Elegant Caveman

Just had a trade with operkot777. Friendly and patient. Would recommend.

Just thought I'd mention that the game runs even with less than the minimum. I have to turn everything down to lowest possible settings, but it's working with 1.8ghz Intel dual core, 2gb RAM (total; about 1.3gb available) and a Radeon HD 4670 (only thing that's slightly over the minimum). I mean... I wouldn't recommend it... but it works.

DR23, This game is really not that demanding at all, especially if you "dont need the game to run perfect just the recommended I guess". Pretty much any vaguely-decent new computer should be able to run it. Running it on max settings is another story, of course, but you don't need that much to run it on medium-high settings. My crappy old computer doesn't even meet the minimum requirements (except for the GPU, which is slightly better than the minimum) and I can still run it. I have to turn down everything to the lowest settings... but I can run it... Building your own PC will always give you better value overall, but at the cost of extra work (especially if you've never done it before; it means a lot of research and headaches). Building your own can also be a lot of fun in itself and has the added benefits of a sense of accomplishment out of building your own rig, and the technical knowledge you'll accrue in doing so. Only you can decide if that's worth it for you or not, though. That said, buying an already-built PC is a perfectly valid (and much easier) approach. I started writing a big rant about PCs, but I got carried away, so I'll just keep things simple for now: The laptop you mentioned is a beast, and would be more than enough to run this game. It's also quite expensive and, honestly, overkill. 24gb of RAM, for example, is a pointless waste. Would you consider getting a desktop instead of a laptop? Especially in terms of gaming, you'll get much better value going down that route. Gaming on laptops is definitely possible, but you're paying a lot for having that much power in such a small frame. Very roughly, expect a laptop to cost ~500$ more than an equivalent desktop (more or less... as I said, very roughly). There are plenty of gaming/PC forums where you might find more help on this matter. I'd especially suggest this if you want to build your own. Just to give you some (again, very rough) examples of what you could buy, here are a couple of desktops and laptops which would do what you're looking for (with newegg.com prices/links): DESKTOP iBUYPOWER VERSA SERIES NE403I, 1k$ ASUS G10AJ-US010S, 1.5k$ LAPTOP ASUS ROG GL551, 1.1k$ DELL Alienware 17, 1.5k$ ASUS ROG G751, 1.75k$ I'm far from an expert in all this and these are just to give you examples. This also depends on what's available where you live. This is already more ranty than it should be, so I'll leave it at that for now. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

I'm impressed by how similar our situations/experiences with the game are. As I was reading what you wrote, I almost thought to myself "Wait a minute... did I write this?". I've been looking at the recruitment boards (both here and on Steam) since I started playing a few days ago, but it seems to mostly be about big clans & groups and/or PvP, neither of which I'm interested in. If you feel like meeting up some time and have a bit of a wander, send me a PM. I'm EST, usually playing evenings/nights.