Guild Wars 2

Fluffball.8307:

This could use a post in the regular forums or something. I wouldn’t have noticed this if not for the “dev tracker”, and I’m sure a lot of people would like to know about it.

Well, it’s a stick thread, it will be always easily visible (if you came here through Dev Tracker then you possibly didn’t notice that indeed).

GM Awesomeness.8619:

Thanks for the reports, guys. This issue is caused by a few different bugs, so fixing it in all cases is quite complicated. The good news is that we have several changes being tested now that should resolve most (but possibly not all) of these cases. Because of the complexity of this bunch of bugs the testing phase is taking a while, but if all goes well these changes should go live on 3/22.

*rubs eyes* An ETA? Did I see an ETA? :P just kidding.

Ohhh.. finally xD Although I still think that using an issue tracker like Bugzilla, Jira and others would be a lot more useful and helpful. But that page is a big step forward anyway

What’s the issue? High ping? Then it’s neither of them. I tell you I’m used to get even higher ping very frequently. It usually happens at certain hours of day and when it’s a crowded place. PvP can easier get more crowded than PvE. It’s possibly something at your end or your ISP. I would suggest doing some basic troubleshooting to figure out where is the issue.

shadow.6174:

Jeffrey Vaughn.1793:

It’s not a bug. When you complete a story step with another player, it asks if you wish to accept progress and advance to “name of next story step.” If you want to keep playing with that other player and accept progress, it will move you both to the next step together, even if your character normally wouldn’t follow that storyline. The alternate would be to NEVER allow you to accept progress, which would make playing co-op rather annoying, since you’d have to play each story step once for every player.

Here we go again… Could someone please tell me wth was it designed this way?

And I’m still waiting for that answer :P

Michael Fejervary.8576:

So it has been a very long time (several years to be exact) since I have done personal stories, and I just got hit with this today while playing the game with my kids.

[sip]

Now I could see the “brush off” given to those affected if things were more intuitive and better designed around this issue, but as this is still happening to players after a year+ it appears to be nothing more than a lazy excuse and bad design/coding choices.

The response from Jeffrey Vaughn really hit more as a punch to the face than anything remotely helpful, and really came across as making it our fault instead of admitting that the design choices in the end really do suck as they continue to negatively affect players in a way that should NEVER be deemed “Okay” or “Acceptable”.

To add insult to injury the excuse (or reasoning) of how it would be rather annoying to co-op play by not allowing progress is just that. An excuse.

[sip]

I find it odd that the only alternative stated to fixing the issue has to do with only being able to block progress and impacting co-op play when there are indeed other fixes.

A fairly easy one might be to have the FANCY in game mail system that already sends us mail during certain storyline parts actually send one upon reaching level 40 that contains a WARNING about “Setting the Stage”.

In that WARNING you might state that if the player will be going into this instance with other players they should not progress unless they are the same order as the instance creator, and then maybe even list the next story name step for each order.

[sip]

I get that not all fixes are easy, but seriously you cannot really think that the only option was the one stated, and as such its better to just leave it the way it is and tick players off.

As it can be seen in my previous post, I can’t agree more. Just a note though: it doesn’t happen with “Setting the Stage” only, several others story step can trigger it.

That’s nothing new, I have had such thing happening occasionally now and then with several skills. I haven’t been able to point out what triggers it but usually I have to successfully cast it in order to stop the blinking. Btw, as a matter of fact, I play as mesmer then it may not be profession related.

NiloyBardhan.9170:

Hi, will this ever be fixed?

Serval.6458:

NiloyBardhan.9170:

Anet PLEASEEEEEEE

Have mercy on SEA/OCX players

Apparently it’s been 966 days since the skill was first added, I’m not certain the 9 days since the OP will have had much of an effect in terms of the bug being fixed.

Well, I wouldn’t hold my breath hoping for something to be done. I have lost the count of how many times I got frustrated by it and how many threads about it has been already created.

NiloyBardhan.9170:

What I meant to say regarding bouncing mushrooms is that they don’t displace the player from the intended landing place even while lagging.

Yes, that’s a curious fact I had even pointed out in another thread. The issue isn’t directly tied to lag (although it can be affected by that yes). I have had issues even with reasonably low lag. Also, why does Bouncing Mushrooms and other jumping stuff work almost flawless? I have never had issues with Bouncing Mushrooms or Jump Pads but that skill had been a real pain in the “there”. It had been having issues since it came out back on 2013 but it got a lot worse last year.

