Going from WoW to GW

I used to play WoW and I'm concidering switching to GW, but I have a few questions before I spend any money.
1. How's the lag? I read there aren't any patches and was wondering if that creates more or less lag. Also are major cities impossible to walk through (for those who play/played WoW, like Iron Forge lag)
2.What's the general age group that plays; teens, 20-30yrs,30-40yrs, etc.
3.Are there lots of perverts? (In WoW my main was a night elf female and I got quite a few interesting comments and I'm hoping to avoid that kinda stuff.)
4. Controls: Are they anything like WoW controls (for those who play/played), are they confusing, or are they just a pain in the butt?
5.I read that anywhere that isn't a town is like an instance and your alone unless you're in a group, can you still talk to people if you don't have a group like through whispers/tells or guild chat or anything like that?
6. Over all what would you rate the game and if you wouldn't mind, please give something you like and don't like about it.

Thank you very much for the help
Also some of these questions are to convince my mom who thinks some psycho is going to stalk me down and kill me , so for any parents who play, do you think that your child shouldn't play? Please explain if you think they shouldn't.
(sorry for sounding like a teacher, I'm just trying to get as much info as possible )

1. Lag usually isn't much of an issue but atm it's a bit out of control (should be fixed shortly). All the cities are relatively small, the only ones you can really get lost in are Droknar's Forge and Kaineng Center.

2.Age group is hard to say. Probably late teens to early thirties is the majority. But there are unfortunately immature people around.

3. I wouldn't say there were a lot of perverts, just stay away from any of the naked wammos throwing a dance party.....

4. Never played WoW, but I'm told GW are simpler (keep in mind you can only equip 8 skill at once in GW)

5.Yeah, you can whisper, guild chat, alliance chat

6. I rate it like 8/10. What I do like is the lack of grind and getting cool skins for armor/weapons. What I hate is seeing noobs getting runs and power lvl's everywhere.



And if you're already playing WoW, I don't see why you're mom would have anything against GW. My guild leader lets her seven year old son play sometimes.

I fail to see how the lack of patches would affect lag. When there's an update a message will come up asking you to quit and restart, as any updates will be installed when you start the client up.

Don't assume what GW will have. It is nothing like WoW. It's a CORPG, not an MMO.

Towns and Outposts have multiple "districts". One one district is full or approaching full, the server will create a new district and you will be placed in one. You can however switch districts by choice as long as the district you want isn't full.

And Sith is right. Droknar's and Kaineng can be labyrinths at times.

For Knightsaber Sith, I used to play WoW, I kinda got annoyed with all the guilds collapsing and dieing out, the lag (main reason), and The nasty sick people on there, also my mom doesn't like the computer so I have to convince her to let me play until I'm 18 and have my own house :S
Also the lag question I kinda forgot to mention that after each patch I could barely move until all the bugs were worked out (which took a while).

grr sorry computer did somethin funky and I entered my reply twice ><

GW's streaming updates never have bugs that cause you to lag. It'll download and install the update when you open the client and a little lightning bolt will pop up in the corner of the login screen. If you sit at the login screen for a few minitues, it'll download everything so your zoning is faster.

Someone else made a thread about the same thing a couple of days ago, so you could probably get some info from that.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10039895

lag is always an issue with online games, sorry.

guilds die out and are re-born every day in GW. thats what you get with every kid wanting to be incharge and telling others what to do. ive never played WoW but i play a lot of online games, so im sure its the same logic. want a good guild? spend some time with them, do some missions (quests), research them. dont do blind invites. yes there are pervs, the female night elf is our female ele.

im not sure how much information youve researched on GW but my friend plays WoW so ill try to help.

mage = ele
preist = monk
necro = necro
paladin = w/mo combo
warrior = warrior
shamen = rit
rouge = assassin


as for anything else, the age limit is the same, instead of kids having mommy and daddies credit cards, its kids with a game. if your looking for a guild there is a forum which i hear is good. the main drawback from GW is there is map traveling, something WoW,DAoC,Everquest dont have. instead of getting a flight plan from your mount to some town, you press your map button and click it. that is ofcourse aslong as you have it, you must explore the map or do the appropriate quests/missions to obtain the town in the first place.

Lag in WoW is because some servers are overloaded - that doesn't ever happen in GW so the "lag is an issue with every online game" is not accurate.

1.) For me, there's hardly any lag. Guildwars towns/outposts/cities aren't very big so you'll probably won't experienced too much lag.

2.) The age group is usually 18 years+, but you'll find some immaturity once a while.

