Archguardian.9278

I'm sharing the following in the hopes it is helpful for Anet to determine the source of the crashing. This past week we received a few successive large file updates to address crashing issues. Prior to them, I would freeze then crash every day or so. Some times I'd go a week without issue, some times it seemed I'd crash 2 or 3 times in a row. After receiving the first large file update this week, things were different. I'd freeze momentarily like I usually did before crashing. However, instead of crashing much to my delight I'd unfreeze still be in the game! 😄 After the most recent large file update (the 3rd one I believe), I seem to be crashing every 5 minutes. It does not matter if I was in a world boss battle with many people around, or in a distant zone all to myself. At one point today I crashed 6 times in the span of 10 minutes trying to get the 100 Awakened kills in the Desolation for the weekly. Hopefully this will help narrow down things. 🙂

tysm for fixing this. 😄

I'm having the same issue, for now I can't have my cake and eat it too. Looking forward to getting my platter back. 🙂 EDIT: The Birthday Blaster still works to apply the 10 minute version of the boon.

Also would like to see a relic that summons an ally for 60 seconds while in combat. I used those on certain builds too for kicks. They could even make the ally vary depending on what your class is.

Yes I'd like the Relic of Sanctuary back please. 10% of healing as a barrier was very versatile and enjoyable. 🙂

I don't believe this will be pay to win any more than the game "already is." Overall I really like the introduction of the relic. It allows for much more customization, allowing players to play and have the types of builds they want. I use a few runes specifically for the 6th bonus, though the other stats don't really mean much to me. With this I can have meaningful stats and my niche bonus. Very much hoping for legendary relics on release. Thanks Anet for letting people play the way they want to play. 🙂

My friend and I discovered the Glove of Wisdom has a secret use*. After beating a level, we face each other spaced a little apart, and use the skill at the same time to give each other a high-5. Spread the word!! 😄 * Secret use may or may not be useful. 😉 But it is fun!

Thanks, I was mistaken. I must have closed the window after putting 250 items, and donated 1 item thinking I donated a stack. Glad it doesn't take 250 stacks to get to tier 1!

My friend was only able to donate 1 stack of items before the others got greyed out. I can donate 250 stacks of 250 items. Are we only supposed to be able to donate 1 stack per week or 250 stacks?

Thanks folks. This was more of a sanity check than anything else. I've never needed to block someone, and this is a blip. Any other feedback I've had has always been very positive. It was a non-standard group. Virtuoso, 2 mechs, DH and my HB. Total pick-up group. I think the issue came with me jokingly saying I'd stop healing, then my slow loads while they got hammered by the first trash mobs after rushing in without me there. I've seen a lot more deviation in people, builds and attitudes since they nerfed fractal instabilities. I think the nerf is a good thing, it opens fractals to builds people enjoy playing vs having to pick a meta. I like playing the support role, and I also like being the HB as it ensures the instances go smoothly. I just took stock given the situation. I had another group recently that rushed T4 molten boss, they dragged all the mobs to the first mini-boss before the bridge. We all laughed as they really made me work hard to heal, but tbh I'm used to people just doing that in T3 or lower. We got through fine, but wasn't sure if both situations were part of a larger trend of people becoming more careless in T4s. I'm honestly not used to that type of attitude either. I saw it back in my old WoW days and was glad to play a game with such an amazing community. Thanks again all!

I'd like an expectation and reality check, I was booted from a fractal group yesterday. We were in T4 volcano and finished the boss, no wipe. After, one of the people sarcastically asked if I heal. We had boon overload, toxic trail and afflicted instabilities. We were at 100% health during the fight save just after the final boss first bubbled for a moment. People were standing on a lot of lava ponds and toxic spots, plus we had like -15% max hp due to overload. Between shield bubble, F3 bubble and the utility bubble I kept the lava missiles from the slug things off of us. We didn't get many condis on us, which is sort of surprising given how much aoe can sometimes happen in there. The mesmer was disappointed they had to use distortion. I have my T2 fractal account augmentation and 32K AP and mostly play on my guard. I've been around the block more than a few times let alone in fractals. I've literally done hundreds of sets of T4 fractals. I have full heal stat gear with monk runes. My computer loads slow, so when I loaded in in the Reef and Underground Facility the party was already fighting the first mobs and taking damage. I suspect they didn't realize I wasn't there yet, which likely made them feel I wasn't healing. I've never had an issue with a group which should be evidence for itself and fractals are always clean and fast. To be open, I hardly ever use the F2 heal skills. In my experience the party is always at 100% hp. I use my pages for strategic of F3 for stability, bubble or the 5 defence skill. If we're in a really hairy fractal with bad compounding instabilities I'll use F2 but I found I've never needed it besides that. The person had all their pots so they've certainly done fractals themselves. I wonder how many as in my experience and even with good players sometimes the fractal instance and its instabilities can add up in very harsh ways to play. imo this is the nature of fractals, and in the chaos of battle you'll sometimes need to press a heal or evade button once. I'm not sure if it is reasonable to expect to be at 100% hp in every fractal at all times. Sometimes things can get really ugly and you may have to press your own heal button. I got a sense of elitism based on a couple of their comments but was surprised when I got booted regardless. What are your thoughts?

I love the fact that the game lets you create your own music lists for things like general combat, under water, boss battles, etc. I use it myself and am very appreciative for it! My suggestion is about how this feature is utilized in boss combat, especially ones that are scripted with phases. Examples are the final bosses in the Nightmare, Siren's Reef and Molten Boss fractals. Since the combat happens in phases, it segments my music playlist. It seems that just as one of my songs is starting to get to a good part, a new phase happens and the next song on my list plays. My request is to have these types of fights play music without being broke up. I realize many people probably don't use this music feature or may not even know it exists, however adding this will make the game more seamless and let you stay in the emotional zone the game creates. Thanks. 🙂

Thank you, for clarity: - I calculated the effective difference of the Benevolence vs. the Life Sigil. In my case, I have a firebrand quick/healing build and went heavy with healing stats on my gear. - The Life sigil healed for more when at 25 stacks. *You* also gain the benefit of the additional healing from life. - Benevolence only heals allies, not you. - As both sigils use counters, only one will be buffed at a time. With either sigil, you can also use the Transference sigil to further increase healing (to others).

I also suggest making a focus skin that looks and is held like the key in the Super Adventure Box.

I suggest making a node for the home instance that gives karma. 🙂