Upcoming Weekend: War 4, Announcement
Vane
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Hi guys, I have some news that I want you to know about from the development team regarding the next War, that will happen on the upcoming weekend (March 23 - March 24)!
The main announcement is that fixing most of the issues currently present in Guild Wars requires a new mandatory client update for everyone in the game to work. This isn't really possible to happen before the next weekend, and these new fixes will go live together with the game update version 3.2. Which means that War 4 of Season 2 will be happening still in the current version of the game.
The next season, Season 3, will start in the version 3.2 together with new fixes deployed.
This, however, also means that some players can encounter the following issues during the upcoming weekend in Guild Wars:
- Keys disappearing / being used twice
- Keys used while being in a spectator mode
- VP not being counted after battle is completed
- Getting "Out of Time" message in the VP field, leading to VP not being counted (showing 0)
- Matches against guilds that have less than 5 members, or against guilds scoring 0
- Connection issues: not being able to connect to the guild, seeing yourself in the completed missions, etc.
In light of possibility of these issues happening to the players, we will again have 0 Guild Wars Gas cost for the Guild Wars missions during War 4 this weekend!
There were discussions to postpone the upcoming War 4 to happen after the update is deployed already, however, it hasn't proven to be the most popular opinion and not the most optimal way to organise it, and it pushes the next War to happen several weeks ahead, leaving the gap between Wars from 2 weeks to at least 5 weeks. Also, having some extra time between seasons can allow us to spend more time on polishing the Guild Wars experience further. Some good news, however, is that many of these issues have become a lot less spread and the error count has gone down dramatically from War 1 to War 3 in Season 2, while the number of players playing Guild Wars actually increased.
If there will be any new information on this situation, I will communicate it both here and in the game as soon as possible to you guys. I am also still discussing with the team the ways to hopefully make this weekend less stressful and more fun, so when I know more, I will post an update about it!
The main announcement is that fixing most of the issues currently present in Guild Wars requires a new mandatory client update for everyone in the game to work. This isn't really possible to happen before the next weekend, and these new fixes will go live together with the game update version 3.2. Which means that War 4 of Season 2 will be happening still in the current version of the game.
The next season, Season 3, will start in the version 3.2 together with new fixes deployed.
This, however, also means that some players can encounter the following issues during the upcoming weekend in Guild Wars:
- Keys disappearing / being used twice
- Keys used while being in a spectator mode
- VP not being counted after battle is completed
- Getting "Out of Time" message in the VP field, leading to VP not being counted (showing 0)
- Matches against guilds that have less than 5 members, or against guilds scoring 0
- Connection issues: not being able to connect to the guild, seeing yourself in the completed missions, etc.
In light of possibility of these issues happening to the players, we will again have 0 Guild Wars Gas cost for the Guild Wars missions during War 4 this weekend!
There were discussions to postpone the upcoming War 4 to happen after the update is deployed already, however, it hasn't proven to be the most popular opinion and not the most optimal way to organise it, and it pushes the next War to happen several weeks ahead, leaving the gap between Wars from 2 weeks to at least 5 weeks. Also, having some extra time between seasons can allow us to spend more time on polishing the Guild Wars experience further. Some good news, however, is that many of these issues have become a lot less spread and the error count has gone down dramatically from War 1 to War 3 in Season 2, while the number of players playing Guild Wars actually increased.
If there will be any new information on this situation, I will communicate it both here and in the game as soon as possible to you guys. I am also still discussing with the team the ways to hopefully make this weekend less stressful and more fun, so when I know more, I will post an update about it!
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I don’t think I saw anything about reward points in your post, which is quite disappointing. The bugs and 50% nerf to RPs this season have not only made many of the rewards unobtainable, but they’ve also simply made this season less enjoyable. What’s the point of playing for 4-6 consecutive hours during my precious weekend time and scoring 900-1000 per battle when I can barely afford anything in the shop?
I really hope RPs are reconsidered for this weekend...
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Love GW even with the challenging moments and thanks for the free gas again!
Is it possible to have support on hand when the game takes one of our keys? I really just want to play despite the other issues.
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Oooo..... another free red gas war weekend!!! 👏
I’ve said it before but it warrants repeating....... Guild Wars is my favorite mode!!! I’m sure looking forward to the update and fixes although I play it happily anyway 😁
Not only should you reconsider RPs overall, but consider adjusting RPs to be much higher for more difficult missions.
Folks defeating difficulty 33-34 missions should get significantly higher points than folks defeating, say, difficulty 29-31 missions.
Those harder missions require more time, patience, and resources, and should thus be adequately rewarded.
Thanks!
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The Elite guild did have one battle (I didn't play in) that they had incorrect totals... Which was reported.
One or two reported being frozen at loading screens, a few resets...
Nothing for me though.
Good weekend.
Oh and Zombrex Elite broke into Gold 1. Pretty far up the global leader boards. That's pretty hype.
I'm looking forward to seeing what the next batch of (hopefully much better) goodies available for the next Season of Guild Wars.
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Very satisfied being able to used 6 keys and played them all.
When is the next war @Vane ?
Thank You