3.) Just don't stay around the Random Arenas too much. You'll find a bunch of pervs ganging up on ur character. =P

4.) Controls are pretty similar to WoW's.

5.) Yep, once you leave an outpost, you're alone, and you can talk in any chat you wish.

6.) I'd rate this game a 9/10.

1. Lag is hit and miss. It's usually not bad, but as it was pointed out, it's been funkier lately. It helps that an awful lot of it's already stored on your hard drive, and that you're instanced; you aren't running around with other random characters in your area, it's just your party, so it keeps the churn a bit lower. There are patches occasionally; ANet pops out fairly frequent updates to various things. Major cities are limited to a certain number of people and then another "district" is created, so that one never gets too full. I've never hit a situation where it was so bad that moving around was seriously uncomfortable in a town (and maybe only once or twice outside of town in my case).

2. Hard to say for sure on the age, but most of the people I meet are in the 20-30 range.

3. One of the things about GW is that a LOT of people play female characters, so I don't think as much of that comes through (it happens, but it's pretty easy to avoid). I had one male warrior dirty dance with my warrior once, and occasionally there's some dirty jokes around. For the most part, though, I haven't hit a lot of this. If you have people making comments at you, you can change districts and just get away from them.

4. I can't help you here from the WoW side, but I thought the controls were pretty easy to catch onto. My husband came from WoW and had a little bit more of a learning curve than I did, but he also started with Factions which gets you going *very* fast.

5. Yep!

6. I think I'd put it at 9/10. As for like/dislike...

Like:
Grahpics, character design, general look of things
Gameplay (every minute of it can be fun, and you still can get enough gold to get what you need)
Clean separation of PvP and PvE, with a few fun things sometimes that overlap the two (and characters can go from PvE to PvP)
If you don't feel like playing with other people, you can take henchmen with you to fill out your party
Dislike:
People's mouths don't move during cutscenes! (it's a stupid thing but drives me nuts)
There's a lot of people who complain in this game - I tune them out.

My 15 year old stepson plays, and it's great - we play together sometimes, and when I'm not around, he finds groups, and doesn't have any problems. Granted, I'm pretty mellow as a "parent" goes, and it helps that I got him hooked on the game to begin with. There's no reason at all not to let him play; the worst someone can do is make a comment at him, and he either ignores it, leaves, or starts mouthing off himself. It's a heck of a lot safer than many other online activities, and for the most part you'll just run into other gamers. It also helps that a lot of people assume for the most part that the player is male (I don't know which is the case with you!). I've actually had trouble convincing people I really am female in real life.

No one is going to be able to know where you are unless you tell them, so stalking you down isn't a worry at all. If someone annoys you, put them on your ignore list. It's very easy to avoid annoying people in this game.

Another good thing would be to find a guild full of good people; in my case, I'm in a guild with mostly family and close friends, which is really cool. It gives us a fun group to play with that's totally safe so to speak, and in the case of my stepson, it gives him a group of people who I know are okay to hang with.

Anyway, hope this helps.

-Kel/Eli

1. I never experiance much lag unless I'm doing something other then GW too (like trying to open 5 different programs at once, but I guess thats normal :P)

2. I'd say 20-30 but yes you will find younger people too (I'm only 15 :P)

3. If you don't go afk in a crowded town you should have much problems :P

4. I don't know the WoW controls but GW controls are easy and uncomplicated. Because you can only have 8 skills at once, it's not that hard.

5. Yes there are whispers, guildchat and alliance chat.

Hope you have fun playing GW and maybe I'll see you around

To Death 3D, I stuck with a guild for a long time, my first one I was with it when it first started up till the leader started selling us to another, more powerful, guild then I quit and went to another where I stayed for a while. There were only a few times when I got annoyed with the guild and quit because the leader got a big head, but I usually stayed with one guild. And the one guy who I thought was stalking me, it didn't help that I knew people in my guild in RL (like went to church and school w/) and they would make comments about where they lived an stuff so yea...

Also, a few guys made girl characters, I only had 2-3 people think I was a guy. And I did use my ignore list plenty of times, my patience level for perverts isn't very high, I don't mind a little bit but a continous amount is rather annoying.

Sorry for any spelling mistakes and thanks for all the help (and sorry for not seeing the other post :S )
Oh and one more question!
Do the hunters or w/e they're called suck majorly in GW? (My hunter didn't get much respect until I managed to beat some mage in WoW and I don't want to have to go through all that again 0.o) and are there really no conrols for pets, like to make them attack or stay back, anything like that???

