Guild Wars 2

Its Thursday, the weekend is getting closer!

On schedule for tonight is the Tangled Depths meta event.

Auric Basin meta event on schedule for tonight.

Its Tuesday and that means Patch Day, today!

We’re running our make-up Guild Missions this evening and afterwards Twilight Arbor Aetherpath.

Spirit Vale raid is on the schedule for tonight.

We’re chugging along with our guild upgrades past level 40. Many thanks to all the guildies who have contributed their time and donated materials!

Guild Missions @ 8 ET / 7 CT / 6 MT / 5 PT. Please arrive at the Guild Hall early so we can start on time. We need a lot of favor, so please attend if you can!

OMG! We’ve survived the week! Its Friday and we’ve got Spirit Vale raiding and Dragon Stand meta event on schedule for this evening. \o/

Hi thar!

We’re running the meta event for Tangled Depths this evening. See you there!

We’ll be running the Auric Basin meta event this evening.

And we’ve got the Guild Weaponsmith 2 upgrade, so go get your shiny new Shimmering weapons!

O hai! Hope you’re having a really good Tuesday!

Happy Monday to you!

We’re running our make-up session for Guild Missions this evening.

See you there!

The guild reached level 40 last night!

So many thanks to all the guildies who pulled together and made this happen!

Our next upgrade will be Guild Weaponsmith 2, giving us access to the recipes for those awesome new guild weapons! \o/

Its Saturday and we’re running Guild Missions this evening.

Wishing a very happy, healthy and positive New Year to all!

Happy New Year’s Eve to everyone! \o/

HI!

The Phoenix Effect [RISE] is opening recruitment again! Yay!

We’ve got a Scavenger Hunt on our website running until Jan 20th.

Today’s guild event is running the Auric Basin meta event. Come join us!

The ambient lighting effect that pulses throughout the air, something like a bright fog, is causing visual discomfort for many.

I was able to make that effect stop when I turned Shaders to Low. This is only a workaround, as I don’t want Shaders on Low.

Really hope ANet can tweak this lighting effect as to not be so visually discomforting.

O HAI!

Its a lovely Monday and we’ve got our make-up session for Guild Missions, followed by Aetherpath dungeon runs!

A quick update.

I’m not sensing the micro-freeze/lurching sensation as I was a few days ago. One thing remains though: often, when I attempt to move forward, my character doesn’t. I have to let go of the key (or mouse button, depending) and try again.

I’ll continue to monitor things and update as necessary.

Interestingly, the last several days I’ve been experiencing a very … odd … sort of hitching. Very subtle, like micro-freezes (sometimes followed by micro-bursts of activity), but very noticeable and consistent throughout the last several days. Something which has never happened in the game for me before like this.

The closest description I can come up with is… it feels as if the server and client are almost constantly trying to synch up with each other, causing these ongoing micro freezes and lurches in attempts to correct itself. Thus, the result is “very not smooth”.

Suffice to say, the micro-freezing/lurching has NOT been a desirable gaming experience for me. So if this is at all related to the tuning experiments, for me, its made the gaming experience worse.

Its been subtle (micro) enough that its not been easy to pinpoint exactly the behavior, but I’ll make a more concerted effort to do so, and post in this thread with more information as I have it.

In Colorado. Provider is CenturyLink. Tracert failing @ Telia.

Was able to get in about a hour ago for ~15 minutes. Was able to get in again about 5 minutes ago.

Related Reddit threads:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3kok6c/servers_down_na/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3kok3o/whats_going_on/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3kncu0/unable_to_login_high_lag_spikes_in_game/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3knlk7/australians_not_able_to_login_for_over_2_and_half/

Greetings!

ANet has not had an event before with so many “misses” (specific issues are being posted about in this thread). This event is not at all representative of the quality (high quality) of past GW2 events.

