Guild Wars 2

Finally got this to work this past weekend. It took forever for the npc to finish his discussions and allow the catapult to be useable but it finally worked.

Still a bit buggy.

I have received private messages from gold sellers on these forums. I have reported them via the forum option and sent an email to support.

We need to have some way to block anyone but an Anet moderator from sending a pm like this.

Well, it appears the perceived loot bug I have been attempting to get some reasonable feedback on is actually being discussed at length in the following thread:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Share-your-data-about-perceived-strange-drop-behavior-here/page/12#post1191528

It certainly would be nice if all the posts made on the poor loot was actually addressed by Anet instead of being ignored.

Jeffrey Vaughn.1793:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Moorwatch-Tower-Bug-Thread-Merged/1089435

Jeffrey, it really would be nice if you all could just unlock the blockages to this event. I still cannot get this thing to work for me. Yak’s Bend server.

Wednesday evening during our guild WvWvW run one of our elementalists complained of this very problem. She indicated she seemed to be rubber banding and could not control that particular skill no matter what she tried.

Like most bugged items in the game, it appears not much testing is done prior to submitting a fix, just dump it on the unsuspecting players and keep your fingers crossed the fix works.

It seems to me that Anet desperately needs a public test server environment where players can actually help them solve these problems. I don’t understand why they don’t have one available. Obviously many bugs are more noticeable if more than 15 players are using them. Works for other games as far as I can tell.

There has got to be a fix for this problem. I have been playing since launch but never had this happen until just recently. Last evening I ran with some guild mates to fight Jormag to see if the untargetable Ice Wall had been fixed (of course not, silly me), and about half way through the second Ice Wall fight this annoying sound started.

Whenever this happens I have to log off and reboot my pc in order to fix the problem. I did not have issues before…what is happening to cause this problem?

We are all spinning our wheels here. Especially since Anet has not responded to the issues brought up. I’ve listened to the videos where the Anet folks talk a great talk, but come away from them feeling like I just got the run around. I did take critical thinking in college and it is amazing what folks DO NOT say and make it sound like they have said something profound.

Silence is in itself a thought; open to many different interpretations. In my personal view, silence is an effective method of avoiding commentary.

Jeffrey Vaughn.1793:

Sligh.2789:

To hear you say you cant replicate it means that what you are doing has no relation to what the players at large are doing.

Exactly my point. It’s not showing up on any of our test servers, it’s only showing up on a Live server, with varying populations/unpredictable players, et al. So we haven’t been able to determine what’s causing the bug. Like I said, I added some failsafe measures so it will fix itself if it ends up in a bad state, but I’m not sure WHY it’s ending up in a bad state.

Oh, a test server. Hmmmmm…. perhaps your test server is setup differently than the live server?

What I don’t understand is this fight used to work fine, right up until about a month ago. What changes did you make or additions implemented that could have affected this mechanic?

Also, what changes did you make that adversely affected loot drops world wide? To me it appears that changes made in content or behind the scenes to tweak the drop tables adversely affected the game and some of the mechanics that used to work just fine.

What happened that caused this to be posted and why was this oversight not corrected?

Aproposs Of Fire.4056:

This is a video interview with Colin Johanson (ArenaNet GW2 Game Director – think movie director, I think) made after the Halloween event but before the Karka event. It is located: http://www.twitch.tv/mmorpgcom/b/337726366 I might have missed some things earlier in the video but here are some pretty relevant quotes from later in the video:

Time: 20:35
“The most important thing.. We want people to play wherever they want.. do the things they are excited about and feel like they get rewarded for it and that they can play with their friends wherever they are playing and that they can be rewarded for it. "

“Those will always be our goals as we build anything in GuildWars2.”

Time: 20:48
“So certainly we are evaluating PvP, WvW and PvE right now so that it is rewarding enough in each part of the game, it feels like there is enough stuff to do in each part of the game. And where we see that there isn’t, we’re currently adding a whole lot of more stuff for each of those parts and phases right now. We’re really.. focused on expanding those in every part of the the game right now.”

