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[Greiger]

My experience was complete lag and 3 FPS when I tried WvWvW on high/medium settings. 
With about 75-100 people of course, 50 people is 10 >.>

But even at 3 FPS you are perfectly capable of firing a bow or rifle (click on somebody nearby, shoot) fire a ballista (click someplace in the mob, fire til they move out of range or die, repeat) or arrowcart (see big group of people, shoot big group of people) or cannon(find poor downed sap, shoot poor downed sap so that folks can't rez them without downing themselves),  Hell with a little practice and timing, you can even still effectively fire a catapult or trebuchet.  It's not like you actually have to aim with 90% of the ranged weapons.

And even failing all of that, on the defensive you could still do supply runs or fix walls.  Hell for BWE 2 I got more xp fixing walls in the the west side borderlands keep than I got killing folks fighting.  I must have went from level 38 to 43 in 2 hours.

[Niveras]

FYI, for people needing new graphics cards, Newegg is selling Geforce GTX 660 TI for $300, +free coupon for Borderlands 2 (worth ~$50).

It's a strong card that'll last for a while.

I know it won't be available to everyone since this is a pretty multinational forum, but I'm sure there are a few NA folks who might benefit.

[Twiggie]

I just have a 9600gt, and that runs it reasonably with my q6600...

[Carcanken]

My experience was complete lag and 3 FPS when I tried WvWvW on high/medium settings. 
With about 75-100 people of course, 50 people is 10 >.>

But even at 3 FPS you are perfectly capable of firing a bow or rifle (click on somebody nearby, shoot) fire a ballista (click someplace in the mob, fire til they move out of range or die, repeat) or arrowcart (see big group of people, shoot big group of people) or cannon(find poor downed sap, shoot poor downed sap so that folks can't rez them without downing themselves),  Hell with a little practice and timing, you can even still effectively fire a catapult or trebuchet.  It's not like you actually have to aim with 90% of the ranged weapons.

And even failing all of that, on the defensive you could still do supply runs or fix walls.  Hell for BWE 2 I got more xp fixing walls in the the west side borderlands keep than I got killing folks fighting.  I must have went from level 38 to 43 in 2 hours.

Are you sure about that? 

Might of had lower FPS, but I just remember nearly falling off the walls when i tried to move.

[Sirian]

Could we maybe make some sort of list of who's going to play on EU servers and who's going to play in the US ? I still haven't chosen my server (i'm in EU) and i'd like to make an informed choice on the 25th.

[The Fool]

Could we maybe make some sort of list of who's going to play on EU servers and who's going to play in the US ? I still haven't chosen my server (i'm in EU) and i'd like to make an informed choice on the 25th.

Sure. I'll pose the question and update this list when people answer. I do know that there where a lot of people planning on a US server being the home server, but it is still worth a check. So where is everyone headed?

Spoiler: Heading to a US Server (Undecided?) (click to show/hide)

The Fool (Ehmry Bay)
KaelGotDwarves (Isles of Janthir)
Bluerobin (Isles of Janthir)
Greiger (Jade Quarry)
Jimmy (Sea of Sorrows)
Hugehead (Where B12 Is)
hachnslay (Ehmry Bay)
SeaBee (Tarnished Coast)
Carcanken (Yak's Bend)
OzyTheSage (Ehmry Bay)

Current Tally:
1. Ehmry Bay - 3
2. Isles of Janthir - 2
3. Jade Quarry - 1
3. Sea of Sorrows - 1
3. Tarnished Coast - 1
3. Yak's Bend - 1

Spoiler: Heading to a EU Server (Undecided) (click to show/hide)

Tronak (Ruins of Surmia)
Twiggie (Undecided)

Last Updated: Aug. 19th, 14:35 GMT

[KaelGotDwarves]

Isle of Janthir for me.

[Tronak]

I'll try to be in Ruins of Surmia, EU. Add me to the list Fool 

[The Fool]

I've changed the US choice to undecided, so list where you want to go and I'll tally the votes as we go. The winner will be the official server of Bay 12.

[Ozyton]

Isle of Janthir for me.

What's at Janthir? It seems it would be difficult going into W3 on a higher population server?

[Twiggie]

EU, idk where I'm going yet though.

[The Fool]

Isle of Janthir for me.

What's at Janthir? It seems it would be difficult going into W3 on a higher population server?

I actually have to second this. Picking a high population server off the bat is not necessarily a good idea. If the server is full there might be a wait time to enter the server, which might be long at release considering that it'll be a zerg rush to get in Saturday morning.

[Bluerobin]

I'm gonna be on Isle of Janthir as well. That's just because I've got RL friends who I'll be playing with.

Wait times shouldn't be too much of an issue because of overflow servers. I mean, we may or may not be able to meet up on the overflow servers (I don't remember how they work) but you'll at least be able to play.

[Greiger]

US- Jade Quarry for me

Are you sure about that? 

Might of had lower FPS, but I just remember nearly falling off the walls when i tried to move.

I wasn't having too much trouble doing that, and the game sometimes turned into a slideshow in big contested places like stonemist and I still got bags of loot appearing around me from my ballista(god, I love that weapon).  But I admit I don't know what my actual FPS was so it could have been as high as 10.

But if you were having trouble even moving without overshooting... yea your FPS was probably lower than I experienced.  I had to be careful by edges, not moving directly towards one, but not like it sounds like you had.   From what I vaguely recall some people saying in /map a couple stress tests ago some settings can increase performance being on instead of off, but I'd take that with a grain of salt.

[Hugehead]

I'll be on whatever US server the rest of B12 is on.