Guild Wars 2

I just decreased the graphics setting and it’s a bit faster but not worth spending 500 quid so I think I will hold on for the time being with purchasing a new card.
I built my computer a year ago so next year I will definitely upgrade it. Thanks for the info it helped me to make my mind.

Yeah it’s the windows tool.
In LA and any other the original game areas it is OK with exception of big group event where FPS drops down drastically. With regards to resolution I have 27 inch screen of 1440p and I have decreased it to 2560×1080 because I like this aspect ratio – playing with two black bars at the top and the bottom of the screen. And when I enter the expansion map I can feel FPS droping down. Not sure how many is there but it is not 60fps at all. Game settings are cranked to max.
And yeah GTX980ti is a lot of money that’s why I wanted to get some feedback

I have devils canyon over clocked to 4.6Gz and as I said previously MSI GTX 970 with 200Mhz more on the GPU clock and 160 Mhz on memory. I read that the game performance depends on CPU but as my CPU usage while gaming is only 35% thought that GPU might play enormous role. So basically if adding more powerful graphics card will not help the game performance is not achievable after some certain level? I find it hard to believe it but everyone says so.

Yeah I finally got the expansion and absolutely loving it. Though it has come to my attention that as soon as I get on to the new areas the graphics performance is decreased. I have to mention I have GTX970 and play in 2560×1080p. It’s kind of expected because the new areas are more dense and stuff. I have been thinking recently of buying GTX980ti and wanted to ask you about your experience with such graphics card especially with those events where many peeps is involved ( dragon killing etc. ) and obviously in the new areas of the game map. How better would it get once that lovely thing is installed and up and running.

I would like to return to Guild Wars 2 after a long break. My quiestion is do I have to buy Hearth of Thorns right now? Can I buy after I reach to 80 lvl ? If so will I miss anything out? Thanks

1. Exploring: 8.5
2. Overall: 6.5
3. Having 10-man Content: 10
4. Events: 7
5. Dungeons: 5
6. Having Gear Progression: 10

lets add some more:

7. 25 man raids: 10
8. Rep to grind: 10
9. More primary skills available :10
10. WoW
11. LOL

Jestunhi.7429:

Cezton.2415:

This whole discussion kind of blows my mind.

What blows my mind are the people who insist that what they find fun is the definition of fun.

What they personally enjoy.

Guess what? Not everyone finds the same thing as fun. No one is claiming that you don’t enjoy that, what we are saying is that this game was specifically designed for people who do not find that fun and want an MMO without a gear grind.

I can’t stand American Football, but I would not claim that it’s not fun – I’d say that I don’t find it fun, it’s my own personal opinion. I wouldn’t claim that I know whether the fans of the sport find it fun, or that my personal preference is the right answer and everyone elses is wrong.

:edit:

Nor would I demand it get changed to be a clone of some other sport.

If you wanted to be a profesional player you would choose a discipline that gives you fun and reward you wish to get. It is all about choosing.

edjahman.9104:

It’s funny that a lot of raiders in WOW claim that they raided for the sake of raiding. (B.S.)

So I suppose a lot of Ex-WOW players came to GW2 only to discover that they really raided for stat progression and bragging rights because of the gear/mounts/titles/etc. that they supposedly didn’t really care about.

It’s amazing just how rabid people become over pretty pixels. I guess it’s human nature.

All people who would say that they were not really sucesfull on raiding for some reason ( nubs, too casual etc ) and now a beatifully crafted MMO is giving them a chance to get to any content. There is no elitism, no PRIMADONNAS. Which is… good or bad. Depends what group of players I you belong to. If you casual you going to leave this game soon anyways as you may have done before few times. If you dedicated you will not find enough motivation to play for long because there is no real carrot.
Referning with communism is not really inaccurate btw.

SneakyErvin.3056:

Wow this thread has grown, oh well it was merged aswell.

Also as been said before, PvE gear progression is an illusion, you get better gear, but also the mobs of the next content get much harder. Did you believe when you were a child that your uncle could really remove his thumb? Illusions.

Illusion you say? Gearing simply will not let a casual player and nubs get into endgame content. You need to be a good player to get geared. You play harder and harder to finally breath the game. That is the motor that makes you going: look at my brand new shiny gear, sweat and tears bro! It makes you feel you actually achieved something. And this is fine for me.
Lots of people saying hell yeah skill matters in GW2. What skill? Dying repetitively, ruining in and hoping the boss will not regain its HP?
I do not regret my 50 quid and 250 hours spent on the game – not at all. But PVE in GW2 give me not enough ILLUSIONS to continue to play as there is not further goals in the game now. Hell yeah I forgotten about fun! Usually do not play games that do not give me fun. It is like having goals in your life not only willing to live.