Because this event went live, it begs the questions:
- How/why was this event allowed to go live? Many issues with this event were immediately obvious to the players—surely the developers are extremely cognizant of those negatives/pitfalls during development, and these issues could have been prevented.
- Is this event (and its issues) at all indicative of what future content will be like (specifically HoT events)? This is concerning, considering this event was allowed to go live in its current state.
- Hopefully lessons will be learned from this, but it is disconcerting that these lessons had to be learned at all at this stage of the game, considering the age of the game and the experience of the development team.

Here’s to better adventures in the future!

O hai!

We’re running Twilight Arbor Aetherpath tonight. Join us!

Hiya!

Its Tuesday and we have several events running this evening:

- Intro to PvP

- Unranked PvP

- Twilight Arbor Aetherpath

Hope to see you there!

MEEP MEEP !

Its Monday, and we’re running our make-up session for Guild Missions this evening.

Good afternoon!

Hope everyone is having a pleasant Sunday.

Tonight is… TRIVIA NIGHT!

We’ll have an hour of Trivia for guildies who wants to test their knowledge and win some gold! Yay, gold!

Heyo!

Its Saturday and we have Guild Missions @ 8 PM EDT / 7 PM CDT / 6 PM MDT / 5 PM PDT.

We meet in Gendarren Fields at Cornucopian Fields Waypoint, just north of Lion’s Arch.

Please show up early so we can start on time.

Howdy!

A friendly reminder: this weekend is 2nd Beta Weekend. Those in beta will not have access to the guild, so don’t be alarmed!

Come join us on our nightly dungeon runs!

Our website has been updated with information about [RISE].

http://thephoenixeffect.enjin.com/about

Check it out!

Nine more days left for the 3rd Anniversary Sale in the Gem Store!

Get stocked up on Bag Slots today!

We’re running Aetherpath tonight!

Howdy, all!

Guild Missions (make-up session) is this evening.

Hope to see you there!

Meep!

We’re very excited about the upcoming content in HoT, especially what is being offered for guilds, and raids.

We’re already planning and working on our core raid line-up so we’re ready when HoT comes!

Greetings to all new players!

Welcome to one heck of an awesome game. We truly hope you enjoy your time in here.

If this guild seems like a good fit for you, please put in an application. We’ve got some incredibly awesome folks in this guild—kind, fun, silly, helpful and patient.

Hope to see you in here!

Guild Missions are held on Saturday.

Guild Missions (Make-Up Session) are held on Monday.

On tonight’s agenda, we’re running the Twilight Arbor: Aetherpath dungeon.

Come get your achievements done with us!

O HAI!

We’re running our weekly Guild Missions tonight (and make-up sessions for Guild Missions are on Mondays).

A huge welcome to our newest members, we’ve got some pretty cool folks here!

Greetings, all!

The Summer of the Phoenix month-long event has concluded, with a spectacular party and the giveaway of a legendary weapon, The Flameseeker Prophecies!

On tonight’s agenda, we will be running the Twilight Arbor: Aetherpath dungeon.

Falling Damage Reduction and Passive 25% Movement Speed should NOT be part of a combat-centric trait and skill system—even more so with the way the trait system works now.

These QoL abilities benefit the whole of the character experience, regardless of combat.

These should absolutely be obtainable via the Mastery System.

Or, change the baseline running speed to 25% faster than it is right now and reduce falling damage to half of what it currently is, ending this silliness once and for all.!

Howdy!

Our month-long guild celebration, Summer of the Phoenix, is in full swing.

Also on the agenda, tonight we’re running Fractals for Beginners. Come join us!

Greetings and Happy Friday!

This evening, our PvE Officer Aguri will be running a Living Story Season 2 Catch-Up event!

If there are episodes or achievements from Living Story Season 2 you haven’t completed yet, now’s the chance to get them done. We’ll be running whatever people need/want to work on that is related to LS Season 2.

Wow, Peter! What a totally missed opportunity to put the eye patch on his other eye instead.

