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PHP example

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file_get_contents() needs allow_url_fopen set to true, so it’s no option to rely on since a lot providers don’t allow it for security reasons.
If you want your script to run on any server, try something like this:

https://gist.github.com/codemasher/4d30a47df24195ac509f

function gw2_api_request($request){
	$url = parse_url('https://api.guildwars2.com/v1/'.$request);
	if(!$fp = @fsockopen('ssl://'.$url['host'], 443, $errno, $errstr, 5)){
		return 'connection error: '.$errno.', '.$errstr;
	}

	$nl = "\r\n";
	$header = 'GET '.$url['path'].'?'.$url['query'].' HTTP/1.1'.$nl.'Host: '.$url['host'].$nl.'Connection: Close'.$nl.$nl;
	fwrite($fp, $header);
	stream_set_timeout($fp, 5);

	//in case of a chunked response, try http://stackoverflow.com/a/3290822
	$response = '';
	do{
		if(strlen($in = fread($fp,1024))==0){
			break;
		}
		$response.= $in;
	}
	while(true);

	$response = explode($nl,$response);
	
	if(isset($response[0]) && $response[0] == 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK'){
		$response = json_decode($response[count($response)-1]);
	}

	return $response;
}

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Hall of Monuments

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Open IE10, load http://hom.guildwars2.com and search for your character -> page broken.
Then open the IE developer tools (F12), switch browser mode to IE8, reload the page -> page ok.

Theres something wrong with the latest browser versions, possibly broken by YUI.

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Underworld vs Ring of Fire vs Ruins of Surmia

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RoF, We don’t reallly wanna go into your corner in EB but if you keep going for Ogrewatch, then you force our hand ^^

There seems to be an unwritten rule on RoF which says: “If someone says ‘flip ogrecamp’ it means go to Ogrewatch instead because it’s the most important tower on the map.”

WvW WTH moments?

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The first time i learned about the fly/wall-jumping bug – enemies in inner SM, no walls or gates broken, no mesmers inside (SM was ours for like 2 days)… WAIT, WHAT?

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NP going to AG

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Sad news, so i got to say goodbye to you guys because i’ll stay on RoF. It was always a pleasure to play with you and i’ll really miss you all!

Good luck to you in future, salutes and love from Skinny!

Ring of Fire Alliance Recruitment.

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Actually i still hope NP will change their minds
But i can promise you RoF, Skinny and her guild Veterans of Lions Arch[LA] will stay on RoF – i love the community over there since day one.
I’ll be back in WvW when i get my health issues sorted… :/

Anyway, i’d welcome a few more small to mid-size guilds to RoF to ensure WvW will be fun in future.

screen1: Once more NP/ICON saved the day
screen2: Golem fun in EB
screen3: Fighting the Grub half an hour before reset together with UW
screen4: ICON: “We want to have our guild meeting an hour before reset in SM, so lets cap it!” it ended up in a lot of portal bombs and enemy wipes by us – we didnt even try to repair the gates “keep em coming!” – lot of fun and loot bags in that hour…

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NP possibly looking for new home

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Oh dear, I must say these news really made me sad.

NP are not only disciplined and coordinated force, but also bunch of really nice people I always liked to play with.

I hope you will eventually change your minds as it would be great loss for RoF.

this!

Rof V GH V WS 12/01/2013 Take 2

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I’m missing that Charr Warrior Commander from Whiteside (We Vanquish Worlds[WvW]) I really loved to kill each other, had so many fun in earlier matches

Rof V GH V WS 12/01/2013 Take 2

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ya, you wiped us at (WSR)bay because of insane numbers XD
…but we took yours earlier, was fun anyway

Rof V GH V WS 12/01/2013 Take 2

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Poor Whiteside… really XD

GW1 online status in GW2 (bug or feature?)

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I really don’t know if this is a bug or a feature:

i think some of us know that when you’re online in GW1 (and your accounts are connected) the online state is also shown in GW2 like if you’re on the character selection screen there. I think it’s a bit annoying not only for those who care about privacy issues.
Friends can PM you in GW2 even when you are not online there – of course you cannot see or reply to it which is very annoying for them since they don’t know that you’re in GW1.

