Guild Wars 2

Moridin.5670:

So can anybody verify that the fix has gone in and that it is working?

It is currently 8:05 AM Anet time. I imagine they are not in the office yet so give them some time. You know to get some coffee and what not.

CC Danicia.1394:

I have a real update for you. The fix is going in tomorrow in a hotfix tomorrow morning (4/11).

Since there is an instrument slider that allows us to mute them, I don’t care. Add a rolling band playing kazoos, bag pipes and accordions all at one time for all I care. I’m set on instrument mute and thankfully don’t have to any of it.

Carnius Magius.8091:

Dalanor.5387:

Carnius Magius.8091:

Romo.3709:

Carnius Magius.8091:

Make waypoints FREE. Problem solved.

How about we leave it as it is and don’t waste time on Mounts?
Problem solved.

Make paying for waypoints optional. Pay if you like.

1silver / WP hurts your wallet?

Well they are getting rid of armor repair costs because it hurts wallets. Travel costs is no different.

They offset armor no repair fees by less coin from champion bags and events.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/say-goodbye-to-armor-repair-costs-and-hello-to-free-trait-resets/

With the changes we’re making that remove some of the systems that take gold out of the economy, we need to make sure the economy remains balanced in terms of gold input as well. We’ll be reducing the amount of raw gold that comes out of champion loot bags and events in an effort to keep the economy balanced and spread out player activity a bit.

If they were to reduce WP costs or make them free then you would see less coin drops from other parts of the game. I’d rather pay for WPs. So, yes it is very different.

Yifang.8260:

JustTrogdor.7892:

So I guess Mac users miss out on this:

Free Bank Access Express
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/bltc/Free-Promotion-Bank-Access-Express/first#post3878915

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/bltc/Thanks-for-the-Freebies/first#post3879219

Not like it is a mega huge free item, but we are left out either way as these free items are usually one day only.

At this point no major loss as I got the deluxe edition thankfully before this debacle

But the rest of us are out of luck. Sure it isn’t a huge item, but unlike our PC friends we don’t get one because we play on Mac. Of course they could extend the offer for a day on the grounds that Mac customers could not take advantage of it.

So I guess Mac users miss out on this:

Free Bank Access Express
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/bltc/Free-Promotion-Bank-Access-Express/first#post3878915

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/bltc/Thanks-for-the-Freebies/first#post3879219

Not like it is a mega huge free item, but we are left out either way as these free items are usually one day only.

markswiftgem.2489:

Being really new to macs I’m currently extremely confused as to what on earth is going on. I appreciate it is being fixed but I refresh this page often to see if there is a bug fix and people are talking about backing things up and whatnot, I honestly have no idea what’s going on haha. If there is anything I need to be doing for my mac could you guys fill me in?

Not really. Just stand by for the announcement of a fix. With the Mac Beta client, when things break it is really just a waiting game. We have been told a fix is on the way and the best we can do is wait for it.

Apparently there is a free item in the gem store today, a Bank Access Express. I know it isn’t anything huge, but with the TP broken we can’t get it.

Angelica Dream.7103:

JustTrogdor.7892:

Angelica Dream.7103:

So what if I have 11,600 now?
…and again there will be no more reward chests once you get to 10,000?

The reward chests are based on total achievement points, daily, monthly, living world, and so forth. When you do a daily achievement, for example, Daily Gatherer, you get 1 point. If you only do your 5 needed for the daily achievement chest you will add 5 points to your daily total out of 10,000. Once you have achieved 10,000 points from daily tasks you will be capped and get 0 toward your overall achievement points.

So what is the incentive to do the daily? In fact the daily points were one of the things that kept me playing every day.
Wonder if I will be on every day after the cap is in place?

Well you have to reach the cap first before it becomes an issue.

Angelica Dream.7103:

So what if I have 11,600 now?
…and again there will be no more reward chests once you get to 10,000?

The reward chests are based on total achievement points, daily, monthly, living world, and so forth. When you do a daily achievement, for example, Daily Gatherer, you get 1 point. If you only do your 5 needed for the daily achievement chest you will add 5 points to your daily total out of 10,000. Once you have achieved 10,000 points from daily tasks you will be capped and get 0 toward your overall achievement points.