(Yes, definitely a Mel Brook’s thing:
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [pointing to Igor’s hump] Good man. Didn’t you, didn’t you use to have that on the other side?
Igor: What?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Your, uh, oh nevermind.)

Hiya!

This evening, our PvP Officer Nighthawk will be hosting an INTRO TO PVP event!

Come learn builds, tactics, and basic knowledge for the GW2 structured PvP game mode with Nighthawk, who is infinitely patient, calm and clear in teaching PvP to folks. He makes it an enjoyable and non-stressful experience!

Join us this evening for the Adventure Society: Southern Shiverpeaks event.

Welcome to the Adventure Society, with your host Jon Grave! These events are designed around helping newer adventurers discover some of Tyria’s better kept secrets, although all are welcome.

This week’s trek will be to the southern Shiverpeaks! As such, we will be strolling through Dredgehaunt Cliffs and Lornar’s Pass. Here’s a rundown of the sights we’ll see:

Dredgehaunt Cliffs

• Tribulation Rift (jumping puzzle)
• Tribulation Cavern (jumping puzzle)
• Forsaken Halls (mini dungeon)

Lornar’s Pass

• Griffonrook Run (jumping puzzle)
• Windy Cave (jumping puzzle)
• Demon’s Maw dive (diving location)
• False Lake dive (diving location)
• Beaker’s Empty Belly (achievement)

Be aware that Dredgehaunt Cliffs is a level 40-50 zone and Lornar’s Pass is a level 25-40 zone when planning to attend.

Bug report had been sent in game several days ago, although there really is no appropriate category in the bug report for a situation like this.

The best I could figure was… General PVE & Environment > Terrain

Nothing within the Player category was at all appropriate for this situation.

Anywho…

1. I believe it was late on Thur, June 24/early Fri, June 25.
2. Nep Leet.5491
3. Tarnished Coast
4. Mystic Plaza in Lion’s Arch
5. Standing still for at least 5 minutes, watching Quaggan Hatchlings play in the pool at Mystic Plaza.
6. Not sure if relevant or not: I had Fury cast on me twice just before I died. I can only assume it was from a player who had just run by me.
7. A few seconds after Fury was cast on me, all the nearby NPCs and players disappeared from view and I was suddenly dead. No relevant combat messages. As I lay there dead, several folks in map chat commented about the insta-death bug (that apparently had hit them at the same time I died). Later one of those people mentioned they had died about 10 times in LA within a span of a half hour or something. As I lay there, NPCs appeared south of my location. Still no players in sight. About 20 minutes or so, I suddenly respawned and all NPCs and players near me reappeared. No one had rezzed me.

Tonight is our RISE Happy Hour Party, kicking off the…

SUMMER OF THE PHOENIX: A Month-Long Guild Celebration!

The world of Tyria has a calendar that closely aligns with real-world dates and seasons. Each season has a name, and they are as follows:

• Season of the Zephyr – Spring, aligned with the element of Air
• Season of the Phoenix – Summer, aligned with the element of Fire
• Season of the Scion – Autumn, aligned with the element of Water
• Season of the Colossus – Winter, aligned with the element of Earth

We are currently in the Season of the Phoenix, 1328 AE. Thus, the name of our summer event is based off of this piece of Tyrian lore. The Summer of the Phoenix event will take place every summer for our guild from this year onward!

Geebus, we have some AMAZING leadership and officers in this guild!

A very heartfelt thanks to Will, NightHawk and Aguri for your leadership and patient expertise—we’re blessed to have you all!

What a great way to celebrate the new Lion’s Arch! Had lots of fun, and Kaz’s special guild contest announcement was L-L-Legendary!!

Howdy, all! Hope your Monday is going well!

On schedule for this evening:

- Guild Mission (Make-Up)

- Dungeon Blitz (Path 1 – AC, SE, CoF)

- Duelpocalypse (Private Arena Skirmishes)