It's nothing game breaking just annoying. This is still one of the best games I've played all year as well as having possibly the most inspired, living and breathing worlds I've been in since. Well WoW back in the day.
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Guild Wars 2 Launch Date announced: August 28th, 2012
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It's nothing game breaking just annoying. This is still one of the best games I've played all year as well as having possibly the most inspired, living and breathing worlds I've been in since. Well WoW back in the day.
shysaursoft
Member
It was up instantly, no issues, and I've managed to relog several times no issue. It was super-smooth from the get-go. Which is quite something.
Well damn, that makes my decision to be warrior or guardian even harder.
NobleXenon
Member
I re-created all the characters from BW3. They added extra sliders to a couple of races and fixed some issues with certain template faces. It's nothing big. I just wanted to update my screen caps for my characters two weeks from now.
What races?
StudioTan
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Ok, is there something wrong with my installation? Why does the game looks so bad?
That just looks awful. There is no depth to the scene and everything looks stretched and blurry somehow. Everything is at the highest setting. Is something messed up?
That just looks awful. There is no depth to the scene and everything looks stretched and blurry somehow. Everything is at the highest setting. Is something messed up?
Yea this is the reason I've been putting off my pre-order. Game looks ugly as a minotaur's ass. Hopefully it's a bug with the beta.
It's running off of both CPU and GPU cuncorrently. If both are not up to spec then it's going to look bad. Also, even if you have it at the highest setting, if the game cannot handle it, it will not load things properly. Mind telling me your specs?
It's not as bad but from what I've seen, it's still not optimized to its prime yet. It's definitely good but you might need a very good comp to run everything on max.
I can't take screens now but this is my specs. I will post later if I get the chance.
CPU: i7-3770k
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 670
RAM: 8GB 1600 G.Skill Ripjaws
Mobo: Z77 Sabertooth
HDD: 1TB
PSU: 750W
StudioTan
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i5-2400 3.30 GHz
16 gigs RAM
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti
I really shouldn't have any problem running this game at max settings.
You should be able to run GW2 at max but i think the actual processing that your CPU is supposed to do with GPU isn't going to be prime which might causing it. I could be wrong. There might be a delay or something which is why you're getting scope issues.
Things are working much better today than yesterday. No login hiccups or anything, lets hope the release is just as smooth.
Tried banners for the first time on my Warrior. Didn't realize I could pick them myself, but after some dude took it up from the ground and started bashing Grawl with it, I couldn't stop laughing. Turns out they have 5 use abilities as well.
Good stuff, I think that really nailed the Warrior as my first alt
Tried banners for the first time on my Warrior. Didn't realize I could pick them myself, but after some dude took it up from the ground and started bashing Grawl with it, I couldn't stop laughing. Turns out they have 5 use abilities as well.
Good stuff, I think that really nailed the Warrior as my first alt
Game gets a pass for me on the art alone which is just gorgeous. In any case, if you are expecting some big graphical leap come release I think you'll be greatly disappointed. In the end it will look very close to what you've seen around.
That said, that screen looks wrong. It currently looks better than that for sure.
BattleMonkey
Member
Getting awful rubber banding and lag.... stress tested indeed.
Can looks great at times, sometimes it looks very meh. Some really bad textures in spots that ruin the whole thing. In many places it's the art direction that makes the game look fantastic, but on a technical level it's not the best looking of games.
Can looks great at times, sometimes it looks very meh. Some really bad textures in spots that ruin the whole thing. In many places it's the art direction that makes the game look fantastic, but on a technical level it's not the best looking of games.
StudioTan
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Setting aside any texture issues I may have with the game, I know they're going after a painterly feeling, my biggest issue is the lack of any sharpness or sense of depth. Shadows are all washed out.
I don't know, it looks wrong. The original Guild Wars looked so amazing for it's time it's hard to believe it looks so disappointing currently.
Yeah, that's why I was asking if something is just messed up on my end or if that's how it looks to everyone.
brutal I was all set on a guardian, today was the first day i try WvWvW and the rubberbanding was so brutal I'm back to wanting to pick a ranged class
Honestly, I wish I could help you but I can't. I don't have the client updated on the computer and my internet sucks. If I can get it up and time I'll try to see if it really does look like that on max or if it's just you.
I went there and it looks like that for me too, that portion of the area looks bad.
But yeah, don't expect GW2 to be a technical graphics beast, if you don't like the art style and graphics, it won't change.
StudioTan
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I just made a Charr, really impressed with the customization options.
theMrCravens
Member
Mr. Luchador
Member
Everything has been pretty smooth EU based. Some disappearing texture stuff in the Asura area, but I guess that's gameside.
Mesmer has me intrigued, but I have no idea what I'm doing.
Mesmer has me intrigued, but I have no idea what I'm doing.
LumpOfCole
Member
Looks good to me:
Your bear likes the view as well.
Not mine, but yeah, he does.
Pics were from last BWE, I will get some from this BWE.
Personally I think this game looks great. The art direction alone is a breath of fresh air imo.
StudioTan
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Looks good to me:
The first shot looks really good, nice and sharp and good sense of the depth.
The second shot not so much, the floor has the weird stretching effect, but it's hard to tell with the flames.
Oh, Billie...
The ground texture in the second shot is low res, but focus on the GIANT AWESOME FIRE ELEMENTAL!
MoonLightWave
Member
Wish I could tweak all the post processing effects separately. Is there a ini file?
True, but considering it's a huge open world MMO with great art design, I can overlook texture quality.
I'm sure they're other MMO's that look better, but none of those are as fun and rewarding to play as GW2 imo.
Anyways, how's the performance for everyone else? The lag is definitely better this time around than last stress test.
Mesmer doesn't feel finished to me, skills feel buggy and I don't like illusions/clones they just feel clunky. Engi feels the same to me too. It feels like a great idea but they haven't quite integrated the skills well enough in to the current hotbar layout.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
GW2's visual build seems to trade a lot of granular fidelity you'd expect from a top end PC game today, for really huge scope in the artwork and very explorable environments. Plus its real strength is the art direction and visual design.
I'll take its level of graphics if the performance is a bit more optimized by launch. I'm unsure if the builds for the current stress test are using the GPU much.
I'll take its level of graphics if the performance is a bit more optimized by launch. I'm unsure if the builds for the current stress test are using the GPU much.
I'd be all for them if it wasn't for the whole Worgen running
FutureZombie
Banned
As far as I can tell, Harmonious Mantras is broken. It does absolutely nothing atm.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
Man, I'm starting to really like the Sylvari. I'm (currently) still planning on maining an Asura, but the Sylvari is really a beautiful race with amazing environments. It's tempting to just main one of them (I haven't played as an Asura yet because I was waiting for the actual release).
Also, the storyline (the Green Knight) is pretty awesome, I gotta say. Really interesting twist on a certain game in that particular personal storyline.
Also, the storyline (the Green Knight) is pretty awesome, I gotta say. Really interesting twist on a certain game in that particular personal storyline.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Yeah, I agree. Messing around with it and I can't tell if my Illusions are doing anything or not. Fantastic idea and they LOOK cool, but I'm not sure if I'll use a 5 slot on them.
Things are working much better today than yesterday. No login hiccups or anything, lets hope the release is just as smooth.
Tried banners for the first time on my Warrior. Didn't realize I could pick them myself, but after some dude took it up from the ground and started bashing Grawl with it, I couldn't stop laughing. Turns out they have 5 use abilities as well.
Good stuff, I think that really nailed the Warrior as my first alt
Its got a beat em up element going for it. Try picking up random pipes and planks.