Guild Wars 2

Red Jay.2516:

After recent patch, Scepter Water 2 and Focus Fire 4 get interrupted by auto attack, resulting in failure to cast said spells. I suspect it has something to do with the reduction of the aftercast.

There might be other skills broken in the same way on other weapons, though I haven’t got chance to test it yet.

Many players are still waiting for these fixes – being an ele is getting to be as frustrating as being a Ranger – HECK and no thank you!

So they are ALL disappearing on ALL maps?

I was in a single map and saw my first ones – so you’re telling me that the REST of the map has NONE?

No, the fact that no one has posted any different or damage builds in here in hows that ELEMENTALISTS ARE BROKEN – apparently beyond repair as far as ANET is concerned.

I see them now but they are TINY and they are HARD to see no matter what your settings…

Problem is I can ONLY see them in a SINGLE area – the one I am IN.

I’ve gone to several other zones – nothing, not a single kite basket.

I have a bad feeling about this – and it doesn’t make ANET heroes in my book.
The color and the design of the icon is horrid.

Nalora.7964:

I have played since BWE1, and I remember actually getting up during the downed state frequently. Now, unless someone is close by, I never rally——-on ANY character. Downed is just a slower death, but death is always the outcome.

Please, just remove this worthless state and kill us outright when our health falls to 0. It is wasted code and effort.

Also, in future when you nerf something for PVP or WvW please keep in mind those changes may not work in PvE.

I agree.

If one has no chance of getting up with one to several people hitting your character then downing has no use except to frustrate real human beings.

Bohtwhap.3249:

Since two days ago, the Black Lion Trading Company window has responded only one time. When I open it, the only tab that works is the Pick Up tab. All the other tabs just display the loading-circle-thing for a few seconds and then leaves the window empty. No error messages or anything.

I seem to be the only one with this problem. Here’s what I have tried so far:

• Turning it off an on again
• Going back to Lions Arch where it did respond one time
• Using another character
• Going to WvW and Guesting other servers

I did submit a bug report similar to this post yesterday, but I currently have 38 rare items in my bags that I’m getting desperate to sell, so am now using all possible means to regain access to Black Lion. Sorry for any redundancy.

Is your Lion Company working yet?

Did you file a support ticket?

Let us know if you had any success or…?

AeroJavi.1687:

I have consistently experienced this.
There was even a thread about it a couple of weeks ago, but it got flagrantry ignored, of course.

I almost never get anything in WvW…. I thought that was the way the game IS.

PvE I get things about every third kill or so in most areas… I can’t even speculate why that would be…

Charlie.8726:

I think because you use VPN, or your admin have no right to open it..
I dont know how to say this in word,

But try to open GW2 by right clicking and “Run as administrator”
hope this helps

This particular problem has nothing to do with running as admin or anything on the user’s side.

I have had this every single week since the beginning of the game – and not one week has gone by that I didn’t have the same issue.

The database corruption between server and client is getting corrupted somewhere, either at the server end or what the server is sending and telling us to “save”.

I did every single troubleshooting action possible from relogging to rebooting to reinstalling – the game is presently working and I didn’t change a thing from “reinstallation” to “working”.

Bohtwhap.3249:

Since two days ago, the Black Lion Trading Company window has responded only one time. When I open it, the only tab that works is the Pick Up tab. All the other tabs just display the loading-circle-thing for a few seconds and then leaves the window empty. No error messages or anything.

I seem to be the only one with this problem. Here’s what I have tried so far:

• Turning it off an on again
• Going back to Lions Arch where it did respond one time
• Using another character
• Going to WvW and Guesting other servers

I did submit a bug report similar to this post yesterday, but I currently have 38 rare items in my bags that I’m getting desperate to sell, so am now using all possible means to regain access to Black Lion. Sorry for any redundancy.

Unless you were virused or had an attack of malware, you need to go through the HORRID support that they have here.

After almost 10 hours of CONSTANT communication from ME – and after doing everything in the world I can do from my side:

re-logging (so many times there is no WAY to know how many)

re-booting (until I am so frustrated I can barely function)

and then finally at 3am or so I reinstalled the whole game…

It’s NOT on my side and _*they_* know it, they just won’t escalate this problem that has come up for so many people not once, but MANY times since the beginning of the game – I’ve had this issue since day one in some form or another every single WEEK.

I was diligent, they were not.

I was communicative, they were not.

They finally gave it to ONE single person who kept repeating that it was my fault and to do this that and the other (Directx and all internal and softwware settings were checked, they KNOW it isn’t the USER) and still after ten plus hours I could only use the default settings and still could NOT interact with the merchants or the marketplace or ANY of the features of the game and the right mouse click was completely gone – no way to set it to stick no matter what the settings were set to… and boy did I set them!

