Guild Wars 2

Indded ..8gb of RAm on a 32bit OS is a total waste ..your barely using 4gb of RAM
Download the 64 bit version of Windows 7 and install that. it should then allow all 8gb of ur RAM to be used and stop GW2 from crashing due to memory issues.

The hangs could well be related to ur Internet connection …unless they r graphical hangs. Does the game slow down in terms of graphics ? ..mouse stuttering ? Or is it still smooth and just not responding when u click a skill ?

As for the low performance when loading maps and such, that will likely be down to ur CPU. AMD cpus are far behind Intel single thread performance currently, and as such Intel CPU are the only real choice if u want good performance in GW2..since GW2 is heavily reliant on single thread performance.
Do note however that there will still always be slight performance drops in GW2 when loading up new areas for the frist time…so say u port to LA, spin ur camera around once or twice and u will notice poor performance ..but after that everything is loaded winthin that part of LA and performance will go back up to the norm. The slower ur CPU & HDD the worse this drop in performance will be.

Your GPU is perfectly capable of running on almost max settings aside from Reflection,shadows and Sampling ..which i sugest should all be set 1 notch down from max, due to GPU limitations and GW2 bugs related to certain settings.

Also a point on OC’ing since its been mentioned. Its perfectly safe to do on air cooling. A highly sugested and relativly cheap air cooler like the Coolmaster Evo 212 is more than enough for low-mid range OC’s. You can even start touching high end OC’s on air cooling if u get top of the range stuff..thats what i’ve done. So water cooling is by no means the only option.

I run the 306.97 drivers as i’ve seen people have issue with the 310.XX drivers. Performance is fine.

Using rig in my sig.

Give as detailed specs as u can on both systems ..specificaly the exact CPU and GPU models, how much RAM ..PSU size etc. Also include what OS ur using.

Yes i know PAE is inbuilt BUT.. Windows 32bit has limitations within it stoping more than 4gb being available. PAE is their ..its just not be fully utilized.
im no expert on this topic tbh but just from that link u posted alone i read this.
(I hate qouting Wikipedia ..its not always accruate)

“Microsoft Windows implements PAE if booted with the appropriate option, but current 32-bit desktop editions enforce the physical address space within 4 GB even in PAE mode”

Habib Loew … i got a question.

please excuse any odities or wrongfull ‘tone’ of my text, im dyslexic

How are you going to be able to allow WvW to go without culling on your minimum spec machines when even with current culling and minimum settings ..and OC’s ..a minimum spec machine will run under 10 fps in WvW battles???
..hell even top of the line machiens with OC’s can barely keep minimum FPS over 30.

Your minimum specs are wrong …plain and simple ..you cant ‘play’ GW2 on those minimum specs. it will ‘run’ ..but ‘play’ ? ..not a chance.

I can only asume ur ‘Engine programmers’ have some “super awesome special” modifications coming that increase GW2 performance by over 100% ..becouse thats what its going to take, from the ‘players’ perspective, for GW2 to be playable on ur current minimum spec machine.
And if they do have these optimizations/modifcatiosn coming ..i hope it isnt done by removing eye candy and/or features of the game.

I am glad that ur superiors seem to be ok with increasing urservers bandwidth, i know that isnt cheap.

From what i know of it ..that requirs a patch/hack for Windows ..at which point if ur going to go that far u might aswell ‘aquire’ wink wink Windows 7 64bit :P

No it wont flag u.
Remaping YOUR keys has nothing to do with GW2.

There may be a point of argument over using Macro’s ..2 or more comands with 1 button ..since its taking away control from the player and letting a program do it for u…but just remaping a single key is fine.

If u have 4gb of physical RAm and a 32bit OS then u will only ever have access to about 3.XXGb ram ..that shared with all other processes doenst leave much for GW2. You could try turning of all other non critical processes to free up used ram so GW2 can have a biigger share ..but my main advice would be to ‘aquire’ a 64bit OS.

Problem with the timing isnt so much the HP its the snow flakes going poof. People with lower end computers cant load up the level in time b4 the snowflakes 1st appear then the timer for them starts ..some people have posted stating when they load up the snowflakes are already there and few even said the 1st snowflake is already gone mkaing the JP pritty much impossible.

2 things come to mind here for me:
1) what kind of slow a*s computer could they possibly be trying to play GW2 on if it takes that long to load.
2) changing the timings to determin difficulty would not work for these people.

