Guild Wars 2

I stop playing for a year and now its 3 seconds instead of 20?

WHAT?

Was ranger game-breakingly overpowered at some point?

Pretty please for manual flags? Or how about detecting 5760×1080 no matter what?

Other games (Payday 2) detect my setup just fine.

Sep 23, 2013: http://i.imgur.com/7zffUlg.jpg
Character screen: Also fully functional

Jun 14, 2014: http://i.imgur.com/pWPDR66.jpg
Character screen: http://i.imgur.com/4CZV7L8.jpg

Why was Eyefinity/Surround support dropped? If it wasn’t dropped, can we PLEASE have a command line to force its usage instead of auto-detection? Using Catalyst 14.4 and Windows 8.1.

Crossposted from tech help, seem to be more devs here.

Bumping. Features should stay features. Not get patched out. Manual command line flag please.

14.4 is listed as stable. 14.6 is beta.

No flags, sadly. I’m running direct from EXE, not a shortcut.

I am on 14.4. Not 14.6 Beta. Maybe something else is different.

AdelaisAer.4109:

dodgycookies.4562:

AdelaisAer.4109:

Avelos.6798:

Set the laptop to high performance profile if it’s not already?

You mean in the Nvidia Control Panel? It’s already been set to it.

dodgycookies.4562:

also do a cleaning. dust in the fans and heatsinks can lower performance.

Also thermal paste can go bad, so that may also be a thing that needs replacing.

Well, I have a laptop, so I can’t really do much other than dust it and swap HDDs/SSDs and RAM.

If you are technically inlined you can disassemble yor laptop and remove the heat sinks over the CPU/gpu and reapply the thermal paste with a high quality version, the re assemble

Well, I am somewhat tech-savvy, but I am not comfortable disassembling a laptop. If it were a desktop, I wouldn’t have any problems with it, but I really don’t want to mess with a laptop. So I guess all I can do is just keep dusting it and hope for the best.

bretfrag.5607:

Said it before but I’ll say it again: I’ve also encountered a massive drop in performance in the past few weeks – like the OP, I had been running it very comfortably on high settings. Now it’s only playable on low. I have an Nnvidia 680m.
I’ve tried all suggestions here. I’m running games like Watch_Dogs on ultra with no performance issues, so I’m sure there’s nothing wrong with my hardware.

I heard that GW2 is unoptimized still, which is kinda worrying. I mean, my friend runs her game on mid-high (she has a GTX 560) and she gets 60fps. But then again, she has a desktop, and I have a laptop, so I guess that factors in. But then, why the gradual drop in performance?

Possible dust build-up or crap TIM going bad.

Anyway, mobile GPUs are NOT direct analogues of their desktop versions. 560M is nowhere near as strong as a “real” GTX 560. Same for 770M vs 770, etc. Same also goes for AMD line. An HD7870M is like a stock clocks HD7770.

Avelos.6798:

Post a screenshot of it? I get that if I start the game in windowed mode in eyefinity.

I’m still using 14.4 and it’s got no problems.

Starting in full screen 5760×1080.

Try setting 30 FPS cap in the graphics options.

You’re fortunate.

For me the spanui command seems to be enabled for no reason (not even using a shortcut, just game EXE pinned to Win8 taskbar). Ridiculous.

Seems like we need a reverse of the spanui flag now …

Sep 23, 2013: http://i.imgur.com/7zffUlg.jpg
Character screen: Also fully functional

Jun 14, 2014: http://i.imgur.com/pWPDR66.jpg
Character screen: http://i.imgur.com/4CZV7L8.jpg

Why was Eyefinity/Surround support dropped? If it wasn’t dropped, can we PLEASE have a command line to force its usage instead of auto-detection? Using Catalyst 14.4 and Windows 8.1.

Unsure if it’s a patch for GW2 or the driver, but Eyefinity no longer works.

HUD is not centered and character select is stretched.

Got back into EB ;w;

Halo.8976:

Zinthros.6589:

Sorry fo the interruption, my computer had other plans. Back up in ~3 minutes.

Awesome LA queue sitting.

Tell me about it? It’s cool though, we can watch bads in hotjoin.

Sorry fo the interruption, my computer had other plans. Back up in ~3 minutes.

You know who I am and you know what I do every Friday night at 6:00 server time

http://local-spike.com/live OR http://twitch.tv/localspike

You know who I am and you know why I’m here.

http://local-spike.com/live
AND/OR
http://twitch.tv/local-spike

Xsorus.2507:

The problem is you think that Rank = Automatic Win, When in reality it doesn’t always equal that if your game is balanced properly.