Suggestions to fix this:

  • make an option to show GW1 online state in GW2 or not (possibly in both games)
  • make it clear in GW2 that a player is playing GW1 and cannot reply (or not even be PM’d)
  • remove the GW1 online state completely from GW2 (if the above doesn’t work)

(Not to mention the major security flaw because it seems both games are using the same login servers and creditentials… but thats another story)

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Name 3 "easy" improvements for WvW

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For those mentioning culling its clearly not an easy fix.

Nevertheless, it is the most important one.
A PvP where you never see your opponents before either you or them are dead is superfluous.

I agree with that, it should be anets top priority.

Actually, i could live with all the culling issues if all those keep/tower/spawn exploits wouldn’t exist.

so:

1. fix clipping issues
2. make upgrading stuff more rewarding
3. make defending stuff more rewarding

To stop exploiting in WvW (tier 3)

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This is a joke. Theres so many evidence shown in the forums and on the net that ANet can’t be unaware of all the issues. Thinking of that makes me wanna quit GW2 too since WvW is the only thing where i spend my playtime. Removing WvW until it’s been fixed isn’t a bad idea (wait, why exactly were TA and HB removed from GW1?), right now it’s just wasting time and money… btw. exploiting finally arrived in all tiers.

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Can't get golem back if someone takes it ...

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Mentioned more than once before… i believe this is broken, otherwise a waste of 1gold.

Golems can't hit gates anymore?

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I had the same with a ram on a tower too, i was builing it up and wanted to hit the gate.. but nothing happend!

Then someone in the tower said to me " What are you doing? "

I finished my vodka and was ohh.. its our own tower.

Maybe that happend to your golem attack too! Attacking 1 of your own structures!?

lol… but no. The rams did damage and finally broke the gate.
So it’s a Sunnyhill (or however that tower is called on the other maps) isssue… thanks for all the replies!

Golems can't hit gates anymore?

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Ok, here we go: there were no enemies except the NPC, we used alpha golems, we tried any range and both attack skills (1 and 2), in any case it said it missed the target. So before i file a bug report, i’d like to know if someone else experienced the issue. (I’m sure we know how to use golems tho… ;D)

Golems can't hit gates anymore?

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Indeed, they were useless, we couldn’t hit the gate at all (as stated before).

Golems can't hit gates anymore?

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We were just trying to take a tower (Sunnyhill in green borderlands, match RoF/FS/UW) and used 2 golems to break the gate, but we couldnt hit the gate at all – a ram actually did. Was that included in the latest patch?

Thank you RoF, FS and UW

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Now after that hills exploit being (hopefully) fixed, i hope we’ll see some more epic fights to happen – SM last week was a blast, want more of that!

12/14 RoF/FS/UW

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Especially on the tactics thing: UW attempted to take Overlook yesterday night. They came up with some golems – you guys know what portals are and how to use them? We killed most of then before they reached the gate. And no, that was not just a mini group of uncoordinated people, they were like 3 times of us (we had exactly 8 ppl defending Overlook in that moment) and had a commander and we pushed you after a while. Another thing was where we wiped the FS zerg who nearly took Anzalias – we were right in time and killed an omega golem and another normal one – you guys know that you can (and should) WP golems if the gates are down? Next thing was in RoF Hills where 5 unmanned UW golems waited to be killed – gj UW, you just wasted 5 gold there… If we use golems for a serious attack, you won’t even notice – we’re able to take fully upgraded SM in like 3 mins.

12/14 RoF/FS/UW

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I will remember this cheap comment later this week when I decide where we attack.
Honestly guys don’t be petty enough to insult the other teams, we are all having fun lets not start cheap bias attacks on each other.

I dont insult anyone, it’s just what we see. Having outmanned buff on 3/4 maps even at primetime is just… outmanned.

12/14 RoF/FS/UW

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Yay, outnumbered again… Seriously, RoF needs alot more players.

The only good thing about being outnumbered is that we can lose with a happy smile. FS and UW only rely on numbers (like FS in overlook just a few mins ago), they dont seem to use any tactics at all most of the time while RoF uses the “Run-around-and-annoy-everyone-despite-of-being-outnumbered” tactic greatly

Oh, not to mention FS and UW dont seem to try to touch each other… yea, fighting an outmanned enemy is way easier.

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Help Me Decide: WvW - Thief or Elementalist

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Just by the way: WvW isn’t about 1v1, it’s about playing as team (aka zerg). Sure, you can solo things, especially as thief, but you should consider playing a profession which supports your group. Ele is: lots of AoE damage, AoE healing, AoE buffs, AoE whatever – possibly the best group support you can get in WvW.

