Redemier.1324 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Hello everyone, i enjoyed Gw2 a lot in recent years. it was and probably is my fv MMOrpg. i was away from the game for the past year because of my masters and now that i am back at it, i can't connect, because somehow the login process is blocked for iranian IPs. now, i own every expansion and even bought items from the store with my real money. there was nothing like this before in the game (even in the TOS and yes i read it) and i could play without any problem. if the game was blocking iranian IPs from the day 1, i would have never posted this today, but since i spent a lot of money on the game and now the game is blocking my ip, i can safely say it's not fair. now some Companies are holding iranian IPs from accessing their "free" games but the beloved guild wars is not a full free game. please do something about it. it's not fair... and before saying "this is the law" nope, almost all of the big companies are not blocking iranian IPs (not gonna name them here because it's A.net forums and it's not polite to advertise other MMOs) anyways, thanks for spending time and reading this. i hope someday we can all live in peace together, so nobody's left behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrHome.1920 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 There is some sanctions (economics) and security (hackers) stuff going on between the US government and iran, which leads to IP blocks. That's not anet's fault. Do you play on an EU server? These are in frankfurt/germany. And it is interesting that you can access the forum. Like mentioned masking your IP can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schimmi.6872 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 AWS/Amazon started to block Iranian users from their services about a year ago, so this problem may actually be caused by them, not by anet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lare.5129 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 before that post I was sure that in Iran no internet, and no any pc. It is legal to play pc games in Iran? Or it is some risk ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redemier.1324 Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 > @"TinkTinkPOOF.9201" said: > > @"anduriell.6280" said: > > use a VPN to mask your IP. > > Those are fairly cheap . > > They are. But to be fair, if as the OP stated, the whole block of IPs is being blocked for no reason, that is, he was not doing anything wrong or suspicious, in terms of hacking/botting etc and they are just mass blocking a geo region for whatever reason out of no where, then they should be held accountable to those people who have bought or paid into the game. At the very least a full refund. > > Requiring someone to bypass their IP block to access the game, which adds a monthly fee to be able to play, I don't consider acceptable. If this was using a VPN to get a stable connection or less lag, or something anet has no control over...ok, fair enough, but having to pay for one JUST to be able to play because of actions that are fully in anets control? No. > > To the OP, have to submitted a ticket yet? An IP block like this is not something we can help you troubleshoot, other than suggesting as above, to pay for a VPN. If you want this fixed, or a full answer, you will need to submit a ticket for a anet response, as they don't answer things here. Thank you, no i haven't but i doubt it does something. i mean the server i connect to is in europe so it's weird that europe's server blockes iran's ip too. thanks for your attention and comment though :) and yes buying a monthly vpn only to be able to play my fv mmo? an mmo i already paid hundreds of dollars in? not fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redemier.1324 Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 > @"lare.5129" said: > before that post I was sure that in Iran no internet, and no any pc. It is legal to play pc games in Iran? Or it is some risk ? hello :) thanks for you attention to this post. iran is a fairly developed country (comparing to third world countries) and there is a lot of culture and technology. you can watch some documentaries about iran on YT (pay attention to "Tehran" sections). or simply make an iranian friend online if u wanna know more. but again happy that ur mindset changed even a little :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redemier.1324 Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 > @"Schimmi.6872" said: > AWS/Amazon started to block Iranian users from their services about a year ago, so this problem may actually be caused by them, not by anet? yes maybe that's the problem :( thanks for your comment though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redemier.1324 Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 > @"KrHome.1920" said: > There is some sanctions (economics) and security (hackers) stuff going on between the US government and iran, which leads to IP blocks. That's not anet's fault. > > Do you play on an EU server? These are in frankfurt/germany. And it is interesting that you can access the forum. > > Like mentioned masking your IP can help. hello there :) yes i am aware of that. and yes i play on EU server cause it's closer and have better ping. thanks for your attention! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 You can 'Submit a Ticket' via the 'Support' link above/below, and discuss the issue with the CS Team. If necessary, use the 'Anonymous' feature offered on the site page. Whilst you await information from the CS Team via your submitted ticket, you can use one of the many free VPNs. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannelore.8153 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 You'll need to use a VPN to access the game, and if you're on NA, you should also transfer to an EU world for lower latency, since the VPN will add a bit of latency and playing on an NA server would probably become unviable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska.1605 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I hope they can get this resolved for you mate. It's a bad situation that you didn't really ask to be in, but the world is a crazy place right now :anguished: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 It's odd that there are no other posts from any players in Iran. Are you sure it's because of Iran IPs, or is there only a very, very few players there? What error message did you get? What did the CS Team have to say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElyasPeyou.8197 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 > @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said: > It's odd that there are no other posts from any players in Iran. > Are you sure it's because of Iran IPs, or is there only a very, very few players there? > What error message did you get? > What did the CS Team have to say? hey , there are no posts of any players because many of us had to leave this amazing game, after all sending posts would not help either :). and yes Iran IPs has blocked like 1 year ago (i don't exactly know by whom side Iran or other ports like amazon and etc... ) ,and for the other question of yours no we don't get specific errors well for me at least it's 42 section errors or some others about IPs. CS team or arenanet or even Amazon would give us no answer in this case cause i think there is nothing even they can do about it anyway , so why bother. as the other friend here commented that world turned cruel and crazy i'm 100% agree with that, we living in under shadows of some power thirsty governments that thinks of only their own benefits. like my compatriot (Redemier.1324) i too bought all the features in this game from expansion to cosmetics and so on with real money ,so how we are going to take our money back or at least save those things that we spent our money on (as the time goes on so our life ) . when we will be able to play this game again ? :) peace is a good thing but hard to achieve . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnius Magius.8091 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 > @"Hannelore.8153" said: > You'll need to use a VPN to access the game, and if you're on NA, you should also transfer to an EU world for lower latency, since the VPN will add a bit of latency and playing on an NA server would probably become unviable. Yes. the VPN I use works really well. I can't choose to play from many areas. It triggers the 2 step verification with each location change. But you can have the login remember that server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska.1605 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 https://www.comparitech.com/privacy-security-tools/blockediniran/ It looks as if it's blocked by the Iranian government rather than the other way around. You should definitely look at getting a VPN set up @"ElyasPeyou.8197" :) Also, here's a list of VPNs that are confirmed working in Iran, specifically, so that should be a bit more specific to your situations :) https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/best-vpn-for-iran/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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