Same with adding stats, Again not always a guaranteed win. I know you probably come from WoW and that’s probably the only thing you ever known, but people who’ve actually played other MMOs can tell you that is not always the case.

Warhammer Online and DAOC are perfect examples of that.

Classes and Builds played far more roles in winning fights then Rank ever will in those games.

I don’t come from WoW. It’s a horrible game whose trial I couldn’t make it through and didn’t want to make it through because I knew gear-based PVP with a mandatory 200+ hours per character time investment to not get one-shot by DPS with legendary gear was waiting at the end. I am not interested in gear-based PVP or any rough approximation through time-gated power, period. Any implementation makes the game worse, it doesn’t matter if it’s too weak to ruin the game it is still an undesirable cancer from games designed to coddle people who failed at RL.

Xsorus.2507:

deracs.1762:

Jscull.2514:

Zinthros.6589:

Jscull.2514:

You guys are funny. Guess what there should be a learning curve, and players who have learned not to keyboard turn, spam 2 buttons instead of viewing the scenario and knowing what key is best for that situation, should be rewarded for playing smarter. I didn’t play wow cuz that was carebear as well just not as bad as this. Literally for hardcore players other than kills, there is ZERO reward. The end game is purely what skilled players kill…. We should be able to rank up and make our characters more efficient in player vs player skill…. NONE of us use seige. I will till the day I quit spam AC’s down on Zerg seige. Stop relying on seige to kill… Use your characters abilities….

How about no.

Only trash MMOs reward experienced players with innate power. You shouldn’t need World Rank bonus stats to kill new / casual players. You’re supposed to improve your skill level with time, giving the advantage of being a more experienced player.

Yea Daoc was trash and had a 250k+ population for over 6-7 years…. All paying 15 bucks
A month and the BEST end game of all time for player vs player…. You’re right buddy. Think this game will have 250k players for 6-7 years? Not a kittening chance. Guess what? Zero end game, oh wait, I can hop on a mindless ac and spam 2 buttons for an hour of my RL time…. Lol and carry and pick up more supply…. Useless dude.

There is zero end game ranking system in this game.

Maybe go back and look at some of the facts from that era, First, there were no “free to play” options when DAOC was out so every game charged 15 bucks a month, so that is no argument. Credit DAOC with one thing, they were the only company honest enough to post populations, and after the first year they had no where close to 250k subscribers but without being mythic employee, there is no way to confirm

The best argument I love from “skilled players” is that they need to be rewarded more, so they can increase the skill gap and therefore need less skill to win. You want to prove how skilled and uber you are, you should have decrease as you go up in rank, show us how skilled you really are

This games WvW is more about participation then it is about stroking the ego of the 80+ hour a week skilled players. I think they have done a good job with world xp allowing the ego of rank titles without giving abilities that basically stop any new player from joining in

Ehh, DAOC gave Rank, and Rank gave you more abilities/stats ect ect.

Most fights came more down to class and setup then anything, but even then, if you were really skilled you could stomp over high rank players, and that was something to be proud of.

People who talk about Ranks should not reward players are scared of losing, and they’re usually the first ones to blame Rank and other things when they do lose.

This is the most backwards defense of “give players without lives free power so they don’t lose to less accomplished players with more actual skill and get upset” I’ve ever read.

deracs.1762:

had to cut and paste from topic as "quote exceeded 5000 letters heh. This is adding to discussion with Jscull

Honestly, I am not trying to be contrary here, but I think we may be having two different discussions here, power creep vs play style. Fighting players, or keeps, or some stupid worm that gives wxp (totally hate that crap) are two different topics and not related to my issue of power creep. Players can choose to look for open field fights or any type of fight. I think ANet can make map improvements for this

Power creep does not change the basics of fights as WvW is designed right now. It would simply mean the gap between the casual, or new, or simply less WvW oriented would grow until these players could no longer compete. Now it may be that is what some players want, but I sure want more people not less joining WvW. Personally I would find it a lot more boring being able to dominate new players because of power creep, but that’s me.

Your opinion is the one that sources from good taste. All others source from cancerous parasites which should be completely ignored. These are people who literally enjoy and prefer gear-based PVP where a player in white gear has a 5% chance of winning a fight against deep orange / purple regardless of skill difference.

Jscull.2514:

zerospin.8604:

Hule.8794:

What? Where is my Flame Ram Mastery?
I want my Flame Ram Mastery.

Shh, give them 2 more months to work on it and call it the next BIG WvW update ^^

Then, next year, when all siege types are finally covered we will get..