They’ll have to add a “duck face” option as well to compliment it.

Angelica Dream.7103:

OK blonde moment here. I am not sure I understand what is going on here?
Though assume it is about the post “There will be a limit of 10,000 daily and 5,000 monthly achievement points,”

But in daily now I can rarely get over 11 points for daily. How can you ever get 10,000!

Also is there still no cap for getting Achievment Chests (Large, Heavy, etc)?

Thanks

10,000 daily achievement points total. Meaning once you get 10,000 from doing dailys over time you will not get anymore. Every time you do one daily achievement it adds to the total. It is a running total whether your get 3 daily achievement points in a day or all of them the next day, after you reach 10,000 total you get none.

Jesse.4627:

I’m not exactly tech savvy so idk how to merge this thread with the other otherwise I would. I just hope this issue gets resolved quickly because my inventory is full and thats pretty much stopping me from making any progress.

Oh, I only mentioned that for the mods when they stop by and to encourage everyone else to post in the main thread.

Jesse.4627:

Also, about 50% of the time, using the TP messes up my game’s gamma so the screen becomes dim. Anyone know what to do?

The TP gamma bug has been going on for awhile. You just have to open graphics options and move the slider a tad and it corrects it.

I can’t sell anything even when it loaded. I click the item to sell and nothing happens. When trying to buy items I only get about 1/8 of the page that loads.

P.S. This thread should be merged with the other. I only replied here to address the gamma bug issue.

It is phishing. Please don’t post links to phishing emails. So please edit those out. Someone might click them and get phished.

Anet does not send emails about account termination. If you didn’t follow the links you are probably fine. You may want to run a virus scan for key loggers and such. You may also want to make sure your email account is secure. If you are worried beyond that change your GW2 password.

Graek Tarmikos.1364:

Thank you for the help guys! We are going as Mesmer and Warrior ( in Keinang server ).

Do some practice with your Mesmer. It is a fine yet fun dance to balance your clones and illusions along with the other fun Mesmer tricks like temporal curtain, feedback, mass invis, and time warp among others. Once you learn the dance it is great fun.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/mac/Top-5-Wishlist/first#post3869289

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/mac/April-Feature-Pack-Will-we-see-any-updates/first#post3869261

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/mac/Mac-Beta-Client-Support-Clean-up-thread/

Again, the reason I am against mounts is that I don’t care for the visual experience they create. In a game that is valued on visuals I would find mounts as a distraction, ugly, and unnecessary screen clutter.

I see arguments from some saying, “If you don’t like mounts don’t use them.” That is fine and all aside from the fact that I have to see them everywhere I go and depreciating my in game experience. I have yet to see a game where mounts were not intrusive visually. That is my opinion and it is just as valid as the, “Mounts are cool!” argument.

A few people did mention that if there were cosmetic mounts that there might be an option to disable viewing them. In that case I would be fine with it. However, if I log in and am forced to see a bunch of players sitting around on Moas, bears, spiders or what not then it intrudes on my experience. That is my opinion and is as very much valid as,“Mounts look cool.”

I’ve also seen few posts from people discussing visuals and saying, “We already have bows that shoot unicorns so why not mounts,” and so forth? Just because something like that already exists doesn’t mean Anet shout add more things that are visually unappealing.

Then again this isn’t a thread started by Anet saying, “Do you want mounts? Vote yes or no and convince us.” So all of these walls of text people are throwing in here on both sides of the issue is really just a waste of time. I’m almost certain that Anet has heard of mounts before and thought about it.

Deleted a L80 Guardian I had a precursor (Zap) in the inventory. I totally forgot to bank it.

Accidentally bought 30 gold worth of a common dye, some sold to me for over 5 gold. I had a few too many beers that day. I got about 4 gold back selling them.

So people will start a thread every other day asking about capes.

CC Danicia.1394:

Can you advise which stickies are out of date/need updates?

