Thu (when some people lose interest) and Fri/Sat (when my server is guaranteed to hold a portion of the map).

I agree with the OP that Southsun feels underutilized. You cannot go there to complete your dailies (not enough foe types, low density/frequency of events, and no chained events). It’s suitable only as a farming location (especially for Ori Ore).

If you update one of your bags with any of the special types, the mini won’t be transferred via “deposit all.” (e.g. safe boxes, invisible bags, craftsman bags, etc.)

I agree it’s annoying to do this. But what I’d really like to see is an equipment slot in the [h]ero panel that allows you to place a mini. If checked, the mini would automatically spawn whenever you zone. (If unchecked, you’d have to manually display it.) In addition to addressing the two problems mentioned in the OP, it would also free an inventory slot.

As described, this sounds like an exploit in a technical sense (it bypasses a game mechanic). We don’t know if ANet is bothered by the practice or not — we only know that they aren’t worried enough about it to make a statement, hotfix the issue, or take action against a lot of players.

Here are the facts as we know them:

• Blueprints are soulbound/non-transferable
• People have found a loophole that allows the blueprints to be transferred between accounts.
• ANet has suspended people for using similar loopholes, when they have impacted the economy or given an unfair advantage to players, teams, or worlds.
• A lot of people transfer blueprints so that key players in WvW can make use of them at the appropriate time.
• ANet has not, to our knowledge, suspended anyone for transferring blueprints.

Instead of worrying about what ANet might do, I’d recommend that people offer suggestions about what they’d like to see changed for managing blueprints. As it stands now, I have half-dozen slots filled with BP, but I don’t WvW often enough to make use of them. I’d love to donate them to the cause. The only way to do that right now is working around the soulbinding — I’d prefer that ANet block the ability to do that or make it easier to transfer them.

Clever idea. Thanks for the tip.

I didn’t get anything substantial from RNG. I paid coin for stuffing/glue to try to make EL tonics — nothing. But I don’t care because the event is fantastic.

• The NPCs having snowball fights in LA.
• The presents that you unwrap and spawn a handful of really challenging foes.
• The Jumping Puzzle (which I still can’t finish)
• Making snowman
• The choir challenge
• The Toypaclypse
• Fighting toy soliders, stuffed griffons, princes dolls (special skill: throws tantrum), etc.
• ANet gave everyone a 15-slot bag and a new backpack skin. (Plus, as usual, a bunch of other skins.)
• Everyone got to make two of any five of the available miniatures, without paying coin or gems. (Just had to complete the dungeon 5×.)

Oh, and the cash shop has a bunch of stuff, if you want to spend money.

I’m very happy with the event, even though I didn’t get any of the rare drops from BL chests, the forge, or other sources.

It doesn’t matter which PC you use to purchase the game. (Your nephew should create his own email account just for guild wars 2 and use that as his logon. Also see the various guild wars 2 site about account security.)

I can’t answer the question about the Digital Deluxe.

I get transformed all the time using the spiced pumpkin cookies. Haven’t used the other ones.

It’s not “hard” to choose “wait,” but why should people have to choose? Also, there’s no warning that if you choose to travel, you will respawn as defeated and incur a penalty. This doesn’t seem to be intended behavior.

The question isn’t whether this is a “significant” penalty — it’s whether there should be any penalty at all for traveling when prompted by the game. It doesn’t happen in PvE, it doesn’t happen when there is no queue (because you can’t travel while in combat) — it only happens after waiting for the queue.

I love the jumping puzzles for the special events, even though I have no hope of being able to finish them. I hope to see more of them and I hope that some day, I’ll be able to manage them. They are entirely optional: I can get the event uber-title without jumping and, if I really need help in PvE, there are plenty of mesmer jumpers around willing to portal me to anywhere I need to go.

I don’t love the jumping in Fractals, but it doesn’t bother me…as long as the other people in the group aren’t bothered by the fact I’m slower than they are.

Suggestion: Postpone the pop-up for switching maps during combat, so that people aren’t punished for moving.

Background: Recently, the game was updated to prevent people from avoiding being “finished” by defenders in WvW: if you change maps or logout, you will respawn in the new map as “defeated” and with broken armor.

Issue: Unfortunately, this also applies to two other situations:

1. During combat with NPCs only.
2. When the queue for another WvW map allows you to change maps, e.g. from a Borderland to Eternal Battlegrounds.

