Guild Wars 2

GunshyGamer.2076:

So yeah, the end date was stated for a while now and you guys missed it. Tough luck. Maybe in the next Living Story arc you’ll do the achievements a bit earlier.

Except for the end date for the finale, which was changed from May 16 to May 14, no earlier than May 13, with most of that day already behind us.

I’m not happy about 2 days being taken away from the finale that was originally announced to last 4 days, after 1 day has already come and gone, leaving a single day to get the final achievement. I’m probably going to miss that.

What are you talking about?

Would if I could.

Paul Belz.7351:

The victory phase has begun and will continue until the southsun cove patch. Be sure to interact with a victory bonfire in hoelbrak, the black citadel or lions arch to complete “A Rallying Flame”.

This has me confused now. Earlier, a specific end time for the celebration was stated as follows:

The Flame and Frost epilogue will be active from Sunday, May 12 at 12:00pm Pacific until Thursday May 16 at 12:00am Pacific. The epilogue will mostly consist of conversations and story elements; there are no exclusive rewards to be given at this time.

Now, I noticed that Secret of Southsun is set to start May 14. Does this mean the F&F epilogue will actually finish at that time, instead of the previously mentioned May 16?

I’m suffering from the same problem right now.

Your race’s representative isn’t present at the start of all dungeons. Plenty of dungeons have the potential to feature only character you’ve never met, if you don’t bother with the personal story.

Poor dodge though, picking a knit and not addressing my real point, which was:

“Nothing has to do with anything making sense. It’s all just a matter of game designers deciding how they want things to be.”

The main characters in the main story dungeons are only already introduced to your character if you’ve played the content that introduces them.

Just like the main characters in the Flame and Frost dungeon are only already introduced to your character if you’ve played the content that introduces them.

The only difference is, the main story content is always available, the F&F lead-in to the dungeon won’t be.

Ok, so you’ve made a case for the F&F lead-ins to remain available as well, not for the removal of the F&F dungeon. Perhaps the cinematic introductions to Rox & Braham could be incorporated in the dungeon loading process, just like the info-dump we get at the start of all the other dungeons.

Nothing has to do with anything making sense. It’s all just a matter of game designers deciding how they want things to be.

lordkrall.7241:

Manasa Devi.7958:

How do you explain going into an early story dungeon and helping to get Destiny’s Edge back together in order to go and kill Zhaitan, months after they already fought beside you while you killed Zhaitan?

I’ll take your explanation and apply it the the F&F dungeon.

Who cares about a tiny speck of the game not making sense when a vast chunk of the game doesn’t make sense to begin with? That’s like worrying about a broken fingernail after you lost both hands.

The story mode dungeons are locked in time so to speak. They all take place at a specific time, therefore you can replay that story.
That is not the same thing though.
At least one of the Destiny’s Edge member are already known to you, while Braham and Rox is completely unknown to someone that have not done Flame and Frost.

I would say most things in the game makes quite a bit of sense, but that might be just me.

I don’t know if it’s just you, but it’s certainly not me. Dungeons being “locked in time” makes zero sense. Why can some dungeons be “locked in time” while others can’t?

She was also working with Zommoros… very suspicious!

lordkrall.7241:

So.. how would you explain this dungeon if it remained after the Flame and Frost content is gone?
“Oh, there are some prisoners here in a factory made by two races that we had no idea where working together, and we need to help these two completely random strangers that we have never seen nor heard about before to free them!”

How do you explain going into an early story dungeon and helping to get Destiny’s Edge back together in order to go and kill Zhaitan, months after they already fought beside you while you killed Zhaitan?

I’ll take your explanation and apply it the the F&F dungeon.

lordkrall.7241:

Unless they let ALL of the Flame and Frost remain it would make very little sense, and if they did let all the content remain it wouldn’t be very living, would it?

Who cares about a tiny speck of the game not making sense when a vast chunk of the game doesn’t make sense to begin with? That’s like worrying about a broken fingernail after you lost both hands.

lordkrall.7241:

It makes quite a lot of sense that the dungeon is time-limited as well especially since the dungeon is tied into the whole invasion thing. The fact that they selected the 12th is most likely because they next part of the Living World is starting then (we already know that the victory celebrations will take place starting then and we have hints that our personal nemesis will turn up at that time as well).

