How do you feel about GWs?

I have noticed that I measure almost every other game I play against something in GW.

Be it the graphics, the camera movement, the sound/music, the ease of play or the community.

Perhaps one of the biggest things about GW that I will always take with me is that it is the first game that I have ever played where I really felt like the makers were listening to me and making changes based on player feedback. Sometimes they listened to the wrong group, but it was still a group that played the game.

Now all I need them to do is add in some snow boarding on the Shiverpeaks and some card games in Marhan's Grotto.

I was late to the game, so I'm still working on completing stuff/titles/etc.

If I get bored with it, I'll quit (and often do for weeks at a time). The graphics/interface/skill system is what pulled me in the first place, it fit my playstyle, and will always be one of my top 10 games.

Compared to a $60 xbox game that I will either pass or get bored with and never play again, I got my money out of Guild Wars 1000 times at least

Everytime I try to start a new MMO, I can't stick to it more then 3 weeks. The grind and the quests get to me (I mean c'mon, how many monkeys do I have to kill to get 20 jugs, for some weird old man?).

All new MMOs are WoW clones. I'm just so surprised no one has tried to replicate Guild Wars's success. Runes of Magic kind of tried with the dual class system, but it still fell victim to WoWClone.

same here, i just cant escape it.

I agree with Samurai Sol. When you go to a major city, look how many districts there are. There are loads of people there, each district. Times that with the number of major cities in the whole of Guild Wars (AND the PvP areas (Codex Arena is full now the whole time because its new)). Plus all the PvE areas, and Pre-Searing. Add all that up and you get ALOT of players ;P.

Design mistakes happened, that led to the decision to carry on that potential to GW2. I just hope they didn't lost it somewhere along the way.

I was given a GW account about 4 years ago or so, but I never really spent the time to get to know it. I always had other things to do. But, I have just started to get into it again, and I am finding it to be a really nicely balanced game. It's easy to just jump into, but there's enough stuff to do to keep your interest for a long time. I am about to hit level 8 in Pre (never been to Post), so I know I have a long ways to go. I also bought Factions & EoTN. As soon as I find Nightfall on sale for cheap, I'll snag that, too. Basically, I just wanted to say "thanks" to all the seasoned vets that are out there that still play. It makes me think that it's worth sticking around for.

I took a year off from playing GW and came back recently "refreshed". It's still a lot of fun.

I never played a game called "GWs." I used to play GW though.

I agree. In the last 2 years I've tried a lot of other MMOs, and GW is king. I really hope GW2 sticks to the solid principles behind prophecies (skill>grind, pvp focus, emphasis on story not "progression"). I have been critical of anet in the past because I still think they failed to realize some of GWs potential, but the fact remains that GW is still better than anything else.

Here's hoping for GW2.

As a game, Guild Wars was (and is) straggering good value for money. Considering what we have been given as a game overall, it has kept thousands entertained and happy for years.

Of course people move on when they have done what they set out to do or feel it has stagnated enough for the exodus to begin. Nerfs always were a pain (as with any game) but most rode it out and continued enjoying, mainly with friends (or those focussed getting their titles).

Personally, I've never played anything as good. Graphics still hold up and are better than many games out there, still there are things to be completed after all this time (admittedly new content would help make the game a bit more than it is currently), the delivery mechanism for updates is quite frankly unrivalled imo (inifinitely better than the likes of Torrenters) and the whole fact that 8 skills does indeed test your mettle does keep me going even now.

I've tried WoW, LotR and Perfect World. But I've still come back for the company and the game itself.

How do I feel about GW it has gotten kind of old but there is still room for improvement like expandable skill bar.It would aslo be nice to see the elites areas opened up more no fee and do away with favour.The Elite areas in PWI only requires a certain lvl to enter.

There is not as much fun in GW as PWI has on PvE side of things.When it comes to PvP GW still is better at that as you don't get pked by some lvl 80.There is still potential for this if they look at what other games are doing and this making some skills more powerfull in PvE.I could solo Hells with my Monk if I had my Clerics skills.Anet could also increase the lvl to 40 say.

I'm still playing it (a little less) like a dumb RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO.
But it feels so damn good...
Damn you, ANet!

Here here- the game is ridiculously good for the value of it - I took a year off (starting a family, GW burn out, etc) and have just returned to find the game both familiar and new at the same time. It's held up amazingly well!

Replicating GW's accidental success requires you to have balls of steel. GW essentially is a MMO with the sales structure of any other traditional offline boxed game you find on store shelves. That it was as big a hit as it was, was purely accidental and for any other MMO to hope to have the same success by copying GW is wishful thinking.

If GW2 carries on to be as successful, other MMOs might follow, but still, they would rather have an accidental success that pays monthly.

Why make a MMO that hopefully survives on box sales when you can make a MMO that hopefully allows you to milk your customers monthly. Cash registers going Cha Ching! and all that, you know, heh.

ive played guild wars since october of 05 before the halloween festival began. One day I logged in and I was in Lion's arch there was a huge update for the halloween festival I logged in and everything was changed it was amazing that is when I discovered I would be playing this game for years because of that festival. It was a nice thing to do never seen anything as nice as that (in-game)

I just recently closed my EQ2 account in favor of Aion. And I really love Aion alot and once the bugs get shaken out and the grind tidied up a bit it will be great. But --- the scenary made me homesick for GW lol. I mean it felt like coming home

So now I'm playing Aion and GW. I'm enjoying Halloween this year because time away does make the heart grow fonder So easy to log in, the storylines and music, all of it.

If there's one thing I can keep my finger on about this game is that if you play it for just that, it's one of the better rpg's you can run from start to finish. On the other hand, I'm not too keen on people around in the community as their lack of positive input destroys it. I miss the days you could find someone to adventure with while doing the same quests in full groups and get to know everyone.

I'm still kinda new to GW, and while starting at PvE and going through the campaigns, I find PvP to be so much more satisfying.

However, my first, and current, impression is that the community is what's destroying this game. I'm seeing more negative players than positive, especially in HA and some of the farming pugs like VSF an UWSC. When I discovered this site, which is arguably the biggest GW fansite, I noticed that the forums really wasn't better.

So for now, I'm just doing my own thing with friends and guildies and doing some semi-serious GvG/HA, but I'm not really into the game as much as the first day I brought it.

If you want a dying game go play warhammer online...this one's just a bit stale.

The two things I really don't like about the game is it is are the pve/consumables and the lack of a decent skill balance...otherwise the game is still fun for me.