CUTTING AND PASTING is not a way to communicate with customers but that is all these people do because frankly, I don’t think they comprehend what we are saying enough TO respond – our language barrier seems to be complete along with the fact that they won’t escalate a single thing that one can figure out…

It feels to me like we are being treated like no more than the NPCs in the game.

I hope upon hope that they see that they have a flaw in their database somewhere – this is happening to many and most just leave the game without complaining, if there weren’t people , like us, who would will not accept this, the game would be a desert!

I am disabled, this was just exhausting to someone who just wants to play the game for physical and mental therapy – seriously.

Now if you have read this far you may be thinking that I didn’t do enough -you are certainly entitled to that opinion but just know that while I do not code I have beta tested every game from DOOM on except this one (maybe I should have).

I have over 25 YEARS of computer, network, hardware, software and security experience with some useless MS certs and A+ nonsense, so some of you will say so what, but what that *_should*_ tell you is that many of us are being lied to by this game – and treated like the problems are on our side when they are easily seen by any first year tech as NOT being on the customer side.

I am a subject matter expert and what this looks like is a failure on the server side to keep settings for each account properly, the database is not hooking to and keeping person’s computer settings properly and that will NEVER be fixed on the customer side.

I am getting the same thing but with more – my keybinds won’t stick either. Not for ANY f* keys or for just about any keybinds, I have a whole two that I’ve remapped and they STILL get overwritten or don’t work.

I have an issues that I believe is along the same lines – I can only “touch” certain things but I can’t sell, can’t talk to any NPC but I can certainly die and lose quite a lot from not being able to gather – so much for the “event” part of this game.

Kyang.3245:

I dont know if I can post my issue here…
I’ve got 721 points of interest and there are 2 left, and I know the newest POI is located in Gendarran Fields. But, I cant find another one.
I’ve check the entire world (WVW map, southsun cove, and the other area).
Can anyone help..?

PS: I completed the whole map but the WVW map before the first living story, so I think it came with the new patches.

Have you checked every other map to see which one states that it is missing a single POI? The infos are there on the mapview for every map.

slingblade.1437:

I agree that the word Ranger in-and-of itself does not mean archer. However, Anet’s own description of the class opens with these words: “Rangers rely on a keen eye, a steady hand, and the power of nature itself. Unparalleled archers, rangers are capable of bringing down foes from a distance with their bows.” This has already been posted a million times. One hand doesn’t seem to know what the other is doing after reading those words, and seeing the reality of GW2 Rangers and their bows.

This one comment should be all the “guidance” that Anet needs.

Why did OUR range get cut from 1200 to 900? That makes no sense!

Kyllaa.1385:

This isn’t just a windows issue! It happens on Mac. I made a post about it in the Mac forums along with several others months ago, but we never got word back as the Mac forums are no longer monitored (even now, I await a response 2 weeks already to verify that Anet is no longer moderating or supporting the Mac forums). I’ve also filed several in-game bug reports sometimes while the bug is active and other times after the restart.

The only fix is a whole client restart. I’ve repaired, deleted my gw2 folder contents, repairs system permissions, all updates complete, and still this bug persists.

I can’t duplicate it, it just happens randomly when it feels like it. I’ve noticed it more in the Bloodtide Coast, but I’ve experienced it in dungeons as well (making me a detriment to the group as I was a minion necro with no control over my target) and other locations, so I doubt that is relevant. Oddly enough, I can still use the mouse to cast skills and use the ui, but I cannot interact with the game world using the mouse in anyway (nodes, npcs, selecting targets, nothing). [forgot to add] this also affects the touch pad, when I tab out, the mouse works perfectly everywhere else, when I tab back in, the issue still exists despite working 2 seconds prior everywhere else.

Would love to finally hear something about this… Sorry guys, but I’m glad to finally see a pc person with this issue, maybe it will finally get the attention it needs. Because it makes the game nearly unplayable and causes sticky, unsurvivable conditions.

Thanks and looking forward to future responses.

When devs start telling us it is the fault of the OS without a single proof, that’s where many draw the line, this is NOT a Windows issue.

Dawdler.8521:

Just restart the game and it’ll fix itself.

Even if Anet technical support is apparently unaware of it, this is a well known bug that happens frequently. You cannot click on anything in the world (but you can click on the UI just fine), so you have to tab to target mobs, for example. Happens several times a week for me. Not so bad when you can just restart, a little worse if you dont notice it until you’re inside WvW on primetime :/

No, it won’t fix itself.

I just sat through re-installation for two hours not just a re-log or reboot BOTH of which I tried BEFORE I reinstalled.

I am bugged or I am muted – if it’s a mute there is no accompanying email or ingame notification.

