Guild Wars 2

Is there an official way to pronounce Niflhel? I always say niffle-hell.

Gieniusz Krab.8259:

Hi,

First of all, I would like to point that I am not one of those guys who can’t deal with the fact they failed. However, this pvp week was a joke, srsly. Since now, I don’t believe that hot-joins are pure RNG. Why do I always need to be in a team which members are asking me what to do, and when I tell them they can’t even defend close 2v1? Also, I saw too many guys wearing 1st lvl armor. Of course skins in PvP are useless, but show me one experienced player who could wear them… u can’t huh? I knew it. On what are hot -joins based? Please, tell me, and of course, you have to repair it ANet.

I’ll wear lvl 1 armor for you

-Return 8v8 (tired of constantly roaming by myself to cap spots.)
-Fix the 4v5 (possibly increase time between matches so slower computers can load in)
-New game types (free4all, team deathmatch, ctf. not just king of the hill)
-New maps
-Penalty of -5% xp for those who leave during matches for 1 hour
-Ranks should all be close (within 7 ranks instead of one person lvl 5 and another 80)
-Better rewards in chests
-Rewarding players who help others (possibly very small amounts of xp for the number of boons you place or conditions you remove on another player, tallied at end of match. gives more incentive to “team”)
-Make walls and objects slightly transparent when camera is back up against them (to prevent the camera from zooming in and out constantly. force camera to go thru the wall.)
-Hide pet names so targetting isn’t such a pain when there’s lots of pets in 1 spot (keep mesmer clone names though, however higher chance to target the real player using tab)
-All resurrect times are the same (5 seconds. Instead of sometimes instant, sometimes 18 seconds)

Yes I realize some of these are questionable or have possible good and bad to them. They are just suggestions to think about or work off of and believe they should be looked into.

I’ve mentioned this a couple times in the hotm and people seem to agree with it so I’m posting here also. I’d like to see a bank and trading post in the hotm. Sure it’s a lazy way instead of going to LA instead and then back again. But I am a lazy person XD

I go to join a 20/20, get in there, and there’s not a single person there. This happens sometimes with 19/20 also. Am I missing something here or is it extremely slow to update?

Is there some sort of tanky mesmer build? Right now I’m all berserker’s with traits into everything +dmg to phantasms and it’s not working cause it seems like my dmg vs others is still low and I get downed in just a few hits.

I’ve seen this as well and all my settings are on high.

Just recently the inquest light pants on females has gotten this red color fringe around the edges. However when you zoom in it disappears. I haven’t changed my graphics settings at all. I’ve tested all the settings though from low to high and it makes no difference. You can see what I’m talking about in the screenshots. It doesn’t look like a big deal in the pics but when running around you see this flashing red outline along the skirt and it’s really distracting. This never used to happen before.

Yea it is the cliffs, structures and trees. It looked normal again after restarting my game. Still curious why it looked radically different as you can see in this screenshot.

This is the first time I’ve seen it. Never had it happen today but everywhere I go in Dry Top now while the sandstorm is going I see these weird outlines in the background. What’s causing it? Some graphical setting? I haven’t changed anything.

I’ve mostly heard people complain about the new system since the Sept patch since it’s radically different. But I was wondering how it differs in speed. Is it faster to level up now with this new system or slower? I haven’t made a new character since obviously.

The preview in the style tab in the gemstore is a bit small and I’d like to see a feature where you can zoom in wherever you want.

Anet please fix! It’s irritating and don’t wanna waste the transmutation charges just to find out it looks bad.

Why is it that the Nvidia control panel doesn’t affect gw2 at all yet it can on other games such as cod? It doesn’t matter what setting you change it doesn’t over-ride any of the graphical settings to what the control panel is.

So I’ve played my engineer for 320 hours and still no fricken clue if I’m playing it right or whatever. Basically I got almost all carrion stats with perplexity runes, 2 pistols, flame turret and missile turret, and 1 elixir to cure all conditions. Traits are set up for mostly everything turret based with a couple skills for pistol such as recharge rate and bullets piercing. This is alright but I feel sorta whimpy and it seems a bit of a struggle. Especially compared to my ranger who can kill something in just a few seconds before anything reaches me. Any ideas is much appreciated. This is for PVE btw.

Which greatsword looks better judging by the backside of my character?

Elana the trading post girl at Caer Shadowfain in Cursed Shore often will bug and you can’t interact with her. I’m hardly ever able to talk to her anymore. Maybe 25% of the time I visit her.

After using the petrification mode on a fun box you become invisible once you WP within the map. It happens after you leave petrify mode. Might happen while you’re still petrified also but haven’t tested that. You become visible again when relogging or WPing to another map.

Mini Southsun Faren is missing from the mini list. His regular clothed version is there but not his southsun version. I don’t have the mini so it probably shows for others who do have him. But I should still be able to find him in the list. Recorded a short video showing the bug.

There’s a huge list of everything changed here https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-September-9-2014

I have a feeling the tag spam will die down after several days. It’s often how stuff is with new stuff. Everyone does it and then it’s meh afterward.

Behellagh.1468:

But is it cutoff in wardrobe preview as well?

Yes. Doesnt matter which tab you’re in for hero panel. All have feet cut off.

IVIUIEI.9631:

It’s not just norn. It’s All Race I think.

Yea you seem to be right. I just checked one of my humans and although not as drastic as my norn, still there.

