What attracted you to Guild Wars?
Rocky Raccoon
Why are you playing Guild Wars and what in your past gaming history led you to Guild Wars? I have been playing RPg's for ever. I think Zelda was the game that got me started and it was an addiction ever since. Guild Wars was my first online game and I have been at it since it came out. I chose GW because it was free to play and once I actaully started playing it I was hooked.
clawofcrimson
honestly, 
I was going to apply for a position at a-net and a requirement was that you have a passion for GW... so i went out and bought it... been hooked ever since.
even though I am still not in the game industry.
I was going to apply for a position at a-net and a requirement was that you have a passion for GW... so i went out and bought it... been hooked ever since.
even though I am still not in the game industry.
Vonturn Runesworth
Peer pressure... J/k, I just got persuaded by a friend, now I'm lovin' it *McDonalds advertisement theme* Badabadaba~ I'm lovin' it~
Croix_Raul
Graphics and friends
Vinraith
Instancing and the availability of NPC henchmen (and in turn heroes brought me back after a long absence). Basically I enjoy that I can treat it like a non-online game, playing it solo or with small groups of friends without being troubled by all the usual online problems. I get the sense GW2 isn't going to have that same feel, unfortunately.
Darcy
A spur-of-the-moment birthday gift for my son (we walked by a game shop on the way to the restaurant for lunch) that engaged his interest so much that he convinced me to buy it for myself two months later.
And here I am, 13 months later, with no time to play any other games. In fact, I've uninstalled everything else - both IWDs, NWN, both Baldlurs, Civ3 and Civ4, Torment, Morrowind, etc.
I started with paper D&D, then to early RPG pc games, NES (I think Dragon Warrior was first), and on up through the development of console and pc RPGs.
And here I am, 13 months later, with no time to play any other games. In fact, I've uninstalled everything else - both IWDs, NWN, both Baldlurs, Civ3 and Civ4, Torment, Morrowind, etc.
I started with paper D&D, then to early RPG pc games, NES (I think Dragon Warrior was first), and on up through the development of console and pc RPGs.
Rakeman
Free, skill based roleplaying game.
Yawgmoth
Mid 2004 bought a powerful new computer and started looking for a fresh new online game that I could play longer than a couple months. I was a little interested in WoW but when I saw some really beautiful GW screenshots somewhere, I started following all possible sites and gathering info about the game. No subscription model, skill based gameplay and the looks that trumped everything else kept me attached until...
The first World Preview Event, after playing it I just knew it was THE game I always wanted to play. And since then I used every opportunity to play GW and will continue until GW2 which seems even more exciting.
The first World Preview Event, after playing it I just knew it was THE game I always wanted to play. And since then I used every opportunity to play GW and will continue until GW2 which seems even more exciting.
samcobra
Mostly, what appealed to me were the graphics and the no monthly fee for online play.
Macktar Wang
No monthly fee, and my brother said it sounded good.
Crotalus
It is a no monthly fee version of WoW. 
Bryant Again
The no-monthly-fee, since at that time I had no credit card.
matt_longbow
graphics, no monthly free and an awesome sounding storyline. I think my first true RPG was probably Diablo. Which got me addicted to all Blizzard games until WoW.
nrvllrgrs
I always wanted to play a MMORPG (which GW is not, but nobody knew any better when it first came out) yet I wasn't willing to pay a monthly fee. Soon after, I feel in love with architecture of the game. Gameplay is similar to MTG and the engine is simply wonderful in its ability to update more-or-less on the fly.
Blackest Rose
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blood4blood
-good reviews about the GW betas from other gamers I knew
-both PvP and PvE
-no monthly fee
25+ years playing various games ... pen & paper, computer, RPG, FPS, cyberpunk, mechwarrior, etc. GW is one among many.
-both PvP and PvE
-no monthly fee
25+ years playing various games ... pen & paper, computer, RPG, FPS, cyberpunk, mechwarrior, etc. GW is one among many.
Enchanted Warrior
No monthly fee
Game I was playing went to ....
Prophecies was awesome
Factions was boring
Night fall was ..ok
Game I was playing went to ....
Prophecies was awesome
Factions was boring
Night fall was ..ok
an sun
Art and screenshots I found on the official website.. I couldn't believe how beautiful this game was (well it still is =P).
Nemo the Capitalist
FREE ONLINE PLAY and can be played with the scourge of society....56k dialup modem connection ...**looks around embarassed.
final fantasy breth of fire dragonquest list continues avid fan of RPGS
final fantasy breth of fire dragonquest list continues avid fan of RPGS
EPO Bot
First, i saw Eve.
Then i saw "No fees"
Can't stop since then.
Then i saw "No fees"
Can't stop since then.
Chop it Off
It had everything the last game i played didnt.
except for ingame gm, auction house, less lag, etc...
except for ingame gm, auction house, less lag, etc...
Caith-Avar
I saw some ad on Gamespy, saw it was free, was interested. It combined some RP-style playing with some MTG-style... and... well, that was new to me, and I liked it, as I like RP as well as MTG. And I liked the graphics.