I don’t think we should be penalized for the second situation (and probably not for the first either). You shouldn’t have to choose between traveling (and being forced to repair your armor) or getting out of the current combat and risking having to queue again.

It only appears in certain screens and only with interface using certain font settings. Several of us have reported it a few times — it’s consistent across different people with different computer and installed fonts. It seems that the game fonts are missing a few characters for some of the sizes. You can also see different characters displaying in some of the guild panels.

If you want a work-around, change your [F11] options, under video (2nd tab) to “Normal” instead of “Small” (if I recall correctly, one of the other sizes has a similar issue, but again, not for every situation).

Toypocalypse is set up as “hot join” for 8 random people. You don’t have a choice of who is in it. You might increase your chances by clicking on the “enter” answer at exactly the same time.

I thought it was a lot of fun. Although I agree that it’s a huge time investment and little in the way of tangible rewards.

I thought this event was a lot of fun. I’d like to be able to do it with guildies/friends, but that didn’t stop our group from having fun.

The only concern I have is I don’t remember a warning that it was hot join or something that made it clear just how long the event might take. We had a lot of people drop as a result.

Grokii.1705:

Zergs are not good for WvW. They trivialize the accomplishments of smaller sized groups and players in the zerg are left feeling their individual contributions to the zerg do not have a lot of weight to the success or failure of the zerg.

I disagree. Some people like to follow a group — it’s arguably safer and it can be fun to be involved in a big group event.

Some people prefer focusing on targeted objectives and there’s a strong role for them, too. Zergs do not “trivialize” squad accomplishments. On the contrary, they show just how important teamwork is over sheer numbers — I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a tiny coordinated group fend off groups of disorganized defenders or take important objectives.

WvW can be improved in many ways, but I don’t think zerging is a problem in itself, so I can’t support any of the suggestions.

It might still be bugged: while there are other giants besides the two mentioned above, apparently you still need to kill 1,000 to max the title. Seems more difficult to achieve than the other slayer titles by 2-3 orders of magnitude.

Jeffrey Vaughn.1793:

Were you in combat while harvesting? That can cause you to receive ruined items.

On my mesmer or thief, I frequently harvest during combat (because it’s often more efficient than waiting until the fight is over or risking foes respawning). I’ve never seen ruined items using the appropriate tool. Has something changed?

Why is this the desired mechanic?

Mention when you enter — most people don’t realize that exiting can affect others in the instance. Someone did this in two of my PUG teams …and in both cases, everyone (not just the leader) waited until each of us confirmed that we had gotten the chest.

If you were prevented from getting the chest reward, file a support ticket (top left of this page, then choose, “Ask a Question.”) Assuming ANet agrees there’s an issue that needs to be fixed, make it easier for them to help you. (Also, the more individuals who file a ticket, the more likely they are to realize how widespread the issue is.)

ANet confirmed that we will have access to all the original dungeons once Tixx comes to LA (see the Infararium thread at the top of this forum: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wintersday/Tixx-s-Infinirarium). That also means all the first-time rewards (if you didn’t get a chance to enter on the original visit day).

Great! Glad to hear it was as simple as it could be.

Have you deleted all your other mail? That often affects whether you get deliveries from BL.

Let’s be clear on what MF is not doing:

• It doesn’t guarantee better loot on any particular kill — it merely increases the likelihood.
• It doesn’t guarantee better loot for any particular run — if you sacrifice too much damage or durability, then you will contribute less to the fight and get less loot in general.

In other words, spending 30g on MF is an investment that will pay off only after spending dozens of hours farming. It’s generally not worth the effort for most people.

To claim that there is no improvement, one must first compare 1,000s of drops, not just those for one run.

One person compared a mere 300 drops with 100% MF and another 300 without any MF. See: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/10547v/i_am_back_with_more_magic_find_data/

The difference is significant: better loot w/MF, although not drastically better.

• Without MF: 43 gear items of which 6 were green, none gold.
• With MF: 35 gear, 13 green and 2 gold.

• Without MF: 37 mats, 4 were T6
• With MF: 42 mats, 7 were T6

• Without MF: 1078 copper
• With MF: 1740 copper

You normally have to remove items to transmute them, even backpacks.

I want the message. I often forget that I’m going to be in overflow when in LA, because it’s often the only zone that has an overflow. I like Electro’s compromise: give people a choice: let people disable it.

