I use mousekeys and spam numpad5+LMB to open stuff. Works pretty well
And that may work for you, but I have no interest in it. I want to just log in and have fun, I do not want to “train” to play a game.
So do it. There’s nothing that stops you from doing so.
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Yeah, that laptop is just insanely old. The nVidia 9000 series’s heyday was close to a decade ago. I’m kind of surprised it runs the game at all
This game relies on CPU performance. The only time I can see a better GPU being important for this game is, if you are using things like ReShade with MasterEffect, or SweetFX, or some other post-processing graphical app. These apps do not touch the game files, so are considered usually as harmless.
This game does like to have a decently beefy GPU to run well (I had an OC’d 7850 2 GB and that didn’t quite cut it), but in general, yeah, it takes more CPU horsepower.
On the topic at hand, what is the actual GPU budget? If it’s at tight as it seems, with you going after a 740, you’d most likely want to go used. Even if you don’t want to go used, you shouldn’t buy a 740; it provides absolutely terrible value for your dollar. Without knowing a dollar amount, at ~90-100 you could easily get a used 7950/280 or for $110-120 you can get a 7970 or 280x, both of which provide excellent performance for your dollar. Even new GTX 950s have been seen in the $100-120 range in the last couple of days
its your cpu that cpu only has 2 virtual cores and 2 physical you need to upgrade the cput to at least the 8 core version
That’s an actual quad core. Getting an 8350 would be a waste of money though, if he were to upgrade getting even an i3 would be a way better move
For what it’s worth, my own intentions are to buy a RX 460 and pair it with a Athlon X4 860 and/or a RX470 to pair with a i5 4770. I am pretty confident that the latter will saturate out GW2’s performance and graphics, the former is a little iffy but possible. The differences between these two for DirectX 9.0c/GW2 are likely to be minor when playing actually playing, imo.
A 470+i5 build would destroy an Athlon+460 build for this game. A 460+i5 build would destroy an athlon+460 build for this game. As long as you have a competent GPU, in populated scenarios your CPU is going to bottleneck you incredibly hard.
In the open world your GPU will matter more, but a 7850 can run the open world on high settings+sweetfx@1080P/45FPS so the required hardware there is pretty low-level
Yeah, my only real problem with Thaumanova is the super bright light below the boss platform. Otherwise it’s fine
Trying to play this with a controller would be like trying to play using a keyboard while wearing mittens. It would be terrible.
but if u also play newer titles like doom for example, you should go with gtx 960
If you’re looking at a 960 now, there’s no reason to get one over an R9 380. Waiting for an RX 480 also wouldn’t be a terrible plan. Personally I’m thinking pretty hard about getting one
As for CPUs, if you’re buying a locked one get an i5-6500. Otherwise, the best CPU for GW2 is going to be an i5-6600k OC’d as high as can you push it.
Raids are a bloody waste of development time and I’m ashamed they have become anything in GW2, it’s a crime a bloody crime.
Kek
While raids have been seeing love while a lot of other stuff hasn’t recently, overall the raid team is incredibly small; the game is definitely far from raid-centric.
It’s a pretty solid, yeah
If you don’t care about the easy mode and don’t intend to play it then why the kitten does it matter whether you think whether it has replay value or not? the rest of 99% of payer base will find plenty of replay value there including me.
And if you wanna talk about wasting resources how about wasting numerous resources and devs on content only 1% of the playerbase plays. If you ask me that IS an actual waste of resources besides it wouldn’t take “significant amount of time” away from the dev team the core mechanics and content has already been developed they just need to rebalance it around smaller squad size. And even if it does takes time i would say that’s an worthwhile endeavour considering that 99% playerbase benefit from it.
In essence all i hear form you elitists is “you can’t have this piece of cake cuz i’m on a diet”. Dont worry you we aren’t asking you special little snowflakes to come down to our lowly level you can stay in your special little corner. All we ask is for an easy mode where the other 99% of players can get in and enjoy without waiting for hours staring at the lfg.
