Guild Wars 2

The removal of culling theoretically sounds like a great thing, who doesn’t want to see how many players they’re fighting alongside in these big events? It gives a sense of scale to these battles.

But, there’s a big problem with this in reality, and my entire Guild has been experiencing the worst of it. We know for a fact we are not the only players with these issues, either.

Among my Guild we have a variety of PC’s; High-end gaming PCs, Mid-end gaming PCs, Standard run of the mill PCs. We all have a variety of settings we all use to run the game at our best personal performances. But, ever since culling was removed it’s created several issues I’d like to address.

-High-end gaming PCs getting hot, even on LOWEST settings available

-High-end gaming PCs are having frame rate issues during events, and again, on lowest settings.

-Mid-end gaming PCs are exhibiting the same problems as the high ends but to slightly more intense degrees

-Culling is occurring with enemies during these events, as opposed to players

-Low-end PCs are experiencing frame rate drops of 5 FPS during large scale events

-Low-end PCs are having serious lag issues in congested areas, such as Lions Arch

-Low-end PCs are putting off a lot of heat

When individuals with PCs priced at $800, $1,300, or even more are having these issues this is not good.

If you can afford a PC that can deal with all this flawlessly, good for you! But, let’s take a look at the casuals here, those who can’t afford a souped up $1,000+ PC, they have been screwed over with this update.

I typically play on a Valkyrie CZ-17 with an internal fan and high-powered cooling pad and usually play on all highest settings with no problem. Now I can’t even load Lions Arch in medium graphics with low character load without it getting really concerningly hot and laggy.