Guild Wars 2

CptBadger.5918:

Sorry bro. You can’t run this game on your toaster.

In fact, most desktop high end rigs struggle with it, because the optimization is a joke.

Or to be more precise – there is absolutely no optimization whatsover.

so are you saying my computer in fact does suck?

Can someone tell me why in the world my computer is horrible when I play. I put all of my graphics on the lowest it could possibly be and when I play WvW or even a paid tourny I just lag unbearably. I used “can you run it” and it said my computer was more than fine, in fact, 100% able to run guild wars 2 smoothly. halp!

Minimum

CPU
Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, Core i3, AMD Athlon 64 X2 or better
You Have: AMD Phenom™ II N830 Triple-Core Processor
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CPU Speed
Minimum: Info
You Have: 2.1 GHz

RAM
Minimum: 2 GB
You Have: 3.8 GB

OS
Minimum: Windows XP Service Pack 2 or better
You Have: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit
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Video Card
Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce 7800, ATI Radeon X1800, Intel HD 3000 or better (256 MB of video RAM and shader model 3.0 or better)
You Have: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
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Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card
Required You Have
Pixel Shader version 3.0 5.0
Vertex Shader version 3.0 5.0
Dedicated Video RAM 256 MB 1.0 GB

Sound Card
Minimum: Yes
You Have: ATI High Definition Audio Device
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Free Disk Space
Minimum: 25 GB
You Have: 311.7 GB

There isn’t much too it other than one build will always put out the most damage, one build will always be the best bunker, ect. It is impossible to make this kind of game, where there are multiple classes and multiple “trees” completely 4000% balanced. One build will always be the best. Thats when skill come into play, you could have the best build and still be terrible. Skill > Build any day of the week.

Does anyone have an idea if/when there will be some sort of rating system implemented in PvP?

GW2 does not have “rating” but will they ever? This game is completely noncompetitive. It is nearly impossible not to land in 1st place every single time. Yes, I understand that paid tournaments will be available soon but what happens when you win one of those? More rank and glory points with some gems? yay? I COULD CARE LESS! I do not care about what rank I am or you are, it means nothing. I could care less about how my character looks also. This game is so unbearably boring I find myself staring at the GW2 icon wondering if I should even log in. GW2 NEEDS some sort of rating system to make players “work at” something. No one cares about what rank you are or how you look, that tells people nothing. High rated people need to play other high rated. A group of 5 scrubs could easily just form a group for paid tournaments and just lose with NO PENALTIES and say who cares. With rating people will care if they lose or win because they care about their rating.

I’d like to hear other people agreeing with me but that thanks for hearing me rant.