Joote.4081

> @"Redfeather.6401" said: > I hate to say this... > > But Elder Scrolls Online has been reworking it's code with the intent of lasting another ten years or more. WoW did it too. FFXII reworked itself as well. > I currently get double the framerate in eso than I do in guild wars 2. And eso's performance update cadence is not even done. > If Guild Wars 2 doesn't get the same treatment it is going to stand out more each quarter in comparison to those other games. Yep. If they updated the graphics and performance which must be easy as the DX12 mod already does this, then the game would probably draw in 10 times the player base. As it is most people will load up GW3, take one look at it and uninstall without even trying it out. The game has everything most players want, everything is in place and it's a massive game, but this keeping the graphics back in the 18th centaury isn't going to cut it.

And I keep saying the same. This game is stuck in the past and it shouldn't be as it's very popular. Graphics in particular need work and optimization. No point continuing to build on shaky foundations. The graphic style is fine it's how they are displaying it that's the problem. And what is that horrible bloom, glow, shine thing in the game that bleaches out stuff? I mean it benefits the dev's if the game looks and runs good, it draws in the crowds,. As it stands, people might take one look at it and think 'yuk' to bloody archaic. I think Ill give this DX12 wrapper thing a go.

Guilds don't seem as important as they once use to. Back in the day the first thing you did on starting a game was look for a guild and that guild became your family. I don't bother with them these days they feel pointless

> @"firedragon.8953" said: > I love the art direction in Guild Wars 2. One of the main reasons I enjoy this game is exploring all the interesting places, including the places in the core areas of the game. I also think the graphics range from fine to excellent, especially in terms of asset resolution. Some of the original assets seem "dated" but obviously if you want to have ray tracing, UHD textures, and all the modern graphical eye candy, an 8 year old MMO is not going to do that. I'd say give it a chance, and if your looking for something else, move along. There is a lot of eye candy to play with in the modern gaming market. No I wouldn't go that far. As soon as you start to apply stuff like raytracing things start to grind to a halt. You have probably not had time to read all of the threads, so to recap, I was more suggesting they add some better textures and sharpen up the image a bit. As it stand the textures are very basic and the overall graphics are smudgy. Most of the icons don't help as they look as if some kids have gone mad with a paintbrush.

> @"Dawdler.8521" said: > > > @"Joote.4081" said: > > > @"Redfeather.6401" said: > > > > @"Joote.4081" said: > > > > > @"Donutdude.9582" said: > > > > > Guild Wars 2 has quite a number of faults. Bad graphics is _not_ one of them. I have no idea what you're talking about dude. > > > > > > > > I also play a lot of ESO and from playing ESO and then booting up GW2 says all am talking about. No ned to explain myself. > > > > > > I play elder scrolls online too and gw2 has nicer looking areas for sure. I am not a fan of the loud/flashy gw2 character armours though! No sir. > > > > Now this is down to if you like realistic or cartoon-ish graphics. Everyone has their own preference. I'm for the more realistic. One thing that we do agree on is the flashy luminous colour nonsense that always seems to creep into MMO's. Also I personally hate pet's in MMO's. You find yourself in a boss fight and it's more like a pet scrap. > Maybe this was why you needed to explain yourself. So you dont like the style of GW2. That's fine. I dont like the style of ESO. In particular I found Cyrodiil poorly made with completely wrong scaling/proportions on pretty much all assets (its like the devs put a normal sized character next to a normal scaled bridge and said **"This doesnt look EPIC enough, make it BIGGER and GRANDER!"** *sets scaling to 2.0*) and the overall visuals seem to vary between greyish brown to brownish grey. And that's before you get into janky animations and laggy combat ruining any kind of immersion. Nope. My original post was about GW2 graphics in general. What you quote is a spinoff. I'm not saying GW2 should look like ESO, they are two different art styles and belong where they belong. My original post was basically saying that GW2's graphics are showing their age.

> @"Redfeather.6401" said: > > @"Joote.4081" said: > > > @"Donutdude.9582" said: > > > Guild Wars 2 has quite a number of faults. Bad graphics is _not_ one of them. I have no idea what you're talking about dude. > > > > I also play a lot of ESO and from playing ESO and then booting up GW2 says all am talking about. No ned to explain myself. > > I play elder scrolls online too and gw2 has nicer looking areas for sure. I am not a fan of the loud/flashy gw2 character armours though! No sir. Now this is down to if you like realistic or cartoon-ish graphics. Everyone has their own preference. I'm for the more realistic. One thing that we do agree on is the flashy luminous colour nonsense that always seems to creep into MMO's. Also I personally hate pet's in MMO's. You find yourself in a boss fight and it's more like a pet scrap.

There are a couple of skins that are quite good, but the majority of them are a bit daft. I find it funny how they sell xp booster along with every other booster imaginable. To what end? The way the game is now you could leap from level 1 to level 80 before breakfast. I have a bank full of level up tokens because I won't use them. It's not being level 80 that maters. It's the getting there.

> @"Donutdude.9582" said: > Guild Wars 2 has quite a number of faults. Bad graphics is _not_ one of them. I have no idea what you're talking about dude. I also play a lot of ESO and from playing ESO and then booting up GW2 says all am talking about. No ned to explain myself.

I have bought a ton of gems but apart from bank space couldn't find anything useful to spend them on. :)

I logged on a few of my level 80 and the graphics are fine in the newer maps. A bit pixelated and soupy as mentioned here, but acceptable. The charm of GW2 is in the game itself, it has you wanting to keep on playing. Also you sort of get use to the graphics the more you play. Would be a splendid thing though is they did touch up the graphics and add better AA and sharpening. Maybe a thing for a future patch.

I guess it doesn't help playing on a 32" widescreen monitor. It's going to be stretched out a bit. I think the last time I played it was on something like a 20" @1080p

> @"Solanum.6983" said: > Maybe in the base game areas but the recent graphics don't look dated at all in my opinion. Yes, seeing as I am starting out with a new character. Maybe they haven't updated the starting areas since release. I will have to push on and see if things get better. At the moment it looks awful with really meh textures and the look of Vaseline on the screen splodge. 84% downloaded. The game has grown.

Oh wait. It's only 38% downloaded. Maybe that has something to do with it.

> @"Aridon.8362" said: > Upgrade or change your graphics card. Use Game Booster. I was talking about the game not my hardware. :) Not very much further I can go with i9 and RTX 380. It's running on ultra @100fps.