I agree with the general idea, but I think the punishment needs to be a bit more gradual. Right now, it's somewhat similar to having the death penalty for all crimes.I don't think these are issues at all.
I agree with the general idea, but I think the punishment needs to be a bit more gradual. Right now, it's somewhat similar to having the death penalty for all crimes.I don't think these are issues at all.
Nice!
Now I really need to go back home and see if it runs on my mba 2011, should be able to, i5, 4 GB ram, HD3000 ....
The 9400m is probably not up to par for it. Notice all the listed MacBook Airs either have the 320m (which is twice as fast as your 9400m) or the newer Intel 3000 HD based Sandy Bridge Airs.
Other than that, the game runs fine for me. I spent 90% of the time doing WvW in zerg battles.
Just a note, they will be implementing a free guesting feature in the future (it is a main feature but apparently they just ran out of time before launch). So Home server really only matters as far as WvW rankings and how long the WvW queues are (you can't guest in a WvW match).
- However, it is strongly recommended that you and your friends all arrange to be on the same homeworld (server). Meeting up is a lot easier if you're all on the same homeworld. You can all be different races/professions, but you really need to be on the same homeworld. While you can switch homeworlds, it can be very expensive (like up to US$22.50), although I think switching is still temporarily free while anet fixes some issues. (Note that the gameplay content is identical for all homeworlds, but a given homeworld can have tiny improvements, such as slightly increased experience point awards, all affected by separate and massive world vs world tournaments.)
I am running the beta on a 2009 MBP with the 9400m chip, 8GB of RAM and getting much better fps than with the wine port (notice not very substantial, but decent). also, i can now see in the snow and underwater (wine had that annoying nvidia graphics glitch where clouds aren't see-through).
THIS makes me happy. ^_^ Thank you for sharing! Do you know what sort of frame rates you were getting?
this is one of the most fun online games I've ever played - And this comes from someone who has gotten burned on so many MMOs over the last decade. This game is golden. It's one of those rare games that come off very rarely. Ultima Online shaked the industry in a similar way back in 97, but back that the rules of engagement as much more difficult. dont miss this game. It's really, that good.
And anybody who tells you otherwise, either had unrealistic expectations. Make no mistake - the game has plenty of problems currently, but its still a god send if you take it for what it is.
the best review I've read so far comes from Eurogamer; http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-18-guild-wars-2-review
When using wineskin, I was getting an abysmal 8-15 FPS and could hardly see in the Norn area (a ton of snow/weather) and underwater. Playing the official beta, I am getting about 14-22 fps when playing and can go underwater and can see clearly in the Norn area as well as underwater.
If NCSoft hadn't just closed Paragon Studios and announced the end of City of Heroes with zero warning even though the upcoming update was looking good and had a thriving community, I might be interested.
As it is, why would anyone trust getting involved in an NCSoft MMO?
Do you think or do you know that it runs crap under Cider?
I spent few hours last night playing the Mac beta client on my imac (late 2009) and it runs as good as the bootcamp version. I switched between full and windowed mode, in different resolutions and the game never slow down for me.
The one thing that annoyed me is I wish they do a 'frameless' window mode because as of right now I can only do 25XX by 1440 in full screen -or- 1920 by 1200 in window to see everything.
Other than that, the game runs fine for me. I spent 90% of the time doing WvW in zerg battles.
Good article. As far as expectations it reminds me a lot of people griping about the iPhone 5 by saying xyz had the same stuff before. Yup, Guild Wars 2 pretty much has no 100% new features (ToR has more story, Tabula Rasa had the action combat, Warhammer had the dynamic events to a degree, etc... I'm not sure if any MMO has put such an emphasis on exploration). The part that makes it fun is that they not only do those features well but they also have the right combination. Easy to overhype or poopoo with a check list. Essentially, if you go in looking to have fun you'll probably find it.
I don't think I've ever come across anyone else that played Tabula Rasa, so cookies to you for the reference.
It was an interesting game but waaaay not ready for launch (man it was grindy as heck). And yeah, Guild Wars 2 has very little grind. It is pretty funny WoW is considered grindy right now. Go back and read the WoW reviews from launch (and for the record I have both GW2 and MoP and I like both games).
I love to PVP/RVR, whatever it's called.
It would be nice to get on a server that isn't losing too much in it, do you guys have the name of one that is currently winning at least 50%+ of their matches?
Thanks!
I will say I do think Guild Wars 2 is a bit overhyped. Sure there are 'dynamic' events but the dynamic events are just events that may or may not happen while you are in the area but the events are the same. It is a fun diversion and has some nice features but I'm not sure I'd say it is the best game ever.
I agree with the general idea, but I think the punishment needs to be a bit more gradual. Right now, it's somewhat similar to having the death penalty for all crimes.