Guild Wars 2

Hi, unwrapping presents in the world is only giving me gifts some times. Have reported in game but decided to report here incase others are having same issue.

Could this be related to the loot drop rate bug?

Not sure how often gifts are meant to drop but I am lucky to get 1 present ever 3 or more events in cursed shore. Overall drops are still really bad

Looks like if I want gifts (to trade in for the winters day stuff) I have to find a map with not so many people chasing the candy around, but even then I’ve had those boxes explode and have no drop (when attempting to pick up before fighting the foes).

I see this topic come up quite a bit. I live in Australia where the daily reset is roughly around 10am. I play with people who live in the U.S and as soon as dailies reset, their first task is to do the dailies (as soon as they can). That way they are out of the way and you are free to enjoy the game as you please. This usually involves them going to a different zone for different things, for example they’ll use starter zones for kill variety + gathering, and cursed shore for events + kill amount.

I had this happen to me when I first installed the mac client. Left it open while I tried to search google and after some considerable time it worked and began downloading. Since I have GW2 on bootcamp I closed it from there and copied the GW2.dat across.

the sample size is well below 1% and shows an overall downward trend, with things picking up a little during events and weekends. The “spike” is just because of the event and will come back down.

I’ve been playing GW2 on the windows side of my mac book pro since just after it launched, and have decided to try the apple side to see if I get better performance, but mainly to do some screen caps using quicktime.

Apart from the massive download (don’t know why they don’t have an option to use the pc game discs for data), what should I be aware of as I venture forth and play GW2 on mac book pro?

My client crashed often during map change (but not always) and I always press the send report button on the window that pops up. But does that report actually go to ANet? Been a long time issue that does not seem to be getting addressed which is why I am asking.

I’m concerned about this because I use grenades in WvW to help clear walls, and its hard enough when being shot at by rangers to keep lobbing grenades at them. Now they reduced my damage by 30%, and I dont use sigils, I use orbs, so now I have to lower my “stats” to add a sigil just to get some (but not all) the damage back …

Special Note: 1v1 grenade engineer vs other class, engineer will always lose if the other person is kyting due to lag time between targeting and actual boom. Grenades are more a defensive weapon, and this change just weakened our defence.

In this patch ANet added some much needed slots to the collectables for crafting materials. It greatly freed up some of my bank slots, however doublooms didn’t get any such love.

Why you not help me stash my pirate booty?

Ohoni.6057:

With the “random oneshot” did you go flying sideways off the candy cane? If so, that’s because there is a gust of wind at the top of it. I only got hit once, but I didn’t even know to look for it before that. Just time it out like in similar puzzles.

Never had a problem with the wind. I died multiple times on the “safe” areas to avoid the snow balls (and I was well back), and once on the blue presents right at the end.

:( I was looking forward to buying mini’s from TP …

from patch note

•Map names on the world map now display completion status.

This is not showing on my world map, tried different zoom levels but nothing.

Edit: I know topic says % but no completion status is showing on world map.

I have a question reguarding ther recent change to grenade kits where their damage was decreased to take into account weapon sigils. What if we are using an orb instead of a sigil?

You will be glad to know, I finally made it … and NEVER doing it again … it is enough to put you off jumping puzzles.

if anything the developers did listen a little to the “cant see yourself cause of the mob” complaints, I am finding the white cross on the boxes make it easier to see where I am. But I am still failing at this.

To those who have done it or found it easy, congrats, but some of us are having issues with it and even watchign the youtube vid shed no light on why I am getting defeated at the end even though I was doing the same things the guy in the video was doing.

I too am finding this puzzle frustrating for a number of reasons including jumping short because of lag, bursting forward cause of cpu playing catchup, getting to the boxes only to have them vanish from under you, to nearly getting to the end only to be defeated for no apparent reason.

Jamais vu.5284:

When I failed multiple times, I took that as sign that should analyze my mistakes and try to avoid them. For example, I often fell of the second ledge-part because I kept my camera behind my back instead of adjusting it sideways, which makes it easier to gauge the distance.
Perhaps that approach would help OP more than hoping for ANet nerfs.

My “mistakes” are being cause by cpu lag and catchup … nothing I can do about it when I suddenly burst foward, or jump short cause I hang in the air for a split second.

And yes I am using the latest mac book pro so cpu power is not an issue, and I have graphics settings at best performance.

Awe.1096:

wildcode.5403:

and again one shot by something, was on the presents jumping up to the end box …

Well. You are nearly there! In your OP you stated that “only master jumpers can complete”. So was that statement false or are you a master jumper after all?

Only made it out of pure luck, haven’t made it anywhere close in the last 3 tries.

and again one shot by something, was on the presents jumping up to the end box …

eye floater.7140:

I’m sorry, but if you can’t finish this puzzle after 4 hours… I don’t know. It really isn’t hard. Try a different route. probably like, 1/10th the difficulty of the clock tower.

