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i52500k - overclocked slightly via bios
Athlon II X4 640. It's definitely a major bottleneck for me.
Thanks. I just ordered an i5 3570k, so I think I'll get a nice boost.
What GPU? I think you said 560 Ti (too tired to check, about to take a nap). My performance with a 560 is fine so it's definitely your CPU if that's the case.
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Great thread for a great game.
Yep, 560ti.
My performance on the new nVidia 305.67 developer drivers has been pretty good. Max settings including supersampling and I usually average between 40 and 80 FPS. I will say, the FPS does drop pretty substantially if you rotate the camera too quickly though, which I'm not a fan of, but it's usually okay.
Q6600@3.2 Ghz + 460 GTX here... I go rarely above 30 fps. :/
How much fps did you win with the new driver ?
How much fps did you win with the new driver ?
Perfect Cha0s
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You should be able to run it at moderate settings. It won't be a beauty queen, but it should be playable if you mess with different settings.
High. I don't care what it does, I just want everything turned all the way up.
Alright, haha.
Hard to say because I didn't benchmark the older drivers on today's stress test. But I don't believe it was that large of an increase.
Uh.. You should be more specific. What about tera did you not like?
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/21/g...-talks-e-sports-spectator-mode-and-streaming/
They mention three launch sPVP maps, but this stress test featured the fourth map. From playing it, I think it will be in at launch. Underwater combat is harder to get a feel for, but I still enjoyed the map. It has some interesting dynamics, so even though the underwater parts were hard to adjust to, the map overall was more fun than Foefire.
The map has one cap point underwater and it's guarded by sharks. The strategy is to get that middle point, because whoever controls the underwater point then controls the sharks. This makes swimming across the map a pain for the other team. Taking this point was pretty chaotic. I'd normally be fighting four or five sharks plus an enemy player.
After that, the two side points are important and where the battle tends to spend most of its time. While most of the maps tend to have a lot of time spent at mid, the new map seems to have most of its battles at the edges. This is caused by the shark factor deterring sneak caps by the other team.
There's also a pirate ship with cannonballs that you can take to a canon resting atop a plateau between the two side cap points.
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Also, note on special stomp animations:
They mention three launch sPVP maps, but this stress test featured the fourth map. From playing it, I think it will be in at launch. Underwater combat is harder to get a feel for, but I still enjoyed the map. It has some interesting dynamics, so even though the underwater parts were hard to adjust to, the map overall was more fun than Foefire.
The map has one cap point underwater and it's guarded by sharks. The strategy is to get that middle point, because whoever controls the underwater point then controls the sharks. This makes swimming across the map a pain for the other team. Taking this point was pretty chaotic. I'd normally be fighting four or five sharks plus an enemy player.
After that, the two side points are important and where the battle tends to spend most of its time. While most of the maps tend to have a lot of time spent at mid, the new map seems to have most of its battles at the edges. This is caused by the shark factor deterring sneak caps by the other team.
There's also a pirate ship with cannonballs that you can take to a canon resting atop a plateau between the two side cap points.
Screens:
Also, note on special stomp animations:
No it's not like TERA, having played TERA just recently (uninstalled in about an hour) GW2 is a totally different experience. Don't be afraid to jump in.
I wasn't really a fan of Tera and I like this game so it's worth a shot.
chickdigger802
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Could someone give me a quick synopsis on skills? Notice how there aren't half a dozen skill bar rows on the screen. Game seems to have a pretty hefty level cap as well.
Your weapon determines your first five skills (5 skills for two handed weapons or 3 skills for main hand weapons and 2 skills for off hand weapons). But a Ranger and a Guardian will have different skills with a greatsword. The other 5 skills are utility skills which always include one heal and one elite skill.
Level cap is 80 but after level 20 (30?) the amount of XP you need to level never changes so it's not as much of a grind as pretty much any other MMO.
GhostRidah
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Was really digging my Norn thief
DAMN IT!! I knew this would happen!
I know the feeling bro. Soon. -puts hand on shoulder-
chickdigger802
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But... is there no unlocking new skills or w/e when you lvl? Unlocking new skills is a key bullet point that keeps me in mmos
And silly question... but where can I even buy this game with a gift card? aka I have cash but I don't want to pay sales tax.