Ranting when you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about just makes you look foolish. It might be wise to avoid doing that in the future
When its time for a new mouse, I’ll probably look to another manufacturer.
Whatever you do, look into a better (read: non-Razer mechanical) keyboard as well…
What are your current specs?
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Having rare, hard to obtain items = good
Having rare, hard to get items purely because they’re RNG only with super low drop chance = bad
Having rare, hard to get items that drop through RNG but also offer a reasonably difficult, guaranteed method of acquisition = good
It’s pretty much that simple
It’s not anet’s fault you were gone for months. Servers being full isn’t a new mechanic, either. Quit acting like anet specifically went out of the way to screw you over and accept that it’s your own fault that you’re in your current situation
How would this even “fight injustice”?
Yeah, OBS is pretty solid
Don’t buy Razer, get a Logitech or other higher quality brand mouse
Yeah. GW2’s performance is pretty much completely single core dependent, since no matter how many cores you have the main thread will only work on one of them. It’s why AMD’s CPUs are so bad for this game; even an FX-8350 will have terrible performance in big zergs despite being an 8-core CPU, since its single core performance is so low.
Your CPU is still the bottleneck in those cases
So I went with a simple 970, that should cover most of your needs.
A 390 is a better card, or AMD’s new 480 will be even better and save
I went with a i7 4790k because in my opinion anything below i7 is trash, when talking about gaming and multitasking.
Your “opinion” is objectively wrong then, since an i5 and an i7 are going to perform exactly the same in the vast majority of games, GW2 being one of them. For gaming, it’s not worth the increased price .
You have a budget clearly over $1000 so you don’t want some toaster that can just get by with nice graphic settings and passible FPS. an i5 and weak graphics card aren’t something you should be looking at.
And i5 and a solid graphics card are exactly what he should be looking at.
Also as much as I loved AMD for the past few years. They are the underdogs and sadly will stay that way, don’t bother with their cards, even if you get a free 390x like I did haha.
Except AMD has the better cards are numerous price points
Things you could change on my list to save some more money.
1. Drop the ridiculously overpriced SSD and get an 850 Evo
2. Drop the useless i7 and get an i5
3. Get a 480 (when released later this month) over a 970
4. Opt for a Noctua NH-D15 over that overpriced H100i (ffs the H100i v2 is $98, why would you ever get the original for $120?); it’s quieter, cools just as well, and means you don’t need to have water in your computer
Overall, that build is pretty lacking, especially for playing GW2. I’m also guessing that you just pulled it out of a saved list and didn’t even look at it, seeing how it had all kinds of outdated components. You also failed to include an HDD.
Overall this would be a much better build for your dollar:
i5-6600k
Noctua NH-D15
Cheapest possible Z170 motherboard from MSI or Asus
Quality 500W PSU
8GB DDR4, speed doesn’t really matter
Decent case, something like a Fractal Design Define S (Windowed)
1TB HDD
240GB SSD
The best GPU you can get with the rest, probably waiting for the new GPUs that are coming out soon
That should work well enough. However, buying a 390 right now isn’t really a very good idea since you’ll be able to get a 480 for $200 starting the 29th, which will be a more powerful card as well. With that money saved you could probably squeeze in an overclockable i5, which is really good to have for GW2.
I’ve also got no idea if that PSU is any good, so just make sure it’s a quality unit. A PSU is the last thing you want tk skimp on, since a bad one can blow up your whole PC
Nope. I only have Asurans and Humans, since I don’t really like the other races…
That looks fine, although I’m not a fan of the water cooler and you really shouldn’t buy that GPU.
A 970 is a good card, but AMD’s 480 will come out on June 29th and will offer more performance; it’s releasing at $200US so it’ll be something like 160GBP, meaning you can save some money and get a better card. If I were you, I’d order everything but the GPU, wait the rest of June, then just get the card when it releases; the integrated GPU on that 6600k will be plenty to run GW2 without issues on low/medium settings, and after a month you get much more for your dollar by not buying that 970.