Here is even a recent thread about it: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Sanctum-spirit-is-unplayable-for-me

Wow, that behavior is becoming worse. I had heard about it happening when going in and out of water and now it happens when jumping from objects O.o Something is pretty broken with the game…

Well, on these cases I would suggest repairing the game, but since you said you tried it twice I have no much to suggest. However, you can always try to contact Customer Support, maybe they can guide you through some troubleshoot to figure out what’s wrong.

itchyeyebrows.1520:

Followed the instructions but no repairing is being done. I might end up reinstalling altogether

Hmm, that’s weird then. What I could suggest is contacting Customer Support then. They may guide you through some troubleshooting to figure out what’s going on.

It looks like you have corrupted textures. A thing you could try is repairing your game client. Instructions about how to do that: http://help.guildwars2.com/entries/28148006-Repairing-the-Game-Client

Slive.9053:

LOL. Wow, I can’t believe that is an actual response from the development team. Here’s a link for integrating google search on your forum. It’s free, by the way.

https://support.google.com/customsearch/answer/2630969?hl=en

For now, I certainly won’t feel bad about posting duplicate topics.

Well, luckily I had posted in that thread then it was in my post history… If you don’t believe me, there you go: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/Forum-s-search-feature-doesn-t-work-A-tip/4612877

Btw, it was because of that thread that the sticky one about search was made.

Btw Gaile, a suggestion maybe it would be a good thing to post in that sticky thread the reason of why it hasn’t been fixed so far, then people won’t be claiming that it’s incompetence or what else.

If you check that thread you will see a thing I did to try tracking it. You can try to turn on logging, simply it will generate a log file for each time you run the game. To do so, run the game with the command line argument -log (https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Command_line_arguments for how to do it, although this one isn’t documented there). It will create a GW2.log file at C:\Users\<YouUsername>\AppData\Roaming\Guild Wars 2. It will look like a bunch of texts with non-sense stuff but some will have some sense.

Based on that I notices a peculiar behavior each time I get a black screen. Very frequently during a normal game play the log will have something like “Debug: Auth server returned response 0” that looks normal. However, when black screen occurs it will show like “Debug: Auth server returned response 14” followed by things like “Debug: Drop auth connection”, “Debug: Disconnected from server xxxxx” that apparently looks like some issue with auth servers. Either it’s at my end or Anet’s what is clear is that the game loses connection with auth servers somehow and then it drops, without completely shutting down the game or showing any error message. Then we get stuck in a state that we aren’t neither logged or completely shut down.

Well, I have been struggling with it for months now: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Constant-black-screens-and-disconnects/

leftyboy.9358:

Also wondering why ANET would bother with an lfg search function since they haven’t been able to get forum search to work in last 3 yrs.

That’s a completely different case. LFG search is a system made by Anet itself with their own methods and way, so they are able to fix it if needed. For Forum they used a third party software that’s no longer supported by their creator and nobody at Anet knew how stuff works, then they couldn’t and weren’t able to fix it until now.

A thing you could try is clearing any cookie related to this forum as well as cache. At times the session gets messed but some wrong cookie and then it keeps logging you out.

It’s a very old issue indeed. Search worked on past for a while but then got broken.

To summarize, the reason it has been broken so far is, as said by a dev once, the system used here was developed by a third party company (proofs are in the source code) that no longer offers support. Given that nobody at Anet knew how the system internals works they haven’t had time/chances/resources to fix it because it would involve someone there to sit and study the whole framework/system before they could do a proper fix. Then they seems to have prefered to direct any resources somewhere and let it broken as it is, as long everything else reasonably works, until they can find another solution to replace it.

Ironically, I can’t find the post where that was said, but I’m sure it’s somewhere in my post history but I’m too lazy to seek it now :P

Well, if you see broken or weird textures it’s mostly at your end. Try to repair your game and see if it helps. Not all issues are devs fault, at times it’s something that went wrong at our end as well.

About broken armor, falling through geometry and others, well, those are issues at their side indeed.

Chris Mavriplis.6517:

shadow.6174:

If you are expecting for any instant response here then you are “barking at the wrong tree”. Don’t expect devs to respond instantly to forums. If you are facing a urgent game breaking issue you better report it through in-game report tool. You won’t get a reply but your report will give them a lot more details about the issue than what we can provide here.

