Guild Wars 2

Mac users, if you have actually gotten the update, you need to delete the Application Data under Finder → Library → Application Support → Guild Wars 2. Then empty the trash, and try again. It has since updated again and works for me.

However, it seems my graphics don’t load. So… not too sure WTF is up with that. I get a GW2 cursor, but it won’t show me anything but a black screen. So if anybody has a fix for that I would love to hear it. Hey, the update worked though!….

Figured it out for Mac users:

You need to open your host settings, similar to the Windows host file edit.
1) Open Terminal, run “sudo nano /private/etc/hosts”
2) Enter password
3) Arrow key down to the bottom of the host lists and add “174.35.56.164 assetcdn.101.arenanetworks.com”
4) Hit Control+O, then Return, then Control+X to save.

You’re done! Worked like a charm for a Mac user using Verizon FiOS.

Here’s reference material for how to do it.
http://decoding.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/how-to-edit-the-hosts-file-in-mac-os-x-leopard/

Seriously though, how can I do this on a Mac??

Appreciate the responses. I guess maybe I am the only one that has this issue. I play at Retina resolution, so all my bar is really tiny. Think that has anything to do with it? I would hate to sacrifice prettiness just to make my bar larger…

I have my rotation down, and my keys bound properly, so that not an issue. I just inevitably blow my burst, burning through my clones, and spend time looking at the CD timer for blurred frenzy/leap to be ready, and how many Illusions are up and set to be shattered/have been killed. 1v1 I guess it’s fine because I can see how many clones are up, but you put me in the middle of capping a point with all that mayhem and I quickly find myself looking to the bottom of the screen to check- clones can die at any second, ya know?

Maybe I’m just crazy.

I’ve been perplexed by this a lot, and this is the best place to ask this:

Seriously, am I the only person that spends a majority of their time watching how many summons I have and what CD’s are almost gone when playing a mesmer?

I love my Sword/Sword-Staff shatter mesmer so much, but I realized that even though I play her very well and top the boards in sPvP games, I spend a majority of the game watching my cooldown bar rather than watching what is actually happening. Sure, I can mash keys of the skills I want to use in the hopes that it’s active, but more often than not, they aren’t because I’m using my rotation so quickly to shatter and rebuild clones.

I also can’t see how many illusions I have up just purely by watching the chaos on my screen when there are so many other players around me because they get mixed in, so thus, I resort to watching the CD timers/llusion bubbles more than I do the gameplay, which totally distracts me from how awesome the game actually looks. I feel like this might happen with the thief class too, with initiative, amirite?

That’s not to say I’m never watching, and I’m always dodging to make clones, etc, but I just feel like I spend too much time watching the CDs… Something like a WoW Add-on where I could render the illusion ticker or my CDs in the center of my screen would make me enjoy playing so much more. It sucks having to look far down on the left side of the screen to get the information I need. Does ANet have any plans to unlock the skill HUD or whatnot?

Am I alone with this gripe? Please, tell me if I’m playing incorrectly somehow, and what you guys do, because I want this to be my favorite class and love it, but my necro takes the cake sometimes just because I can watch more action going on…

Discuss!