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Same for me. SG player. Starhub. WVW Ping quite normal at 9am SGT to around 12 pm SGT. (100 to 200) .. Working hours.. GREAT how to play. 5pm SGT to 12 AM SGT, that's when the crazy lag occurs (1000 plus.. and you basically hang there for 5 10 mins and it will kick you out). It never occur when you are alone, it only happens when the Zerg comes to you. Basically I feel like WvW lost the MMORPG element during these timings.. It forces you to play alone and avoiding every Zerg you see..

You can try downloading D912pxy, unzip it. Open crossover, under bottle, right click and open C:\ drive. Copy the zip into your Guild Wars 2 folder. Right click and run command: (Then select the install.exe in the D912pxy folder you copied) A command prompt should appear, just press enter for all default settings. Then try launch the game again. It makes performance better for me on Crossover. Not sure if that might help you. If it does not, just run the install.exe again, it will prompt to remove. Then you will be back to normal.

I now play using Crossover on my M1. Because I did not pay for Parallels. By default, Crossover's performance is worse then Parallels. However, if you install d912pxy, its performance is better than Parallels. But Crossover suffers from 'mount not appearing / loading in issue' when in zerg. Parallels + Windows 10 arm, d912pxy does not work.

M1 MBA 8/8 core 16GB. Parallels 16 + Windows 10 arm build 21370. (7 Processor + 8GB allocated) 1920 x 1200 settings all low. EOTN: FPS 50 - 30 (20s when near dragon storm event) WvW: FPS: 70 - 50 (no people) 30 - 20 (moderate) 10 - 1 (big zergs) Dragonstorm: 30 - 8 (avg 20 - 10)

Almost the same. No / low pop area 60 ~ 40 fps (All low settings). Wvw, big events, zergs slow to a crawl. I wish i could use d912pxy.. but after installation, GW2 does not launch. I am hopeful for the M1 iPad Pros 🙂. Especially the 16GB versions. Currently there is an app called UTM, it can virtualise almost any OS, thanks to qemu (Apple will never support it.. so you need to build it yourself or find alt ways). I tried on my iPhone 12 Pro, can only allocate 1GB.. any higher it will crash low memory. Playing GW2 on any A series chip is out of the question. But the M1... hmmmm if its the same chip in Macbooks.

I tried to install d912pxy to improve my performance M1 mac. It does not load for Windows 10 ARM / parallels. https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/110553/want-to-use-directx-12-dx12-for-gw2-heres-a-guide-on-using-the-d912pxy-on-windows-10 However it did install for Crossover. So I assume you need Windows 10 x64 / x86 bottles. Or parallels intel. I have to install the latest Visual C++ from Microsoft.. and then place the folder d912pxy and run the installer. Maybe someone who have Intel Macs try and let me know if it improves your fps?

Instead of Parallels and a whole copy of Windows. I suggest you try Crossover or playonmac first. Crossover have a trial period, enough for you to test the game before you commit. Not only that, it require significantly less storage, ( ~ 60GB for GW2, Crossover less then 1 GB). The performance for Crossover should be better then Parallels. As for smooth gameplay.. its subjective, some people need constant 60fps, some only need 30fps.. some are ok with 10 fps. Also, before you delete your GW2 MacOS client, copy out the GW2.dat file, you can reuse it in the GW2 Windows copy. That will save you some time.

Well.. whatever the reason, they knew they can get away with it. Because they know for Old Intel Macs, people can still bootcamp or virtualize. On M1 Macs and any future Macs, it's powerful enough to emulate and virtualize. So basically Mac users can still play the game.. if they have the will to load up Windows 10 in parallels / crossover / etc etc. Anyway, that's how I deal with old games.. lock them up in Windows XP / 7 / 10 virtual machines, like Diablo 2, navyfield..

