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Is anybody else experiencing this problem? I'm trying to buy gems with my debit card, but getting declined over and over for no apparent reason:1) The money is there.2) The card is not blocked (I called twice to confirm this).3) The card info and personal info is all entered correctly. I've made many of these purchases in the past, and never had this issue before. I've been declined 6 or 7 times tonight. Is it just me?

Select the option for "show all usable objects," or you'll have no chance.

It'll only be shown when GW2 is capable of playing sound, so once you reach the character select. Also check any other playback devices you may have, and under GW2's sound options, you can specifically set which playback device to use. Ok, good info thanks! It's gotta be something simple like this.

I didn't see a separate slider for GW2 when I opened the sound panel last night. But I'll definitely check into that when I get home tonight. Thanks for the suggestion!

Hi all, I have a really weird sound issue going on here. Yesterday, I reset my laptop to factory default in order to give it to my brother this coming weekend (MSI gaming laptop). He plays GW2 as well. So I installed a fresh copy of the game and noticed that the sound was a little off. It was like everything was coming through a tin can. So I updated the audio driver, and everything sounded fine in and out of game. But MSI computers also use some program called Nahimic that does some extra boosting to the sounds. So I installed the latest Nahimic, and found that there's no longer any sound when I play GW2. But it seems to be fine everywhere else (YouTube, internet, etc). I looked at all the sound settings in game and couldn't find any obvious solution at all. Every slider was maxed out, etc. Im going to see my brother tomorrow, and would love to get this issue fixed. Unfortunately, Im stuck at work until late tonight, and wont be able to mess with this any more until then. But does anyone have any ideas what could be going on here? Thanks!

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Victim card? I think you need to reread the OP statement and read through the thread as well, which is an extension of the OP statement. All that was said was: "Raid Meta Elitism is unnecessary for the completion of T4 fractal daily runs" and it is. It was other people making assumptions in their conjecture that turned the discussion into strange places, sort of like your statements. Vague & Broad statements for the troll bro. No, that was not all that was said. The essence can be summarized in "raid meta is not necessary for the completion of T4 dailies, so you should not ask for it". However, what I should and what I shouldn't is up to me to decide, not you and not OP. Which renders the whole thread meaningless, as you're clearly not willing to accept that simple fact.This. I don't really even understand the point of this thread, or what we're arguing about anymore. OP stated that raid meta wasn't necessary for basic T4 fractals. And I think that 95% of us could agree that this is true. But, if somebody wants to do it anyway, then nobody gets to have any say in it (folks will either join the group or not). Are we just having a whining/judgement session now?

I can confirm this. I've always pugged fractals. And T4 pugs are pure pain. Now that I have my omnipotion, ad infinitum, and mastery points, I have no reason to subject myself to that punishment anymore. And I'm totally supportive of people who want to run meta groups. It must be fun to tear through that content in a PROPER group full of skilled people. And, if I ever went back to doing them again, that's how I'd be looking to do it.

I'm sure you're exaggerating the situation a lot. But I'm sympathetic to people who want to form groups with some standards. Because most t4 pugs are dreadful, and frustrating to the uttermost. Try this experiement... Next time you see a daily Nightmare, Thaumanova, or Shattered observatory, join a group with no specific requirements (i.e. "all welcome," "chill run," "casual run" etc), and see if you don't wipe at least half a dozen times. I'm by NO means an elitist or an elite player. But people drive me out my mind with their terribleness. And I totally understand why somebody would just want to write LFGs that intimidate bad players from joining. Already there with ya bud. I posted a video a few pages back where I join the very first PUG group I see with no requirements and then carry their raid metas through the fractals because they were not so experienced. When they leave after first 2 fractals, I make my own group named: "T4 Chaos All Bads Welcome - I Will Carry You" and players join who needed to be carried and I carried them. 39 minute completion while having no competent players in the party other than myself. It's not really a big deal if you are a true champion.That's great, I love it! Now that I don't need anything else from the fractals (i.e. collections, achievements, etc), I spend more time helping new players through them than any other thing in game. But I still stand by my earlier comment... There are people coming home from work with like an hour and a half to play. They don't have time to run training camps every day. And they've got every right to form the sort of groups that will be as efficient as possible. I'll go back and watch the video you mentioned. But I have a hard time believing you were able to help bad players through some of the harder fractals for average pugs to complete. Because there's nothing you can do to make other people dodge. And I doubt they were all sitting there dead waiting for you to solo Arkk, Ensolyss, etc. Helping people is an awesome and rewarding thing. But nobody is obliged to spend their time that way.

I'm sure you're exaggerating the situation a lot. But I'm sympathetic to people who want to form groups with some standards. Because most t4 pugs are dreadful, and frustrating to the uttermost. Try this experiement... Next time you see a daily Nightmare, Thaumanova, or Shattered observatory, join a group with no specific requirements (i.e. "all welcome," "chill run," "casual run" etc), and see if you don't wipe at least half a dozen times. I'm by NO means an elitist or an elite player. But people drive me out my mind with their terribleness. And I totally understand why somebody would just want to write LFGs that intimidate bad players from joining.

