Guild Wars 2

Urosh Uchiha.9732:

Someone already posted this in another thread, but I have to repost it.
Expectations:
http://i.imgur.com/u5Ve0NL.png
Reality:
http://i.imgur.com/sx76e.jpg

I almost spit my coffee all over my keyboard when I saw the last image.,..great !!!

So I have this Jade Maw Lense and some quartz crystals in my inventory. However, double clicking on the lense does nothing. Doesn’t even equip it. I decided to go try getting some “light” on a vet basilisk and the vet wind rider as my first test subjects.

I find the vet basilisk but nothing happened when he attacked me even though I double clicked the lens as its tool tip says in order to use it. What I ended up having to do was keep my inventory bag open while getting the attention of the basilisk, then I had to right click the item for it to work at all.

Same thing with the vet wind rider in Brisbane Wildlands. Apparently there is no way to get this to work unless you have your inventory open and right click on the lense in order for it to collect the light from their attacks.

How lame is that? I would have expected it to work as an equipped item as long as I had the quartz crystals in my inventory along with the lense.

So how did anyone else get this silly thing to work for them if not this cumbersome method?

If this is how to do it….I would say the dev who designed this really needs to go back to learn how to make some thing like this work properly. A setup designed this way is really a terrible way to do this.

Yargesh.4965:

lynspottery.6529:

There is something I hear a lot….why is my bar not moving? I have points but have not spent them yet.

Well, I found out that once you get enough points to spend on any given mastery that you have chosen to “train,” you need to actually spend them before you can collect any more. I could not figure out why mine stopped after a time until someone told me this.

So double check those items you have check to learn (train) and see if you can complete them. If so, that might be why you are not acquiring any more yet. Seems you have to spend what you get before moving on to an new item to “train.”

This does not make any sense. Have never ever seen this getting 9 characters their new elite specs.

What doesn’t make sense? The way Anet set these new ones up? I just know that I ran through an entire zone without “training” the line I was working on and did not end up with the xp left overs for the next line I wanted to train. I forgot to train it so had to wait until I got enough xp for the next line.

Am not talking about alts here.

There is something I hear a lot….why is my bar not moving? I have points but have not spent them yet.

Well, I found out that once you get enough points to spend on any given mastery that you have chosen to “train,” you need to actually spend them before you can collect any more. I could not figure out why mine stopped after a time until someone told me this.

So double check those items you have check to learn (train) and see if you can complete them. If so, that might be why you are not acquiring any more yet. Seems you have to spend what you get before moving on to an new item to “train.”

Vayne.8563:

There are lots of ways to get your glider. I’d follow the event chains by the entrance to Verdant brink. Make sure you take buffs if you have. Birthday boosters, celebration boosters, foods, utilities, XP boosters, anything you have to raise your experience. Find a group, even just a couple of players and tag along. You don’t have to party.

Then it’s just a matter of time. Oh if you come across adventures, they give a huge amount of XP toward leveling masteries.

I did this when I started bringing my alts through the area. Works great.

LTREEVEY.2348:

It’s the mix of Megaserver fail and timers. It has been mentioned that the megaserver just isn’t clicking with the new Maps. I don’t know if returning to the “NPC Interact” is the best idea, but maybe. I thought the DS approach (certain number of people) to start chain would work but relies heavily on the mega so………fix the Mega?

I think this might really be at the root the issue. I personally enjoy both grouping and solo play. I don’t have issues with either one. But I am a casual player and what I am doing is figuring out the best way to get through things playing to my own style instead of just doing what everyone else is doing…that is unless I am in a group.

Personally, I think the server issue needs to be addressed. I am constantly being asked to change maps because mine is closing….when I chose not to, the first time I port, I lose what I had because the server automatically switches me.

It would be nice if the devs could figure out a way to fix this issue, but I think it will be some time in coming before we see any improvement on the maps. At least I’ve not seen any concrete information to that yet.

I am currently getting ready to run the HoT gauntlet for the Sign Cutting chapter #14, for the second time. First time out I failed to find any but the first couple because of the poor pathing to each sign you needed to find on your way to Dragon Stand.

