Guild Wars 2

If like me you started GW2 and the Background of the login screen came up, the download bar blinked into existence a couple of times then vanished, keep the client open for a long while (~15 minutes in my case) it will fix itself eventually.

I am using the mac client and decided to re-install it after having an issue not realising it removed everything before installing itself again.

So now I’m downloading GW2 from scratch and wondering how large the dat file is so I know how long to expect to be out of game for.

ok, so I looked at the GW2 config and the config files here…

The GW2 one defaults to 256 VideoRam … there is no difference in the files between the 256 config file here and the GW2 one.

All that changes in all the files is 2 options under the [x11drv] heading.
“VideoRam” = “512”
“AGPVertexRam” = “256”

My issue is my system has 2 vid cards, I am hoping GW2 is using the 1024 one and going to set accordingly.

stuck at this screen it seems, this is the 1st time I’ve had trouble. I have tried re-installing the launcher.

Edit: Also note the grey screen solution also did not work.

Edit: It appears leaving it open for an extended period(15 mins), it fixes itself …

Note for future self: copy the dat file before re-installing the mac client …

While walking/swimming/jumping while moving the quaggan backpack is more rigid than it is when you just jump/turn on the spot. This takes away some of its floppy appeal. Its like quaggan decided [s]he will not move their “kitten” while you are moving incase they fall off.

Please fix the quaggan backpack and make it floppy with all movement.

Today ori price has been going up as supply is going down, not sure that 1 rich node had that much influence on the price but demand has not changed.

Source: http://www.gw2spidy.com/item/19701

This is a fluff thread so to speak, to talk about what we like about the new updates.

Myself, I am ecstatic about the quaggan backpack skin, it flops around, including the eye and zipper.

I am liking the new dailies, they are exposing me to situations that I would normally not encounter in my normal game play, and challenging me to think about my playing style.

Bag drops, oh my, I have gotten more than I used to and they are filling up my bank faster as well. I am seriously considering going to lower areas and just killing mobs that drop bags to help fill my bank.

Abominations, have you seen how big they are now, the champions foot is almost as big as my asuran.

Shirou.4098:

Anyone know where the other one is located ?

North west part of straights just off the land in the water.

On a side note: these undiscovered points are not visible on global map unless you are in the same map with the area uncovered.

Shelter x2, pent x2 … grenade spamming engineer … was in a full group

Junk: 33
Salvageable: 9
Bags: 28
Crafting Mats: 8
White equipment: 6
Blue equipment: 19
Green equipment: 4
Rare items: 0
exotic items: 0

out of 50 slots, only 38 were filled for the entire 4 events.

Total profit 37s 21c .. averaging 9.3s per event.

In the time it took to do these events, I could of made atleast 1G just by gathering.

The dodge registers when you successfully evade and attack, which is displayed on screen as “evade”.

I wish to get a replacement quaggan backpack. The backpack I purchased arrived with a broken eye (see attached) and I am afraid it will fall off if I jump around too much.

I have searched and found no replacement/refund policy due to defective items

P.S. Its sooooo floppyyyyyy!!!!

I was just hit for 6,142 damage … 8 times … I did goto downed state for less than a second …

Also noticing that the ice shards that fall down, have double, maybe tripple, red circles …

Ok so I’m in the temple of Grenth, killing foes, health was good … next thing I’m in the air falling to the ground and killed on impact. Many other commented about falling to their deaths too. I waypointed out to run back and behold, no armour damage …

So Grenths new weapon is to throw us in the air and laugh as we fall to our deaths?

Managed to get the 10 combo kills by laying down a ring of fire while a ranger shot through it. It seems that it didn’t matter what part of the fight this occurred, as long as it occurred before the foe was dead.

One of the storyline paths takes you down the quaggan road, and along that road you meet a fierce quaggan. Quaggans do not like their own “battle” form and shun those who prefer it, but they can fight when necessary.

I am still downloading, but forcing me to team up to finish dailies is, well, annoying to say the least. Except for dungeons, WvW, guild events, and some world events I am a solo player. Friends hardly play GW2 any more … how am I meant to get dailies done if I am not social enough?

farmville for GW2 .. i like it :P

First, let me address one of the issues that people look at when they ask is this game dead. The lack of players in open world can make some feel that there is no one playing. Many a time I have been wondering around and have seen no-one, but to my surprise when I yell out a group event in map chat, most times people turn up from seemingly no where. Part of the problem is that alot of this game is soloable so people will often play by themselves when it comes to open world pve. Add to this that some areas are more profitable than others then you are certainly going to find some areas less populated than others.

Secondly, raiding. While I can see “raiding” as being yet another way to obtain exotic or unique items, it will ultimately add to the issue of lower population in open world as people stick to their raiding parties avoiding anything not to do with the raid (if in open world).

Thirdly, game needs more content … what the kittens … I have over 1600 hours logged into this game, sure its less that some other but I can always find something to do. From levelling to obtaining resources, to killing someone from another server, to getting some achievements done, I have always found something to do. If you are finding yourself burnt out on some content, try something else, mix it up a little. Variety is what Guild Wars 2 offers, and if you play with that in mind, you wont get burnt out on content.

