[Unable to get Ice-Bound achievement to trigger]

its been days now. zero fix. its starting to get on my nerves.

[Unable to get Ice-Bound achievement to trigger]

yep sadly new patch didnt fix it it seems.

[My game crashes at least once a day on brand new computer :(]

not sure someone has said it allready and im having a bit of a time constraint to check replies but since you have a new computer i have a few advices that you definitely would be wise to check and could be the root cause of your problem:since your computer is completely new its a good idea to check the stability of your rig and the individual components by doing a stress test. there are several programs out there that does this (make sure your computer is properly cooled) but i can mention one that has been a staple for a long time.Prime95.that program will stress test your computer (in particular your cpu and motherboard) and if your computer has either faulty components (yes, even new computers can be delivered with faulty components, especially memory sticks and motherboard components) this program will be able to reproduce the issue (crash).this way you will be able to tell whether its the actual game thats causing your crashes (since youre not even running it when testing) or if the problem is elsewhere.a stresstest is designed to put more load on your system than any individual program would ever do, like games.that is one tip.next tip would be to use a memory tester like memtest 86+ to go in depth and test your ram memory. faulty memory sticks can throw off the MOST weird errors imaginable, depending on where the issue within the ram memory is located itself.you wouldnt believe me if i told you just how many times i've had issues with a computer and it turns out it was the memory sticks all along. thankfully most sticks come with a very nice warranty, and most manufactures will replace free of charge because memory sticks is something that fail very often.memtest86+ will also show you potential issues that can come from not only the memory but also the cpu and/or various features related to it that might be turned on on your motherboards bios.a great little program.you need both of them though because one is more aimed to test the ram, and the other one is more aimed for an overall stresstest of your computer (cpu and motherhboard). explanations what the programs do are of course explained on their official websites.once you have both stresstested your rig with prime95 AND tested ur memory with memtest86+ and it shows no errors, in 99/100 cases you can say you have a stable rig and that the crashes does not originate from your own computer, but rather it has to be the gw 2 client. i've heard reports of issues with people running the client on Windows 10, as you are.it is a good idea to run these two programs even if youre not playing guild wars 2 of course.i run them anytime i change a setting related to overclock or other various settings. i also run them on a regular basis because as we all know, compontents degrade over time (especially if theyre exposed to higher temperatures).these programs will not test your ssd harddrive(s), and so you do not have to worry about your ssd losing blocks/writes.hopfully this will help you!ps. i wont link to the programs on here bc frankly im not sure linking is allowed but a quick google should give you what you need. ds

[It's Time To Let Go of This Most Useless Character]

seeing all these heated, passionate and emotional comments about something as trivial as a few characters in a game just convinces me further that it was a wise decision to not bother much about story right back when i first started playing this game in 2012 (actually ever since 2005 alltho gw 1's story is on another level entirely and was captivating to a certain degree, even for me).i just do the story missions, dont really pay attention to it, grab the achievs, and go back to whatever it is that im doing in game that isnt story-related.seems like a far better option than getting so worked up over story like most people seem to be in here. seems to save me a lot of personally invested feelings/anxiety, judging from the way people are constructing their comments in here.its just a game people.

[It would be a good idea to bring pre nerf Istan back?]

@finkle.9513 said:

@"RiyazGuerra.9203" said:I share your disappointment over the current state of Istan, but pre-nerf Istan would just resurrect the 24/7 Istan farms, which is what Anet does not want. Not only does it hurt the economy, but serves to draw the population away from the other maps and that is not good for the health of the game.

BUT, something needs to be done, meteor-farm Istan is a narrow utilization of the map.

I would argue for a limited buff for the map in order to make it a more attractive destination. By default, you will have access to one set of chests per day (Palawadan meta and Great Hall (GH). BUT, change it so there is a 'participation bar' (similar to that found in the Tangled Depths and Auric Basin metas) that gradually fills as the individual player participates in events throughout the map. Once this 'participation bar' fills, then the full array of chests are available to you for the Palawadan and GH metas. The number of events required to fill this participation bar should be carefully calibrated so that it is

not so low

as to practically enable a pc to loot the full array of chests every time the meta is available with minimal event farming. Let's call this newly restocked (chest-wise) meta resulting from participation a 'meta-reset'.

If possible, consider capping this 'meta reset' so that is occurs x number of times per day. Once or twice would be ideal, to discourage 24/7 farming.

This is BS... Anet did want it, as they did want leather farm that was also nerfed... Anet introduced both as they introduced new items that people where not happy about ie "requires lots of leather" - lets make a leather farm - fixed, "Grifin Mount costs 200g" lets make a gold farm..... then people farm too much leather, and leather farm gets nerfed, people farmed too much gold - gold farm gets nerfed ... the problem is created by Anet, to mask another problem created by Anet... People wanting to farm is not the problem!

precisely.the problem isnt with farmers, the problem is with anet not being able to design content (in this case, pve maps) that keeps people wanting to play it.and so they go in, and decide for players what they should or shouldnt do.thats basically what it is.Istan was fine after the second nerf, they didnt nerf it because it was too rewarding, as you all know. they nerfed it in an attempt to force people to occupy their dead maps, which are still pretty dead, tbh.again, Anet deciding for the players what they can and cannot enjoy.people (that is, the farmers mainly) have a tendency to go where most profit can be generated, even if that profit is only slightly more compared with other maps, say SW, not because its super overpowered omegalulz money.some people actually ENJOY farming, for the sake of farming....but Anet either doesnt understand this, or do not care.at the end of the day, their last nerf (of istan when they killed it off completely) achieved very little, especially since the introduction of Dragonfall map.at some point they ARE going to nerf that map too, and either make the chests daily, limit the amount of keys that can be generated, or similar.again, not because its extremely rewarding, but because they want to push people to other content, and basically decide what they should enjoy.If they see too many people occupied in DF, thats what theyre going to do.i dont think they will ever realize the mindset of farmers, and what drives them.