Guild Wars 2

Good morning fellow Tyrians!

Just a quick update on my individual situation – thankfully it was user error.

Temperature concerns fixed, frame rate stuttering completely gone (I wasted WAY too much time just jumping & spinning camera in circles last night in LA, DR, Queensdale & Orr…got me killed quite a bit actually) & my FPS averaged between 80 & 130, would “dip” (I’m such a snob already) to 60-65 fps when there was a big fight with about a dozen players around fighting a champion & his minions & I even hit 200 fps while traveling through Bloodtide Coast (I admit there was no one around). My guildies did not get annoyed by my geeky updates of new FPS high (80, then 130, then 180 & finally 200) as the evening session went on.

I did not have the stock cooler on securely (3 of 4 points were in fact NOT on securely). I took mobo out, took everything else off except CPU & took my time removing & then securely re-attaching stock cooler for CPU. Temperatures are WAY down now, as Muslumgurseks shared above – my temperatures for each core ran between 59-73C last night after re-attaching the stock cooler. I kept checking it every 5 minutes & I went to different zones & events to test…everything except World Bosses & WvW (both of which I’m sure will have fps issues as people have been describing for quite a while).

I just want to say thank you for the helpful tips & info to my many questions.

So if you’re going to be in a similar situation where you have new pc parts & you’ve done your homework:

1) don’t give up,
2) don’t be afraid to ask for help &
3) don’t be afraid to check & triple check if maybe, just maybe the problem is a “you problem” rather than a hardware/software problem.

I’m so thankful mine was a me problem & not a hardware/software DOA problem!

Final question: should I be concerned with workload info for each core if one gets to 100% but temperature is NOT spiking up or increasing above 75C? I will research this myself but you all hvae been so helpful that I figured I’d ask it here too!

Is literature not an acceptable word? It came out as “basikittenerature” in my last message, lol

Dear Red Queen,

Thank you for the response & input! I confirmed that this mobo does provide the option to overclock (but I will confirm it further with an expert later today).

I DID have quite the struggle getting the stock cooler on (basically I got 3 of 4 points in – thought they weren’t secured…took another hour to reset them so I could get all 4 points secured/anchored in). So perhaps this is my problem & I’d never be so happy with user error than I would be if this is the case. I’ll go explore that option this evening. That will also help me confirm that nothing is broken phsyically…at least to the naked eye.

Could you point me to an online resource or suggest a google/bing line of thought to type in where I could look up acceptable/safe temperatures for the CPU? Perhaps I need to look at Intel’s website a bit closer (I’ll re-check the basikittenerature they included in the package as well.

Thank you again for the quick response. I’ll do my best to update so whatever I’m dealing with can help someone else who may be slowly gathering pc parts for an upgrade to see Tyria more clearly!

Good morning everyone!

Just put together new build (last night after 2.5 years of gathering parts, wahoo!) with following: i5 4690k (not overclocked atm), MSI nVidia GTX 660, 8 gb RAM, ASRock H97M Pro 1150 motherboard & old HDD (Hitachi 160 gb storage).

My situations & a few questions that are probably connected in one or many ways:

1) CPU temperature concerns “right out of the gate!”: Using Open Hardware Monitor I kept track on my CPU temperature (among the other items in PC). CPU was only temperature that got me nervous within 5 minutes of running GW2 as well as several other games in my library that are not as intensive as (I think) GW2 can be.

The CPU temp for all four cores reached 98-99% of “max” safe temperature in those first 5 minutes where I went from Divinity’s Reach to Queensdale & fought some drakes by the river. That has me super concerned that I’m doing something wrong.

Question: Is the stock cooler really that awful even if I am not overclocking? (as I have read many people stating during my research?). There was thermal paste on the stock cooler but perhaps that wasn’t enough or I didn’t spread it around substantially?

I have an aftermarket cooler on the way but it’s not a water cooler, will that substantially relieve the temperature whether I keep it at stock speed or overclock in the future?

