Guild Wars 2

Abazigal.3679:

It was an annoying bug indeed, but it was fine when the servor transfer was free. So you could switch to play with friends, then go back a week after. Today, 1800 gems to switch to NA servors( all are very high populated most of the time) is close to 55 gold, which is impossible to get for solo PvP players( and even casual PvE ones)…

I spent 500 gems transferring to US (close to 20g). So anet is basically saying it’s ok that i need to win another ~80 tPvP matches or pay 1800 gems / ~70-80 gold to transfer back to US, in order to get win rewards + that it is ok that I so far have not received around 20 chests. Get your sheets together Anet. Pls.

Empathetic Fighter.2065:

There are thousand of ppl out there which had the same bug and left the game because of that. But it’s really appreciated that A-Net just ignores the problems when they don’t find a solution instead of just saying: “Sorry guys, we are incapable to fix this bug”.
Communication is everything, even when it’s not positive as in this case. But it’s always better to inform ppl about it and don’t leave them allone.

Lucky for me I’m not solely a PvP player, but I could imagine that a PvP-only player would leave the game for this. It’s like taking a PvE player and saying hey, you know the XP you get from events, dungeons and personal story? – Let’s take that away and let you level only on monster XP if you should choose to transfer.
I get they have priorities, but how this is a low(no-)priority bug baffles me completely.
And as you say they are bad at communicating, but that I knew already, they have proven so several times in the past already. Bad answers are better than no answers indeed.

Well finally I realized im not the only one with this issue.. And holy my behind, 6 months to fix a bug.. That’s great

I have near 100 wins on a US server.. So I have to seriously win 100 matches on EU now to receive rewards again??? Anet… Wow.. Im without words for your customer service. We feel appreciated. Really. This is the stuff that makes people stop playing.

Here is my personal experience on the subject:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/No-rewards-upon-winning-PvP-Tournament/first#post1972155

Thanks to Melana for pointing me here

Wow… Can’t say that I am happy.. But thanks a whole lot for showing me this. I have searched a lot for anyone with similar issues, but to no avail. Thanks a lot for your help! I’ll continue bothering Anet. It is unbelievable if I have to earn near 100 ghost chests before I start seeing actual rewards.

Disastro.4086:

I’m pretty sure that sPvP/tPvP bugs and exploits are very low on the priority list. 2nd/3rd class citizens around here after PvE/WvW

.. Man.. I think you’re on to something…

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/No-rewards-upon-winning-PvP-Tournament/first#post1971218

goes to a corner and cries

Well.. I don’t know what to do. I guess tournaments are permanently ruined for me. I would still love some Anet babysit, as I really need some advice on what to do here. How do I work around this?

Well.. I don’t know what to do. I guess tournaments are permanently ruined for me. I would still love some Anet babysit, as I really need some advice on what to do here. How do I work around this?Newest Anet support answer:

Well.. I don’t know what to do. I guess tournaments are permanently ruined for me. I would still love some Anet babysit, as I really need some advice on what to do here. How do I work around this?Newest Anet support answer:

Hello Morten,

While we understand that you would have preferred to receive a different answer to your request, we must reiterate that we are unable to fulfill your request. The next time that you’re in the game and you find a bug, you can do us a favor by submitting an in-game bug report. This will send detailed information about your character and your position directly to our Quality Assurance team. To submit a bug report in the game, simply click on the “Game Menu” button in the upper left hand corner of the game interface, then choose the Support option on the Game Menu. The Support option will allow you to review known issues, report a bug, or contact Customer Support.

You’re also welcome to report a game issue in the Game Bugs sub-forum of the Guild Wars 2 Forums ( https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs ). You may include screenshots with your forum report, if you wish to do so. While we are unable to respond directly to each bug report, they are reviewed and escalated, when appropriate.

Thank you again for taking the time to let us know about this issue.

Regards,
GM Chew
Guild Wars 2 Support Team
http://support.guildwars2.com/

Me

So can I expect that I will never have the bug fixed? – That I will never receive a reward when winning any future tournaments? Are support seriously refusing to fix an issue that occurs on every single tournament win? One single last request please. Can you try rephrasing my bug for me, cause i really don’t believe I am being read right. Just want to make sure that you really are going to ignore that I still have a bug that occurs every time I win a tournament, which so far has cost me approximately 20 chests, 4.000 rank points and 4.000 glory.