Don’t get a 120MM water cooler, just get a good air cooler or something like an H100i that has a 240MM rad (and still is only about as good as the Noctua I mentioned earlier). A 390 should run you as much as a 970 and is a slightly better card, or you can wait for a 480 (which was key announced and should come out soon) which should beat either and will be released at a much lower price. Lastly, that PSU isn’t fantastic; Corsair’s CX line is fine for lower-end builds but you want something higher quality for higher end builds. 600W is more then enough power; even a quality 500W PSU can power that computer with plenty of headroom
There isn’t a computer out there that can maintain 60FPS at max settings in big zergs (although some people will try to claim otherwise…); you’ll have to lower character count, reflections, shadows, that sort of CPU-dependent stuff.
For an actual build, get an i5-6600k with a Noctua NH-D15 (Then OC it to at least 4.5GHz), Z170 motherboard, 8GB DDR4 whatever speed you want, a quality 500W PSU, pick a case that looks nice, and put the rest of the money into a GPU. An SSD would also be a nice addition, since you’ll probably have the money for it.
I have no idea what prices are like in the UK so I can’t really make a more specific part list, mostly regarding the GPU or PSU, but 1k GBP should be enough to make a computer that will run the game as well as can be expected
Engi is pretty high up on the DPS list if you’re a competent player and can actually pull off a decent rotation. Power and condi are both perfectly viable, although you’ll most likely end up running condi if you want to do raids
There is no problem with the engine, the game is gorgeous and relative to any other mmorpg it is performant, I would much rather the devs focused on new content. Sure if you run HOT with 4GB of memory then it will struggle – but then again this is 2016.
Kek. Not only is ram generally not the problem, there are definitely problems with the engine. Just look at all of the people with high-end computers who hit sub-30 FPS in big zerg situations
Use the tallest character you can and use first person mode. I got silver for 2 hours straight on a minimum height asura female but got it on my first try after switching to a tallest possible human male character
Earrings are accessories ingame. They’re the jewelry that isn’t a necklace (amulet) or ring
Specs in sig. I see 45FPS in LA, 60 in the open world, and get like 20-30 in zergs depending on how heavy they are. Also somewhat interestingly I sometimes see some drops to ~50 in raids. I honestly think a GPU upgrade would come in handy since I usually/often see really high (85%+) utilization; I’ll probably grab something new and possibly go 1440P once AMD’s new cards are out and I can see some benchmarks
Settings are character limit medium, shadows on high, reflections on terrain and sky, and render sampling native with everything else maxed and I’m running sweetfx
Can’t really agree with the idea of allowing damage to scale off of a defensive stat.
This exactly. This is a terrible idea
/r/mechmarket is also a good place to look for used keyboards, and you might find something nice on /r/hardwareswap. I just nabbed a Ducky Zero for $75 on /r/hws, basically new
Try asking around /r/mechanicalkeyboards. It’s definitely worth getting a decent mechanical over any rubberdome keyboard. I’d make a specific recommendation but I have no idea what prices are like in the UK
For like $30 I’d say that’s a worthy upgrade but in general you’re not going to see much of a performance boost. Your CPU is actually what’s holding you back in the game, especially in crowded situations.
Why do you say that you’re almost always having low FPS, though? In dungeons/general open world stuff (not world bosses or the like) you should be getting perfectly good performance
It’s not making a difference unless you’re running 1440P 144Hz, and I’m willing to bet that there are plenty of cards that could do that already.
User’s problem is that they are NOT getting 580 performance!
Yes, so let’s throw it in the trash and kitten away $50 on a kitten GPU instead of just spending $40-50 on a new PSU that will fix the problem. Absolutely fantastic plan.
Fitting a new PSU is not so simple – for many people – for example, is that 450 – 500 watts continuous or peak?, is 450 – 500 watts enough giving the users rig and its age?, will the new PSU last more than a few months? Point is there is more uncertainty in swapping out the PSU. And the cost isn’t than much less than a second-hand R7 250.
There’s more uncertainty in the sense that whether or not the PSU is the problem is unknown. 450-500W is plenty for the given specs, and worrying about whether or not the PSU will last more then a few months is dumb, you could ask the same thing of the GPU. A quality PSU will last just fine.