This one is over a year out of date. A known issue update would be appreciated:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/mac/Known-Issues-Guild-Wars-2-Mac-Beta-Client/

The last time this one about bug fixes was updated was over a year ago:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/mac/Update-Notes-Guild-Wars-2-Mac-Beta-Client/

This is 8 months old and there are some new trouble shooting tips since then:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/mac/Basic-Mac-Beta-Client-Troubleshooting/

See some tips from Felicja.6891:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/members/Felicja-6891/showposts

It would be nice if some of Felicja’s tips were validated by the Mac team and included in the trouble shooting sticky. I know they have worked for a lot of people.

Thank you for your time here CC.

Palador.2170:

I’ve also noticed that there’s a vendor in Queensdale that sells Lucky Rabit’s Foot charms. They’re accessories, cost 2 silver each, and have NO stats to them. These also come in a rainbow of colors.

I equipped one of those lucky rabbits foot for a few days just to see if it had some kind of hidden magic find or other affect. It didn’t surprise me to see that nothing noticeable happened but it was worth a shot.

Im Mudbone.1437:

No offense, but, I hope the drum is never introduced bedcause it is the most annoying griefing instrument ever made to be put in a game, 10X worse than the infernal bell.

I don’t know Marriner’s Horn is pretty bad. People used to stand around banks and TPs and just spam the most obnoxious note possible. Then they gave us the slider to turn down the volume of musical instruments or off completely. Then the spamming stopped for the most part, or maybe it didn’t. I don’t know because I have them turned off since day one of the update. It was a welcome feature IMO.

Why is it Mr.Offmap when your toon is a female?

It appears that you received a phishing email. It sounds like you might have followed the link and provided information about your account login details. You should take measures to secure your account as soon as possible including a new password and possible changing your email address associated with your account. You should also make sure your email account is secure and computer is free of virus and key loggers.

Hi,

I’m glad to see this thread. Here are my suggestions/compliments. Most everything I discuss has to do with just keeping the Mac customer base informed. We know there are and will be bugs but knowing that they are getting attention from Anet goes a long way.

1. Continue to improve communication with Mac customers. There are a lot of cases were there have been / are bugs and Mac customers are left talking to each other. We are left wondering if Anet even knows about the problem or is interested at all. We are not expecting a bunch of promises of when things will be fixed but knowing that Anet knows about the issue would be helpful. Your other post was the first time I can recall reading that a Mac team has been working on problems during patches. Including Mac related fixes in patch notes would be helpful as well. Also please keep the known issues sticky thread up to date. This will help us know that you are aware of the problems.
2. Thorough testing using both Macbooks and iMacs before a patch goes live. The last several patches there have been some very significant bugs specific to the Mac client. I would like to think this could have been avoided if the patch had been tested properly and does leave me to wonder how much testing went on. I mention using both Macbook and iMac because some problems seem affect each differently. Most problems seem to affect Macbooks. Also I hope testing is done using the latest OSX Maveriks.
3. As others have said, trading post loading problems is the most common problem I experience and it is annoying. Not game breaking but it is a pain in the rear at times.
4. I very much enjoy the game despite some of the Mac specific bugs. Help me to continue enjoying it by not giving up on the Mac client.
5. Anet staff presence in this forum is appreciated and very much welcomed. I don’t think any of us expect forum support to be a full time job. However, please don’t let this be like the last several times we have had someone drop in to say they were here for us then disappear a few weeks later. CC Danicia even if you are not ultimately going to be responsible for posting in this forum some continuity of Anet staff presence without long gaps of time in between will go a long way into earning our trust again.

Also, I will admit I have been rather harsh and somewhat rude in some threads here. I apologize for that and for letting my frustration get the best of me. I will try to avoid such behavior in the future.

You guys are still on about this? I think the OP get’s the point and has acknowledged it. Time to let this one go.

Algreg.3629:

JustTrogdor.7892:

I finally managed to craft Volcanus to go with my fire theme and this kind of makes the spinal blades look like a jetpack when sheathed. With my traveler’s runes, and a swiftness buff for turbo I can pretend a bit at least.

You, Sir, are a burninator indeed!

Burninating the country side, burninating the peasants!

MAD CAT.9321:

all you mount haters are funny

As are you pro-mount people.

