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Theus Latius

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2007

Cape Town, South Africa

Tomahn Tso Dni [URU]

R/

24 Mar 2009 at 06:26 - 81

ah well living in south africa, mmo's arent very big... and 3 years ago when i got my adsl line i was one of my first friends to have one (third world country ftw!)

i did some research on onilne rpg's, WoW looked cool, until i found out about the $15 dollars a month subscription fee (thats a lot in my currency :P) so i was quite bleak.

anyway a few weeks later i went to my local pc store, and saw guild wars prophecies. the cover was cool, i looked at it and saw no monthly fees, so i thought, why not? i asked the cashier what he knew about it and he said some of friends played it and it was almost as good as WoW. so i got it.

3 years later and still hooked, gave WoW a bash and it doesnt compare imo

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

24 Mar 2009 at 07:02 - 82

I didn't buy it, it is a gift, sits on my shelf for half a year before I installed it, because it was one of 2 games I got and I like the other game better then. now i don't play either of them ...

Darth The Xx

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2008

Sen'jin Village

The Infamous Cake Bandits [cake]

Mo/W

24 Mar 2009 at 07:07 - 83

Quote:

Originally Posted by Theus Latius

gave WoW a bash and it doesnt compare imo

This, so true

Javeron

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2007

California

[OAK]

E/Mo

24 Mar 2009 at 07:12 - 84

It was free monthly play, which was a biggie, and I heard there would be an expansion pack (EotN) and GW2. Well, still waiting for GW2...

Darkhorse

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Me/A

24 Mar 2009 at 07:14 - 85

My friends decided to take it up in Jan '05. I'm the only one still here.

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

24 Mar 2009 at 07:25 - 86

hubby had it when I came home from overseas....watched him for awhile while he badgered me about getting a copy so we could play together---gave in after about a week. Now I play more than he does!

rapskallyon

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2008

AZ

BMF

E/

24 Mar 2009 at 07:57 - 87

I got tired of Blizz ignoring D2 (game & fanbase) in favor of WoW & decided to never give Blizzard my money again.

Skill based game
No fee
Made by members of Condor (BlizzNorth)
Spiritual successor to D2

Been hooked ever since.

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

24 Mar 2009 at 08:24 - 88

I constantly got my ass handed to me in Warcraft 3 because i insisted on using the paladin instead of the archmage so i was looking for a new game. I went to the store with Serious Sam 2 in mind, but then i saw Eve on a box and she kinda lured me in. Yes, the hot chick sold me the game. You have to admit the millions of supermodels are something that makes GW great.

I wonder what life would have been like if i had bought Serious Sam...

Hiero

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

24 Mar 2009 at 08:42 - 89

After 65 levels of Kalonline...

I needed something that was just a little less grind.

Blaarg

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Kinetic Fuzion [kF]

R/

24 Mar 2009 at 09:10 - 90

Quote:

Originally Posted by EPO Bot

I constantly got my ass handed to me in Warcraft 3 because i insisted on using the paladin instead of the archmage so i was looking for a new game. I went to the store with Serious Sam 2 in mind, but then i saw Eve on a box and she kinda lured me in. Yes, the hot chick sold me the game. You have to admit the millions of supermodels are something that makes GW great.

I wonder what life would have been like if i had bought Serious Sam...

Haha, pretty much the same reason for me, except without Serious Sam. I had just gone down to pick up some new games since I was getting bored of what I was playing at the time, saw Eve on the box and that was that ^_^

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

R/

24 Mar 2009 at 09:25 - 91

After I noticed the succes of WoW, I wanted to play an MMO with a friend, but without being forced to pay 15$/month. Tried a lot of 'free' MMO's, but those were truly horrifying. Ended up on GW.com. The rest is history.

I literally ordered the Prophecies CE 3 days before GW got live, without ever hearing of the game before

Kay84

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Netherlands

[DVDF]

E/

24 Mar 2009 at 09:48 - 92

After playing Lineage 2, some ingame friends were trying out GW which got me interested. The no fee part made it extra interesting so I bought it.

Queenie

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

24 Mar 2009 at 11:03 - 93

Saw it in a store, thought the cover art girl (Eve) looked cool.
Never read up about it...

Divinus Stella

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Wales

Steel Phoenix

24 Mar 2009 at 11:14 - 94

Wanted something to bridge the gap between Age of Mythology and Age of Empires 3 so i just checked IGN for new releases and Guild Wars stuck out as something different to what i normally played.

Age of Empires 3 came out, i played it for a couple of hours then went back to Guild Wars, gotta say that it ranks up there with Zelda, Mario 3 and Pokémon as the greatest games of all time, its quite hard to find another game that measures up.

hallomik

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

The Illini Tribe

N/Mo

24 Mar 2009 at 11:19 - 95

Being a fan of Blizzard, I bought WOW the day it was released and pre-purchased 6 months for $75 more. When the 6 months ran out, I said goodbye to my level 60 Paladin, 45 Hunter and 35 Warlock. I couldn't see paying every month for a game that, with other changes in my life, I could only play here or there.

