Guild Wars 2

Preview is really a better idea than the wiki. I’ve purchased a couple of “leggings” only to find out after I equipped them that they are a SKIRT? Please…not even listed as a skirt is a problem.

I cannot imagine purchasing a skirt and getting leggings or pants. Why can’t the preview work so you can see first?

I want pants.

Oh and don’t forget all those harvesting tools. They are soul bound but I think they should be account bound instead.

I have a slew of lower level harvesting tools that I could use on my alts. After all, its not like they last forever. Since they are used up as you harvest you still need to replace them when gone.

But having them soul bound to the character that purchased them is not very helpful.

Update: late last night we were able to get the “Fight Life Stealing Minions” event to work. It appears something was fixed because we even were able to trigger the event.

She is hard to take down with less than 5 people since we were constantly fighting respawned spiders and those shadow fiends of hers. She also seemed to heal herself several time during the fighting but we finally got her.

Discovered she also went invulnerable periodically…so had to switch tactics. Good job fixing this. Was a lot of fun to work on.

Just read “Linsey Murdock Unveils New High End Ascended Gear” post for the new features coming this month.

I like that some new things are being added, but I really would like to see medium gear updated to include some better designs than are currently available in the game.

Heavy and light designs are nice, but what happened to the medium gear designs? Who on earth was supposed to design those…the current ones are horrible.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

It’s annoying when that happens (used to be a problem for staff mesmers, especially). If it happens again, you can use the /stuck command, which will move you after half a minute of inactivity by you.

Nice…I did not know there was a /stuck command in the game. I had tried it not too long ago and nothing happened, so I thought there was not one in the game. But maybe the /stuck command is broken?

I experienced being stuck between to small cobblestones in the Volcano for my personal story for my Ranger at Maelstom volcano. I had this happen twice in a row and I had to allow the fire npcs kill me so I could go back to the beginning of the area in order to finish this.

Getting stuck in the environment is a problem in several places and I’ve found that the only way out is to: 1) die, or 2) way point out…either way you end up using the way point solution.

We really do need the /stuck command to work.

Check out this post. Others are experiencing the same problem. My post just prior to this explains how I got it completed but it is a pain.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Broken-Events-in-Iron-Marches/page/2#post716562

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

This quest is also broken on Aurora Glade. Bria is gone, and the quest is waiting for the players to kill the Shadow Fiend, which is nowhere to be found. The door to the cottage is wide open, with the fear-wall active, and the backdoor is also open. The other npc’s are now correctly appearing outside the cottage, but the event chain is still stuck.

Only one of the loggers can actually be returned to his body, all the others are bugged. Fortunately this one logger has allowed several players on Aurora Glade to at least complete the heart quest, even if it is a long and tedious process of camping one logger.

Yak’s Bend server also has this problem. Last night I also only found ONE logger and it took me 29 minutes of standing by and protecting him after I got him back to his body before I finally completed this one.

The event never triggered either. These bugged things really need to be addressed better.

I also have some of these things. I’ve been hanging onto them just in case they change the option to salvage or sell these things to a vendor. I would not mind if I could vendor them as I think they would not want these to flood the TP.

argh…the Mystic Forge is a lottery. I hate lotteries.

For some reason I was unable to get the in game bug report to work. So I got a screen shot and am posting it here.

The Valslake Event where you have to escort the Quaggan emissary to the Kodan Camp was not working for us over the weekend. We tried several times to get the emissary to move, but to no avail.

I have done all the missions I can find and am always disappointed when I find one bugged.

Attached screen shot.

Striker.9413:

You do realize a Revive Orb is 180 gems (5/900).

On average, the items you receive will be worth more gems than the keys you use. They just happen to be random rewards. Some boosters also can’t be purchased directly.

I’ve never used these. I have only two in my bank and don’t see any need to carry any. Usually, I just way point near a repair merchant.

I almost fell out of my chair yesterday. I got KEY…oh my word. Seems forever since I saw one of those drop. Anyway I decided to see if I would get anything worth while so I opened one of my chests.

