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Quick question!

Going Merry — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:17:24 GMT

Has this game gotten any worthwhile changes?
I have not played it in awhile.
Since 2012 sometime.

I remember posting on here a little bit back when I first started the game.
I am surprised I remembered my forum information XD

GW2 - A serious error has occurred

din97 — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:53:12 GMT

hi, i have this problem from when i bought the game.
the game is crashes in 5mins - 30mins, and its make me crazy please help to fix it. :(

Picture of the error:

this what i see after the game crash

computer:
CPU: Pentium Dual Core E6600 3.06Ghz
Video Card:Nvidia GeForce 430 GT
RAM: 2GB
Windows XP SP3
(My brother have the same computer but he dont have any crashes)

info from the crash log:

*--> Crash <--*
Exception: c0000005
Memory at address 0000003c could not be read
App: Gw2.exe
Pid: 3468
Cmdline:
BaseAddr: 00400000
ProgramId: 101
Build: 18366
When: 2013-05-14T19:31:44Z 2013-05-14T21:31:44+02:00
Uptime: 0 days 0:17:49
Flags: 0x1

*--> System <--*
Name: PS
IpAddr: ***.***.*.** (Censored)
Processors: 2 [GenuineIntel:6:7:10]
OSVersion: Windows 5.1 (32 bit)

*--> System Memory <--*
Physical: 942MB/ 2046MB 46%
Paged: 2429MB/ 3939MB 61%
Virtual: 935MB/ 2047MB 45%
Load: 53%
CommitTotal: 1509MB
CommitLimit: 3939MB
CommitPeak: 1902MB
SystemCache: 1098MB
HandleCount: 29275
ProcessCount: 42
ThreadCount: 654

*--> Process Memory <--*
Private: 935MB
WorkingSet: 460MB
PeakWorkingSet: 465MB
PageFaults: 190537

*--> Game Context <--*
MapId: 28
Flags: 0x241
ElapsedTime: 1193:02:47

*--> World State <--*

[DbgHelp.dll is C:\WINDOWS\system32\dbghelp.dll]
[DbgHelp.dll version 5.1.2600.5512 (64/32-bit compatible)]

*--> Thread 0xd88 <--*

*--> Trace <--*
Pc:006ea3e2 Fr:394bfdc4 Rt:006fa70b Arg:06aa2f0c 394bfdec 006e01e5 00000001
Pc:006fa70b Fr:394bfdd0 Rt:006e01e5 Arg:00000001 05bd6950 05bd6990 030ab140
Pc:006e01e5 Fr:394bfdec Rt:006e0fcd Arg:030ab130 0578f224 006e1641 00af6ab8
Pc:006e0fcd Fr:394bfe08 Rt:004155b4 Arg:3f800000 40000000 00000000 0000001f
Pc:004155b4 Fr:394bfe40 Rt:004126b8 Arg:3d0043d0 05762e1c 394bfea0 0000000c
Pc:004126b8 Fr:394bfe64 Rt:00415d6f Arg:3d0043d0 00af29ff 030abf38 030abb10
Pc:00415d6f Fr:394bfeac Rt:00aeed8f Arg:030abb10 030abb64 05762e10 00000008
Pc:00aeed8f Fr:394bff18 Rt:00aef0e9 Arg:e5fadc8f 00000001 0027468f 021b7900
Pc:00aef0e9 Fr:394bff50 Rt:00aef1bf Arg:00000000 032af930 0069d02f 00000000
Pc:00aef1bf Fr:394bff70 Rt:008f524d Arg:032af930 e5fadc77 00000000 021b7900
Pc:008f524d Fr:394bffa8 Rt:008f52f5 Arg:00000000 394bffec 7c80b713 021b7900
Pc:008f52f5 Fr:394bffb4 Rt:7c80b713 Arg:021b7900 00000000 00000000 021b7900
Pc:7c80b713 Fr:394bffec Rt:00000000 Arg:008f5273 021b7900 00000000 00000000

*--> Thread registers <--*
eax=00000001 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000009 edx=00000000 esi=0000003c edi=0000000f
eip=006ea3e2 esp=394bfda4 ebp=394bfdc4
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00210246