Please, dump the copy paster, just please answer
a) Are you refusing to fix the issue?
b) What was my bug again?

I’m pretty sure they are going to answer with another copy paste, I just want to see what they are writing, spelled out. I’m trying to believe that I was just misunderstood somewhere..

Here you can see that a) There is no unclaimed win rewards in corner of screen. b) Server time is 1 minute later, c) I have not received the glory or rank points I should have received for the win (200 glory, 200 rank points)

Further proof with numbers this time. Here I have not received rewards yet.

I can confirm the bug as well. As izanami says, been around forever.

It has been so for as long as I can remember. It sucks, but I find it no different from thieves finishing you in stealth, various classes doing it with stability or mesmers doing it with blur thingy. Not a bug.

Treeline.3865:

I already have Toymaker bag and the back banners.

Well. You covered what I knew

3. As for dragon related shenanigans, there is an achievement “Zhaitan’s Bane” for slaying 1000 risen creatures, but none for slaying 1000 corrupted, branded or destroyer creatures.
At this moment, I don’t know if a branded devourer (for example) counts as a devourer or (in absense of “branded” as a category) nothing at all.

No, these should not count. Branded creatures are not Zhaitans doing. If anything it should be named Kralkatorrik’s Bane, the dragon responsible for branding stuff.

I realise that I must come across as supremely anal,

ill let yourself figure that out. :i

Try redoing it (Sucks i know) – It will not count if you as much as scrape an edge on the way down to the water. Recheck anyone where it can have happened (You probably dont have to check the diving board in LA for example)

I have seen more people than you make the mistake. Probably doesn’t help your situation, but you’re not the first.

Look at the infusion slot. It will say utility, offensive or defensive. You need to use a proper infusion. It sounds like you have a utiliity infusion. Only certain amulets will hold this infusion. Not a bug.

Still looking for answer

It is the jugs you got from the new dungeon. They don’t stack with the ones from daily.

Continued:

Me:

So in other words you are not going to fix it? I’m now at about 10-15 tournaments, and i consistently receive no reward at all. It i not a one-time bug. I get no rewards on wins. At all. Not only is that a substantial amount of games played for a prize that i never see, it should grant more than the generic copy paste answer from support, although im very well aware of how many bugs are reported. This is not a common bug that will be solved though, it is a character specific issue. I need some
assistance, not a copy paste pretty please.

Answer:

Hello Morten,

Thanks for contacting the Guild Wars Support Team.

While I would like to replace or restore your items, the Guild Wars Support Team is unable to replace individual items for the situation that you have described.

Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns.

Regards,
GM Barracuda
Guild Wars 2 Support Team

Wauw.. Just.. Wow.. This has to be about the worst customer service I have ever experienced. Not only are they refusing to give me the 20+ chests, 4.000+ rank points and 4.000 glory that I worked my behind off to get. They are also completely ignoring the fact that I’m still getting nothing. So I can keep winning games without rewards or simply stop PvP’ing for rewards. What kind of customer service is that?

Wauw.. Just.. Wow.. This has to be about the worst customer service I have ever experienced. Not only are they refusing to give me the 20+ chests, 4.000+ rank points and 4.000 glory that I worked my behind off to get. They are also completely ignoring the fact that I’m still getting nothing. So I can keep winning games without rewards or simply stop PvP’ing for rewards. What kind of customer service is that?My answer which I have still to recieve an answer to:

Sigh. I’m sorry you’re only reading half of my mails. I NEED THIS FIXED, I AM STILL NOT GETTING REWARDS UPON WINNING TOURNAMENTS. Forget the 20+ chests I am missing from previous tournaments, although it is bad (to say the least) customer service. That doesn’t change that I STILL WANT FUTURE REWARD CHESTS, WHICH I AM NOT GETTING. Sorry for the caps, but you are not reading!

Can I get ANY official answer to this? Customer service is starting to annoy me to say the least. I’m very well aware of the no replacement/restoration policy, but it is not really a case or restoring anything. It was never there. I never received my rewards. Furthermore I feel completely ignored because I still have a bug which 3 different GM’s have ignored and failed to acknowledge. What do I need to do? Seriously? I just want the rewards I won fair and square and have the bug fixed.