2) Frame rates: I realize this has been an on-going thing since GW2 launched but I’m surprised that going from an Intel Duo Core CPU to an Intel i5 4690k does not alleviate the “stuttering” & fps skyrocketing up to 65/70 to as low as 6-8 fps whether I’m in DR or non city zones (this is after after I’ve disabled anti aliasing & other recommended graphics options from the official forums & reddit).

Perhaps my old HDD is bottlenecking my new cpu & gpu? Perhaps 8 gb of RAM isn’t enough? Perhaps I was a moron & wasted money on a mobo that isn’t good enough? I appreciate any feedback & constructive criticism you all can provide.

I’ve updated my gpu drivers & updated all I can think of. Is there something with Direct X I should double check about updating or something else with any driver updates I should look into?

Thank you fellow Tyrians & Anet in advance for your input!

Sincerely,

Xavost Athno

Aye! Happy birthday Guild Wars 2, I’ve loved every second in Tyria the past 2+ years (including the beta sessions). Looking forward to many more adventures with real life friends & friends I’ve made in GW2!

Greetings all!

I am currently looking to build up the guild roster with fellow players who would like to band together to overcome the PvE content in creative ways outside of the most efficient meta builds & class combos.

I am currently on Dark Haven & while I love WvW & sPvP that may not be the focus of the guild unless our community develops an interest to do that together down the road!

I am open to building alliances with other guilds for overcoming PvE content together – whether it is dungeons, fractals, world bosses, jumping puzzles, guild missions, guild bounties or simply helping the newer members learn their profession(s) (2 joined in the past hour). So if you’re interested in befriending a newer guild with friendly, laid back & helpful leadership, throw me a friend request & a message in game!

Guild loyalty is laid back & casual – all I ask is that members represent on Friday evenings if/when we’re all able to connect for that scheduled guild night (9:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. East Coast U.S. time zone) to play together & foster fellowship as well as build new friendships.

Of course guild members are welcome to band together other nights as we’re able but as a husband & father of 2 very young children – Friday evenings are the only time I can guarantee I’ll be around to help you out – which I will do in any way that I can! I am on most other nights as well but those are less predictable. Thanks for your consideration & I look forward to befriending you in game! Feel free to contact me here or in game for more info and an invite!

Sincerely,

Feanor

Just a quick thank you to Aidyn & the others who have reached out to me – its been great to have the community reach out to me through messages & invitations here & in game!

Sincerely,

Feanor

Greetings! Just looking for a friendly & fun PvE (dungeons & presently in LOVE with the Crown Pavillion Boss Blitz – would love to start running fractals & open world stuff too)

So…looking for a PvE guild to run around with in game most weeknights (EST) & the weekend of course I love working with others & accomplishing team stuff, I’m always for encouraging others & I take constructive criticism very well!

I do sPvP & WvW as well – but I’m WAY “ok” with getting owned by my fellow Tyrians in pvp of all sorts.

Sincerely,

Feanor Athno

tl;dr – Are there guides, discussions or resources about profession builds for dungeons other than Berserker gear? If so, where do I go to find them?

I have nothing against berserker builds, but can you all direct me to discussions, guides, tools, etc. that would help me better understand a way to discovering, testing, discussing & troubleshooting profession builds for game content (in this case dungeons)? I’m interested in trying to learn & discover other viable profession builds for game content.

My guild is starting to run dungeons together. I want to learn for myself so I can be helpful to my guild (without being a clueless jerk).

While I have access to dungeon guides, I’d much prefer to improve my profession building for each class & help my guildies do the same so we learn how to adjust our builds, understand the different professions (our own class & how we can synergize whatever combo of professions we have in the group) along with why & how we get wiped & how we can improve our flexibility with profession building in the future for PvX.

I am seeking your help because my head is swimming after reading through the official forums for months (as well as forums elsewhere).

Any advice, guidance & tips in the general direction of this topic would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your input, your humor & whatever else you all reply with.