As a side note, my server’s Lion’s Arch was overflow 20-22 hrs/day before Fractals of the Mists was introduced.

According to Anthony Ordun , these will remain throughout Wintersday: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wintersday/Captain-s-council-commendation-here-to-stay

Sorry to hear that, blackbolt.

In that case, contact support (link at the top left, then “Ask a Question” so you don’t have to create an account). Near as I can tell, they have managed to help everyone who has reported consistent issues connecting to the TP.

According to the wiki (with admittedly a small sample size), the chance of getting a BL Sal kit is about 3.6% (at the time of this writing).

If that rate is close to correct and if you did the ~135 dailies every day since head start, your “expected” number of received kits is only 4.6. The chance of getting 0 is (1-3.6%)^135, or about 0.7%. So, it’s unlikely that anyone specific will get 0 BL kits, but out of every 100,000 people playing, we should “expect” about 700 of them to suffer this.

Xillllix.3485:

So is this issue being resolved?

If you are having the issue, you need to contact support individually. Any resolution is going to depend on the circumstances specific to your account.

Yes, the bolt is created in the field…but it is still a projectile; it has to hit a target before removing the condition.

If it’s momentary, try restarting GW2. This resets the TP interface (it uses your GW2 credentials to logon to a separate server; sometimes that logon gets disconnected and the easiest solution is to restart the game).

If it’s persistent, there are some things that you can do to reduce the likelihood of it happening again and again:

• Make sure your anti-malware programs aren’t preventing the TP from operating. the “awesomonium_process.exe” that connects to the TP server can get blocked by some programs. See: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Configuring-AVG
• Make sure your firewall or router isn’t blocking the TP and has the relevant ports open.
• Make sure you have admin rights to the game. See: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Configuring-User-Account-Control-UAC

Sometimes, restarting your router and/or computer can resolve these issues, at least for a time.

There have always been teleporting bots, since the first week of the game. So, it’s a huge deal if those are just about the only ones left. The announced metric was:

• October: 2,000 reports/hour.
• December: 20 reports/hour.

Even assuming players are only able to report the tip of the iceberg (10%) now, that would mean we should be reporting 200/hour… a drop from 2,000 to 200 is still extremely impressive.

Finally, there will always be bots in the game as long as the bot owners can make money off of illegal techniques, which primarily depends on gold selling.

It turns out another developer now says it’s intended that rezoning/restarting the game reset survivor progress. The theory is that people would abuse it to avoid dying.

• Jason King said — "It’s a bug that it resets when you log out/zone/etc. (^-^;)"
• Jeffrey Vaughan said — “Did you change maps at any point? That will reset your progress. (So players can’t abuse it by switching to another map when they’re about to die.)” and later “Yes, one sitting. (Again, to keep players from trying to cheat by disconnecting right before death.)”

But this doesn’t change the advice:

• You don’t have to avoid death since character creation, only since the last time you died.
• It’s both faster & easier to obtain this on a higher level toon (L55+).
• The safest way is to level via crafting (especially using a crafting booster).
• The second fastest way is to pursue event chains, using a food and a potion/sharpening-stone + guild experience bonuses (there is a banner and a guild wide boon). It’s also easiest on Thursday night/Friday morning (when your WvW/Power-of-the-mists bonuses are strongest — that increases your opportunities for XP and increases your durability).
• The second safest method is to level up via map exploration in cities and lowbie areas. (Again, you want to be higher level to do this.)

The OP isn’t addressing vertical progression. It’s about encouraging people to return to lower-level zones or otherwise less-frequented parts of popular zones.

How long will Lionguard Lyns remain in LA, exchanging commendations?

Lionguard Lyns is the NPC who is collecting donations to help rebuild Lion’s Arch.

Presumably, at some point, LA will be rebuilt and she’ll stop collecting (and Miyani will stop selling donation wrapping to create the commendations). I don’t want to get stuck with tokens that I can’t use and I’d like to be able to decide whether to invest in purchasing more wrapping (to save up for some of the items) or to start spending now.

Thanks.

(I apologize for posting in this section, but the Lost Shores forum is archived and there doesn’t seem to be a clear alternative.)

What’s wrong with marking the jumping puzzle on the map after the character finds it on the map? That’s how every other part of the map UI works now. For WPs and POIs, you don’t have to get that close. So what if for JPs, you had to reach the beginning? (Even now, this usually unlocks one of the location names in white on the map, too.)