Well simple question; Where do i get the pvp versions of those skins? I already have Toymaker bag and the back banners.

Cato.3547:

Ofc you will fail if you just try to outheal with bombs thats just bonus that will give you some nice sustain + you got 3k armor, 2x stun breaker, 4 sources of protection, blinds, snares, 6xcondi removal, 2xaoe kb ,2xblock, permanent swiftness and vigor if thats not enought bunker for you idk what is.

Is that a build? o_o

Here I have clearly not received the 200 rank points from winning.

Here you can see me winning a match. Look at rank points in bottom of screen.

Support said to submit a bug report, so ill just copy paste my issue – They copy paste their answers anyway.

1st message by me:

Played tournaments today, dont recall whether i won 3 or 4. None of the wins awarded me with the usual PvP tournament chest or the glory/rank points. I assume this will be fixed with compensation for the rewards that I earned?

Anet support:

Hello Morten,

Thanks for contacting the Guild Wars Support Team.

While we would like to replace or restore your rewards, the Guild Wars Support Team is unable to replace individual rewards for the situation that you have described.

Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns.

Me:

Why yes I have. Will it be
fixed? It was not just one time, not two, but at least 3 times. Will it happen again? And will you do nothing if it happens again?

Me (Later):

I still don’t recieve any win rewards. I’m thinking it happened after server transfer from US to EU server, but can’t be sure. I’m at 4-5 chests now. Considering how difficult it is to win a tournament (seriously, go try it), I must admit it is pretty bad that you won’t replace the win rewards.

Anet:

Hello Morten,

Thanks a lot for bringing this to our attention; we really appreciate it. The next time that you’re in the game and you find a bug, you can do us a favor by submitting an in-game bug report. This will send detailed information about your character and your position directly to our Quality Assurance team. To submit a bug report in the game, simply click on the “Game Menu” button in the upper left hand corner of the game interface, then choose the Support option on the Game Menu. The Support option will allow you to review known issues, report a bug, or contact Customer Support.

You’re also welcome to report a game issue in the Game Bugs sub-forum of the Guild Wars 2 Forums ( https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs ). You may include screenshots with your forum report, if you wish to do so. While we are unable to respond directly to each bug report, they are reviewed and escalated, when appropriate.

Thank you again for taking the time to let us know about this issue.

Regards,
GM Vagrant
Guild Wars 2 Support Team

So in case you’re wondering, I’m now missing around 20 tournament chests. Guys i think it’s a bug.

I’m glad im not the only one noticing the no damage – all bunker build. I’m fine with the bunker tactic really (I hate it, but it’s a tactic) – But for me the fun disappears when the other guy can heal more than a berserker can damage – And not even kill the berserker. That is twisted to say the least.

Can you please run a build that at least tries to kill your opponent. It gets so boring running from point to point hoping for anything to be uncamped or at least not an engineer. It’s not that I mind joining you, running around in circles for 5 minutes until someone interrupts our dance, but you can’t kill me even though I’m a glasscannon, and I sure as heck can’t kill you. I really wish we could duel like all the other classes, but it just seems like you would rather run a build where you are pretty much afk for an entire game having some script to hold W and D for you so you can run around inside that circle while people do some funny dancing around you. It’s not that I mind bunkers, but come on, at least Guardians can deal some damage and a fight can actually conclude without being a 2vs1.
(No hate to engineers, a very viable build, but seriously, bunkering is getting too much. You can’t be killed within any reasonable time frame and you know it. You also can’t kill anyone else with the build.)

Sincerely kitten.

Just dropping in to say that OP is brilliant. I think Anet knows most of the things, but what stood out was that your suggestions to fix it was quite well thought out as well as opposed to many many posts ranting on the same subjects GJ

Intentions in title. We are looking for some members to join us.
Bad To The Bone is an international Guild with all chatter in English.
We are currently home to 54 members mainly from Northern Shiverpeaks (US) server and always have at least a few members online, day or night. We are also in the midst of cleaning out the inactives, so effectively we might be 25-30 active players. (We really need that “Last Online”, Anet!)
The Guild is not centered around a playstyle. Everyone does PvE, some do WvW and a few such as myself enjoy PvP as well. People are laid back and around the friendliest you will find, but we of course hope for that to be returned Some of us regularly do a bit of dungeoning and WvW together and there is always help to be found for really anything.
We have just recently unlocked Guild Bounties which we love – But we could use your help!

