Guild Wars 2

So I’m finding that in WvW, my rig can handle being in a massive group on the move, but the moment any action starts and the spells start flying, my framerate dies a horrible death, even at minimum settings. The same thing happens when I go up against dragons like the Shatterer and Tequatl- my framerate is fine until the fight actually starts. Later on in Lion’s Arch, tho, big crowds of people get together for Pink Day, and again my computer is just fine.

The only thing I can attribute this to is the dynamic lights cast by various spell and weapon effects. Some discussion in LA tells me that I’m not the only one who has realized this.

A simple option to switch off spell lighting (with the exception of things like the torches in the Eternal Battlegrounds jump puzzle) would likely make WvW and dragon fights a lot more playable for us min-spec people who can’t yet afford to upgrade our machines the way we’d like to.