Guild Wars 2

I haven’t played GW2 in a while. Every so often I check the performance in wine just to see if I can play it in linux, but other than that I don’t even log into my account anymore.

I’ve posted in this thread before, back when I was still willing to use Windows because I had so many games that were windows only, but even before the steam client released I stopped buying games that were windows only. I’ve probably spent $300-500 on steam games that had native linux clients, and to anyone who has been a linux user for years it’s hard to not throw money at a developer that decides to not shun your preferred platform.

I have nothing but love for Anet, and do not wish to insinuate that they do not know what they are doing. GW2 was an amazing game when I was playing. I’ve missed out on so many events because I find the performance in wine too unbearable to continue playing.

I think the easiest way for Anet to see how much demand/capital they can raise to make a native linux client would be to create a kickstarter or indiegogo. They can raise all of their concerns with making it possible and give us an estimate on how much money/time it will take to hire developers and get some progress.

While I dream of playing GW2 on linux, I’ll keep throwing money at Steam to build up my library. Once Valve gets more AAA titles onto linux (and AMD’s Mantle begins to become the preferred API) it will snowball greatly into linux becoming more than a toy in the eyes of developers.

Linux ? Ain’t nobody got time for that It’s just like windows phone – great system, no users.

I haven’t logged in for a while now, as others before me have said, there are many games for Linux that keep me busy, and I’m less and less willing to put up with wine, especially when the performance is poor… I do log in every once in a while to see what’s changed, but that’s about it.

Let’s be fair, some games do run well under Wine (for instance, i get steady 60fps playing League of Legends, with no real slowdowns), but GW2 isn’t one of them. Alright, not-so-crowded areas work fine, but WvW is just frustrating. And what’s left to do when WvW is out of the picture, and the pve content left to enjoy is a mindless grinding, or waiting for the next not-so-exciting-nor-long monthly event?

So yeah, long story short… Linux gamers are quite hungry for a MMO now, and the first AAA that will have a Linux client will both become extremely popular (as in a lot of free advertisement and a huge spotlight) and gain a growing base of players that other games are shunning… And if it won’t be GW2, it’ll be another game. Whoever gets there first wins the prize, and the others won’t be allowed to complain afterwards.
It’s like a “make a Linux client, win free costumers!” deal, in a market where the number of players does matter because of microtransactions.

i want linux/ steam os Client!!!!

Window users are the only ones that sit there saying it’s not needed. Why? Because they know it would be the first OS dumped for a better one. Windows is known to be by far the worse OS out there but its accepted because of the lack of technical expertise to use and manage a real one. So, their fears is games would be ported over to more effective OS’s, they lack the skills to keep up and they will be left out.

Yes, we need a Linux client yesterday. The time of Windows is coming slowly to an end. And for me it can’t happen soon enough.

gruurk.8501:

Window users are the only ones that sit there saying it’s not needed. Why? Because they know it would be the first OS dumped for a better one. Windows is known to be by far the worse OS out there but its accepted because of the lack of technical expertise to use and manage a real one. So, their fears is games would be ported over to more effective OS’s, they lack the skills to keep up and they will be left out.

Yes, we need a Linux client yesterday. The time of Windows is coming slowly to an end. And for me it can’t happen soon enough.

I totally understand where you are coming from, but there is no reason to bash Windows. I’m a linux user (have been for 6+ years) and will talk about the merits of linux all day. Heck, I’ll even have an honest conversation about all of linux’s faults (which is incredibly tough to to since I’ve spent so many years perfecting my own set-up). To say that Windows is clearly inferior to linux, at this point in time, is simply untrue. Windows users don’t want a linux client because they see other things for Anet to work on elsewhere, not because they are afraid that their OS will be replaced. Honestly, I feel that Windows users, unlike linux users, have much less emotional attachment to their OS. If the world were suddenly free and open-source, most of them would switch in a heartbeat. They are arguing against a linux client simply because there is so much more to be done and their chioce of OS is working fantastically well (in comparison). I also feel that Anet has their own agenda to fulfill and that adding an extra 3% player base is not incredibly interesting to most of the current players or developers. Unfortunately, to the linux users (like you and I), it’s becoming less and less acceptable to go without a client for linux and we are clawing at any arguments we can find to persuade Anet to create one for us.

The fact of the matter is that we need a linux client, pure and simple.

I would really love to beta test a linux version of this game as well. I don’t seem to play this game as much anymore, windows is just to restrictive for me . Also I think some areas in the world might go to Ubuntu after xp support is gone. You be the judge and look for yourself, just search on your favorite search engine with the words in the brackets. (xp support end ubuntu) I think we may have more linux gamers than anyone may realize after xp support is gone. This is just my opinion based on world technology news all over the net.