It would be an understatement to say the mobs are annoying. But to add insult to injury here, not knowing the level (top, middle, ground floor, or basement) of the various locations, made this a nightmare.

The mobs in this area just seem to follow you on a relay pattern: when one leaves off, he passes the baton to the next one and so on. I got ambushed somewhere after the 2nd sign just trying to figure out which level the sign might be on.

Scavenger hunts are one thing, but having to find some sort of “blade of grass next to a particular rock” is nuts. Its even worse if you have no stealth ability to bypass the worst of the mobs too.

Just my two cents worth. Hope the devs stop and think about making some of these levels much clearer. I did mapping in the military back in the day when you used rolled up maps and the topography was really clearly marked by their color.

Dark to light made a lot more sense, but the HoT maps appear to be all the same color when the maps are really a 3-4 level setup. And from what I’ve been told recent changes were supposed to be implemented to address this monochrome affect of the maps.

And heaven help those who are color blind. This certainly does not help. I used hash marks on some of my own maps to differentiate between levels in some cases where color could not really be determined. Topographic maps show the shape and elevation of the land very well and don’t really have to depend upon color, though color is helpful.

I was able to complete The way In and Buried Insight today without many issues. Sadly the clues for finding some things are a bit odd and difficult to figure out why they don’t work. Like the Nuhoch npc who lost his bag…never progressed so I completely ignored that and got chak enzymes by just killing a few of these bugs.

Got into the area neatly once I realized I was looking for a round-like blue door to use the enzyme on. Finished up the instance with Tami in the abandoned city with few problems. Found out using my ranged attacks with my bristle back and allowing the npcs with me to do some of the fighting in close worked well.

Following Tami around to setup the killing ray was easier if I ignored all but the bugs following Tami. They were very weak.

However, I was not able to embark on Sign Cutting and found that the clues are really hard to find. Even using my control button to see if anything lights up did not work…so plan on going back later after a good night’s sleep and trying for a map without an event running on it.

Suggestion from one of my guild mates was to go to center of each green circle and search outward from there…..she said she found most of them almost directly in the middle with a bit of swaying back and forth.

Not a fan of time limits on things as I like to take my time doing things and actually enjoy the encounters rather than be rushed through them. So we shall see how this works.

That does sound promising. In fact, I would enjoy being able to glide there…but at the moment I need the encasement for my Bifrost legendary.

I am bumping this. I need to complete this Experiencing the crystal for my legendary and its not working because every time I go to the fight, he does not encase anyone.

Tonight I saw him throw out small crystals all over the place, but no one got encased, and neither did I even though I told folks in /say chat that I needed that encasement.

I am in the same boat here and really would like to see Anet do something to fix this problem. Every shatterer I’ve been to since becoming eligible for the crystal encasement for my legendary staff (Bifrost), there are NO crystals anywhere.

If it were just a case of getting caught in the crystal and not getting the encasement to count towards the crystals portion of this legendary path, then I would say its bugged. But from what I am hearing, here and from my own guild mates, it apparently is because players use blind on shaterer which prevents the crystals to begin with.

If the fight could be setup so that crystals form in spite of the players’ activities, I think that would help a lot. Its not like having to break the crystals is a problem on this fight.

I was able to reliably reproduce this the other night after it happened the first time. I ported down to the waypoint SW of the guild hall with the intent to walk through the zone door. Remembered I needed something from my bank so just clicked on the waypoint in the center of the GH. This is what it looked like when I did that the first time. I was so rattled I forgot to get screen shots. So I tried it again and I was able to recreate the bug.

Here is what I saw at the location of the scribing stations.

Well, so much for the issue I encountered here. Apparently because I did not see the “board” leading across the gap between the two rock formations, I spent over an hour attempting to jump up an impossible area.

Had I not had a camera swing pointing my view to the sky (which is another issue I’ve encountered while fighting mobs), I would never had seen the piece of board above my head as I was running around this silly rock formation.

I am not good at jumping, but I certainly can run across a board over a wide expanse. Finally made it across to get my study in orange done.

