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hockeypuck
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The upgrade from 8GB RAM would be for non-GW2 purposes, right? GW2 never uses more than 4GB at any time. Depending on your CPU cooler, I would try to increase your overclock to at least 4.4-4.6 GHz. I've even seen benefits in GW2 going from 4.6 to 4.8 but my system wasn't stable long enough. As long as CPU temps are fine, 1.35 voltage isn't that significant of a concern, IMO.
Those bad textures really stand out in such a beautiful game. I wonder in the history of MMOs, what are realistic hopes for a developer to introduce technical advancements to an aging engine. No one has done it better than Planetside 2, IMO. So far we've seen latency improvements which help tremendously with frametimes and player culling improvements. Hopefully more is in stock after the second anniversary.
You get a lot of benefits from increased RAM regardless. Don't discount OS file-caching; I've had games on hard drives that would never even spin up because it was all in memory already.
shysaursoft
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I'm not that good with puter stuff, the only reason my i5 is clocked to 4.2 is because I changed something in the bios from 3.8 to 4.2 (which was recommended by the GAF pc thread), and I'm running a better cooler than stock (again, one recommended by the GAF pc thread). But messing with voltages or other stuff, I dunno. I have a bad enough relationship with tech as is, last thing I need is to break my only working PC.
And the RAM upgrade would be because shit just uses too much damn RAM lately. Windows 7 just eats it, and there's like, Steam sitting there in the background too, eating more, etc..
But I'm not upgrading RAM anytime soon anyway
NobleXenon
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It was back in September's paste bin. It was quoted, "Made adjustments to click targeting to make it more precise." I don't know what else it could mean.
5760 x 1080.
Here's an example.
When I click on the part where the red circle is located (on the right), it ended up targeting Kaitoki.
It could also be the "fish eye" effect too.
Pumpkin King
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That shh cray...
hockeypuck
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I have never read anything that supports increasing RAM over 8GB for GW2. Even the PC thread in the gaming side is pretty consistent with their message that anything over 8GB is right now wasteful for gaming purposes. 16+ GB for encoding/multimedia purposes, 8GB if gaming only. RAMDisk is another issue, but that's extremely niche even for enthusiast PC builders and I don't think you were talking about that.
An SSD would be a much better upgrade for this game than additional RAM above 8GB.
Complistic
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Sure it won't get rid of all of them, but I'd wager a large majority don't, and wouldn't be interested in going through the hassle of setting up macros.
Well, I would certainly agree you should have an SSD; I'm just saying RAM can be pretty awesome too, not that it really ends up being better in-game performance, but you'll notice.
You do kind of get a RAMDisk by default with modern OSes, especially when you have a ton lying around. When Windows says it has 13.5 GB "cached" (like it does for me right now), it's talking about GW2 and some other programs, already sitting there waiting for me.
shysaursoft
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To be fair, that is *well* out of the "normal usage" range, and then some lightyears beyond. I could understand why you'd want it fixed, but I doubt anyone at Anet even plays that way.
How do people ever get Legendary weapons in this game!? Those requirements are insane... Yet somehow, I have seen several people using them over the course of playing . I don't think I'd get even close to even one of the many many requirements needed to craft one and I have hundreds of hours played...
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Why is there a random Toxic Bulwark in the refugee camp near the Priory?
Reminder: Something might be happening at 9am EST, about an hour.
Also, new items in the Gem store:
Magnus' Eye patch (400 gems):
Unbreakable Thresher 5000 Sickle (1000 gems)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QowgAPXtYOE
I miiiiiiiiight have to get that eye patch for Dhalion. My Ranger could also benefit since he's blind in one eye, but that's not something I need to cover up.
I'm over 2000 hours (2511 to be exact) and I'm not exactly close either. Then again, none of the current crop of Legendaries do much for me to begin with (I do like the precursor for the Rifle, more the Legendary itself), and with so many people using them I'm more likely to avoid them.
I'd rather not venture a guess as to how so many people have gotten them. It'll end up either a critique on other MMOs and the mentality they instill in players, or a colorful rant on gold farmers and the morons who buy from them. Neither would do much good.
