What the crap!?

Fix your idea for people who leech and abandon PvP games.

I try to go into a roller race. I have dialup and have to download a small file. it takes long enough to miss the start of the race. So the game makes me leave. I come back in the racing area and i have dishonorable hex. Blocking me from ANY pvp. WTF!!!!!!

You had better fix this Anet!

Yeah, listen to this guy. He really knows what he's talking about. How can you disagree with such a well thought out response as that one? And so nicely written at that!

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about rollerbeetle.... /resign is the way to leave

and about getting a better connection...LMAO!

-image so you don't have to d/l any files.


dial up + mmo = no

All you richers bash on a guy for having dial-up...
What if he can't get cable or DSL in his area? I have a few friends that can't have either because they live where the service isn't provided.
And also Cable and DSL cost more than dial-up, and so some people don't want to get it. And judging from the OP, this guy is merely a teenager who can't convince his parents to get cable or DSL.
So many outside factors that people are so blind to see.

My suggestion to fix this to have a page in the options menu to select your internet connection.
For example:
Choose connection speed:
dial-up (56k)
DSL (128k)
DSL (256k)
Cable
T1 and up

So when you choose your connection speed, it'll put a timer on you once you've entered the area. So for 56k connections in his case, it'll give him an extra 2 minutes before anyone can declare him a leecher. Though by then the beetle race would be over LOL, or he'd be killed in the arenas.
Then for like Cable, T1 and up it'll be like a 20 second timer once the player has joined the area before he/she can be declared a leecher.

Also then you're probably like, what if a cable guy chooses a 56k connection? umm...
Well, I don't think that'll affect much anyway unless if you're that stingy where you must declare a leecher in less than 30 seconds of the game starting.

I had a connection like yours last year, the only option was for me not to take part

Sorry.

People I know with dial-up avoid PvP because they can't load in time.

Sounds like Computerwiz1990 needs to update to Computerwiz2008.

Don't whine that Guild Wars (an online game) is slow when you're using dial-up (a slow online connection).

That would be like if some Roman warriors with spears and shields had a war today against machine guns and grenades and were like "What the crap! You guyz r haxx0rz!!"

Leonidis can block a grenade with his chest.

Only to have it blast him after floating 4 inches away from his chest.

Guild Wars is not an MMO.

It's a CORPG..

Ya I had Dial-up for like 95% of time in GW. It was lagging so bad really bad and getting huge D/c's it hurt my Guild in GVG i would D/c right in middle of it. So i finally convince my parents to get DSL. Now having 320k DSL speed i dont lag or D/C anymore and I will load faster than most Cable. Here my Idea to fix your Connection problem. Talk to your Service provider about any deals for getting DSL. Get Dial-up DSL then you should be good. That what I have Dial-Up DSL. DSL that goes into the Phone Jack.

Sorry, but on the back of the boxes, in the system requirements, it states "56k Internet Connection" so the OP is well within their rights to be pissed off.

You get the dishonorable hex after missing one beetle race? I have no problem with you getting a dishonorable hit for missing your first race due to having to download the thing, but that's assuming you need 2 hits, like in RA.

If it is just 1 hit, I say make it 2, and just keep it how it is.

It also states recommended broadband.

Yes it does, but it doesn't say broadband is required! This is why I have a personal hatred of the system specs that appear on the back of boxes. In 90% of cases they're bordering on bare-faced lying.

I bought BioShock recently (great game, by the way) and back then, I was sporting some old Radeon (can't remember specs), but anyway, it fell right in line with the "Minimum System Requirements", and, whenever I loaded up a level, even on lowest rez and everything, I would lock up and crash every 10 minutes.

Basically, minimum usually doesn't get you by when it comes to games.

Oh, yea, and calling people with Cable "richers" is really dumb, imo. I have Cable, and I'm not sure if I even fall into middle-class American.

The problem is that the people who take a bit longer to load get kicked out of the roller beetle race. That itself, shouldn't happen, but then there is the dishonorable hex, which makes it even worse, because beetle race is not a team game, therefore it shouldn't even have dishonor.

CORPG is a subgroup of MMORPG

You only get dishonorable after leaving twice. After you loaded the first time, you shouldn't have to load more files. Also, -image solves the problem.