Guild Wars 2

Anyone else see anything like this?

I have just noticed 3 odd things while roaming about in Queensdale which seem to be either bugs from past holiday events or could possibly be related to the future game update that is coming soon. Short list of bugs:

1 – outside of Shaemoor Garrison there was what appeared to be something floating in the air. At first I noticed on the ground an odd looking fissure. It look like a graphic issue at first but then looking into the sky I noticed something else odd. I could describe it as possible remnants of the Elemental boss that you fight there in the tutorial mixed with floating damaged buildings/wagons. Whatever it was it is gone now.

For this one I suspect either a new possible coming event or rements from the tutorial somehow slipping in.

2 – Very small this one, I noticed a halloween pumpkin outside one of the houses. Not sure if it has been there ever since the holiday event but it’s the first time I have seen it.

3 – In the graveyard near where one of the carving pumpkins used to be if you remember there was some kind of thing that if you got too close it would poison you and knock you down. Well it seems to be back as it knocks you down and poisons you if you get too close to the area it was at. However now it is invisible.

Well that’s all I have seen so far besides the already reported candy corn mines appearing now and then.

I have completed all vistas twice in the game now. From memory there are about 3-5 that were a problem for me. I can see how frustrating it is for other players if even the not so difficult ones for myself are such for them. I have also helped a friend learn how to do jumping puzzles/vistas a bit better too because she too was really not so great at doing them and was super struggling and getting very angry lol.

Another tip I could give you Tommy to help with vistas and jump puzzles alike is to do them on an Engineer class using a rifle. They have a jump skill that lets you pinpoint exactly where you land. I have found this to be helpful in about 99% of jump puzzles and vistas that I was really struggling with.

I would sugest doing as quickly as you can tho if you go down that path before Anet decides to “nerf” said skill….

Good luck!

Same thing happened to me earlier when I hit rank 12, couldn’t find the chest anywhere UNTIL I realised I had hidden one of my bags. Meaning if you click on the name of the bag it hides the contents, make sure you havn’t done this.

You are not the first to want this race be playable and you are def NOT the only one. I am with you on this topic – the Skritt are just too cool. Shinies! I absolutly love the acting that was put into these characters.

Sadly if we could play the race we wouldn’t be able to hear our own skritt voice or act silly like them, unless Anet makes that part of the skills – ah yes that’s it! A skill that goes like this "we go, yes, no, yes? basically you muddle about for 5 seconds before attacking. :P

Oh oh and a “dig up treasure” skill pretty similar to the “pig” F2 skill that lets you find weapons to use but this skill provides – Treasure!

Well I for one roam around low-mid levels just for fun now and then when bored. I have 2 level 80’s so far. I def agree things could be added to give more incentives for others to follow suit. Simple things like better rewards for beating champions for a start. Also imo teleporting costs should be removed for the map you are in. This would make it a lot easier to get from point A to point B when someone asks for help in map chat.

Simple little things like this would help a lot. Playing on my alts I see most of these maps dead and think “this really shouldn’t be the case, theres still lots of fun things to do here”. Having said that you need more people to do many of the events and beat the champions etc. Funny thing is I am sure I am seeing more and more npcs being put into replace the real players that have left the areas. Just yesterday I beat a champion with just myself and a necro npc that I saw for the first time in that map (kessex hills).

Who knows the good old “heroes” from gw1 might not be far off to replace real players at this rate.

Well I’m sure they will do it in future. Really if you think about it they had to rush the Halloween one out since it was so soon after the game was released. I feel Lion’s Arch and the other 3 zones that were changed was a pretty big offering considering.

Having said that I have played another game that (which I wont mention the name of) had pretty much all of their cities as big if not bigger and just as detailed as DR and they all were cosmetically changed for the holidays. So I’m sure given plenty more time we will see it here as well.

Well you can simply go back just for the “fun” of it and/or to help people out. Besides that there are what, 25 maps so far so even if there were just 10 different events per map that’s 250 different events! I’m sure you havn’t seen them all yet, I know I probably havn’t lol.

I agree about Divinty Reach and you know what? I really wished they had made that city the centre of everything. I know, I know it didn’t exist in gw1 and Lion’s Arch did so it deserved that special place in the game. But still, it’s just no where near as good as DR!

Thing is it’s not the content people are against, it’s the philosophy behind the content…
If done right you are correct this could be a good thing. However from what information we have been given people are not seeing that. So all in all I guess it is a wait and see. For myself if I don’t like/agree with or find fun the content to come I just simply will not do that part of it.