Several guild mates and I ran through Cursed Shores late this afternoon/evening opening up the map, getting way points, poi’s and vistas. We also did a lot of harvesting and plowed through a lot of undead.

None of the drops from the mobs amounted to much for any of us. Two of us were wearing high MF on gear and jewelery, and the rest of us did not have much if any MF equipped. It did not seem to matter…we all got crappy drops. There were a couple times we died and had to repair, which of course required way point charges. The total coins we got from selling all the whites, a few blues and junk did not pay for the total cost.

We came to the conclusion that it is not worth our time and trouble to do this again. I may go back for map completion if my guild runs a zerg through the area so I can get the completion without dying, but I don’t really care any longer.

Game is now becoming a total waste of time. I have 2 – 80 level characters, two around level 20 and one at level 41. I can’t even get excited about leveling the lower ones now.

Apparently the ice walls worked ok early this morning, but by the time I fought Jormag this afternoon, they were untargetable again.

So disappointing that this is still happening.

Ran through several areas late yesterday, did all three dragon events then changed toons to finish up my daily for the chest.

Never got anything beyond a couple of low level greens, some mid-level blues and 1 gold doubloon for all that. I don’t craft so someone in my guild will get that doubloon, but I certainly have been getting my share of the “trophy bones, trophy scrap metal, trophy flowers, etc.”

I am logging on less frequently than I used to back before mid-November. At least back then I got excited because I was always eager to see what drops I would get that would be useful for any of my toons or that I could salvage for ectos.

That has all changed. I am not having as much fun as Anet said I would because of the bugs, loot drop issues, no one else in higher areas to run with, etc. The world seems much less populated with players and more populated with mobs, who incidentally do not drop squat any more.

Level appropriate gear but not useable by my current profession. This is more often than not, exactly what I get when I do get gear. It is never useful for my character.

We did path 2 this evening, and indeed she got aggroed by the ooze. So we “un” aggroed her by killing the ooze that she was having issues with.

Once that was done, she responded just fine.

Well it is currently Jan 7th and from my understanding folks have been back to work already. So the delay has to be something else.

Michael.4791:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/2-slots-for-each-character-slot-purchase/first#post1153470

Unfortunately, this does not help me since I missed the time line to purchase the character slot on sale. I’ll just have to watch for the next time this goes on sale.

I missed this sale…by about 1 hour. …sigh, certainly wish some of these sales lasted longer. Sometimes I don’t get in game until just before the end of the sale cycles when they are only 1 day long.

Still bugged on Yak’s Bend.

Jason King.2647:

Thank you to everyone who posted your server name here; we found out that the event was blocked on some servers, but not others. We’re currently looking into what we can do to prevent the related event from breaking.

This post was 10 days ago. As of yesterday I did not see it fixed when I tried to obtain the vista.

Yak’s Bend still has this vista bugged. Harpies never showed up and we could not trigger the event that would have allowed us to get to the vista using the catapult.

This particular event has been a problem for several months now and the last time I tried to get it, I got a message saying this event was disabled. No message this time, however, I was able to speak with the npc.

Note: I submitted an in-game bug report on this as well.

Aproposs Of Fire.4056:

This is a video interview with Colin Johanson (ArenaNet GW2 Game Director – think movie director, I think) made after the Halloween event but before the Karka event. It is located: http://www.twitch.tv/mmorpgcom/b/337726366 I might have missed some things earlier in the video but here are some pretty relevant quotes from later in the video:

Time: 20:35
“The most important thing.. We want people to play wherever they want.. do the things they are excited about and feel like they get rewarded for it and that they can play with their friends wherever they are playing and that they can be rewarded for it. "

“Those will always be our goals as we build anything in GuildWars2.”

