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Stress Test? No thanks.
Replicah
Member Posts: 6
in Guild Wars 2
Hey all,
I really looked forward to play the stress test today, well it gave me alot of "stress" . The whole world is too crowded, and the lagg-issues are enormous. Even if I put everything on very low/off and also in my Catalyst Control Center everything on off, i still get to manage an fps of 10. And when I'm in a space which isn't very crowded it runs fine.
What are your experiences with this?
Thanks in advance.
Greetings,
Leon Muizer
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I'm having no issues really,, tiny bit of lag but nothing major in the charr starting area
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im pretty sure thats the point of a stress test
id hope this game would actually have you know.expieranced mmo players,not people who have played a grand whopping 1 mmo in there lifetime.i guess im wrong
It's supposed to be that way - they warned users of that beforehand. A stress test is specifically to allow as many users as possible on at once to see how much the servers can handle and slowly adjust accordingly. Stress Test =/= Demo. Stress Test = Testing so they can release a better game at launch.
Agree, it is a stress test, so experiencing lag shouldnt be too suprising.
But if you are having massive FPS issues around other players, Its probably some out dated hardware. I dont know what you are running, but GW2 (at least in the BWE1) was highly proccesor dependent. So if you are running on a mother board or proccesor that is older than say 2008 or 2009, your going to have issues.
My BOT comp that I use has a AMD duel core 3600, and the game ran like shit. But on my main comp I have an I-5 and it ran perfect.
You may need a new proccessor.
The way mmo's were: Community, Exploration, Character Development, Conquest.
The way mmo's are now : Cut-Scenes,Cut-Scenes, solo Questing, Cut-Scenes...
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It's a MASSIVE improvement over the last stress test, trust me. ANet are on the ball.
logged in for 15 mins,but could'nt be bothered playing.dont know why,just one of those days i suppose,no lag..got in first time no prbs,gameplay very fluid.
I found the stress test to be alot smoother than the beta tests, I take my hat off to Anet for doing a good job.
If you were having issues with the game, be a good tester and report it along with your PC specs, its information like that, that allows them to improve this game for all audiences.
Although a new processor would definately help, seeing as it only uses 30% of mine (my 580 is running almost idle too) and still runs at really low fps when there's more than 10 people around.
I think they should just fix the engine instead, you can't expect everyone to upgrade to the latest hardware just to run an MMO. We all know such games tend to fail....
At least for me it's the most important thing they have to improve upon, it's not fun to play a game at 10fps. Which is a shame because the rest of the game rocks. And it runs really smooth when you're going solo (but again what's the fun in that)
The beta is CPU bound. Me and my friend noticed when we checked our processor. 2 cores were at a 100% capacity, while the other 5 didn't do a thing. You can also find this information on the Guild Wars 2 forums. This issue causes me quite some FPS lag in crowded places.
But man, it's great to play again. Just for a little bit though, don't want to spoil too much of the content for myself. But just to play again.. I love it.
Huh?
You realize the only barrier to entry for these testing days is to pre-purchase the game, right? You don't have to be an MMO vet to lay down $60 to test something. Nor should you have to be to be in a beta test.
thats not my point,people bitched and moaned since day 1 in swtor,now there doing the same with guild wars 2
and 95 percent of the things there bitching about probably arent that bad and would get fixed overtime anyway.but all they care about is bitching and leaving the game
No. I have an i-7 proccessor.
You realize the only barrier to entry for these testing days is to pre-purchase the game, right? You don't have to be an MMO vet to lay down $60 to test something. Nor should you have to be to be in a beta test.
They don't need carefully thought out input from the majority of players to get valuable information any longer. Automated systems track everything the players do while they're in the game, where they go, what paths they take, what they buy and sell, what they kill, what they die to, etc. All of this trumps most of the carefully thought out input provided by 'experienced' mmorpg players.
Especially when you consider that a lot of that carefully thought out input probably centers around changing core elements of the game or just griping about elements of the game that are not going to change.
Besides, they aren't really worried about 'experienced' mmorpg players. What they're worried about are the masses of players who aren't going to bother even trying to stay inside the boundaries or playing within the rules. Those are the people they need to test against, and those are the people that they should use in their stress tests.
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
Errr, sorry but this is exactly what AN doesn't do!
They are reducing the people allowed to log in to just folfs who have the game pre-purchased.
I was bored, so I tried loggin in with my GW2 login details (that worked perfectly fine for the BWE) and it comes back saying there either is no event or my account is not authorized for access.
Please not that my GW2 registration key was NOT a pre-purchase key but instead a beta key that I won thru a raffle on a website.
So there will probably be a bunch of player less in there compared to the BWE simply due to this.
Further: AN picket a perfect day and time of day when the number of people that could actually log in is very limited due to school/work.
So yeah, there will be pre-purchaser say in the PDT that would love to log in but due to having to be at work until 5pm and then heading home won't make it while the server is up...
Yes, it has been said that this might be a test with a focus on Europe... still, rather odd...
And anyway, if AN really wanted to do a stress test, why not do what other companies over the years have done: free access for everybody who wants to... because wouldn't a stress test where you have expected population +20% make a bit more sense than a "stress test" with population of 50 - 75% of the pre-purchasers?
Or are you telling me that unless one has pre-purchased GW2 one won't be able to play it... ever?
I have an E8400 dual core @ 3 ghrz which is about 4 years old and can run this game fine, albeit on balanced settings.
Gotcha. I can get behind that.
Im not seeing much lag but stuff dies so quick in events I can hardly get a hit in. Cept for the main boss.
They can still control stress in the servers even with less people by increasing the population before it sends you to overflow. Previous stress test was also on a weekday during office hours (friday), so I'm guessing they pick those times so that all their staff is on site, plus any other company they have to work with as well (ISP, hardware suppliers and so on).
BTW, they did say that beta keys handed for the previous BWE (like the ones they gave away at PAX) were good for that BWE only.
BTW, if you don't pre-purchase doesn't mean you won't be able to play it ever... you can always play it on release.. or trough beta keys like the one you used in the last BWE..
What can men do against such reckless hate?
It is good on my Elmentalist in the high level areas.
It is unplayable in the human area with newly rolled Guardian. Abilities take 5 seconds to fire off. Autoattack won't attack in melee range, etc.
It is a stress test. Definitely noticing more bugs this time around as well. Maybe it isn't as ready for launch as I thought.
You're all wrong. The stress test has nothing to do with managing server load, or anything like that. It's to see if people can handle the stress of working all day while they could be home playing GW2.
LOL, I couldn't so I left early =P.
It's both... they get to see how the servers work under the stress of so many people logging at the same time... and the stress of the players when they don't...
As long as there isn't a mob with torches and pitchforks outside their offices, the test is a success..
What can men do against such reckless hate?
For all the people who claim the game runs "fine," install Fraps and give us the fps. For some people, 20 fps is "fine," for others like me, it's unplayable.
The engine is very unoptimized to the point of chaos. A friend with i5 gets 60 fps, another with i7 gets 20 fps. Personally I won't touch the game again before it starts perfoming at an acceptable level for an mmo. Anyone should be able to hit 30+ fps on low settings which is currently problematic for the vast majority of players.
I miss that feeling. A great MMORPG is OCD heaven. Must play it... there is no resisting the urge.
I hit 40-50 when I'm in a smallish area around not too many NPCs but whenever I go out to an open field or a heavily wooded area, my FPS drops down to around 20. It's usually 12-15 when I'm in Divinity's Reach or taking place in a Dynamic Event.
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