Guild Wars 2

Firstly, on all other counts I love this game.

Having read the FPS performance threads I then tested my setup using ‘Process Explorer’. Getting an abismal 2 to 3 FPS in WvW battles – my GPU is running at about 15% with graphics settings on low whilst one CPU core is maxed at 100% and the others floating around 40%.

For an i5 760 @ 4.02 Ghz with an Nvidia 470 to be so far off playable it does beg the question of whether competative gameplay can exist in this game. Surely decent FPS is a mandatory requirement for PvP gameplay to be better than that of the games that came before it? I stuggle with the idea that winners and losers of PvP is not about player talent but about who has the best hardware! Thoughts?

GW2 is a great game and I really hope it gets optimised soon…is there any news on when?

GW2 does have performance problem and it could be better. Don’t think anyone knows when optimization will be done, not even the developers, but they are working it for sure. Whether they can do it or not is a different story.

A competitive player would naturally have decent hardware to start with. So I don’t think its all down to who has the best hardware. They are there for a purpose of being competitive in PvP.