And why in the world is the download SO slow when I have a 50mb pipeline???

Zoidy.2685:

In the last week or two I have noticed a rather annoying bug regarding the mouse, randomly after playing for a several hours or so I find that I cant click on anything like NPC’s, Mobs or Crafting nodes etc. If I exit the game and log back in again it starts to work again. This is a real annoyance when your in the middle of a dungeon and your the leader as you cant just exit the game to fix the bug as the whole party gets kicked out of the dungeon and you also really cant do the same thing when doing fractals either.
Anyone else game across this issue with the mouse randomly stopping you from clicking on a NPC, Mob or item to target?

I have that issue now – it hasn’t been fixed and I am reinstalling the game for the THIRD time in less than two months.

I am sad for the state of the game whatever it is – we don’t seem to be getting many answers.

LHound.8964:

To level up fast:

.1) If you are new to the game, forget crafting! You don’t have the gold nor the materials to craft (unless you get them from another source).

.2) Take the most exp as you can by doing:
.i) – Story Line quest (green missions) rewards huge amount of exp. Don’t try to make quests to high as you will have a hard time completing them.
.ii) – Do the Dynamic events as soon as they appear, even if you are doing a heart quest or looking for a Vista/PoI. Dynamic events comes and goes. The others are statics and you can do them when you want.
.iii) – Between dynamic events, do the group events first, champion and verteran kills second and then the normal Dynamic events. If two near events appear together, try to hit one or two mobs from one (or catch and deliver something), and pass to the next one. It’s better to get one GOLD and one BRONZE, than simply one GOLD.
.iv) – Always be on map zone level. If you are level 17 and the map is 1-15, pass to the next area to where the mobs are “your level+0 to your level+2”. You get more experience from events this way. You have plenty of time to clear maps later.
.v) – Always use a exp+10 (or exp+15) consumable food. It’s always good to have a boost regardless small it may be.
.vi) – Don’t use very out-leveled gear. The better it is, the faster you do things. It don’t need to be extraordinary. You can get cheap low level items from the trading post.
.vii) – Don’t go to WvW at low levels. The rewards aren’t that good for a low-level. If you want to level in the WvW, i recommend doing it, at 40+
.viii) – Don’t be afraid to use any Exp boost you may receive. Leveling is linear, and you would benefit the most at lower levels than at higher levels. Specially the ones from killing. (Higher levels have higher amount of DE and Dungeon XP, so it is a waste).
.ix) – Explorable paths dungeons are a good source of Exp (~1 level per path). Although the first starts at level35, i don’t recommend doing it, unless you have a good group (top level players). Always tell you are a new player and not very leveled. Most of players helps.
.x) – Last but not the least. Join a good active Guild! Guilds makes the leveling process much faster and much more enjoyable. Having guildies to help out is awesome. Don’t forget to do the same later!

/cheers

Even players who are starting new characters can take a page from this and use it to their advantage.

Now if the rest of the puzzle can be ferreted out – making gold instead of it being a total sinkhole

Thanks for the help, my elementalist thanks you!

negerleif.2106:

Ive been opening coffers just like everyone else.. and im talking ALOT of coffers!
in hopes of getting a ticket so i can get the Jade shield for my Warrior.
ive spent atleast 5 hours a day farming for coffers. and not getting rewarded for it.
all i have gotten is TONS of candy some food and 2 stinking minis that i dont even care about.

If its going to be this hard to get a ticket it should be sellable since MANY people like me dont get any tickets but really want one or 2 but cant get them…

stop the RNG BS and make the skin tickets easier to get so that people can get the skins they want.

to be honest, no one cares if another player looks the same as you….

I’ve seen far too many people getting two tickets and the rest nothing.

Yes, we are happy for them – but for those who weren’t “lucky” enough to find the BIG things, how about doing something we CAN do like BUYING them as has been suggested?

I broke my tail end to try to get the silly broken holo wings – just to cover a dumb karka shell that is “good” but is ugly and cumbersome to look at in game play.

Stealth.9324:

Tonight, after patching to the latest one, log in game, play for around 10 mins, disconnect TWICE…. Then Restart the game, Error Connect?? What the heck is it? My Net works just fine because I am here to type thing? Anyone experience the same?

I connect from AUS.

You missed the boat – try saving the error – many of us are getting the:

7:11:3:191:101 right in the middle of fights and actions.

Check the other thread – this will be moved…

7:11:3:191:101

STILL getting this error – this isn’t fixed and there is no “reason” on my side.

Windows 7 64 Bit two other windows (browsers) open only to GW2 and Pandora.

The net has been losing connection for MANY people – someone better start asking about our net infrastructure and if it’s even safe.

