Aaralyna.3104 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Have never had this before but currently when I open the forum (unlogged state) on English on my smartphone it says "no categories are found". In other languages it does display so it seems to be EN only. When I log in I do see everything but I usually do not log in when reading forums and F2P accounts probably have the same empty page. Unless its only on my side but I cannot test that atm. A fix would be appreciated, thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charrbeque.8729 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Same thing just happened to me on PC. While logged out the forums says no categories found and the "Latest Arenanet Posts" at the top show nothing. Everything seems fine while logged in. I even tried the Windows 10 Edge browser and it's the same issue. Edit: Can confirm. After logging out I switched to other languages and it seemed fine but the EN isn't working. @"Aaralyna.3104" The forums are meant to be read by anybody when not logged in. F2P accounts wouldn't have any issues unless logged in and that is if there are any restrictions on forum access for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaralyna.3104 Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 > @"Charrbeque.8729" said: > @"Aaralyna.3104" The forums are meant to be read by anybody when not logged in. F2P accounts wouldn't have any issues unless logged in and that is if there are any restrictions on forum access for them. Yes exactly. But they also will have this issue. The only thing is that F2P cannot have forum accounts as its the restriction for not having purchased the game so these players cannot login nor post. Which means they cannot access things like reading patch notes in English atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solace.3425 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I just encountered the same issue. I never log in to just read the latest and was surprised I couldn't read the forums without logging in. Edit. I post the above message and then was leaving. As soon as I logged out the forum disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaralyna.3104 Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 > @"Solace.3425" said: > I just encountered the same issue. I never log in to just read the latest and was surprised I couldn't read the forums without logging in. > > Edit. I post the above message and then was leaving. As soon as I logged out the forum disappeared. Do you still have the issue atm Solace? For me it solved by itself in noon (thus I changed the status to probably solved) but if you still have the issue then I will put it back as unsolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HnRkLnXqZ.1870 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I first thought the board was hacked; glad this is not the case ^^. Still, the forum should be read-able for non registered visitors. It is a great source of knowlege, news and entertainment. If you try to access a thread with a direct link, you get moved to the login-page. Which indicates that the permission-rights were changed. Either accidentally done by an Administrator or Vanilla Forums directly (my guess). The Language-Boards (French, German, Spanish) are still accessible. This promotes the mistake-answer. Accidently checked a checkbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyaren.7642 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 This also affects any RSS feeds :) https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/categories/game-release-notes/feed.rss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incar.7358 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Happening for a day now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solace.3425 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 > @"Aaralyna.3104" said: > > @"Solace.3425" said: > > I just encountered the same issue. I never log in to just read the latest and was surprised I couldn't read the forums without logging in. > > > > Edit. I post the above message and then was leaving. As soon as I logged out the forum disappeared. > > Do you still have the issue atm Solace? For me it solved by itself in noon (thus I changed the status to probably solved) but if you still have the issue then I will put it back as unsolved. I just checked and it's still happening. I had to log in to even view the thread. After I post the comment, as soon as I log out to leave the screen immediately flips to the "no posts" screen you initially see when coming to the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaralyna.3104 Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 I put its state back to not fixed as seemingly theres still a lot wrong. I had the issue starting yesterday if that may be of any use for the forum team. Using Chrome browser. @"Fire Attunement.9835" Maybe you can have a look at this forum issue or inform the ones in charge of the forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staringcenter.5013 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 This issue is also happening for me. I first noticed it last at about 12 AM EST. I have checked on both my phone and my PC and the result is the same. I am getting the same result in both firefox and chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fang Wolfika.6820 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 I was wondering what was going on. I notice this last night when I tried to see what was going on during a break at work. Had to finally log in just now and everything came back normal. Hoping they get this fixed soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithos.9023 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 I have the exact same issue. I can only see the english forum when I am logged in. I posted in the reddit mega question thread and few others have experience this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vee.5609 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Glad it's not just me; was thinking it was an attempt at some new security "feature" - switching user agents did not act as a workaround either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costepj.5120 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 GW2 efficiency also seems to have stopped updating on Nov 5, which may be related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Gw2efficiency seems to be working for me; at least as well as it ever works. I don't think they are related. Forum bug are almost always caused by Vanilla, and take a week or more to be fixed...by Vanilla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charrbeque.8729 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 > @"Aaralyna.3104" said: > > @"Charrbeque.8729" said: > > > @"Aaralyna.3104" The forums are meant to be read by anybody when not logged in. F2P accounts wouldn't have any issues unless logged in and that is if there are any restrictions on forum access for them. > > Yes exactly. But they also will have this issue. The only thing is that F2P cannot have forum accounts as its the restriction for not having purchased the game so these players cannot login nor post. Which means they cannot access things like reading patch notes in English atm. Good point. Forums are still bugged for me. I'm sure it will be fixed soon. Hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaralyna.3104 Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 @"Charrbeque.8729" Ye, I thought it fixed yesterday when I checked on phone (only went to the overview page)... But noticed when I clicked further when I accessed on phone today that I was never logged off there yesterday lol. So it never was fixed. It would indeed be nice if theres a fix soon or at least an acknowledgement from higher up (especially since the new patch comes out soon and patchnotes should be available for everyone). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soilder.3607 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Having this issue today. Cannot view forums unless logged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonja Teh Trapper.7012 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 might just be me but when clicking on the forums in the web site you have a message of no catagories on the forums page? no i figure others might have this problem or web site is down on the forums? only way i can see what is on the forums is by logging in to read the catagories that is out! hope this issue gets resolved soon and please be honest about your issues for this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minelle.8205 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 I've been experiencing this too. Hope it fixes soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donari.5237 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 (Removed and posted in 'cedo's link below, thanks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Other's experiences here: https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/117820/forum-en-bug-issue#latest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donari.5237 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 I encountered this today. I thought it might be an issue on my tablet (using Chrome and Safari), but once I got to my PC and signed out, I experienced the same thing in FireFox. I generally like to scan the forums earlier in the day, before I get to my computer, to check on what's new in the gem store, any announcements, and whatever the big topics of the day seem to be. Since my forum password is de facto my game password, and I do not know for sure my tablet is secure for such purposes, I won't type my password into my tablet. So please fix this if possible. (I'll still take this over the problems I'm having with the ESO forums, which also use the Vanilla platform. Those have gone freaking horrible with being unable to precisely read where the mouse cursor is, so you have to click many lines away from the thread or subforum you want to read. And then most of the time the thread won't fully load, cutting off mid post with a pile of blank space below. Those are pretty much unreadable right now. I really hope GW2's Vanilla doesn't go as screwy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solace.3425 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Still encountering the problem. I'm using Microsoft Edge as a browser for this in case it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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