*--> Code <--*
006EA3C2 c20400cc cccccccc cccccccc cccc5633 ..............V3
006EA3D2 d28bf18d 4a09e893 5effff83 f8017518 ....J...^.....u.
006EA3E2 8b0683f8 ff741150 b900cf66 01e81cfe .....t.P...f....
006EA3F2 ffffc706 ffffffff 5ec3cccc cccc558b ........^.....U.
006EA402 ec83ec08 d9ee33c0 568bf189 46088946 ......3.V...F..F
006EA412 0c894604 ba050000 008916b9 40000000 ..F.........@...

*--> Stack <--*
394BFDA4 06aa2f08 006f9926 06aa2f08 06aa2f08 ./..&.o../.../..
394BFDB4 00000113 0000001b 06aa2f70 394bfdd0 ........p/....K9
394BFDC4 394bfdd0 006fa70b 06aa2f0c 394bfdec ..K9..o../....K9
394BFDD4 006e01e5 00000001 05bd6950 05bd6990 ..n.....Pi...i..
394BFDE4 030ab140 00000340 394bfe08 006e0fcd @...@.....K9..n.
394BFDF4 030ab130 0578f224 006e1641 00af6ab8 0...$.x.A.n..j..
394BFE04 030ab140 394bfe40 004155b4 3f800000 @...@.K9.UA....?
394BFE14 40000000 00000000 0000001f 0abb0850 ...@........P...
394BFE24 00000008 030ab130 05bd6b88 006e013e ....0....k..>.n.
394BFE34 0000001f 3f800000 40000000 394bfe64 .......?...@d.K9
394BFE44 004126b8 3d0043d0 05762e1c 394bfea0 .&A..C.=..v...K9
394BFE54 0000000c 3d0043d0 3cfdf3b6 3cfdf3b6 .....C.=...<...<
394BFE64 394bfeac 00415d6f 3d0043d0 00af29ff ..K9o]A..C.=.)..
394BFE74 030abf38 030abb10 00000001 00000002 8...............
394BFE84 00000002 00000008 394bfea8 030abf38 ..........K98...
394BFE94 00000001 030abe34 00000000 05762e1c ....4.........v.
394BFEA4 030abb5d 00000000 394bff18 00aeed8f ].........K9....
394BFEB4 030abb10 030abb64 05762e10 00000008 ....d.....v.....
394BFEC4 394bfeec 030abf38 00000001 021b7900 ..K98........y..
394BFED4 394bff0c 7ffae000 394bff34 7c802440 ..K9....4.K9@$.|
394BFEE4 6b020bb3 0000072c 0000001f 00000000 ...k,...........
394BFEF4 021b7900 00000001 021b7900 0027468f .y.......y...F'.
394BFF04 00000001 76ac4e7b 7d5738ae 00000002 ....{N.v.8W}....
394BFF14 e5fadcc7 394bff50 00aef0e9 e5fadc8f ....P.K9........
394BFF24 00000001 0027468f 021b7900 ffffffff .....F'..y......
394BFF34 c0000005 394bff20 394bf9b8 394bff98 .... .K9..K9..K9
394BFF44 008f53b0 ddec8c77 00000000 394bff70 .S..w.......p.K9
394BFF54 00aef1bf 00000000 032af930 0069d02f ........0.*./.i.
394BFF64 00000000 021b7900 00000000 394bffa8 .....y........K9
394BFF74 008f524d 032af930 e5fadc77 00000000 MR..0.*.w.......
394BFF84 021b7900 021b7900 394bff7c 394bff7c .y...y..|.K9|.K9
394BFF94 394bffdc 394bffdc 008f53b0 ddecb9ff ..K9..K9.S......
394BFFA4 00000000 394bffb4 008f52f5 00000000 ......K9.R......
394BFFB4 394bffec 7c80b713 021b7900 00000000 ..K9...|.y......
394BFFC4 00000000 021b7900 7ffae000 89e37600 .....y.......v..
394BFFD4 394bffc0 87fd5500 ffffffff 7c839ac0 ..K9.U.........|
394BFFE4 7c80b720 00000000 00000000 00000000 ..|............

