Guild Wars 2

For people gaming on mid- to low-end computers or laptops, graphic setting has always been to be compromised. We make tweaks here and there, trying to get the best appearance while preventing lowering the frame rate to an unplayable stage.

However, Guild Wars 2 is a game with huge diversity in it’s landscape. And with diversity, comes difference in render load for the system. For example, Many people experienced serious frame rate drop in Ember Bay with the same graphic setting that had been totally fine elsewhere. The same issue happens in Amnoon, the oasis city in Crystal Desert, while the system runs smoothly with the same setting at the adjacent country side.

And this is even more true for players who constantly engage in different kinds of activities. The best graphic setting for a WvW zerg fight and Tequatl is certainly different from the graphic setting for map exploration alone or in a small party.

Some might suggest that one can simply use the ‘Autodetect’ function. However in many cases, ‘Autodetect’ fails to provide the best possible appearance within the limit of certain frame rate—not to mention that even the desired frame rate limit could vary from player to player. On the other hand, the ‘Best Appearance’ option is just often too laggy while the ‘Best Performance’ option is just painfully dull.

For players, a custom graphic template option is therefore much in need. With preferably at least 2 slots of templates for player to customize and choose from based on the scenario, instead of the laggy ‘Best appearance’ and painfully dull ‘best performance’ presets, player experience could be drastically improved.