Im running maxed on a gtx 670. Its a CPU intensive game though. And unfortunately the game is not made to take full advantage of multi-core systems. Even though im running 6 cores if I wast OCed so hard I dont think I could run it maxed. It needs optimization still pretty badly.

I have been playing guardian lately, just dicking around a bit.

Make sure your using the 306.xx WHQL drivers. Any of the beta drivers beyond have drastically reduced framerates

Yeah I noticed the beta causing serious problems, currently running 306.97

I did alot of messing around today and found the 306.23 drivers are definitely the best for me. In fact, its a marked difference the newer I get from there.

I'll have to load those drivers and give it a try, see if I get a better response. Thanks.

http://www.gamespot.com/shows/best-o...winner20121217

Game of the Year 2012 from Gamespot

On a side note... anyone enjoying Wintersday? I've been following Tixx from outpost to outpost as much as I can this week. Damn work getting in the way Grrr!

i have been collecting randomly, but am not much for grind events. I did level a guardian to 80 in only 58 hours of gameplay, including lots of screwing around and learning how to play it.

http://i.imgur.com/habCG.jpg

If you look closely you may notice my level 18 THIEF i started today. His name is Fire Pioli, and without the mask on, I think its a dead likeness~

I'm having a lot of fun with Wintersday. It's a big improvement over last month's event. The daily dungeons have been fun, and those cute little mini-monsters are surprisingly tough. The "Bell Hero" game is a great idea, and I hope they implement the autogrouping for other instances.

I haven't managed to finish the jumping puzzle and I probably won't, but other than that it's been a blast.

Do you all play on the same server? I originally pre-ordered this game but haven't played it much because i've been busy. I want to get back into playing it but i'd rather play with people from cp.

Im on yaks bend. not sure about others. anyone can add me Falx/Geno Smith/Fire Pioli etc


edit; found my acct name Falx.3758

I'm on Northern Shiverpeaks with a guild I've been with in other games over the past 5 years. Hopefully, they implement guesting soon and we can all hook up sometime.

Man, your Guardian looks badass.
I took a break from GW2, but guess its time to get it rolling again.
Oh, and you put 18 levels on your Thief in 1 day? I must be doing it wrong...took me awhile to get to 18 on my Thief...whats the secret? :)

Thanks man, Its the full valkyrie crafted set transmuted onto knight/berserker crafted items. Once I hit 80 with him I crafted myself some exotic weapons and all rare armor, then tried out thief. I like the look of this armor the best out of all the 'easy to get' stuff becuase I am greatsword/DPS focused and the spikes just look bad ass~

As for leveling, on the guardian I read up on leveling one, and the guy had done it in 65 hours. I did it in something like 58. I just used his build but followed the same strategy I have been using.

Just do hearts and stop and do every dynamic event you can, while mixing in the personal story quests at the appropriate level, as they are worth a ton. Once you get higher than 20, you can stop and do crafting on 2 crafts every 15 or so levels, and if you take 2 to 400( i did weapons and armorsmithing on my guardian) thats actually 20 full levels of experience. I recommend the crafting guides at http://www.gw2wiz.com as they are the fastest cheapest way and lay out so it is very easy to follow. If you want to level even faster, start with cooking first and take it all the way to 400 at say.. double the pace of the other craft you are working, (so get it done somewhere around 50-60 level) when it is 400 (its cheap and easy) then switch to another craft and level that to the point of catch up with your original non-cooking craft skill. That's another 10 level in little to no time with crafting.

Nwes on upcoming changes/direction of GW2


I am still playing quite a few hours per week of gw2, may be worth checking out if you haven't or if you haven't looked at it for a time.

Also for those of you sticking to the older nvidia drivers, I was able to fix my stuttering by turning shadows to medium, with every other thing maxed and play fine, its a rendering bug rather than a hardware issue~