I think it should be like this:

The 3 starting points in the winter JP should be changed to easy,medium,hard..within the same zone though like it is now.

Easy: should have the HP timer like the rest but the snowflakes never disapear, and there should be some kind of pedistal that gives a HP regen buff to counter the HP Dot. The reward is at the end like it is now.(good for keyboard turners, and the unskilled, and those with slow computers)

Standard: As it is now bassicaly but with an extra small rewards chest half way through bit like the clocktower.. (good for the average joe blogs)

Hard: should have the same HP dot but the snowflakes disapear MUCH faster.And there are 2 small rewards placed throught the JP. (good for those who enjoyed the CT)

All 3 end in the same place with the same reward. but doing it on Standard and Hard ‘can’ give u extra rewards if u are fast enough to get to the chest and open them.

Its bassicaly taking the CT and Wintersday JP and mashing them together somewhat.

This would be relativly easy to mod the current JP

Future JP’s just need to take the template.

And tbh i dont see any reason why any1 could complain about that layout. Though its inevitable som1 wil lfind somthing :P

Yea for u, as som1 who uses professional programs, a AMD FX 8350 is a good CPU. Infact for multi thread performance, u’d be hard pressed to find a better CPU untill u hit Intel’s Xeon chips and i7 Extremes…except the Intel i7 3930k…but the price difference between the FX 8350 and 3930k is huge.

For a pure gaming machine though Intel is the best choice for its single thread performance…though they are more expensive.

Culling is only applied outside a certain radius around ur character. Therefor it is possible to see 100 man/50 man battles if ur in the thick of it, if u sitting ontop of a wall with a ballista/or using ranged attacks ..u likely will not see all/any of said army of people due to culling.
As for how fast culled players load up on screen, it really helps to have a good CPU (like those sugested) and a SSD so that as soon as they are able ‘from the server side’ to be loaded, they are then loaded quikly/instantly on ur client. With a old slower cpu culled players will remain effectivly invisible whilst they fight untill ur computer can catch up.
Unless i have server side lag-which does happen on occasion, i rarely have problems with loading up people who have moved close enough to my character so they r no longer culled.

I agree culling is a “enter filtered word here”
But Anet wont give the player the choice of cull radius becouse those with a computer able to handle 0 culling / extreme radius settings, will cause their servers excess load due to the extra information it will be sending out to those computers about all the players one screen. Hence why they are ‘trying’ to find a more balanced culling setting..one that works with server load and gives players enough sight ..atm they are failing misserably.

Personaly i wouldnt look for a XM chip like the 3920XM, they r intels i7 Extreme series for laptops, they cost way to much..
A 3840/3820/3740/3720 QM would be the best you could choose.. with the 3630QM being the lowest i would go to but also the most popular in gaming laptops atm Unless u have money to burn on a $800 XM series mobile chip.

The only AMD cpu i recommened is the FX 8350 with OC. However it will still drop below 30 fps in Large WvW.
For constant 30+ fps everywhere no matter what, u need atleast a 2nd/3rd Intel i5 with a OC of around 4.5ghz.
If you dont want to OC then you should look into only intel, as most of their ‘i’ series chips from i3’s to i7’s wil lrun the game at stock ALOT better than AMD’s due to the single thread performance. But do release that fps will drop below 30fps.

Please note this is not my ‘opinion’, i base this advice on facts only

GW2 is HEAVILY cpu dependant. You would have seen a better performance increase if you ugraded ur cpu (ofc that wuld mean a whole new computer but still).

Old CPU’s like intels Dual core and other non ‘i’ series will not run GW2 with satisfactory FPS dispite it being on Anet ‘minimum’ requirments. Note that minimum requirments only means ‘this will run the game’ ..it does NOT mean ‘this will play the game’.

TBH people who fail JPs this easy only have 2 excuses.
1) bad comp so bad fps.. i can understand this.
2) they just are not good at JPs/platforming, .this i can also understand.

What i hate the most though is when some of these people then going on to say that “JP’s should then be easier” >.<
Games r not meant to change to suite u .. u are meant to practice and get better to suit THEM !
Seriosly gamers these days, i hate what the EZMode games of the past decade have done to people ..i rly do.

You will need a minimum of $1000/£1000 for a gaming laptop that can play GW2 ‘reasonably’. (Mix of Medium & High settings ..good fps in PvE, WvW possible but still sub 30 fps.)