January
Advanced Catapult Mastery line! + 1% to all bonuses of the basic line
March
Advanced Trebuchet Mastery line! + 1% to all bonuses of the basic line
June
Advanced Arrow Cart Mastery line! + 1% to all bonuses of the basic line
…

There, year 2014 covered!

Year 2015:

The advanced and basic lines are merged for each siege.

January
Veteran Catapult Mastery line! Skills same as base line. Last skill offers +2% to all bonuses of the basic line + 0.1% for each 25 points invested into the skill. Capped at 5%.

March
Veteran Trebuchet Mastery line! See above.
June
Veteran Arrow Cart Mastery line! See above.
…

That’s 2 years of hard work covered for the WvW team Question, whats the pay and how can I join the ride?

Lol thank god someone else gets it. That guy said casual idiots make up most of wvw….
No, casual idiots makes up 99% of wvw population. Anet literally dumbs this game down because they want to keep the 8 year olds asking for mommy and daddy’s cc for the new cool “dragon helms” lol…. How about change player vs player content… End game besides mastery siege pointless updates.

Sure, which is why my guild can nearly queue up a map on their own with everybody in voice and tightly coordinated, with a small, dedicated supply camp management group to help out the main force. That’s totally 99% worthless pubbies. Maybe you should transfer to a real server

Jscull.2514:

Buddy, I play 2-3 hours a night and work
15 hours a day. Do the math…. 80 hours I think not. This game has like 20 keys that can be pressed in a given fight… Most people use 5-6 total… That’s embarrassing. The skill level is probably the least of any (massive) mmo that’s come out…. It is so fricken easy to play…. And anyone that hears people saying make it harder just cry as cry they want it more casual.

And if I’m so wrong, why are there endless threads about people dissatisfied with these stupid non-player vs player effecting updates? Answer that question please.

People who have no taste. There’s actually a lot of them, mostly came over from WoW and other trashy MMOs which make their money by coddling people who don’t have lives by letting them finally be good at something without having to try because they have 80+ hours a week to grind.

Yeah. Let’s not turn GW2 into trash where you get to win for free if you’ve got 40 hours on someone.

Some of us are secure in our abilities as PVPers, and aren’t afraid of getting killed by up-leveled noobs (which are basically ambient creatures anyway …) and looking bad on the internet. I think if an up-level killed a progression kitten like you you would actually start crying at the keyboard. AC nerf is coming, don’t worry so much.

Jscull.2514:

You guys are funny. Guess what there should be a learning curve, and players who have learned not to keyboard turn, spam 2 buttons instead of viewing the scenario and knowing what key is best for that situation, should be rewarded for playing smarter. I didn’t play wow cuz that was carebear as well just not as bad as this. Literally for hardcore players other than kills, there is ZERO reward. The end game is purely what skilled players kill…. We should be able to rank up and make our characters more efficient in player vs player skill…. NONE of us use seige. I will till the day I quit spam AC’s down on Zerg seige. Stop relying on seige to kill… Use your characters abilities….

How about no.

Only trash MMOs reward experienced players with innate power. You shouldn’t need World Rank bonus stats to kill new / casual players. You’re supposed to improve your skill level with time, giving the advantage of being a more experienced player.

RNG on supply spent is terrible, but pick-up speed is appreciated since it gives dedicated World vs World players resource priority over new players, up-leveled alts, etc.

From the Queen’s Jubilee feature preview
Become a master of supply with the Supply Master World vs. World ability line. This line includes benefits like increased supply pick-up speed, Courier Speed when you pick up supply, and a chance to get supply back when you use it!

No! Bad! Supply is one of the elements that works the same way every time, consuming a static amount for a certain amount of work. Increasing capacity AND adding an ability that randomly refunds supply can only serve to imbalance siege weapons and the progression system. As a commander, I would like to see a surrounded keep or tower with X supply actually HAVE X supply in it, instead of randomly gaining 10-40% on that and holding out an extra ten minutes to half hour. Don’t make the amount of supply used to build something RNG!

Usually only stream reset, but I’m doing tonight too

http://local-spike.com/live
and/or
http://twitch.tv/localspike

Should be live in 5 mins!

Streaming TC perspective as always. Will be up for ~ 4 hours or so.

http://local-spike.com/live
and/or
http://twitch.tv/localspike

http://local-spike.com/live

Streaming from TC per the usual.

Where: http://local-spike.com/live OR http://twitch.tv/localspike
When: Every friday night at 6:00 server time, 9:00PM EST
Who: Playing for Tarnished Coast with Resthesis [RE]

Quick thread because we’re getting started right now, proper thread soon™.

http://local-spike.com/live

Making up for our lack of reset night stream and recent activity (I was sick and my EVE Alliance was re-deploying to a new system).