If you have any interest or questions, please send a whisper/mail to Treeshot in game, or reply here. There are no requirements for joining, we have kitten level 80’s along with players who recently started playing the game and there is room for anyone. Just don’t be a drama queen

See you in game!

Cant find the thread but I have seen it mentioned a few times. More specifically a cap only existing in PvP. I found it odd, but thought I’d ask. You are probably right that there is no cap.

Question in title, neiter google or forum search gave me an answer. But I’ve seen this cap mentioned a few times now.

Thank you for this

It was not changed, it’s been like this.. But i would like some clarification as well. 10 or 15?

Starbird.4029:

I was under the impression that GW2, as more of a sandbox, had a more welcoming community. However in the 3 weeks since I started playing I’ve seen:

- People threatening to kick others because the class they play isn’t strong enough.
- People threatening to kick others because they are using a less than optimal MH weapon.
- Gear requirements on dungeon groups.
- People supporting certain classes being harder to level/play than others ‘because noobs’.

GW2 does have a welcoming community, but you will have to do some work for yourself to find the part that suits your needs (Maybe a Guild). Although you say you played 3 weeks only, it sounds like you tried joining a CoF speedrun. In any event the problem arises because you don’t look for a specific group. If you just go “LFG”, chances are that you will end up with some “elitist” team because it is these who run the dungeons over and over, hence you need a group who is not farming the dungeon into oblivion. If you simply typed “First timer LFG” you would have none of these problems. No one will complain about class, no one will check your gear or complain about your choice of weapon. But on the other hand you will have to expect the same from your party members. And as such you will have a much harder time completing whatever you signed up for, which is the consequence of not using appropriate weapons for the situation, not having exotic gear and a party possibly not knowing the mechanics of the dungeon.

Now the last part sounds like something that would only happen in PvP and well.. Some classes are easier to get a lucky kill on (you know it thieves, catching someone with their pants down) – But all classes allow a great deal of improvement depending on your skill. But honestly, you should be able to ignore people telling your class is a noob class. It’s PvP. It’s basically kitten flowing across the map whenever someone dies. But these players are safe to put on your ignore list. They won’t have anything constructive to say.

Starbird.4029:

Basically the whole ‘everyone should play my way and only my way and I will actively block any attempt to do otherwise’.

No. Not in the way you mean it. But there is a great difference whether people are running a dungeon for farming or for completion. If a completion group can run a dungeon in 40 minutes while a farming group can do it in 15 (8 minutes for CoF), you are blocking that farming group from playing the way they want. If you join a farming run meant for effectiveness and try to join with your masterwork gear.. Well why would you even join? Once again, find a party that suits your need.

Starbird.4029:

If you want specific harder content made for you, then ask for it. But, as a lowbie who died several times to turret blasts out of nowhere when I first started, stop complaining about difficulty changes that don’t affect you in the least.

We have this. It is called dungeons. Dungeons are by no means casual from most perspectives. I always let anyone who wants to join into my party, because as you I don’t find elitist groups fun and like the added challenge from bringing a few casual players. But this also mean that quite often I have experienced not being able to finish the run. This is a slightly different perspective, but consider that sometimes players won’t be able to complete a dungeon (at least not without a lot of added trouble) because one player does not know the mechanics or are simply not geared for it. Try asking people running Arah if it is easy bringing a few unexperienced players for the Lupi fight.

Let’s knock the “Im entitled to join any farming/speedrunning group” for now please. Go “Unexperienced LFG”, “First timer LFG” or whatever phrase you like. You will never see the problem again. In experience you will find a completion-group (running for first time), or a farming group who will carry you but be patient – They know the premises on which you joined. You will however also encounter parties giving up, even at the end boss. In this situation you should remember to try being the instance owner so you always can invite new party members and keep trying.

Good luck out there, and no offense meant. Trying to put another perspective on.

To fit your needs, yes, GuildWars 2 has grind now. Also Fractals is a dungeon that gets harder every time you run it.