I dont disagree there about the 3920Xm ..but ..u try finding a laptop within a reasonable budget for a gaming laptop ($1000-$1500) that has that CPU.
Its got XM not QM on the end for a reason ..its a i7 Extreme, they cost buckets.

Just look at the price and performance difference on the Desktop ones.
The 3930k at release ~£500, the 3960X £1000 ..the performance difference ? 3mb off L3 (from 12mb to 15mb) cache and 100mhz on the stock core clock… lol.

The difference between the 3820QM and the 3920XM… 100mhz on the turbo clock and 200mhz on the stock. The price difference …double.

So anyway whilst i agree it is the ‘best’ ..its totaly not worth going to a i7 Extreme ..the prices r insane.

Fair enough ..but alot of system can manage 30+ fps just standing in WvW , or with small 10 man fights. Im talking 50 to 100+ man battles.
I garuante u cant manage 30+ fps in those kinds of battles (which r the normal size of battles on most populated servers), if u can.. then please by all means hit up a videa of it becouse u will make me and alot of people very ..i repeat VERY..happy if u can tell us how u managed it

It would ‘run’ GW2.

But it wont be on high settings and u wont be able to play WvW ..unless ur ok with sub 30 fps..likely sub 20fps.

For maybe around $200 more u could have a MUCH better system. Somthing with a i5 3570k, a 650ti instead of a 650 non Ti, appropriate Z77 motherboard, and aftermarket cpu cooler.
That setup would easily run a mixture of medium & high settings with good fps in PvE, and with that cpu and cooler u can OC and get the best performance GW2 can have in WvW .(.that being 30fps at minimum in the worst cases.)
No CPU currently out at stock clocks can manage 30fps in WvW battles, deffiantly not an i3, most drop well below 30fps, the older cpu’s drop below 10fps.

Food for thought

Low settings ..possibly a few medium. Ok for Pve.

WvW and LA will be a slide show.

CPU wise theo nly Laptop ones u want to look at are as follows.
3840QM
3820QM
3740QM
3720QM
3630QM

Bassicaly u want proper 4 cores ..2core 4 threads is OK but ur then sharing CPu performance with other tasks. Having 4 dedicated cores and 8 threads gives GW2 breathing room..not so much a problem with desktop CPU’s as they r more powerfull but deffinatly for laptop ones i would stick with i7’s.
Also clock speed is important, i honestly wouldnt go any lower than a turbo clock of 3.4ghz.

GPU wise if u want medium/high settings with good fps u will need one of the following.
Nvidia 570m,660m,670,680m
AMD 6970m,7970m

Sry its not betetr news for ya.. but GW2 hammers Laptops hard.

To get 30 fps as the minimum u will ever see in WvW and LA u need a 2nd/3rd gen intel i5 OC’d to around 4.5ghz…or better.

If you dont mind droping below 30 at times then high end AMD & Stock 2nd/3rd gen 4thread ‘i’ intel CPU’s will do.

NOTHING out atm can run the game at a solid 60 fps all the time.

Mild/Average OC’ing isnt hard and doesnt cost anymore than a mid range Air cooler like the Coolmaster Evo 212 ..its just requirs a little research (..really ..only a little). And ur of. Very little danger involved so long as u can read :P

Acid.1384:

God kitten Nova. Now I feel like a complete kitten .. I’m sorry.

Lol np, it happens. Can be hard to tell the ‘tone’ of text some times :P

@Clorox Sour.5142

My figures and examples were including big WvW fights, so i would say what ur getting coincides with what i was saying about cpu’s.
All stock cpu’s (intel & amd) will get sub 30 fps and likely sub 20 fps in big WvW battles, all AMD cpu’s even OC’d will have sub 30 fps in WvW but may be able to stay above 20 if its one of the better cpu’s like for example a FX 8350.

I would recommend a 600W PSU from a good OEM…Seasonic have a real solid PSU series, u can search around and try get them directly from Seasonic, or just do what most do and buy a Corsair. (Corsair TX600/650).

The better the build quality the more likely it will produce the advertised wattage,amperage, and be stable without fluctuation. Cheap PSU’s running near max can end up crippling ur rig with crashes.

Honestly ?

Its crap…it just is :P

U will need 3ghz minimum.