If this is a nationwide glitch – and I will bet it is – we have more serious issues than losing connection to this GAME.

All of us hope this gets fixed this time.

DimentioJ.1604:

How about something a little more meaningful than “me too”…

I have three accounts and three machines in the house. All three started having this problem in the last 48 hours.
Error 7:11:3:191:101

I have replaced my router to no avail.
I have flushed my DNS without change.
I have tried running the program as administrator or in XP compatibility. No joy.
I have removed Symantec Endpoint Protection (ver 11)… No change.
I have shut off my firewall without results.
I have run ping /t tests on my secondary monitors while it crashes and have seen no internet pauses during the problem period. (picture attached)
I have scanned for Malware with MalwareBytes and found nothing.

My machines are all Windows 7. One is 32 bit, two are 64 bit.
Video cards are NVidea Geforce 660

Obviously, this is not a local problem! Three machines don’t fail simultaneously unless there’s an outside issue and I have shown that my internet connection has flowed uninterruptedly during failure.

I wonder if ANET checked the logs to see if an MS update coincides with the logging issues?

This sounds like it isn’t coming from ANET’s servers but is more of an issue that they have been hit with AS WELL as us…

So wherever it’s coming from I am hoping they are scouring the logs.

Sat at the login (character) screen all night – then logged in after being told I had “timed out” and got it first time.

The errors are so random and not always “on connection”.

Syuta.6394:

My girlfriend and I bought this game just two days and were excited to play. We were only able to play yesterday after the downloads finished but today when we woke up we both had the “Connection error(s) detected. Retrying…” Can someone please help?

This is a new issue – please don’t give up yet – this is the newest game and the best so far regardless of the problems – if you can’t get in, try rebooting (yeah, I know, but some don’t know that it might help…).

There are many error issues all of a sudden – and one thing I know about this game, they fix problems as fast as possible, not like others that allow HUGE problems go by year after year.

Here’s hoping you and your gf have a great time!

BTW, don’t think if you both choose the same path that every single thing will be the same for both of you – this game is far too diverse to be “cookie cutter” for even two players.

Have fun!!!

lynspottery.6529:

Yesterday I lost game connection twice, the second time it happened I took a screen shot.

Right before we lose connection, one can’t get any response from any vendor or npc.

Error Code=7:11:3:191:101

This occurred on Yak’s Bend Server before the server reset for the borderlands. (7:03pm EST)

Three times I’ve lost connection with the servers – and it’s becoming more frequent…

Help ANET!!!

Your “fix” didn’t work!

Kasama.8941:

I, for one, am glad there are no exclusive pets. I don’t want the focus of the Ranger to be on “who can collect the rarest pet”, but on the profession itself. If you want to feel exclusive, then just play the pets that aren’t used as much.

Also, why would you delete your Ranger? Unless you need the character slot, deleting it doesn’t make any difference at all..

There are “exclusive” pets if you count the ones that GW2 players can not get that were only available for GW1 players – wish I’d known that and wish I’d heard about GW1.

What irks me most about “pets” is how little damage they do compared to the “wild” animal – it isn’t logical and isn’t smart – this game needs to expand it’s “pets” – if we have a “bond” why can’t we communicate with them – most other animals TALK.

In any MMO there is rarely any such thing as “overboard”.

Zenyoga.6910:

Rate of fire says one shot every 2 seconds, its about every 3 seconds. The overcharge skill says it improves rate of fire 50%, it maybe improves it 15% at most, I notice very little difference and I’ve stopped watch it.

Toolbelt skill of this ability does not replenish 10% endurance if you have the first trait on the last skill line (dont recall of the top of my head).

I totally agree – there are so many not working skills in Engineer it easily rivals any other two profs put together. Sad, so VERY sad.

derekgrant.6504:

MrForz.1953:

-I’m an engineer because I was interested in getting a flamethrower and a tool kit.
-Then I’ve been stuck with it because it’s somewhat efficient more or less everywhere. -And I still continue with it just to not look like those mindless greatsword-spinning simpletons, to hell with their stuck-up comments on which we’re useless, if they don’t want to know everything they’re missing it’s not my kitten problem.
-I get the chance to own a HUGE variety of different builds and combinations.
-It also gives me the ability to calm those snotty wannabe pr0 assassin Thieves 1v15 rather radically in PvP.
-Oh, although now it’s not much, I played Engi before it was cool.

Haha awesome! I made a warrior, but I run around with a Rifle because it feels close to home. I also vow to never Greatsword and use Dual Axes

Everyone has to LOVE a warrior (you) who forswears Greatsword! lol!

Fos.4185:

The game launched since last year September so it’s almost 10 months. Look at the rangers and necros, see how much they’re improved on their pets and minions compare to the very beginning, not to mention a lot of other bugs on other professions Anet did fixed.