I was really hooked from World Preview Event 2004 onwards. Exploring, seeing all the nice stuff... the views. It was fascinating.
I was really hooked from World Preview Event 2004 onwards. Exploring, seeing all the nice stuff... the views. It was fascinating.
Mordakai
I hate to admit this, but I actually got Guild Wars free from PCGamer in one of their giveaways. I got it a week after my son was born, so I couldn't play it much, but I really enjoyed it. (especially pre-searing, which I keep going back to, even now!) Of course, I bought Factions and Nightfall, and am planning to buy GW:EN and GW2.
I often wonder if I ever would have gotten into Guild Wars, if not for that mysterious package arriving on my doorstep... (or, what if PCGamer sent me another game, like The Matrix, instead!)
I often wonder if I ever would have gotten into Guild Wars, if not for that mysterious package arriving on my doorstep... (or, what if PCGamer sent me another game, like The Matrix, instead!)
Edge Martinez
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ensoriki
HEard it on the internet -_-.
Started with Sonic, that loveable little dude when he was still 2D and giving me difficulty at my young age I think I was 6/7 -_-.
Went to Zelda
Lots of games latter into MMO's and bought GW. Although Gw cant compete with Tales of___ in my opinion.
Started with Sonic, that loveable little dude when he was still 2D and giving me difficulty at my young age I think I was 6/7 -_-.
Went to Zelda
Lots of games latter into MMO's and bought GW. Although Gw cant compete with Tales of___ in my opinion.
beanerman_99
I was playing Diablo 2 at the time and on the forums for it there was a lot of talk about it. People debated whether Guild Wars or World of Warcraft would be the better game, especially since some of the Blizzard team left to form Anet. The idea of no monthly fee appealed to my tight wad mentallity so I chose it over World of Warcraft and never looked back.
gasmaskman
Friends had it, said it was good, and I thought the art on the box was cool, so I decided why the hell not.
2 weeks later with a level 14 necro in Kryta and I gave up.
3 months later I started playing again, and that's where I am today (about 9 months later)
2 weeks later with a level 14 necro in Kryta and I gave up.
3 months later I started playing again, and that's where I am today (about 9 months later)
Akshara
The no-monthly fee was the biggest attraction.
Jeremy Soule doing the score was what interested me next.
And finally, some of my favorite gaming experiences had been with traditional competitive online games that offered Capture the Flag and similar styles, like the Jedi Knight series, Quake, Unreal, SW:Battlefront, Voyager; and since I'd been an avid single player RPG'er for over two decades, Guild Wars seemed to be a hybrid of the two genres, yet in an accessible MMO format, which I'd yet to dive into.
PvP ended up not being as accessible or fun as I'd hoped, but the PvE side of things turned out to be very cool. I'm looking foward to GW2.
Jeremy Soule doing the score was what interested me next.
And finally, some of my favorite gaming experiences had been with traditional competitive online games that offered Capture the Flag and similar styles, like the Jedi Knight series, Quake, Unreal, SW:Battlefront, Voyager; and since I'd been an avid single player RPG'er for over two decades, Guild Wars seemed to be a hybrid of the two genres, yet in an accessible MMO format, which I'd yet to dive into.
PvP ended up not being as accessible or fun as I'd hoped, but the PvE side of things turned out to be very cool. I'm looking foward to GW2.
logan90
The word "free", and no I'm not talking about the lack of monthly fees. I'm talking about an advertisement I saw for the Guild Wars E3 For Everyone open alpha event which was almost 3 years ago. It was free so I thought why not. I got hooked within the first 10 minutes and played it as much as I could throughout that event. It was nice completing it back then. Shame they removed skill gems and the Town of Khylo.
Milennin
Used to be member in RuneScape, paying $5 every month. After playing it for one and a half year I got everything I wanted and decided to quit.
I was looking for a new MMORPG to play, but couldn't find anything that really attracted me. Though, one of my best friends I used to know from RuneScape, who quit a few weeks/months before me, told me about Guild Wars. He let me play on his account, and I really liked it.
The graphics and music was a very good first impression, and also the not over-crowded player areas was good. Also loved the instanced areas, the many skills you could play with and the battle system.
And of course the no monthly fee was nice extra, although I don't mind paying a bit for a game I like.
A few days later, after playing on my friend's account, I bought my own Guild Wars game.=D
I was looking for a new MMORPG to play, but couldn't find anything that really attracted me. Though, one of my best friends I used to know from RuneScape, who quit a few weeks/months before me, told me about Guild Wars. He let me play on his account, and I really liked it.
The graphics and music was a very good first impression, and also the not over-crowded player areas was good. Also loved the instanced areas, the many skills you could play with and the battle system.
And of course the no monthly fee was nice extra, although I don't mind paying a bit for a game I like.
