How about some positive comments instead of bashing GW.

I read the forums almost everyday and I see people complaining constantly about this and that. I would like to see more of what is good about Guild Wars. Is it easy to say bad things than good and if the game is as bad as some people seem to think it is then why do they continue to play it. Am I the only one who enjoys the game for what it is?

A maxim of any industry in which you serve the public in some way. If you do something right you will never hear about it. If you do something wrong then not only will you hear about it but that person will tell five of their friends about what you did wrong too.

Ok then I'll try my best.

I like how when I load a build the skills pop in my face without my choice.
I like how ANet keeps chaging Hero's Ascent every month.
I like how ANet is declaring this game a "successful business model".
I like all the RA hate because... it makes me feel warm...
I also LOVE how I can't obs myself when I guest for GvG's.
I love how Gaile keeps saying things, and if these updates come, never do.
I also REALLY LOVE how about 75% of all the skills in this entire game can never be considered PvP material.

I ... like alot of what ANet is doing

It's an ugly time to read the forums. ^_^

On the one hand, you have the usual complainers, like Shmanka, up there.

On the other hand, you have people who do, indeed, "enjoy the game for what it is". I'm one of those, which is the reason I seem to spend too much of my time on the forums worrying about the approaching apocalypse called GW2.

It's starting to make front-page politics look like relaxing reading. ^_^

I think when ANet gets to the point where pretty much everything in the game is perfect, then we will start saying really nice stuff about the game.

I think the game is lovely, but it has a LOT of small flaws that put together dont make the game be what it could be...

no people will always find a way to complain about anything

It's the day the complaints stops it is time for Anet start to worry. That's the day people have stopped caring.

I think its human nature to find flaws and to complain, although thats probably a good thing, its why we are able to have such an amazing game, otherwise it would just be rubbish and everyone would just be like, "meh", there'd be no reason to improve things or make anything well, there just wouldn't be any point.
But yeh it would be nice to see some positive things, we don't want people to come here and go oh no this is an awfully flawed game, i wont be buying that.

To be fair, I think there are a lot of positive comments.

Considering that Guild Wars 2 turns many of the Guild Wars conventions on their head, I'd be encouraged by the amount of positive response.

So, why do many threads appear "negative"?

Negative comments tend to get more attention then positive comments, and people are more likely to complain then to praise.

But I wouldn't worry too much about it. I dare say, it would be just as bad if all we read here was uncritical praise for Anet!

I absolutely love this game! 1370+ hours in the last 12 months (just got my first b-day present yesterday. Mini Char Shaman ftw) It is precisely because of that feeling that I will be critical or complain about something I don't like or would like to see fixed.

If people didn't give a hoot about the game, this forum would be empty and no one would ever bother to say anything good or bad. Criticism and complaining is to a great extent a good thing. When it stops is when a game really has problems.

No matter what Anet do people will complain.

GW2? two years away from release? what do people do? complain.

Party Search? nice little feature added to the game....complain.

Big event? hat at the end? whoa...lets complain!.

Want positive comments? look past the complainers

Well said Lady Death.

OP, don't worry to much about what other people think. You're still enjoy playing GW aren't you? People will always complain about everything. So just forget about it.

Anet doesn't really need defending, they're good at what they do. A bit of ops! here and there but most of us can live with it. £85 well spent I say.

Once you say you like something, what is left to say. Everyone on this forum site likes the game or they wouldn't play it (except for those who say they don't play, but can't seem to divorce themselves from the guru community).

But the purpose of a forum is to discuss things, whether maturely or not, and "liking the game" leaves no room for discussion.

Now, as "liking" something doesn't mean it's perfect, complaints and requests for changes give you something to discuss and something for ArenaNet to grab onto when considering improvements and changes.

In fact, from the published interviews/articles, that is the root cause behind GW2; the inability to make certain changes with the current GW engine.

As GW players, we have a great game available, but it has never stood still. ArenaNet has constantly changed things and each change brings both sighs of relief and complaints from the players.

That's so true. ^_^

While the game isn't perfect (what game is? pong? ), I think the way some people complain could be altered so that anyone skimming through our posts trying to figure out if this game is right for them wouldn't go "omg, this game must be a terrible failure, I'll try out WoW".

And I do in fact enjoy the game for what it is. It's why I'm still here. :] GG Anet.

I enjoy the game(s) a lot. The thing I enjoy the most is getting help form people in towns for missions and quests. It is nice to see team work. A lot of times, and I will say in the elite areas, people will call other players noobs. But there are some of people who do understand it is not a FPS game and help other folks out. The answer I always give to someone who calls me a "noob" is so what were you when you started playing?

complaints are usually not a bad thing but suggestions for improvements. Whether these improvements will be done or not is another thing. What if all you read in this forum is "omg I love GW. its perfect" ? The game would stay the same, no bug fixes, no content updates,.... as Arenet will not be pressed to do any changes.

As i don t play PvP(i play sometimes) in PvE world for now everything is good.
Complain about PvE world is that when i come to Mission there is no enoguh PUG's

I like rank spiking rank 3's or rank 12's.

That is fun =)

Well, you must know that most (me too) complain about GW because... we care...
It's pretty logical- if I didn't care, I'd sell my GW (or not) and I'd just stop playing it
And, yeah, I still play
And I still complain
Because I want GW to be the best game
I care ^^

Forums are equivalent to newspapers and other media in the real world. When you turn on the news, how often is it actually POSITIVE? If you make a statement saying something is good, it's not going to provoke a lot of thought and discussion. On the other hand,if you post complaining about something, you're going to incite a lot of responses.

Plus, a lot of fun discussion is debate. If you had a choice between this conversation:

OP:"hay i think mending rox"
Post 1:"ya i agree"
Post 2:"si"
Post 3:"lol its awesomesauce"

or this conversation

OP: "hay i think mending rox"
Post 1: "ya i agree"
Post 2: "omg ur a noob no1 uses mending"
Post 3: "ya use heal breeze instead"
Post 4: "OMG NOOBS"

Most people will probably jump in on the latter. The first topic has everyone holding hands and singing Kum Ba Yah together. That doesn't usually motivate anyone to respond. However, the second conversation is fighting and insult flinging. That's going to get a lot more responses.

Look through the dead threads around here. I'd bet that it's not that there are a LOT less positive threads, but that people go into flame wars in all the negative posts and hijack the thread, which keeps it alive while the other topics get ignored.

Or maybe people just like complaining. >_>