Teams No Longer Allowed in Pre-to-Post? - Guild Wars Forums

Alderin · Feb 28, 2007, 10:00 AM // 10:00

Did they make a change to the transition from Pre-Searing Ascalon to Pose-Searing Ascalon? I've taken four characters through there in the last week or so, and in all four cases it not only skipped the PvP section, but also split up myself and my partner and forced us to do the mini-mission against Vatlaaw Doomtooth separately.

I know it's no big deal to do it solo with the henchmen, but it's more fun with a friend and that's the way we always used to do it. We never had this issue of constantly being forced to split up (even though we are on the team together when we took the quest to go in, clicked the 'my team is ready' and watched the countdown together) that we do anymore.

I was used to having the issue of always having to PvP in there with myself and the henchmen against three or four other real players, always being out numbered with real players each time I've even gone through there... even my partner has had that issue when he has gone through there alone, but that's not that big of a problem, except that anymore it seems that if we try to go in as a team, we are not only forced to skip the PvP entirely, but to also be separated for the battle against Vatlaaw Doomtooth.

So why is this? Are teams no longer allowed there? If you try to go through with a friend you'll be forced to skip the PvP and always be separated? If so, then why leave the option there to go in with a team if it's only going to penalize you without warning, for trying to do so. ?

I've been playing Guild Wars since June 2005, I have half a dozen accounts and make characters in the Prophecies campaign just for Pre-Searing and because it's more fun then the other starter areas, and often I just make a character to go through that and delete and remake them once they hit Post-Searing... so I know I'm not doing anything different that I used to do, I'm not suddenly clicking the wrong option or anything. Nothing has changed, or rather nothing that I seem to have any control over.

Meat Axe · Feb 28, 2007, 10:29 AM // 10:29

It may be because no one else is trying to leave pre searing. There's probably a minimum requirement to enter the PvP bit. I actually went through to post searing by myself a couple weeks back. I didn't have to do PvP, and I thought it must be because there was no one else to compete against.

But then again, I'm not sure why it would split your team up. It's probably a bug. I can't see why Anet would disallow going in with a partner.

Alderin · Feb 28, 2007, 08:11 PM // 20:11

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Originally Posted by Meat Axe

But then again, I'm not sure why it would split your team up. It's probably a bug. I can't see why Anet would disallow going in with a partner.

Hopefully it was just one of their recent changes to Pre that caused this, and they'll actually fix it soon. Then again, given how they ignore other such bugs that have been around a lot longer, we could be stuck this way. Hope not.

jcapulet · Feb 28, 2007, 10:00 PM // 22:00

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Originally Posted by Meat Axe

It may be because no one else is trying to leave pre searing. There's probably a minimum requirement to enter the PvP bit. I actually went through to post searing by myself a couple weeks back. I didn't have to do PvP, and I thought it must be because there was no one else to compete against.

But then again, I'm not sure why it would split your team up. It's probably a bug. I can't see why Anet would disallow going in with a partner.

Not sure about there being a level requirement...recently one of my characters left pre-searing as level 8 or so. I was in a party, got separated and the PVP was skipped.

No big deal to me, since I'm more a PvE player...but I wonder why it was skipped. Minimum player amount maybe? :shrug:

Loviatar · Feb 28, 2007, 10:14 PM // 22:14

it is because of the survivor title.

how many posts have you seen about getting killed in the pvp bout and having to start over

Griff Mon · Mar 01, 2007, 03:37 AM // 03:37

I went through there with my Survivor and when things got tough in the PVP fight, I closed out the game. Came back and found myself in post-searing.

Bastard Son · Mar 01, 2007, 02:44 PM // 14:44

Many months ago, when pulling one of my characters out of PreSearing, the game skipped right over the PvP part and I was able to move on. I couldn't figure out why; I assumed that perhaps there were no other human players that had chosen to move out of PreSearing at that precise point. At any rate, this isn't new in the least since this happened well before Nightfall came out.