Time: 20:48
“So certainly we are evaluating PvP, WvW and PvE right now so that it is rewarding enough in each part of the game, it feels like there is enough stuff to do in each part of the game. And where we see that there isn’t, we’re currently adding a whole lot of more stuff for each of those parts and phases right now. We’re really.. focused on expanding those in every part of the the game right now.”

This certainly is not what is happening in the game at the moment. Poor loot drops all over the place or none at all. I don’t see any reason to go adventuring any longer.

I do run with my friends but usually it is only to help them out clearing zones. Definitely not worth the effort if I were trying to gain rewards for any of my actions.

I am extremely disappointed in how Anet is handling all this right now. I know they are trying to fix things in the game but with that said, adjusting the loot drops would go a long way to help mitigate a lot of sour feelings about how poorly we are rewarded for even our most modest efforts in the game.

Champions/veterans and huge mobs just do not appeal any longer. Neither do the dragon events. Use to be able to obtain a lot of nice loot just taking out the surrounding mobs on big events, but recently I’ve gotten only trophy drops (trophy bones, trophy metal scraps, etc.).

Keir Bhaltair.5197:

GW2 is a great game with many interesting twists and ideas; however, it often seems that the ideas were only half finished or they just don’t really work as intended. These small missing features are in my opinion what’s preventing the game from being not just great, but excellent, and it would be a shame if that came down to such small issues.

While these certainly aren’t new suggestions, it seems that they are largely overlooked, so I’d like to use this opportunity to list several little things that I hope will be addressed sooner rather than later.

9. Town clothes wardrobe and the skins usable in combat
Currently I see next to no reason to buy one of these; unlike in GW1, they completely clutter up your inventory and you can’t even fight in them. Add armour skin options and Costume maker-like NPCs to towns and many more people will be willing to buy them.

1. Chatting with multiple guilds
Now this, this is a big one for me. When I first heard about the ability to join several guilds, having one for just chatting, dungeons and whatnot, one for WvW, one for real-life friends and family and so on was very exciting. Alas, this is exactly what the system doesn’t allow. In fact, I don’t see any point in the way it’s organized now. Let us subscribe to multiple guild chats independently on representing and this feature will finally be useful!

this ^^

I am sorry, but MF or not, the current loot drop rates in the game have diminished beyond what we got pre-mid-November.

I used to run full MF gear/weapons and jewelry, but two days ago changed out completely to better stats and no MF. Still get the worst loot drops no matter what I do.

My conclusion? MF not working as Anet indicated it should. Loot drop rates DECREASED instead of increased as Anet indicated and after the most recent patch (to remove Winter’s Day stuff), I still am getting crappy drops.

I did Claw of Jormag and the Shatterer today (Friday night) after the server reset. Got mostly greens and blues, but did get 1 yellow from each which of course my character cannot use (typical).

Am so discouraged at this point that I have decided to not run special events unless in a group of my guild mates just to have fun.

Refuse to engage Champions or Veterans any longer unless I cannot get away from them for some reason. None have been dropping any loot worth while. Mostly trophy items worth maybe 1-2 copper.

Anet has a major issue on their hands with the way this is going and I for one, don’t want to be around to see the game fail. So as soon as I can find another game I really am interested in, I shall depart these shores.

I’ve never seen where /stuck works in any way.

If the assumptions are correct and any loot drop discrepancy might be “account related,” that worries me. I cannot afford to purchase another game for a new account just to fix my loot drop problems. If this is an account related issue, I am not happy and want it fixed.

I just ran across this post which brought me to this bug forum to find out. If the assumptions are correct, and any loot drop discrepancy might be “account related,” that worries me.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Share-your-data-about-perceived-strange-drop-behavior-here/page/9#post1137181

I cannot afford to purchase another game for a new account just to fix my loot drop problems. If this is an account related issue, I am not happy and want it fixed.

