Guild Wars 2

Stop it, Anet!
That’s not how you want to treat the mesmer players, is it?

I am convinced they will fix it, but I am very unsatisfied how long it takes and how they handle the issue.
It makes me sad that they have such a system/ policy and they were not able to:
1) fix him temporary as soon as the problem was discovered (and they noticed it will not be an easy fix)
2) communicate on a regular and detailed basis

How can it be that NOTHING really happened to calm down and comfort the mesmer players?
This is the SECOND TIME the berserker is broken!
HIGH PRIORITY, huh?

Unsatisfied and unhappy mesmer. Really. :-(

It would be also great if the mini follows you until you stop it to do that.
It’s annoying to click on it each time you are on another map. ^^

jportell.2197:

Or revert the confusion nerf… jesus H anet this is getting ridiculous.

That doesn’t help at all. At least in pve. I want my Zerkie’s power back!

:-(

Have you done the wvw map?

And some information about crafting:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Crafting

In my opinion a nice beginner crafting is chef/ cook.
Just collect everything outside (here especially the plants). There are little symbols on the mini map where you can see what you can gather (wood, ore, plants). Don’t forget to take your axe, pick and sickle with you (sold from some vendors in the cities and on the maps).
More crafting material can be bought from the vendor (e.g. master chef) that stands directly beside the desired crafting station.

You can craft recipes that are already given to you or you throw everything (what matches) in it and have a look what you’ll get. It depends on your crafting level and your available ingredients what you can mix together.

You don’t have to buy the materials, you can get them whilst leveling and exploring the world.

I think you could profit from that thread:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/OMG-If-you-only-knew-this-tips-for-new-players/first

Have fun!

How to reach the pvp lobby: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Heart_of_the_Mists

There are crafting areas in the cities and sometimes on maps, but you also can have a quick access by going to the wvw area (http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Wvw) and there are all crafting stations at one point.
Your bank can be accessed through the crafting stations. Just speak to one (you can use alle of them for the bank access).

For your convenience:

Going to pvp:
“Click the PvP icon (the two crossed swords) in your menu bar and choose “Go to the Heart of the Mists”. To leave the Heart of the Mists again, click the same button that now says “Leave the Mists”."

Going to wvw (including crafting and bank access):
“Press B (default) to open WvW statistics, then at the top select which world you wish to enter.”

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Phishing-e-mail-going-around/first#post2075134

Yeah, I think it’s likely that it caused not receiving the chests. And why it works to bring another character to the boss and everything is working properly.

It’s annoying, but now you can watch if that is happening only when you camp there.
However, since I figured it out, I try to not provoke it.
(e.g. if Shatterer is already there and I didn’t manage to do anything in between I try to get another character to him, most of the times it works → enough time with the other character to receive the medal (including the chests)…)

Yeah, you choose the glow effect when creating the character.
Keep in mind that there could be some bug when using the total make over kit. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Total-Make-over-Kit-Sylvari-Glow-Merged/page/5
Some people say it is fixed, some still have not their glow.

And make sure to switch off the light when you create your sylvari, because the glow will only be shown at night. :-)

Did something like what I described in the following thread happen to you?
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/No-Chest-After-Shadow-Behemoth-Event/first#post2063832

I like combination of professions during leveling.
My bf and me had a very tricky time as we were leveling our elementalists (it was around lvl 60 or so) together.

But you should be able to do it as well with the same professions as with different. Just do whatever you want to and have fun!

An elementalist cannot swap the weapons during combat, but has attunements.
A guardian can swap them.

Here is a chart which weapons can be used by each profession:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Weapon

A guardian can have 11 different weapons, an elementalist 5.

I would suggest try both and stick to that character that fits you the most.
You can also create a character, do the pve tutorial (starter zone), and then go to the pvp lobby (heart of the mists) and then you will be upscaled to lvl 80 and able to test everything.

Good luck!

Welcome!

