Guild Wars 2

Since 1/28 patch, the game is not playable.
The lag is horrible, and it’s not a network lag.
My machine is very old, but it meets the minimum requirements.

I concluded I need to upgrade my machine.
My question is if this is something we’ll encounter in the future?
Will there be another patch that forces a machine upgrade?
if so, this game becomes more expansive than WoW.

Before the patch, my ingame performance was pretty good. not the best image quality, but deffinetly good quality and fine graphics. no lags in dungeons. a good experience overall.
Since the patch I only do the daily and even this has become a nightmare.

this game itself is a nightmare honestly, people with top end intel systems with chips that cost over 1000usd cant get guarnteed 30+fps at all times(some say they can, but nobody i know can….and i got a few friends with those chips)

best bang for your buck upgrades would be

intel: 3570k or 3770k with good 3rd party cooler

AMD: FX 6300, FX 8320, fx8350 again I would still get a 3rd party cooler.

Either of the above options will need overclocked to 4.4+ghz to get best results

videocard, 7770(amd radeon) or 650(nVidia) or better, the 7870 1536 shader model is the sweet spot honestly.

if you need more help/suggestions toss me a PM.

I looked into it and considered my budget. An upgrade will come shortly.
However, this does not solve the problem of having to upgrade every time a major patch is released.
The game worked fine before 1/28. It’s not playable now.
I can’t afford, nor do I want to upgrade every time Anet release new content.