Now look at the “explosive shot” (pistol #1). It’s worse than thief’s “vital shot” (pistol #1 also) in all criteria: longer activation time, lower damage and shorter bleeding duration. And yes it DOES NOT EXPLODE to nearby targets as the tool tip says.

it’s because our “Poison Dart Volley” shoot multiple targets and all missed when shooting obstacles in zero range? Thank you very much!

I’ve noticed that a LOT of tool tips AND their actions are either wrong or don’t work – I stopped using pistol – and will not do so until they fix Engineer and its problems.

And not all Ranger problems have been solved – not by a long shot.

Furychief.7509:

I can`t download the client! The downloader tells me to check my internet connection. But clearly i got connection or els i wouldt write here. Can someone tell me why?

Have you rebooted since then?

Some are seeing that the process to start Guild Wars is sitting in their “task manager” even when the game is not running.

Don’t multiple click on the start if it doesn’t – it makes Windows think you are trying to open multiple instances of the program and that CAN stick the PROCESS not allowing you to get in or even start the game.

Let’s hope this is fixed no matter what the reasons are…

Tantrumus.7406:

i dont know if this is just coincidental but when I forced the process gw2.exe closed from Task manager I got in immediately on the next try…. probalby just luck.

Wanna bet that it was a Microsoft update that caused the issue????

Priest.8752:

stale.9785:

I know they’re bad damage – just get a laugh that on a class where the bow is pretty much the iconic weapon, people don’t want to use it.

This is a problem with the bow skills (Long Range Shot should be static damage and far faster) and the fact that our coefficients are seriously low because a) Anet wants a melee only game, b) our pets are supposed to be 40%+ of our damage, and we’re balanced around 100% pet uptime and hitrate.

You’re missing the point. People would gladly use the bows if they weren’t so terribad.

I still use it under certain conditions but I end up going back to ax/torch – Rangers are a joke with a bow, either bow.

Harnel.6810:

I hate to say it, but this seems the direction things are going in. We only have two viable builds right now – Beastmastery and Trapping – and if one drowns, we’ll all jump ship and move to the other, so that we can feel effective.

That’s just about the worst thing I could have heard about Ranger – this game is begging for help with Ranger and has been since day 1.

Problem for me is that we’ve been promised that we’d be “fixed”, only to be nerfed and not expanded – expanding doesn’t mean making a toon OP, my gosh, can we PLEASE have more than TWO BUILDS like MOST other characters?

Flissy.4093:

This is what ArenaNet Game Director Colin Johanson has to say about the matter:

ColinJohanson.2394:

Some fun ideas in here, we’re also actively discussing ways on how we’d best like to alleviate having to make players choose between having better stats, or using magic find. It’s not a choice that’s great for game play and there isn’t really anything that fun about it, even more so when group composition is taken into account.

[Flame wall: Initiated!]

Magic find is a bad stat. This is not news to many, and many others refuse to accept it. I’m here to draw the line and briefly explain some of the reasons why it is bad.

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Where is it good?
I will admit, Magic Find is actually good and I recommend to use it in some situations. I will list these situations below:

• Large scale events, such as many Cursed Shore events. This is due to them being “mass tag” events.

And thus ends that list.

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Why is it bad for solo play?
Simple – You’re giving up offensive potential for an increased drop rate on certain items. So why is this bad in solo play?

Also simple – less kills per hour - Less kills per hour = less loot per hour. Counter-productive isn’t it?

While it wastes time in solo play, it only wastes your own time, which you are, of course, entitled to.

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Why is it bad in group play?
This is the real issue with Magic Find and a sole reason it should not be in the game…

The person using Magic Find gear contributes the least, but get’s the best reward.

Why does this make sense? A huge design flaw.

You are giving up offensive potential and wasting time. You are not only wasting your time, you are also wasting your groups. Wasting other players’ time is selfish & rude. So ArenaNet promote selfish play.

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What can be done about it in group play?
I’m bordering into suggestions here, but I’ll list a few methods to prevent selfish use of this stat:

• Allow the other player’s to be aware when someone in their group is using Magic Find gear, through a visual such as a boon listing how much Magic Find they currently have.
  — While a lot of player’s are against “elitism” in gear checking, as I stated earlier the person using Magic Find gear contributes the least, but get’s the best reward. Nobody wants to be a losing end of that, so those players deserve to know when someone is wasting their time for a selfish gain.