CJAncients.6907:

Naoko.7096:

It’s not an assumption nor having authority over the definition. Only the self-delusioned ones really feel that they are playing a real mmorpg. RPG is in fact a "role-playing*" game. If not, then what is it? Like the name itself, you role-play someone who’s not you.* You breed and grow someone who is not you. FPS and mmopvp are of the same genre with 2 different expressions. In my country, we call those online multi player games that only emphasize on skills as mmopvp or mmopg. It’s not a “Roleplay” game but “Player” game.

I will agree with the bolded part. What comes latter, the character progression, is an expectation that grew from years of treadmill MMOs. Traditional single player RPGs for example, have no progression past a certain point. Are you going to tell me games like The Witcher is not a RPG? What about games like Eve Online, or the upcoming World of Darkness MMO, where gear treadmill doesn’t exist?

I am not familiar with where you are from, so I will drop the argument on whether or not MMOPvP is a thing. I still stand by the truth that gear treadmill or progression doesn’t make a game RPG.

Naoko.7096:

I don’t think there’s any wrong with Pilisilm’s communist analogy. If you insist that GW2 is a mmorpg, then it’s true that GW2 is like a communist country in the planet of mmorpgs. The reason why GW2 gain alot of attention was because “equality” sure sounds like utopia/heaven. If you noticed the among players they attracted are groups of players who always ended up in the short end of the stick in other mmorpgs. It’s a reflection of reality. Many real life people have the first impression that communist country is always better because there’re no classes and everyone is equal. They dislike the idea of someone higher than them and some who earns more than them. (Especially the group of people who doesn’t make an effort for themselves and want to be equal as those hardworking ones.) “Everyone is equal” sure sounds like utopia land. After people stay in communist world for sometimes, they begun to realise that it rewards the lazy ones but punishes the ones who make efforts. The ones who make effort have no further growth than another one who’s lazing around. Through time, no one grow motivation to make effort. In the end, look at North Korea.

I will tell you what’s wrong with the communist analogy. First, communism is specifically the equal distribution of wealth. What Pilusilm did was take the equal out of context and then making a leap of logic. That’s why competitive sports kept being brought up, not because we are focused on PvP and disregard PvE, but because it’s a perfect example of “equal” not being communist.

There are other examples too, equal, opportunities, equal rights, etc. There are lots of “equal” in societies that aren’t communist and various aspects of life. Are you going to tell me the many ideas of equality represent communism? The United States promote equality, that everyone is equal, does that mean the United States is communist? Do you not see the leap of logic?

What Pilusilm did was take the idea of “equal wealth distribution” and confusing it with equality. The leap of logic is so big that it’s effortless to spot.

GW2 attracts people, not because they suck in other games. GW2 attracts people because people that are skilled don’t have to put up with gear grind to participate in competition.

Edit: I want to emphasize that I do not dismiss PvE in favor of PvP. I just happen to believe that both styles of gameplay should rely on skill instead of gear. Adding gear progression will only diminish skill.

Yeah… skilled people… especially pve… repetitively running from the WP to the actual encounter to die again. Yeah do some small damage to the boss, die, run in again. Rinse and repeat hoping the boss will not regain its HP. Big LOL mate!

Alexander Dragonfang.1759:

marcel.5938:

And less funboys having only one argument about fun as the main goal. Games are only created for fun.

If not fun, what else? no happy person in this world does anything that is no fun for them, and thats why most people live unhappy, cause they dont do what they like to do. The deal is pretty much simple, you like it? stay and play. you dont? leave…

Or you will be reading this forum, starting threads, and doing pointless, useless and booring things that in fact you dont enjoy cause you want some “argument” that magically can get you back in game? that will not happen.

Why people do things that they dont like to do? mistery of life.

marcel.5938:

I can clearly see Skyrim over any MMO for you

More like The Witcher for me, both 1 and 2.

Yeah… I have goals in my life. Not only willing to live.

Waar Kijk Je Naar.8713:

Congratulations, you just listed every single thing I dislike about “any other” MMO’s.

Alexander Dragonfang.1759:

Another over hyped player dissapointed.

More like misinformed.

I can clearly see Skyrim over any MMO for you

And less funboys having only one argument about fun as the main goal. Games are only created for fun.

I wish GW2 was like any other MMOS with all of the grinds, reputation, gear chasing for better stats, damage meters, raids, some more different goals in battleground, guilds with members willing to speak to each other, less running from WP to the actual encounter. With its beautiful graphics and fight mechanic it would have made me playing for longer.