Naqaj.6219:

Look at the posts in this thread. Does that look like an audience that is even trying to comprehend the reality of developing a game as complex as this within the confinements of available resources? Do they look like they even care about any of the dozens of reasons that can cause unforseen delays in deployment of a patch?

We were not expecting an updated client or patch. We were expecting a statement on the status of the Mac client because we were told, and promised we would get one by the end of the week. A statement as to where the client stands, again not expecting a patch. Several of us stated just that in the posts you must have read in order to develop you opinion on the matter.

You’re right about one thing though, they should not have promised something they were not prepared to deliver and at the very least should have had the courtesy at the end of the week to tell us their status update has been delayed.

There really isn’t much good in all of us going on about this. It is obvious that people on each side of the debate don’t care for the other side. If you think Anet has not already considered mounts then I don’t know what to tell you. You all can keep beating up on each other over it and the end result won’t change. This isn’t a thread started by Anet saying, “Do you want mounts? Vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or convince us.” So you can either just say you want mounts or you don’t want mounts., it won’t really matter anyway. Everything in between is a waste of your time.

There really isn’t much good in all of us going on about this. It is obvious that people on each side of the debate don’t care for the other side. If you think Anet has not already considered mounts then I don’t know what to tell you. You all can keep beating up on each other over it and the end result won’t change. This isn’t a thread started by Anet saying, “Do you want mounts? Vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or convince us.” So you can either just say you want mounts or you don’t want mounts., it won’t really matter anyway. Everything in between is a waste of your time.

FlamingFoxx.1305:

There is always the possibility of them saying something on saturday or sunday – I know that Anet technically isn’t open over the weekend, but there’s nothing to say that a couple of staff aren’t still doing things?

Guess that didn’t happen either.

Tajirii.9560:

Awesome, thank you for a quick response. Any ideas of a good first character class?

I started with Guardian and found it a good way to learn the ropes. I then moved on to other classes but Guardian seemed to be great for starting and survivability while learning the mechanics. My personal opinion, after learning things Mesmer is a lot of fun. A higher learning curve and a bit squishy at first but their skills are very useful in all aspects of the game due to their some of their skills (especially Temporal Curtain, Portal, Time Warp, and Mass Invisibility in many dungeons) . You see less of them but they are almost always a welcome addition to most parties, especially when the party already has a Guardian and Warrior.

zwierz.9012:

That’s the spirit!

Actually, I more often yell, “To infinity and beyond!”

zwierz.9012:

Remember to yell “Weeeeeeeee!” when running, mate!

I do.

I finally managed to craft Volcanus to go with my fire theme and this kind of makes the spinal blades look like a jetpack when sheathed. With my traveler’s runes, and a swiftness buff for turbo I can pretend a bit at least.

Bo Van Swill.7619:

Now i know that the extras that have been added are to get more people playing and that is great but we the players that have been playing from the start should we not also get the extras as well?

Did the version you purchased state you would receive all future upgrades? If no then that is your answer. Also, what about all the hours of play time you have had that cannot be replaced. Would you be willing to wipe your entire account of everything you have and accomplished just for a few extra items?

I think the OP has a interesting idea, a bit of a compromise between instant 80 gem store items and grinding to 80 the traditional way and it would be new content. I would like to think of it more as a proving grounds though. Perhaps have various level of difficulty that forces the player to practice their skills and ending with a solo dungeon of a fair degree of difficulty that would reward the final level 80. Of course no other rewards would be given while in the proving ground aside from levels. Once entering the proving ground players cannot leave until completed or quitting, quitting would negate all progress. Access to the proving ground would require having at least 2-3 level 80s already and a pass purchased from the gem store.

Put everything in your bank first. Everything in your bank and your wallet will transfer with you. You won’t get the items again that is why you need to bank them first. If you have used the armor skins and they are soul bound you will want to transmute them onto a white item to make them account bound before banking. Make sure you have stripped your character clean of everything you want to keep and banked it before deleting the character, then double check to make sure.

Tuition 10,000 gold a semester.