I am in the process of making Bifrost. One section of the crafting has you create jars of different colored paints, canvas and brushes. I’ve been climbing all over the different rock formations out in the Plains of Ashford, specifically around Lamia Mire. This is where the tool tip instructions for the orange study sends me.

The wiki also indicates this area of swamp: “Taking a Canvas, a Paint Brush, and a Jar of Orange Paint to the scenic vantage point on the high rock next to Lamia Mire in Plains of Ashford.”

However, none of the rocks I’ve climbed (or can actually climb up to) provide the vantage point needed for this study. I am wondering if it is bugged?

I’ve been over this area for the past hour and still cannot find the spot necessary. I found the others without much trouble but this one seems to allude me.

Any help would be appreciated. I really hope its not bugged.

I for one am glad to see raids added to the game. I used to raid in other games, and it is a dedication to learn your role(s) and acquire appropriate entry gear in order to fulfill your role in the group.

The entire idea of raiding as I see it, is to provide exciting and challenging content for those folks who really want to work on it and gain the satisfaction of accomplishment when achieved. The rewards should be on par with the difficulty…always.

I have enjoyed listening to my guild mates extol or rant about their experiences in the raid content,….all with glee, I might add. Yes they rant about certain parts of the mechanics, but then they all go back into huddle mode to figure out who can do what better and swap things around to be able to finally beat that boss.

One of our groups finally did one and someone actually filmed it…it was the most silent and focused run I have ever seen in any guild run I’ve been a part of. My hat is off to those victorious players. You could just feel their glee and immense satisfaction when they finally got that boss down.

I probably will not do raids in GW2, I get enough fun out of the meta runs and other things I am finding to do in the game. Even going back to older maps for map completions and such has been, if not totally enjoyable, at least satisfying. To know what I used to find difficult, I now can do quite well with a bit of planning and strategy, depending upon which character I am playing on.

Danikat.8537:

Zetsumei.4975:

i guess this was their answer to story mode giving more gold than exploration xD

It’s only Arah story mode that’s been changed.

It was part of the fixes to the personal story over the summer. A lot of people complained that the entire storyline was soloable and then you needed a group for the last step, so they converted it into a soloable story step.

At the same time they changed the PvP track to unlock through explorable mode.

Well, this certainly makes more sense to me now. But I did not see any explanation like it anywhere I researched. So I appreciate the clarification.

Just a thought though: when they made the story mode soloable, they could also have adjusted it so that you could replay it but the second time around without all the rewards, just the recognition of doing it. I would have been satisfied with this option.

Tman.6349:

lynspottery.6529:

Chrury, does that mean only one of the explorable lines? Or all of them? That question is not answered.

Just the one. As an alternative, you can post in the Arah lfg ‘story run, need opener plz’. The opener can even leave the group once you’re inside the instance. Hit me up ingame for help if you’d like.

*also, HoT forums is a bad place to post this for anyone that would be inclined to help you…generally speaking

Thank you

Chrury, does that mean only one of the explorable lines? Or all of them? That question is not answered.

I’ve already completed the Arach story mode way back before Anet change it. But yesterday I attempted to redo it.

Because the pvp rewards track indicated I had to do it since it was locked for me, I went back to do it, but was not offered the story mode when I tried to enter.

Practically everyone in our guild already has done this mode so there is no one around who hasn’t. It just is odd that the earlier unlocking of the dungeon story did not carry over when Anet changed this.

I am hoping it was just an oversight on their part because if the pvp reward track requires you to do it (and does not recognize earlier story run), I am out of luck.

Suggestion to the devs:
1. Make sure the new pvp reward track actually counts the story mode you already completed, or
2. Allow someone to be able to repeat the story mode since this pvp reward track is currently locked to it.

Also, I am not interested in running this Arah on explorable mode. I rarely run dungeons as I am not really interested in that.

I am working toward my Bifrost staff and in order to obtain the Arah currencies, I would like to also do the dungeon reward tracks in pvp that are available.

However, because I ran the story mode before the changes to the pvp dungeon reward tracks, I am required to rerun the story mode in order to open up the track.