I can see 3 possible issues and possible solutions. I believe the corei7 10gen is sufficiently powerful to run GW2 at good settings. Where is GW2 installed. (SSD or Magnetic Drive) GW2 lazy load from GW2.dat (I remember I heard that somewhere before) Install on SSD. PING. High ping sometimes gives you lag, and impact fps in cases. Traceroute your ISP to GW2 game servers, and complain to them.. Or use a VPN to get a more optimised route. Software related. I suggest you monitor your CPU and GPU usage and temperature to see if its throttling or underutilized. Post your FPS, and compare to other people's FPS, so you can gauge your laptop to other systems. And their solutions to get better fps.

A few days ago, Windows 10 arm insider version updates to build 21286. Which allows x86 64bit emulation. I tested a few clients briefly, same area (Desert Highlands no pop) for only a few secs..MacOS client: 15 ~ 45 fps turning around.Parallels + Windows 10 arm + GW2 64bit client: 30 ~ 50 fps turning around. (Allocated 2GB video ram / 8 Cores / 8GB ram)Crossover + GW2 64bit client: 7 ~ 66 fps turning around. I did not try wvw or pvp yet. I don't think I will miss the Mac client at this rate, enough for me to catch up with the story and dailies. I do not recommend buying M1 Macs or any new Macs just for playing this game.But for people looking to upgrade their Macs to the new silicon for their workflow, they can still play this game even if Microsoft did not provide bootcamp.

Nice! Definitely one of the way to continue playing for users before OS Catalina... the old cider port. But need to wait for 18 Feb.. finger crossed.

Just curious, this 32-bit Mac Client you are using, did they prompt you on Feb 18, they will discontinuing support?

Here are the steps for Crossover Click the Install a Window's application buttonSelect GuildWars 2 ApplicationOn the top click Select Installer (Select the GW2Setup-64.exe)On the top click Select bottle (I tried Win7 64bit / Win10 64bit both works)Then click install.Run thru the installation.Do not double click the application, but do 8)Click on the bottle, open C drive. go Program Files (x86) select the Gw2Setup.exe Open with crossoverLet the client download, or you can copy and replace the GW2.dat over from your existing client. Click on the bottle, open C drive. go Program Files, select the Gw2-64.exe open with crossover repeat step 10) every time you want to play.I believe above works for intel Macs also. As for Parallels and Windows arm. It's straight forward. Just install the client by double clicking the exe installer. But you need to sign up on the technical preview for parallels and Microsoft Insider account. (Apple Silicon only) Maybe someone who have existing parallels + Windows on intel Mac and feedback the performance?

I tried your suggestion and it works on the M1 Mac! Thank you. Although I still ran into issue when downloading the GW2.dat file.. It still crashes after downloading 5% - 10%, then have to restart, but at least the progress is not loss. So instead of downloading, I open my MacOS GW2 version (view package content, copy the GW2.dat into the bottle) And it works. Ok, so I can confirm the follow 2 ways work for M1 Macs for now. Parallels + Windows Arm + 32bit GW2 (Free for now) - (Future you may need Windows 10 license + Parallels software)Crossover 20 (Windows 10 bottle / GW2 client 64bit) (14 days free for Crossover, after which you need to buy Crossover)In terms of performance. crossover seems to be bad. My mount would disappear and suddenly load in, (Something I always encounter when I used to play on a surface go tablet).

I see. I really hope someone inside can come clean and explain it clearly. Its kinda scary, its like Anet could be on its final legs.. with news like this, they may just announce the game's EOL suddenly in just a few weeks before doing it. And look, i understand most Mac user's anger. Mac users are always second citizen when it comes to GW2, and having to be looked under by the PC gaming community. As for me, i am perfectly ok for them to remove the MacOS client, so long as i can continue to see the story goes on. I use Mac for work related, during my free time i can always run parallels / bootcamp to play the game on the same Mac (now that i have the M1 Mac, its powerful enough to play most games on the go) . I am just concern for them, hoping they have the capability to continue onwards beyond 2021, and not EOL suddenly.