….. And Elementalist.
….. And Elementalist.
So, you created a Mac Beta client, released 3 (THREE!!) Updates since the release and the performance is still incredibly bad. What is going on? No updates, no news postings, nothing. Are you still working on this client at all? I don’t think so. If you would be, you would care for better PR management by responding to forum posts and posting about the progress. Instead – nothing, silence.
You knew from the start, that a client using Wine/Cider would never deliver the performance, that your customers expect. So the question would be: Was this an intermediate solution? Are you working on a Mac/Linux native client?
With valve releasing more and more games with Steam for Mac and Linux, you should consider a native OpenGL based Client, which would deliver the best performance on every system. Perhaps you could not use some of the latest DircetX11.Trash shaders or features, but seriously – who cares for those?
With the current release, we cannot run the game as it’s meant to be played on our systems, even with very powerful cpu’s, graphics cards and a kittenload of ram.
If I see this correct, the cider version even runs in 32 bit mode, what would mean that the emulated system would also be a 32 bit system and most of our ram would not be accessible for the game. I think this is the true reason, why we can’t enable high detail textures – the game runs in 32 bit.
So please:
- Post update notes
- Post about your progress
- Consider a native port instead of a Cider “wannabe” port.
Hi all, i write this topic since i want to show there are many Mac users who wants a native client? What does it mean?
Simple: now Guild Wars 2 runs on Mac thanks a Cider portability engine, it is a wrapper which incapsulate the Windows program inside a Mac app. The program itself will be “converted” (api, calls, gfx drivers…) on the fly. This takes a lot of resources and slow down the entire process, even if Cider is quite good nowadays there are still problems… as you can see from a lot of thread here.
Native clients means:
-Much more better integration with Mac OS X
-Improved stability
-Much more improved performance (better effect with more frames per second)
-Mac specific features could be easily implemented (like Quicktime game recording)
-NCSoft could see this on Mac App Store, it would open the game to an incredible number of Mac users, sadly they didn’t imagine how many. I would even buy it again
Sure this takes time and money to our beloved NCSoft/ArenaNet so we need to speak out load all to convince them we are a lot.
PS: Cider has a lot of problems like this
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/mac/Mac-Beta-Client-Config-Tweaks-Files/first#post1211110
it uses only 256MB of Vram!! HORROR :-O
I love this game and i want it native, i’m playing with 5 friends who i convinced to buy the game, we all have Mac, we are all happy of the game but not satisfied of this client!
Most modern MMO are all Mac OS X native: WOW, TLotRO, Elder Scrolls Online and many others.
PS: Guild Wars Support suggested to me to create a thread about this, it means they are at least listening.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/mac/Let-s-unite-for-a-Mac-OS-X-native-client
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I’m actually sad that Zombieland left. We had a huge gold pot for players who grabbed screenshots of them staking specific members of [WvW]. We wanted to fight you guys so bad. RNG was not on our side.
What amazes me that GoM had the same problems HoD had when Zombieland was on our server. You don’t know how happy everyone was when they left our server.
-Constantly failed golem rushes
-Legendaries that were bought for members and weren’t earned
-Commander tags were bought for inexperienced players who never WvW
-Constant que for EB
-The egos were through the kitten roof
A guild that single handedly ruined World vs World for half a server. I hope they realize their mistakes after seeing the same complaints in this thread as we had.
Good luck in JQ though. You will have 0 effect on their server. You won’t ever WvW as a guild with the numbers you have.
As for GoM. I hope this wasn’t a devastating lost for you guys and hope you guys reconstruct what was the old days. We still look forward to fighting you but it won’t be as satisfying as we wanted. Although I do look forward to getting my revenge on styx…
Valkyria Immortalis [VLK]
I wish JQ the best of luck.
The benefits to GoM.
1.) No more Karma Trains.
2.) No more legendary farming.
->(Seeing that most got them RIGHT before the switch.)
3.) No more “spies” to blame after being wiped.
4.) No more “treb trolls”.
5.) No more 5 attempted failed Golem Rushes.
6.) No more watching 60+ people following a single commander mindlessly to be wiped.
7.) No more commanders being asked to “tag down” with 40+ pms.
8 – 10 ) Just no more.
Remove “No more” from points 1-10 consider it the downfall of JQ.Welcome back to the old Gate of Madness.
Treb trolls will continue. And SF and ET will kitten on us this week until our pugs get their kitten together. Most of them are gonna whine that there’s no more Karma trains.
Also the treb trolls are Muni’s in-game phallic replacement.
And now that Zombie Land is gone, we can discuss the serious work ahead. Like electing me Constitutional Monarch of EB. I have some SF votes and the support of GoM. ET doesn’t count because they don’t even play the game. So we’ll let them vote for me and me alone in absentia. So, I guess I win.
Czano Asura Mesmer
#TeamLaensií
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I wish JQ the best of luck.
….. And Elementalist.
BUWHAHAHAHA! you think i have an ego >.>
yeah i knew i wasnt the reason, that would be pretty silly. You guys also really wanted to fight HoD didnt you?
Yeah, we did, but I don’t think that’s going to happen here either.
so you left because you wanted to win…more. at least pick an up and coming server or something…
As true as Odin’s spear flies,
There is nowhere to hide.
Congratulations on being one of the most unpleasant people I have met so far in this game.
She has every right to be like that tyvm. Now go to your match up thread!
Timelord to Lillium Honeybuns, IoJ
Forever together, or not at all.
Hey, Buns, I got some news you’ll be happy to hear.
Zombie Land has left GoM.
…
Good bye GoM, its been fun, but its time to try something new.
Companion of Starlight Honeybuns.
You stole me, and I stole you.