It's not part of the "Break the Toxic Alliance's morale to gain entry to Lion's Arch" event?
Edit: Nope, I see her now. She's green, which is why I didn't notice she wasn't a regular NPC at first. Weird.
Also, new items in the Gem store:
Magnus' Eye patch (400 gems):
Unbreakable Thresher 5000 Sickle (1000 gems)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QowgAPXtYOE
I miiiiiiiiight have to get that eye patch for Dhalion. My Ranger could also benefit since he's blind in one eye, but that's not something I need to cover up.
I'm over 2000 hours (2511 to be exact) and I'm not exactly close either. Then again, none of the current crop of Legendaries do much for me to begin with (I do like the precursor for the Rifle, more the Legendary itself), and with so many people using them I'm more likely to avoid them.
I'd rather not venture a guess as to how so many people have gotten them. It'll end up either a critique on other MMOs and the mentality they instill in players, or a colorful rant on gold farmers and the morons who buy from them. Neither would do much good.
It's not part of the "Break the Toxic Alliance's morale to gain entry to Lion's Arch" event?
Edit: Nope, I see her now. She's green, which is why I didn't notice she wasn't a regular NPC at first. Weird.
I have 4 myself currently: Sunrise, Twilight, Bolt and Frostfang (which I made this morning) and you want to know how I got them? Mindless Farming. I would totally advise you from going down the same path I did as I have burnt myself out twice since release because of it. The first time I farmed CoF p1 for 18hrs a day for about a month (with regular breaks of course) to get my first 2. I proceeded to take a long break from the game. I have only spent money on the store during launch to get bag/char slots too.
My third was luck as I mystic forged a Zap the same day I returned, which led again to more farming for the rest of the stuff (this was around the time champ bags were introduced and Orr trains were huge). I was burnt out again after that completion. The latest one came from casual play aka running easy dungeons everyday for like 15-20g and then saving it all up. I am also now taking a break in the hopes season 2 of the living world saves this game.
If you want my advice, let it come naturally, stop spending your gold and just do daily dungeon runs, but follow the crowd if you want money. Just see what everyone else is doing. You might be a really lucky guy like a guildy of mine who hoarded quite a few precursors at about launch time and has success playing the market. But more than likely it will just take hard work.
I'm sure I'll regret asking, but considering the last few updates have been pretty damn good and the next one + feature patch look to continue that trend, what exactly makes you think the game needs "saving"?
Because everything from the press coverage to the player response (has there really been any hate for this last update?) to NCSoft's Q4 report makes it seem like the game is doing just fine, if not better than expected.
Mr_Antimatter
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I'd like a legendary, but I just don't have the time. I'm more concerned currently with getting all exotic gear for my various alts. I need to start running dungeons more, i've maybe run 20 in the last year and a half. I'd like to get some dungeon gear for a few of the alts, as well as earn some money, as i'm perpetually broke it seems.
I should be more clear sorry, but I should have save the game for me.
I fully understand and can appreciate that the game is in a good position for certain individuals in the player base, but as a player that pretty much has done it all with the exception of getting more legendaries, I have big expectations for season 2 since we arnt getting any expansions anytime soon. But if their big words dont translate to big things, I can just move on until they do, which is the best thing about a game with no sub. As for the last few updates being good? Yes there has definitely been an improvement from what we experienced post Queens Jubilee (GW2's high point imo, after we got the Bazaar and Dragon bash) and it will be interesting to see IF they can carry the momentum into season 2.
The Living World Atlas:
http://atlas.guildwars2.com/en/
New Preview video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2S5siA_ML4#t=54
http://atlas.guildwars2.com/en/
New Preview video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2S5siA_ML4#t=54
MakeshiftChef
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I've really been enjoying my time with the game since I came back. However, I've never really gotten into the group content and now I find myself wanting to. Is there a list somewhere that will tell me what dungeons to run and in what order? Thanks in advance for any responses, there's just so much to take in that I can't think of where to start.