Note: I just found this thread which seems to be addressing the loot issue. But why is it not in the bug forum? If there is a problem, then it needs to be fixed.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Share-your-data-about-perceived-strange-drop-behavior-here/page/10#post1154213

If it continues as it is currently setup, lots of folks will eventually migrate OUT of the game. I for one, do not appreciate having my drop rates disappear just because of a limiting issue that can actually be fixed to work better.

Most folks I know enjoy the game but are irritated because the cost of wp and repairs outweighs drops received overall. Many are just deciding to move on to another game since there appears to be no end in sight for this problem. After all, folks like to get rewarded for their efforts but if no reward is offered often enough, they move on.

I certainly hope my system does not experience what some other folks have reported. I do, however, have an issue with losing server connections inexplicably during combat or high density activity (like a lot of graphics happening at the same time in the same place).

I mentioned this particular issue because it happened to me two nights ago during the Jormag dragon event.

Last night I experienced losing server connection for both my keyboard and mouse while running in WvWvW with a bunch of guild mates. I had to reboot my system, not just restart the client, as my entire pc froze up as it did during the Jormag fight.

I’ve not had this issue before so am not happy to see it happening now so long after launch.

Need to have a fix for it or I may end up like a lot of other folks, not being able to play the game at all.

Not only sound problem but server connection issue: Last night I not only experienced losing server connection for both my keyboard and mouse, but also that horrible sound problem as well. All while running in WvWvW with a bunch of guild mates. I had to reboot my system, not just restart the client, as my entire pc froze up as it did during the Jormag fight.

I’ve not had this issue before so am not happy to see it happening now so long after launch. I certainly hope my system does not experience what some other folks have reported. I do, however, have an issue with losing server connections inexplicably during combat or high density activity (like a lot of graphics happening at the same time in the same place).

I mentioned this particular issue because it happened to me two nights ago (see my post above) just during the Jormag dragon event.

Need to have a fix for it or I may end up like a lot of other folks, not being able to play the game at all.

My question is: Why did it just occur on my system when it never occurred before? I’ve been playing since launch and I’ve not changed any settings in my setup.

Fury of Balthazar.2694:

Hello,

I’ve been having this really annoying sound bug issue with Guild Wars 2.
This problem occurs during large battles with a lot of people.
The sound overrides all sound and the only solution at this time is to stop the software and restart it. What is causing this?

Apparently, it is a common issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNPC3Pm8y00&feature=player_embedded

This is exactly what happened to me tonight during the Jormag dragon fight. Not once, but twice. I had to relog the client the first time it happened. The second time it happened, it was worse and I finally just rebooted my pc. Each time I logged out fixed the issue on a temporary basis.

For the reboot, it seemed to fix the issue totally. But then what I ended up doing was coming in at the end of the Jormag dragon fight. Once that was completed I submitted an in-game bug report.

So far since then I’ve not had that annoying sound bug. So it apparently is connected in some way to extreme in-game activity.

So this bug has been around for a long time. Is anything being done about it?

Aha, I see they moved this thread from the “bug” forum to this discussion forum.

I would like to know why? If they indicated it was a bug introduced inadvertently, why not just fix it?

My keyboard also stopped working as well. However, in the past several days I noticed not only my mouse stopped working but my keyboard stopped working and my character just stood there not moving.

I had to actually use the Alt+ F4 functions on my keyboard just to close down the game, which of course, froze my computer up as well.

Restarting client or rebooting the computer completely fixes both issues. I have not had this happen before and I’ve been playing since launch.

No idea why all of a sudden this past week I have experienced this problem.

Other games have an unstuck ability that moves your character back a bit to get it unstuck. You just type in /stuck and the game mechanic works like a charm.

I do not understand why GW2 does not have a similar in game command to help players out who get stuck in odd places.

Personally, I am beginning to think Anet DOES NOT CARE about us.

Time for me to look for another game that does.