• Make the entire party benefit from someone’s Magic Find in the dungeon.
  — For example, there are two people in the dungeon using Magic Find, one with 36%, the other with 110%. I propose that everybody has an effective 110% Magic Find in that dungeon. This could actually make Magic Find a GOOD stat for people who are not seeking speedy dungeon, but remaining fair as the whole group is penalized speed wise, but everybody benefits in terms of loot quality.
  — The worry for me here is it could lead people to feel like they need to use Magic Find so the whole group can benefit from it. This would mean you could easily get 3 Magic Find users in a group – one with 55%, one with 100%, and the other with 150%. You’d have 2 players gimping themselves for nobody’s benefit.
  — A few other players suggested the combined MF of the group to be shared instead, which is an equally – if not more – viable fix.
  ——-

TLDR; Magic Find is bad – don’t use it.

Since it is bad for the players and so many pages do bear that out, maybe Anet needs to come up with a better stat or make the stat mean something, finally.

Setun.4368:

Basically you can’t shoot harpoon gun skills backwards i.e. you’re swimming away from an enemy, but still shooting at even though your back is turned to them. Also the projectile speeds for them have been fixed.

Out of the Ranger notes that’s all it really says?

Clarity and brevity aren’t Anet’s thing are they?

Really, I read and re-read the release notes for this last patch and I can’t figure out any of it, not just Ranger but much of it not relating to changes in SouthSun – that’s plain enough, but the rest seems to be more shorthand than explanation.

Any non-snarky explanations and the end results compared to before the patch are greatly appreciated.

Strijder.1839:

I’m not sure where to put this gripe… I don’t think it’s a game bug even though it needs improvement, it kind a fits with players helping players, and it’s definitely a suggestion. I’ve been getting the “Your message was suppressed due to excessive messaging” warning most when I try to announce dynamic events, so I thought I’d put it here.

Anyway, I first got this a few days ago when I was trying to get a group together for dungeon, so I thought at first that it was because I was saying the same string every 5 minutes or so (“LF3M CM Story Mode” or something like that). It’s been happening most, though, over the last couple days when I’ve been looking for help with an event or just trying to help other players find dynamic events.

It seems that when on a quiet map where I am pretty much the only one saying anything, I tend to get this notice. It happens even though I’m not repeating a spam message or messaging too often (usually every 5-10 minutes, sometimes 10-15). It gets really annoying when other players start asking for a waypoint for the event, and I can’t give it because my messages are being suppressed. What’s also really odd is the messaging gets suppressed even in party chat. I can see map or main chat, but party chat??

I understand the point of this, you don’t want the chat window cluttered with spam advertisements, but it seems to need improvement. Trying to get help with a dynamic event or help other players find dynamic events shouldn’t be suppressed as it helps with game play, especially when the ma kitten parsely populated and there isn’t anyone nearby to notice the event.

Maybe a function could be added for a player to quickly send out a game generated event notice when in an event. Perhaps add something similar to the CTRL+click on a way point or maybe a “/event” tag. This could then be separated from whatever criteria is being used to determine excessive messaging.

I am having the same issue – can’t speak at all in map chat or any chat for that matter – and I haven’t “said” a word for over an hour.

If players are being suppressed, how about telling us why – if it’s a bug, please, fix it – apparently the bug didn’t take notice of the last fix – bad bug!

Thanks!

Elbegast.6970:

Will Southsun be ending in a Group Dungeon?

I would like to know so that I don’t waste my time with the content. I have no desire to complete a single player chain; only to beg 4 other players to run me through a dungeon.

Forcing people to party to complete a dungeon is just wrong, especially after a long chain of soloable content.

If the devs aren’t going to answer the question, why would most players even bother with the whole mess? It IS a horrid thing to sit there, BEGGING for four others to go.

I have the same issue on my 80 Ranger for my personal story – that’s terrible.

paleeshi.1924:

Rozbuska.5263:

Engineer has the best damage output in PvE, only dumb noobs create Warriors for damage:-P
I use this build with http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Rare_Veggie_Pizza:

http://tinyurl.com/cfftnq7

- by swaping kit and constant using elixirs you can keep 25 stacks of might on you and 10 stacks on rest of party pretty much all time.
- Due to trait and high crit chance you will keep 25 stacks of vulnerability on mobs all time – its pretty much 25% dmg increase for whole party
- You have average damage output around 6k/s on 1500ft range:-)

You can also try this static discharge build with: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bowl_of_Curry_Butternut_Squash_Soup

http://tinyurl.com/boaoy3m

- Its pretty much single target build but due to piercing rifle shots and discharge bouncing between targets you can manage multiple targets but its harder for positioning.
- This build has extreme damage spikes (about 30k in 1.5s) but you must wait 30s for recharge whole burst or 5s for partial.
- Perma swiftness and vigor allow you to kite everything.

I did fractals lvl 48 multiple times with both builds without problems:-).

