Guild Wars 2

DIdn’t have this problem originally but past few months with the patches I have this issue along with the loading screens taking longer and longer. I am being told its the game being poorly optimized or something.

I’m having this same issue, yesterday I was doing just fine, but now I’m getting extremely high CPU Usage, more than normal, thus making GW2 lag. Does anyone have an answer for this?

If ur running a 4 core CPU like a FX4k series or an intel i5, this is normal. Its just that you have only just released/seen/have entered a situation where CPU usuage maxes out. and/or Anet have introduced a patch / event that has higher CPU usage.

My own 12 thread CPU can reach up to 60 % in very extreme situations, if u were playing GW2 when the karka invaded LA, that was one such situation.
60% total usuage over 12 threas = 7 full threads(if u condensed all the procesess down). Meaning an i5 /FX4k cpu with only 4 threads would be maxed out.
And even in less extreme situations at 40 or 50% usuage that still 5-6 threads.

It doesnt happen often, so ether deal with it or buy a better CPU. As bad/harsh as it sounds…theres no point waiting for Anet to ‘fix’ the optimisation issues that GW2 has becouse they are unlikely to ever come.

SolarNova.1052:

If ur running a 4 core CPU like a FX4k series or an intel i5, this is normal. Its just that you have only just released/seen/have entered a situation where CPU usuage maxes out. and/or Anet have introduced a patch / event that has higher CPU usage.

My own 12 thread CPU can reach up to 60 % in very extreme situations, if u were playing GW2 when the karka invaded LA, that was one such situation.
60% total usuage over 12 threas = 7 full threads(if u condensed all the procesess down). Meaning an i5 /FX4k cpu with only 4 threads would be maxed out.
And even in less extreme situations at 40 or 50% usuage that still 5-6 threads.

It doesnt happen often, so ether deal with it or buy a better CPU. As bad/harsh as it sounds…theres no point waiting for Anet to ‘fix’ the optimisation issues that GW2 has becouse they are unlikely to ever come.

I have an I7 quad core so I assume that is more then enough. I have also ran this computer with 300-400 people on the screen and don’t have issues in another MMO. This one I can stand in town literally that is half empty and it will max out. The maxing out has no bearing in where I am at in the game, it always ends up maxing out.