And finally, recently ArenaNet publicised that the active population is growing each day, not just the amount of accounts signed up, but the amount of people actually playing each day has grown since launch and continues to grow. For a game 5 months in this is a good thing, it shows people are not only remaining interested, but more and more people are interested in the game too (probably through word of mouth).

The game is not dead, it only appears that way because the content has people congregating in rewarding areas, and avoiding the low reward areas.

Thats annoying, I WvW with different characters depending on what I want to do

As topic asks, is the commander icon account or soul bound?

Was in WvW today, all I can say is if GW2 is dead … there be a whole lotta zombies kicking it in WvW.

GW2 isn’t dead, but yes there are many areas of GW2 that are “quiet” and if we are to believe some of the words coming from recent publicity then this next patch, along with patches in feb/march, should address that issue.

This is my “plan”

1. level each profession, unlocking all skills
2. fit each toon with exotic
3. fit each toon with 20 slot boxes
4. fill up fines/craftables bank
5. do achievements
6. go for legendary weapon
7. twiddle thumbs

Chances are unless you are west coast america, you’ll get the patch on the 29th

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Flame-Frost-launch-time/1304625

Clark Skinner.4902:

“By end of day Jan 28th PST”

So, by the following times we will have the patch.

Mon 28 23:59 PST
Tue 29 02:59 EST
Tue 29 07:59 UTC
Tue 29 08:59 CET
Tue 29 17:75 AEST

ThiBash.5634:

It is rumored that the ‘instant party wipe’ mechanic at the end of the Jade Sea fractal was added as a gold sink. Is this true?

I did this fractal the other day, myself and another party member survived the last attack . I did grab a crystal and dodged like mad but I did survive.

We probably wont see the patch until atleast 5pm PST, this is because any last minute changes will be made during the work day, and tested before release. So I expect to goto bed in a few hours, sleep well, then spend the morning downloading the “expansions worth” of content.

took my mesmer into 15-25 area, completed the area at level 25, picked up only 5 items for my class, only 3 of those items I could upgrade to.

This means @ lvl 25, I am heading into a 25-35 area with:
Head: lvl 18
Shoulders: lvl 12
Top: lvl 14
Gloves: lvl 8
Pants: lvl 18
Boots: lvl 14
GreatSword: lvl 19
Scepter: lvl 11
Focus: lvl 14
Trident: lvl 20
Spear: lvl20

This is NOT going to be fun … challenging yes, fun no.

I am a little confused by (atleast) early mesmer. I have a lvl21 mesmer with a great sword and apart from the #4 skill, any other clones do no damage and do not pull agro away from me, which gets frustrating when something chasing you and 3 clones are out doing no damage and not taking agro away from you, and the clones don’t get close enough to the foe to utilise shatter skills.

What am I doing wrong? How do I make clones more effective at low levels?

Well, just finished clearing the silvari 1-15 area, good news is I picked up 8 items that my profession can use, bad news is only 3 of the items are useful upgrades.

Here is how my equipment looks at lvl21 all from drops:
head: lvl 12
shoulders: lvl 12
top: lvl 14
pants: lvl 14
gloves: lvl 8
shoes: lvl 14

scepter: lvl 11
focus: lvl 14
greatsword: lvl 19
Trident: lvl 20
Spear: lvl 20

My armour is in need of upgrades for me to survive level appropriate areas

Leamas.5803:

There’s supposedly an AOE issue? As a necro with a staff as my primary weapon, and condition damage as my primary offensive skill, I fight almost exclusively with AOE and haven’t any any problems. Well, unlike a high level warrior, I’m not soloing a lot of champions, but I do alright. Can someone point to a link on information about this supposed problem?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Is-AoE-actually-a-problem-Discussion-Thread/first

The basic run down is that AoE is being used in areas where single target skills should be used so AoE is going to be modified so it less effective against single targets.

As for farming with AoE I don’t see this being an issue if you are in a group, solo only time will tell.

Back on topic: I completely cleared the Asuran 1-15 zone, got only 2 items I could upgrade to. For the entire area I did pick up only 5 items my class could use, but again I could only use 2 for upgrades. I seem to be “short” on loot as well, I didn’t even fill my inventory

just 2 more days till the update, I am hoping for a miracle and wanting to see loot fix in the patch notes.

Karizee.8076:

It’s like pacman grew feet and got personality. Quaggan is the embodiment of everything we love about gaming distilled into a little ball of Quaggan.

Two questions come up, what is the potion used, and what are you guys going to use when GiB is nerfed in a couple of days?

Yet another toy nerved just as I found out about it

So, went into fractals today to see if that was any better … I only made about 40 silver per level … so after doing lvl8 and 9, I was only about 80s ahead

It’s a rather wet Australia Day here in Brisbane

According to WIKI the recipes for mystic chests no longer works but searching the news forums found nothing about mystic chests. Can anyone confirm this?