Look for rigs with a 2500k/2550k/3570k in them. For the price ur looking at they will likely have ether the Onboard GPU or a lowly media card, so long as the rig is cheap enough u can then buy a older gaming GPU l8r on. But u deffinatly dont want to skimp on the cpu..for desktops anything less than those mentioned will strugle.

If u have to go down on the CPU ..then go to a i3 3220 or i3 3240..they wont run WvW or LA very well but will be alot better than that comp u linked and better than ur current one.

Sry if it sounded condescending ..as for my typeing ..im dyslexic

The game is indeed aimed at young adults and adults, so ur expected to act as such ..swearing ingame..specialy as an insult.. is not mature..ur unlikely to do it face to face with ppl (ur liable to get ur face kicked in in some areas if u do) so dont do it online just becouse u have the internet to hide behind.

Lets put it this way ..banned for 3 days ..u gunna start swearing online again ? No ? ..then it worked.. yes ? ..then ur havnt learned.

If u didnt fully format and reinstall ur OS and game when u upgraded to the FX 8350 ..then yes.
It is possible to change cpu;s without reformating but it honestly doesnt take more than a days work to install an OS , programs, games. So do it from scrtach to make sure nothing could be interfering.

Save any files(like save games, pics, music ..vids etc .. not whole programs/games) u want to keep on another HDD/Memory stick or what have u ..then format.

I agree that there must be an underlying problem. The FX 8350 although not as strong as a 2nd/3rd Gen i5 ..is still the best single thread performer AMD has. It should be doing better.

I suspect u have a driver and/or settings issue.

Look at the stickies in this forum and follow their advice ..see how it goes.

Disable Windows Aero, Set GW2 priority to high.

trun reflections off, turn shadows off.
Try a small OC on the cpu if u can.

Disable unneed processes using msconfig.

Otherwise its a new CPU/computer bassicaly.

The only time u should buy damaged GPU’s is if they look good for ‘cooking’ AND are really cheap.
Cooking can somtimes bring them back to life and last for a good couple months possibly a year before breaking again.
Usualy such gpu’s have constant artifacting problems caused by cracked solder joins on the components, this is where cooking helps fix it. But its a risky move and should only be attempted on ur own gpu’s if/when they start going down, or on very cheap deals.

Anyway, fingers crossed u get the 470.

If ur bidding on a 470 and its used ..u would likely be able to find used 560ti or 660ti cards within ur price range also.

if the 470 new however and u can get it cheap ..then that would be a wicked deal.

GW2 and SLI dont mix well tbh.. its always better to get 1 stronger card over 2 weaker SLI.

Aye the GTX 460 should be fine. My old computer uses a 460 but since the CPU holds it back considerably, its hard to gauge how high it can go on the settings. That said it runs on a mixture of medium and high settings atm and even with the CPU holding it back at 60% usuage in in PvE it still manages over 30 fps without trouble.

Still .. if u can find a 650ti it would likely do as good/better for a lesser price (new not used) and a AMD 7850 would most deffiantly do better.

FYI: If a person is running low-medium setitngs becouse the fps drop when he/she sets them to High, then a GPU upgrade will help. IN the case of GW2 is might mean the FPS ends up staying the same, but the quality will be better.

Well after the 200 series the 400 eries was next (for gaming cards) ..so the jump form a 260 to a 460 in some games may well be only 15%, though in most it should be more.

Your probably better of going for a AMD when ur on a budget. U sacrifice PhysX and possibly some ‘smoothness’ in FPS figures, but will be able to get a card which produces high fps.

I would recommend any GPU above a score 2500 for High settings.
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/index.php
Navigate to ‘high end video card chart’

You should be able to get ahold of a 650ti for less than the cost of a 460. And it ‘should’ play the game better. The AMD 7850 costs a bit more but again would be great sicne its slightly betetr than a 560ti but for less cost.

Im not here to discuss whether GW2 game engine is borked., im just letting the OP know what the ‘player’,not Anet, can do with his/her rig to get around the performance issues. Currently the only way around it is to have a good single thread performing cpu, and that only leaves u with the choice of 2nd/3rd gen Intel i5’s or better.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html

Yes well unfortunatly not everyone understands that ‘minimum requirments’ just mean ‘the game will run’ ..it does say how well or that it will be ‘playable’. And GW2 has no offical ‘recommended requirements’ becouse they r rather high and would indeed put people of from buying GW2.

This unfortunatly does lead to people such as urself who buy the game thinking they can play GW2 wihtout issue becouse the exceed minimum specs, but then find out that the performance is bad.

