ARR/Heavensward for Mac

[Icehunter]

it isn't an emulator, it's a library wrapper(think Java) built off of wine, simply put it lets the game see its native platform information while translating to the native OS. seems like what an emulator does but it isn't. it will perform a lot faster than an emulator could. it might even perform as fast as native windows depending on how well they tweaked it.
I still think this is lazy of them but it isn't an emulator

Yeah I've developed with it before. It comes "close" but each game is different. I will not however spend $60 to find out and probably stick with bootcamp. Brining me back to 4 copies of expansion vs 6...

GuildWars2 works with the same company.

[Wildsprite]

Yeah I've developed with it before. It comes "close" but each game is different. I will not however spend $60 to find out and probably stick with bootcamp. Brining me back to 4 copies of expansion vs 6...

GuildWars2 works with the same company.

you might be able to get the game working with wine, I know wine works with the macos. dunno how much trouble you need to go through to get wine working though.

[Tannlore]

you might be able to get the game working with wine, I know wine works with the macos. dunno how much trouble you need to go through to get wine working though.

Do we know 100% for sure it will be a wine wrapped program? I haven't been able to find 100% confirmation from SE on this myself. Really looking for some clarification.

[Wildsprite]

Do we know 100% for sure it will be a wine wrapped program? I haven't been able to find 100% confirmation from SE on this myself. Really looking for some clarification.

if they used transgaming cider it is wine with heavy tweaking. but to be fair I know little about this only what people have said in this thread.
some confirmation as to whether it is infact transgaming cider that was used for the macos version or if it is infact a full port would be nice.

[Millerna]

if they used transgaming cider it is wine with heavy tweaking. but to be fair I know little about this only what people have said in this thread.
some confirmation as to whether it is infact transgaming cider that was used for the macos version or if it is infact a full port would be nice.

They said in the live letter where they confirmed the Mac client, that they are working together with a Canadian company called Transgaming. Transgaming is generally best know for their Cider wrapper. Like you and others have already said, it's not as bad as an emulator, but it's not going to be as smooth as a native client. For those already playing using bootcamp, there's no reason to get the Mac client, especially if the client isn't going to be free. For those who aren't comfortable using bootcamp, or just don't want to, the Mac client is going to perform well enough.