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Any update on how long its likely to be down??
The whole point of the living story is that theres always something going on, how are people who don’t have time for those couple of hours to complete the basic stuff going on at the moment magically finding the time to go back and complete all these previous arcs?
Jam makes a good point here. If you don’t have time to complete the current story arc, how are you supposed to complete previous ones too? The point of the LS is to award people who do have a lot of game time and are getting bored with the normal content. While I agree with people that we do need more permanent content, the temporary LS content is by no means a bad thing.
I see where your coming from on this for rewarding those who play for hours and hours (like me) but I seem to remember something being said about there being no expansion packs for GW2 as there were for GW1 (Nightfall, etc).
Taking that into account then effectivly the LS becomes the “expansion”. Now consider as said above a player who played GW2 from the start and completed as much as possible….. then left with nothing to do. The player takes a break from the game returning a few months later to look for new content only to find that they have missed out on what is now effectivly the expansion packs for this game and there is still no new content available. I would be pretty disheartened if it was me.
In all honesty im not quite sure how A.Net can future proof themselves with this? Maybe make old LS storylines available through some kind of instance based system
that a player can activly choose to play if they missed it first time
Looking at this from a purely business headed perspective then the LS can be seen as both an opportunity (keeps interest there for current players) AND a threat (all new content added is time dependant and has a shelflife – not good for retention of returning players/people taking holidays/working away from home …). Just depends on which way you are looking at it from.
Just as a polite reply to your rather short sighted rant about other players there do seem to be quite a few server loading issues with the current LS.
Personally I have been able to complete all of the other LS bits (bar the audio logs because that was just tedious) but this is proving difficult. I have for instance spent the last 2.5 hours (about the time it takes you to complete the LS) just attempting to be able to log in and play in Southsun cove.
I have (after many mant tries with it lagging out and crashing or freezing) had to give up in the end in an attempt to complete my dailies.
Maybe consider that others may be making valid points before getting on your high horse.
I understand where you’re coming from, and I know i’m coming off a bit rude. But in your case that sounds like a client side issue, not server side. I never heard of someone having that problem.
My biggest problem is that these people are blaming Anet for them not being able to complete it, despite having a ton of time. I remember seeing a recent post that started out as " I quit playing in feburary and recently came bacK" and he sounded upset that he couldn’t play FnF again. I just thought to myself, well duh. You quit the game for almost 3 months.
Protip: People usually quit games and come back months later expecting more stuff to do, not the same or less. That was the whole point of leaving to begin with, was there was nothing to do.
That said, I finished the Southsun LS in about 2-3 hours. It’s pretty short.
Wish I could – not because im not trying but ive been booted out 7 times tonight and usually only able to play for a few mins at a time when I get in. Yesterday was fine but Tuesday was as today, constantly being disconnected.
Timed storylines should be considered when theres major issues as weve had with Southsun in the last couple of weeks. As it stands its looking unlikely that I will complete all the current LS achievements by the end of the month unless its fixed in the next day or 2. As I said its certainly not through lack of trying.
Booted out again twice in 15 minutes and unable to do anything while im in there.
Please fix the issues A.Net and at least extend the current LS as the issues that we are having at the moment are making it pretty much impossible to complete the achievements (and not through lack of trying.
Yeah ive been booted about 5 times since the last post. Trying to do the jumping puzzle to get to the islet sample – difficult enough when it is working but impossible now as the platforms appear but when you go to jump on them you fall straight through them.
It just seems to have been constant issues with the game in various places since the day it told everyone that “you free account has run out”
I seem to be having the same issues in Southsun again today that I had 2 nights ago where as soon as you go to attack something it freezes then boots you out.
Oddly enough it was fine last night though.
Will just wait until they fix it then I guess – cant be doing with resetting all the options every time I log in (which with the current Southsun issues seems to be every 5 mins or so some nights lol)
Thanks for the info though
Tyr – it is possible to take down the giant on your own. I do it frequently when theres noone else about and it certainly doesnt take an hour more like 10-15 minutes.
Keep dodging and dont stand still if hes targeting you and you should be fine.
