World of Warcraft vs Guild Wars

Hello. I have a question, and I'd really like some input from people that have some amount of experience in both.

I recently got a new computer, switching from a Windows OS to a Mac OS. Guild Wars is not compatible with Macs, so I didn't have a game to play... other than World of Warcraft, which I had just started. My older computer was incredibly slow and had tons of problems, but the graphics on this computer are A-MAY-ZING, so the only problems I ever have are server lag and the occasional disconnect.

But now, I have Bootcamp working on my Macbook, allowing me to reinstall guild wars if I want to. The problem is that I need to dedicate myself to one game or the other. If I split time between the two, I'll either end up being mediocre at both or spending WAY too much time playing and my grades (college sophomore) will suffer.

Which game should I choose? GW: EotN is coming out incredibly soon, but WoW: WofLK is not too far off. Game balance in GW was atrocious when I stopped playing, but I practically had an orgasm when I saw the recent skill updates. Which game will be more fun and rewarding to a PvP crazy gamer?

Don't forget you will also be paying for WoW even when you are playing Guildwars.



Now to answer your question, let's see , this is a GuildWars Fansite forum, where guildwars players hang around and whine and praise guildwars,i wonder what kind of answers you would get being on a Guildwars forum on which game you should pick.

I'm sure the lack of bias in all responses will astound me.

WoW tbh, it pwns GW

you play both and cant decide

wait for GWEN and the next skill balance to give you a better idea

just a thought

It all depends on how much time your willing to spend. Guild Wars is incredibly casual, while WoW requires a bit more of your time. If you're on a very tight schedule, Guild Wars is definantly the better choice. If you have a more open schedule, I'd suggest WoW.

Also, I don't remember hearing about a release date for WotLK...Where'd you hear that from? I thought it was still quite a ways away.

I agree, Time to take out a second morgage

I have played both and GW (to me) had the most staying power
I have played GW for 9 months but i left WoW after my trial thing was up
To be brutally honest WoW isn't much better that Runescape . . that says it all

Plus as a student do you want more things to pay for?

(These were my opinions, please hold your flames)

You only made it to a trial account and your already rating it?

Rl>Gw>WoW

No iffs/ands/buts about it

If you're big on PvP, I don't think there's really a question that Guild Wars is better. If you like all the grindy PvE stuff though, WoW is probably better.

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I'm surpised this thread has lasted this long without it turn to flames.

5k says that you just jynxed it! /knockonwood

Grindy pve stuff is retarded. My highest character is a 52 druid, and I pvped whenever I could, in every single bracket, no matter how badly I was outgeared. It was still pretty fun.

PvP in WoW actually doesn't seem that bad, even compared to Guild Wars. I see the same things happening in 2/3/5 arenas as I do in Guild Wars things, with the best pvp teams using the exact same strategies/flavors that work - in 5 vs 5, Mortal Strike warriors with one paladin healer, a shaman for DPS, and then one x factor. in 2 and 3 arenas, it's usually a druid/pally healer with a warlock/warrior.

I'm incredibly sad that the class I rolled, Druid, is THE most underplayed and broken class in the most competitive arena, 5 vs 5, but I was hoping for changes in the upcoming patches. There are already pretty awesome changes in Guild Wars, so... I still need to mull it over.

Meh, I only went into arena for the gear, not as awesome as WSG. I'm still having the most fun in BGs, which is where Druids can still pwnfaces. Damn you and your roots!!!

People have varying opinions on the matter, but I personally find GW PvP to be the most rewarding of (dare I say any?) online game I have played. Even with the skill imbalances, which have improved to some degree and continue to, I find GW PvP to be the most addictive and downright fun to play of pretty much any game out there - and yes I am an avid FPS, RTS, and Tactical FPS player as well.

If you had been looking for a strictly PvE experience, on the other hand, I would have said WoW hands down, or hold out for GW2.

Agreed. Both have a fair share of imbalances, but both show their strengths: WoW = PvE, no question. Guild Wars = PvP, no question.

I was the same. My brother gave me a WoW trial as a joke, saying "Here you go. There's a REAL game to play." so I thought I may as well give it a go. And I regret the hours I spent wasting my time on that game. My friends told me that if I got past the beginning parts of the game, it gets a lot better, but I just couldn't bear it. The quests are boring, there isn't a storyline, and I looked like I was drawn by someone who didn't really have much of an idea of what a person was supposed to look like.

On the other hand, when I first played the GW trial my other brother gave me, I was hooked in less than 5 minutes. Why? Because GW has a storyline. It has things that interest me. It has that immersion factor that WoW doesn't. And it looks fantastic.

But all of that is just my opinion. I play a game for the storyline, which is the main reason why I much prefer GW over WoW. The one thing I do miss sometimes is character advancement (I mean past level 20). But, then again, I prefer a game that allows you to advance your character as you play through the storyline, one that doesn't force you to grind (See Baldur's Gate, for example). It all really depends on what you prefer, but I would strongly recommend playing GW.

If it were me, I would pick GW if only because I wouldn't feel obligated to play because I'm not paying for it on a regular basis. So, at the end of the semester when all of your papers are due and finals are coming up, you won't be wasting your monthly WoW fee because you don't want to fail outta school for a game....but that's just my opinion.

My experience with WoW was... solo grind boring and repetive quests, do instances to get decent armor, do more boring quests, get lost, running from place to place takes longer than doing the quests itself, get killed because you can't see your aggro buble, ask for help and get insulted, beeing broke because you always have to repair your armor, staring at an ugly character, receive dual demands and reject the offer just to be insulted afterwards, watch as the alliance is killing your quest giver so you attack them and then get camped, etc etc

GW provides me with coherent gameplay, pratically no "forced" grind, no need to do quests alone because you have henchmen, no monthly fee, fun PvP, the choice to have the armor skin I want with the attributes I want, one server in which you don't feel alone when everybody else is "farther ahead" because there is a steady flow of new characters proceding through the campaigns, etc etc

I would go with GW because its more "flexible".. you can stop playing and restart when you want and you aren't bound to it with a monthly fee.

Actually, that's just what Guild Wars is - an RPG. It's an RPG just like Baldur's Gate. It wants you to experience the story, it wants you to meet the characters, it wants you to explore the world, but most importantly it wants you to beat the living shit outta the bad guy.

What Guild Wars isn't is an MMO. Sure, you can go online and meet people, but only in outposts and cities. It's pretty much no different from Diablo: You're in the chatroom, you ask "hey anyone wanna go into Hell?". In Guil Wars, you're in the outpost, you ask "hey anyone wanna help with this quests?" Diablo: WTS KING'S SWORD OF HASTE. Gw: WTS FDS +30 HP 15>50. Is this bad? Nope. It is just an RPG, after all - and saying that isn't bad, either.

Another point is endgame content. People are saying "GW BLOWZ CUS IT AINT GOT NO ENDGAME CONTENT". Since whenever has an RPG had endgame content? Again, this has to do with having the mindset that Guild Wars is an MMO. Like I said, it's made for you to experience the story, not to keep you addicted.

I would mention Guild Wars PvP, but it so vastly different from PvE that it's pretty much another game.

All in all, Guild Wars is no MMO. It's simply an online RPG, and the fact that it's been able to hold onto us for so long shows that it's a pretty damned good one.

My friend - who is probably the only other person who plays in MI, btw (mainly because I don't know anyone else around here who plays it) - failed three classes due to Guild Wars. WoW isn't the only addicting game on the market...