I have two level 80’s right now with 100% world complete on both of them. Am I boring myself by grinding all day in Orr? No, I am doing what I find fun. What does this have to do with anything? I don’t know I’m tired lol and I see people saying things like “would you prefer to grind in Orr all day or look forward to this new content?” and just find it obsurd. :P

I don’t understand this “getting stronger” thing. I could understand facing new enemies and working out how to beat them through tactics and such. I could understand building up wealth and cool collections of things while “just playing” the game and having fun while doing so. Heck I could even understand some sort of “highscores” list where you can compare how your char is doing against others in various catergories/minigames/game features etc (perhaps giving the achivement points some actual meaning in the game?). But “getting more and more and more and more stronger” via items/equipment? Not really…… Where does it end?

Could be worse…….they could start charging us for these updates.
Wait scratch that, I don’t want to jinx it or give them ideas!

All I can say is I hated dealing with agony in GW1…….yay now having it here……great. Besides that maybe if dungeons were not so boring/inconsistent and what seems a race for everyone (you know what I mean, everyone just wants to run past everything to get to the end!) then maybe I would be looking forward to this more.

Tbh I have a recipe similar to your 3rd picture and it makes a lot more sense than the 1 in the very first post here. Just looking at the name of the item you can tell it’s a normal item he you should be able to make without any special recipe/wierd materials.

Btw your “identical recipes” are not identical. Every weapon/piece of armour that can be crafted has both a pre name and last name. The pre name refers to the weapon bonus stats (such as cond damage, power etc) and the last name referes to any bonus that upgrades give the item. The 2 you posted I am sure are different by their “skin” type. To test it you can right click on their pictures and you should see the preview option.

A tip – hold down the fire button to fire the mortar further.

By watching their movements mainly of course. Apart from that it was pretty easy to determine anyway. Also note that there were a lot of bots that were NOT rangers.

Look for names, behaviour and groups is pretty much it really……

I have not trained Armoursmithing yet but my leatherworking is up there and I should imagine the crafting works pretty much the same. To me this def looks like a bug. No item components needed and the numbers for the other mats seem off (14 bronze bars etc).

Also regarding the karma vendor recipies, these recipes are usually NEW items to make and not duplicates of other recipes that have to be “discovered”. Which pretty much these types are (the one being shown).

I also had problems when I did this quest a few days ago. I was getting knocked out of the tank but I realised it was the giant throwing rocks at me that was doing it. In the end I just used the mortars to take out the giants and the quest finally was beaten. You guys can try this for a work around until they fix it, gl.

Ps if I remember right there are 3 tanks, you can only use the middle one, make sure you are not trying to use one that a npc is using.

I think I know what the problem here is. This is not a bug exactly. If you look close to the vendor shop window you will see TWO sale panels. The first page in all vendors there yes the outfits look exactly the same. However if you select the second panel of the store items then you will see the unique set for that dungeon. Hope that helps

Hate to say it but they are neither amazing to see or a bug…….

Are you sure it works like that Master Bei Shun.1267? I ask because I use pistol/shield on my enginer both with the magic find .6% stack build per kill. I can kill something and get 2 stacks rewarded for the kill just using the pistol skills and no shield skills.

I’ll give this one more day.

More bumps for you guys.

My guess is 2-4 maps in the Lost Shore area. Probably one opening up more of that map with the island that we access through storyline.

I also expect some kind of Meta Event to feature either a giant turtle, kraken or whale. I am assuming this from the pics on the posters. :P

More than likely it will be just more Risen…..

What I really want sometime in the future is MORE dinosaur type creatures. No RPG ever goes down that road……heck or even mammoths, sabertooths, anything prehistoric is good.

I save mine for if I am low on cash or for certain places where you CAN’T repair your gear the normal way. “What certain places are these?” you might ask. Think back to the halloween labrynth – there was no repair guy there. So, think towards the furture not JUST the present because you just never know what may be added to the game.

Bumping for all the sPvP killers out there!

That’s my point exactly Halvaard….and I’m sure the guy has nothing special anyway. However I am making lists of all vendors and such just because I have OCD like that lol and this is just killing me not knowing what this guy has. It could be a certain skin for a weapon or armour or as I said more food items in bulk.

I just need to know! :P

Thanks for the support guys.

Oh I know, first time I ran into this event I tried the sidekicks myself and killed about 5-6 before they started respawning. I thought “great I was worried about him being a champion and soloing him, now that these respawn I def can NOT solo this” lol.

What a shame we do not have a “bump” button here like some other sites do……

Well I’ll give this another shot atleast lol.