Ok one more thing (I was researching and looking @ the forum @ the same time hehe) the little people on the yahoo video game thingy said that you don't have to buy GW to play Factions, I don't think they'd lie since Yahoo's a big name, but you don't get to explore the old lands from GW right? If that's true, would I be missing out on much, or would that just be a really hard/confusing place to start off at?
Again, thanks so much for helping me out

I did just the opposite. I'm actually installing wow, right this second.

All expansions are stand alone games: that mean you can have Faction without Prophecies (First Guild Wars).

And no you can't explore the continent if you don't have the CD-key for that continent (need to buy for that). You still have all the continents installed on your computer, but you can't have access until you buy a CD-key

I can't really tell much the difference between Prophecies and Faction because they're already LOT of threads about that to make your choice. Just in case, Faction is shorter (in land) than Prophecies and both lands aren't so confusing..... perhaps the Big poor city in Faction which it looks like a labyrinth.

In Prophecies, you have, at least, the time to look¸ use and learn your skills at your own rythme. In Faction, you start with a big set of skills without getting a progressive learning* (see below).

Really, its a matter of choice between Faction and Prophecies... soon Nightfall




*Progressive learning: Learning skills throught the story by not buying them at a skill trainer.

1. Lag is not much of an issue, most of it I get it from my low RAM but even that disappears after a few minutes of being in an instance.

2. I think mostly teenagers, young adults, hard to tell though.

3. I didnt meet many, and since you mostly play with whoever you choose once outside towns, people cant harrass you. Some people (mostly those who can play with their guilds) turn off AllChat in towns completely.

4. Havent played WoW, but controls seem to be fine to me, and customizable too.

5. Chat works everywhere as others said so

6. I played since release (mostly PvE) been in the same guild since then, had fun times all the while, made friends, enjoyed myself, etc. It was a great find to me, and I still enjoy it.

Likes: See above paragraph, but I like the graphics and the balanced system that makes it possible for GW to host tournaments with real prizes.

Dislikes: Well trading system is missing (though they promised it is coming)...otherwise I'm fine thanks

Cheers,
Opal

Well, about immaturity, im 15 (almost 16 yey) but like me there are many this age that respect as much or more the other player than any other more grown up player. You can thrust me at least (or can you not ^^).

About lag, almost never had it & i never lost anything because of it.

The guild wars world is always rising, with the new campaigns new uprades etc...

GW has a VERY nice community, like yu can see now, in this forum... but there exceptions (dont look at me dawm).

Its not a hard game is very pratical & nice to play, its addicting yes but you can have a social live easily.

Then we have the guilds, some good some not, but you will find the perfect one for you fast, bein by your favourite activities in the game or nationality (mine is portuguese for example).

You dont have to sell you soul to be fully equiped & this game (if you whant to be a PvP player in most of the time) allows you to have a full leveled charr to be in PvP arenas.

Never played WoW but in the last month my guild ''lost'' 2 members cause they changed to wow.

Well, its different than wow here (as many say & i cant knw better) but you should give it a try cause i play this for 8 months now (plz let my birthday charr present be Bone Dragon ) but i cant get enough.

Hope i see you soon around in Tyria or Cantha!
(i also hope i helped in anything)

Cya around

I kind of stopped reading everyone else's comments, because I was afraid someone might say this before me....

WE HAVE GUILD HALLS HAHAHAH WOW DOESNT!! ROFL!!! weee

The guild halls, are where the guild can arrange meetings, guild battles, or just a party (woot). Theres only one district for the guild hall, and it is accessible anytime you want.

Btw...

I hear WoW has many issues with PvP and its very unbalanced. You'll hardly see that in Guild Wars, except the cookie cutter builds. Hope you play!

ok id say the best thing ive found about GW having played both, i LOVE that fact that in GW its SOOO easy to change builds. respeccing is as simple as moving around attributes. WoW can get so damn expensive trying to change talents and what not. it can be hard to be a seriously diverse character.PLUS because it takes so long to get a lvl 60, having a mage,warrior,rouge,and hunter(yes there are others lol)all at max lvl with diverse builds is CLOSE to impossible.that is if you have any form of life... in GW i have 6 lvl 20s, all insanely diverse and everyone of them can play at least 5 builds. and it takes me roughly 3 minutes and no money to change. thats what i enjoy most.(if you dont understand me i mean like changed from frost specced to fire specced as a mage, you have to pay. in GW you dont)

As someone who's been around since release... You get lag in GW at two times: when the servers get overloaded (typically during events, e.g. you can bet that it'll be pretty laggy during the upcoming Nightfall PvE event), and just before a major update is released (e.g. lag was bad just before Sorrows Furnace, and just before Factions). Presumably this later type of lag is due to some servers being used to playtest the update, so it's really also a case of overloaded servers.