A few days later, after playing on my friend's account, I bought my own Guild Wars game.=D
ducktape
I read Penny Arcade regularly, and back in October 2004 I saw them mention that this "Guild Wars" game was cool and there was an open beta weekend coming up where everyone could play. I hadn't ever heard of it before, so I visited gamespot and found some screenshots and thought the game looked really cool, thought I'd give it a try since I had nothing to do that weekend, and got hooked.
I had played other MMO games and I hated how you had to play forever and ever to get past the noob levels and there were always a band of tools running around in each area, ruining whatever anyone else was trying to do, and you had to pay $10-15 a month to put up with that. Once I saw that this game was fun and there was no kill-stealing, spawn-camping, item-ganking, and ending up dead was a minor inconvenience with no permanent penalties, I was shocked. I also discovered that I wouldn't need to play 60 hours a week to get to a high level, and that I could still have fun playing the game even when none of my friends were signed on and there was nobody to group with, and I wouldn't have to delete my character and start over if I made a mistake in their attribute distribution or skill selection. Shocked again! And I wouldn't need the newest awesomest computer to play. Gasp! It was like somebody had made a game designed to be fun all the time for all of the players! The game is totally awesome for me, and although it is not perfect, it is certainly my favorite game I have ever played on a PC, by far.
Side note: I can't wait to drool on all of my new storage slots and eat chocolate bunnies this weekend, ANet is so nice when they're not nerfing skills
I had played other MMO games and I hated how you had to play forever and ever to get past the noob levels and there were always a band of tools running around in each area, ruining whatever anyone else was trying to do, and you had to pay $10-15 a month to put up with that. Once I saw that this game was fun and there was no kill-stealing, spawn-camping, item-ganking, and ending up dead was a minor inconvenience with no permanent penalties, I was shocked. I also discovered that I wouldn't need to play 60 hours a week to get to a high level, and that I could still have fun playing the game even when none of my friends were signed on and there was nobody to group with, and I wouldn't have to delete my character and start over if I made a mistake in their attribute distribution or skill selection. Shocked again! And I wouldn't need the newest awesomest computer to play. Gasp! It was like somebody had made a game designed to be fun all the time for all of the players! The game is totally awesome for me, and although it is not perfect, it is certainly my favorite game I have ever played on a PC, by far.
Side note: I can't wait to drool on all of my new storage slots and eat chocolate bunnies this weekend, ANet is so nice when they're not nerfing skills
jrk247
First read an article in a PC Gamer awhile ago about GW a free MMORPG being made from some guys that left Blizzard. I was playing Dungeon Siege before, my bro got me hooked on that and then I bought GW one day (a couple days after release) when I saw it in the store. Been hooked to it ever since. And now I use it as a chat room (Grotto) if I'm not playing.
Mordakai
Oh, yeah, the music. Forgot to mention the music!
Autumn in Ascalon FTW.
Autumn in Ascalon FTW.
Spartan117
id say it was something i could play again and not get bored for a long time. (even trying to get legendary on all the lvls in Halo gets boring even for a veteran. lol)
Angel Develin
I wanted to buy the Nikon D100 but the shop that told me they had it (and i had to drive 100km to get there) made a mistake, i was so angry that i went into a game shop and bought the most expensief game (CE) for my self. lol, i did not even know it was an online game till I had install the game.....
countesscorpula
Never palyed an online game before. The commitment to monthly fees was a bit intimidating for something you can't really test out until you buy.
GW presented the No monthly fee option, and opened up the world of online gaming for me.
I also thought it was a VERY beautiful game. Granted, I was born at the release of pong, and cut my teath on the original Atari, but GW was easily one of th emost beautiful games i'd seen in ages. I mean, that water on the character selection screen... I could almost dip my hand in and cup out a drink.
GW presented the No monthly fee option, and opened up the world of online gaming for me.
I also thought it was a VERY beautiful game. Granted, I was born at the release of pong, and cut my teath on the original Atari, but GW was easily one of th emost beautiful games i'd seen in ages. I mean, that water on the character selection screen... I could almost dip my hand in and cup out a drink.
wetsparks
Played it at a friends house, checked their website and saw that it was made by the same guys who made Diablo, Warcraft, and Starcraft. I didnt need to see more.
Konrow
Saw it. graphics looked great to me. Noticed it was different than all the other rpgs i played. i was in the mood for something different. It seemed there was lots of buzz about. It was new. Then i saw no fees and i decided to get it. played it for a while since the beggining. took a break that summer. came back and loved it even more and been playing ever since.
prism2525
When I got ADSL for the first time after YEARS of dial-up I wanted an online game badly. GW was the 1st i set my eyes upon and then saw "no monthly fees"...
The day my internet connection arrived i ran to the store to get it.
The day my internet connection arrived i ran to the store to get it.
Mordakai
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I wanted to buy the Nikon D100 but the shop that told me they had it (and i had to drive 100km to get there) made a mistake, i was so angry that i went into a game shop and bought the most expensief game (CE) for my self. lol, i did not even know it was an online game till I had install the game.....
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Hmmm.... "Rage Join"?