Hello, can I ask how long you’ve been playing with this build and your overall experience with it?
I kinda miss my Engi (retired her since january), but I have trouble finding a build I like (looking for a rifle/power build).
I usually don’t like going full glass canon and hence I tried balance dmg with toughness and vit, but I just don’t like the low dps. I used to run grenades but I don’t like them much anymore since 33% nerf.. And also the endless key spamming.. Your build seems pretty decent though so hence I wonder how the world looks for a pure glasscanon engy xD I guess it won’t do as well in WvW though?

I am waiting with baited breath for the answer to your questions – sigh

Demonsoul.9271:

Only one person can contribute towards capping a point.

In other words, stop following me when I backcap open points. >:|

It’s the personal points – and I have watched them go up – several people can get capping points, I am just not sure how many – there is a cut-off just like there is with the bosses if I am not mistaken.

ArcTheFallen.7682:

Common Misconception: Ranger F# skills
You can still use them when downed even though they are not in the GUI. So yes, you can interrupt with your #2 skill and then wolf fear and then command the wolf to knock down your opponent then switch pets to something else and so on and so forth. (OP imo)

As a Ranger I am downed by some players in one to two shots – I don’t find the downed abilities OP at all.

Kitcat.1739:

A dead player can still call a target. Just a nice, helpful little thing to do for your team as you wait for the respawn.

Wanna bet they hotfix this in about three days?

Tundera.7956:

For those of you who played guild wars 1 on release, I was in a guild called The Morning After. For a brief time we were rank 1 in the beginning of GvG taking down the likes of Esotaric, Frost etc. I gotta say Guild Wars 1 GvG was the most incredible gaming experience I’ve ever had, and for a competitive gamer that’s saying a lot. I know GW2 is in kind of a slump right now, but I want to get the ball rolling for a competitive scene. It’s not enough to expect Arena Net to do something about it.

A great example is League of Legends and Riot Games. Riot was a tiny company that created a MOBA that people started to enjoy. The PLAYERS started forming tournaments, leagues, ladders, etc. Solo Mid was the new place for players to go for competitive League of Legends advice, guides and tutorials. Riot saw this, saw the viewer numbers and went crazy, eventually forming league seasons, the LCS, Worlds and now sponsored salary pro-gamers. The thing that sets League of Legends apart from a normal e-sports game is the accessibility. You can download the game for free, and boom, you get to jump right in.

This is where Guild Wars 2 shines as well. Aside from the cost of the game, you get to jump RIGHT into the action in any pvp you want, and play and learn and be competitive. With Guild Wars 2 having that kind of accessibility, I see huge potential for a competitive scene. The problem I see right now is the casting of tournaments, and lack of prize pools. It takes people to step up to do this sort of thing. People don’t want to watch tournaments cast by people who don’t know spell names, or who cant use the camera properly.

On the other side of it, the way that Guild Wars 2 works is hard to cast for, so I think for future player-held tournaments, we really need point cameras on the streams, so that you can see all 3 points on the stream plus whatever action is going on. Then, the casters would have an easier time seeing whats going on and commentating as such.

I want to get the ball rolling because GW1 was such a huge step in the right direction for team-oriented competitive MMO PvP, I want to see GW2 flourish. I need a few like-minded people to get things going. High-level people who can start streaming, taking donations and using the donations to fund properly held tournaments. GW2 isn’t going to take off if the viewers aren’t as passionate about it as the players are, and you don’t get that without solid streams and casters. So if you’re interested in helping me set up what I think could be a pretty big thing let me know! Get a hold of me, reply here and lets get things started.

On the other side, lets get a discussion going. Why do you think GW2 hasn’t taken off? Give me some ideas so we can set it up the right way.

Individual scoring – two words and a concept that Anet isn’t getting.

When I go into a tournament I am not with others who are “as good” or “as bad” as I am – I can’t get better because there is no way to practice for a tournament beforehand and the people inside, far too many of them, stand around or half-heartedly play and even bemoan the lack of thieves and the “over powered” or “clueless” Ranger – and that even two in a group is one too many.

A chance to play with people who are just as passionate and who will communicate isn’t happening except for that one in a hundred or more games – and believe me, you can tell the difference.

Another problem that Anet won’t listen to is the fact that the life pools for spvp are FAR too small and players NOT npc’s die FAR too easily and can be mobbed far too quickly. There has to be a different “thought” for spvp – raising the life pool and then using lockouts that can be seen by all players to know “hey you’re not doing anything go do something else” – is just a necessity in pvp.

I hope we do have some tournaments not only for the fastest, best players but also for handicapped players – this game has universal appeal – we need to start rewarding players who are good.

Anet, why am I being blocked from posting in most forums?