MegaMouse · Mar 01, 2007, 05:46 PM // 17:46

On occasion when you leave Pre-Searing you will skip the PVP arena. I believe that it has something to do with the number of players leaving Pre at teh time we choose to also. As far as splitting the team up I realy am unsure as to why they do that as it has happened to me on a rather large number of times. I have encountered this everytime that I have left Pre with my characters, while hitting the PVP arena in about 3 out of 5 tries.

Mega Mouse

Alderin · Mar 01, 2007, 10:42 PM // 22:42

So no official news on why it's doing this? Dang.

Feb 28, 2007, 10:00 AM // 10:00	#1
Alderin Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2007	Teams No Longer Allowed in Pre-to-Post? Did they make a change to the transition from Pre-Searing Ascalon to Pose-Searing Ascalon? I've taken four characters through there in the last week or so, and in all four cases it not only skipped the PvP section, but also split up myself and my partner and forced us to do the mini-mission against Vatlaaw Doomtooth separately. I know it's no big deal to do it solo with the henchmen, but it's more fun with a friend and that's the way we always used to do it. We never had this issue of constantly being forced to split up (even though we are on the team together when we took the quest to go in, clicked the 'my team is ready' and watched the countdown together) that we do anymore. I was used to having the issue of always having to PvP in there with myself and the henchmen against three or four other real players, always being out numbered with real players each time I've even gone through there... even my partner has had that issue when he has gone through there alone, but that's not that big of a problem, except that anymore it seems that if we try to go in as a team, we are not only forced to skip the PvP entirely, but to also be separated for the battle against Vatlaaw Doomtooth. So why is this? Are teams no longer allowed there? If you try to go through with a friend you'll be forced to skip the PvP and always be separated? If so, then why leave the option there to go in with a team if it's only going to penalize you without warning, for trying to do so. ? I've been playing Guild Wars since June 2005, I have half a dozen accounts and make characters in the Prophecies campaign just for Pre-Searing and because it's more fun then the other starter areas, and often I just make a character to go through that and delete and remake them once they hit Post-Searing... so I know I'm not doing anything different that I used to do, I'm not suddenly clicking the wrong option or anything. Nothing has changed, or rather nothing that I seem to have any control over.

Feb 28, 2007, 10:29 AM // 10:29	#2
Meat Axe Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Profession: R/	It may be because no one else is trying to leave pre searing. There's probably a minimum requirement to enter the PvP bit. I actually went through to post searing by myself a couple weeks back. I didn't have to do PvP, and I thought it must be because there was no one else to compete against. But then again, I'm not sure why it would split your team up. It's probably a bug. I can't see why Anet would disallow going in with a partner.

Feb 28, 2007, 10:14 PM // 22:14	#5
Loviatar Underworld Spelunker Join Date: Feb 2005	it is because of the survivor title. how many posts have you seen about getting killed in the pvp bout and having to start over

Mar 01, 2007, 03:37 AM // 03:37	#6
Griff Mon Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In the Elfen Forests of Washington State Guild: Damage Radius Profession: N/	I went through there with my Survivor and when things got tough in the PVP fight, I closed out the game. Came back and found myself in post-searing.

Mar 01, 2007, 02:44 PM // 14:44	#7
Bastard Son Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Upstate NY Guild: Bastahd Sons of Zeus	Many months ago, when pulling one of my characters out of PreSearing, the game skipped right over the PvP part and I was able to move on. I couldn't figure out why; I assumed that perhaps there were no other human players that had chosen to move out of PreSearing at that precise point. At any rate, this isn't new in the least since this happened well before Nightfall came out.

Mar 01, 2007, 05:46 PM // 17:46	#8
MegaMouse Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: south mississippi Guild: Warriors Of Melos WOM Profession: E/N	On occasion when you leave Pre-Searing you will skip the PVP arena. I believe that it has something to do with the number of players leaving Pre at teh time we choose to also. As far as splitting the team up I realy am unsure as to why they do that as it has happened to me on a rather large number of times. I have encountered this everytime that I have left Pre with my characters, while hitting the PVP arena in about 3 out of 5 tries. Mega Mouse

Mar 01, 2007, 10:42 PM // 22:42	#9
Alderin Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2007	So no official news on why it's doing this? Dang.