Curse

I pwnd U · Feb 10, 2008, 11:49 PM // 23:49

I played on Dial Up for about the first 5 months. I avoided PvP like the plague. Anytime I would I wouldn't always load in right away and would experience lag spikes. PvP on dial up is horrid, if you want to be serious about your PvP you need a better internet connection. And no cable is not that expensive, many people have it.

I understand where you are coming from though, getting kicked because you loaded in late sucks, but when you keep trying to get in and get the same result then that's just kinda dumb... pvp on dial up=baaaaad.

Undivine · Feb 11, 2008, 12:29 AM // 00:29

The game can be played with 56k just fine, under good conditions, so it does qualify as minimum requirements. But it's not always in good conditions. Sometimes people have no choice but to get dial-up. If cable and DSL companies have not yet reached your area (like in rural areas) you usually only have 2 options; dial-up and satellite. And while satellite has pretty good download speeds, it's a high latency connection, so you'll still be stuck with lots of lag.

I wouldn't fault ANet for getting dropped from the race, but I would fault them for getting a dishonourable track for it. That just sucks.

But as other people have mentioned, use -image. Copy the Guild Wars short cut on your desktop, right-click and go to Properties, then insert "-image" at the end of the link address and press okay. Now when you double-click on that, it will download anything you need to play without having to download mid-game.

HawkofStorms · Feb 11, 2008, 01:28 AM // 01:28

I agree. I have a networked T3 line, and because of the lag during the event, I slow loaded and got dishonorable repeatedly during bettle racing.
Seriously, for future reference a.net should remove dishonor from bettle racing. Having it in there is just silly for both leaving (how is it dishonorable to leave a 1v1v1v1v1v1 match like rollerbettle, you aren't letting down your teammate) and slow loading (punishing players with bad computers, smart).

Computerwiz1990 · Feb 11, 2008, 03:27 AM // 03:27

Ok. Iam back from work.

First of all. All of you people saying dial up + GUild Wars/MMO = no. Not true. Guild Wars i read, was designed for people like me.
Out of the 2 years i have played GW. I never have gotten disatified with my connection. In my two years i have disc < 7 times. I have a very good connection for being dial up.

Its just I wanted to make that a point. They need to fix that.

Computerwiz1990 · Feb 11, 2008, 03:30 AM // 03:30

I have all the fun I could possible have while in AB. Yeah, i freeze rarely. I still love to play AB. it helps that i have a fast computer though too.