I should have known better..what a disappointment. This is what I got:

Revive Orb
3 Mystery Tonics
Armor booster – buff that reduces incoming damage by 5% for 1 hour
Black Lion Chest…such poor rewards

Oh and don’t forget that ridiculous camera bounce!

I had this happen and discovered it was because our internet provider was having connection issues. Once they cleared that up I never saw that problem again.

BlueStoat.9157 – that’s ok, I wasn’t sure so decided to err on the side of caution. I actually have made a suggestion for the dev’s to consider but do not know if the programming would be feasible.

I suggested the following:
“I have to look very closely most of the time to make out the thin red circles whenever they pop in combat. I am not color blind but for some reason the size of the lines being thin make them hard to see when they do pop.

Perhaps making the red lines thicker and perhaps pulsate, might help some. I do know that something that pulsates gets my attention even when I can see that it is a red line.

Just a suggestion for them."
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Color-Blindness-Accommodations/first#post664195

Hope they fix ALL rewards. Currently, the rewards in the game overall are…well, to put it politely, underwhelming.

I am not excited to do many things any longer in this game because I do not feel any of the rewards I have gotten so far for either the dungeons, dragon fights or boss fights are any good. To put it mildly they are deplorable.

I also don’t see level appropriate items dropping either. It is dismaying to finish up an area that is say, level 25-35 only to get paltry mediocre rewards that you either can’t use or won’t use (most often because you have out leveled it already).

Anet really does need to rethink the reward system in this game.

Edit: its even worse for Black Lion Chests; I got a key the other day so I decided to open one of my chests in hopes of getting something good out of it. Foolish thought, that.

What I got was: Revive Orb
3 Mystery Tonics
Armor booster – buff that reduces incoming damage by 5% for 1 hour
Black Lion Chest…such poor rewards – definitely NOT worth the price to pay for a key.

Last night I was discussing the Cursed Shore area with a guild mate who was finishing up his map completion there. He finally did and was dismayed to discover that in an 80 level area the drops he got were level 76-78 pieces.

I do not understand why level appropriate items do not drop in their level. Why the “under level” drops?

This makes no sense. I expect to see level appropriate items drop where I am questing. Not something I could have used 3-5 levels earlier.

This is ridiculous.

The last time I reported seeing a bot in progress, there was NO screen shot capability in the report function. I’ve requested that they add that to the report function and I’ve seen others suggest that as well.

The few times I sent in a report via my email with a screen shot or two attached to prove what I saw, the response was for me to use the in-game report function.

So, I repeat, please add a screen shot ability to the reporting function.

Check out this thread. I posted what color blindness looks like in this thread the other day, using information from research done on the internet.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/This-is-what-color-blindness-looks-like/first#post661475

Hexd.4796:

Can’t you put the game in windowed mode and adjust your ‘desktop’ color balance through Catalyst or NVIDIA control panel?

Thank you for your suggestion, however, it is my son’s computer and gaming here we are discussing. It just happens to be something other folks are dealing with as well…I was just trying to bring this subject up to the Dev’s attention as I’ve seen color blind options in other games.

My son is adamant about me NOT touching his equipment. For obvious reasons, I don’t mess with his stuff (I’m his mother, lol).

BlueStoat.9157:

Colorblind mode for me is just turning off the aoe indicators and watching the rest of my screen. If you know a lot of “totally” colorblind people you know a lot of liars. True colorblindness in affects fewer than 1% of the color deficient population. As for tweaking color balance just for UI, no thanks. Red/green distinction is near impossible for me due to the severity of my color deficiency I would prefer an in gaame option to change my threat color to yellow and my friendly color to blue… and that wont help the blue/yellow deficient freaks out there ( not intending offense, but you folks are super rare), they’re good with the current colors though if I’m not mistaken.