Odd I havn’t had this happen on my ranger. Are you sure you have not changed his stance to “Avoid Combat” or whatever it’s called?

How do you have the guy’s name if you can’t see the enemy players names?

Very rarely this happens for me (the seeing some parts of the map I shouldn’t). As for the camera angle making it hard to see the combat I sugggest you open up the options and select the “use free camera” box. This will let you move the camera by holding the right mouse buttom to change the view and it wont snap back in place behind you. Very handy option in tight spaces especially when doing jump puzzles. Hope that helps.

No other sPvP players here?

When it comes to teleporting I play it smart as I try to be frugal with money. Now at level 80 going some place like Orr from Lion’s Arch for example is about 3-4 silver. Anywhere else in between is probably about 1-3 silver. So my way of thinking is this “is it worth it to me to pay that amount of silver to get there just that faster?”

To answer that question I look at a basic thing. “how fast or simple can I make that money back?” Well if I am in orr it would simply take 1-3 events to complete or 1-4 blue+ items or even silver coin drops. So really, if you look at it this way the costs are NOT that bad. It’s very little work put in to get to that place faster. So I think people need to ask themselves that question when they debate paying teleport costs – “will I stay in the area long enough to make my money back?”

Even if you are in lower areas, as I said the events will always pay out 1 silver+ if you are level 80 because they DO scale to your level just like teleport costs do. This I am sure Anet factored in when scaling the teleport costs. Anybody at level 80 can hit Queensdale and do a lot of quick/easy events for an hour or 2 to save up a few good teleports and who knows you just might have FUN doing so.

Now the original post here asks for forcing players to sit in WvW or PvP for 10 mins or some such for bypassing teleport costs to get to Lion’s Arch via the WvW/PvP lobby areas. This I do not agree with. I have never used this method myself and will not either. No I am not super rich it’s just that using that method is 1 extra loading screen to me which I find more boring than earning the money back that I spent on the teleport in the first place. And like I said I always ask myself if the teleport is worth it for me before paying by knowing if I will be in the area long enough to earn the cash back. In the case of travelling to Lion’s Arch back from say Orr, well I check my balance and see if I have earned 6+ silver since arriving there. 3 for the travel there and 3 for the travel back. It’s simple math really……

Well that’s my 2 copper, no not silver – silver is to precious to me that would mean 2 events…..:P

Hmmm you know what? At times it can even be difficult seeing all the piles of glowing loot laying around, especially after large battles and theres still bodies all over the place. Add to this the glowing colour also sometimes sems to blend into the ground colour it seems or maybe again it’s the dead bodies. So the other day I was thinking of this and thought back to GW1. There if I remember right the glow was more white and if you hovered your mouse over the pile it would display the name of the item.

Perhaps an idea similar to this would be close to what you want. After all if you are in a large battle and focused on the killing you may miss all the named items pop up even if it was in the middle of the screen.

“(PS gz on your map completions! that’s impressive)”

Off topic but it’s nothing that great. Simply put I have too much free time on my hands due to personal issues and so I do what’s fun for me – Gw2. :P

When I play on a new char and go for world complete I try for 1 map complete each day. For most people I would say it would/should take 2-3 days doing this depending on their playstlye and patience/like of exploring/completing things.

Now back to the topic at hand, your turn Anet please – discuss.

I’m in the same situation as you. I think the problem hint is related to the mesmer clone one. As this was the last one that I had to get, so I could see the 81/82 for a while before I played on my Mesmer.

Tbh I think if anything it is a bug and you may need to post in there. Good luck with it tho.

I understand about the various Npc’s Illconceived Was Na.9781 and totally understand with regards to them and share your same view of them being set up that way. But as stated since Reknown hearts are soloable so too should be access to the vendor store afterwards.

I have 100% world map complete now on 2 char’s so I have done every single heart twice and this is the only vendor I have had this issue with so I guess I have been lucky with all the other heart people or simply helped them with their event without realising it. So thanks for the heads up there Saya.

PS – the Npc I am referring to does not move from his location and is in no way hindered by the event as the enemy and his army is some distance away. He mearly just mentions about the event in much the same way most other non important npc’s do when they run up to you trying to gain your attention. It’ just seems that the “view vendor” option disables when this event is ongoing.

I understand where Cinder is coming from. For me I have a game “personality” or “character” that I would like players to come to know across all my characters. This way people remember you and your good deeds more. It also helps in guilds by not having players ask “who are you again?”.