However, as someone else pointed out, the 'flat' structure of GW, where the world isn't divided into servers but instead all servers cooperate, means that overload is quite rare.

As for the perverts... Yeah, they're around. Normal caution for playing online games apply: don't give out your age or email, real name, real address, real telephone number, or otherwise make it possible for the pervs to find or contact you in real life, and you'll be fine.

Just figured I'd drop in and add a couple of my favorite things that differ between GW and WoW.

WoW has scheduled downtime every Tuesday where they either do server maintenance or patching.

I can only remember 1 or 2 instance of downtime in GW's history, and it was an issue with their network provider I believe. GW patches require ZERO downtime. In fact, if you're in the middle of something, you can keep playing with the old version and restart your client at your convenience. It's totally unintrusive. No one groans at the thought of a GW patch like they do about WoW patch day.

and of course.

WoW has a monthly fee.

GW has none ;-)

Elix, they do kick you out of the version after a couple of hours though.

1. No lag for me.( besides FPS, but that's my vid card and cpu overheating )

2. Similar to WoW. You will face kids ==> IGNORE

3. If you make a hot elementalist or ritualist, and go afk dancing naked, expect to attract alot of W/Mo's around you. ( Those are the kids )

4. Controls are really good and well-balanced, easy to learn.

5. You can always whisper 1 person at the time ( friends list etc. ) , your entire guild, your team you're fighting with right now, and your entire alliance, ( wich is multiple guilds usually )

6. 9/10, because there is no perfect score.


I see no problem in letting little kids play, the game itself is rated Teen, for bad word usage, there's a pretty good chat filter, and you can always ignore people. ( I don't know how old you are. )

Since everyone else answered your other questions, I'll answer the parent one since I am a parent.

As long as you don't give anyone your personal information, it is perfectly safe for you to play GW. I'm a mom and I let my 14 year old daughter play. She knows the rules and she's in our guild.....well, she really had no choice on that since she's playing on my 2nd account, but she would be anyway.

There are people of all ages playing. In our guild we have had kids from around the age of 12 to adults as old 51. We are respectful of the kids in our guild and we don't swear in guild chat. Usually the only ones who do are the kids, but it is not allowed by anyone.

So, if your mom has any other concerns, she can pm me here and I will try and answer any questions she may have.

Lag is a subjective thing, I never get lag in WoW and I never get lag in GW

Teens mostly, PvE players tend to be younger and more immature than PvP players which is interesting considering my experiences on PvP servers in WoW

Unless you are a woman, I wonder who's the real pervert here...


8/10 for Chapter 1
5/10 for Chapter 2

The age question is really a wide arch.

You can generally find a guild with a specific age range. My guild/alliance is full of 18+ people and pretty mature. But you will find those that are not. Really kinda depends on who you hang out with in game.

The only thing I do dislike is when I'm in a Pvp Arena with 7-9 winning streaks. Then a update pops up and it doesn't take me to a new battle. I missed around 2 gladiator points because of that

Hi there,

If you're contemplating about moving from WoW to GW, I think it's imperative that you understand the difference between the 2 games. Some of the questions you've asked exists in almost any multiplayer games:

- Lag is subjective, since your ISP plays a part in this too. I haven't experienced much that was a result of GW but I do get disconnections sometimes (rarely though).
- Age group is wide and the players I've spoken to are usually around 15~18 (much younger than I am)
- As for perverts, it's really beyond your control. There are always such folks around and I can imagine possibly more of them in GW since the game has much better looking female chars. :P

The following are some points you may wish to consider before taking up GW. My friend had sent me a trial for WoW and after playing the game for awhile I had decided to check out GW instead.

