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56k?

PeteusPeteus Member Posts: 11
in Guild Wars
Thinking about picking this game up.  Does anyone use 56k and play GW?  I won't have broadband until I buy a house (hopefully within the next two months..)

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  • k2y2k4k2y2k4 Member Posts: 40
    I have played it at my mother in laws house with little lag.  It runs with no lag on Broadband.  Most of it depends on the graphics contollers though.
  • PeteusPeteus Member Posts: 11
    Hmm, I'm putting everything on low.  I have a P4 2.0ghz with a Radeon 9800 Pro and a gig of ram so I'm not too worried about the graphics.  

  • sushimeessushimees Member Posts: 489


    Originally posted by Peteus
    Hmm, I'm putting everything on low.  I have a P4 2.0ghz with a Radeon 9800 Pro and a gig of ram so I'm not too worried about the graphics.  


    You can put medium/high basically. The game doesn't need a very good PC to run on high settings.

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  • PeteusPeteus Member Posts: 11
    Ok..

    How many servers are there?  Any recommended for a nub in NE USA :)


  • PeteusPeteus Member Posts: 11
    Also..I have a Laptop with a Radeon Xpress 200, 512 MB RAM, and an AMD Sempron 1.8GHz, would it work on that?

  • HeyianHeyian Member Posts: 40
    With the connection you got, you can just get the minimal config and it will not make any change since you gota put it to minimal settings. And for the servers, theres not many servers in GW, if you're in North America, pick the North America server, if you want to speak Korean, take the Korean server, etc...

    You should consider broadband, its worth it and its really affordable now.


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  • PeteusPeteus Member Posts: 11
    Yeah I know.  90% of my town has DSL, I'm unfortunetly in the block of 10% that doesn't..

    I had cable from our local cable company which is pretty small, and the connection was really bad at night.  I'd get like 500-600 pings all the time and it would drop to like 4-5 kbps..So I decided to get rid of them b/c their cable sucks and got DirecTV. (Was paying $30 a month for 256/128)

    I'm looking at buying a house so as soon as I buy it I will have DSL since I know that location gets it (IF I get the house).


  • PeteusPeteus Member Posts: 11
    Man it takes forever.  How come you have to download the cities?  

  • k2y2k4k2y2k4 Member Posts: 40

    Dude install the game lol.  There is only one server.  There is also a built in tutorial. When you get the hang of the game journey on.

  • k2y2k4k2y2k4 Member Posts: 40

    Originally posted by Peteus
    Man it takes forever.  How come you have to download the cities?  
    It's just a different way of patching.  Once it loads the first time.  Each time there after is fast.
  • PeteusPeteus Member Posts: 11
    Oh ok.  Does this occur for every city?  I'm @ work now but left the connection on.


  • k2y2k4k2y2k4 Member Posts: 40
    Yes, play the game.
  • PeteusPeteus Member Posts: 11
    I'm going to! lol Some people have to work :p

    Wanted to see if it happened for every city just so I'd know to plan not to play that evening for a new city..heh..


  • idontplaywelidontplaywel Member Posts: 3
    I play on 56k with no problems at all, only problem you'll run into is downloading new maps sometimes, but you've been everywhere once, it runs great on dialup.



  • cpaw88cpaw88 Member Posts: 48
    Why the heck would you even bother playing an online game with 56k?  Last time I check it was the year 2006, for only $15 a month even less you can get Cable Internet.  I'm not being an ass, I'm just saying that its time to upgrade because all in all your lucky Guild Wars can support Dial Up, mainly because its all instances anyhow, wouldn't do you good in a real mmorpg like WoW.

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