The State of the Game...

Numbers 1-3 don't seem right. From my experience alliances have always been falling apart...a lot.

The game seems fine to me. Though there may be many older players that are leaving, a large portion are only leaving because they have done what they came to do. once gw2 is out, many will return.

There are many many many new players entering the game every day, just go to pre searing, or shing jea monastery, I end up helping 3 new people a day if not more through chat. (ofc my comp is busted and I can't play atm, this comp that im on atm can't run gw).

On the other had I've noticed that smaller guilds seem to be dissolving while huge super guilds seem to be taking over, a few to mention are NiTe, Yarr, KISS, KING and a few others. Personally GW was only just one of the few games I play so even if it passes it's okay with me, it was fun and I really enjoyed the ride. Nothing can last forever. I honor GW in memory and respect it enough to let it die a respectable death. It really was a fun 3 years and I count GW along with all my other college memories. It was a huge part of that scene along with class, girls, pizza..ect. I rarely play GW now but I know I'll be back for GW2. Hell if they add new content to to GW1 I'll be back.

I just don't want to see GW become the Bret Farve of the gaming world.

Personally, when GW2 comes out (or some other game to divert my attention long enough until GW2 comes out), I plan on leaving GW and never coming back.

Also, to reiterate points already made, the game is getting old. What was once a game based on balanced pvp and skill has been deteriorating due to power creep, too many skills, and too many professions. To counterbalance this, Anet has been trying to keep players interested with Zquests, Nicholas, and some other new content, but these are only minor distractions compared to what competitive pvp once was in this game.

Personally, I'm just holding out until Sealed Deck comes about, as right now there is really no point for me to play. I'm hoping SD will introduce a more skill-based arena, rather than build-based, and keep me interested in the little free time that I have, until GW2 finally comes out.

The state of the economy plays some role. In my guild activity has declined mostly because real life issues have drawn people away; with only two exceptions, not other games. Aion will probably have some impact, though.

Welcome to 2007

1. Nope, but the real question is whether it matters. Me and my wife play GW together, we own all the campaigns, we might not play for months and then pick it back up like we are doing at the moment. Thats exactly what Anet intended.

2. I'm sure we can but this isnt WoW, Anet didnt design it to hold your attention permanently so you'd pay up every month. As far as I can tell though, there are still new players coming to the game, it is still selling and for a 4 year old game, that is actually quite impressive.

3. I dont know yet, GW still has life in it for us and if GW2 is really good then it might pull us away from GW1 permanently but until its out I wont make any predictions on that.

I think I will be absent for a long while from GW once GW2 comes out, and it may even be permanent. I can't say right now. Knowing ANet, they'll find a way of encouraging guild wars players by providing HoM benefits in GW2, but also they'll find a way of doing the opposite, which is to say you can expect Anet to make it interesting all over again for GW players like offering new bonuses to be available in GW2 due to something which you must do in the HoM in GW.

That would be excellent but probably never going to happen Guild wars is getting quiet even more so lately though, none of my friends play any more (Just load up for birthdays and special events)

People who say Guild Wars blows should play some other MMO, and see how vastly superior it is. I got bored and downloaded Atlantica Online.... Auto Walk to monsters, left click everything, collect drops and bam. And even then, people could buy gear with RL money so they were vastly better than people who earned anything.

Guild Wars is still playable, it isn't dead.

/unhijacked

No one, and I mean NO ONE said that the game is dead...this is not a "dead" thread. I encouraged dialog concerning the state of the game. It is aging and I found it to be something to discuss. *RIF

Questions were posed, in an effort to encourage discussion, not proclamations of doom.

I think its actually aging remarkably well as a game, that is, its past its prime for attendance surely but after 4 years thats not surprising but what does surprise me is that even after 4 years and having pretty much seen all the game has to offer there are still moments when I stand and look around, simply to enjoy the artwork.

yup I can only agree on that

And besides that, I can't remember a other game that i play almost every day
over more than 4 years.
Anet, despite all comments. You are doin a overall good job.

After seeing the GW2 trailer I logged back onto GW for the first time in almost two years. Well, thats not true because I have logged on in between them to try to get re-interested in the game...but nobody wanted to play with other people and I just felt lonely.

however, this time is different. I rolled a new character in factions. I am at harvest temple and I can PROUDLY say that i have PUGed EVERYTHING. There are TONS of people (compared to what it used to be past 2 years for me) and I'm actually having fun with this game playing with other people for the first time in a while.

Is the game detereorating?
Hell no!! its better than ever

Guildwars has been dieing for a few years now the new content ist coming out like they said it would people getting bored and leaving.
I am one of these people i will get GW2 but GW1 is a fail game now done everything possible just bores me now.
Also the only ones staying around are mostly noobs which means trying to find a good group is near impossible foe people who know.
Aion i think is gonna be the tme filler for GW2

Alliance and guild dissolved over 2 years ago. Been playing other games on and off. Got back into GW when the z q's and z m's came out. Too many repeaters and now i'm not playing again.

Got hooked on Aion a few months ago and hopefully it holds my interest til gw2 releases.

I'll be back to afk my gwamm title in the next 9 rings event.

In 4 1/2 years, I've gotten all I wanted to out of GW. I've accomplished everything that I set out to accomplish.

So in other words, only positive responses will be deemed acceptable?

You started out with a list of observations with which not everyone agrees, writing them in such a way as to imply the game was in trouble. Then you asked questions designed to evoke opinions as to whether or not the game was in trouble, again laced with implications that the game was in trouble. But now you're upset that some people are saying that yes, yes it is in trouble?

This IS a dead thread. It just has more words than most.

No, hon...you are are wrong. I didn't mean for you to read my post and come to the conclusion that I don't want all opinions. the post that I took exception to was bashing the Game...and that was not what this post is about.

There is a post that has been deleted. The person was bashing GW saying some very childish things about the game. I don't know if moderators deleted it or if the person came back and did it.

When you start a post here, different opinions are to be expected, but that particular post was really off-topic. Maybe I should have been a bit clearer, and I probably should have quoted it in my "/unhijacked" reply. But I guess I can't be perfect.

Really???

Well, We if I have a look to my guild only.. there are many peeps who
play de game from the start. incl, My self.
And still we are on most days/evenings of the week. just talk, doin dungeons
help others.

So It might be the player it self that's getting bored. And sure, it isn't what
it used to be.. not possible to is it, if you consider that the game is goin to his 5th year.
We all know the ins and out, but what I dont understand is that people complain so much.
Tell me a other no monthly fee game what has done so much to enjoy there
players with special events, content, and other things.

Nop, I find GuildWars worth of every penny I spend on it.