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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.

PoF harpies for sure. Unless they're spiked one by one, the combination of their traps, boon strip and rapid fire just melts everything... :'(

Got it, very happy. Some armour sets (looking at you, medium Requiem) now look complete with the cape.

GW2 is flexible and forgiving enough to fit into my life, not the other way around. I've dipped in and out of WoW, but it's not compatible with the other demands and interests in my life. Ergo, on the basis that the better game is the one you can play and enjoy, it's GW2 for me.

I did it at quite a slow pace and enjoyed it. The only part which came close to frustrating was the map currencies, but that was probably because it flagged up how little I’d done on some of the earlier S4 maps!

Items I've not been able to get through RNG (i.e. Storm Dagger skin, Exalted Shoulders skin). Oh and a couple of Total Makeover Kits.

I often change utility skills depending on the map or mobs. Sword of Justice will often get swapped out for hammer (kd) or reflect skills, particularly because of low cooldown and the annoying harpies in PoF. I’m probably much happier with Guardian’s utility skills than most other professions. There is more freedom to swap them out as required, while other professions will often require you to keep a particular set. IMHO only Mesmer comes close.

Nope. You could get away with it in T1 (anything goes), but it hits like a wet noodle and doesn’t offer anywhere near enough damage or utility to be taken over Sc/F. I occasionally run around core Tyria maps with my DH’s LB, just for the sake of variety, then move to any other map or form of gameplay and realise how poor the weapon is, even after recent tweaks.