*--> Error Logs <--*
Corrupted?
File size mismatch from archive for 0x0008d9eb[0]; expected = 8832312, actual = 4692285
Raw file 0x0008d9eb:0x00000000 has CRC 0x576cdaf6.
Decode was cancelled in the middle of a file-load (0x0008797d[0]). Corrupted?
File size mismatch from archive for 0x0008797d[0]; expected = 219420, actual = 163380
Raw file 0x0008797d:0x00000000 has CRC 0xce3564ca.
Decode was cancelled in the middle of a file-load (0x0008da13[0]). Corrupted?
File size mismatch from archive for 0x0008da13[0]; expected = 26595168, actual = 11931965
Raw file 0x0008da13:0x00000000 has CRC 0x9ef81586.
Decode was cancelled in the middle of a file-load (0x0008d766[0]). Corrupted?
File size mismatch from archive for 0x0008d766[0]; expected = 36500768, actual = 8123024
Raw file 0x0008d766:0x00000000 has CRC 0x289f8f3a.
Decode was cancelled in the middle of a file-load (0x00084c44[0]). Corrupted?
File size mismatch from archive for 0x00084c44[0]; expected = 130848, actual = 0
Raw file 0x00084c44:0x00000000 has CRC 0xf0e9fc63.
Decode was cancelled in the middle of a file-load (0x0007f837[0]). Corrupted?
File size mismatch from archive for 0x0007f837[0]; expected = 2408224, actual = 1741803
Raw file 0x0007f837:0x00000000 has CRC 0xb748cf82.
Decode was cancelled in the middle of a file-load (0x0008d7ad[0]). Corrupted?
File size mismatch from archive for 0x0008d7ad[0]; expected = 44032760, actual = 6921191
Raw file 0x0008d7ad:0x00000000 has CRC 0xf34d781e.
Decode was cancelled in the middle of a file-load (0x0008d770[0]). Corrupted?
File size mismatch from archive for 0x0008d770[0]; expected = 44758724, actual = 31683192
Raw file 0x0008d770:0x00000000 has CRC 0x2781774c.
Decode was cancelled in the middle of a file-load (0x0008eb0c[0]). Corrupted?
File size mismatch from archive for 0x0008eb0c[0]; expected = 24991924, actual = 14459015
Raw file 0x0008eb0c:0x00000000 has CRC 0x55bd530f.
Download failed for 0x00029bf6:0x00000000->0x00040ebf with error 7:0:0:0 (error:product:module:line) [retry count: 0; consecutive: 0]

*--> DirectX Device Info <--*
VendorId = 0x10de
DeviceId = 0x0de1
Version = 6.14.0013.1422
Description = NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Compat = 0x00100000
VidMem = 1024 MB

WvW - Video on Abaddons Mouth T5 - Event

Norreka — Sun, 12 May 2013 08:48:50 GMT

Hello guys,

just wanted to post ya a little video by our last event yesterday evening:

watch our other Videos on youtube!

love to get some comments!

Guild Wars Books?

justthedrummer — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:41:56 GMT

To start off I hardly ever read, but I really like gw2 so I figured reading the entire story of everything would be kinda cool. I know of the three books that tell what happens between GW and GW2, but are there any books telling the story of GW? I did not play the 1st game so I was looking for one that told how every single thing started and what progressed through GW1. Is there anything out like that?

Maps.....

tym — Wed, 08 May 2013 05:33:56 GMT

Looking for maps I can save to my desktop that shows all the heart locations. Found it once long ago...Lost em :(. TY in advance

PvP class Viability

cedar1 — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:21:03 GMT

Hello,

I am brand new to guild wars 2 and a huge PvP fan. I've hear guild wars PvP is the best out there. I was wondering if anyone knew what classes were preferred for PvP? I like the idea of the thief, guardian, and engineer would you guys say that it is accurate?

