Guild Wars 2

I just bought my macbook last week, installed the game.. and I can’t play more than 5 minutes without losing connection from the server.

Running at 1440×900 resolution with very low graphics, getting around 20 fps in Rata Sum.

I’m hesitant to try the SMC reset since it is a brand-new computer.. Does it run better on bootcamp? I know Macbooks aren’t really meant for gaming, but what can I do to make it run efficiently, and still look good?

It will run smoother on bootcamp, you can install newer and more advanced (nvidia) drivers for your graphics card and run the game with better graphics. I run it on both with my 2010 mbp, and I dont recognise myself with the losing connection parts at all, so that might be something on your end.

SMC reset? you dont have to reset anything for bootcamp, just split your hardisk

KingE.5369:

SMC reset? you dont have to reset anything for bootcamp, just split your hardisk

SMC reset would be to do the temp fix that I’ve seen advised on the forum.. although it seems to be a way to get it running ‘like new’ again, and my mbp -is- new.

I definitely want to try bootcamp, although I’m skeptical about harddisk space (only a 250gb ssd). Next step is to find a place still selling Windows 7 keys, since everything is Windows 8 now, and bootcamp doesn’t support 8.

That doesn’t seem right. With the mac beta client on my 15" MBPr, 1680×1050 (fullscreen) all settings on medium I’m getting 60-70fps right now, in Rata Sum. However, I did the SMC reset a few days ago.

I prefer to run GW2 on Bootcamp when I WvWvW for that extra fps, and one solution to the disk space problem is to run the Windows Bootcamp partition from an external thunderbolt drive. I bought an SSD and the Seagate STAE128 Thunderbolt Adapter and have Windows running off that. With Thunderbolt I get the same speeds as my internal SSD.

Just reset SMC, the game will run much more better then. Don’t worry resetting it doesn’t harm anything.

Some one explain to me why resetting the System Management Controller would have any effect on a network connection problem?

Does anyone do any real research here, or do we all punch buttons on our computers like monkeys until luck shines on us and we proclaim to have found “a solution”?

Not sure about you, but my Macbook Pro RD, runs GW2 perfectly. Highest res, etc.

chaosbringer.4092:

Not sure about you, but my Macbook Pro RD, runs GW2 perfectly. Highest res, etc.

I have the 15’’RD as well, what are you using differently?

Macbooks have a long history of WiFi connection problems. It seems to be somewhat random, playing with some router settings might help. It took over a year and many OSX updates on my old 2007 MBP until it finally would stop dropping each and every WiFi connection every other minute.

I don’t think the GW2 client is at fault here.