Behellagh.1468:

Have you tried different UI size settings? Maybe they missed a preview instance in terms of UI scaling. How’s preview?

That did not change it. I’ve been playing with default anyhow since over 2 years ago.

Spiderbite.8049:

Feet? Where we’re going, we won’t need feet!

(working as intended)

lol nice reference :P

My norns feet get cut off in the hero panel since this new update.

What are some purple greatswords?

2 and 3/4ths second cast time, 10 second swiftness, 1 charge, 20 second recharge. Suggestion obviously.

AngelDiscarnate.5489:

She’s in the Dead End bar in the eastern commons of Divinity’s Reach.

I went there but she wasn’t in there

Where is Kasmeer? Or can she not be found?

This has probably been suggested before but I think it would be good to implement weekly achievements. Monthly is really easy to get and feel like it should be more difficult and the current difficulty of monthly be made into weekly.

As everyone knows the tier 3 cultural light armor makes your character bald regardless if they actually have hair or not. So is Zojja actually bald if she removed her headgear or not? Or has this never been seen?

As everyone knows by default the left ctrl key shows the names of objects. I’d like to see this as a toggle on/off option instead of holding down the key constantly. It’ll also help from people spamming their skills in map chat by accident.

My elementalist is only level 9 but I’m struggling with keeping him alive (although I haven’t died yet). I calculated the average damage taken from 1 hit by an enemy and its 18-22% of my life. That means in five hits I could go down and that’s just from fighting only 1 enemy. Is the elementalist supposed to be this weak or do I need to put everything into vitality and toughness?

Often while running along, the foot steps sound will cut out. Anywhere between 5-15 seconds. Also sometimes other random sounds such as attack sounds randomly disappearing very briefly, especially during larger battles.

Currently I have Guardian, Ranger, Mesmer, Warrior and Engineer all at level 80. Should I go for Necro, Ele or Thief next? Btw this is mainly for PVE.

What is your preferred weapon for PVE? For me I’m not totally sure and wanted to see what others felt was the best.

sirsquishy.8531:

Assuming you are talking Cable Internet

you need a really good HD Splitter to sustain the Mhz that Cable uses on a splitter, even more true since DocSiS3 is the new ‘standard’. 900mhz splitters will work, but they need a booster when outside (as they tend to not be grounded) and it can/will cause your signal to bounce from great to poor quality.

If you log into your modems UI (192.168.100.1, usually) and click on signal you can see what your xmit db is. -7 to +3 is the normal rate for Coax Cable connections. Anything higher or lower and you may want to call your provider for assistance.

Ok I logged into the modem and it’s Docsis 3. Under status it says Frequency to tune to 837 mhz. Signal strength is -19.3 dBmV. Signal to noise ratio says 29.5 db. The splitter that’s inside the wall does have a grounding wire connected to it.

I don’t really know where else to put this but it certainly affects my gameplay dramatically at times. Sometimes my internet speeds are very up and down. It’s very random. Some days it’s perfectly fine all day and then other days it can be messed up. I’ve replaced both the router and modem, moved them to different rooms, used new cables and nothing really changes. The modem is currently plugged in to the splitter outside which directly connects to the street. It’s also a new splitter. The router is about 2 feet from my computer and nothing is in the way. It does this also if I directly connect from the modem to my computer also.

Please watch the video to see what I’m talking about! It shows 2 tests taken within 5 seconds of each other. Thanks!

Why do some people want to do Arah offense rather than defense? The defense has unlimited enemies but the offense has a set amount.

On my Charr Engineer the racial utility skill Hidden Pistol and the Toolbelt skill called Hidden Pistols have no sound attached to them.

Wanze.8410:

circuitnerd.5863:

Wanze.8410:

I didnt here John mentioning inflation control.

He says “make sure inflation doesn’t go crazy”

And how did you determine that inflation went crazy in GW2?

Gem prices. 1 gold = 5 gems. One year ago 1 gold = 66 gems. 2 years ago 1 gold = 400+ gems.

Wanze.8410:

I didnt here John mentioning inflation control.

He says “make sure inflation doesn’t go crazy”

Skip to 1:44

Tribio.8531:

Just open a browser with a realtime WvW map of your matchup on your “non-game” monitor?

I’m talking about PVE primarily.

I’d like to see where you could keep the map open on 1 monitor while regularly playing on the other. That way you could easily see what waypoints get contested and such, so then you know that an event is going on near there. I know it would help out commanders since they are always having to open and close the map constantly.

I’ve noticed during events with a lot of people some sounds randomly cut in and out. Does anyone else notice or have this same issue? And is there some way to fix it or is it just some bug? My sound settings are as follows.

Volumes all set at default except music all the way down
Audio Device: Sound Blaster Z
Sound Quality: Middle
Music Interval: Middle
Mixing Buffer Size: Farthest Left
Mute GW2 when in background: Unchecked

Can someone tell me some of the benefits of being in a guild vs going solo? thanks

Much appreciated. Needless to say going to be staying away from TPvP till this is resolved. Sucks cause just in the past 2 days the servers have gone down 5 times.

Normally when you hover your mouse over the castle icon in the top left it’ll show what buffs you currently have that you’re getting from WvW such as +5% xp, +10% magic find, etc. I transferred over a week ago to a different server and I have no buffs at all. There’s been a full reset cycle.