Guild Wars 2

Why does it take 45+ seconds to load Lion’s Arch? Has anyone else noticed relatively long load times in this game?

Computer specs please. The people can comment

I just posted in another thread here regarding loading issues since the last patch. I have only experienced it in sPVP but some other folks appear to be experiencing it elsewhere as well. Hopefully ANet is on it.

Lion’s Arch just took 12.5 seconds to load on my laptop, which has an SSD.

Load times are roughly similar on my desktop, which also has an SSD.

Aye depending on network traffic ..time of day (number of ppl in lions arch), and computer speed, you should be getting between 10 and 20 second load times.
nearer 10 seconds during quiet times, nearer 20 during busy times.

HI Melchiz,

Have you defragmented your hard disk drive? If you have solid state drives, this is not required. However if you have a normal hard drive, this could potentially lower your loading times.

A few points here:

System stats (all clocks at factory speeds):
Phenom II X4 955
4 GB DDR2 1066
Radeon HD 5770 (1 GB)
500 GB 7200 RPM Drive (WD Black)

It’s not likely to be network- or non-HD-related, as my system and connection are sound (it could be a memory issue since GW2 likes to chew on upwards of 2GB, although I doubt it).

My drive is a fairly new magnetic unit (7200 RPM) that otherwise is very responsive. I have of course defragmented it and checked to see if gw2.dat remained fragmented (it is not).

I cannot accept the argument that I need an SSD to enjoy the game.

Other games, including more demanding ones, load at acceptable rates. This leads me to believe that we have an issue with optimization or over-compression of game assets.

It’s an issue for some since last patch. My load times have at least doubled on a 500 MB/s+ SSD.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Game-Loading-Time-is-longer-after-Oct-7-patch-SSD/first#post383471

Whether or not this has occurred for you before last patch…