CoF p1 + 2, AC p1 + 3, SE p1 + 3, TA Up, CoE p1 + 3 and HoTW 1 are the easy mode dungeons. If you dunno how to do them, run with guildies or say that you are new to the dungeon when you join a group.
Mr_Antimatter
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Do we have a set dungeon night each week?
LumpOfCole
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Gotcha. I just see that particular phrase a lot in the usual Official Forums / Reddit and assume the worst kind of hyperbole. Sometimes I forget GAF is sort of the internet's mild mannered alter-ego.
I think they will. Dragon Bash was definitely the low point (other than a catchy tune and the Jade Dragon skins, it was mostly a lot of achievements and a pointless gold sink), but since the Bazaar I'd say every update (except Halloween and Wintersday, which we knew were going to be mostly retreads anyways) has been better than the last. They'd said repeatedly that they're still sort of figuring out what works and what doesn't since no one has really tried an update cadence like this in a game this size before, but that a lot of the lessons learned from the first year and their big Living World CDI will start to show up in the first part of this year. I'd say the Marionette and LA siege are pretty solid examples of this, and Season 2 will (hopefully) carry through. I believe they've said (I can't find the source article atm) that the updates from here on out will focus on smaller, tighter narratives rather than try to do the big multi-story arc that was just too drawn out.
I dunno. I know I'm the resident PR Shill and my enthusiasm is probably considered by more than a few people to be the result of a regular paycheck, but I don't think I've been as excited to play Guild Wars 2 since before the game first launched. There's that level of anticipation for each new update, and so far (like the pre-launch hype, if such a thing could exist after the BWEs pretty much confirmed expectations) it's delivered in spades.
And if not, like you said, we can always wait two weeks and something new will roll in.
Citadel of Flame 1 and 2, Sorrow's Embrace 1 and Crucible of Eternity 1 are all pretty fast and so they're all run regularly, but if you're interested in having fun and experiencing them, there's really no reason not to do all of the dungeons. There is a narrative thread for the Story dungeons that goes in their level order (AC, CM, TA, SE, CoF, HotW, CoE, Arah), but the explorable paths are all more or less self-contained.
I'd start with Ascalon Catacombs; it being the earliest dungeon means it's built as a sort of teaching tool. It's also the first dungeon to be revamped, so the boss fights are better than the other launch-era ones that aren't quite as polished.
We do not, although this is something we've discussed doing on one of our off-nights (Wednesday was floated around). I believe the reason we never made it an official thing is that most of the time, you can ask in guild chat and usually 4 other people will volunteer for everything but Arah and CM. It's definitely something we could do though if there's enough interest.
hockeypuck
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~10 dungeons a day is kinda stretching it for casual play. That's either 3 hours a day just dungeoning with casuals or speedrunning CoF multiple times a day in berzerker's gear with a like-minded group.
dude...
well okay, at least you have the right perspective on this. If you never play another 20 seconds, I think I would be hard pressed to say the game hasn't given you your money's worth by this point...
Hi MakeshiftChef- you're in the guild, right? I'm gonna take a different approach to what people are answering here and address your question more specifically. What people have given here are "dungeons to run near-daily for fun and profit," but not a particularly great prescription for how to get started.
So, every dungeon in the game (except Fractals of the Mists, more on that later) has a Story Mode and an Explorable mode with 3 separate paths. Beating Story Mode unlocks that dungeon's explorable mode.
First thing you want to do is get a group together to run Ascalonian Catacombs Story (or "AC Story"). This used to be a challenging instance, but now is a very simple and easy intro to dungeon content in general. It's very nearly facerollable, but will give you a nice little sample of what's to come. For this the recommended min. level is 30. After that, you'll have unlocked Exp Mode (min. level 35), but it is substantially more challenging, and all three paths of AC Exp are reguarly run by level 80s as they are quite rewarding.
Once you've run one or two AC Exp paths, which will prepare you for much of the skill demand in dungeons throughout the game, I'd then recommend trying the easiest dungeon paths like COF1 and SE1. You have to "know" these paths, and there are segments requiring cooperation to advance, but they are very simple and quick, and can be run once a day (<10 mins each at high levels of play) for 1g+ apiece.