It makes no sense given that content such as the storymode dungeons, is also tied to a progressing story. Slapping the label “living” on it doesn’t make it “make sense”, it just drives home the fact that there’s little sense to go around in every other part of the game, where story segments can be played out of order to the heart’s content.

It’s just an arbitrary decision to do things differently, and a very unfortunate one for people who can’t, for whatever reason, indulge in playing their fill of this content during the time allowed for it.

Obviously, it’s Miyani, in cahoots with Zommoros. They’re planning to have the Alliance dig beneath the Mystic Forge in LA and release the djinn, so they can run off with all the treasure we flushed down the forge.

Awful isn’t a strong enough word to describe it, but it’ll have to do.

I thought it was hilarious, until I started playing it. What a waste of 10 minutes.

The dredge and flame legion spawned by an invader event (carrier) I just played in the Wayfarer Foothills also don’t seem to count for daily variety.

marnick.4305:

Because they nudge you towards Guild Activities, while the laurels are an alternative for solo players.

That’s quite ironic, given that the entire implementation of the new guild activities seems specifically designed to nudge many players away from them.

pencapchew.5432:

Six missions would take six weeks. You can only get the commendations once a week.

Once a week per mission category. That’s 10 commendations per week, once a guild has all its unlocks taken care of.

No living loggers and no lost spirits on Gandara at all, so no progress to be made with that heart.

If someone could name a server that has it up and running correctly, I’d greatly appreciate that. It’s all i need to finish that area.

Waraxx, you’re wrong about the account thing. Daily fractal chests are per character, not per account.

Prezzy.2783:

‘I have done well over 20 lvl 10 dailies’

20 dailies = 20 pristine fractal relics = 2 ascended rings?

Whats your gripe? :S

Why are you assuming all of his daily runs gave him a pristine relic? There were no pristine relics during the first 4 weeks of the dungeon’s existence.

There are many PvE players who would rather not have to venture into WvW at all to get their map completion medal. But if they’re going to be there, it might as well be interesting, instead of the stupidly boring tagging of map elements in 3 identical maps.

Robert Hrouda.1327:

Jade Maw: I’m leaving the beam as it is for the moment on the jade maw. There’s arguments for both sides, but there is also intentional gameplay in using pets/turrets/minions that I’d rather rather not nuke, that I think is actually pretty clever.

I’d like to second the suggestion to have the Maw only target active pets, and not downed ones. As it stands, pets are just dead weight at the maw, and there really aren’t any options to use them in any sort of tactics-enhancing manner.

The only thing we can do is to stow them while we’re inactive and wait for the maw to pick a target. Looking for opportunities to snap out of combat mode and just stand around doing nothing isn’t an attractive option.

If the maw were to only target active pets, we could switch pets tactically, like the other classes can use their summons tactically.

electricblues.1059:

This thread is quite amazing, sad, but amazing. You guys who enjoy pve have THE ENTIRE GAME with many many zone dedicated to your particular entertainment, and all you guys can think of is how to add more pve content into the one enjoyable competitive pvp content in the game. Spvp is lame and there is no ranking system. Wvw has tactics, pvp, and ranking all in one, it is really fun. Why can’t you guys just go enjoy the other dragons and hundreds of events everywhere else in the game? Why do you have to take away some of fun we pvp guys get?

And the pve element already in wvw aren’t that well designed either. They are really just commander checks. If your server doesn’t have good enough communication then you might lose your zerg to fighting the grub. That seems to be about it. And having people rally endlessly because they drug a bunch of mobs into the fight doesn’t seem to make any sense. Even the more well designed events like the quaggans and the orges still feel like a chore when we have to clear them. It’s the fighting that has a chance of failure (pvp) that is the real enjoyment.

As long as they have PvE objectives in WvW (map completion) they better have some interesting PvE content there as well.

If the maw wouldn’t target downed pets, rangers would have the same choice as other classes that have access to ‘extras’: use them, or don’t use them.

Want a pet around? Switch to a live one. Don’t want a pet around? Keep the downed one limping around uselessly and have it not be targeted by anything. That’s how it should be in my opinion.