It sucks ..but not really much u can do.
Only thing i can say is to take this as a learning experiance…. ALWAYS check on game forums what performance people who play the game are getting and with what system. .that way u can get an idea of what it will play like with ur system.

Overheating could cause the cpu to throttle till it cools down, same goes for GPU. Check ur temps.

Check ur performance settings, make sure u have all the power saving features turned off in the windoes settings.

If all ur temps are fine then i sugest scanning for viruses. Some viruses can temporarily hog system resources.

LA is a PITA anyway, i mean i never drop below 30fps .so i still think somthing is amiss there. As for the Grove .. i cant recall my FPS but i never recall having any issues.. and im not on GW2 today to check as im helping out on the Tech support forum during my intervals between MechWarrior Online battles :P

Anyway hopefully the divers will sort it.

Yea bassicaly what Kirito said

Pritty much any of the Asus or Gigabyte boards will do ..u dont have to spend loads on their top of the line models. I mean i went with a P9X79 Pro (LGA2011) ..which is by no means top fo thel ine and it OC’s brlliantly.. the LGA 1155 equivalanet to that shuldnt be to expensive.
Like the ASUS P8Z77-V LK or ASUS P8Z68-V PRO or GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD5H

And a K version of the CPU is required for the OC..which in itself would be required if u want 30+fps all the time.

Ok so i skimmed through the replies and most seem to be ether ‘fanboy’ arguments one way or the other, or have lack of knowledge of what a true PVP is..

Anyway my thoughts.

OP , ur correct about raiding. Raiding in itself is fun, and tbh any loot u get at the end is just a peark. GW2 doenst have raids,, the dungones r boring imo and Dynamic events are not exactly dynamic.

That said im still playing GW2 ,,not as much nowerdays ..but i still play it.

Im no fan of WoW anymore ..i used to play back in vanilla and TBC ..WotLK ruined it for me and i was off and on till Cata ..at which point i quit completly.
I tried Rift also and got into that but it didnt have that same (for lack of a better word) ‘epic’ feel that the old WoW had, mainly becouse it was still young and small, so i stoped playing that after a while.
I then went to Tera online..the gameplay was/is great but the story and ‘feel’ was/is lacking.
GW2 has a great story, and would have a better ‘feel’ if the game felt more ‘epic’ ..bassicaly raids. ATM it feels dull. The gameplay itself is kinda inbetween WoW/rift, and Tera ..sorta half action combat ..have tab targeting ..but with reduced customization. IMO its more of a downgrade form the classic MMO setup than a upgrade ..but thats personal preference.
It doesnt help that the only ‘hard’ thing about alot of battles in GW2 is that the thing ur fighting ether has loads of HP, or insanely OP attacks of which no ‘tactic’ can really get around. its a lazy way of making things ‘hard’ ..but its what we got.

OP…All i can sugest is to grind a average ‘good looking’ armor set and weapon, go do some WvW/PvP ..and then make another char. Wait for more content ..it is coming ..just look at the vast emtpy spaces on the map.

And finaly for those who said GW2 is a pvp game, It is a pvp game in terms of mmo’s ..but its not a pvp game in terms of games in general. It doesnt match certain criteria to be a proper pvp game.
Proper pvp games requir certain apsects of a players skill to be heavily and precisly involved. .Whether it be tactics and macro’ing for RTS games, precision and coordination for FPS’ers, or skillfull twich control for fighting games..its needs to have them .. and GW2 like most MMORPG’s has none of those.
You can argue tactics and coordination for WvW, but only for the commander controling the mob of ppl…when it comes down to the actual players fighting, MMORPG’s generaly dont have the precisie game engine and inplimentation required to make a players skill transfer to the game..and instead relies on RNG,stats items,talent/skill/class builds on the ingame character to determin the majority of outcomes.
So with that said, those who come to mmorpg’s for PVE can and will come to even those considered within the mmorpg scene as pvp mmorpg’s becouse they r still more pve like than proper pvp.

Are ur Nvidia Control panel options set to application controlled on the Antialaising ?

If so then only other thing i can sugest is u downgrade ur grpahics drivers to 306.97 ..sincei have seen people have some issues wiht the 310.XX drivers.

I personaly run the 306.97 drivers so i can confirm they work fine

Oh and one other thing. Are u using Windows 7 64bit or Windows 8 64bt ?