Tier S
Ranger
Tier A
+ Mesmer
+ Elementalist
=Guardian
=Engineer
Tier B
+ Thief
= Necro
Tier C
+ Warrior

Superior Signet

Rock Brown — Sun, 05 May 2013 18:19:19 GMT

I have 3 Superior Signets. The Signet of Blood is on my Great Sword and is to stack power. The Signet of Corruption is on my torch and is to stack condition damage. Finally the Signet of Blood steals health on my mace. I only notice 1 icon on the right side of my upper bar, next to the other active virtues. Depending on what weapon I use to kill the first monster it will only display that icon (ie. if I use a torch it displays the Signet of Corruption only). Anytime I use a Great Sword to kill it does not display the SIgnet of Blood nor will it stack Signet of Corruption. Will the other signets still be in use? Thanks

geting to diferent starting areas.....

GyreHawk — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:01:49 GMT

how do yhou get from one starting area to another? for example, i am at nowlords gate and want to go to the black citadel or divinity's reach?.

new to the game and looking for some help!

mayhem — Sat, 04 May 2013 03:26:40 GMT

Hello, I just bought the game and I'm downloading it now.

I read the "guide" to the game and I'm worried I'm going to be lost. http://www.guildwars2forum.com/images/smilies/sad.gif .... I read the "spoiler alert" which they thought would tell you too much, and it made me nod my head and think 'yes, you will be lost, very lost.' (I've played wow, EQ2, and Rift and thought this might be a bit like those games but it doesn't sound like it is.)

I'm hoping there is someone out there who wouldn't mind helping me a bit. You KNOW you want to start a new character to show a someone the ropes! Or maybe there is a helpful guild willing to take me under their wing? I make great cookies! I don't know if there is an in-game voice thing, but I can use vent and other communication things, or can type quickly if needed.

Thanks!

Specific questions:

a good server?
a good site for specs.. if there are specs for characters?
a good first time character for someone to learn the game? (doesn't die too easily, can kill things)

WvW � Suggestions to improve player experience

Zorac — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:40:54 GMT

I'm posting this on the official forums too later on (can't post on them while at work :sosad: ) but posting here too to get additional feedback from people.

This is my take on the current state of WvW with the latest patches and nerfs and my suggestions on ideas to improve the quality of the experience for players all around.

1) Arrow Carts � Some people like the buff, some people hate it. I think it went somewhat too far. Did arrow carts need a buff? Yes. Did they need 80% increase + new trait line? Not so much. Cut the increase damage back to a 50% increase instead of the 80%, but only for damage to Players/mobs. Reduce the damage carts do to all siege to a 20% increase of what it was prior to patch. Arrow carts should hurt when they hit you, after all an arrow in real life hurts. Also arrows will damage something made of wood, but it tends to take a while before that damage amounts to enough to destroy something.

2) New WvW map � One of the top complaints on T1 and T2 are queue times. I propose a new 5th map that would basically be an overflow with a focus on Guild vs Guild. This map you would party up with Guildies or Pugs and enter a map with other groups of your size and then enter. This map would not be solely against your current matchups, it would be overflow, a mix and match of whatever players/guilds joined from all servers. There would of course be several of these maps, one for say soloers to 3 man squads then 3 to 5 man and then 5 to 10 and so on.

There would be the complication of larger groups trying to dominate a map designated for smaller groups. This I think could be nullified by revamping the party management allowing for larger parties and requiring a party while in the map. Outside of your party all other players would be considered enemies, this would prevent several squads from 1 server ganging up on everyone else and allow some Guild vs Guild fights on the same server. Scoring on the map would be based solely on PvP kills, no objectives to cap or hold, there could be Towers/keeps, but they would not be worth points just for use as defensive positions. Player kills would add to the World�s overall Point score, while deaths would subtract an equal number of points from the overall score, this would prevent Guilds from the same server farming each other to artificially increase their worlds overall score.

3) Confusion and retaliation � Stop punishing good players because of bad players. Most have said this, and it holds a certain truth, but not the entire story. The nerf to confusion was too great. Instead of a damage nerf it should have been a max stacks nerf. Now condition Mesmers are pretty worthless.

4) Stealth � Change stealth to revealed no matter how the player leaves stealth.

