This channel is on its way to become gw2 holy grail, gg Evan :)

turning reflections and shadow off while keeping bloom and color grading enabled is straight up a felony

Less than a minute in, and you answered my most pressing question, I keep losing my cursor to visual clutter, THANK YOU!

Great info, always love this kind of information vids well explained

This one is extremely important, I’ve tried everything in that option menu and make it fit to my playstyle, even now im still change for each specific game mode , role , profession

Useful guide. If you want a bit of an easier gameplay with ground target skills, use the following: Ground targeting: Instant Snap ground target to current target: Enabled This allows you to use ground target skills as skills that work on the selected enemy. You lose some precision that ground targeting gives you but makes casting quicker and easier. Recommended when you like the casting that many other MMO's have, including Guild Wars 1.

I hadn't revised my settings in years until a few weeks ago, when I found out the standard cursor with the bright outline was NOT an addon lol Good video - I do like some water reflection for immersion, and for me there was no extra performance cost though I realize that varies from system to system.

Great guide thank you so much 😊

Thank you!!

getting FOV to around 55-65% helps a lot in maps like amnytas and the wizard tower map + environment to minimum can get u some respectable FPS (also dont forget to lower shadows)

best setting for most group content is all low settings except character model limit ... make that medium or something so things don't feel lonely and out of whack when you see like 3 people melting the ley line anomoly

Highly recommend player names turned on just to find some hilariously named characters like Cuddles Your Mother, Pedestal Turd, U Can Call Me Mommy, Kecskesajt (Goatcheese) and many more I can't recall right now😂

Excellent video :)

just started playing gw2 hope i an still enjoy all kinds of contents and grind with people who still play

A really good video. Long enough but not as long as many so bonus points for you. I learned quite a bit. On remapping keys, I've always been afraid to take the plunge for two reasons: - I worry about how long it will take me to regain my current fluency. aka, I don't want to be at a speed/smoothness disadvantage that gets me killed for who know how long? - Important options are different for different classes, particularly on the F-keys. For example, F1 is a major key for Reaper Shroud but a similar major key for Holosmith Photon Forge is F5 but I don't assign the same importance to Chronomancer Continuum Split on F5. Second Example: Ranger: F1 is pet Attack My Target, F3 is pet Return to me but on Mechanist: F6 is pet Attack My Target and F7 is pet Return to Me. So consider me timid.

6:33 the only time double tap to evade ever was a problem for me was the wintersday and halloween festival JPs ... other than ithat i generally do not see an issue with it for slight movement adjustments press w/e directions you want to go in and go bak and forth between going forward and w/e side you are trying to go to.does the same effect you want and it's pretty fluid in combat.

I LIVE FOR EVAN UPLOADS

I sometime feel like max FoV gives me eye strain/headaches

Binding keys to specific mount has been helpful for me. I can switch from raptor, springer, siege turtle to skyscale without going through the dropdown. I found this very helpful for me in exploration/travel and fast paced combat (if you are able to get out of combat). I have 'X' as may default mount key and Alt + as dedicated mount key

I adjust my camera settings for something on close thirty person like Resident Evil 4... it's more immersive and fun sometimes 😊

excellent video even veterans like me with 11 plus years in the game could learn some of these settings ⭐👌🏾

If you join metas i would advise to turn off Npc names as this is the only option i found out ,that disables Necromancer pet names and there is a lot of them ( ranger pets as well) Wish there was a option just for pets.

the snap ground target isnt a bad option it centers AoEs on targets ideally most aoes would be good to center on enemies and bosses, esp for damage over times to ensure theyre in the best spot and to prevent having to use the cursor to aim the aoe they let you hotkey to swap it on and off also incase u have to aim your aoe exactly like for pulls or something (but u can just untarget an enemy and do that anyway too)

I hate how Show all NPC names also shows players pets even if you have other player names disabled

EvAN ALMIIGHTY !

alright evan, I'll try some About Face and Stowing, your name WILL be grumbled when I fail due to trying to use it!!

For me I'm always turn player name off. I don't really have any reason to see all players name at all time especially during meta. I wish I can also turn player pets (mech, minions, ranger pet) name off. For the about face if you're mainly use free camera it is a good option. But I'm switching between action cam and free camera base on class like in bladesworn for example I'm always on action cam since there're only 1 ground target skill with very close range. In action cam if you press a move direction your character will directly look on that direction without any setting.

Field of view: just keep it at maximum if your pc is not a potato... Like mine. Believe it or not, this setting can dimish your fps in game.

Action Cam deserves some love tho! Changed the game for me :)

nameplates all imo. Well , at least guild + alliance. Run game with -nosound command line argument

lossless scaling frame generation makes this game a hell of a lot smoother

I don't like Show All Enemy/Player names most of the time. There's no reason? There is: visual clutter. If I wanna see those names, I can still hold Ctrl or Left Alt. For any PvP situation or any tougher content in general, I turn enemy names on. I really wish, we could set these things per game mode. I also disagree with the camera settings, especially field of view. A maxed out field of view lets you see more stuff, but it breaks immersion. You feel disconnected from your character and you also can't take in the world as well. If readability is the only thing that matters, why have beautiful graphics at all? All models should just be wireframe boxes. Again, in PvP situations, fractals etc., visibility is key, so all the way to the right the slider goes. You'll not only waste dodge rolls with double-tap to evade. Two words: jumping puzzles. "I can't imagine why you would wanna disable AoE rings." … which only shows a lack of imagination. Again, it's about immersion. GW2 was designed so that the 3D visuals in the world convey most relevant information to you. Really important AoEs have the solid orange areas anyway. For chill open world gameplay, disabling AoE Rings can be quite nice. "Lock Ground Target at Maximum Skill Range": I don't disagree with checking this on, but I disagree with the general sentiment displayed throughout this video: "There's no reason …". If there was no reason, then the option shouldn't exist in the first place. AoE ground targets can help to distinguish structures with geometry that you can stand on from such that you can't, primarily in jumping puzzles. Reflections and Shadows: These are good tips for performance, but … Reflections can drastically change how a body of water looks. Shadows turned off just looks bad and wrong.

Playing PvP and WvW I strongly disagree on "Double tap to evade" - very very useful in competitive modes, I switch it off only for jumping puzzles

Action Camera > Everything Else

Instant aoe is best