Blackbeard.4356

> @"Malediktus.9250" said:

> Seems like a waste to buy good hardware just to play the game on Linux at garbage settings

>

> On Windows a 10 year old GPU will play the game at better settings

I bought a few new things for my PC just so I can keep with technology and to be in peace for a next 5 years.

Comparing Linux and Windows for gaming doesn't really make sense because games will mostly always run better on Windows for that matter.

As a daily PC user, it makes no sense for me to use Windows just so I can play 1 game that I own and play in my free time.

P.S. don't be afraid of _terminal_ , it doesn't bite :smirk:

Hey, I added you in the game but I don't know when we'll be online simultaneously, so please add me when you see the message.

My user name is my name :)

I'm currently on KDE Neon LTS 5.12

Using [Lutris](https://lutris.net/ "https://lutris.net/") for playing Gw2. I found Lutris to be awesome because you can easily menage wine version without installing wine to your PC ( it all happens inside of Lutris ).

I've been paying Gw2 on wine-pba-2.21 with "-dx9single" argument from wine. ( without -dx9single argument, there is 10+ seconds more loading time ).

I've got better fps in group events and smoother experience in game which is why I play the game even more now :astonished:

PC specs:

**CPU**: AMD Ryzen 3 1300x ( 4 cores ) 3.5 Ghz with 8Gb of RAM

**GPU**: Gainward GeForce® GTX 650 with 1024Mb GDDR5 memory

**SSD:** Kingston 120Gb

I've tried new release of wine-pba-3.3 but it's not as good as 2.21 one.

Hey Jhoul, good to hear you're alright and now back and running. I understand what it feels like to come in to the game at this state with a lot of things to do and learn.

I've been playing this game since launch and I'm still in love with it. But I'm always trying to get into the skin of a new player and try to feel that "new player" experience at current state of the game. If you watch it from that side it is pretty difficult to jump in and do all those stuff that game offers you but on the other hand it might not be such big of a problem. 90% of a time I'm a solo player and everything I know today in the game is self experience and learning with a help of community if needed, of course. The best advice I can give to a new player is to follow the path that I followed too. Play the game and enjoy in it, everything else will follow. After almost 5 years of playtime ( non constant ) I'm still just enjoying the game and playing it my way ( that is the main reason I'm still enjoying the game ). I don't see the purpose in following other peoples builds, farming rotations, game play style, etc... game is already rewarding you no matter what you do in it and how do you play it, so just enjoy !

And good job to your friends on leveling up the traditional way, as they will learn the class ( how it works and what you can do with it ).