killerkram.5129

> @"lare.5129" said: > >They are pretty expensive and premium machines. > m1 notebook is 1000+ euro ? ofc if you not select 1Tb sdd .. :)) this is expensive and premium ? I don't think so. My non premium mid-high laptop (intel+2060) buyed more that 2000 euro some time ago. We play guild wars and guild wars 2 on a $700 dell i got several years ago. Works like a charm. We were going to upgrade it but decided against that since this thing does what we need it to do for guild wars. intel i5, gtx 1060, 16gb memory, replaced the hdd with an ssd (was pretty cheap on sale). We have a nicer mac sitting in the closet that we picked up about a year before that dell and it was $1700. It does photoshop pretty good for a small machine but isn't really a gaming computer. My desktop is the monster we use for flight sim and star citizen but the lappy works for guild wars as the requirements are not that high.

I think game performance should be higher priority for Anet here. I have friends who quit guild wars 2 because the performance is bad. You know its sad when I am getting better frame rates in Star Citizen than guild wars 2. I love this game but man it can really suffer, even when walking around lion's arch not even fighting anything. Its really a shame. The graphics are not even that good in the game. The art style makes the game still look good but overall the graphics are quite aged and the game still runs terribly. Hopefully we will see some improvement to this with the next expansion or hopefully there is some sort of internal effort at Anet to look at this.

> @"tetmikem.5608" said: > > @"killerkram.5129" said: > > virtual windows os on local machine, virtual windows through some streaming software like shadow or geforce now, new computer. those are the options for mac users that i can think of if they want to keep playing. honestly for mac users they should either have another pc or access to some windows environment if they want to play video games. My wife used to have a mac and her solution for gaming was own a second computer that can have the fun while using the mac to do the work. now she just has one good pc that can do that work and have the fun. > > Not everyone can afford to own two computers..... To me mac computers scream money. They are pretty expensive and premium machines. We got our mac because we had the extra cash to go for it and the wife wanted to try it out. I know not everyone is in that position since some people require mac computers for work or whatever but virtualization should still be an option right? Also as long as you have decent internet cloud gaming is an option. But over all Guild Wars 2 is a pretty old game that does not need a very powerful machine to play so you do not need a very expensive second computer to play it. We bought a cheaper dell laptop and it plays guild wars 2 just fine. Funny enough that is the main machine my wife uses now and the mac is collecting dust, so much for that. I guess we aren't mac people here but that's fine people can do whatever they want. I may be out of the loop when it comes to mac computers as I don't use them or like them so maybe they are not as expensive as I think they are but my mindset runs to "macs are expensive computers" so if you have that kind of money buying a cheap second computer should not be that big an issue. Otherwise as stated, cloud gaming or running windows in virtual to play games should be an option.

virtual windows os on local machine, virtual windows through some streaming software like shadow or geforce now, new computer. those are the options for mac users that i can think of if they want to keep playing. honestly for mac users they should either have another pc or access to some windows environment if they want to play video games. My wife used to have a mac and her solution for gaming was own a second computer that can have the fun while using the mac to do the work. now she just has one good pc that can do that work and have the fun.

Yeah I've been having a blast for years playing this game. I've tried other MMOs but they don't click. Got a lot of friends that have tried to get me into final fantasy and black desert but I keep coming back to guild wars and guild wars 2. Something about these games just clicks with me. They are great.

I was getting crashes trying to get to Malchor's Leap. Then I went to Lion's Arch to ask around but got disconnected there too. rip dailies today. I'll try again tomorrow