I don’t see the benefit of forcing people to use non-game resources to find things in the game. Also, while it might be a bit of a surprise for you the first time you stumble across a JP or a little mini-story (plenty of which aren’t documented anywhere as far as I can tell), you’ll know the next time you’re in the area…and your alts won’t have any trouble finding them either.

In short: where’s the harm in including it?

Normally, I’m against making PvE competitive, but I like Mithran’s idea.

• Those who want to compete, could; those who don’t, wouldn’t lose out (much).
• It is results-oriented: if a support-heavy team can gut foes faster than a DPS-heavy team, they get a better score.

I like the idea of giving L80 players an incentive to focus on non-L80 zones for a while.

I prefer not knowing the names of my opponents. If I did, I’d be liable to look to start identifying players by how effective they are and go 1:1 on the bad ones and run from the good ones. (sPvP is a better venue for those good players who want to run towards good opponents.)

I also don’t find any benefit based on the OP’s description: I never feel that I’m just killing NPCs. I do feel that I am fighting against other, equally anonymous players.

That said, I might support a modified suggestion: make the system opt-in only. Allow every player the option of displaying their name to opponents in WvW.

Survivor in GW1 was originally an “iron man” achievement: you couldn’t ever die. Currently (and as of over a year ago), it works the same as in GW2: experience since last death (although you can rezone/logout/etc).

It’s still a significant accomplishment if you do it through foe deaths, albeit a lot easier than Iron Man.

BTW: it’s much easier to gain the title using L80 characters, because the XP gained per foe death is greater (one of the mechanics in the game that makes leveling from 70-80 take about the same time as leveling from 60-70). With an L55 character even, you can complete map exploration in an L50+ zone and get the title — maybe about 1-2 hrs for some people, longer for others. You can reduce that time by taking an L70 character into a higher level map.

Other good things to use: XP boosters, XP banners (from guild influence), and food (+10% xp/kill) and potions/stones (another +10%/kill). Those all speed up acquisition of this title.

Regarding how long it might take to fix this one: the last quote I saw suggested it isn’t a priority fix for them. Probably because the title is easily achieved even without the fix.

And I have to agree: the bigger problem is that there’s no clear explanation of the requirements, so a lot of people are confused by seeing the progress bar remain fixed. (I think there should be two bars: one for max and one for current.) Not being able to rezone/logout is annoying, but it’s easy enough to work around.

I don’t want to see a leaderboard for achievements. I like the fact that nearly all the achievements have a maximum, because it provides me with a specific, achievable goal. Removing the cap rewards mindless point farming.

The achievement is working as designed with one exception: it stops progressing if you change maps or characters.

The title measures the most experience gained without dying, not since creation. You do not have to reach L30 without dying: you can go from L65 or even L80. Probably the easiest way is to have an L65+ character max one crafting discipline. The second fastest is a high-level toon in a dungeon. And third fastest is high-level toon during a series of dynamic events with lots of mobs.

After a death (or map change), you have to catch up your progress again. You can see how much XP gained by using the _ /deaths _ command. In order to update the achievement bar, you have to gain more XP without dying than you had earned prior to the last death. So using the OP’s example,

1. Start a new toon, level up until gaining 8,400 and die (or fall or leave the map).
2. Now, the toon gains 500 more xp.
   • The toon’s total xp is 8,900.
   • The toon’s progress towards survivor is 500 xp.
   • The achievement is not updated.
3. Continue on for a bit until reaching 19,000 xp.
   • The characters total XP is 19,000 XP
   • The progress towards survivor is now 10,100 XP
   • The achievement track will show 10,100 XP.
4. The character dies again and then gains another 5,000 XP
   • The total XP is 24,000 XP.
   • The progress is 5,000 XP
   • The achievement track shows 10,100, because you have not exceeded the prior total.

To report Bots that move too quickly to tag, file a support ticket (link in the upper left toolbar for this site — use the “Ask a Question” option).

Include in the ticket:

• Time & date observed.
• Server/World
• Zone + nearest landmark (POI or WP).
• Your character name (to help them find out where you where).
• Any other detail that can help them follow-up (profession, route, pattern, particular actions, …).

You’ll get an automatic note with some information that probably won’t interest you. Later, you might get a follow-up saying whether they found the bots or not.

However, they will follow-up: the support ticket will go to the same team that gets the /report from the in-game tool.

Thanks for taking the time to help rid the game of these guys.