Adzekul.3104

Last time I asked, they did it. It was about 1 or 1.5 years ago. Must dig it out. EDIT: Here it is, right before lockdown ... [https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/97977/its-time-for-another-double-wvw-xp-event#latest](https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/97977/its-time-for-another-double-wvw-xp-event#latest) The last one was some time in the summer if my memory is correct. The lockdown one (the second last) lasted 2-3 weeks.

Well, after some experimenting, it looks like I have been able to largely fix my problem. Maybe the repair worked, or maybe something else changed.

Repair finally succeeded on the sixth attempt (do not run anything else, do not let the mouse leave the windowed area of the repair tool, do not click anything ...) but it didn't fix the problem. I still have only about 5 minutes of play time before the graphics driver crashes again. Please investigate and fix, Anet. I should clarify, this happens in WvW. I have not tried other game content yet. And it seems to be only in Alpine Borderlands.

EU Login servers seem to be offline.

Snowden Drifts CM is too difficult for the average player. Pugs do not seem to have dodge as an "oh shit" skill. You can complete the other 3 CMs even if people fail hard, but Snowden Drifts you cannot. And so I wonder if the design is off. I can see both sides of the debate, but I guess that means people have to get used to failing Snowden Drifts CM.

A very interesting thread. The OP got me thinking and with the help of GW2efficiency, I pieced together my highlights for 2020: 9 legendary weapons (7 for keeps and 2 for sale) WvW legendary medium armour (to complete the WvW set) PvP legendary back item and amulet (my first real entry into GW2 pvp) WvW legendary ring another go at PvE raids, this time much more sustained (started in Jan, still going strong) 2021 plans: 3 legendary items (rifle, longbow and PvE raid ring) to complete 1 of each weapon type and all trinkets for the coming legendary armoury. Hope it works as we all hope/believe/wish. I also hope that this inspires me to "progress horizontally" and learn classes I rarely play Legendary Runes + Sigils are on hold. Maybe the armoury will make them useful/worthwhile, but for now I do not see the value End of Dragons and LWS5, of course. I hope EoD will be more engaging than PoF, but it looks like LWS5 will be a slog other plans remain to be determined (32 slot bags, PvE raid legendary light armour, another agony + stat infusion set from fractals, accumuating enough Gaeting Crystals to buy the Dhuum armour set + chair + staff ...)

If you have loads of extra time on your hands ... and plan to buy the expansions ... and want to unlock all elite specs in the first 1-3 hours (or less) of the expansion ... get all 404 extra/unused HPs in the game on every class before the expansion goes live. This is a nice "project" for those who think & plan ahead. I did this in advance of PoF going live and, since the very first instance was bugged and PoF was unplayable on launch, I spent the first night simply unlocking all the elite specs on all my characters. And the next morning (EU) when the game was playable, I was ready for all content (story & open world & WvW for me) with all elite specs.

In no particular order of priority: 1) Legendary Armoury as described without any gemstore functionality (i.e. I do not have to pay to unlock slots or to make gear available to other characters or to use the system). 2) Changes to the build load-outs/templates/whatever system to remove gemstore functionality. 3) EoD with enjoyable, balance elite specs that do not need me to use "too many buttons". I am never going to be dextrous enough to be a piano player and do not want the game to make me feel like I am not good enough because of it. 4) EoD with engaging story + maps that does not seem rushed or cut short (i.e. PoF story and HoT story both seemed like they were slow for a long time and then came to a swift conclusions). 5) WvW Alliances working as described and intended. 6) Please NO player housing or fishing. These activities stop large numbers of people from engaging in group content. TBF, I always enjoyed fishing in WoW, but it stopped me from doing group content for hours on end. 7) An engine(?) that can either handle the graphics overload or switch it off so I can see what I am fighting in PvE + WvW zergs. 8) A fully resourced team for WvW (and PvP too -- new maps & modes). 9) A fully resourced team for fixing all the old bugs and annoyances, and updating old content to make it engaging (incl dungeons, raid bugs that have never been fixed, legendary collections, etc). 10) Updated daily quests to include elements of the new content. 11) No server performance issues, no matter how old or new the content is (PoF maps jump out as a key example, but LSW3 and 4 maps should remain free of issues after the expansion too). 12) Some quarterly-ish updates on EoD features Anet is working on (not asking for promises, but tidbits that hopefully confirm some or all of the above and maybe some hints at the features thereof).

