Guild Wars 2

[Bear]

The Witcher 2 is hardcore resource intensive though. In comparison, I could play Tera at full settings but need to play Witcher 2 at between low and medium. I don't know exactly what they do to make it so PC heavy, but they definitely future proofed it. Maybe you could download the beta client and I can give you my login info to check out how it runs Nesta? Or maybe you can see how it goes when they have free accounts and check it out then?

[TheNesta]

Aw, that'd be really nice. But I wouldn't want you to do anything you're not comfortable with. I'll try to test it out at some point though.

[Bear]

I wouldn't have offered it if I weren't comfortable with it Nesta. Just grab the beta client, and we'll coordinate the login so you can test it out. It would be great to play with you, plus someone in LV needs to convince Roll and Farore to join us lol.

Anyways, be warned too that the one of the known beta issues is that performance may not be accurately changed when doing so in the settings. As GW2 forums state under known issues:

Hardware Compatibility

• Display: the graphics-settings slider has only a minor impact on performance at this time.
• We are currently optimizing Guild Wars 2, making ongoing improvements to the game’s frame rate. Presently, the game is CPU-bound on most high-end systems, so lowering graphics settings or upgrading your video card may not have a large impact on performance.
• On older or lower-end machines, it is recommended that you try disabling reflections to improve frame rate.

So don't despair if it runs slow at this time, there is still hope. Additionally, here are the other known graphical issues, in preparation.

Hardware Compatibility

• Installing the game client into the Program Files directory on Windows Vista or Windows 7 can lead to issues with the patching process.
• It is advised that you install the game to another folder or launch it as an administrator.
• Forcing anti-aliasing through AMD Catalyst™ Control Center or AMD VISION™ Engine Control Center typically results in a black screen when playing.
• Windows TDR (Timeout Detection and Recovery) will sometimes restart a user’s graphics drivers if they become unresponsive, resulting in a notification that the graphics driver has been restarted.
• Alienware ATI Laptops: the Guild Wars 2 client does not restore properly after being minimized.
• Currently, adjusting the core clock speed of the GPU or CPU typically results in lower performance.
• It is advised that you leave core clock speeds at factory defaults.
• AMD CrossFire™ and NVIDIA® SLI™ are not currently supported.
• These features should be disabled while running the game.
• Enabling NVIDIA 3D VISION® may cause a crash on some systems.
• If you experience a crash while this setting is enabled, it is recommended that you disable it in the NVIDIA Control Panel.

[Fixxxer 117]

I can definitely confirm that I will be playing as an engineer. As for game name I will have no idea until I actually get the game.

[th3squirr3l]

Hmmm... Yeah, Reaper's computer is all messed up. A word of advice to everyone, try to avoid buying Alienware. He's been having loads of problems with it, and isn't getting great customer support

Ok, for that name/profession post you have up there, you can put me down as Ratatoskr - Guardian.

What really saddens me was that I can't use an umlaut over the 'O' in my name

[Bear]

So, as far as names go, my mesmer will be named Chroma and Pie's hunter will be named Celsius.

[Doctor G33K]

Add my buddy to the list, Wired'll be playing with us and he's a human ranger (name pending).

Awwww yeah.

We have enough for an actual WvW raid group guys!

[Ninja_moofin]

It looks like we have a pretty diverse group of classes being played so that will be fun to test all the cross class combos and great for feedback on what everyone thinks of the classes that we might not get to try out in the beta this weekend!

as for my name I am always terrible at coming up with them haha so I will have to tell you once I've made my thief.

I am super stoked to get a chance to try it out with such a awesome group as all of you guys and gals!

[th3squirr3l]

Hmmm... 10 people? I wonder if we'll be able to play 5v5 PvP against ourselves... That would be great

[Bear]

Ohhh yeah! I am so looking forward to some good PVP. WvW raid groups would be epic. I loved so much going into BGs as a team in WoW and of course, my RO guild was guild-vs-guild, so PVP is in the blood. CAN NOT WAIIIIIIIIITTTTTTT!!!!!