Stephane Lo Presti.7258:

Hi,

We’ve seen reports from players questioning the randomness of the drop mechanisms in GW2 and in particular asking if it’s been changed recently. This is not the case and we don’t think that the randomness mechanism is misbehaving, but we’re running some data to be sure there isn’t anything unexpected going on. So far nothing shows anything suspicious but we’ll keep gathering data and analyzing it.

So we’ve created this thread so that players can share with us their concrete data about any perceived strange drop behavior they encounter. Please be as accurate as possible, reporting only concrete data that you’ve experienced first hand. Among the information we’re interested in: map where you played, creatures you fought that dropped items, recipes from the Mystic Forge that you used.

Thanks for your understanding and help!

I’ll be standing in the corner with cobwebs all over me by the time they see the light and figure out something is not working.

This game is starting to look more like “pay to win/play” to me. I don’t mind working for my drops, but as it currently is setup, I am whipping myself for drops instead.

As a casual player I normally do not have drop issues, but this is one game I think I may end up leaving since the drop rate for anything I do is less than it used to be…even after they posted they were fixing it.

We should NOT have to do anything out of the ordinary just to complete a story line. Anet needs to make sure when they apply a fix to broken things, it gets done correctly and permanently instead of just a temporary fix that causes issues later.

There are so many bugs in the game that are not fixed, that it is ridiculous.

It makes no sense that you have to drag a boss to a camp just to defeat him. Sounds like a lot of other bugs in the game I’ve come across. Anet just needs to fix these problems.

Odd, but it might help everyone, including the devs, if there was some sort of in-game trail (like in the text box) to show recent activity like we have for game messages?

I have been running my client as administrator from the beginning of launch. The only time I have had issues with the BLTP is when:
1. Mumble overlay was implemented (no longer using this since it got broken).
2. About once a week or so (no reason since this occurs in such odd moments there is no rhythm to this happening).

What I discovered is that on occasion, my client loses connection with the game. When this happens, my mouse and keyboard stop working as well. My character just stands there and does not move.

Most often loss of connectivity occurs during or shortly after a very high intensive activity like a fight or dungeon run with a lot of graphics movement on screen.

Why it happens is anyone’s guess but it does. My only fix is to restart the game. Usually that works, but every once in a while I have to completely reboot my system to fix it.

And why does so much depend upon local client instead of server side, I do not know. I have not experienced this in other games so no idea why GW2 only.

I have had this happen on occasion, but not quite like your experience. I’ve had the person standing in front of me get the mail I was getting ready to send to a guild mate. What I discovered is that I needed to right click my guild mate’s name (or any name on your friends list) to create the mail…then drag items from your inventory to the mail.

The key here I found was to make sure anyone you mail stuff to is on your friends list to begin with. Use the right click name method to create the mail, then move stuff into the mail for them.

I’ve not seen either of the two way points you can get to by using the ship out of Lion’s Arch ever be contested. (Lion Point and Pride Point Way points)

However, I have seen some of the southern most ones contested.

I just created a warrior a few weeks ago and once I started to use the sword which allows for Savage Leap to target, I discovered it DOES NOT WORK!

I actually rarely reach my target using this skill. The only time I find it works is if I am already ON the target. Leaping to a target from any distance you will find yourself flying over and beyond the target which requires to you turn around and run back to the target in order to engage it.

PLEASE FIX THIS BROKEN SKILL!!

No auto targeting is set on.

Not again? I reported this over a month ago and for a very short period it seemed to be fixed. But if it is bugged again, I cannot imagine what the devs are doing.

There is something inherently wrong when bugged events don’t get fixed properly and require a server reset just to temporarily fix the issue.

I say fix the issue permanently, not on a temporary basis. Sadly, this is the case with the majority of the game bugs I’ve run into.

It appears NPC activity in this game is sadly unbalanced. In some cases the NPCs actually get involved with the combat but in most cases they do not. This I consider a major bug in the game.

I searched for something regarding this but did not find anything in the forums related to it so here goes.