Rather difficult to do that if I can’t activate it. It seems to me that this detail might have been overlooked when the pvp dungeon reward tracks were developed. Even the the wiki states this.

“If you want to complete a specific dungeon Reward Track at your leisure, simply complete the story mode of that dungeon to unlock the PvP Reward Track permanently.”

I really would like a dev to pop in and see if this was an oversight. I would like to rerun the story mode, but the game does not allow it if I have already done it.

But currently, the pvp reward track does not recognize that I’ve done the story mode.

I totally failed that last part where you have to follow Ruka across that huge chasm after outrunning the dragon. No matter how I tried, I kept missing every single jump to a spot where I could actually glide from.

I ended up with my character totally without any armor…period.

Well found out why all my abilities were acting up,,,shortly after I begain this portion again, my client lost connection with the server. Happened several times in fact. Seems my attempts were only on my screen and not in the game.

I do wish these lag issues would get resolved.

This is the WORSE experience I’ve had so far. The combination of these skill would be nice if they actually worked correctly.

The npc’s mark was way above me on the cliff somewhere and I never found him. Every time I used the jump to get higher, it failed and ended up dead by the time the skill reset.

POOR design…Anet this is the worst setup ever.

And once you get past that dragon into the next area, how on earth can those skills get you across? Mine kept failing halfway…gliding never helped at all…seemed broken.

Qugi.2653:

Is a bug and Gaile post about it here.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Option-Reset-Bug/

Found this …thanks

Ok, so now I have relogged for the new build and again, all my options have been unchecked.

You guys need to fix this issue…its annoying to have to reset everything when you log into the game every single time.

Ester Sauter.7694:

Hey everyone

We started seeing this yesterday, some people were fixed with the hotfix but not everyone. We are currently investigating the issue and trying to isolate what makes some accounts different from others. A bug has been opened and I"m linking this thread in there, so if people could post their OS and which client they are using and any other information you think might help we’d appreciate it!

I am using Windows 10 64bit and the game client 64bit.

It seems that even though I reset my options yesterday, I had to do it again today?

What is going on?

I had to reset my options yesterday on login…AND again tonight.

What is going on that all my options keep resetting on login?

This is annoying…Anet please address this issue.

Issue is back. I just got kicked from the game when I zoned because of a new build and when I tried the launcher…,I ended up with 1kb/sec then the loading screen stopped and lost server connection and got dumped to desktop.

I am using the 64 bit client and in order to get this patch to load. I ended up having to not only reboot my pc, but I used the 32 bit client then switched to the 64 one to log into the game.

That worked…but it appears that there is still an issue.

Andraus.3874:

It tells you that you may lose progress. However this is slightly bugged. Here is my rather not helpful story about this. If you fly near that camp you trigger the dialogue. Then you lose prompts on what to do next. Then I remember running around trying to figure out what to do and eventually I figured it out… Then I felt dumb because it was rather evident after I figured it out. But I can’t remember what it was that seemed bugged and where you had to go.

Thanks for your insight. However, I was aware of the loss of the progress when I changed up the stories, after all it tells you right there on the page in bold letters.

But, my issue with bugged content is why do we the players have to jump through hoops just to get something to work correctly when it is the responsibility of the developers to make sure it works in the first place?

In many games if you abandon a quest, you can go back and pick it back up again and try again. This usually works in those instances, but it should not be such a frustrating experience for these story lines. But then again, most of those situations are single episodes and not an entire story line of quests.

Kinda begs the question.

I know I have to start this segment over…I am just NOT happy over the poor setup designed into these types of story bugs.

I was in the step of my story to glide by Scout Acan, but it bugged out. I also tried to log out and log back in but it did not work. Not only that, but the npc was no longer showing on my map.

So I closed out the chapter to see if reopening it fixed the problem, but I lost every step I had accomplished up to that point.

What a mess Anet. Why do we lose our spot in a story line if it bugs out and we have to see about fixing it by closing chapter then reopening it?

Now I am borked and have to start all over again. All because that Scout Acan bugged out on me.

Not only would he not talk to me but when I decided to go do something else, then come back to him, he was gone from the map.