Also, spamming and bumping threads is no use. In fact, you can even get in trouble or get a thread closed if you do so (bumping posts is against rules).

Another option is to contact Customer Support, but the reply can be slow as it is here.

I was requesting guidance on how we could get out of these situations if possible, and just an update as to how we could avoid this in the future. A very reasonable request… didn’t say give it to me now- just when they get a chance It would be great to see.

who is spamming/bumping threads here?

no need to just try and create drama, please just be constructive. We were all trying to figure out what was going on. without forum talk, nobody would know if others had this issue. This is why we specifically have the bugs section. to report bugs.

Actually, my post was directed to another post other than yours, it’s just that the threads got merged then it went out of context. What I meant with spamming and bumping was toward someone else that had done 2 similar threads about this subject as well was bumping the said threads. I apologize if I sounded rude toward anyone or what not, it was never my intention. In fact, I tried to give more options other than this forum in case a faster response would be needed.

Sect.8795:

I think I’m with you guys =/ also stuck.

Super annoying.

Really wish there were an in-game report system for “emergency” bugs such as this.

Just came back to the game a few days ago, isn’t really convincing me to stay, lol.

Actually, there is a in-game report tool. It’s even better to report these things through it as it can give devs a lot more info than we can provide here. Just don’t expect a reply to it, as the tool itself tells you.

Also, if you are stuck you can always use the /stuck command. It will teleport you out in some situations or point you out to a nearest WP, depending where you are stuck. Anyhow, that command also reports to them that you got stuck.

If you are expecting for any instant response here then you are “barking at the wrong tree”. Don’t expect devs to respond instantly to forums. If you are facing a urgent game breaking issue you better report it through in-game report tool. You won’t get a reply but your report will give them a lot more details about the issue than what we can provide here.

Also, spamming and bumping threads is no use. In fact, you can even get in trouble or get a thread closed if you do so (bumping posts is against rules).

Another option is to contact Customer Support, but the reply can be slow as it is here.

EDIT: with the merge this post went a bit out of context now.

Raizen.7981:

There’s story characters that feel like family. Please take your time with the story, it’s really really awesome.

Oh yeah, and if they even (Story spoiler here)choose to follow Order of Whispers... oh that feels ;_;

ScarecrowHD.4120:

Hahahah this is crasy guys thanks for all your respones i really only tought like 3 people would see it and tell me to shut up but its awesome to see the comunity. again thanks for all your advice i will take it to heart.

Ummh i would love to add you guys telling me to hit you up but i got no clue how hahahaha.

Again thank you very much for all your responses.

-Aleks

Well, a thing we could brag about here is the community. It’s true that there are toxic players here as well can be on any other game, but one of the highlights of GW2 is the community, most of it are friendly and stuff as you can even see here.

About adding someone: Click the Contacts icon at the top left of your screen (second icon if I recall right) and on the Contacts panel you will find a Search/Add field at the top. Just type the username (the same one as showed in front our posts here) or name of any char they can have and hit Enter. It will add that player to your friend list.

If you want to add someone you just met in game: right-click their name in chat or select them in world and right-click their icon at the top of screen, then choose Add to Friend (or Contacts, can’t recall properly).

However a thing to note: adding someone to your list doesn’t make you their friend, you will become their Follower and you will show up in their Followers list (2nd tab on the Contacts panel). So if someone adds you they won’t be in your list until you add them, and vice-versa. Maybe you can even whisper someone who you added to let them know you did, or just let it be and if they are used to check Followers they may add you.

P.S.: Feel free to add me as well if you need some help or stuff

I see, although as far as I recall blocking someone never removed chat for me, I could always scroll back up and see the chats from who I blocked. Not sure if I got the point. Do you mean like having a “block and report” option where your report and block at once instead having it through 2 actions?

Zenos Osgorma.2936:

there are a few hidden Convo gems in the starting towns and villages some quite fun to spot and listen to.

Good point too. I love the way they put those little details. There are a lot of fun talk or even lore related stuff on those dialogs around the world. To quote one: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Stay_near_the_Crush_cubs_and_keep_the_ghosts_away#Dialogue (this one happens during an event, but there are funny others with those stationary NPCs around there)

Esquilax.3491:

This game does have an exceptional new player experience.

