Guild Wars 2

I just got a brand new iMac 5k Retina. When I first logged into GW2 character select on it, I thought it was gorgeous. Then upon logging in, it immediately crashed. I had to turn my resolution settings down to less than half of what they should be to run the game at all, and it still crashed about every half hour. That was a month or so ago.

When I updated and attempted a log-in today, I was dismayed to find that my characters are freaking out on the character select screen. I haven’t even attempted a full log in.

I can’t even begin to say how disappointing this is. I play WoW on this computer, and it runs beautifully. I realize that they are a much larger company with a lot more money, but dude, it doesn’t even begin to compare. I can actually play that game. This game is just wasting my time.

I wish I could actually enjoy time playing GW2 because I have friends that play this game, and not WoW. I would LOVE to play more with them. But having them stop and wait for me every time it crashes? That gets old fast.

So, in short, I’m just putting another call out there for the GW2 team to fix this crap.

Well, after letting it sit over night (it did nothing), I logged in to see a message on the other tech support forum that they fixed something. I rebooted my computer, then let it run again, and miraculously (even after getting the same initial message), it eventually actually did something, and it worked.

So… problem solved… ish? Oye.

I am running the mac client and having the same issue. I’ve tried being patient, letting it run all afternoon so far, but no go.

Kyllaa,

I’m having this issue, too. I just tried both of your solutions, and neither seem to have worked. My launcher is still “stuck” downloading. It showed the download speed at some KB/sec as soon as I started, but ran it down to nothing in just a second. Screen shot attached.

Kyllaa.1385:

Try using command + tab, then you can just switch through all of your apps or desktop. That’s what I use and most peeps I know who play on Mac.

Thanks! I think I knew that existed, but tend to use swipes and the ctrl+arrow to move between desktops more. I shall keep this in mind!

Hi! I am new to GW2 (GW in general, actually), and definitely super happy to have found that you have a new Mac client for the game.

I was looking around, but couldn’t seem to find a way to submit suggestions for the Mac Client. Is there a place to do this that I am missing?

The thing I wanted to suggest is a easier way (most likely the ability to assign a key binding) to window out of the game. I’d like to just hit a key or two instead of going into the game menu and checking the “window” box every time I want to switch out.

It would rock if the GW2 team took this into consideration! (As well as an assigned place to submit suggestions, especially since the client is still in Beta).

Thanks!
~SnowyRow