Guild Wars 2

Naqaj’s first suggestion of functionflip is the best and probably didn’t need to be reposted . I just use it for F1-4, works like a charm thanks. Palua is 0.99p :O I spent all my monies on GW2 can’t afford that lol

The Vigil of the Six request players of all ages and abilities to join. We have already established some younger members of the GW society into the game and helped them on their way. We are now looking for relaxed gamers who, if online, would be prepared to jump in on group events with other members of the guild. These include dungeons and areas. We are happy to help fellow guild members in their quests and journey and we help all our members in anyway we can. Whether you’re broke, we’ll send you some money, difficulties in crafting, we’ll help. Need something but don’t want to pay trade prices. We all pool resources to help each other out. Myself, as the leader of VOTS am now lvl70 and progressing fast so would like experienced players too for the end of the story and harder areas of Tyria. We too are experimenting with the influencing system of the guild and would appreciate more experienced members to contribute to this. All members based on performances will be promoted in the guild. If you are interested or have any queries feel free to PM me here or in game at ‘Mossrat’.

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May seem like a n00bish question but I have this issue with many ports as well as GW2. Is there anyway to use the Function keys like you would in Windows in game, without having to also press ‘fn’?

Ah cheers thanks for that.

Where’s the performance thread gone. I was watching the replies there with some interest…

Mid 2010 MBP, 8GB Ram with the higher end at the time 512MB 330M GPU.

Little disappointed thus far with the client but hoping all may be resolved come the transition out of Beta. But massive thanks to ArenaNet for opening the doors to us Mac users. I, along with many others would like to not have to constantly boot into Windows to play this awesome game.

Anyway, frame rates in BootCamp using Windows 7 are a steady 30fps with all settings at medium dropping to around 25fps in built up or busy areas. Which for me is great. Unless i’m having a go at the Shatterer….ouch where naturally it’s like watching a slideshow more than playing a game.

I also had a go at GW2 using Wine but that then dropped to an unplayable 15fps with all settings on low. Boo, back to Windows.

But now we have the Mac Client.

Average fps are between 21-25, just about playable for me however, all settings had to be turned to low which for me hurts as I know how much better the game looks at medium settings after 100 hours+ of gameplay. There are also constant hitches generally when playing that stutters frame rates and gameplay yet according to the fps monitor there is no change in fps, yet it is quite clearly visible when moving.

Function keys don’t work without using the ‘fn’ button which is a little frustrating but maybe there’s a way of disabling the use of the function keys in OSX when playing games?

When turning using ‘A’ and ‘D’ keys the game slows up occasionally to a grinding 10-15fps :/ This is normally straight after logging in to the game but eventually thins out through play.

The audio seems very tinny compared to that in Windows and I can only select default audio device in OSX. Normally in Windows I can hot swap between my bluetooth turtle beach, integrated speakers or external speakers depending on whether or not i’m using the headset for chat purposes with guild members on Skype.

It’s a god send the client is here and I hope all issues can be ironed out. But as other people have posted there does seem to be more of an issue with the nvidia chips. When I hear people who have the 2009 models getting better performance than me that’s a little frustrating :P

I’d upgrade my MBP to a retina one but the lack of ability to increase spec is a downfall and no optical drive :O needs me an integrated disc drive.

That’s my input anyway. Fingers crossed for better/equivalent performance in OSX so I can jeff windows off again.

Thanks a lot guys.