Ryoki Hokishami.2756:

I’d actually be fine with mounts. You’d be lying if you say you didn’t enjoy them a little if you played WoW or the like.

The problem is they’re pretty redundant with waypoints.

Nope not lying I never enjoyed them. I think they look silly and create more screen clutter. From a visual standpoint I don’t like them. My opinion.

This is what Gaile posted in the account forum regarding the April 15th issues:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/Duplicate-unused-premium-armor-skins/first#post3811729

Gaile Gray.6029:

You can submit questions about the Feature Build after it goes live on April 15th. In the meantime, watch for more information via our Knowledge Base (search: Wardrobe) and blog posts.

Everyone: Please do not submit tickets or make forum posts about the Feature Build at this time. Customer Support cannot assist with these matters in advance of the build going live.

So in other words, stay tuned for more information and don’t contact support regarding this until the April 15th patch as they cannot help you at this time. Submitting tickets about things related to the Apr 15 patch will just slow down support for those that need it and they can’t help you at this time.

Dany Little Star.2837:

Guys…if they promise the update, it will come out in the next days for sure.
In real life, I’m a developer: I code everyday at every hour….and there is a law in te developer’s world: IF YOU PLAN TO FINISH A WORK IN X DAYS, YOU NEED X+1/2 X TO FINISH THAT WORK.

I trust them, so…just wait for the update coming in the next days.

I didn’t even take CC Danicia’s comment as saying they are actually updating the Mac client at this time. I took it as we were going to get an update as to the status of the client, known issues, and what their plans for the client are in the future. That’s how CC described it in her message as a “proper status update.” This is something we have been asking for for some time and we thought we were finally going to get one.

Aigisthos.3059:

CC Danicia.1394:

Vampirate.7054:

Better not be April Fool Day!!!

I would never do that to you! Promise!

Would never do that to us. “Never.” “Promise!”

sigh

Guess the joke is on us. Happy April Fools day everybody.

Yep we got punked.

This thread has over 1500 views also, so i’m sure it isn’t just 50 or so Mac customers looking for answers.

Well I won’t say I’m surprised, but at the time of this post it is the end of the work day in Washington State, Anet time 5:30 P.M.. We were promised an update regarding the Mac client by the end of the week. It is end of the week, Friday, April 4 2014.

March 31st, 12:03
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/How-to-raise-your-feedback-chance/first#post3838413

CC Danicia.1394:

I wanted to follow up with you on this one, as I feel it is important. We will have an update for you later this week, and you’ll see it in the Mac Client Beta sub-forum. I know y’all would love info sooner, but we’re pulling lots of info together so we can give you a proper status update. Thanks for your patience!

Even when it was challenged if it was a joke we got this:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/mac/April-Feature-Pack-Will-we-see-any-updates/first#post3840598

CC Danicia.1394:

Vampirate.7054:

Better not be April Fool Day!!!

I would never do that to you! Promise!

I feel let down and I think all your Mac customers feel the same. As a customer that used to buy lots of gems (over $900 worth) I’m sticking with my gem buying boycott until Anet can prove they have some respect for Mac customers.

Thanks for letting us down again…. It means a lot to us.

And still we are waiting for a working search. I don’t understand the silence from Anet on this.

Scrolls of knowledge, which are account bound, already drop like crazy.

We were promised an update about the Mac client at the end of this week.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/How-to-raise-your-feedback-chance/first#post3838413

CC Danicia.1394:

I wanted to follow up with you on this one, as I feel it is important. We will have an update for you later this week, and you’ll see it in the Mac Client Beta sub-forum. I know y’all would love info sooner, but we’re pulling lots of info together so we can give you a proper status update. Thanks for your patience!

As of the time of this post it is 4:42 PM Anet office time and we are still waiting.

captainteemo.6537:

Mesmer is the worst. You can’t push anything away, you can’t hide for very long, about 75% of the time you move closer to the danger you’re trying to escape making it even harder for people to help you.

Agree Mesmer 2 is horrible and I never even use it anymore. Most of the time I end up in a worse place than if I didn’t use it at all. Then you have the Mesmers in group events/party that don’t know better and spam it when you are rezzing them from down state. It drives me nuts.