When ur cpu is that strong core parking has little affect .. i have mine parking and dont notice it :P

Try downclocking ur gpu’s .. GW2 can be picky with GPU OC’s.

Is ur CPU OC stable and error free using Prime 95 6hours+ ? It could potentialy be (though unlikely) cpu error’s caused by the OC causing the slow down.

Try setting reflection to terrain and sky. Full reflections has a bug in some areas with GW2 atm, causing relfection on underground liquids to be rendered when they shouldnt.

Does sound like a PSU issue tbh.

If after getting a new PSU, I Sugest a Corsair model like the TX 600W (this would also be fine for his new computer if/when he decides to build it), the system restarts stop but the game crashes continue ..i sugest reinstalling GW and/or the OS ..since all these crashes and BSOD’s could easily have caused damage to the game and/or OS.

If after getting a new PSU the problems continue ..then im pritty much at a loss as to what else it coud be other than faulty CPU and/or motherboard and/or GPU. In which case u might aswell build a enitirly new computer ..take a sledge hammer to the old one which will thus make u feel sooo much better

i do it every day for daily and do it first try .. i even turn myself into an almost completly invisible ghost just for kicks ..it is easy.

Those that cant complete it almost always have 1 thing in common it seems. They r keyboard turners ..which i honestly cant fathom how they can play a game like this using keyboard turns ..why not use the mouse.. its easier and better :P

Ofc there are those that do still fail using the mouse, and unless they have obismal FPS ..the only reason to fail then is simply not being very good at controling their character ..which some people granted just are not good at. Even so, they are the minority, Anet shouldnt be making JP’s easier for a small portion of the gaming community tbh.
I mean this wintersday JP was waaaay easier than the halloween one and Anet specificaly said (the guy who made the JP) that they would make more like the halloween one…LIES !!

Sounds like an issue with the HAF-X case design not intel. Didnt have that problem installing my Cooler.. and its big mofo :P (using a Thermaltake Chaser case)

But still… i understand ur reasoning.

Check ur Nvidia Contro lpanel ..make sure all AA settings are set to application controlled. In fact make sure its all ether disabled, application controlled, or on high performance.

If that fails go to the 306.97 drivers.

Make sure ur running the card on a PCIE x16 ..or highest available on ur MBoard.

There will still be FPS drops, and the really bad fps drops (sub 30 fps) will likely be due to ur CPU (unless the GPU hits 99% usage). Only way to get around this is to OC ur current cpu or get a 2nd/3rd gen Intel i5 K or betetr and OC that.

The only current known cpus that can sustain GW2 above 30 fps(in places like LA and Intense WvW battles) is the Intel i5 2500k/2550k/3570k, i7 2600k/2700K/3770k/3930k/3960X/3970X. All with a OC around 4.5ghz.
AMD wise the FX 8350 comes close but will drop below 30fps even with OC.

The FX 8350 would do , but u wont be able to get a constant 30+fps everywhere ..like LA and especialy WvW ..even if u OC.

You really should consider Intel, they have much stronger single thread processing power atm, and the 3570k isn’t really all THAT expensive all things considered.

The problem with GW2 targeting is that it is nether fully tab targeting ..nor is it fully manual(action combat).

Its a half arsed attempted at going half way. I honestly dont like it ..but i put up with it. I would prefer a system like Tera ..or better yet a system like Tera but proper ‘twitch’ action combat. Problem is that would requir a reworking of alot of other game systems. .like skilsl hit detection and such ..stuff that is effected by the precision of the game engine. Not only that there would a massive amount of MMO’ only gamers who would scream to high heaven that the controls and game as a whole will have become to hard -.-

Yes its to be expected …No a dual CPu rig wouldnt help. .. Even Tera would not utilize that many cores.
I have a 3930k with 6 cores and 12 threads ..Tera doesnt utilize them all . Im even OC’d. The Tera game engine suffers, like all MMO’s & ‘most’ PC games in general atm, with a lack of proper core/thread usuage ..once u get to the game Engines limit of how it can handle massive loads ..the performance tanks.
GW2 does well al lthigns considering becouse so long as u have a strong CPU even a 100 man WvW battle can stay above 30 fps. Tera on the other hand ..cannot. BUT Tera does perform better everywhere else. again though .2 entirerly different engines and games.

Anyway the answere to ur original question is that ur CPU does not have strong enough Single thread performance.