Noobles.4325:

I have a awesome suggestion for EP, since we seem to out number you so much, and because of that you spend a lot of time dead. id say rename to EG Everything Gray (the dead screen turns everything gray) for the remainder of the Week

Fell flat.

Great fight at Stonemist guys, especially EB. You played really well, had to double check that DB owned it and not you guys. I’ll be cutting that part from tonight’s VoD for a highlight / video if people can manage to stand my mechanical keyboard.

Zinthros.6589:

Streaming TC perspective as soon as I get through the queue.

http://local-spike.com/live/ OR
http://www.twitch.tv/localspike

Stream’s already up, should be running perfectly.

FINALLY got through, get in here mates.

Shifted to streaming SPVP while I wait on queue

ED: FINALLY! WvW!

Apparently the queue popped while I was AFK, so it’s time for sPVP!

Streaming TC perspective as soon as I get through the queue.

http://local-spike.com/live/ OR
http://www.twitch.tv/localspike

Stream’s already up, should be running perfectly.

Local Spike is an EVE Online focused PVP blog that also covers Guild Wars 2, with a few Guild Wars 2 articles in the works. This post will be edited to refer to the proper blog advertisement thread when that is made, but currently refers only to the test run stream.

I am the player streaming, and I fight for Tarnished Coast.

Watch at:
http://local-spike.com/live/ OR
http://www.twitch.tv/localspike

This is absolutely fascinating. I’m learning to work with APIs in general right now, but the thought of a private map for commander collaboration and guild use is interesting.

lordkrall.7241:

Why?
Only the US celebrates July 4th.

USA USA USA USA USA

I do think they should do it at the very end though. Or ONE EVENT on the 4th.

zastari.1730:

Zinthros.6589:

Mother of badposting batman.

Obviously it wasn’t enough to embarrass kitten in the Maguuma Mumble / WvW team chat, but now it’s moved on to embarrassing Maguuma on the official forums.

I’m the absolute best commander in the game and every Maguuma guild that I’m not in is absolute kitten, especially [BURN]. Anyone who thinks they’re half as good as me is delusional and awful. Every other server is populated by nothing but pubbie nuthugger keyboard turners. I spectate sPVP just to laugh at people because I’m also the best player in the entire game. My leaderboard stats would be #1 if ArenaNet weren’t artificially setting dev friends’ stats.

I run Maguuma. Those kittening awful transfer immigrants need to go back to where to where they came from. If you’re not in kitten (the best guild in the game) don’t come ANYWHERE near my group or I will switch maps or go to PVE and let the other servers cap everything. If I don’t like you you’re kittening bad and need to transfer off to JQ for free wins. Deal with it #YOLO #SWAG.

I’m absolutely ravaged.

Mother of badposting batman.

Obviously it wasn’t enough to embarrass kitten in the Maguuma Mumble / WvW team chat, but now it’s moved on to embarrassing Maguuma on the official forums.

Stream down, going to hop in bed.

Great reset night all around, lots of good fights with TC.

http://www.twitch.tv/zinthros

Still streaming

http://www.twitch.tv/zinthros

Streaming Mag POV and comms via [DERP] (with a suitable delay)

Stream is back on.

Yak’s being bad are giving me a LOT of video material tonight

Mostly WvW, some sPVP. Experienced player, good video quality, voice comms, etc.

Chat is kept civil with a minimum of filters and other obnoxious bullkitten.

Also play Dota 2 and various other titles

Hit the jump at http://twitch.tv/zinthros

OFFLINE

I dislike most medium armor. Tier 3 Norn medium seems like a light armor, was hoping for a kitten, fur-trimmed mixture of tiers 1 and 2 with more steel.

Ooh … You know, these would make absolutely awesome forum avatars. Submitting a headshot of my Norn. It’s not too visible in this pic but he does have stubble.

Fsnowzombie.4352:

Zinthros.6589:

Omai. These are awesome, how can I resist a request.

Figure I’ll submit the main. Very much a Norn of action this one. Loves fighting, drinking, his pets, and sharp pieces of metal. We’ll say for the sake of spicing things up that it’s night-time (and thus the greatsword is all glowy). Anyway, I think an action-ey pose (like with the shotted Maul spirit-bear) would suit him best.

http://imgur.com/a/Cc9Df#0

is it possible that you could post the image as an attachment? please it makes it easier to my little eyes to see the image, i sometimes pass a request unintentionaly

Sure, here you go. This is a true Norn’s morning workout.

P.S. These are great, especially love the pose in the one above this post.