1) You can’t do anything wrong by playing a warrior. This profession will make it easy to explore gw2. Elementalist could be fine, but it is more complex than a warrior. A guardian or ranger could be good as a beginner class, too. Necro in pve is also very nice to play. Engineer would come then and save thief and mesmer for later.
They are all fun!
You can also try them all out by creating one charatcer, doing the pve tutorial, then going to the pvp lobby (and doing the pvp tutorial once) and you will be upscaled to lvl 80 and can try all your skills. :-)

2) Your build is defined by the choice of your weapons. They will give you your first 5 skills. Then you can decide for a heal skill on skill 6, then 3 utility skills and one elite skill. You will have to unlock them.
The weapon skills will be automatically unlocked by playing the game.
(http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Skill)

You will have traits (http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Traits) and after you get to level 10 you will earn trait points. One per each level. You can choose between a few traits.
It doesn’t matter which one you choose now, because you can unlearn them for a small fee (~ 3 silver for all points) whenever you want and then choose other ones.

3) They can, but I have no idea how. I use what is given. ^^

4) You have several currencies in gw2. (http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Currency)
You will start with ingame money: copper -> silver -> gold
But by doing events you will also earn karma. You can also buy certain armor with karma. (It is very useful during leveling to buy karma armors from the karma merchants.. most of the time when you finishes a heart “quest”, this person will give you some karma things to buy).
Then you can earn laurels by doing dailies and monthlies.
You can buy gems with real money or your gold.
In wvw and pvp are other currencies, but as I don’t do that, I am not experienced with these..

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. =)

Wish you all the best and have fun in gw2!

Navi

Karizee.8076:

gw2stuff.com is now utilizing the new API functions that were just released. Timer trolls are now out of business

http://v2.gw2stuff.com/

How does that site/ the API function work?

Only character with level 40+ will receive the bonus chest.

However, there are some issues where players did not receive the normal boss chest.
Just a few threads about that issue which is not addressed/ communicated by Anet yet.

You can have a look at that for example here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/World-Boss-Bonus-Chests-Not-Always-Appearing/first
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/World-Boss-Chests-Not-Appearing/first#post1885151
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Fire-Ele-bugged-didn-t-receive-chest-or-bonus/first#post1867808

I think I figured it out.. if you camp your character at a certain boss and do nothing (like an event) between both times when you kill the boss, you will likely get no chest (but you will receive the golden medal).
Say you would have done a pre for behemoth (killing the portals), you would have reset and would have been able to fight against behemoth AND receive his boss chest.

This also happens a lot more to other bosses where you can easily miss pres (in case you camp there and only switch to this character when the timer says the boss event is active) like Tequatl, Shatterer, Jormag, …

To prevent this, you could:
a) rotate your characters: switch to another character each day
b) do pre events before killing that boss with the same character
c) kill and do other things in between and don’t wait just for the boss

Well, in my opinion it shouldn’t be that way. It should always automatically reset after 24 hours (real life time, not gaming time). Preventing botting is fine, but it hurts the legit player.. sometimes it happens that you come there and kill the boss and were not able to switch characters or do pres before.. but how can it be that you will be punished for doing it the first time each day?
Doesn’t make a lot of sense at all…

I am glad it has been resolved for you. =)

Kayak, if you are convinced loot is still an issue for you, come here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Loot-issues-still-exist-for-some/first

We try to gather and compare some information about loot still possibly bugged for some people out there.

In the 14th May patch notes they wrote:

“Optimizations

We’re rolling out our first set of optimizations. This is the first in many steps involved in helping resolve issues with “skill lag.” Some players will experience a slight improvement in skill lag issues with large groups of players, while some players may also experience a slight raise in their FPS."
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Game-Update-Notes-May-14-2013/first#post2028414

So I guess the skill lag is not really caused at our end.
That’s how I experienced it, too.
My internet connection is stable and does not seem to affect it.
Skill lag only occurs for me in bigger events, not in normal pve.

Treeline, that’s unbelievable!
But at least you have a work around (even if it is a really bad solution to first have to do the same amount of matches you already did before you will see the rewards again!).

For a lot of mesmer players the berserker issue is game breaking. And if you consider that zerkie has been bugged since the end of last year, then worked for a short period of time and then became bugged again you will easily see that this is not really acceptable…

Here is an overview where we gathered the bugs that occured with the 15th Nov patch (that patch isn’t only famous for the huge amount of mesmer bugs that came with it ^^):
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Overview-of-mesmer-bugs-after-patch/first

As I wrote in the second posted link:

Navi.7142:

Try it with “gameplay” or “refunds” (yeah, I know that is more for the game itself..). It seems there is no other appropriate section to choose from yet.
I think it doesn’t matter as long as you explain what happened and provide them with details. (https://en.support.guildwars2.com/app/ask/)

Good luck!
:-)

It seemed that he/ she contacted as I suggested it above and he/ she was refunded with another ring.