Any update on this??? My husband is only seeing himself in our guild though on mine I am showing up as a member on the guild page.
Then just now I went to deposit stuff in the guild bank and it wont let me deposit or remove anything. Ive not noticed if im earning any influence or not.
Edit: Actually just checked again and im now showing up as the only guild member again and all the upgrades have dissapeared once again. It seems to be sporadic.
For staff info the Guild is Dragons of Caledor on the Piken Square server.
Would love to find a group like this to get the achievements and would willingly stick around to help others after. Crab toss is doing my head in at the moment.
I have to admit though not looking forwards to missing out on stuff in September when im away due to care work for 2 weeks without connection.
Maybe if Anet extended windows on LS stories to 3 weeks as most people only take 2 weeks maximum at a time on holiday or away on work. Just an idea. That way they would have at least a week either at the start or end of the window to complete and not miss out.
More concerning with some of the bits that have a prerequisite to unlock them i suppose.
I had 2 completed areas knocked back to 99% when the guild missions came out – it could be them. Frustrating the hell out of my OCD now lol.
Trust me its not a client side issue – husband is an IT technician and has checked out the network – other parts of the game play fine. Finally managed to make it out of Southsun and have just managed to complete my dailys in Queensdale. Southsun just seems to be getting hammered with the LS being based there.
Had no isses with Southsun until this section of the LS.
Fair enough the people who havent played for 3 months cant really moan too much but I doubt all the people moaning have not played in 3 months. Your right it did come across a tad rude and a bit “im alright jack” which is why I just thought I would point out that others are having isuses despite trying to complete it.
Just as a polite reply to your rather short sighted rant about other players there do seem to be quite a few server loading issues with the current LS.
Personally I have been able to complete all of the other LS bits (bar the audio logs because that was just tedious) but this is proving difficult. I have for instance spent the last 2.5 hours (about the time it takes you to complete the LS) just attempting to be able to log in and play in Southsun cove.
I have (after many mant tries with it lagging out and crashing or freezing) had to give up in the end in an attempt to complete my dailies.
Maybe consider that others may be making valid points before getting on your high horse.
Ok little update – I managed to get on long enough to get to the gate for Lions arch …… unfortunately it is now hanging at the Lions Arch loading page. Once again it looks like I will be unable to complete my dailys (second time in just over a week) due to game issues.
Im having similar issues in the cursed shore at the moment. Have been for the last hour or so. Sadly im not even getting 5 mins of play before it freezes (skills constantly flashing in attacks but nothing happening and both my character and the monster being fought just stand there like we are best mate having a chat and a nice cuppa).
Currently stood at the jumping puzzle up by Lions point unable to do anything. There seem to quite a few other players doing the same or just running round randomly
Eventually it boots me back to the choose character screen but it can take a while. Latest code ive just got was 7:11:3:190:101, not sure if that will help or not.
Game is basically unplayable at the moment and as its freezing pretty much after a few seconds im stuck in Southsun.
Server: Piken Square
Only have one character so I cant comment on above re specific slots but I suppose my character does have a longish name if that helps (Marithia Redwood)
Was having lag issues in PvP yesterday but no disconnects.
Today had the odd little blip in Diessa but as soon as I headed into the Way farer foothills I came across problems. All seems fine until i hit the first attack or function (harvesting set it off at one point) then it freezes. I can normally see the targets and other players but all enemy’s are stationary though I do see a little movement on occasion from other players. I seem to be able to move but the attack/skill bar is constantly flashing and nothing happening. This happens for a few minutes before I get booted out (apologies I didn’t catch the codes on DC).
At one point I had the “Ghost town as well” – basically the map was there but no NPC’s, enemy’s or other players at all not even any bundles like boulders. Totally blank canvas with just me running round unable to do anything.
After running back through the map and a few DC’s later I have managed to get back into Diessa where things are running fine so far.
Little frustrating that Wayfarer is unplayable considering we need the audio logs for the Monthly achievements and you only seem to be able to get the ones in Diessa once per day (or is that another bug?? get and audio log once but if the sonic periscope pops up again in the same place there is no scrapheap once its killed)
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