I’ve noticed when running through the world, many times I will get involved in fighting to help “save” a village, garrison or small outpost. But the NPCs do not engage the enemy very well if at all. It feels as though they are waiting for me to do all the fighting. In the meantime, they just die.

Another area of concern is when ever I am fighting enemies close to a group of NPCs, and we spill over into their path, the NPCs just stand there not responding to the threats but seem to be oblivious to the threats. Although they get killed by the enemy I am fighting.

Once I finish, I go around and rez all the dead NPCs but I don’t even get a thanks for my effort.

It would be truly epic if you set the neutral NPCs through out the world to respond against the enemy NPCs/beasts as they come within range. Would add a greater dimension to the combat in the game.

I’ve noticed that more often than not, there are no presents from these boxes being unwrapped. Even the enclosed “toys” you fight rarely drop anything now.

The sad thing is I was hoping to see the “toys” engage the enemy npcs in certain areas so opened a few. For instance, in Queensdale I opened a present in the middle of a Centaur stockade, but the toys did not aggro the Centaurs and both of them took out after me.

However, on a hill with those rapters the toys started taking them out once the present was unwrapped. Why in one place but not others?

This is a fun game to play if it worked all the time. Especially since there does not seem to be hardly any gift drops involved any more.

Mark Katzbach.9084:

Hey all, we have let the team responsible know of this issue and they are currently investigating it. Somebody will update here when we have something more substantial, but I just wanted you all to know that we are aware and looking into it.

Considering this post was 8 days ago and he indicated someone would update “Here” and nothing has been said; I think it is safe to say nothing will be done about the problems.

I went into the dungeon in L.A. to see if I could get into a group, but found myself ALONE in the dungeon. No groups, not waiting lines and until you speak with the NPC with the orange gear over its head, you don’t get a choice as to which toy you wish to make.

It was depressing as I truly enjoyed running through this dungeon even tho I was added to a pug. Not hard but fun runs would have added some nice changes to my day.

So this Winter’s Day event seems to be outlasting the time frame. After a couple of weeks (better than only 3 days), no one appears interested in these any longer.

Outside of the fact that I’ve not seen drops improve on Champions and Veterans, mob drops are dismal throughout the game.

Also, I’ve not seen any “special” drop anywhere I have gotten a present in this Winders Day function. If it is in the world, it is effectively hidden in some out of the way area that no one ever visits.

None of my guild mates have indicated they got one so we are still unconvinced Anet actually put one out there for someone to get.

Bah…Jormag is no longer an interesting event. My reasons are (in no particular order):
1. Cannot target effectively even with some melee, sporatic capability to target with aoe weapons (Barzookas are iffy at best)
2. Mobs around Jormag rarely drop anything any more, usually only trophy bones or some such nonesense.
3. Chest from Jormag when he is finally downed: bunch of junk
4. Ice walls totally unable to be targeted using tab targeting or even your mouse.

Edit: Yak’s Bend server is still experiencing this as of late Wed (1-2-2013) night.

Booey Bubblehead.4890:

In an attempt to get a resolution to this bug, I filed an in game bug report while at Jormag. Maybe more of you who are experiencing this should do the same.

Clearly, posting to the forum is worthless.

I can’t tell you how many"in-game" bug reports I have filed on this but it is not only one.

I think it safe to say that a portion of the GW2 community will agree the game is a grind for most things and a portion will agree the game is not a grind for most things.

That said, it apparently seems to depend upon one’s perspective. I personally, feel that the game tells me that if I want a specific item I have to either farm for the materials or purchase gems to get gold to purchase what I want. Unfortunately, some of the items I want I cannot find in the game anywhere. So that takes me to a point that I need to realize that what I want is just not in the game.

However, I would like to see some changes made to loot drops so that I can farm if I choose for things but at this point where I need to farm I cannot really solo well.

But it is depressing that you need a “stack” of a several things just to make one item. So far I cannot even fathom being able to get my legendary weapon. I can’t farm the mats needed in quantities needed, nor can I purchase them.