Guild Wars 2

Is there a lag issue specific to Australia? (Sorry for the side note in this thread) have a guildmate from Oz who’s been crashing continually this past week and claims the lag makes the game unplayable …. Don’t want him to quit, so was here trying to find a solution…. I gather you’ve tried the -repair function to see if it was file related?

Yeah if you can’t crit/hit anything, your xp share will be lower with better chances of that at a higher level. Certainly you’ll get xp for tower turnovers and events, but overall it’s been my experience that you don’t see significant xp gain until after 50 …. But once you pass that mark, it’s remarkable how quickly you level.

No I believe you have to reboot game each time to get accurate full/very high etc reading.

And no, full means full, there’s no order of one full server compared to another.

Sounds like you have a unique issue, I’d suggest you file a support ticket here:

https://en.support.guildwars2.com/

Best times to get onto TC are as follows;

7am EST (weekdays only)
between 6 and 7 pm EST (weekdays only — odd, but I’ve seen it open at that time a number of days)
10:30 pm EST on a Saturday (equally odd, but again have seen it number of times)
3am EST (weekdays only)

Those are the times that worked for friends, hope you find it works for you. Good luck, it’s a great server and worth the effort.

Close and reopen I believe.

You guys do realize that you can get Rune of the Vampire if you’re tired of seeing elementalists do the mist form right? With six runes, it does the exact same thing as what the ele gets.

Xirin.8593:

Wow, TC within 1k of SOR. Will be fun watching the next 48 hours play out.

Here’s the latest, just for you!

Yes just your settings .. you’ll have to redo them once you relog back in .. but for me, at least, it was better than that constant bonging sound.

Tajz.9826:

Ketharius.9018:

I love TC, most people are cheerful, I’ve yet to run into lots of negativity.

Careful, they’re zombie in disguise. Once you’re in their territory asking fortheir cookies, they’ll come in mass and eat your brain especially Jayne :P

What? Little ol’ me? I swear I was just trying to give you a better haircut .. the one you have now is so 1980s.

…. just a little off the top ….. lalalala.

Wondering if its a rune that’s doing this .. what spec do you have?

1. Placed siege should last 24 hours to at least get your money’s worth. The only way it should vanish is if an enemy destroys it or the fort,tower or keep is taken by the enemy.

2. Get rid if reticking, it’s annoying and nobody likes it.

3. Mousing over siege tells you how long it will be until it expires.

Lol folks, check your local.dat file in your documents>GW2 folder …. If its bigger than 15mb, that’s your culprit. Exit game, delete it and let the game reload it.

If you get the sound bug (constant bonging noise) while in a zone with a high population (WvW, dragon events), close up GW2 and go to your GW2 folder (documents>GW2) and delete your local.dat file. This file should be only about 15 mb in total, but for some reason it grows daily (a friend checked his today and it was 15 gigs, lol).

This fix has also helped stop constant crashes in game, too …. But be warned, it houses your settings and will revert everything to default …. So you’ll have to go back in and readjust.

Cheers!

You’ll note in your travels to get map completion that all of the orders are included in the poi map count: Priory, Vigil and Whispers. Because Whispers is a super secret order, it makes sense it’s tucked away/hidden somewhere. Chantry of Secrets is the Whisper of Order’s HQ.

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phaneo.4597:

@Jayne, you said kitten in your post! “kitten”!!!
Can’t believe this is happening! :P

Hilarious!

Apparently “posterior hats” is a filtered word.

This is pretty funny too:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-25-funniest-autocorrects-of-2012

Glad it appears fixed now odd bug.

So I think I’ve discovered the “sweet spot” for levelling in WvW. I know people who have levelled up toons from zero to 80 in there, but I found at lower levels the levelling felt slow and painful.

I went back out in Tyria and waited until I was higher …. When I returned at about level 50 I found the xp/levelling gain insane. In less than three days of very casual gameplay I got to level 75.

Anyone else notice this steep xp gain after level 50 in WvW?

Hit your recipe tab …. Or double click the forge …. Then look for Refinement —- the logs and planks should be in there. You need to refine the raw wood before you can make a plank.

If nothing shows up in the recipe list it may be because you haven’t declared weapon smith as a profession yet … If not, go talk to the npc …. Typically by the forge itself.

akamon.2769:

@Jayne – : (( true, it’d be hard to get everyone, let alone most, on any given server to be on the same page. but it could still be attempted if enough people had an interest?

