Guild Wars 2

Hello guys? I recently got my self an new computer- I’ve not replaced it with my old one yet due to one question; Is my gw2 characters and such saved on the user and the web- or save files on the computer it self? I’d rather not loose 5000 hours of effort :P

ive switched computers since this game has come out and can safely say that all information is stored on their server. although you will have to download the 60k+ files again

Your characters are saved on Anet’s servers. That’s why we can play from anywhere.

However, you will save yourself a lot of downloading time, if you copy your existing files to the new computer.

Garambola.2461:

Your characters are saved on Anet’s servers. That’s why we can play from anywhere.

However, you will save yourself a lot of downloading time, if you copy your existing files to the new computer.

Coping the files just adds the basic game files to the new computer. You still need to install it and download everything else like updates and what not.
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every (good) online game keeps the records on its own server… keeping it locally makes it very easy to edit

To save time, and a lot of downloading, you will want to move your .dat file to the new computer.

Regardless, everything will be available to you no matter what computer you log into your game account from.

Good luck.

Copy;

• Gw2.Dat
• Gw2.Exe

To your new computer, I’ll leave the method transportation up to you just keep in mind you’ll be requiring at least 30-40gb of space on any removable media.

All character data is kept on the ArenaNet Servers you cannot lose anything, just make sure you’ve got your login & password saved in a secure location as you might need it when you launch on the new PC.

joshc.3129:

Garambola.2461:

Your characters are saved on Anet’s servers. That’s why we can play from anywhere.

However, you will save yourself a lot of downloading time, if you copy your existing files to the new computer.

Coping the files just adds the basic game files to the new computer. You still need to install it and download everything else like updates and what not.
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GW2 only stores files within its own directory (and screenshots in Documents). Copying the directory means you are copying the latest version of the game that you had.

OP, here’s how I move my GW2 install around:
1. On the new computer, download the GW2 installer from this website.
2. Start the install process until the point where the launcher starts downloading content (at the point where you can enter your login info and there’s a red progress bar at the bottom)
3. Exit the launcher.
4. Copy your GW2 install from your old computer to your new one (located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Guild Wars 2).
5. Choose “Replace” for all file conflicts.
6. Launch the game again and let it figure things out.
7. Enjoy!