Really depends on your focus. If you want a good class for dueling I’d go with ranger, mesmer, thief or (ele). If you are more into being a major pain who just won’t go down with mesmer, guardian or (ele). If you like nuking people you can go mesmer, thief and (warrior and ele). If you enjoy playing in team you might like the necro for the debuffs, mesmer, guardian or ele.

To be honest I’ve rarely been taken down by a warrior unless I already was out of endurance and skills to save me from the burst. Not saying it can’t happen, but most often when I die to a warrior it is because I messed up my skills.

You just have to figure how you like to play. If you have trouble getting to people and want to play a nuke class, try rolling a thief. While still possible to get away from a thief, you’ll have to work much harder to do so, and if the thief is any good he will be hard to kill (invis and dodge all the time).

Just suggestions.

kKagari.6804:

and I really hope future dungeons in GW2 will be more akin to this one.

No, please no. For what it is, It’s quite fun. But imagine wanting armor or something from that dungeon. Having to do the same puzzles again and again which you already know. Even doing CoF you get to kill a bit and dodge around.

I sought out massive calculations for the highest possible DPS build for a shorbow ranger some months ago. In short power always beats precision which beats condition damage. As such berserker is the way to go for highest DPS. You should have no problem with mobs in Orr. If they ignore your pet, swap it (Will sometimes help). Use Shortbow #3 if still chased. Use shortbow #4 if still chased, walk backwards maintaining DPS. If still chased use #5. At this point you’ll have to dodge once or take a bit of damage. #3 should be up soon again. At this point the mob should be dead a while ago.

What you must understand is that while Berserker’s is potentially the best damage dealer, it comes down to your skill. You WILL be squishy. And you WILL have to think about your positioning.

Edit: Furthermore, in dungeons.. Well lets just say 25 limit.

Just about everyone will tell you to get an overpriced Naga.

How about a CM Storm Inferno? http://www.cmstorm.com/en/products/peripherals/inferno/
Not only quite decent and good quality, It’s pretty kitten cheap.

Master Archer Nente.9284:

Throw them in the Mystic Forge. I have gotten several gold by just saving my Major Soulbound runes and throwing them in the forge hoping for a superior.

Well that’s part of the problem, you can NOT forge superior runes. I usually forge all the major runes as well. The superior ones I can’t do anything with.

kickpuncher.2467:

here’s my (ex) issue, my mouse loses focus while holding right click almost immediately. I found a nice Autohotkey script that lets me press the middle mouse button (or any button I like) to tell the script to keep the right mouse button clicked even if I’m not actually pressing it. Then pressing the middle mouse again will release right click. It helps so freaking much.

Go search the net for Autohotkey and DL it. Copy this into notepad and save it as an .AHK then run it.

#NoEnv
#SingleInstance Force
SetTitleMatchMode, 3
#IfWinActive, Guild Wars 2

MouseLook = 1

MButton::
Gosub, ToggleCursor
Return

ToggleCursor:
GetKeyState, state1, RButton
If state1 = U
{
Send {RButton Down}
MouseLook = 1
}
else
{
Send {RButton Up}
MouseLook = 0
}
Return

This worked PERFECTLY for me. THANK YOU for this!

Nikon Justus.6902:

What makes me mad is that they wont even say weather or not we will be able to, there has been many threads about this and NO word from them, so we just have to sit and wonder or throw away our laurels, and thats BS

Quoted because im the OP of one of those threads. No answer given.

marnick.4305:

The amount of people having more than 20 is so low, they’re not even worth considering catering to.

Thanks, but so far Anet has been quite ok at catering to me. Don’t assume that just because you don’t have 20 rings, that there isn’t a lot of other people who has. – Or a lot of no-lifers to meet your terminology.

To OP: Your question have been asked a few times before, but as far as I know we never got an answer.

I’m going to necropost here.
Im stuck with 4 superior runes, all soulbound which I can’t even forge to get a random new rune.
Sooo.. How is that 5 months old answer coming along?

Im quite sure there’s not enough D’s in OP’s post.

Geotherma.2395:

So do you think we should have more GM/CM’s in game to do this? I know in some MMO’s CM’s often make events in game and talk to people in game (when they can). The problem is when someone sees a CM is in game you have 100,000 people spam whispering them. The point of the forums was for all players to communicate with the dev team, but sadly i can say that in a 300+ guild I only know about 5 people who ever check the forums. Mostly because it is filled with qq and harassment.