5) Servers � Upgrade your servers. Skill lag is a major issue in big battles, even medium battles now (as for some reason it seems worse to me since the patch before last). I know I don�t just speak for myself in that there are new games on the horizon and if Skill lag continues to be an issue a large portion of the WvW player base will leave and not come back if Skill lag is not addressed.

6) 30 secs till swords � Change back camps. If a camp comes under attack let us know right away, not 30 secs later. 30 secs and its gone. The change is ok for towers/keeps, however there should be no delay of swords/contested wp�s after the initially contested state. If the keep/tower is under constant attack wp�s should no longer work for 30 secs in between defense event transitions. It took skill to kill off players and prevent them from getting back into a sieged tower/keep. Now all they have to do is wait 2-3 mins and they have a 30 sec free window to get in. Making another portion of tactical play pointless if not the way to enhance game play.

7) Siege despawn timers � This is a plus. Timers are now visible and simple. Devs have already stated they will be looking into changing the despawn time for different siege so +1 for you all on that. I would suggest 10 mins for rams, 30 mins for cata/treb/golem and 1 hour for arrow carts and ballista.

8) PvD � Make doors invulnerable to damage from players just as walls are. Ok, don�t like that, then at least make Reinforced doors invulnerable to damage from players. As it is right now a group of 25+ can hammer a door down in just a few minutes, groups of 50+ there isn�t even a point to the door being there. You want players to use siege, make us.

9) AoE limit � I have read that AoE limit is required for technical reasons, well if you say so. I agree there should be a limit to AoE, but a different limit. Instead of limiting a person�s AoE to hitting 5 people change it to 1 person cannot be hit by more than 5 AoE�s. As the limit is now the Zerg rules because small squads can�t hurt them effectively if they bunched together. This change would allow small squads to hurt Zergs and force them to spread out or even split up. Some might say well a 5 man squad shouldn�t be able to kill a 30 man zerg, well this change doesn�t do that. 30 people can still kill 5 easily (this after all only affects AoE) but 5 AoE�s can still bring a person down quick. What this does do is give a 5 man squad a reason to fight instead of just running and hoping the zerg splits up so they can pick stragglers off.

First Guild Wars 2 Video Hits 45,000 VIEWS??

kxreapzgaming — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:27:23 GMT

Hello everyone on the Guild Wars 2 Forums, I'm Corey or KXReapz, an aspiring YouTube and semi-pro gamer, commentator and marketer. I recently released a Guild Wars 2 video and it's already at around 45,000 views! I got amazing feedback but I would like more to see what I can improve on etc. Thanks for reading and I hope you help a fellow Guild Wars 2 guy out.

Link to Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/KXReapzGaming

Trading Post Wont Load

Nikkita La Femme — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:06:59 GMT

Hi there,

Not sure whats going on but my Black Lion Trading wont load it keeps trying but nothing is hapening...any hints tips or suggestions as to what is going on or how i can fix this problem??

Thanks so much in advance :)

Dlc

popds — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:02:17 GMT

Will there be any dlc for guild wars 2. im new to the game.

Im debating whether to get guild wars 2 or not...

xLegionx — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:42:44 GMT

Hi to the gw2 community its a pleasure to speak with you all.

So its been a year I think or so since this game has come out, I could be wrong correct me if I am, all the videos I have seen have been breathtaking. But I still would like some opinions on this game because I sometimes hear about people who quit this game for such and such reason. I played wow for 5 years and was a big-time pvper. I got 2200 arena rating, lots of juicy achievements, and felt really accomplished with myself as a champion.

Now even though I miss those days Im looking for something built on passion and creativity to commit myself too for the next 5 or so years so I want to ask everyones opinion on the game. Is it competive? After hitting lvl 80 is the game more fun or boring? What does playing through your personal story feel like? How serious is grinding in this game? And Id like to know what the community is like!

Thanks for replying!:)

The forum...

Lagger — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:52:49 GMT

Wow, how did it go to being this low population? I think it must be because I left. I was about to come back here with a vengeance posting how there's no endgame in GW2, but I don't feel like it anymore. I like the Youtubes about the Adventure Box, tho.