What on earth is up with this ???? Why would he totally disappear from the map?

Well it appears I have to start all over since the silly story bugged out. I had to close the chapter out completely …now I have to start all over again because when you do that, you lose all progress in the chapter.

Anet, your setup stinks.!!

Placing masteries behind game gates is annoying. I probably will NOT finish all of them because I hate to be pressured into doing something I dislike.

We need alternative options. As far as I can tell, this new GW2 setup does not match up with what I loved when I started way back in beta. We at least enjoyed different things for the same rewards. Not so any longer.

I am so tired of hearing my Sylvari characters constantly say "fast as the wind’ or “this rose has thorns, and here they are” ……… ad nauseum.

Anet, please, please give us an option to turn their constant spam off. I like the game music, but it is horribly jarring to hear all these yells all the time…I want to turn them off.

This is not encouraging. I was going to work on my story quest this weekend. If it was bugged with the only posting by a moderator was a month ago, and its still broken as of 10 hours ago, does not bode well for my efforts.

I was searching for the POI in Lake Desolann in the Iron Marches today. I swam around for almost an hour unsuccessful in my attempt to find this underwater entrance to the cavern.

I finally asked one of my guild mates if they had found it yet and if they could tell me exactly what I was missing. It seems the rock texture over the entrance covers it completely and you have to swim through the side of the rock in order to get into the cavern.

I think that is a environmental texture bug that needs to be fixed. Had I not been told about that particular issue, I would never have found the entrance to this cavern.

I remember about two years ago when I brought my ranger through here that there was a discernable opening into the cavern visible once you got close to the bottom of that wall, but it appears to have bugged out so that it is not visible any longer.

iZallen.9074:

The a legendary item is literally just something for bragging rights; statistically its no different than an ascended counterpart either than you can freely change your stats on it; which you’d probably just change the weapon all together. I don’t see a problem with it.

^~^ this….exactly this. I was looking into crafting a legendary a while ago then I got an ascended recipe for a longbow I can use on my Ranger with the same stats. It did not cost even half as much as the first tier in the legendary crafting chain….and I have a nice longbow to use now.

So, stopped at that. If I get drops for my collections, that is ok by me. However, I am not spending enormous amounts of my limited supply of gold on mats to craft something just to the 1st tier, when I can get a finished product with the same stats at less. AND less time and frustration.

And now the download for the 64 bit client is at 1kb a second. What is happening Anet?

Well it looks like I am not alone. I tried downloading and got only 1kb a second. So what’s going on?

Do I have to go back to the 32bit client to download this mess? I thought they fixed the 64 bit so we would have better speeds.

I’ve been disconnected several times from the server within the past 45 minutes out of the blue.

So what is going on folks? I rarely have this problem.

Guhracie.3419:

lynspottery.6529:

The point I see being made here is “if you don’t do dynamic dps, go home.” This makes no sense that Anet actually implemented a healing/support option into builds only to require dps damage in order to get gold or even silver rewards. If groups require support of one type or another, then why not implement the abilities to actually accumulate points to get gold?

I am tired of using my support through all my encounters to only get a bronze or even nothing based upon my efforts to support the group. So if you support your group you are kitten. Don’t support the group you get griped at for failure to offer support?

There is no trinity in GW2. Support is mainly provided by way of condi-cleanse and buffs. That’s why every profession has a method of self-healing and the ability to dodge. Some healing support can be extremely useful, but it is not intended to be a primary role.

There are plenty of games out there that offer healing as a primary role. It is by design in GW2 that your damage contributions are what matter in events. It’s not something that is broken or has been overlooked. This is how the game was designed, by and large.

I’m truly sorry you spent all your gold on what is ultimately not a very useful set of gear, but a little research beforehand would have served you very well in this instance.

My gear is not my problem….I do just fine if all I use is my longbow and send my pets in to help out. But when I switch to my staff to offer support, I see a massive drop. There really is nothing wrong with my gear….

I am not totally ignorant of the “support” role I play…but it just seems that if you are swapping out a damage weapon for a healing/support weapon you will see a drop in your points.