What would happen is everyone would be hyper nervous with a big sea of red around them, then start to relax a bit, maybe dance wave sit etc…, then one or two griefers would jump in hit a few people, freak them out and they respond and suddenly what was supposed to be a cool event turns into a bloodbath — with animosity toward the server with the griefers (and yes the whole server gets lumped in because of two kitten) …. Well…..

Like I said, lol, it doesn’t end well.

Unless folks go there with the full intention of an all out Armageddon …. Then it’s not such a mass surprise.

mrochon.8765:

KOM lol…hackin’ still isn’t helping you guys. we’re destroying you with half oour grp sub 80. #sad

Lol now chest thumping is jumping threads …. Or maybe this is a preview for BGs match next week, lol.

We tried this with a yak once. It didn’t end well.

Is it because you haven’t discovered the recipe yet? You may have to bring in your components and craft it that way first.

I thought I had posted this, but I guess I forgot:

Every single server out there got at least one vote when people made choices, not a single one was left out. Thought that was kind of neat, too.

Do you have the latest Realtek drivers?

You should indicate your server in case it’s only happening on yours? It’ll help them track it down better.

Hit your tab button and aoe …. It’s likely stuck in a wall and this worked for me

Delete your local.dat file in your Documents>GW2 folder. It’s supposed to be your ui settings file, but it grows daily. Deleting it and letting the game reload it fixed this issue for me.

Bubblerum.6015:

Another question, I know I am sorry, but does GW2 suffer from what other MMOs have and that is influxes of too many of one class. Cause I see a guardian every time I turn around. I assume no since thee “Role” things is done away with so it wouldn’t matter if a group was all the same class. Well that’s what I am hoping for.

The best thing about this game is that the holy trinity (tank, healer, dps) is dead. You can group with any combination of classes and have a reasonable expectation for survival. You can run a dungeon with five guardians, or five elementalists, or any combination of classes, etc …. Just focus on what you enjoy playing. I too played healers on most mmos … In gw2 I went elementalist first because it does have a heal component and can be played from a ranged damage. Get beyond the mental block of that holy trinity and try each class out until you find one that suits you …. All of the classes in gw2 are fabulous and have something to offer. The fun is in discovery.

Thought I’d flag this here because it appears to be a significant game bug.

We’ve heard from A-net officials that siege will disappear from map if it’s not ticked (used by a player) every 30 minutes.

We also know that befriending the quaggan on the borderland maps will send them to the nearest keep, and coupled with a storm event on the island on the lake will take out siege with lightning over a period of time at an enemies keep.

However, it appears that even “friendly” quaggan create this storm and lightning and take out allied siege. Allied quaggan are supposed to run to the nearest keep with the shaman and create a “healing rain” for allied players.

This isn’t happening. Instead they waddle up to the nearest keep, non-agro, and create a storm that deteriorates allied siege in the keep they’re outside of.

I’ve watched it happen over and over. We’ve flipped all the quaggan camps, there are no enemies attacking, we controlled the storm event on the island and lightning starts hitting siege (but not players) on the corresponding keep, destroying it over a period of 20 minutes, sometimes less.

It’s frustrating because we couldn’t figure out why this was happening — we had loyally been reticking siege, we’d been on top of the quaggans, and still siege would disappear.

This leaves defending borderlands at a disadvantage if siege you expect to stay there in preparation of defense suddenly disappears.

There is a definite bug with the quaggans, they should not be taking out siege if they’re allied to you. Please fix this. People are hesitant to spend money on siege if it’s just going to vanish for no reason.

Note: it appears to happen more persistently in the garrison, but have witnessed it happen at bay and hills as well.

This doesn’t happen on EB at all .. sometimes siege will stay for hours without anyone reticking it. We’ve monitored it closely.

Is there any way to just turn these features off until a fix is made?

You could always do a printscreen, type something to differentiate one pix from the other, then count it up that way later .. have an official count in case you lose track?

A great site to test out various builds for your class can be found here:

http://en.gw2codex.com/

For those still interested ….

Isn’t there food you can consume, sigils you can add to weapons that increase speed? And isn’t there a buff you get from guilds that increases speed? (Not certain on the guild buff but thought I’d seen something in there that had a speed component).