- GW isn't an MMO, but focused as a Competitive Online RPG offering better gameplay in PvP as compared to WoW. It is 'dungeon-style' much like Diablo II to a certain extent, comprising of different zones that form up the entire map area.
- PvE in GW is quite different from WoW, however, it is likely that most people will prefer WoW for its content and environment. WoW is more interactive than GW and you can take up professions (WoW term) which you can't in GW (classes in WoW are analogous to professions in GW). PvE in GW is mainly focused on killing mobs or doing quests/missions. Missions are scenarios as a part of GW storyline, something that I don't see in WoW.
- GW presents quite a few inconveniences when it comes to certain functions such as trading, messenging, etc. These are just inconveniences though, they don't really affect gameplay.
- Control keys are very similar to WoW. As for character control, you can only equip max 8 skills at any time. This is actually an interesting concept to me, as it makes you plan abit before you start off killing mobs. You can't jump nor swim in GW which is a shame but not an important 1.
- Max level in GW is 20 but you do get to level up after that to gain skill points (20 is just the cap). The interesting part of GW were made for the level 20s and the mobs are usually higher level too.
- You can almost never make a wrong character and have to start all over in GW. The only things you can't change is the look of your char (once you have decided) and the selected primary profession. Every other aspect of your character can be changed as you see fit (when you are in a town/outpost), even your secondary profession can be changed (at a later time in the game).
- The way things like crafting, etc work in GW is very different from WoW. With the absence of job professions in GW, crafting is something dependent on NPCs. Armors can never be dropped as a loot and must always be crafted by an NPC by providing the neccessary materials and some gold, they are also 'soulbound' on purchase. An interesting type of NPC in GW is the Collector. These NPCs offer items in exchange for certain other collectable items.

Personally, I think both WoW and GW are 9/10 for me. I chose GW since WoW is too slow-paced for me and the fights are usually not as intensed as the former. The fights in GW somehow yield more satisfaction for me and the game system allows for more 'safe-tweaking' of characters. I also prefer the way GW characters look over WoW's.

1. How's the lag? ------ There is lag sometimes but not as much (or at least for me)

2.What's the general age group that plays; teens, 20-30yrs,30-40yrs, etc.----- the age ranges from 0-60 from what i have seen
3.Are there lots of perverts? --- yes there are like in every MMO
4. Controls: Are they anything like WoW controls --- not sure i can't remeber the WoW controls lol. But i guess so
5.I read that anywhere that isn't a town is like an instance and your alone unless you're in a group, can you still talk to people if you don't have a group like through whispers/tells or guild chat or anything like that? - YES
6. Over all what would you rate the game and if you wouldn't mind, please give something you like and don't like about it. - i'd give oit a 7 same for WoW but maybe a decimal off or something :P Things i like would be game play in general. Things i dont like : spammers (in both games)

the physco thing you dont have to worry about as long as you dont give any personal info out.

To OP Ryfenn, Ive been playing GW since it came out, and I now started playing WoW too, and so far WoW hasnt impressed me much considering I have to pay as well.

Lag: its hard to determine lag really, BUT oon just a general comparison, I hardly ever get lag in GW except during a "special event" type thing. In WoW its just all the time.

You can get around fine in any huge town, there no lag there either like Ironforge.

Going outside everywhere like an instance is mostly better to me as you can still talk to people, and you dont have to worry about some lvl60 killing everything your going for, or a bunch of people just grinding while your on a quest. I'm sure you know what I mean there.

The general controlling is way better then WoW, cause the buttons actually make sense, and you can still have customization for even more simplicity.

The graphics are better too imo, with scenery, weapons, etc.

Since your going from WoW to GW, probably the biggest downside to yoou will be "content" or "explorability". I know WoW is huge I havent uncovered much, but GW is big as well as long as you play moderately.

**Definitely get GW...my only advice is dont rush the game and EXPLORE**

p.s the only reason im playing a lil more WoW atm is because im waiting on Nightfall, cause i'm just collecting stuff. :P

Hmm, I don't see anything wrong with it so far, of course I'm looking at the positive stuff :P, but there really aren't that many negatives (the lag also got me in trouble because I would get mad at the computer and kinda raise my voice at it...hehe, but if there isn't much that issue should be good ^-^). Once again, thank you sooo much for all the help!

yeah honestly the most immature players ive encountered are the ones who are older, like today in the Fissure of Woe- had this ranger attacking multiple groups, saying he was after chests... told him to quit acting like a 10 year old, and he says "screw you im 37" at which point he goes afk, gets killed, and ten minutes later is like "guys can you rez me im over my tantrum, i can help you"

we all replied by saying "we dont need you at all" and finished out Forgemaster quests with a party of 6 (another got an err 7, validated by his guildmate who was still with us)


THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN MY OPINION-

In wow, you get to max level- then what? Nothing. Game loses meaning.

In GW, you get to max level- and the real game begins.

MY SUGGESTION

Create an account next weekend (if you can wait) and play the free preview of nightfall. If that doesnt do it for you, then the game isnt for you.