The point I see being made here is “if you don’t do dynamic dps, go home.” This makes no sense that Anet actually implemented a healing/support option into builds only to require dps damage in order to get gold or even silver rewards. If groups require support of one type or another, then why not implement the abilities to actually accumulate points to get gold?

I am tired of using my support through all my encounters to only get a bronze or even nothing based upon my efforts to support the group. So if you support your group you are kitten. Don’t support the group you get griped at for failure to offer support?

.sigh……..“forced” anything makes me turn around and go the other way as fast as I can manage.

I hate being “forced” into anything.

I just tried to submit a bug report, but the report submission button is grayed out and unable to be clicked.

Seems the bug report has been disabled…anyone know why?

I was trying to submit a bug report for a map completion issue. Finished Snowden Drifts but did not get credit for map completion nor the reward box for it.

Has this been broken again?

Orangensaft.7139:

you have to kill eirs wolf then attack her when she runs to him
it seems like you just didnt bother to read (i think one of the npcs tells you to attack the wolf) or look at mechanics if you couldnt find that out…

and the updrafts are clearly visible to me

there are a few bugs (like platforms not lifting up fast enough after failure but that can easily be avoided by waiting 10 sec before reentering) and some classes may have advantages over others but i think it is definitly doable

and if you need help with pale tree fight for example why dont you ask a friend/guildie or just make a lfg so someone helps you with these fights?
shouldnt be a problem then

I’ve not gotten to this phase yet so your comments will be helpful to me. I read the script and listen to the NPCs when they say things because there is always some direction noted. It took me a while to catch on to that and then I had that “slap forehead” moment.

But, as for seeing updrafts, they are not always visible on my screen…I find it difficult to see unless I set my graphics to adjust for that and then my fps lag kicks in.

But I do feel a lot of small things in the HoT stories could have been designed a bit better and definitely Anet’t Q&A team needed to actually test it on real server instead of test server. Makes a world of difference when trying to catch any bugs.

I want to thank you for that spreadsheet. I wrote down the badge #s I needed and compared them to Dulfy’s listing which you so kindly provided. Man I am so glad I did that because after several hours, I finally finished the Silverwaste Lost Badges Achievement.

All I have left to do now are the “Go for the Gold” lost badges. The 5 that I am missing are located inside the skrit jumping puzzle and I shall save those for another day.

Your charts were extremely helpful. Thank you again for your hard work.

Ok, apparently folks thought I was discussing the legendary….I did mention my “pink” weapon that didn’t take long to craft…

Odd…I was chatting in guild chat with folks while I crafted my new ascended longbow and then again while I did my new sword. What they said was you can change the stats on the fly (out of combat) without using the Mystic Forge.

I’ve searched all over for more information since the person I was talking with logged off just as I was trying to get clarification.

Anyone have any info on this option?

Turamarth.3248:

Astral Projections.7320:

They re(dis)organized the forums. They folded some forums together and archived others that weren’t getting as many posts.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Forum-Reorganization/first#post4614378

You can find links to the archived ones here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Archive-Changes-on-January-20
Happened one or two years ago.

Wow…that is sad. I used to use them a lot for information…its too bad they are not useful any longer.

I was searching for the crafting forums and found there are none any more. What happened?

I am really irritated over the silly time gate for something I already have all the mats for.

Just started looking into making an ascended sword for my Revenant and the special mats you need at least two of…one for hilt and other for glade, are time gated so you can only make one at a time.

Makes no sense if I already have all the mats to make this item. I do not understand why Anet has implemented this idiotic time gate. If you have the mats already why do you have to wait to make it?

I just got booted because the client lost connection to the server. I usually do not have any issues unless there is a problem server side.

Does anyone know if Anet has been having server issues today?

Yea….legendary with same stats as ascended…but more mats …and the costs? Wonderful. Anet what were you thinking when you pulled this bucket list together?

I am lucky if I have 60 gold to my account for use over these past several months, and that is by selling everything I don’t need the mats from. I cannot imagine having 100 gold let alone over 500 gold.

I’ll forgo the legendary, thank you very much…..I’ve started putting away my mats for the ascended weapon I want.