Guild Wars 2

+1

Have not played the last 3 weeks due to RL, finally get some time this weekend to find I can’t because of this problem.

… Edit

Ok if you wait long enough it does seem to come up, almost 15 mins wait for me. Then I find I have more stuff to download after successfully completing the previous update that seems to have triggered the issue.

It is interesting to note that crossover (also wine based, like cider) supports “full screen windowed mode” on many directx games just fine. It removes the normal window frame completely, keeps the menu bar visible and adjusts the monitor resolution accordingly to account for it.

Unfortunately, the latest version of crossover is in a “known not to work” state, although some do have it running with a special build it still has problems. http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=7951

For now, full screen mac client is the only option an performance wise its pretty close to running gw2 in native windows mode.

The only problems I’m seeing relate to the mouse (sometimes panning does not work correctly, and sensitivity is a problem especially if you also run the windows version as it seems most settings are retained on the server instead of client) and keyboard (keys tend to get “stuck” down for some reason and you have to press them again to get the release).