No other profession is absolutely obliged to have deadweight companions at times.

Combatter.5123:

I don’t understand why people are complaining. It’s a lottery – only if you lose, u get an ugly wool sock/hat/sweater back instead of nothing

It may be just semantics, but usually, lottery tickets are called “lottery tickets”, not “gifts”.

Miyu.8137:

Since players rezistances don’t count fot pets, then it’s unfair as well. Specially on higher lvl fractals pets are like 1 hited by agony even players having 30 rezistances. There is no chance to keep pets alive.

But after all, every time my pet gets agro it’s unfair, cause it can’t protect itself (dodge roll, flank, make 2 steps to a side to avoid the aoe). Specially in any boss fight it’s unfair cause pets are like 1-hited. Sure I can call it off, but then the pet is useless.

Yep, pets are quite dreadful. They are at best useless and at worst a liability and a hindrance.

Preyar.6783:

Ugh, I can see you haven’t used a single penny on this game yet and frankly know nothing about these minis.
Firstly, you can use any combination of said minis to craft the quaggan. So if someone ends up with 3 golems and 2 snowmen, they can trade in 1 snowman and 2 golems to forge the quaggan. If someone got more than 4 of the same mini and didn’t get any of the other 2, I can see your point. I personally got 3 Snowmen.
Secondly, do you really think we will get more than 100g for the quaggan? What do you think the masterwork mini pets would sell for? Nothing. Cash is always worth more than gold. I can understand the people that got all 3 from the first 10 boxes would want them to be un-acccount bound, but what about those who had to get 80 boxes to get them? 10€/$ vs 80€/$…..that’s a big price difference and it will probably be crucial to the gold price too, much to one of the user’s despair. I used 30€ and some gold to get mine. Tough luck(That’s what I think at least). So stop trying to pry in when you in the end just want the minis the cheap and safe way.

Well, I’ve seen people post about getting more than 4 of one and none of another. These people want to turn their cash investment into something useful. Yet you somehow seem to think it’s just the people that want to buy these minis with gold that want them unbound.

And you’re wrong about me. I don’t want the minis at all. I don’t want any minis. I’d probably have crafted 2 or 3 of the Tixx toy minis and given them away to people who do care about them if that were possible. But I couldn’t, so I’ve turned my stuffing and glue into just over 12 gold on the TP, merched my cogs for a copper each and destroyed the frames.

Preyar.6783:

Disagree

People have used real money to get these special mini pets. If you ain’t gonna try your luck with real money, you ain’t getting these pets. Tough luck but that’s how it is.
If they become un-account bound, they will become buyable with in-game currency and that’s the same as giving the paying users the finger. Get over yourselves people.

You do understand that the only people initially selling them for gold would be the people who bought them with cash right? So you’re saying those people would essentially be giving themselves the finger?

Frankly, the only finger I see is the one flipped at the people ending up with multiple identical account bound minis that they can’t sell, trade, or even give away.

I play this daily, just before bedtime. It’s a great cure for insomnia. A few minutes of it and my head’s ready to hit the pillow.

I’ve heard it said that only the person doing the last bit of damage that causes the carrier to go into down state advances the achievement.

Writetyper.1985:

I’m not going to lie, me (and most of the people I play with) aren’t playing it because it’s just flat out really boring. I can see why people would enjoy it but it’s just not engaging enough.

I was expecting some kind of dungeon where I could use my own gear and use strats with friends to survive for as long as possible, and what I got in return was Seigepocalypse: Enjoy your crappy weapons edition.

Yep, that’s how I feel about it. After running around using annoyingly slow and unresponsive skills for what seemed like ages, I was shocked to find out I had only made it as far as to the end of round 3. I hope my team got someone to replace me when I left.

The whole thing is just insufferably boring to me, so I’ll leave those 2 achievements unfulfilled.

Comicus.4036:

I cannot do the bells, not even more than 3 notes before I get kicked, deservedly.

You’re either pressing the exit button, hammering out dozens of wrong notes before 3 notes have dropped, or suffering from some kind of bug, because it’s impossible to be kicked that early under normal circumstances.