Yes, absolutely. GW2 is like that pork-chop bone that you've picked every last shred of meat off of. It was the best pork-chop I ever tasted for about 8 months. Then, I just had to accept that I was holding onto a bone. The game ended for me after I got all the items I wanted, and nothing could be upgraded any further (in terms of stats or utility). I just couldn't find any compelling reason to log on anymore. And, believe me, I went through mental-gymnastics to try to find some reason. The only thing I like about these games is getting better stuff (truly better stuff -- not just new skins). And I would never play any of the content for its own sake. So yea, bring on GW3, and give me another 8 months of fun! ;) You experienced everything this game has to offer in 8 months! I would love to know how you managed that.No, that's not what I said. There are a number of things I didn't do. But I have no interest in them, whatsoever, unless there are meaningful pieces of loot waiting for me on the other side. Raiding, to me, is a perfect example. There's no way I would put myself through the stress of working up that ladder for more than a year only to have the exact same armor I started with (but with ridiculous spikes on the helmet). If there was a whole new set of equipment that was to ascended what ascended was to exotic, I'd be eyeballs deep in this game right now. But there's not. So bring on GW3!

Yes, absolutely. GW2 is like that pork-chop bone that you've picked every last shred of meat off of. It was the best pork-chop I ever tasted for about 8 months. Then, I just had to accept that I was holding onto a bone. The game ended for me after I got all the items I wanted, and nothing could be upgraded any further (in terms of stats or utility). I just couldn't find any compelling reason to log on anymore. And, believe me, I went through mental-gymnastics to try to find some reason. The only thing I like about these games is getting better stuff (truly better stuff -- not just new skins). And I would never play any of the content for its own sake. So yea, bring on GW3, and give me another 8 months of fun! ;)

That would be soooo sweet. I'd even buy this by the slot (like shared inventory spaces) if need be. Just make them movable around the screen, and hideable.

And it's all garbage. I wish I had a giant snow-shovel to throw it all into the delete-incinerator at the same time. This game absolutely showers you with trash while offering you nothing of any real value. If came up to you every day, and gave you a milk-crate full of ribbons, and colored drinking straws, and chewing gum, and number 2 pencils how long would it take before you started getting annoyed? laughs In my case, I'd start making things from those items MacGyver style. Then again, you're looking at someone that is delighted to get leaves as presents. Heh.lol, that's an interesting answer. Teach me your ways. ;)

And it's all garbage. I wish I had a giant snow-shovel to throw it all into the delete-incinerator at the same time. This game absolutely showers you with trash while offering you nothing of any real value. If I came up to you every day, and gave you a milk-crate full of ribbons, and colored drinking straws, and chewing gum, and number 2 pencils how long would it take before you started getting annoyed?

The RNG mount skins that everybody is freaking out about are a perfect example of my earlier point (i.e. that the game is not rewarding, and that skins don't matter). I decided to just go ahead and get all the mount-skins yesterday, because, why not? So the first one I got was the "Reforged Warhound." But I was disappointed to see that it runs like it has arthritic hips, and makes a top of the line gaming-machine freeze and hitch when it teleports... Not so impressive. But, SURELY, the other 30 mounts are pretty cool. right? So I settled on the flaming raptor, the frosty rabbit, the light-up skimmer, and the flaming griffon. And, in the end... it was a gigantic basket of, "WHO THE FUCK CARES?" -The first problem, is that getting these mounts has no connection to actually playing the game.-The second problem is that these mounts add nothing but visual-clutter to what you already had to begin with-The third problem is that they literally CAUSE lag. So, I ran past the bank, and saw everyone clustered in a group... showing off their new lag-machines to the "have nots." And it was literally embarrassing. This, in a nutshell, is the entire game right now... people working for nothing (e.g. skins), in order to show off their nothing to strangers who don't care.

NO. I've started threads on this issue, and left countless replies to the effect that 'NO, GW2 is NOT REWARDING!' And it's the number one thing killing the game for me right now. It took me about six months to completely max out two characters. And now, I don't have a fucking thing to do. When people talk about "fashion wars," I want to reach through my monitor and slap the stupid out of them. SKINS AND DYES ARE UTTERLY MEANINGLESS! Why would anybody subject themselves to a year of stomach-acid, learning to raid... just to pop out, on the other side, exactly the same as they started? Or... once you've bought your ad infinitum, and endless mist's omnipotion... why would you bother running fractals with terrible PUGs for relics you have nothing to spend on?? THIS GAME IS NOT REWARDING!!! And people who would LOVE to keep playing are quitting because of it. I have nothing that I want in this game. And I'm sorry, I'm not going to play it for the "joy" of the animations, or the absurd, horribly-acted story.

Yea, ok. See you in 2 weeks.

Because they understand their players very well. If 100 people are in the market for these skins, then: -50 will just buy them and not care.-30 will buy them with some apprehension.-10 will scream bloody murder, and buy them anyway.-8 will vow to quit, but come back in a week, and buy them.-and 2 will actually boycott the gem-store or quit. So, they made a great decision here.

SERIOUSLY! When I found out about this move, I spit my pacifier across the room, and literally broke my rattle banging it on the table. I'm SOO triggered right now. I cant even tell you.

How do you 'win' the game though? Getting all the things you want? There's no gameplay advantage/imperative to re-skinning your mounts. It's 100% discretionary, and cosmetic.

Yea, this is "pay to win." Because re-skinning your mount is how you win the game apparently.

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I think it's pathetic how Anet is so meticulous about making sure you can't reap any real benefit from the money and work you put into crafting. ~500 gold to level a skill to grandmaster. But can you sell anything that you make? NOPE! Because that would be gold in your own account instead of dollars in their gem-store.

Oh God, PLEASE! PLEASELEASE I absolutely can't stand listening to the ridiculous story. Please let me skip it.