Aggelakis

Of course it's a combination, but CPU does not have nearly as high an impact as GPU does. Which is what I was saying, and what I was expanding on. Which is what I'm saying General_CoH is wrong on. CPU power is NOT the bottleneck here.

I went from a CoreDuo (single core 'emulating' dual core) to a Core 2 Duo (true dual core) of a faster speed, and saw almost no increase. That right there is a huge tell.

My fiance went from a dual core to a quad core of marginally faster speed, and saw pretty much no increase. Not as much of a tell, but definitely showcasing that City doesn't utilize extra cores.

By the way, my second GPU upgrade was only one generation gap - not two like you said - and it was still a significant increase in performance.

Don't interpret them as anything other than what was there: Valid troubleshooting beginner questions. You said you did some missions and got some souvs. That doesn't matter: what matters is the badge. So "Do you have the badge?" is the first question to ask someone having trouble with Vanguard Merits.

For what it's worth, if you're going to continue posting questions and requesting assistance in Tech Issues (or Player Questions), don't read anything into the replies that's not explicitly stated. If you read a post as snarky or mean that is a simple question, then that is not the poster's fault...that is your fault. A pretty good rule of thumb for any forum (and City's is pretty darn tame in comparison to most).

LOL, don't take this the wrong way, but not likely. It's integrated MOBILE graphics...it's worse than desktop integrated graphics. And integrated desktop graphics play City pretty pathetically. Unless you consider 15-20fps "playable", which would include visible stutter (30fps is smooth to the human eye).

And CPU is definitely not more important than GPU. GPU is definitely top dog. I had a single-core-faking-dual-cores and went up to a true dual-core processer, and saw little to no increase. I went from a 6600 nvidia graphics card to an 8800 nvidia card and performance SKYROCKETED. I then upgraded my CPU again to a faster dual-core processer, and again saw little to no increase. I then upgraded my GPU to a 9800 nivida card and again saw a big increase (not quite skyrocketing that going from 6xxx to 8xxx saw, since 6xxx is pitiful).

My fiance (whose computer is 2ft to my right, and whose computer I built and rebuilt and frankensteined) went from a dual-core processer to a quad-core of approximately the same speed (slightly faster) and saw pretty much no increase (as we were expecting; City doesn't utilize multi cores much (if at all)). He then went from an 8600 nvidia graphics card to a 460 nvidia card and saw huge gains - he can play at max settings with no lag and fps typically around 50-60...only ever dropping below 30 in ship raids, not even in itrials.

So I'm going to go with my personal experience here and say: yeah, no....no, you are definitely not right.

No. Without the Invention license or reward unlock, nothing having to do with the Invention system is active. No salvage drops, no recipe drops, no crafting, no slotting, nada.

Uh, no, Avatea says specifically 'welcome new players', soooooooo one would think you'd be able to create new accounts in order to be a new player.

The rules haven't changed yet - they're in proposal stage - I was modded yesterday for mentioning another game. So don't be surprised if you get modded and a finger wag.

Note that that was why I didn't actually name any other games in my previous post. Until the new rules go into effect, I'm limited in what I can say regarding games (which is stupid, as this is a game).

Well, maybe as a side effect, but Ustreams have been pretty specific to say that almost all of the scheduled downtimes have been for server upgrades or moves. (Unscheduled downtime, of course, does not count toward either side of the discussion.)

Verify whether it does in game (unfortunately I don't have access to dark mastery to check myself). If it does in game, then Mids is not wrong. Mids matches what the game does, even if the game is wrong. If it does not in game, then Mids is wrong.