Lastly, those pictures do not look the same to me. It would be great if you stopped trying to simulate a disability to pretend you understand. You cant, and until you wont, because at the start of the day you can still see all the colors in your closet and know you match when you walk out the door.

I did not “simulate” those photos. They are actual photos taken by a respected entity (which I made sure to list), that if you check via the internet, you can actually read the entire article.

I am not one to try and snow anyone on anything, least of all something that affects others so profoundly. As a mother, I take helping out seriously.

BrunoBRS.5178:

yeah a colorblind mode is really something they need to work on.

meanwhile, have you tried using SweetFX? it’s a post processing mod (and thus, safe) that is usually used to enhance the image, but you might be able to tweak the settings and get a colorblind mode of sorts. not sure though, but it’s worth looking at.

Thanks for the info, however, I am posting this not for myself, but for others. My son is partially color blind and therefore, does not see some of the things that would clue him into what is coming. He dies a lot.

Also I know a lot of friends who are totally color blind and complain bitterly about this problem. They really like the game but it is getting ridiculous to continue if they cannot see what they need to, in order to respond adequately to telegraphed hints of moves coming their way.

BabelFish.7234:

Removing all CC from Orr is bad, just reduce it.

I shouldn’t have to deal with 2 pulls, fear, knockdowns and immobilizes from trash mobs. Not when you get groups of them spawning together and start a CC chain (making it so I cannot fight back).

I went to Orr, once. I’ve not been back because of this very problem. It felt like all the mobs in Orr were like the bots we see other places. They keep on coming and never quit.

And, the respawn rate is ridiculous as well. I remember I stood at the doorway of one place for almost 1/2 hour just fighting the zombies (undead) over and over and over again without stopping. I could not move out or I would have been overwhelmed. Had I not been in a group and had the area not had so many fellow players, we all would have been dead in minutes due the the respawns not stopping.

So two things are happening there, not only are the respawn rates off the chart, but those mobs that do spawn there, have horrendously imbalanced abilities.

Last month or so a guild mate of mine purchased some materials for his crafting. Due to a major lag in the system (which later Anet actually fixed), he ended up with multiples of things he really could not use and was down to 2 copper in his account.

Due to the lag it was not evident immediately because, not only did the Black Lion Trading market go down, his game froze up too. When he rebooted back into the game he noticed that the market was down and he was unable to even pick up his crafting materials. All this was game lag related and was finally addressed by Anet later on.

But it was too late, the damage was done and when he was able to verify his purchases he noticed he had no money left for a way point rez. I sent him some coins for that but he had to wait until the next day when the market came back up before he realized what happened.

I do believe this sort of problem needs to be addressed because it is not the players’ fault if the game lags out or the market place burps and more items are purchased than expected.

Other games have added a solution for this problem and have it restricted by time and by the specific character it occurred to. Only the character who bought it is allowed to return mistakes to the vendors in question, but only for a limited time period.

Now that makes more sense.

Unfortunately, this can be a problem if you are purchasing Karma items and there is a burp in the system.

In the first of the attached photos you can see what color blindness looks like. Anet really needs to address this problem for a lot of folks because of the color related content in fights.

The photos are from: The Wall Street Journal/Terrance L. Waggoner, O.D. – People with green blindness, known as a deutan deficiency, have trouble distinguishing between greens and reds, and both can look greenish gray.

Second photo is: What the first photo looks like to people with normal vision (Source: Terrance L. Waggoner, O.D.)

I gave up trying to put in nicknames, especially since they always get deleted.

If Anet can’t or won’t fix this then why have it available in the game? That should be the question to ask them. If it was implemented correctly we would not be having this problem.

I believe folks need to be more proactive in their own behalf for security on their accounts. This, more than anything else, helps the company (no matter which one) help keep the consumers’ accounts safer as well.

A simple solution would be the local time for each region to be the start time. For instance, if it is Noon, make it Noon local time for East Coast, Pacific, Asian, European, etc.

Makes more sense to use the local time than just one time zone.

Oh my this is so funny!!