Once you feel more confident with dungeons in generals, the list above is a great list of quick/easy paths to run- however, remember that to start any of them yourself, you must first have done story mode for that dungeon. If you ask in guild chat, people will typically help out with a Story Mode run for the novelty.
Running these dungeons gets you, in addition to the above mentioned gold, tokens that you can save up for Rare or Exotic gear (either to be used or broken down for more profit).
In addition to all of the 8 "standard" dungeons, there's Fractals. Fractals are a set of mini-dungeons with their own internal progression. So you start out on "Fractal Level 1" and do a run- consisting of 3 fractals and a boss- and advance to fractal level 2. The loot in here is great, but it's not a good source of gold. However, the unique tokens from fractals (Relics) can be used for very very useful stuff, such as cheap 20-slot inventory bags.
A very important consideration for dungeons is gear. No, there are no "gear checks" that require you to have best-in-slot, or a certain tier. But you need to have weapons and armor at or near your level, no matter where you are. So even in a level 40 dungeon, if you're level 60, you need level ~60 gear.
I think new weapon skills will do more for this than people even realize, it's definitely what I want most outside of QoL stuff.
Totally agree. It would also make people asking for more build / customization option happy. Just like how you can switch different utility skills to make a build I want to see more weapon skills you can switch to.
Interesting.The Living World Atlas:
http://atlas.guildwars2.com/en/
New Preview video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2S5siA_ML4#t=54
Looks like those random teleportation looking machines are active in the next update. I wondered what those were there for.
Mr_Antimatter
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Indeed, could open up classes to whole new types of play. Only question would be how to balance it skill wise, and how to distribute the loot into the world, ie craft-able, drops, dungeon stuff, legendary, ascended, etc.
But i'd love every class to get 1-2 new weapons, ether wholly new (battleaxe, crossbows, Polearm, etc) or just new skills for an existing, but currently unusable weapon for that class.
Wouldn't read into that too much as it's just displaced people from the mass exodus of SoR. Wouldn't surprise me if TC blinks full a couple times in the near future as well.
Anet rolling in $$$ due to server transfers alone.
trailer's a big old tease, but I expect little to nothing to be given away for this one. That concept art is pretty cray
Whoaa Some Star Wars shit right there.
Also looks like a version of the Arena in Divinity's Reach. damn!
Whoa shit the trailer has NOTHING new in it at all. Uh oh
Yikes the response to the Atlas is pure negative on Reddit. Figures.
http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/0...or-lions-arch-begins-in-guild-wars-2s-next-c/ Massively article, no spoilers
http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/0...or-lions-arch-begins-in-guild-wars-2s-next-c/ Massively article, no spoilers
Mr_Antimatter
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Means they are wanting to avoid spoilers. Hopefully we see some serious stuff here.
Looks like Drill Phase 2:
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/cd6979c41ee5f3e997e228c48ea72543/Waterlevel%20Drill.jpg
Linked in case someone didn't want to be spoiled.
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/cd6979c41ee5f3e997e228c48ea72543/Waterlevel%20Drill.jpg
Linked in case someone didn't want to be spoiled.
Jest Chillin
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While the Atlas looks cool.. I really don't see the point of it. Especially having to manually scan the map to find the points to look at art, video, or sound clips.
shysaursoft
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I'm neither here nor there on the Altas. I can kinda see what they were going for, but it feels like a strange initiative. Perhaps it'll bear fruit later.
Complistic
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If I see anything less than a dragon coming out of that hole, I'l leave slightly disappointed.
shysaursoft
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Many gamers think game development is zero-sum: that a developer spending even one second of time on something not what they (the gamers) personally want them to be working on, is taking time away from what they should, by all rights, be working on.
People are self-centered like that.
So yes, I'm sure there are people going "why is Anet wasting time, money, effort, brainpower on this useless thing nobody wants when they should be adding dragons to every hole on the map".
People are self-centered like that.
So yes, I'm sure there are people going "why is Anet wasting time, money, effort, brainpower on this useless thing nobody wants when they should be adding dragons to every hole on the map".
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