Not sure what the actual issue is but a note for you as well as new players reading this. The % complete is the % of remaining files currently vs the % of remaining files the last time you started the launcher. That is to say, if you start the launcher and have 10k files left, download 25%, exit the launcher and restart, the launcher will start at 0% again, but the % will now be based on a The download speed varies a lot on the launcher, what I do now is download the game from Steam if I need to download it all again, I get a good download speed there. You just need to add “-portal Provider” in the properties if you want to use an ArenaNet account. 5. Worldly_Bet2034. • 1 yr. ago. Of course, your mistake was opening it in the temp folder, because the game is always downloaded right where you open it. Move the executable to the folder where you want GW2 to be (and/or already have your files) and open it there. 5. highgrapicsuser. • 6 yr. ago. The game is basically just two files: the .exe and the .dat. That's all you need to start the game. Technically GW2 does not need to be installed at all. If you want to backup the game, then you just need to save the .exe and the .dat. If you did this, then for recovery all you have to do at the first start of the game is selecting your Hello! I am a new player trying to run GW2 using the 32-bit client cause the 64-bit client crashes for me a lot. I have tried renaming the client to Gw2.exe, and using the command line argument -32 at the end of a shortcut of the main .exe. Technical Support: Installation, Connectivity, and Performance Minimum System Requirements Below are the minimum specifications to play Guild Wars 2. Note: DirectX 11 is required to play. If you are encountering an error launching the game, take a moment to download and update your DirectX drivers. About 6GB (on disk) to playable, 35GB total, but the download itself is smaller because it's compressed. No need for downvotes, read more carefully. The files on disk will end up being 35gb, the download is smaller because it's compressed. Nah, I'm just bad at typing. Fixed it now. Once gw2 is copied over, you can delete it off your SSD manually. Just make sure you check that the game is on the HDD first. It download it to where you have your exe-file. Put the exe-file on the location where you want the game installed and it should install it there. rUQHV8.