They already announced they will put them back until the 28th of May. They should be available soon. =)

If you would like to keep the “fiery” look, you could try it with Sorrow’s Embrace shoulder armor.. how would that look in your preferred combination?

They harmed the berserker (fortunately he does not feel the pain!) and they hurt the mesmers. When will that stop??

I like the first one more, but I think the second one fits also very well.

Oh well, a high priority thing (as they told us the bugged berserker would be) should have been fixed already.

I cannot understand why they did not even fix it temporary (e.g. add a damage buff until they are able to fix him). It just seems they don’t care.

~ 3 month is not really acceptable.

They already announced they will be back tomorrow and last until the 28th of May. :-)

You should contact support. They have compensated several other players, who had this same thing happen.
Just explain it to them and maybe you will be lucky. :-)

For example:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/No-warning-about-ascended-rings/page/4#post1834804
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Can-not-use-the-same-Ascended-item-twice/first#post1889375

Yeah, I would suggest you to look into that thread: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/OPERATION-UNION-Bringing-Players-Together/first

They will welcome you. =)

Thank you very much! Although I already have it, I appreciate your efforts for all the players who were not able to gain the achievement yet.
Good job!

They could easily put a fire on the beach in southsun cove. To welcome the people. (And for the players to gain their achievement. The buff would be nice, too, but the achievement is way more important, I think..)

Next time – if they have to correct their time frame – they should email it and put it into the launcher.
Apart from that 2 days to get an achievement is not enough, especially if this short period of time is not announced properly.

I read it and I got the achievement, but I feel sorry for all of you who did not. :-(

Can you try to farm the riff skelks for about 20 minutes?
It would be easier to compare our results.

The spot can be found here:
http://dulfy.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/under_new_management.jpg
From the pearl islet waypoint just go down to the left and then bear right.

The results for the same spot with mesmer (full exotics, 3 % mf):
- 1 green item
- 4 blue items
- 3 white items
- 5 large fangs
- 19 dark stained claws
- 5 vials of potent blood
- 1 vial of powerful blood
- 2 salvageable hide

+ 3s 23c

I will continue and monitor the other professions (I have them all on lvl 80 except warrior and thief, they are leveling yet.) and then post everything in one posting.

I will give it a try with other professions, starting with my mesmer, but as she is a little messy I have to clear her inventory a little bit…

You can pick one up, even if you finished the heart.

So I tried that spot with my ranger. It was the first time ever she farmed there. I was there ~ 23 minutes and I choose ranger + pet to mimic you the most possible.
I only had 13 % mf and not all exotic gear and no ascended stuff.

My results are shown in the before and after pictures. ^^

Anyway here what dropped:
- 1 chunk of crab meat
- 3 blue items
- 5 large fangs
- 20 dark stained claws
- 7 vials of potent blood
- 2 white items
- 1 vicious fang
- 1 salvageable hide

+ 3s 76c

They could do racial capes. That way the capes don’t have to look the same on all races and they could find a creative solution for the charrs (if that is a real issue) or even the asuras (the cape and guild emblem would be very tiny)…

There is a mini? Anyone has a picture of it?
Didn’t know that it exists.. and yesterday I learned there could have been this jetpack.. any picture of that one?

I am reading the forums a lot, but I never knew until today there was a mini/ the jetpack (until yesterday).. ^^

My female necro is black and glows pink and my female engi is white and glows like a fire.
I gave them the brightest glowing that was possible.

Tiga is also easily accessible. Just go outside in the north of the black citadel. Bear right and you cannot miss her!