I think the harvesting tools really should be account bound, not soul bound. And I agree that trophy and certain soul bound items should be vendorable.

I have deleted and remade some of my alts but still have those silly harvesting tools which I cannot use on any other character. Nor can I sell them to the vendor.

Trophy items are exchangeable until you complete the particular event, then they become trash items. If they were so valuable to be included in an event, then make them able to be sold to the vendor or npc who originally wanted them prior to event completion.

I have out-leveled many of my harvesting tools to the point I really don’t use them. But I could use them on an alt, if they were account bound.

I just don’t understand the restrictions in the game.

I discovered a chest in one of the ruins I had to go into for the Halloween scavenger hunt that I did not know was there. Apparently there was a champion and a few veterans guarding it but by the time I got there the crowd was so thick they apparently already did away with them.

But it was a nice surprise. Of course the contents were paltry whites and blues that were not even useful to my character. I would love to see more “hidden treasures” around any of the ruins IF the rewards were sufficient enough to tempt me. I don’t mind having to fight a champion and vets in the way, if the rewards are worth the effort.

Unfortunately, so far I’ve not found many “treasures” to be worth the fight it took to open the chests.

Reading this thread about quests reminds me of the Hobits taking the “ring” to Mordor and casting it into the fire. They traveled through such rough country with a wide variety of disasters, roadblocks and, of course, humorous experiences in their path.

Having a majestic quest line available in this game would offer a different view on how we would proceed from our varied points. The path could be as varied and difficult depending upon choices made along the way…very much like the personal stories.

However, you may find unlikey foes and allies along the way….

BrunoBRS.5178:

lynspottery.6529

where is chain mail?

heavy armor is over there.

I actually consider chain mail to be medium armor with plate as heavy. I was thinking more along the lines of leather w/chain as a look to add to medium armor.

Perhaps the moderator can merge these threads as they are about the same skill pint bug.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Sparkfly-Fen-Shark-Skill-Point-bugged-blocking-progress-isle-of-janthir/first#post639093

Early in the game I noticed this and ended up just right clicking who I want to send mail to, then dragging the item into the mail to send. Never have been able to just click on the item to get it to go into the mail I just opened for the party I selected.

I bugged it then and it apparently is still not fixed.

NAICOM.9072:

Really need a Info about “last time online”, i dont like ghost members :/

Also the Guild main screen is.. useless. Every time when i press G, i need to klick on the Roster tab with the mouse, for more info (lvl, profession, crafting).

Just a “open last opened tab” would be fine.

Also the “Account Guilds” should get an own Tab -> More Space on the Main -> put Main and Roster together -> press G -> all the Info i need

Having a time line listing for when a character was last online is vital in our guild to control the numbers. We are a very large guild and would love to invite new members, but cannot do so easily with the current setup.

If I recall correctly, we have a 500 member limit to our guild so in the game we have multiple guilds. However, to keep our ranks efficient we need a “last time online” timer so that our guild master can set a 30 day limit before removing that name from the roster, therefore making room for new members.

I have had several requests from players to be invited to our guild. I refer them to our webpage for them to review before they take the plunge. However, this is not very inviting when I know from the outset that our guild is currently on “hold” for adding new members to our GW2 chapter. Because of the member limitations and lack of ability to thin those ranks of non-playing members after 30 days, I really think this change is necessary.

I, too, have experienced this bug on countless enemies. Because it seems rampant and does not seem to be override-able, whenever I encounter it, I leave.

Really makes it difficult to complete things when the target you need becomes invulnerable mid-fight. I’ve died too many times to these things so that whenever I do encounter them now, I just go away and do something else.

When my Ranger first unlocked this skill she tried using it. But because it was not very good – definitely not any better than those I have grown more accustomed to using, I stopped trying it. Seems a wasted skill at this point.

Our group did this skill pint just the other day. Worked ok, and once we got the skill point, the sharks did turn green. I did not see a problem with any of our group not getting it.