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Honestly it’s not worth responding to the rest of your post. In general you should stop making recommendations if they’re as ridiculous as what you’ve said here.
On the GPU front, a $130 950 will work just fine for this game. You can get more bang for your buck on the used market, but it’s up to each person to determine whether or not it’s worth it to them. Personally getting a 7970/280x for $130 is much more performance for your dollar (it’ll even beat a 960 by 10-15% depending on the game)
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It being a bad PSU is a possibility, but otherwise your advice is awful. Like this bit:
My advice would be to purchase a second hand R7 250 (under 65watts cooling and no need for PSU six-pin cable, very simple to retro-fit), which should be better that the GTX 580, BUT has lower power rating – cost is around £40 ($55?). If this – lower power requirement) does not cure the problem you can resell the card with little lost.
An R7 250 isn’t even anywhere close to a 580 lmao. It’s a garbage low-end card that’s not worth anything close to $55, let alone as a downgrade from a 580.
Downgrading your GPU in general is idiotic, assuming it’s a PSU problem. You can get a decent 450-500W PSU For like $30
Buy a used 7970 or 280x imo. Easily the best performance in the price bracket. You’re going to wabt a CPU upgrade at some point in the future though, that CPU is ptetty dated.
Well that’s very good to hear. Thanks for testing!
That CPU is fine. A 390/970 will be ~twice as powerful as a 760, generally a little less. A 960/380/380x will be a smaller boost:
http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/1790-nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-game-fps-benchmark-review/Page-2
Goes head to head between a 960 and a 760 to give you an idea. You can look around to see 960 vs 380/x and decide where to go from there
Get a 380/x over a 4GB 960. 960s aren’t great buys in general but the 4GB models specifically are pretty overpriced.
In ff14 they can manage to have a 24 man pug clear raids which requires alot more communication and synchronising whereas gw 2 can’t do it with 10 on a more regular basis.
What? Pugs succeed at raids on a regular basis. Once I finish what I’m working on I’m going to go and do SV myself and expect to see success, just like I usually do.
F is the best spot for dodge imo. Dodge jumping is still super easy, although it would be pretty easy with almost any convenient dodge bind
No.. I’m someone that knows what their doing, I’ve already joined quite some training groups and seen enough videos and stuff but I still get denied from the real groups because it’s incredibly elitist.
Yet I can jump into groups all the time with a grand total of 10 insights on characters that are mostly exotic. I’m never even asked to ping gear, 99% of people just say “bring condi engi” or what have you.
1 little thing off “meta” and you’re kicked, that’s how bad the end game is in gw2, not just raids. And that’s just a fact.
I get the feeling that you’re running super inefficient builds or are somehow sticking out as underperforming and you’re now blaming it on everyone else. You’re having all of these issues when most people don’t have problems pugging groups and don’t run into the awful, terrible elitists that seem to infest the game you’re playing.
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Yea, right.
As if it’s really necessary and helpful to join a training group a 100 times, please…
Like that, I would have my first successful raid in about 4 months.
So that’s what those oh so dedicated people that now have 50+ LI have been through as well? I really doubt it.
No, I did training groups 2-3 times until I knew what I was doing, then went and joined a normal group. Not that hard.
They can’t because they’re not supposed to.
Agreed, so now let’s move past those arguments and on to how it can be fixed to meet that standard.
There’s nothing to “fix”. Changing it to meet your arbitrary, ridiculously low standard is a waste of time. It’s working exactly as intended, so there’s no reason to change anything.
What PvE updates… If you mean HoT, you’ve got to be kidding right that place is horrible..
Actually it’s pretty solid after the spring update
Because 99% of the population do not want hardcore teamwork and long term time investment, they just want to enjoy the game at their own pace all the content..
Well it’s a good thing that 99% of the content in the game is perfect for them, then.
And when they are excluded from content they get angry and leave..
When they can’t do one small thing out of everything the game has to offer?
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