Cpu lag and “burst” movement is a killer at the start, go to jump, character burst forward, find yourself off the edge. Or goto jump, lag, jump falls short.

Plus the lag and lack of visibility at the start because of the horde … you really need to try these things with real internet lag + hordes before bestowing them upon us.

So I’ve been trying to do this jumping puzzle almost since the update, and well, just like the clock tower I keep failing.

I do nearly make it to the end but when I do either the presents disapear from under me, or I get one shot by something (have not worked out what).

Why do you insist on making jumping puzzles only master jumpers can do?

I am finding this puzzle just as frustrating, I get upto the presents and they dissapear from under me. The couple of times I got past the presents I got one shot by some thing.

When I summon war banner, it grants stability for the first cycle but the remaining cycles it grants swiftness instead.

did someone say skimpy, this is my lvl80 ele … dont think you can get any more skimpy than this.

On yaks bend server, Penitent camp event is blocked by a stuck event “Help Crusader Talesin escort his veteren packheart to Penitent Camp”.

Crusader Talesin is standing right out side the camp.

I will be “buying” gems this wintersday, but unfortunatly I do not have the gold to do so. Whether deliberate or not this bug is forcing players to use real $$$ for gems for Wintersday simply because we have been unable to make the coin in game that we used to be able to make.

I am rushing around trying to harvest high end nodes in the hope I can get some coin to support some gem purchases.

while the conversion rate keeps going up and up, you have to consider how they made it work.

If people by gold with gems, the rate comes down.

If people by gems with gold the rate goes up.

So instead of blaiming ANet, blaim those who convert gold to gems.

I will be “buying” gems for wintersday, I was hoping to buy with gold but loot drop bug means I dont have the gold I had hoped for to buy gems with . I havent bought gems for gold since it hit 88s/100gems because it made mystic forge salvage kits cost more than master salvage kits.

The invisible wall in destiny’s reach stopping you from base jumping Into the sink hole is really annoying me

Navi.7142:

Can you all please test if there was a change after the patch today?
I am wondering whether I had a lucky day or they’ve done something. ^^

Bug still exists, its quite a rush trying to get skill points and hearts when your gear is no where near the level for the map.

Blackwolfe.5649:

I found this interesting somewhat: http://www.guildwars2guru.com/arenanet-tracker/topic/248054-introduction-to-the-live-response-team-and-the-bug-fixing-process/

So the more we bugreport it, the bigger chance of them fixing it.. hopefully.

I am curious now, has this bug (clearly it is) been given a No.1 priority or a No.3 priority. I am hoping a No.1 priority due to it effecting a large user base, and negatively impacting player, including those leveling up. But because of the long silence on this issue it feels like its been given a No.3 priority.

there is ment to be a crash at the end?

The question surrounding this is simple “nerf or bug?” but the answer seems to be so complex that no one is willing to give one, including support

Keep posting your experiences with loot here, and reporting it in game. Support says the issue is being investigated to determine if there was negative or unintended change to loot, and until they make a determination on that we probably wont hear from ANet.

Clearly there was but I guess they have to find it first.

I am currently “grinding” level 72/73 Svanir in southern Frostgorge Sound trying to get the equipment I need, because I can’t really progress further without upgrades, and if I goto lower areas I wont get the gear for my level. Getting alot of junk and some crafting mats, very few “equipment” … In the past I have farmed these guys for totems so I know they used to drop better than they are.

Nope, hardly any equipment drops from Svanir, pleanty of totum, spikes, bags and torn garments, and what equipment did drop is not for my profession … time to try the grawl.

Gah, I give up, turning off game and going to watch a movie or something. This is too frustrating.

Maybe he is getting this bug …
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Change-in-loot-parameters-or-a-bug-Merged/page/18#post981900

Black Regent.5897:

I don’t really get this. How do I know it’s not working right? I didn’t keep data on what I was getting before the patch so I have no baseline to compare to. I just know I get rares/exotics rarely and from dumb sources, that champs and legendaries rarely leave a lootable corpse and that large event chests like temples/dragons give me all blues. I can’t really say that isn’t intentional or it’s a bug so what am I supposedly reporting?

If you are not aware of the reduction of loot quantity and quality, then don’t report, simple. This is for people who, like myself, are completely aware of it. You can use the same reporting system to report when champs dont drop anything since patch notes say they are guarenteed drops. The same reporting system can be used for magic find not actually improving drops but rather lowering drops and giving less “equipment” in favour of more fines/bags/salvagables.

There are any number of loot related issues you could report, but again if you are not aware of any, then dont report.