But odd thing is there were 2 sharks laying on the rocks just before we jumped down to the skill point.

oops…sorry, meant candy corn.

I discovered early on that the posting fee does NOT include the % charged after the sale. The %charge apparently is a “Tax” on the sale. I did not find anything notated on the TP about this, but found out on the forums that there is a tax charged after sale. So what you get is not what you think you get judging by the difference of posting + posting fee = sale – %tax charge (I think it was something like a difference of 10 percent).

where is chain mail?

Yesterday we were running through Sparkfly Fen opening up the map and getting way points, poi’s and the like. What I noticed was a node on my mini map that when I moused over it, it said it was candy corn…whoops? did I see that right?

Just as I ran to the location the node disappeared completely. But for one brief moment I saw Candy Corn standing in the spot then it was gone.

Seems there are some ghosts of candy corn nodes out there still. I thought these had been removed with the patch we got yesterday.

This thing has been bugged forever on Yaks Bend. I have reported it on several occasions but have never seen it fixed.

Usually I can turn in at least one sprinkler part, but then I am told that the centaurs are in the fields and they need to be driven out. But when I get to the fields, no centaurs even though the fields are burning.

I agree this is a major pain. I am getting tired of targeting when I do not specifically select with my left mouse button. It appears that even as I am running down the road (both right & left buttons depressed) that I will find I’ve targeted the npc standing nearby or the rabbit on the side of the road, or the spider just dropping from a roadside tree.

This is the most annoying aspect of the right mouse button issue.

hehehe…yea, full bags are a concern. But, I am always emptying my bags and especially before I do any runs. I also tend to carry with me at least one of those bank thingy’s we sometimes get from our treasure boxes.

However, I do not know if those portable bank accesses allow others in our group to also access their banks. I’ll have to check that out. In other games many folks have that little portable bank or mail box gizmo that actually helps. Another really helpful item is the portable repair gizmo as well.

hedition.7261:

The starter of the dungeon i.e the one who goes in the gate first will be the leader and IS capable of kicking everyone simply by leaving party. The worst part is the leader remains in the instance when everyone is kicked.

I know cos I did it before…accidentally.

Don’t do that, the game needs less jerks.

Apparently this is what happened. I asked the person who was the leader in the group and that is exactly what he did. Once the instance was finished, he left the group and did not realize this would cause an issue.

Since he apologized and offered to run us through again we were able to finish it satisfactorily. I was under the impression this happened any time the leader left the instance, not just the group.

Aha…ok, thanks. I was under the impression it was an automatic kick.

I’ve noticed that whenever you are in an instance and the “leader” leaves the area before folks are done looting, the entire party gets kicked out.

Suggestion: fix this so that any one left in the instance becomes the leader and we have a chance to finish our looting before being forced out of the instance.

I think this sort of thing also comes into play when a member is disconnected from the game. I have not seen it recently as I have only had it happen once and that was at the very beginning of game launch.

However, I have been looting in the final room after completing an instance with others and whenever the “leader” or person who hosted the group into the instance, we all got kicked out.

Edit: oops, sorry, meant to place this post under “suggestions.” If a moderator could please move it I would appreciate it.

I think if the leader who opens the instance leaves before anyone else does, the instance kicks everyone else out. This has happened to me a few times and when I mentioned it in mumble chat to the person who was leading, he was unaware of this. So he came back and helped reset the instance, and even tho we had done it before, we did it again.

This time he waited until we finished looting before asking…“are you all finished?” before we left the instance.

But, I really think the “leadership” should automatically pass to one of those left behind. Only problem with that would be the party now being short members and if I recall correctly, the instance kicks you out because of this shortage.

I have to look very closely most of the time to make out the thin red circles whenever they pop in combat. I am not color blind but for some reason the size of the lines being thin make them hard to see when they do pop.

Perhaps making the red lines thicker and perhaps pulsate, might help some. I do know that something that pulsates gets my attention even when I can see that it is a red line.

Just a suggestion for them.