Guild Wars 2

Hey,

I’ve recently been exposed to the Home Instances, due to the promotions of the mining and wood chopping nodes on your in-game store. I purchased these items hoping that it would aid with my daily gathering for quick dailies.. However, the blocking in the home instance is excessive and unnecessary in my opinion.

For example, why do you block players from going straight from the mining area of the home instance to the woodcutting area, they’re right next to each other however there is blocking preventing easy access? In order to get there, I have to go along the outside of my home and over a vine bridge which takes around 45seconds – 1min.

In general, the blocking in my home is excessive which makes it less intuitive. Players like their shortcuts, but it seems the home has none at all. If you’d like to make the Home Instance more popular / used then I’d advise making it a little more efficient for the user, starting with removing blocking where it isn’t necessary.

Race: Sylvari

I’ve actually found that my 27 inch iMac (2013) actually runs better than it does in bootcamp, specs help a lot I think and MBP’s just aren’t built for gaming. I tried GW2 on my i7 Macbook Pro with GeForce graphics and there’s a massssssiveeee difference.

Hi all – I went and purchased my iMac, and I’m so impressed. Been playing GW2 for a few hours now, and I’ve never felt such a smooth experience. In general exploring, I am getting a solid 70-95 FPS depending on the view, and in combat engagement it tends to be 40-65. I went into WvW and followed a large group of people and I never fell below 35.

The specs I went with in the end, were:

3.4GHz Intel Core i5
16GB Ram
500gb Flash Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB

If the 27 inches of brilliance isn’t enough, then the FPS results should be

I just got my iMac 27 inch and it’s playing like a dream, far better than my old Windows PC. I’m getting between 60-95 FPS, in extremely intensive areas it’s usually kitten.

Spec =
3.4GHz Intel Core i5
16GB Ram
500gb Flash Drive
NCIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB

Before I got it I read in a lot of places that Mac on GW2 was awful, it definitely is not.

Hey,

I’m looking to buy a new machine. Up until I got my Macbook Pro 15’, all I knew was windows. I’ve come to the conclusion (although many would disagree), that I have far much more time for Mac due to the overwhelming amount of efficiency it brings, it’s simply got a lot going for it. It wouldn’t be used solely for gaming use, however gaming would be a large part of it.

In addition to the above, Macs tend to last longer and actually don’t lose a lot of their value 3-4 years from purchase compared to a windows. So later down the line if I want to purchase an upgraded Mac, I could probably get at least 60% of the price that I paid for it back at 2nd hand. Whereas a windows, you’d be lucky to get 40% for what you paid for it 3-4 years later.

I’m looking at the 27 inch iMac, and am wondering if anyone here uses an iMac to play Guild Wars? I’m not much a solo player, so I tend to like World Boss Hunting, Dungeons and Fractals. A lot of the research I have done has suggested the following:

• GPU far more important, so upgrade the graphics card where possible
• i7 Intels aren’t necessary unless doing tons of multi-tasking (which I wouldn’t do to that degree)
• A flash or fusion drive would be largely beneficial for common file usage loading speeds

Based on the above, I am thinking about getting an iMac with the following specs:

• 3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz
• 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM – 2X4GB
• 1TB Fusion Drive
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5

The 1TB Fusion drive is replacing a 1TB ATA Drive (7200 rpm) (for £160 extra)
The 780m 4GB Graphics card is replacing a 775m 2GB graphics card (for £130 extra)

I have the option to upgrade the processor from:

3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz
to
3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz

But from what I’ve read that’s a pretty pointless upgrade if you aren’t doing multi-purpose and process intensive things such 3D rendering, video / photo editing. Considering I’d mostly be using it for gaming, and work I don’t feel it’s worth the extra £190 based on research I’ve read.

Hey,

I’m looking to buy a new machine. Up until I got my Macbook Pro 15’, all I knew was windows. I’ve come to the conclusion (although many would disagree), that I have far much more time for Mac due to the overwhelming amount of efficiency it brings, it’s simply got a lot going for it. It wouldn’t be used solely for gaming use, however gaming would be a large part of it.

In addition to the above, Macs tend to last longer and actually don’t lose a lot of their value 3-4 years from purchase compared to a windows. So later down the line if I want to purchase an upgraded Mac, I could probably get at least 60% of the price that I paid for it back at 2nd hand. Whereas a windows, you’d be lucky to get 40% for what you paid for it 3-4 years later.

I’m looking at the 27 inch iMac, and am wondering if anyone here uses an iMac to play Guild Wars? I’m not much a solo player, so I tend to like World Boss Hunting, Dungeons and Fractals. A lot of the research I have done has suggested the following:

• GPU far more important, so upgrade the graphics card where possible
• i7 Intels aren’t necessary unless doing tons of multi-tasking (which I wouldn’t do to that degree)
• A flash or fusion drive would be largely beneficial for common file usage loading speeds

Based on the above, I am thinking about getting an iMac with the following specs:

• 3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz
• 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM – 2X4GB
• 1TB Fusion Drive
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5

The 1TB Fusion drive is replacing a 1TB ATA Drive (7200 rpm) (for £160 extra)
The 780m 4GB Graphics card is replacing a 775m 2GB graphics card (for £130 extra)

I have the option to upgrade the processor from:

3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz
to
3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz

But from what I’ve read that’s a pretty pointless upgrade if you aren’t doing multi-purpose and process intensive things such 3D rendering, video / photo editing. Considering I’d mostly be using it for gaming, and work I don’t feel it’s worth the extra £190 based on research I’ve read.