Does anyone just play for fun anymore?

The only time I haven't played for fun entirely was for FoW armor. I just wanted it because it would've been a satisfying personal achievement for me (and it was very worth it). Aside from that, if you're not playing for fun, than you're missing the point of games.

Fun? Whats fun? Only winning is important. It make me feel good.....

Srsly, sometimes I play for fun- in Fort Aspenwood, because pwning noobs makes me feel better than I am.

Plenty of people play for fun. I did before I was banned. You just have to look for those that are in guilds that are laid back and like to enjoy themselves.

I have just (within the past week) returned to GW after not playing for a year. When I was playing in the past I became extreme with it. Had to have the titles, had to play PVP, had to GVG had to do everything. I even created a Guild Web site. Then I burned out.

Now I have returned. I am starting out slow and I am only doing what I want and what I am having fun doing. So now yes I am playing for fun.

Nowadays I just play for fun, though i'm aiming to get a few maxed titles on my new para

QFT

After almost 3 years, I'm still having fun and it doesn't really matter what I'm doing - farming, working on a title, doing missions with pugs, helping newbies through some of the more difficult missions - I wouldn't still be doing it if it wasn't fun.

I helped some random player with Abaddon's Mouth and Hell's Precipice the other night (he needed the missions and bonuses for Protector title) and, in the middle of it, he stops and asks me why I'm taking the time to help a newb like himself. All I could say was that I loved the game and I was having fun and if I wasn't helping him I'd just be out killing stuff with H&H.

Only for fun!

I'm by no means a "leet" player, and I know that. So, I set my own goals, try out new builds, and just have fun! One of my favorite toons is my Mesmer, with whom I really started to learn the game. Then, I discovered the Survivor title (quite by accident), and have since upped my game play even more by pursuing that - without farming or the Kilroy punchout-thingy - and have gotten my 1st LS on a Rit. Now, I scrap any character who doesn't make it to at least r1 Survivor!

Currently working on a Ranger, and using her to unlock EotN Heroes - going for Livia next. Then, the Charr ranger.

Haven't had much fun PUGging - Dzagonur Bastion was ::shudder:: trying to beat that way. And my 1 encounter with a Guild left me with a poor impression. I'm sure there are good ones out there, just don't know how you find one! (Are they ranked somewhere? Getting spammed at: "Hey, want to join my guild?" doesn't get my interest.)

PvE only, really, except for the H&H parts of PvP to get faction and unlock skills for my Heroes that I haven't run across yet in the campaigns. PvP was too much "jump in and just do it" with no guidance for me, and I didn't really enjoy it. I'd like to have some idea wtf I'm doing when I play! Maybe, one day - but with the further split between the two, it's doubtful. Only way to learn is to do it, I guess...

Anyway - for fun! That's the whole point of it, isn't it?

I just have fun farming FoW/UW or some random off-the-radar obscure farm just for kicks. Beat the campaigns etc multiple times so there's no real need for me to repeat those, although going back to help out newbs is nice here and there. Maybe I should do that for a month again, see if it's still fun.

"play for fun" sounds really weird to me, if u play and its fun, its play for fun isnt it?
just diffrent types of it, and diffrent type of people.

I have my main character (Mesmer), I'm still just working my way through the story in order with her (just moving on to Nightfall now) and I have one of each other character class (all level 20).

I've never been to ab, hm, dungeons, or any of those places yet. I have never farmed, that would feel too much like work for me and I have no titles maxed.

I play with a mate (an out of game friend) when we can play together and aside from the occassional aiming for an elite capture or collector weapon spot, its all about the quests and missions and its still just fun (sometimes I probably play a bit too much).

I have no high end items I'm after, I have a couple of the elite armors, but mostly they aren't even my favourites, so I'm not fussed about those either, titles don't interest me and I am going to try not to move on to GW2, so minipet collections are not a drive either. Its nice to not worry.

i've BEEN playing for fun since NF came out. i quit gvg'ing (outside of friendly guesting), and HA'ing back a long time ago, and now all i do is either help lower level folks in pve and try to make new friends, or i'll goof in RA lol.

If you're not playing for fun, why bother playing? I would hope that everybody playing Guild Wars WANTS to be doing what they're doing.

I play for fun by going into AB. It think it's wonderful that big groups compete against each other in a massive fight fest. Same goes for Heroes Accent, although that's how it was when I last saw it, but I haven't seen any of the fights there in ages. Besides, I bet the basis of these PvP competitions is so we can still have fun with the game (and so that the game can stay alive.) I wouldn't be surprised if it was just because of the massive PvPs the game would still have a lot of players when GW2 comes out.

I play Random Arenas 95% of the time played this days. And because I am Gladiator 5, and going to Gladiator 6, 7 .. look long and hard, I am now playing for full fun, not even for the keys. That's a very interesting way to play, not thinking in any accomplishment at all, just fun.

Play: fun or jest, as opposed to seriousness.

Yes, I play for fun, not seriousness.

I play for fun and to hang out with friends. I've basically put the game down for the last month because I didn't have anything left to do and everybody else was starting to play on a free WoW server. :|

Same as, my wife and i have played this together for over two and a half years now, admittedly we dont get on as much as we used to but when we do its all good

That's the point, different type of people have different view of fun, for some that's maxing titles, for some thats farming, for some pvp and so on. I doubt anyone here will say no I play for uhm what? To get annoyed and bored?
I am pretty sure everyone plays gw for fun just a different fun...I am pretty casual player and I find fun in everyting above ( well maybe not titles, since i have 15 lvl 20s or even more and not one of them has 5 titles max) just depends what I am in mood for, sometimes RA is fun, sometimes farming is great fun, gvg, HA etc. It's different from person to person..That is why I find this thread kinda pointless but that just my opinion.

Like ... totally!

Some people think farming and title maxing is fun. I am pretty sure most non-bot people are playing this game for fun, otherwise they wouldn't be playing.

Food for thought.