Shyanmar.5936

So I haven't played in a while (maybe half a year or so) and recently got back into it. I want to stress that I have never previously had this issue, nor do I see it with any other game. This is exclusively an issue with GW2. I can play the game just fine for about an hour or so, after which it becomes increasingly likely for the game to freeze up (not sure this is relevant but it often seems to coincide with me using a mount attack, it's just a pattern I noticed). Sometimes the screen blacks out for a bit, sometimes not. Most times, after a few seconds the game does recover again (and I am able to alt-tab or ctrl-alt-del out), in which case it will happen again within a few seconds or minutes. Eventually, there are two possible outcomes: - The game will exit with an error message stating that it has encountered an unrecoverable graphics driver error (happens more rarely). - The game freezes my system completely, forcing me to do a cold reset via power button (happens a lot more commonly). Now, it's a bit hard to tell because I can only check this while having the task manager open while the game is running in the background and not currently freezing on me, but my GPU does seem to run a bit hot when this happens, spiking from around 60-65°C to almost 80°C, with the fan going full speed. Again, I have not noticed this in any other game, ever - nor in the past in GW2 on the same exact PC. I've of course tried updating the graphics drivers to the most current version, which has not helped. Any insight into what's going on here would be greatly appreciated. Specs: Ryzen 7 2700X GTX 980 32 GB RAM (if a dxdiag helps, I'll happily provide it)

Just gonna add my two cents here because I believe it's important that we make ourselves and our feedback heard on this. Firstly, let me start on a positive note and just say the skins are gorgeous. The love and passion you guys have definitely shows.I also do not think that you're evil, greedy villains. In fact, the reaction and outrage this was going to generate was probably blindingly obvious to most if not all of you, even though of course you can't go out and openly say that. And being a software developer myself (even though a far cry from gaming), I also - and I believe this to be an important point that many people might miss - know that you, as a developer, may not always have much of a say in what you release to your customer, even may have to do things you yourself absolutely don't like or think of as okay. I, for one, am neither judging nor condemning you. At the end of the day, you guys are simply doing your jobs. That said, the decision was a horrid one. Many people, me included, are perfectly willing to support you guys by buying stuff from the store, especially the long-awaited mount skins. I, for one, however, want to be able to choose what I pay money for. I don't have much myself and feel it's not a small or trivial thing for me to buy some gems every now and then - I do that very deliberately. I certainly don't have 120 bucks to spend just to make sure I get the skin I want, and even if I did, I believe that adding a RNG element to this (which is a lousy solution in the best of cases, although I know it can't be avoided at times) is basically an insult to any of us who are willing to part with our hard-earned cash to support this game. Yes, it's cosmetic, and yes, you can theoretically pay with gold. But it still sets a bad precedent, and it still sends out a message I do not believe you guys want associated with your studio. I am more than willing to buy some mount skins. I really, really want to. But I will not do it until and unless this is changed.