Was it worth it?

I look at it differently... I was always going to waste those 3k hours, guild wars just let me do it soooooo much cheaper. Reading costs ~$A4/hr, other games cost ~$A2-4/hour, DVD's are $A1-3/hr - by comparison the $A0.1/hr I have spent playing GW is very very attractive.

No.

When I first started playing I was between jobs and in a bad place. I think GW saved my ass for a little while because it passed the time and distanced me from reality, which was sucking. That did me a lot of good, and was worth it.

But I've kept playing since then, and at this point...no, now it's bad for me. I should train myself to be productive in my off-hours, even if I'm physically and mentally exhausted and want to zone out.

I had fun playing it. It was all good in the end.
Someday I might come back and mess around some more, but for now I'm just going with the flow until GW2 comes out.
Hopefully GW2 will be as much fun as I had in GW.
Might be hard since I gobbled up quite a lot of fun already in GW. lol

mm 2500hours worth spent time when im boored, cause i got life aswell

As long as I enjoy every moment I spend within the Guild Wars world, it will always be worth it. When, or if, the day comes that it's no longer fun for me, when it feels more like doing a chore instead of "play time", that'll be my notice for a curtain call. And when, or if, that day comes, I'll look back on it all and say it was absolutely worth it.

So far though, on my lunch breaks, and after work, I can't wait to log in and forget about the day for a few hours.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. If I spent 3K hours in a gym instead of GW, who knows how would I look like now :| But, meh, who cares, I had fun ^^

My time on GW has been totally worth it, I've enjoyed nearly every minute i've spent playing it. Good work anet on a great game

Those 3k++ hours would be spent on one vice or another. It all comes down to the same thing in the end, its not as if the alternative was that you spend those 3k++ hours as an investment banker making a kazillion dollars an hour.

Had fun?

You'll look like your male warrior. Uh...nevermind.

It was totally worth it... I met alot of people and made new friends... gawd i even met my GF thru guildwars

Didn't you retire?

I've accumulated over 3500 (!) hours in this game from day 1 and I honestly say that most of it could have been spent elsewhere but it is pointless to regret what happened. No money in the world can buy time back. As long as you don't neglect anything else which might be of importance (if school or your career suffers you'll be an sorry idiot) , it's ok if you feel comfortable in spending a lot ingame.

Seems everyone got into this game by some freak accident...well me too!

I broke my leg, thus couldn't play rugby for a long time. So i bought this, and here i am

It's pretty much human nature to not admit that we are wrong.
So ... yeah.



But seriously - no idea really.
Would it be worth spending that much time in the game NOW?
No. I have other interests.
Back then?
I didn't have them so ...

about 1600 hours maybe. sure it was worth it, i got some really cool stuff and enjoyed the game alot. the only problem is i get bored of it really fast now. i do not want to drop another 1k hours building a new char and my warrior can not do what casters can. so i am distancing myself slowly.

some day i will quit, mmo's are not for me.

All I really do is run around the Guild Hall chatting away with players. I think of Guild Wars as a really neat MSN. I still occasionally PvP or do stuff for fun, but...

Girlfriend > Guild Wars. Anyday. Anytime.

I'd say that no, my time wasn't spent all that great. I wasted a lot of life playing this game, but the people on there is what keeps me playing.

I know for a fact that i have pleeeenty of fun in guild wars... but.... everytime i think of the fact that over the 1k hrs over 9 months, I could've been working at a rate of $18/hr, & thus I would prolly be sitting on a very decent sized nest egg ( $18kAUD), i tend to get a bit of a reflex in my leg, almost like I feel like kicking myself.....

Oh well =P

as they say in South Park: YOU NEED DISIPIN

(you need disipline)

balance is the key, my friend.

Nope not all of it was time spent well, I should have been doing other things rather than wasting time on this game. But it's hard to stay away from people you enjoy whether they're online or not.

I have like 2.5k hours; from a side, it was worth it because I met nice people I talk with also outside GW, from the other hand it was a total waste of time.

Well, I had fun and improved my english a lot, but that's another story xD

Definitely. I don't own a TV so GW is my primary source of entertainment.