Sir Abacus
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But... is there no unlocking new skills or w/e when you lvl? Unlocking new skills is a key bullet point that keeps me in mmos
You choose which slots to unlock using skill points which you get when you level or complete skill challenges which are out in the world. The slots you can use those skills with open up at 5, 10, 20 and 30.
yup, Thief is a lot of fun. Definitely be my main
First 5 skills are based on weapon selection (mainhand+offhand, 2 hander, etc).
At certain level (10?) you will be able to unlock weapon swap. To quickly cycle through another first 5 skills.
6 is the heal. You will have a choice of 3 different heals. Each having a unique effect.
7,8,9 are utility. Utilities can have passive + active effects. They can be traps. They can be minions. They usually have a direct link to your trait selection. Eg: A trait that increases effectiveness of a specific utility category (Trap, Gadget, Banner).
0 is an elite skill usually with the longest cooldown.
But... is there no unlocking new skills or w/e when you lvl? Unlocking new skills is a key bullet point that keeps me in mmos
And silly question... but where can I even buy this game with a gift card? aka I have cash but I don't want to pay sales tax.
in PvE and WvW skills cost Skill points to unlock. You get skill points by leveling up and doing Skill Challenges. Typical MMO rules apply: unlock lower tier utility before higher tier, Elites cost much more In PvP all skills are unlocked.
aramanKain
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Not trying to turn this into a fanboi fight, but Blizzard really needs to step up their game - LMFAO vs GW2 vs WoW dance off:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv96KijXEC8&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv96KijXEC8&feature=youtu.be
LumpOfCole
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Baseball caps on female charr: how do they work?
chickdigger802
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So... the skill point skills just buff your other skills or...
At level cap, would you be able to access all your skills for 1 weapon set or w/e with 1 hotkey bar?
At level cap, would you be able to access all your skills for 1 weapon set or w/e with 1 hotkey bar?
I posted in the last thread but my specs are low also:
Win7 pro (64 bit)
4GB Ram
GTX260
AMD Phenom II x3 720 2.8ghz
And the game is silky smooth for me, I didn't have a lot of time to try the stress test today (work) but I looked at what setting it had configured for me and it was everything medium except post processing which was low, sorry couldn't figure out how to check my FPS
Looks awesome and is silkly smooth (PVE,SPVP,WvWvW) so I am thrilled, will obviously look better on a modern gaming rig. It's actually motivating me to pick up a better video card
My resolution is 1920 x 1080 and I connect via cable interner 15/1.5 mbps
You use skill points to unlock your 6-0 skills (heal, 3 utilities, elite). Higher tier skills require more than one skill point to unlock.
AppleSmack
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Nice read on the official website about performance. Here's a couple of bars for your pleasure, but I recommend at least skim through the story.
Note: If you didn't read the article, just know that this data was mined from actual stress test participants, but limited to people running an Intel Core i5 or higher to make sure the CPU wasn't the bottleneck.
Note: If you didn't read the article, just know that this data was mined from actual stress test participants, but limited to people running an Intel Core i5 or higher to make sure the CPU wasn't the bottleneck.
Skill point UNLOCK skills 6-0.
Weapon skills 1-5 will unlock on that weapon type usage. If you never use a Dagger as a thief and switch to a dagger at level 80 it will not be unlocked. It will unlock quickly though since unlock speed is quicker at higher levels.
If you do skill challenges and level up you should be able to unlock all Skill Point skills. You actually keep gaining skill points when you keep leveling at 80. Since skill points are used as currency to certain vendors.
LumpOfCole
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A good showing for Operation Bearflood, considering that the server was completely full and stopped anyone from other servers from transferring over to join in on the party.
It makes me wish there was that 'International District' option that GW1 has for certain instances like Lion's Arch.
ComputerMKII
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Man, the Shortbow is fast now. Like, reaaaaally fast.
AppleSmack
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So it was a mistake to upgrade to the latest Nvidia drivers? Are they going to fix this by launch?
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