After all the very horrid words I have seen lobbed at others it really surprises me that honesty is not valued in this game – some players are very verbally abusive no matter what is said or how relevant if is in game chat – but I have never abused any person or the privilege of posting.

I have, as others have, asked for changes that would benefit the game and I have, as others have, expressed my dissapointment in the lack of some changes that have been noised in the past but even now, almost a year after launch, still haven’t been implemented.

Games are important to many people – games can and are therapy for many – I will always feel passionate about any endeavor I put time into – and again like most players I put some time into the game and believe I, like all players, have the right to have the game work as intended – and ask the devs for the courtesy of extending achievements that are bugged beyond gamers ability to finish – I tried many times in the Frost and Flame to get several of the achievements but couldn’t find several and several others were bugged, you can check the darned logs.

I am sad you are blocking anyone from posting without explanation.

atheria.2837:

JustTrogdor.7892:

Has anyone else noticed a problem with the TP recently? A few times a day it will either hang on me or crash completely. It just started this recently.

The first time it stuck on the TP screen, no loading circle, just froze and I could not close it or even exit the game. I had to reboot my iMac using the power button.

Other times the TP loading circle just spins indefinitely but I can close the TP window walk away or what not but on return it does the same thing until I exit the game completely and reload it.

Once today it crashed the whole game and I got a 500 fatal error.

Just wondering if anyone else has been having this problem?

Happened to my Mesmer the other day, now it’s happening with my brand new Engi…

Ok, DEVS, please fix the Trading Post too.

Why am I being blocked from posting?

JustTrogdor.7892:

Has anyone else noticed a problem with the TP recently? A few times a day it will either hang on me or crash completely. It just started this recently.

The first time it stuck on the TP screen, no loading circle, just froze and I could not close it or even exit the game. I had to reboot my iMac using the power button.

Other times the TP loading circle just spins indefinitely but I can close the TP window walk away or what not but on return it does the same thing until I exit the game completely and reload it.

Once today it crashed the whole game and I got a 500 fatal error.

Just wondering if anyone else has been having this problem?

Happened to my Mesmer the other day, now it’s happening with my brand new Engi…

Ok, DEVS, please fix the Trading Post too.

Brinson.7289:

And people still blindly thank the devs for a job well done. Nevermind that we have traits that don’t work because they don’t test anything. They are devs so they are by default smarter than the lot of us.

Many thanks for testing this trait! You just made my build a helluva lot stronger!

One must start to wonder just who is doing the testing the “fixes” of the known broken pieces of this game (and as said before, proven broken – not rumored to be broken).

It’s tiresome to hit walls that aren’t there, have equipment not work and seemingly do a double take like in a movie when the game glitches and makes you redo your last ten steps – and the sheer disorientation that THAT causes isn’t fun either.

I’d love to pat the devs on the back, but I just can’t with what they keep saying is fixed and then youtube can prove them wrong – just like emails with screenshots proved to Microsoft that a “simple” security update broke a huge number of computers to the point of having to repair tens of thousands BY HAND one by one – I can tell you it wasn’t fun and it made our company lose trust in MS.

We love this game, but some of us are starting to wonder just how much the people who are writing the game are playing the game.

Plague.5046:

Not sure what you mean, mesmers are one of the best classes right now.

Engineers have been typically the underdogs but they are gradually being improved with each patch.

Depends on what you mean “mesmers are one of the best classes right now” ‘cause in spvp it’s so not true.

I am leveling my Engineer – and having much more fun with it than I did with my mesmer which ALWAYS seemed underpowered in lower levels and certainly in spvp.

Apparently it’s gone now… Tried to finish it tonight and some of the NPCs are gone.

It wasn’t easy to find a lot of the pieces to the achievement – oh well.

And NO, I don’t LIKE using cheats like dulfy – sorry, I’d rather the game tell me where to go if I am confused.

JonPeters.5630:

It has come to my attention that this uses a different model than the blue Jellyfish that happens to look Kitten EXACTLY the same. I am planning on fixing this within the next month but needed to get some feedback from rangers about their feelings about their HoM rainbow jellyfish pets changing how they look. I can assume that they will be happy, but you know what happens when you assume.

Post your thoughts on this internet forum thread and I will read them.

Jon

Reference image for the rainbow jellyfish old/new included: http://imgur.com/3DSAO3e

Underwater it’s hard to see others due to the very distorted water view coupled with the many who are attacking one – so a very easy to see, sparkly, very brightly colored (varied colors? would be cool) like a lava lamp in ways with its abilities in gold and silver iridescent hues.

Yes I love color I can’t go outside so I love to be able to see it without the damage it can do to me.

Sometimes my whole “day” can be the sky I see in the game. And it does trick the brain into thinking its been there – no depression

Color… visible, easy to follow color for anything underwater