Is it me, or is there a bit of de ja vous happening with this post …

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/I-applaude-you/first#post977529

Was it wrong that I read the topic in a skritt voice?

Moving on, some more fractals would be nice, it does seem to need more variety, I’d like to one day go through a few cycles without repeating.

excuse my noobness, but how do I check this without attempting to switch servers. I did try to google it but all I found was a site that stated what servers were online (and it only had a few).

Had this happen to me today, walking past some yellow dolyaks minding my own business, enjoying the snow. Switched to air so I could use ride the lightening to move a little “faster”, but as soon as I switched to air, no.1 skill fired and attacked the dolyaks.

Guys, and gals, read my post here

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Loot-Drop-Rate-Bug/979694

Support say that reporting the issue using the ingame bug reporting system it is the best way to get the issue escalated. But we need everyone to report it, not just one or 2 of us. So play in your favorate loot areas, and when you think you got enough to show its not working properly report it. This system give alot more deatail than we can supply on the forums.

I am hoping support will help bring it to the attention of the developers as well as I stated that we had already been using the forums, as they suggested, with no response, and was concerned the right people were not seeing it.

Everyone who is having this issue, I suggest you file an in game bug report. The more reports they have the better the chance of getting it looked at. Your best bet is to play for a while in your normally favorate loot area, then file the bug report which gives the QA team more details than we can provide on here. Might also help if you have your inv open to show what loot you got during that time with an attached screenshot.

To file a bug report open the game menu, select support, and then select report a bug or press the ladybug. Since there is no option for loot I selected NPC behaviour.

I “really” hope this gets fixed soon, lvl73 and I’m having “alot” of trouble just in the southern most parts of Frostgorge Sound because I still haven’t picked up anything to replace the lvl 50-64 “equipment” thats on my ele … this is rediculious. Only managed 2 levels tonight and lost money due to all the dieing and almost getting one shot by stuff the same level as me.

Sure I could goto a lower area, but then I wont get the loot I need for my eles current level.

Draaky.2436:

So … Magic find % Still works!?
Didn’t realy see anny change in loot vs my dmg and mf gear(All items have MF Pre and Suffix). Since they nerfed the drops some time ago.

Yes /No MF% Works

Test by people in the loot drop thread show magic find has less drops and it looks like it gives more fines/bags/salvagable while giving less “equipment”. Until the developers clarify how magic find works we can only assume its broken.

Pvp.2758 Reguardless of what Magic Find is “ment” to do, at the moment you get less loot using magic find than without, and even more so with the loot drop rate bug.

A view of the crypts in Divinity’s Reach from high on a roof top … ride the lighting and a little luck for the urban exploration win

On another simular note, still cant find a way into the sink hole for a base jumping attempt, seems to be an invisible wall all around it.

Some may see this game is dying due to the lower populations in open world. But the reality is that player foocus has moved from open world to fractals for a number of reasons including grinding for infused gear, better drop rates at lower levels than open world, and because their friends are playing fractals.

WvW still has a large population on some servers during peak U.S. times, so much so that you can be waiting in the queue for a while.

Open world is quieter, and even more so in non-US peak times, but only because player focus has moved.

Asuka Shikinami.5462:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Bug-Request-Orr-Bugs-and-Exploits/first#post975330

This isn’t restricted to Cursed Shore, Cursed Shore is just easier to show the bug because of all the events.

phaneo.4597:

Thanks a lot and highly appreciate the work you guys have put in for this! Hope we get something done or atleast acknowledged by Anet regarding this soon enough!

Remember the days where you had to empty your inv every couple of events in Cursed Shore, and you’d make about 2G an hour … I miss them too.

Option 1 of OP post is pointless at the moment with the Loot droprate bug and it being made worse with Magic find.

Option 5 I have tried and got nothing but shells and crab meat from karka’s.

Option 6, loot drop rate bug means I get hardly anything from the pre-events.

That leaves the 3 dungeons options …. not my cup of tea …

You are better off leveling your characters to 80 and taking each one around and harvesting ori, ancient wood and omnomberries. make sure you are full up on them and sell excess on TP.

Well, farmed Cursed Shore events today, did the math and sent all the info to ANet as well as a screen shot of the loot I had gotten from 13 events (yes loot from 13 events was sitting in less than 50 slots) … I did some extra math and prior to Nov15 I would of almost got double the loot I got now, and a much greater % of equipment than I do now. Included those details in the bug report as well.

Rigth now about 19% of my loot is equipment, about 42% is junk and about 39% fines/bags/salvagable. The make up used to be 45% equipment, 34% junk, and 21% fines/bags/salvagable.

Not only has the quantity changed, but also the quality. It has also seemed to have gotten worse since 11 days ago when I was getting more fines/bags/salvagable than junk.