Guild Wars 2

Workaround: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Stuck-in-the-tower/first#post3349502

Thanks for the workaround Frazee, sticky/announce needed.

minimap right lower icon.
lower map level.
teleport.

1: dr/timegating/hard nerfing/ascended gear.
Main reason i stopped playing the game, *new*poor<gap>*old*rich.
2: risk/reward.
3: personal story/ls rewards&fun factor
4: Orr temples that never worked, except melandru.
5: unfun dungeons/fractals

Enjoyed the game till wintersday 2012.
“Only needed no culling/account wallet/guild acitivities back then”

EU=Up !

15/char.

15/16 3hrs to go. normal patch shedule

Luckely there is:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/jubilee/Complete-the-Opening-Ceremony-before-the-20th/first#post2619152
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/jubilee/Why-is-there-no-jubilee-daily/first#post2662243

Disable Reflections/post, shadows to high, lower rest for wvwvw.
High Energy profile, disable core parking.
Keep drivers up to date.

GW2 Engine uses 3 threads basically, intel beats per clock cycle vs amd.

Ps: Ultra shadows caused for a long time micro stutters on camera rotation
[not know if its fixed yet]

+1

15chars.

Personal opinion:

1. Pve culling
2, DR and overall drop nerfs
3. Revamped fun dungeons. [Backasswards on everything]
4. Ingame Dungeon finder [LFG]
5. Better open world boss mechanics/DE chains with consequences
6. New ORR zone that is fun and rewarding [only plinxx/madusa run currently]
7. Home instance, teleport to other towns, more activity’s in major towns
8. More open world mini dungeons, and more asure zone’s,later charr zone’s could use some more fun DE’s/Hearths.
9. wuv v wuv, incentive to defend and protect,revamped/reversed outmanned&orbs.
10. Reason to go back to older zone’s [chains,hunts,specials,rewards,etc]
11. mini games that are made for friends
12. better crafting and longer lasting buffs

Improvements so far:
wvwvw culling, season events,perma content [living world], solo pvp,deposit collectible,craft from bank,laurel&archievement system,champ drops, account wallet,slider for particle effect.

Madking>SAB>Wintersday>HG>Bazaar Zone design.

Finally permanent world content changes living world : Queen’s Jubilee

Update&login.
/birthday and claim the reward.
Goto Divinity Reach and celebrate the event with some fireworks/games.
Solo PvP with the finishers.

Good times ! the day after, kill all the champs XD

Finally decent content since madking/wintersday and not located in LA !
Kodus to HG on Kaka island.

meow !
/15chars

• Mind blown*
  Guess the 8bit joking turned real, or virtual in this case :P
  (lovely ad btw)

Kudos, Oh the nostalgie and memories/tribute !
(and yes box needs to stay, never excited this much about a instance before in gw2)

Sounds to me like 1080P cpu bottleneck for capture/recording.
Try a different program, or get a capture card !

Compared to previous culling:
Ghost asset primary load.
Enemie has priority.
Still in manny occasions to late culling of new assets. (hard cap)
(enemy/friendly just a few feet away from you*popin/out*)

Wished we could specify the hardcap in the client !
(warning tag for low end users)

(Sarcasm)
By doing jump puzzles in wvwvw.
Oh and dont forget the lootbags in massive battles, if they drop.

Vet/Champ/Temple/Dragon/Etc tables need to be looked at !

Bloom and object border highlight needs to be seperated from post processing.

The Source of Orr was my end!
Still have 80 Arah open on all my chars.

My opinion on dungeons (casual/pug):
Story: Complete Nightmare.
Explorable: See below.
To much Trash/Adds/Aoe/1-2shots that hit harder then the bosses itself.

You only need to Forward NAT when you host games !

(Optional/Mandatory)
Give the OSFirewall acces to the program to acces the net.

Thanks for making this update post/blog Vorch.2985/Colin,
Great enhancements to the game.

Exactly what the game needed, cant wait !

Delete local.dat in documents/gw2.

(optional for whatever reason) backup local.dat (documents/gw2), delete and try !

Disagree, we are talking about (handcrafted) art wise mmo here.
Not some cellshaded mmo.

Full HD texture’s and dx11/tesselation/etc would be overkill for a mmo/clients.
(only benifit for dx11 would be threading/performance wise)

Merry Christmas to everyone !

Gaming i5+660TI
Streaming (cpu capture) and other demanding stuff= i7.

wvwvw is realy demanding on large renders ~20-30FPs,
optimizations and gpu drivers will get better overtime. (dont expect miracles)

K version you need a good cooler if its ivy bridge !
(hyper 412S @4.5 ~65-70Degrees, hyperbole heat/mVolt for more OC)

Would recommend a 120GB SSD for windows partition and main game.

Loading is dependid on HDD/SDD/CPU
And the amount of asset load (player) in that given zone/radius !

@Tenzor.9315

Mvp has setting for popup prompt.
Game added to list ?
H syntax marked with game ?
What mode are you using, only did test -D mode.