Ditch wow, join us.

(edit- despite ppls opinions on factions-> I really enjoy the added minigames it adds)

gw:chp1 9/10
gw:chp2 9/10
gw:chp3 Im crapping myself just thinking about it.

if you do get the game, start with chp:1 or Chp3. Chp 2 is geared towards ppl who have experience in the game already, but the ritualist alone is reason enough to get the game IMO.

i would only like to add that common players in WoW are more helpful than in GW because most of the helpful nice ppl are grinding or playing with their own guildies. oh ya get into good guild like the one Commander Ryker is in. That makes a whole lot of difference. Scamming is quite rampant so don't be too innocent. get Chap 1. skip chap 2. get chap 3.

lag is not an issue most of the time, and throughout the time that i've played the game, i've never expierienced any perverts or anything like that. U can whisper and chat with ur guild and friends anytime u want. The chat is very comfortable for newcomers, and the pvp in the game, i think personally, has a lot more quality than wow

I played both a lot... A LOT and quit WoW permenantly once I realized Guild Wars was the better of the 2. WoW had it's moments, but IMO it's a game without a future.

Comparing the communities of the 2 games I'd say that GW's is better just because you can play with anyone in the world. You're not limited to a 2,000 person server which might be mostly a nice bunch of people or mostly a bunch of jerks. If you keep your chat filter on and use your ignore list when needed I don't think you'll have any problems with the GW community.

Comparing the ignore features of WoW and GW I think neither is perfect. In WoW you could only block a character not an account from messaging you so stalkers were a frequent problem. In GW you can block a whole account from messaging you, but your ignore list can only hold 10 names whereas WoW could hold 25.

There's no contest when you compare lag in the 2 games. GW's wins hands down. Occasionally GW's servers will act funny, but they're solid most of the time. One drawback to GW though is the lack of reconnecting to your party if you do get disconnected, which is something that WoW could do. That's something Anet the makers of GW say they are working on though.

Guild Wars is a beautiful game especially when you start exploring past the starter areas, much nicer than WoW, but it might take some getting used to the different controls of GW if you've been playing WoW for a long time. The camera movement doesn't flow as nice in GW as it does in WoW, but once you get past the little quarks, GW truly is an immersive game you can play for years.

Major difference - you won't find any fourty-man endgame raids here.

The Deep and Urgoz' Warren are the highest end-game PvE aspects, and they are hardly 20 or 40man content.

Get used to PvPing - it's where the fun is and is like a very technical strategy game.

1. Server side, it is absolutely lag free.
2. Youngest player in my Guild is 15, the oldest in my Alliance is 39.
3. Perverts? Don't know much about that, but my sexy female mesmer haven't got any harassment yet. (Considering I never took her cloth off)
4. Never played WoW, so don't know. But from what I read from other people that played both. The biggest challenge is try not to press space bar. WoW players seem aways have that urge to jump... (>.>)
5. What you said is true. And it is one of the reason why I choose GW over WoW.
6. The best of all MMOGs. It has better graphics than DDO and WoW. It have lower requirement than DDO and WoW. It have an innovative skill system that no other game have. It have no monthly fee. It is off time free. And many other reasons why it is the currently best online game.

um yeah so playing a female char if you are a male makes you a pervert?
Boy do you have a lot to learn lol
90% of those girl chars you see running around are guys at the controls chief.

^^^true, one guy i knew had 8 females chars..he said females have the better armor which in most cases is true.

I'm a guy and 5 of my 6 characters are guys and there are times when I'm tempted to remake my tank as a female. I have to agree though, the models, armour, what-have-you all just seem to be better on the females then the males...although I will admit that the tank /guitar and /drums is much better than the female.

As a friend of mine that occasionally plays GW says "The female character models aren't for you, they're for me. If I'm going to be staring at a model for god only knows how many hours, I want it to be something that's nice to look at." Also from the same source comes the true definition of MMORPG: "Many Men Online Really Pretending to be Girls"

I knew a few people in my guild who made girls so they didn't have to stare at a guy butt all day, so I don't mind that and the whole buncha guys making girls is a good thing; no one knows who's a girl or not, unless they're gay 0.o (not that I have a problem with that plz don't hurt me!). I'm just saying that the not knowing if the girl is really a girl is a plus for a paranoid parent...I think...well it sounded good in my head. :P

Thanks again for all the information, ya'll have helped me so much ^.^ and hopefully with all the information I can provide a good enough case for my parents and get the game .