Andy.5981

You might not be aware of the issues with PvP at the moment. This might be the cause of the disconnects you are experiencing. Apparently there is some sort of exploit that is disconnecting players. Anet Devs are aware of it. The relevant thread is below. https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/127353-stealth-attacks-are-the-cause-of-dcs-at-starts-of-matches/

Correct, however they did have Steerboards, from where we get the word Starboard. This skiff is also lacking one of those.

Wonder which evil bad person will end up kidnapping Empress Ihn sparking a full blown diplomatic incident requiring the Commander and a certain Canthan with an UNFEASABLY LARGE HAT to get involved 🙂

Yes you can still summon them in Green and Blue Borderlands. Red and Eb are disabled.

That skin can only be applied to Shortbows. Mesmers cannot use Shortbows. My money is on the Ebonheart Crossbow Pistol skin, which can be applied to Pistols, which Mesmer can use. This skin looks like a small hand held crossbow and it fires arrows and sounds like a bow. The low rate of fire (10s or so) sounds like an offhand weapon. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ebonhawke_Crossbow_Pistol_Skin

I actually like the SB aura and wish to keep it, so I would be opposed if the changes were not optional in game.

It is quite simple. The spawn area that these players are standing on is unlike any other on the map. It spawns multiple npcs very quickly, almost like an event that hasn't cleaned up properly after the event has occurred. No other spot on the map acts like this. If it is a map event that is failing to clean up properly then sort it out. If it isn't related to an event either remove the spawn point from the map or reduce the amount of npcs spawned/increase the timer between spawns.

Experiencing the same thing as everyone else in this thread so far. Something in the back of my mind is sort of telling me that this happened a while back when they did some sort of update to every map in the game world, which used a ton of very tiny files? This patch is well over 130k files, maybe its something to do with that? Edit - starting to run a little quicker but it has now downloaded over 500Mb, thats quite a bit larger than normal Festival patches, wonder if its something to do with the upcoming DX11 changeover? Further Edit - Finally completed. Total patch size is just over 900Mb Think we have downloaded more than a Festival update....

There are limitiations on using the Trading posts on new accounts. You can take a look at them on the Wiki page on the following link, scroll down to Limitations/Time requirements. CS will not circumvent these "time locks" for any reason. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Account#Creating_an_account

Thank you, that seems to rule out that suggestion then. In the absence of any other suggestions perhaps it might be an idea for the OP to submit a ticket to support to see if they are bugged or not?

Yeah I know. I checked as well. So you've not unlocked or finished the Herald Specialization on your Revenant or you have but you've not equipped it?

Very odd, your screenshot clearly shows 100% completion on the Retribution specialization. Have you got the Retribution specialization equipped on that character and selected traits in each section? If not might that unlock it? Just a suggestion, its been that long since I've done the mistward armour collections. Edit: I've just looked at your Screenshot again. Are you Core Revenant? Have you unlocked the Herald Specialization? That might be the problem. Your screenshot shows no yellow bar in Herald/Renegade or Vindicator. You might need to work on the Herald Specialization and equip it?

Hmm your posting style reminds me of someone, I just cannot put my finger on it. Oh hang on I know, I shall use the forum search function.....

Are you on an EU or NA server? If you are on an EU server I'll gladly help, send me a /whisper in game.

The Wiki has a walkthrough of the fight. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Mystery_Cave AyinMaiden has a video of the instance, which may help you, the fight section is obviously near the end. did it for the 13th time with my Spectre earlier this year (I've just had my 55th birthday), it isn't too difficult to get through if you do the mechanics. That said, I've never managed not to get hit by the rocks to get that particular achievment! Hope this helps and good luck. https://youtu.be/ai-JHDo1A70 Edit - Just read one of the comments under the video, it does state that the video doesn't show an important part of the boss fight, in that after you have lit one of the divine fire, you need to get the divine fire again in order to kill the shadow creature that tries to put out the fire that you lit (the wiki walkthrough does explain this)

yeah, there is definately something screwy going on in certain parts. As I said previously the top of the normal WvW borderlands in the snow has been bright for years (that's with Post Processing set to high). Another area where Ive seen weird lighting effects with Post Processing set to high is at the top of the cliff above Crash Site 1 in Drytop. I'm currently standing there now, if you stand close to the Hero point and look down into the valley the lighting is fine. If you move towards the Vista the area in the valley gets progressively whiter with a heavy mist (again this is with Postprocessing set to high). Setting it to Low the effect is less pronounced but it is still there.

