Guild Wars 2

And for anyone that says “but then how is Rytlock the first revenant?”. Well, he might be the one spreading it about in the Mysts, the first to learn it. When the Revenants get back, they’ll talk about a Charr warrior they did not recognize who taught them how to do it, and when Rytlock returns, at the point in time that HoT starts, everyone will find out, in hindsight, that he was the original revenant.

And charrs won’t recognize him maybe because of some deformity he acquires during his stay there, hence the blindfold.

Intro Cinematic I am a Revenant. I was trapped in the Mysts for a very long time, until I met a Charr adventurer. Together, we learned how to harness the powers of the Mysts, until we found our way out. But we were thrust into different points in time, ‘cause Mysts. And now I’m somehow defending Shaemoor against an Earth Elemental.

Tadaaaaaaa. ~ Introducing the Deus ex Machina that is the Mysts’ concept (or lack thereof) of time.

I’d bet fifty cents on it.

To answer the question about Cantha and Elona’s continued existance: unless they were lying, I’m pretty sure Order of Whispers operatives have stated they have ways to move past the EDs’ blockages and go into other continents. They’re the only people in Tyria able to do so at the time, given their knowledge of secret paths. So yes, Cantha and Elona still exist. They even stated Palawa is still there, reigning over Elona.

I think the Fog and Sand bit of her poem might back up her connection to the Mists. Fog being practically interchangeable with the Mists, as a word. I think that line is meant to say that the Mists is as much part of Tyria as the rest of the world (the “sand”). Could be wrong though.
And I agree with lakdav, before writing her off as a Mary Sue, let the story develop. Just because she managed to breeze through most of the Colleges, doesn’t mean it isn’t feasible. We have real life examples of people who took various degrees in various fields.
The Renaissance Man was known for his ability to learn a bit of everything. Da Vinci is one such example. Da Vinci, despite his fame for his paintings and inventions, was also a pretty good cook (as told to me by my history teacher). He even had what could be considered a precursor to mixers, powered by horsepower (which made the kitchen incredibly stinky as per accounts of the time, but I digress).
My point being, if in a world without magic and mystical races (which the Sylvari are and ) we can learn from multiple fields of knowledge, then in a magical world that applies even more, specially considering we keep forgetting Sylvari are prone to learning fast; Caithe was incredibly good at killing stuff that humans and charr, who have been around for longer, didn’t know how to kill. The bit with the destroyer devourers, where she tells Logan and Rytlock to strike between the tails? Rytlock, being a charr, probably deals with devourers everyday and not even he seemed to know about that.

So lets not pin Scarlet to the Mary Sue board just yet.

I have this theory about Scarlet which I think might be pretty close to the truth (heavy Asuran PS spoilers, read at your own risk).
First we have to take into account the following facts: We don’t know how long ago her short story is, for all we know it could’ve taken place before the Thaumanova Reactor events.
It lines up perfectly with Asuran Personal Storyline, because in the short story, Scarlet and a character that appears in said storylines go tamper with experiments from other competitors for the Snaff Prize. Guess which one was among them. Infinity Ball. She tampered with it so that it'd actually work in showcasing future timelines, probably out of jest at the time. But when she entered Omadd's Isolation module, she probably saw, through the Eternal Alchemy mambojambo, the potential that the Infinity Ball had. The invention could create alternate timelines. We already know, for example, that the Mists are a gateway into the fabric of time itself. That's why in PvP, we can join historical battles like the Battle of Kyhlo. So potentially, with the inner workings of the Mists she now understands from using Omadd's machine, she could tap into that potential and, with a bit of tinkering on her very own Infinity Ball, she managed to pluck out Steam Machines from the alternate universe the asuran characters create (she might even be at fault for the Steam creatures in Lornar's Pass, might be an experiment of hers, I mean, there's even a norn in Hoelbrak who comments on their sudden appearance. Why the need to put a Norn there in shellshock, so much importance given to one simple feature like that? Maybe Anet was foreshadowing these events practically since launch). After figuring out how to pull things out of alternate realities through the Mists, she set about gathering allies. She found them in the Aetherblades, a group of rebels who seek power in the Council of Lion's Arch. Why is she aiding them? Why, because they are means to do what she wants, setting total anarchy over Tyria. The fact that the Molten Alliance appears is a testament to her power. They probably aren't remnants of the defeated Molten Alliance. They most likely are the Molten Alliance you beat, just pulled out of an alternate reality where you didn't. So that's my theory, Scarlet with an Infinity Ball made her way is borderline Godlike. Which leads me to that thing they promised us on the Fractals. The Thaumanova Reactor bit. From what I understand, she might have been the one to cause it. She certainly had the means to, she knew the Inquest headquarters and she's probably sly enough to get inside them, even though she had been cast out. With knowledge that the Thaumanova Reactor has the power to twist the fabric of the Mists itself and could set about the right amount of timelines she needed to set her plans into motion, she caused the Reactor to explode, releasing all that Chaos magic.
Theory still needs a bit of polishing here and there, but it might just be what happened.

I know my graphics card is not top-end, but I expected about 45 fps on medium-low. I’m currently getting 9 to 30 fps on the better occasions. Usually while my character is standing still.

Here’s my dxdiag. Also, I think it’s worth mentioning I have a switchable graphic setup, with an intel lower-end graphics card and a AMD Radeon 6470M. Runs last year’s game almost flawlessly on medium, 1 second fps drops aside. I’d expect the same from GW2. I was getting it right on the Beta Tests. Now I’m getting this.