Download them from ati/nvidia, most OEM vendors have outdated versions !
Update: Try a whql revision back, or post a survey to nvidia.

Posted the ultra shadow bug in gw2 also to nvidia since >301.42whql (no resolution yet)

Update your Gpu drivers, know issues since beta on mobile gpu’s (x5000-600M)

For nvidia users:
301.42WHQL
MVP2.1.115A
(Optional) performance improvements @Intel 15.28.8.64.2875

These are the only compactible drivers that work (after extensive testing)
Lots of unofficial games can be used with hyperformance in this combination in fullscreen.

Lucid needs to state this on their website, what drivers are tested and are compactible.
(their doc says on all drivers/with tested games, yea right)

For gw2, in some cases it gives more fps on some spots 10-30fps.
(but overall the fps is indentical, could not test due to forced vsync or missing benchmark)

The main reason for using it in gw2:
Withouth mvp&streaming the ui overlay flickers in screen region/software capture !
Overall it feels a bit more responsive in higher demanding erea’s.

PS: -D -H mode tested only with 3770K/GTX570DC2.

Crafting would be much better if they removed the profession lvl requirements:
Craft if you have the mats.

Artifacts during story cutscenes:
Self shadow cast.
Left Asure Dead eye
etc,etc.

Engineer Grenade plank halfway thru my head XD

Attended/Looted/No secondary Mail

As intended !

1. Community driven Crafting/Sharing/Selling
2. Easily Grind for Crafting
3. Worthwhile rewards for events
4. Guildplay
5. Open world PVP

1. Landscape/Scenery/Art with Vo Lore.
2. No Subsciption
3. Dynamic/Champ events
4. Replay value/Starter Towns (non-linear gameplay)
5. Exploring the World/JP’s/Chests/Vista.

Thanks for the update Chris, and glad Anet seen the Weak points.

Only can see a snowball effect (fracture) and elitisme coming from it.
Whats next, more tiers/stats when they finished with the content ?

“Future content you need ascended/fusion”
Where does this leave the casual player with the new content ?

Epic boss fight, Finally decent loot.

Buyed the game because of the manifesto !
Was sick and tired of the other 3000 elite vertical progression dungeon mmorpg’s.
(average playtime other mmorpgs 2 weeks, lineage2 pre GOD 7 years )

With the 180 philosophy change i will just play the game if it where prepatch !
(forget expansions and gems sales)

You have to be kitten me, right ?

Positive:
Idea of the scavanger hunt in LA
Boat to the new zone.
New dungeon (infinite)
New zone (sea of sorrows) scenery looks nice, jump puzzle
Mail hint/location info during event
New SPVP map

Negative:
Vertical progression.
Npc bugs/stuck.
Mass invasion in SE of LA for older hardware/broadcasts.
(rather spawned a few bosses on different spots, then to murder everything)
Npc broadcast infinite, rather make it on delayed interval.

Was fun exploring the new zone and opening it up
(this should be also based on a interval)
Went sour real quickly in phase 3 after 30min (mass logout)
(lacking rewards, player find it even worse then Orr)

General Suggestions:
Stick to your manifesto !
Nerf 1 shot skills/Aoe from mobs (dungeons)
Improve xp rewards in lower zones <40, increase money in higher zone’s >50
Adjust respawn times on most commun places.
Stop the mega ninja nerfing of drop rates.
(Reduce DR, better remove it completely)
Reduce travel costs to explored/lower zone’s
WvWvW shards based on opposing team playersize (que it up).

End:
You guys where on the right track with the halloween event !
(this could span over to other capitals and holidays)
This also got you some income/support from the gems.
(cosmetics/skins/pets/etc)

Game can be saved, only requires some editing !

End-game:
Meaningfull places to farm all over the last Orr zone’s with decent rewards !
(this also apply’s to all the other DE’s and zone events)
Cosmetic gear/skins, Town gear, mini games/pets, Halloween/Holiday content wise (this does even sell on the black trading post/gems)

Finally:
Stick to the manifesto !

Game is fun till Fort Trinity (expected and exeeded)
Hate gear/requirement progression.
Hate the dungeons, and the last 3 zone’s (not enough events).

Liked the Halloween event.

Op:
Test the 301.42Whql drivers.
Latest drivers give micro stutter/freeze with ultra shadows in gw2.
(extremely noticable when turning camera)

Workaround:
Shadows To High solves this.

Mandatory:
Turn reflections off.

personally using:
301.42Whql+mvp 2.1.115a -cuda -testVerticalFov -umbra

<600 301.42Whql
>600 310.53Beta

Example:
After 301.42Whql, micro stutters/freezes with shadows on ultra.

Workaround:
Set shadows to high.

Reported the problems/feedback to nvidia a while back, hopefully fixed in next Whql.

join/party instance load not working, whats new !

-testVerticalFov

See Title:
Can we force them OFF ?