It seems Anet does not like the idea as much as some players do since they don’t allow numbers in names and such. That’s fine, I guess they want to keep the game more as a roleplaying thing. But as I said for some of us players we would like to be known as 1 person accross all our alts. Yes I know the game displays alt char names and such, but it still can cause some confusion for some people who don’t have the best of memories. :P

For now Cinder all I can suggest is you do what I have done. Add the following to my main char name:

ll
III
IIII
V
VI
VII
VIII

Yes I have 8 chars, 1 of every class and I have all races covered. Also I used the letter L in it’s non capital form as it looks the best in game in this format. The reason I used llll (and will use Vllll if I make another alt) instead of the correct lV is because in game that would look like this: Iv and Ix. Not exactly the best look lol………….

Sadly even making it look as best as I could it still looks a little bit funny if you look real close at my name ingame as my 3rd char will look like this for example:

ILL – however the L’s bottom line part is VERY small and unless you look real close you can’t see it.

He sounds like a Runescape player to me lol. Tbh this idea is not needed and would only create a lot of work for Anet. They would have to create every single item pics sitting on the ground……and every time they add new items they would have to update those too and add to that drop list. That or they would lower the variety of dropped items from creatures which would then make combat/rewards even more boring….

Again I say not needed. Like someone else said, you SEE what you get as an icon on the side of the screen when you pick them up.

The problem I think you are having when you say “you hardly pay attention to what you get, until your inventory is full and you need to merch stuff” is because even when you get the best drops (gold/oranges) they are not so great because they are not worth “millions” or so much like they can be in other games.

Actually this is fine how it is because it is a 2 sided coin. Many times I have found myself in places miles from Lion’s Arch and was bored so I decided to do WvW or Spvp. Only to find out afterwards that I can’t go back to where I was but am automatically sent to Lion’s Arch…….

So in that case afterwards I have to travel all the way back to where I was in the first place. This either costs coins or involves travelling the old fashioned way. If I was already in another town well it then takes up to atleast 2 loading screens. Which is free travel but that wouldn’t matter anyway because I could have travelled for free to lion’s arch fom that town anyway if I wanted to…..so this just adds to my game downtime due to loading screens.

So I think this is fine how it is. Your suggestion will only have people taking up true wvw player slots from people afking for 10 mins to save at most a few silver.

On guild wars one we could save skills/weapons etc templates so that we could change to our favourite fighting “styles” at the click of a button or two.

I think having a basic one in sPvP for just traits (where the points were spent and which traits are chosen) would be a great time saver and be appreciated by all who play sPvP.

Anyone else have thoughts/ideas on this?

So far I have 2 chars who have 100% world complete (meaning I have done a lot of underwater areas). They are Engineer and Ranger, I can say for these 2 classes that underwater fighting usually is fine. I say “usually” because of the dang invulnerable thing due to the monsters always trying to flee or pull you into other enemies only to give themselves invincibilty and myself frustration.

So to me this sounds like it is certain classes that may need skill updates. Apart from that I would also suggest trying all the weapons underwater that your class can use to see if there is not anything you are missing. In the case of my ranger I found that the spear weapon is MUCH better than the spear gun. It puts me in close proximity to my jellyfish when fighting so he heals us both and it does aoe damage to grouped up enemies while also giving me an evade attack every third attack I think. So with that and my jellyfish (he heals, blinds enemies) I am pretty much 100% hp and not in much danger even against groups/vets at most times. Didn’t even have many problems in Orr..

Good luck all getting your voices heard.

It probably is a bug that the damage is not updating.

To lynspottery.6529 – when I first tried this skill out I didn’t think much of it either. However after a few more tests out in the field this is now my number 1 PVE elite. It tangles up multiple enemies at once, it also slowly helps to damage them and on top of all that it has a pretty quick recharge rate. It’s also semi effective on vet’s for a few cheap shots. So while this skill is not the greatest in PvP it certainly is in PVE.

I’m not sure on the “bumping” rules here so here goes – Bump. Sadly with my timezone it’s hard for my post to be alive long enough for anyone at Anet to see I guess…

It forces you into combat if you are within range of any attackable creature. You can’t blame the pet. You can test this simply by turning your pet’s stance to “avoid combat” which is what I do now when using this skill. And yes I agree this is VERY annoying and needs to be fixed. After all what’s the point of using it for a speed buff if it forces you into combat which only just slows you down again? O.O

Hold your mouse on the side bar of the minimap and just drag it back down – gl.

Now that the Halloween event is over and all those bugs are out of our/their hair, I’ll bump this back to the top. In hopes that someone from Anet can get to see it and hopefuly answer this post. :p

I think it was a bug, because after just logging in from the crash – it appears to have gone or “been fixed”.