So there is 2 types of nourishments in the game, Food and Utility. How do you tell which is what before purchasing/crafting? I am trying to work out what to use so I can have a food and utility nourishment running … do potions count nourishment, and if so which type? I know there is at least 1 food mentioned on wiki that is actually a utility nourishment, so it just confuses the question even more

yep, just tried it to confirm, in/out of combat made no difference to my movement speed when in stealth.

But I think I see the problem. It looks like 33% movement speed is the most I’ll get. I am using signet of shadows that has a passive 25% speed.

I have swiftness on dodge (33%) and comparing its speed to stealth speed they appear to be the same.

So, it looks like I am not getting the 50% increase as advertised but being capped at 33%

And confirmed: I am only getting 33% speed increase when in stealth, not the 50% the trait states. Confirmed by running with someone who used 33% swiftness.

You have got to be kidding me: 1st time out to cursed shore with my thief, ran it from Mount Maelstrom to cursed shore, only stopping to do 3 separate events in Straights of Devastation. I was in Cursed Shore yesterday with my warrior for the 1st times in about a week, but was gathering so only killed a few undead.

So got to Cursed Shore, ran to pent, then shelter, killed a non-event undead at shelter, got 2 porous bones, did the pent event, and all I got out of the entire event was 1 (one) hardened leather strap.

You have got to be kidding me, DR after 3 separate events in a different zone, AND after killing only 1(one) non-event undead.

This is not perceived, 1 (one) drop the entire event is not perceived. This kitten makes me want to not play out of sheer frustration It is NOT fun, and it is no longer funny.

P.S. Thief is lvl80 so its not a level issue.

Fleet Shadow “Move 50% faster while in stealth” does not appear to be working. I do not appear to move any faster than normal.

I can see this being abused for dungeons, “I don’t like your build, kicking you from party”. It is hard enough as a warrior trying to get in a group who doesn’t expect you to tank everything.

Quidditch anyone?

I have to say I am curious about the “riding broom” in the Flame & Frost article vs Regina’s statement about no new mounts. I do think it will be something similar to the witches outfit for halloween.

I haven’t gone to look at this yet but it looks like a tough place to get to compared to the hidden garden. Is it in every borderland?

so I am now level 79, picked up only 2 items in 14 levels to upgrade my equipment, so I am still running around with mostly lvl65 gear … so, except for the gear I bought off TP as I levelled up, since level 32 I have only picked up 9 … NINE … items that I could upgrade to.

To recap
32 -> 45 … picked up 5 items I could upgrade to
45 -> 65 … picked up 2 items I could upgrade to
65 -> 79 … picked up 2 items I could upgrade to

Upgraded armour and weapons via TP at levels 32, 45 & 65.

Prior to Nov15, I was able to upgrade characters I was levelling solely from drops. Since Nov15 I am forced to use TP to upgrade characters because they are just not getting the much needed drops.

This is NOT fun.

The pre-event in Mount Maelstrom volcano for the boss needs a longer respawn timer or foes need to be a little weaker because during the US overnight, there is only a few people on that map and it is impossible to do the event when we can only get 1 person on each laser.

On a side note due to the lack of people on the map, CoE is also closed US overnight (on yaks bend)

Guitarist.4017:

No this is completely different. There were 2 thieves I was talking about but at seperate times. They were alone. I was dodging it for atleast a minute and the whole time was stealthed, coming out for like 0.5 seconds to attack then stealth WITHOUT using a skill

If the thief has a dagger off hand they can use their #5 skill to attack then stealth, and for annoyance they can repeat doing this. There is also utility skills that can blind you, making it so you can’t see the thief(they haven’t stealthed), and one of their heals also stealths, as well a ground targeted stealth utility skill … dagger/pistol thief can also use black power + heartseeker to stealth.

There are probably some other options I have not explored yet but they are the ones I know about.

The heart quest in The Mire Sea in Mount Maelstrom “Help the order of whispers instigate a fight between krait and risen” which says “While disguised as a Risen, free slave, attack krait, and destroy their defences” has an issue when it comes to freeing slaves.

On Yaks Bend server, the slaves only interaction is “Greet” even is you kill any krait around them, they are not in the cages, and the cages are graphically open while giving you the option to open them (which does nothing). All she slaves in this area have this issue and cannot be freed.

From the recent interviews and discussions I was under the impression that new content was happening all over Tyria, but from the information provided today it looks like new content will be occurring in just 2 zones, specifically Wayfarer Foothills and Diessa Plateau?

another 10 levels and 0 upgrades from drops, I did get 1 upgrade from a dragon chest

So that now makes 43 levels, 7 upgrades from drops, rest of the upgrades were done via TP at levels 32, 45, 65. I am trying to hold out for 5 more levels so I can make basic level 80 gear for my toon while I save for the exotic gear.

While according to WIKI DR is zone independent, those of use suffering from what appears to be perma-DR feel it no matter what we do. For instance I am levelling a character atm who is constantly on the move, killing different things in different areas, and over the last 40 levels has not been able to upgrade armour/weapons through drops.

What I’m pointing out is that I have only ever gotten the beast one from BL chests, I have never gotten the forrest or furniture one.