I've always played with post processing set to high, so none of this has come as a shock to me. It looks exactly as I've always seen it. I'm aware that some areas of the WvW borderlands, particularly at the top right in the snow area have always seemed very bright but this has always been the case for me. It's not be caused by this patch. That said, clearly some people are having issues or don't like this being forced upon them. If its possible just add Off to Low Medium and High for Post Processing? Having said all that I've come across one oddity. I use the DX9 depricated option. I have a Charr Revenant dressed in the Mistward Armour. In Gendarran fields with Post Processing set to high, the way the armour alters colour as the day progresses is quite impressive, particulary at dusk where it takes on a sort of glowing light blue colour. When I've been wandering around the area to the west of Bloodhill Waypoint, the armour loses its reflectivity and becomes very dull. moving to the east again the armour becomes glowy again.

No it isn't anything you are doing wrong, its just the way Anet coded it and has been there since HoT was released. In Core Tyria zones you will not get these messages. The idea behind it is a good one. It prevents players from tagging events and running off hoping that someone will finish it them for them and as a result they get the reward for very little participation. Having the participation run out after a certain amount of time prevents this. The problem is the "participation" timer keeps counting down after the event is successfully completed, resulting in the messages you see on your screen. Quite why Anet didn't code it so that as soon as the event completes the timer is removed I don't know. If you've successfully finished the event you will get your reward and exp irrespective of this message.

Well yes it will be affected if the mech drifts beyond the 360 unit distance however... Lord Hizen's condition build uses Mech Arms: High impact drivers and is always close to the engaged enemy, rather than using Mech arms: Jade Cannon and being at range. I've been soloing and duoing PoF bounties over the last few nights, sticking close to the enemy and the mech. Didn't lose mechanical genius once. You don't have to bother about positioning the mech because it is right there in the face of the enemy. It's actually a really fun build to play, dodging, running around the enemy to ensure you don't step into area effect circles etc., thoroughly recommended. So in answer to your question, to avoid losing the Mechanical genius, use High impact drivers, don't go range.

Hmm this thread is missing something, ah yes a) The obligatory post of "report and move on" from the usual person b) The "I'm locking this thread, if you see this sort of behaviour report in game" post from the Mods. To the OP, I wouldnt even bother, if Anet are ok with people automatically button pressing (be they at their keyboard or not) farming stuff to convert to gold to convert to gems to make shop purchases etc., and thereby denying them an income, well more fool them...

This is exactly the same location where I encountered the issue (if any devs are reading this)

No problem, glad to help a little. If you are using an mechanical Hard drive the SSD will make a massive difference to your load times. Make sure you turn off shadows as well, that will give you a little more FPS increase in crowded locations too.

I'm at my thirteenth playthrough of said episode and have encountered this "bug" once. To the OP there is a post within the Bug section outlining the same thing., it is obviously happening to players.

Thank you for tightening up my English. When I said Fail, it was meant in the context of if the pre events weren't done within the timer for luring out the Shatterer, then the Shatterer spawn would fail. I've seen that happen a few times where people just sat and assumed the Pre's were being done. Anyway enough replying to fretting. OP's post warrants Anet looking at it.

Thanks for the advice. I've been playing since release, have run 13 characters (comprising of at least 1 of each class) through every single bit of open world content and know the events and maps like the back of my hand. Im well aware it runs slower with more people. Back in the day when there were a lot of participants in these pre events, the they were always done within the time and rarely failed. You are fretting over nothing. If and it is an if, Anet decided to implement something like the OP or I suggested to boost rewards based on participation of pre events, you can be assured that people would do them.