Gunnar's Hold/Whiteside Ridge/Dzagonur

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I feel sorry that some people have to enlarge the e-pen thingy on our server
As far as i can tell, its none of our WvW Core-Guilds who does it, its just some randoms and we didnt see them yet :-/
Please keep reporting those guys/girls as we dont need them on our server to have fun in wvw.

Glad that you guys enjoy WvW like we do. I believe it was the same guy who did this in the match vs RoF and WS and i’ve been told that he’s still around and shows off with his “stunts”. Please have an eye on it as this makes WvW pretty pointless. So i ask you to post any relevant info here in the german forum: https://forum-de.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/WvW-Fly-Bug/174312

Cheers to everyone, keep up the honorable fights

12/14 RoF/FS/UW

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Hmm, i believe RoF suffers from the PvE event (i see many of our WvW regulars at Tixx, including me) or UW and FS had not that much people online on saturday, where RoF started pretty strong (right, we were 7k in the lead).

Gunnar's Hold/Whiteside Ridge/Dzagonur

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As far as i can say from our earlier matches against Dzagonur: they are pretty strong defenders and everytime when you think you wiped them off the map, they pop up with a huge zerg steamrolling the map. So beware of teh germanz!

Salutes to everyone!

12/14 RoF/FS/UW

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Hmm, ok, i wouldnt consider shooting through the roof as cheating but as abusing the miserable clipping in this game, and here ArenaNet comes in. I believe it cant be that hard to fix a handful of player- and terrain-clippings, especially those which allow people to shoot through walls and roofs or hop over gates and walls.

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12/14 RoF/FS/UW

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I havent been there all day, but i’d say possbly this: https://forum-de.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/WvW-Fly-Bug/first#post174312 (happened in the match RoF/WS/DZ)

12/14 RoF/FS/UW

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Having a bit of a break today, after a long shift yday. (before reset as well).

Hopefully we’ll see a great matchup this week.

Oh indeed, you missed one of the greatest fights i (and possibly everyone on RoF) had so far i believe – and it’s still running. FS broke SM SW wall and tried to cap it with lots of siege and stuff at inner NW gate – we wiped them successfully in the lordroom then. Unfortunately SM is out of supply so they ran in (and were wiped) like 5 more times when UW finally managed to break SE gate, heading to break inner NE gate (hey, UW, it was already open, you just needed to walk in and say hi ). So RoF spanked FS and UW like 10 times each now in turns – what a hell of a fight! Salutes to FS and UW!

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12/14 RoF/FS/UW

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Wow, you UW guys seem to have some numbers now ^.^

Was fun to wipe you at the first attempt to cap SM, unfortunately you had a mesmer inside after we got it and got us from behind when FS came from south. Anyway, it was a fun fight and we got one more point on that title ;D

Will be a funny week, greetings from RoF

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All I want for Christmas is ...

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I want guesting!

Move Dungeon out of LA to stop Overflow!

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My guild has players on multiple servers, and the only way we can get into the same Fractal instance is through the overflow.
If Anet found a way to maintain a cross server LFG and grouping system outside the overflow, then sure.. go for it.
Otherwise, I don’t mind waiting a few extra seconds to load into LA.

This.

Anyway, that LFG spam in LA is annoying and the mapchat practically unusable. So please ArenaNet implement guesting as soon as possible! (hey, guesting was promised long before release!)

More uses for karma: cultural armors and more

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I’d like to see some exotic weapons/weaponsets for karma – why would i pay 63k karma for a weapon which stats aren’t even max? For the skin? Not really.

€: Siege weapons in WvW for karma would be fine too! ;D

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AG vs RoF vs GH [Take 3]

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Make 10 golems by yourself and use them!

Only 10? You gotta know that in RoF it’s all about golems, but against an opponent who outmans us like 4:1 or more it’s pointless to use them…

Anyway, we had some epic fights against AG and GH these days, like today where you guys tried to take our garrison (and failed) or at woodhaven, where we nearly wiped your whole zerg.

Oh hey AG, you also didn’t manage to keep EB completely green this week. RoF had EB for the full week against Dzagonur and Whiteside and they had possibly about the same numbers as we have… HA HA /nelson

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