Hmm I tend to disagree with parts of it.. but let’s leave it to another discussion (for any interested see my signature :P)

Esquilax.3491:

Take your time OP and enjoy the experience while you’re new. Glad your having fun and welcome to the game.

Now this I agree, take your time and enjoy it, no reason to rush just to reach more content. There are a lot at the lower levels too.

Whitefang.4968:

It was at the right time, i went to frozen maw at the correct time twice and quest didnt progress. i waited until pre time was over and another 5 minutes and there was no extra quest to do. just scholar brogun stuck at the spot. i do all 13 world boss everyday, so im sure im not mistake. i use my local time.

Alright, just discarding possibilities. Well, as I said in these cases it’s good to report using the in game tool, you won’t get a reply but it will provide devs a lot more info than we can and since stuck events depends on map instance it may be hard to find others also having it.

It can even be worse, a few people even use Box of Fun at chests, merchants and others interactable NPCs or objects. Pretty annoying indeed.

Glad to hear you are enjoying it and thanks for sharing your experience. I have been playing for years but a lot of things changed and the first impression that you got may be different from what I got.

And I tell you, you did well for not giving up. There are a lot more to see and explore (despite a lot of broken mechanics and stuff :P) and I believe you will enjoy it more. The surface may be intimidating and boring (yay NPE) but its depths can be fun and enjoyable xD.

I’m not going to spoil or what not but I tell you that things were a bit more fun at early levels than what it’s now. I don’t want to ruin your experience but if you want to know more about the game, what changed, how things works, how things were, etc take a look at the Wiki, as well these forums. Also, anytime you need help just ask in game or come to the forums, there always will be someone up to help

Again, glad to hear you are enjoying and a late welcome to Guild Wars 2.

Well.. it’s nice to read about the future of the game, what’s being planned for it and such, revising old systems…. what about revising this “all smart” NPE? It has been more than 1 year since it went live and we are still to see several promised changes to be implemented. Seriously, I still have been putting alts in hold in hope that something could be improved with this dumb system. I think there are nothing else to be said than what already was in these 36 pages of posts.

Recently I got a friend to finally try the game after trying to grab them for more than 1 year (thanks to the F2P btw). I tried to not making them to have biased opinions by not telling much in depth what I think about the system, I limited myself to cite facts about how things were before and then they would see by themselves how things are now. They kind of liked the game but what was their first complaint? “Skills take too long to unlock, it’s boring”. And then weeks later.. “I have unlocked my whole skill set, what else can I improve?” and it was annoying to tell they that they would have access to more basic stuff at later levels (side note: what’s the point of grabbing hero points if you cannot choose what skill you want, as it must be unlocked linearly?).

Well, generally speaking they thought the early levels were boring. Luckily they didn’t give up the game, however they still prefer to play another game that they played before than this one. It’s sad to see that I couldn’t build on them the same hype I had back at my early days thanks to a dumb and stupid system that was supposed to teach the basics, but instead it makes the learning and early leveling a boring chore. All efforts getting a partner to play for nothing. :/

(And yes, as I said early in this thread [and my signature shows] I’m not going to let it get buried in the depths of the forums :P)

Serious.6940:

It seems to be the same for everyone.

Originally guild chat was the same too but they fixed that to some extent.

Actually it would be really nice if they did this to gold seller spam after you block them, it would be logical to add the report option to block too.

Hmm, what do you mean? As far as I know you can always report someone by right-clicking their name in any chat tab.

Are you sure it was the right time for it to spawn? There are events similar to Maw pre-events that spawn very frequently then it’s good to check with World Boss timers if it was the time for it.

Also based on the pic it says “The Maw is quiet.” that means there are no pre-events active or it didn’t start yet. So soon the pre-event starts that text in meta-event panel changes.

Are you using the in-game clock set to sever or local time?

Also a good thing is to report stuck events using the in-game report tool. It tells the dev exactly what instance and stuff the broken event is on.

May sound silly question but have you already been in pvp with each character that had the skins? If I recall right that was what would unlock your pvp skins back when Wardrobe was released.

The skins aren’t gone, although some became unobtainable at the moment. I have had all my pvp skins unlocked when Wardrobe came out.

In any case, maybe you better to contact Customer Support and check with them what’s going on.

