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I won't pretend I'm not disappointed, even if the signs were all pointing in this direction (i.e. the lack of a clear GW2 Mac direction for the past two years). It is also understandable from a cost vs benefit perspective. As a Mac user who happens to be a casual gamer, GW2's casual-friendly approach has always been appealing and enjoyable. That being said, no one game is important enough to me to change the rest of my setup. (Yes, I'm deep in an ecosystem that works great for me, each to their own, YMMV.) I will give Nvidia another go, but the bandwidth requirements effectively limit it to home broadband - not great as a traveller. I acknowledge the suggestion about buying a second laptop, but that's not what casual gaming has been about for me. Being able to play a game on the kit you already carry, wherever you are, without lugging around a dedicated device... that's about as far as my interest goes. And that's undoubtedly why mobile phone/tablet gaming became so popular. While I'm nervous about starting afresh in other established games, I've dipped my toe into WoW and EO recently with heartening results. WoW already supports Metal and the new processors, while EO has announced a native client with Metal support for early this year. (Rather than comparing GW2 to WoW, EO is possibly a more helpful benchmark given it is also ran in a Wine wrapper and a smaller community.) I don't know which of these two I will stick with in the long run, but I'm glad they both have a roadmap. Changing circumstances lead to choices for developers and customers. ANet made a choice based on understandable financial and technical reasons. My choice is to offer my custom to businesses which provide and support products on platforms convenient to me. I hold no ill will and I am thankful for the many years of fun I have had with GW2. Perhaps in time, should my priorities change, I will play again.

The Celestial Ministry Cape main dye channel, which by default should be red, does not display anything other than black. I have tried switching between graphics settings and repairing my game client to narrow down the issue, but to no avail. FWIW it is the Mac client...

Mini Molten Firestorm, because its animation is cool and it's about the same size as my Asura Engi. :3

It's for the token collector achievement which gives you an item that eats dust. I'm not interested in making a legendary. Ahh, well, there are other eaters that are easier to acquire. Unless you want the Gleam of Sentience. You might consider acquiring this item, if you want to keep using your Revenant: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Prototype_Position_Rewinder Good luck. I fully endorse this recommendation. The Prototype Position Rewinder is a useful tool to help us mere mortals complete JPs.

While I use Skyscale more than I do Griffon, I absolutely advocate setting up a hotkey for each mount other than Warclaw. Switching between mounts is the quickest way to get around.

Swoop (Ranger GS #3) occasionally decides to hang around.

I know it's verging on blasphemy to the min-maxers, but for difficult encounters try slotting "Protect Me!" and/or Dolyak Stance instead of Frost Trap or (if playing solo) Frost Spirit. You will drop a bit of DPS but it should help when you're not fighting grouped mobs. Turn GS4 into your new best friend. For grouped content there should be plenty of Protection, Aegis and blinds thrown around that you shouldn't need damage mitigation; go wild with stacking Frost Spirit and other damage modifiers.

Lag in PvE, leading to many mistimed dodges (or complete inaction).

Torn between a staff-wielding golemancer or a condi/support spec (alchemy variant?).

Significant lag spikes for me on EU... had a painful experience this morning trying (and failing!!) to dodge the Ogre HP's large knockbacks in Desert Highlands. I guess I'm going full passive boon juggernaut for the foreseeable then. That's including direct through the client, with or without VPN, and also through the Nvidia GeForce NOW service. (The Nvidia service flags up if there are any connection issues or delays from my computer to Nvidia servers, and there aren't any which coincide with the lag, so I'm pretty confident it's an issue beyond user control.) I'd also flag up I was experiencing this lag a day or two before the server keeled over at the weekend, and I've played from two different locations and ISPs.

Look at it like a spare inventory slot or two. ;)

My oldest Engi is human because weapons and armour look best on humans. I’ve just levelled another Engi though, this time asura and really enjoying it! I could do with an extra 10-15% in height and the weapons clipping through the ground are annoying, but there’s a quirky agility about asura which is great fun and complements grenade-tossing and pistol-slinging.

This. Emphasis on personal satisfaction. Most other people (I count myself in this group!) don't have a clue what half of the titles are for, so if the goal is for bragging rights then disappointment might well be in store...

It's my default mount of choice. A high-utility, solid all-round mount that makes exploration easy.