A few months later, I read a very positive on-line game review about GW. Honestly, it didn't totally seem like my kind of game. Coming from WOW, the level cap seemed way too low. Eight skills seemed ridiculously limited. The get-started price was low, however, so I downloaded the game via PlayNC to give it a shot.

The rest, as they say,...

Horace Slughorn

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2008

Experientia Docet [OHX], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA], We Gat Dis [HRUU]

W/

24 Mar 2009 at 11:49 - 96

My ex-boyfriend was really into it while we were dating. He got me a trial key, and we played the 10 hours or whatever in like 2 days. So he gave me his alt account and I've been addicted ever since.

We had a lot of good times in this game, probably too much, cause gw is a great way to escape from real life issues.

Quick everyone go hug someone you love and tell them you're sorry (even though you know you're right).

LeoX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

United Kingdom

Guildless Since 2005???

W/

24 Mar 2009 at 12:05 - 97

Back in the day, we were playing Runescape.
Like all good players, we started getting bored after a few years. Then one day a friend said "Nah, quit Runescape, come on Guild Wars".

So I did, went into the local shop and bought Guild Wars Prophecies, I still remember the day I bought it haha. I had no idea what Guild Wars was about or anything.
Then I started playing etc, and I liked it, so I stayed. I also had that moment most of us had in thinking that pre searing was all there was to it!

Turns out my friend (met this guy when started playing Runescape) was using a 14 day trial key, so needless to say I was on my own playing the game

Oh yeah and about the instanced areas, haha! As I came from Runescape which didn't work with instances, and I was a newb at Guild Wars, and young, I was wondering if that NPC that walks down the path outside Ascalon in Pre Searing was a real human. I think I said something along the lines of "Hi, are you real?" or something LOL.

That's my story.

Narcin

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

Mo/

24 Mar 2009 at 12:26 - 98

back in my noob days a friend told me about it and the whole secondary class thing, sounded pretty cool, that and the free subscription thing really caught me, been playing almost three years.

rexalex

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2007

Hungary

Hungarian Seniors [HUNs]

N/Mo

24 Mar 2009 at 12:28 - 99

It was free and great.... now its free....

rick1027

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

W/R

24 Mar 2009 at 12:48 - 100

baught it and four other games figured id find at least one i liked. didnt know it was an online til i installed it and couldnt connect at first. loved it stayed with it sold the other three which got me factions. funny thing if id have known it was an online game id never had baught it

cataphract

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ashford Abbey

Hey Mallyx [icU]

Mo/Me

24 Mar 2009 at 13:02 - 101

I got tired of Diablo2, Morrowind and Oblivion. Since I was never a Warcraft fan, there really wasn't any doubt about what game I would be getting next.

The Real Avalon

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Belgium, Ostend.

Mo/A

24 Mar 2009 at 13:14 - 102

cause the cover said it was like super diablo 2

revelation

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

24 Mar 2009 at 13:23 - 103

I wanted to play WoW first, but didn't have money for subscription, and then I saw Guild Wars in some gaming magazine, I had to have it from the moment I saw it

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

DVDF

Me/

24 Mar 2009 at 13:31 - 104

This game is still my favorite game of all time, I played it for 3 years straight without playing any other game.

I first heard about it from a PC Gamer article and the no monthly fee caught my eye. I played the E3 demo back in 2004 and loved it and decided that I want to buy it once it is out.

I bought the game when it came out and played the hell out of it. I remember taking a day of work when Factions and Nightfall came out. Good times indeed.

I have not played in a while mainly because I played the hell out of it with almost every class ( the ones I did not play were assassin and paragon) and also due to lack of time. Real life can be evil sometimes taking one away from pretty games.

Ctb

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

W/

24 Mar 2009 at 13:36 - 105

Because I was poor (at least to the extent one can be considered poor while still buying video games) and there was no monthly fee.

Fortunately, it turned out to be a good game, in addition to not having a monthly fee, so I kept playing after I wasn't poor anymore.

Tullzinski

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Trying to stay out of Ryuk's Death Note

N/R

24 Mar 2009 at 14:07 - 106

1. During the beta testing for GW Each weekend would end with some kind of deadly but funny event to remove you from the beta game. Gwen dancing through town and killing everyone will forever be one of the best gaming moments ever. Great gameplay, let me play the game I paid for without charging me for continued access, game easily updated, developers with a sense of humor and brave enough to leave blizzard to do something different!!!

2. Was sick of the Warcraft storyline and Blizzard being content with giving us the same old crap with a pretty new wrapper. It is no longer about the game and more about what idiotic stuff/rehash can they come up with to separate people from their money EX: Change the sex of your WoW character for $15 per change/Starcraft 2 will be broken down into 3 different games.