Well, I don’t know if it’s intentional or a bug, I just know it has been that way for ages. :/ Pretty annoying. Once I even missed a chance to report someone and screenshot their nasty chat because I left party quickly and then when I realized I could report them the party chat was gone >.<

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

shadow.6174:

It’s because with Megaserver the game won’t know what instance you will be put on until you actually enter the map, then the game can’t retrieve the info somehow (that’s weird though as the game is able to tell your party member’s location to generate that blue dot O.o).

That would be the possible explanation: the game can’t tell you if the map you are going is full until you are really teleported to it because the game doesn’t know beforehand what instance you are going to be put on.

Those are interesting ideas, except they don’t help me understand the issues.

We know that the game can identify a character’s location; move another character to that location; and match instances. We also know that the game can’t tell that a map is full until someone tries to get in — that’s always been true, since before megaservers.

What we don’t know is why the developers don’t think there are any viable solutions that aren’t exploitable. For example, moving the player to the correct location in an arbitrary instance of the map and letting the party decide which instance to move to. (That doesn’t seem any more exploitable than using the T2F in the first place.)

I don’t understand much either, I was merely guessing what the “technical limitations” could be. I’m also curious how it could be exploitable and, as I stated before, if there is no way to change it then the item shouldn’t be available at all.

Firmicute.3876:

good to know.

hows that: you give us information when a map is full. If friend s are on a full map, they have a small symbol next to their pictures, (compared to the % completion of the nearest heart)

So if the map is full we get information that the map is full. Using a TP to friend would require 2 conformations, one has a second timer in which it cant be executed but you can check the mapstatus. then you can choose whether to use it(if map has room) or not.

Well, I think I know what the “technical limitation” was… Megaserver. Yes this post reminded me of a fact. See how icons and health of ppl on your party show up when they aren’t in the same map as you? Megaserver is to blame (yes, these issues weren’t there before Megaserver). It’s because with Megaserver the game won’t know what instance you will be put on until you actually enter the map, then the game can’t retrieve the info somehow (that’s weird though as the game is able to tell your party member’s location to generate that blue dot O.o).

That would be the possible explanation: the game can’t tell you if the map you are going is full until you are really teleported to it because the game doesn’t know beforehand what instance you are going to be put on.

They can take a while to reply yes. But if your ticket gets no reply for more than 3 days you can post on https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/GW2-Tickets-for-Review-3-days-older-2. That thread is constantly checked and your ticket may get reviewed.

Oh just a note: reports sent through the in-game tool won’t get a reply, as the tool itself tells you. The ticket I mean is Support ticket that can be sent through http://help.guildwars2.com/anonymous_requests/new (in case it wasn’t what you did).

Maybe this can help you to get unstuck: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Pets_and_Walls_Make_Stronger_Kraals

Also, if you see an event stalled you can report it using the in-game tool (Game menu [gear icon on top] > Support > Report a bug). That tool will provide devs a lot more info about an issue. Or if you prefer you can report here but stalled events are occasional and the chances of someone else having the same issue are minimal.

Edit: Oops, I just noticed it’s about a Personal Story step and not a Dynamic Event. Even so my advice still applies but posting it here with more details about what’s going on could help.

Kentckg.5037:

shadow.6174:

Kentckg.5037:

My all Chars were facing same issue, and they all in different maps.

1) Unable log out to choose other chars, stuck in game after press log out button, toon able to move but skills and rest of the npc was freeze and unable to communicate, chat channel, Black Lion trading and all functions was unable to use too.

2) Unable to change map by using waypoint or go through the portal, malfunctioning for WvW, PvP, Guild Hall and Frac too. After press above mention maps or portal, stuck on loading screen till a notice column prompt up with a message with code (Code=7:0:0:990:101), but the same map waypoint was able to teleport.

3) All above mention issue must be force close by using Ctrl+Alt+Del to using Tasks Manager completely close down program of GW2

4)Latency for my game was 210-267(avg 245)

This problem last time I’m facing too, but just go to PvP field and go through the Lion Arch portal can be solve, but this time, totally unable to change to any maps or portals.

This issue has occurred for two days

You issue doesn’t fit with this thread though. This one is about map art issues or when you get stuck into map geometry (usually due bad map art). Possibly your issue is more related to this: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Can-not-change-map-location/

Thanks man, I don’t know how to submit an incident report to Arenanet, so post in bug title

No problem. You can simply create a new thread (through Create Topic link) about your issue in case you don’t find any other related to your issue. And you did in the proper forum section, but not in the proper thread though.