Maybe the CM’s or devs can make a date to come to servers or host live streams discussing ONE topic. That way they don’t get spammed with tons of random requests. They could do the streaming with chat and have players talk there or do both, talk in game and answer on the stream. Though again that is a lot of work as we would be taking time away from projects everyone is working on. But maybe with more CM’s relaying information from in game, devs/designers getting info from them and forums, we can have a more clear picture of what the community actually wants.

Now these are all suggestions, so i don’t want us to get locked because it isn’t a discussion anymore lol. But how long do you think before we can officially say Guild Wars 2 is no longer new? And what do you think about CM’s in game talking to people?

Whops, sorry for lack of answer;
No, personally I don’t need to see them ingame. I saw 2 GM’s in the Wintersday jumping puzzle once, and while I thought that was pretty cool it is not the place to communicate. My concern is mainly on the forum because this is where many people go to discuss/complain/ask about something. And this is where I would like to see Anet jump in. So many times I’ve seen questions that simply needs a yes or no. A current example is: Will Ascended amulets and accessories [infused] be available to us? – A simple question which are holding people back because they don’t want to waste laurels on costy infusions. But even after a month a simple yes or no has not been given. Then there’s complaints. While some are just griefing there are a lot of legitimate concerns which people would like to have confirmed or denied. But even so, simply stating that “We don’t know that yet/Can not tell you that” shows that, hey at least we hear you. You have been seen. This is what I really miss. The interaction with the people on the forum is next to none imo.

rozcinana has the idea right. I want the Magic Find utility infusion, but I’m not about to throw 20 laurels after an infusion which I don’t know whether or not is permanent. So far I’ve just thrown a simple infusion in it as well. All I want is to know whether or not I should save my laurels for an infused version of the amulet. Only hint I found is that they exist in gw2db.

As title says.. I thought they were just forgotten along with the rings. Now I’m not so sure. Will it be possible to infuse Ascended Amulets? I don’t want to waste laurels putting a MF infusion in my amulet before I know that I CAN NOT infuse my amulet anytime soon. Same may go for accessories although I don’t have any yet.

Edit; Very possible this is brought up before, but I can’t find anything.

Geotherma.2395:

This game is still under 1 years old
Much of the development is ongoing and does not rest
You have a great team who actually speaks to the community on a regular basis
You DO have a great community in game

These are all valid points, but not unheard of. But it is also like this;

When people complained months ago – “This game is still just 3 months old! Relax.”
Ok, that’s fair. I can relax as soon as I know my concern is seen. But even when I report a crystal clear bug or create a topic which goes on for a few pages the “team” never jumps in to acknowledge that this is an issue or that this is something they will consider. It is exactly as you say – They speak TO the community, but never with us. And I believe that is a major reason while you see people being so “loud”. They really just want to be heard. And this is also why the great community is in game. At the forum we are all just trying to be heard.

We should not need to make statistics for this anymore, this has been reported since january, but no answer yet. Try doing Fractals in the 20’s, I suspect you’ll see better drops than at 30+

The laptop first mentioned is completely clean (Brand new and all pre-installed crap gone )

Edit, but do you really think the GPU will bottleneck before the CPU?

Laptop, 1366×768 resolution
Core i5-3210 (2.5-2.9GHz) (Should be “decent”?)
5400rpm hdd (Makes loading slow, but shouldn’t affect game, right?)
4GB DDR3
ATI Radeon HD 7670M (2GB DDR3)

I’m at a loss. The laptop seems to run generel PvE areas at ~32fps on lowest graphics, including subsampling! I’m not expecting this computer to pull off high graphics, but at least some textures and maybe shaders. I don’t understand why it runs so slowly. My own laptop runs it better and is:

Laptop, 1920×1080 resolution
Core i5-460 (2.4-2.53GHz, it’s a first gen i5)
7200rpm HDD
4GB DDR3
ATI Radeon HD 5870M (1GB DDR5)

..Now im assuming as always the CPU is the bottleneck, but my question stands, why is the first laptop inferior to the other? Both has updated drivers and unparked cpu’s.