Saiyan Fap.4905:

i understand that you feel that these classes need to be nerfed, and i noticed you mentioned every class, but i feel that this suggestion is ill placed. each proffession has something about it that makes it strong, and fun to play. Necro’s have two life bars (and a ton of hp), guardians have sonstant protect and insane amounts of toughness, warriors are mega tank/dps’ers, ele’s are elusive and AoE kings, theives are sneaky and imposssible to fight 1v1. mesmers are obnoxiously hard to fight 1v1, but if you can lock on top the actual player, then they go down pretty fast. warriors are helpless if immobilized, theives attacks are initiative inhibited, to say that long fights are their downfall, and guardians cant hardly do enough damage if they are by themselves.

every class has a strength or two and a few weaknesses. now ive just elaborated on the professions i am familiar with, but i hope you get my point.

there is no nerfing needed. just learn to use your class properly.

plus, if they DID nerf the classes, playing the game would feel bland. without the range of differences between the classes, there wouldnt really be a point in having different classes at all.

Dear, read the top of the OP’s post.

He was being sarcastic.

Just came here this morning to echo what the OP has said … Almost five months in from launch and every day I find something new in the game that delights me. I really am enjoying it and wanted Anet to know. Looking forward to seeing what else you guys have up your sleeve in the year ahead. Thank you for making this a place to call home for me.

Nope. Has to be an enemy …. And your teammate can’t use their siege. Someone likely snuck in behind while you were fighting.

That’s just nuts. Lol are they all flame ram?! Hahahaha

Drainbamaged.1062:

Jayne.9251:

I was wearing sylvari petals, you were trying to pluck them off of me! I was just about to give in to our merry chase that took us over land, into water, past these cute little aqueous creatures that seemed to have rather electric personalities, and onto the glade when my stupid big brother arrived and sent you back to your waypoint. He always ruins everything. Sorry!

Deflowered much?

Glad you caught the euphemism! (loved yours btw, I howled) …. Aren’t Sylvari supposed to be, uh, free spirits?

I was wearing sylvari petals, you were trying to pluck them off of me! I was just about to give in to our merry chase that took us over land, into water, past these cute little aqueous creatures that seemed to have rather electric personalities, and onto the glade when my stupid big brother arrived and sent you back to your waypoint. He always ruins everything. Sorry!

Lol you offered me a hug when we first met.

IT WAS A TRAP!

(I’m kidding)

More of these please! These are fun!

You’ll be devastated to know I made it up then for comic value.

C’mon, these are fun, and a much needed break from all the angsty match threads. Anyone else care to try one?

You were wearing red, I was wearing pink. We encountered each other near the steps to the castle. While I appreciate how intensely it appeared you wanted to meet me, I found you a little grabby. I’m sorry I had to smack you like that, but you wouldn’t take no for an answer. Next time, maybe play a little hard to get?

Zen.8497:

For some Blackgate players:
I honestly do not know why Blackgate server want to ruin their reputation leave T2 with such a bad impression. It has been fun all along, fair play was there until Tarnish Coast joined T2. For some unknown reasons you are helping them out. I know this because I was there when IoJ was there and this never happened.
I do not know enough Tarnish Coast so maybe this is their tactics where ends justify the means but I do know that BG is better than this.
Hopefully you care enough to do the right thing, no more crowbars to the knee cap please.

I suspect it’s just because we’re respectful in game and on the forum. What we post here gets relayed back to the servers, and if the bulk of players posting from one server act the same way … Well it tends to leave an impression.

In all seriousness though, there’s no super secret deal. BG invaded TCBL this morning, right on schedule and SoR did its predictable lap in the afternoon. On EB, BG zerged us all day. (I tried to send them cookies in SM with my treb, but apparently they didn’t get them )

It’s something all servers should consider. How your players behave here often plays out in game. We all have our bad days, but if the overall voice of a server is uniform, well folks will pass judgment, it’s human nature. Not fun for those not their servers norm though. I feel for those people.

Something to think about anyhow.

pot.6805:

Jayne.9251:

Here’s the latest score

Bad girl! I clearly see a treb being aimed at SM which BG owns. THis will be brought up to council for BG-TC relations immediately as an act of agression which is against the protocols of the BG-TC alliance.
/obviously sarcasm

But but but .. it was a rainbow treb that shot cookies at you! Didn’t you get them?

You guys made quick work of them. lol.

Here’s the latest score

Just wanted to share a sight that made me howl with laughter today … stumbled upon this poor unfortunate outside the gates … half naked, head into the wall ….

Hopefully it’ll help lighten the mood.

Psst. I think he’s just drunk and passed out!

So. Much. Of. Teh. Rage.