Well, I have been struggling with it for months now: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Constant-black-screens-and-disconnects/

And ah, the search on forums has been broken for years now and they haven’t had the resources to fix it. :/

Wondering how you ended with such display name O.o

Kentckg.5037:

My all Chars were facing same issue, and they all in different maps.

1) Unable log out to choose other chars, stuck in game after press log out button, toon able to move but skills and rest of the npc was freeze and unable to communicate, chat channel, Black Lion trading and all functions was unable to use too.

2) Unable to change map by using waypoint or go through the portal, malfunctioning for WvW, PvP, Guild Hall and Frac too. After press above mention maps or portal, stuck on loading screen till a notice column prompt up with a message with code (Code=7:0:0:990:101), but the same map waypoint was able to teleport.

3) All above mention issue must be force close by using Ctrl+Alt+Del to using Tasks Manager completely close down program of GW2

4)Latency for my game was 210-267(avg 245)

This problem last time I’m facing too, but just go to PvP field and go through the Lion Arch portal can be solve, but this time, totally unable to change to any maps or portals.

This issue has occurred for two days

You issue doesn’t fit with this thread though. This one is about map art issues or when you get stuck into map geometry (usually due bad map art). Possibly your issue is more related to this: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Can-not-change-map-location/

littlecrazyneko.4259:

Was just playing on my Rev, everything was normal until suddenly every time I tried to open my map the screen would be black, the waypoints, hearts, etc. would be highlighted along with the Legend but no text. I have no idea what is going on and it’s been three days now. I’ve tried logging off, using a different waypoint, restarting my computer, so on and so forth. Also this seems to be only happening to my Revenant, all my other characters maps are working just fine. If anyone can help with this I would greatly appreciate it.

Manatee Gills.5829:

I have had guild wars for over a year now and stopped playing for a couple of months just after the heart of thorns expansion was brought out. I recently bought a new computer and downloaded GW2 and the Heart of thorns expansion but upon playing the game i noticed that there was large areas that were coloured purple and objects were also purple as well. not only are objects purple but fire and attack animations are also purple and pixelated. I also find that some objects and landscape features are also invisible such as bridges. I can’t find anyone reporting these issues anywhere and so I am wondering how to fix these issues.
Thanks MG.

In both cases that looks like corrupted textures or files. Try to repairing the game and see if it helps. Instructions on how to do that can be found at http://help.guildwars2.com/entries/28148006-Repairing-the-Game-Client

I suggested repairing in case that several others options aren’t sticking, as they mentioned backpieces and minis, but if the case is only PvP reward track then there must be some issue yes. :S

Hmm well, possibly there are several issues with the same symptoms then. In the thread I linked here early I showed part of the game log that showed an odd connection behavior causing the game to disconnect. If in your case it has more to do with graphic cards and stuff then possibly we are facing different issues with similar effects :S

Those are the only settings not sticking? Maybe something got corrupted and the game isn’t saving your selection. Try to repair the game and see if something changes. Instructions to do that can be found at http://help.guildwars2.com/entries/28148006-Repairing-the-Game-Client

Hmm still, I’m afraid that we couldn’t be referring to the same issue. If it was related to resolution or windowed mode or not the black screen would happen right after the game loads and not after some time of game play.

Issues caused by graphic cards settings and others usually would be frequent and regular, happening always at certain moments or actions. The issue that OP and me are facing happens very randomly and out of nowhere.

Thanks for helping but I’m afraid that it doesn’t apply to our case (to mine at least).

Maybe you could try repairing the game? Some files could have gotten corrupted somehow. Instructions about doing it can be found at http://help.guildwars2.com/entries/28148006-Repairing-the-Game-Client

killer.8746:

Here go here for the solution for black screen with sounds in background this is what fixed it for me https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Black-Screen-Solution/first#post5982607

As I posted in there I’m not sure it is really related. It could have worked for you but I don’t think it will apply to everyone. :/

Hmm, that doesn’t make sense. I have ran the game in windowed mode for ages and even so I keep getting black screens out of nowhere even and then. Also, there may be people with monitors that won’t reach that resolution neither do I believe the issue is restricted to nVidia graphics. If there are samples confirming it then it could be the “fix” yes. It could have worked for you but that doesn’t mean it’s the “fix” or that your issue was the same for me and others. :S

Couldn’t agree more but well… given the choices made for things like NPE I wouldn’t be surprised it was intended and by design… :/