Azylir.9137:

Oh, and just be thankful you get to choose your pets you want to craft, GW1 every single pet outside of collectors edition bonus pets were completely RNG!

But they were tradable.

I just got 250 more cogs from a present I got in the mail.

Assuming everyone gets those, I guess that explains the spiking glue and stuffing prices.

What’s horrible is having to try to get into a game where all dolyaks are still alive, and failing again and again, basically spending all my time looking at loading screens.

Hot join games with irreparable objectives are stupid.

Joined twice, both times getting into games that were well underway. Left both times and won’t be bothering again because I don’t intend to spend my time looking at alternating loading screens for LA and Toypocalypse.

Here’s an idea they could’ve gone with: tie the timed nature of the puzzle to the gift we carry, and not to disappearing platforms and such.

For example, make it about delivering hot meals to orphans, have us start out with a steaming plate of delicious holiday dinner that needs to be delivered before it gets too cold. Have a doorman NPC at the end who welcomes people with hot meals into a final room where the achievement and access to a chest are granted, but who kicks slackers with cold plates to the curb admonishing them to be faster next time.

That way, far more people could enjoy the scenery and puzzle design, and explore the place at their own leisure, all the while training to improve their completion times. There would be no need for everyone to start at the same time, so there wouldn’t be annoying wait times between attempts or people complaining about huge charr and norn. Just have a kitchen crew give out hot plates to everyone showing up at the start.

Or any other scenario more appropriate to the holiday than what I managed to come up with, of course, but using similar rules.

The Mad King Chest recipe allowed any 2 boosters to go in, not 3. Right now, there seems to be a recipe using 3 specific ones.

Has anyone tried the Booster Multipack? The 3 boosters that do go in Forge are exactly the 3 that are in that pack. I’m too cheap to buy one to try.

I found it hugely disappointing. It’s not the whimsical holiday pastime I was hoping for, it’s just PvP without the merest hint of a holiday flavor apart from the decor.

Your crash log says Windows 7 at 32-bits.

Try the fix I posted here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Memory-crash-advice-please/918843

It usually fixes “Out of Memory” errors on a 32-bit Windows 7 system like yours, or at least makes them far less frequent.

Try the fix I posted here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Memory-crash-advice-please/first#post904788

There’s a decent chance it’ll get rid of Out of Memory errors on Vista systems.

Gaile, yesterday you told us to wait until today and submit tickets if we didn’t get a chest in the mail but feel we should.

Now, I’ve just read your post that tells us your people are still looking into the issue of people not receiving anything. Should we wait for the results of that, or file our tickets anyway so our circumstances can perhaps be taken into account as part of that investigation?

Thanks for keeping us posted.

I just heard from someone that the link in my earlier post didn’t work. I can’t get it to work properly with this forum’s external redirection warning system. You’ll have to copy/paste it into your browser address bar. I edited my earlier post to make this clear.

I just heard from someone that the link I posted above didn’t work. I’ve fiddled with it, and found I can’t get the link to work properly with this forum’s external redirection warning system. You’ll have to copy/paste it into your browser address bar. I edited my earlier post to make this clear.

I hope your crash-free run holds up Nayaru. Thanks for updating about your progress, I’m interested to hear if this is a viable fix for more people.

I’m sorry, I can’t get the link I posted to work properly with this forum’s external redirection warning system. You’ll have to copy/paste it into your browser address bar. I edited my earlier post to make this clear.

It did work for me, Korgoth, and I’ve heard from other people how it solved their “Out of memory” errors on 32-bit windows systems. I haven’t had that error for almost 2 weeks whereas before I ran into it every other hour of play.

I wish someone would step up and let us know in straight terms what was needed to qualify for the chest-by-mail. That way, I can decide if it’s worth opening a ticket, and make an actual case for myself if I do make a ticket.

“I didn’t get a chest but I think I maybe should”, that’s not the ticket I want to write.

Hadrians.4567:

Official Responce from A Support GM

U Are not qualified to get the Karka reward ^^ loool

The Script is done……….

I’d really like to know what the criteria for qualifying are.

I can’t help feeling it involves happenstance and randomness, judging from what I’ve been reading and hearing.