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

24 Mar 2009 at 14:27 - 107

It mentioned competitive play that was 'skill based', which sounded more fun than d2 pvp at the time.

Squishy ftw

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

Your backline

W/

24 Mar 2009 at 14:28 - 108

Because 2 friends bought it aswel and college was giving far too much spare time.

Zinger314

Debbie Downer

Join Date: May 2006

N/Me

24 Mar 2009 at 14:37 - 109

I snuck into the Korean Beta, and Pre-Searing was fun. So I bought it at the original release and loved it.

Xanthar

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Earls Cendr??e [TEA]

24 Mar 2009 at 15:22 - 110

Having played several MMORPGs before, I always tended to get "out leveled" by my slightly obsessive friends - GW promised a low max-level, rapid level progression and an item system that would mean I'd be able to keep up. The elegance of the build system and PvP together with the storyline sealed the deal. Started at E34E and played avidly until a year ago or so. Good value for my money there!

Leek

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2009

W/

24 Mar 2009 at 15:39 - 111

Quote:

Originally Posted by SS Necro

I was not enjoying SWG after the changes. Sooooooooooooooooooo.

QFE

bought guild wars after the first CU came out, played for a bit and went back to swg until the NGE hit, played a few other games and then remembered my GW account

(eclipse server in SWG btw)

Mister_Smiley

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

24 Mar 2009 at 15:46 - 112

D2 was getting boreing and stuff and my brother wanted to try out a new game and that lead us to trying out GW, me loveing it and my brother couldn't get into it and 4 years later i'm here and thats that.

Aldawg Thanes

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2008

R/

24 Mar 2009 at 15:50 - 113

I started playing because Pong was finally getting a little old after all these years of playing, so I figured I would move on.

Actually it is kind of funny why I started, my brother played WoW and I thought that sounds a little interesting, but did not want to pay $15 a month to play a game, so I forgot about it. A little while later I had a law professor who is one of the leading internet/ video game legal scholars in the nation, and he talked about WoW a lot. We suggested that we join some online community in order to see for ourselves first hand what he was talking about. So I looked around and saw that GW was free to play each month, so I bought Prophecies. The only way I could convince my wife to let me buy it was by telling her I would not buy any other of the expansions. Well that was over a year ago, and now I have all the campaigns and EotN and have 2 Prophecies accounts in the mail. I am hooked.

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

24 Mar 2009 at 16:09 - 114

When I first got Internet connection, I googled "Best MMORPG", and cheched a lot of results.

Guild Wars was on an open PvP weekend then, free to play for anyone that got a key in the site, and I tried it, and made an account, I loved it, so I got Prophecies. Later on, there was the Factions free preview too. After I saw that, I kept buying GW games.

And I would keep doing so if they released more before GW2.

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

24 Mar 2009 at 16:14 - 115

When I first got Internet connection, I googled "Best MMORPG", and cheched a lot of results.
I found many games, but all of them were the same: Kill, kill, kill, level up, one boring quest, stupid childish player 90 levels over my characters comes and kill it for no reason, rinse and repeat.

I found Guild Wars when it was on an open PvP even, free to play for anyone that got a key in the site, and I tried it, and made an account, I loved it, it was like a game designed for me. So I got it. I found the Special Edition that came with soundtrack.
Later on, there was the Factions free preview too. After I saw that, I kept buying GW games.

And I would keep doing so if they released more before GW2.

Shadow Slave

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

..My home away from home..

Currently looking ~

N/

24 Mar 2009 at 16:21 - 116

It was affordable and I mistook it for Lineage - nvm ~ these days it just competes for my attention with GTA IV, Guitar Hero and err.....oyeh, my gf.

Dealey

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2009

Bulgaria

The Mentalists[THPK]

Mo/

24 Mar 2009 at 17:06 - 117

Well in my case I've never played mmos before. I tried a 12 hours trial of Guild Wars, sooo... I started playing th efull version because i was really impressed from the 1st time i started it. Now it's a little more than 2 years

Malla13

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2009

Angeldustrial Bonsai Muffins [FFS]

N/Me

24 Mar 2009 at 17:16 - 118

Great graphics, interesting professions (necro FTW), no monthly fee, and Best Buy had a special right around Christmas one year so Prophecies was only $10 one Saturday morning and my parents surprised me with it on Christmas morning. XD So it was doubly-free, at least until I started wanting Factions, etc. XD

Shursh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2008

KaVa

N/

24 Mar 2009 at 17:24 - 119

i saw my bro playing it, it looked cool. plus i was tired of Dark Ages of Camelot lol.

Clone

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

24 Mar 2009 at 17:24 - 120

No monthly fee & was happy with the ideas they promoted at the time about the game not being about time spend and grinding your character. *sigh* Well, at least the no monthly fee thing is still true...