It is not an exploit and it should work. Gaile herself explained how to do it:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/Free-transfers/first#post1820479

I think – speaking of “cut off times” – that it is related to ingame time. Time you spent ingame. And that cannot be reset by just quitting and waiting with real life time.
Say you hit DR and it kicks in and it would reset in 3h after you have done anything else with that certain character, then it will not help to log out and come back 24h later, because the 3h still have to expire.
Such a system wouldn’t make any sense, but it seems more likely that something like this is in place..
For example if one camps at a boss and kills him, then the next day you come back, have not switched the character for that boss and have not done anything in between it is very likely that you will hit DR/ whatever and you will not get the chest(s) from the boss!!!
How can that be?
Logically and how it would feel right for me, the DR or whatever should reset always with the daily reset.. does that make sense for any of you?
So if one ever hit the DR (and like described above it can happen and does happen (like the linked threads show) that you do a boss in such a way, but why should it ever be punished with DR, if you only do that boss once per day?? The first try NEVER EVER should give you NOTHING..) it would reset every 24 hours. And I am speaking of real world time, not ingame time.

Except that you could experience a bug with the DR mechanic, the system itself has to be improved. It has to be gamer friendly. Right now the bots don’t care, because they just farm 24/7 or exploit the nodes and still get enough money. The only one that is really hurt is the legit player.
They don’t want us to farm?
Tell us.
But – what they did – they told us they are okay with farming, they just don’t like botting and exploiting. And that is fine with me. BUT what someone says and what really happens.. yeah.. it can be poles apart.

I believe you, tigirius. And I am so sad that the fix they introduced after they claimed for so long NOTHING would be wrong with the loot didn’t help you. :-(
I think it is okay now for me, not perfect, but it improved compared to before… but as I am doing now only rarely the orr farming thing (I switched to “farm” the world boss chests and the bonus chests) I do not know how lucky I would be in Orr..
The chests are a good distraction…
I was farming in Orr (for only a few minutes and definitely under < 1 hour) and it seemed to be worse than directly after they “repaired and fixed” it, but who knows, maybe I was unlucky as I tried it the last times..
AND on top of that the drop rate of the new mini chests that contain the rare/ exotic loot has decreased.. that is how it feels, I have no data to support this, but however, I – for myself -don’t need data.
We don’t know if they raised the loot/ drop rate a little bit and then made the boss chest farming popular to secretly decrease the loot again. However, maybe they didn’t and the tin foil hat is going strong. But you can never know, as we now know we were (NOT!) all just perceiving and x-filing those times the loot issue was really big!

Did you try to do the world bosses? Do the regular chests from them contain decent loot for you? Do you get DR from them quickly? (There are some existing issues that one may not receive the chest although one will receive the golden medal; sometimes its combined with DR.. there is something messed up.. for example: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/World-Boss-Bonus-Chests-Not-Always-Appearing/first)

It is stuck on Drakkar-Lake [DE].

The harpies keep spawning, but the event won’t finish.

Everyone keep in mind to try your own world as soon as they updated/ patched with a new build. Very often it is magically fixed after a server reset for a short time and you will be able to get to the vista.

Sometimes it does not show on the screen that you received more than 2 or 3 things and the remaining 3 or 2 things drop directly to your inventory.
I am not sure, whether I always get five things out of the boss chests, but I know that sometimes this – what I described above – happens.

As I do these events nearly only with my lvl 80, it could be level related, but I don’t think so… (the only level related thing which is known to me is that you must be lvl 40 + to receive the bonus chest that contains a yellow one)

The bonus chest (the mini chest) contains always one yellow item (or better?).
The regular boss chest always contains a mix from blue and green items and if you are lucky one or more yellows or extremely lucky an exotic item.

It bugged on so many worlds. Just have a look here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Moorwatch-Tower-Vista-Bug-Merged/page/14#post2009813
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Defend-Mad-Mardine-s-cows-event-bug-Merged/first#post2009808

Anet, if you ever want to nerf the pet’s healing ability, please leave it as it is now in pve. Thanks.

Just have a look in the bug forum:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Moorwatch-Tower-Vista-Bug-Merged/page/14#post2009813
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Defend-Mad-Mardine-s-cows-event-bug-Merged/first#post2009808

…. ^^

Yeah, it’s bugged nearly everywhere (only a little bit exaggerating!):

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Moorwatch-Tower-Vista-Bug-Merged/page/14#post2009813
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Defend-Mad-Mardine-s-cows-event-bug-Merged/first#post2009808

I am so sorry that it is bugged on so many worlds.
I updated the threads in the bug forum and linked this thread.

:-(

Wow! How can that be?
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Paying-Gold-for-your-help/first#post2008147

It is bugged on so many worlds! =(