As far as I an determine, from a lot of testing, it only happens on the basic mounts and it seems to coincide with the rendering of the mount skin. SPECULATION: Maybe forcing the basic mount to render without a mount skin causes some wonky behaviour.

Oh no! The links in the OP are now broken (this is recent, like the past 2-3 months). But the Imgur album linked 3 posts above still works.

Additionally, the Frostbitten Orichalcum Harvesting Sickle is also not giving snowflakes, but the equivalent mining pick is. I can confirm that my (permanent) Unbound Magic Harvesting Blast + Glyph of the Tailor seems to be working as normal/expected.

I ask because I was expecting to be able to buy Dragon Crystal 2 today. Assuming this was reasonable, it makes sense to question why DC1 was buyable. It makes it look like we have to re-buy DC1 before buying DC2.

No Mastery unlock for you? Someone in-game confirmed this already, but would be good to have it here for all to read.

Is this for real or some sick joke? There are no new DRMs and no patch today (unless it is late ... maybe?!) and no new "community event" for this week? I am not cool with the dead game memes, but this feels like the game is being abandoned.

One additional consideration ... a lot of people have no clue what to do after completing story versions of the three DRMs because the story just stops and the instructions are as clear as mud. Now, most of us have figured it out after 3 days, but I fear there is a lack of enthusiasm due to this. And let's not overlook the sorry state of the Champions LFG. This is a huge mess and nobody seems to be fixing it, or even acknowledging the problem. What happpens when all the "weekend warriors" log in and cannot figure out how to do the content?

It is even worse when 1 person leaves after 2, and you want to do the third. You have to convert to squad before using LFG, and make sure that everyone in party also joins the squad, move off to some part of the same instance, convince the 5th person to join your instance and get them to stand nearby, drop squad and then invite all 4 to your party. Instructions are hard, it seems and people have difficulty doing all this. It is **incomprehensible** that this has not yet been fixed.

Let's get more attention on this. I posted 2 days ago already and there has been no acknowledgement. [https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/118564/lfg-ui-and-drms#latest](https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/118564/lfg-ui-and-drms#latest)

I feel ripped off that a home instance node (50g + 245k karma) is dropping grey junk. Surely this is a bug. I can understand (maybe, sort or, kind of, perhaps ...) they might want to limit the currency drops to 1 per day (okay, actually I am not certain I can, but whatever) but the grey junk must be a bug, surely. How could it possibly be justifiable to have grey items, 10 copper value maximum, dropping from a home instance node?!?!?!

After doing the 3 DRMs, the story becomes frustratingly unclear. "Calm in the Storm" has no useful text to indicate what you need to do next. "Ready your allies" is as clear as mud and "Speak with Lady Camilla" offers no clear indication of how you complete the Chapter. Really very unsatisfied with the story in this Chapter.

Very happy to see the voice acting added to the previous 2 episodes. This was the first thing I did: Review of the conversations with Bangar and then the previous 2 episodes. This and the Dragon Banner change to WvW were the only good things I have found in the patch and they could not out-weight all the bad, I am afraid. The rest is just plain disappointing; two thumbs definitely down for the whole patch, for all the reasons stated above. My "lowlights" (things that stand out as **especially** disappointing): 1) No new map. 2) It seems the designers listened to the "we want Season 1 back please" people and designed a series of episodes of a similar style. "Next best thing" approach, I suppose. Sorry, bad idea. 3) The home instance node drops "greys" worth less than 10 copper. WTF?!?! For 50 gold and 245k karma ... WTF?!?! I feel ripped off. No home instance node should ever drop greys/whites unless they have some minor value like say, 50 silver (total; per node). But the game probably does not need more riches, so why put junk items in a home instance node? It feels so unnecessary, like a slap in the face to those who engage fully with the content you produce. 4) Story too short and not very engaging. One cannot help but get the feeling that resources for LWS5 have been nerfed to the level of WvW resources :-( This new direction in story content is leaving me feeling very uncertain about the future of GW2 and/or my future in GW2. This has undone much/all of the goodwill and optimism I felt after the announcement of EoD and leaves only uncomfortable questions in my mind about the direction of the game.