Back.... After 6 months..

Actually I have a lvl 40 character. Never played it? Well give me some proof that what I said is wrong. It's PvP is stupid, simply put. I'm not saying I completely hate the game. I like it for what it is good at, but it sure isn't the PvP.

Even Lineage 2 PvP beats WoW's by miles. I even think Lineage 2 has the best 'PK' system. And yes, I do enjoy killing everyone around me from once in a while. :]
Played Lineage 2 for quite a long time btw.

How can you say that?! Sorry but I am getting a bit mad here. I have tried lots of games, and I like and play many games. But GW is just so much a game for me, it has almost everything that I want. So I must say that GW is my favorite game atm. And I do play other games, so what am I missing out on?

You actually missed out on the point, but let me clarify. In case you had not noticed, I offered GW high praise. I offered the company high praise. I offered the business model high praise. There are other games besides MMO's, and that's what I was referring to about it not being anyone's favorite game. There are games out there, single player, cheaper, with better graphics, better engine, better storyline, and much better replayability. Now, GW just may be your favorite, but hey... some people prefer a cheese sandwich to filet mignon. As far as MMO's go, however, I do think GW is the best (for me). As stated, I think GW2 will be even better (for me).

What I find really interesting about the WoW vs. GW mentality is that it doesn't hold true after you've actually played it. GW was my first ever MMO and it was and still is fun (to a point), but after my friend who played GW got the max amount of gold and 15k armor for all his characters and got rank 3, he just looked for something else. At first, our whole group of real life buddies decided to try out something new together, so we all went for a newly released Korean MMO, Rappelz. He excelled at that game and soon enough got bored. Now before all this, as a group my friends and I would always bash WoW and would always snicker at the people who would even dare mention it in our group of GW fanatics. Well now, being bored of GW and reluctant to try other free MMO's two of my friends including the "pro" decided to try WoW and now they've been sucked in.

To make a long story short, just play what you want to play and if you like it, it's all the better, since a game is only designed for your entertainment.

That's why I play Maplestory.

To the OP, welcome back.

Ok, so heres the deal for me.

I have played both GW and WoW. GW almost 2 years, WoW a little over a month. (Ive watched my brothers level 70 rogue since he was a low level 6 months ago because he plays casually.)

One of the many things that get on my nerves, are people that barely play a game for an hour and then slap on the "omg the entire game sux I kno bc I played to level 6 lolz"

In this threads case, WoW.

A lot of people say that "omg its just questing and grinding all deh time till liek top level lul" why? Because they didnt play past level 10. Honestly, its not like you had a BLAST in pre ascalon, did you?

Ok, I will admit one thing. WoW's many quests can get a little repetetive sometimes, and the PvP isnt all that good untill higher levels.

You see, in WoW, you -sort of- have to put in a little work to get your character up to speed in gear and level. You can't just get everything handed to you in a week, like you can in Guild Wars.

And that's a turnoff to most people. Then thats ok, I dont mind. What I do mind is that these said people (the ones that hardly gave the game a chance) start critizizing WoWs gameplay and PvP. Imagine someone playing Guild Wars to post searing and then stopping and then starts ranting on how much the PvE sucks and how sucky the classes are. Kinda the same deal with WoW.

The reasons I prefer WoW over guild wars, is the way the classes are made. They are more basic in what each class does. I just couldnt get into the whole necromancer, paragon, dervish, ritualist thing. Also, the economy seems to be much better. Moreover, the PvE world is a lot more open in what you can do. Sure, you can quest and things, but theres instances too. It's a very big world you know.

And like someone said earlier, although it can get a little tedious sometimes, when you finally get what you want done, you feel great. In gw it's more powerlevel to 20 in a couple days and slap on the leet weapons and 15k/FoW armor and it's done. And while the PvP in GW is pretty good, it just wasn't ever.. fun to me. PvP in WoW though, with my brothers rogue, is a blast.

WoW and GW are two different kind of games. It depends on what you like.

Meh, I guess I should just stop. There's so much more I can say, but it's late, and I'm sure that I will be confusing a lot of people with this incoherant post .

Peace.

It’s good to see you all objective to both GW and WoW. I know I could never be, but it’s good to see concrete opinions from both sides. I think now with every game there comes a time where you have to say "give it a rest and let’s move on." I mean for me I keep switching over to so many things it’s tiring now, but to be honest I don’t think there will ever be the so called “perfect game.”

Been playing GW for 2 years now.
When i first got Prophecies i became a true GW addict. I played days and nights almost 24/7.
And of course as many of you, I bashed WoW, though never even trying to actually "play" WoW. I saw WoW movies/screenies and mocked the cartoonish graphics. I saw my RL friends playing WoW and couldn't understand how they could play this $***.

That was before...

Before I first logged in to WoW.

Guess it's needless to say that i'm an active WoW player ever since.
And I've never ever regreted the fact that I have to pay monthly fee.

Huge world with stunning landscapes, world PvP, in-game professions, challenging "40 people" instances, in-game trade system (auction house), mounts etc - those are good reasons, for me at least, to stay. And there's also so much to aspire to!

True enough. When you're on a battleground or just in some random location, when you see a member of the opposite faction, you sneak from behind and ambush him, you experience the emotions that are very hard to describe. But believe me, you feel awesome.

PS. The fact that i started playing WoW didn't in fact mean that i quitted GW.
I was active player till April 19, 2007. Now I'm officially over with GW.

The only reason players like me don't want to try WOW is the monthly fee. I definitely can't be called a diehard player (only 1600 hours in 19/20 months).

However, I look at from the realism: I'm older, I have a family, and I have financial obligations that I choose not to spend on recreational software.

After all, $14.99 a month for a game or two weeks supply of pull-up pants for my son? That's a no-brainer. Potty training my son is a much bigger issue and more worth the money.

I don;t understad it.. some ppl say.. Play WoW to high lvl then it's fun.. Sorry but I have to spend 20 hours of BOREDOM To start having fun? No thanks == B/c of that mentality 90% of todays mmos suck.. you have to do stupid things to start having fun..

I got my rogue to level 60, I got half of my tier 1 gear, and I just gave up.
Character development in WoW is all about the gear. Nothing else.
And the quests ARE all Kill "X" amount of "Y" to collect "A" amount of "B".

I'm sure some people enjoy this (hell, apparently 8 million of them do), but I require something more stimulating from my games thank you very much.

There's also a LOT of very obvious timesinks where you're not actually playing the game at all, all geared to making you spend as much time in the game as possible, thereby increasing the chances of you keeping up your monthly payments.

It all makes me very cynical.

Character development is very personal thing to everyone and there's lot more in WoW than just getting better armours & weapons, not everyone share same goals and luckily WoW has many paths to choose from.
I for example don't focus so much on the gear but instead spend my time getting better at engineering (one of the crafting professions) and making all kind of crazy gadgets for my guildies i.e mechanical mini-squirrels...now that's some HC