Hi
I haven't played the game for couple of years, as the number of players dropped a lot. Especially when you wanted to PvP.
Has more people joined? Or are the servers almost dead?
How is the game now adays?
Groom
Fate Crusher
Log in and find out?
There's considerably less people in the game compared to back in 2005/2006. Those who have stayed are either staying because they have titles to complete, pvp goals to reach or they like the social atmosphere of their guild.
PvE is pretty much only littered with SC and high-end PvE guilds that continue to farm.
The mAT is now a joke and apparently anyone can get a trim nowadays...
RA is still busy enough :3
There's considerably less people in the game compared to back in 2005/2006. Those who have stayed are either staying because they have titles to complete, pvp goals to reach or they like the social atmosphere of their guild.
PvE is pretty much only littered with SC and high-end PvE guilds that continue to farm.
The mAT is now a joke and apparently anyone can get a trim nowadays...
RA is still busy enough :3
Karate Jesus
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Has more people joined? Or are the servers almost dead?
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HA is a joke now, and GvG is getting ridiculous. If you like low-end PvP (FA, AB, RA, stuff like that), then you'll be fine. Plenty of people still play those and they're about as competitive as they always were....
Missing HB
PvP is more and more dead , they remove easiest and fastest formats to get a fight , meta builds getting more and more boring ...
Hells Fury
Game is dead. You could fill out HoM and be prepared for gw2 , if you want.
fowlero
Euro PvP isn't as dead as people makeout. Sure not as active as the game has been but plenty playable.
dAT's C still have 15-20 nightly if you can find a guild, daily B usually has 5-10 too which is nice.
HA is the same as it's always been, so long as you can find some people to play with reguarly it'll be fun still.
In short, if you're euro and can find people to play with this game is still good fun.
dAT's C still have 15-20 nightly if you can find a guild, daily B usually has 5-10 too which is nice.
HA is the same as it's always been, so long as you can find some people to play with reguarly it'll be fun still.
In short, if you're euro and can find people to play with this game is still good fun.
Axeman002
the games fine...plenty people about but u deffo need a guild...pve is still good just no pugs in towns...plenty to get on with till gw2 is out....as for pvp half them got banned for botting so they are classed it as dead lol
Benderama
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the rest of PvP is still overburdened, with 10 minute waiting times and all, enoguh people for fun, but TA and HB have been replaced by codex arena which is where the "LF rank 3+" players are.
PvE is quite active, you can find groups actually forming in some later game missions,
but not that many.
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damkel
uuummm. The game isn't dead. Back in 2005/06 everyone spammed in Lion's arch. Now there are two whole other continents plus the Eye of the North expansion. There are plenty of people around and plenty of things going on, just spread over a larger area.
Dark-NighT
Euro dists are more active now then say a year ago, which i think is a good thing.
The one thing that pulled many people from euro dists were all the dungeon runners before the sf nerf, but since those are gone its started to come back a little in europe. The only reason to play in american dists is pugs for bounties or buying/selling items.
The one thing that pulled many people from euro dists were all the dungeon runners before the sf nerf, but since those are gone its started to come back a little in europe. The only reason to play in american dists is pugs for bounties or buying/selling items.
Lord Dagon
anyone feel like these guys should be using the search function?
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/n...t10450593.html
(i know theres a million more like this thread and others but i cbf to get them atm)
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/n...t10450593.html
(i know theres a million more like this thread and others but i cbf to get them atm)
BenjZee
Why don't you hop on and find out?
Slasher of Darkness
Damn Epic!!!! lol, it's still good to me, log in and go see yourself.
Aycee
Dead.
Filling the HoM is pretty much the only reason half the people on are playing, including me.
Filling the HoM is pretty much the only reason half the people on are playing, including me.
Essence Snow
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anyone feel like these guys should be using the search function?
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/n...t10450593.html (i know theres a million more like this thread and others but i cbf to get them atm) |
jazilla
honestly? i hate being rude, but a search or browse through the first few pages of this forum would yield a lot of results.
lemming
GvG hasn't really gotten any less active in the past two years. HA is completely empty when Europe is asleep, though.
Killed u man
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GvG hasn't really gotten any less active in the past two years. HA is completely empty when Europe is asleep, though.
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On top of that, 2 years ago, you had daily GvG matches (non tournie), in recent weeks, seeing matches from over 4-5 days ago still on observe isn't all that rare anymore. It happens more than once that there is not a single top 100 match (ladder) for 24-48 hours.
Obviously, ladder is 'srs bsns', but I'm merely pointing out that GvG has become an even more closed off format with nearly no ways of entrance anymore. Whereas 2-3 years ago, you had atleast some people enter the format, if even through bspam guilds or hexway guilds.
Right now it's just friends farming friends or friends of friends.
lemming
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b. GvG isn't closed off as long as you actually try to get in. Where do you think yawn came from?
Sirius Bsns
The game's the most inactive it's ever been. Skills are over-nerfed in some areas, OPed and imbalanced in others. Team Arenas and Hero Battles have been deleted, and an even more horrid arena was introduced [see Codex Arenas]. People still require rank despite playing in a dead game. The majority give up and just quit the game, very few break down and actually allow non-ranked players to join [VERY FEW]. Anet's focused on their next big money maker GW2, so GW1 has been left to rot as a result. That's about all I can recall off the top of the dome atm, but I'm pretty sure there's alot more.
In summary, the games in very bad shape.
In summary, the games in very bad shape.
HawkofStorms
This game is far from dead. It's still the 4th most played MMO in North America according to XFire statistics.
It's not as popular as it was, but it is not "dead." I've played "dead" MMOs before (Warhammer Online, Aion, Tabula Rasa). Trust me, GW is far from "dead."
It's not as popular as it was, but it is not "dead." I've played "dead" MMOs before (Warhammer Online, Aion, Tabula Rasa). Trust me, GW is far from "dead."
Killed u man
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a. Ladder only looks dead because everyone's playing on sub-100 guilds for faster matches.
b. GvG isn't closed off as long as you actually try to get in. Where do you think yawn came from? |
b) Yeah, when you can get 7 other people, and start from scratch, sure. However, this late in the game, where are you going to find 7 other people?
My point was that there never was any, obvious, way for anyone to join the GvG scene aside from forums (non official) or PM'ing people through observer.
Mashiyu
It really depends on who you ask. People here on guru are generally more pessimistic - unlike wartower (a German fan site). If you dare to say "gw is dead" on wartower, you'll be flamed over at least one forum page.
And if you are in an active guild, you don't care how "dead" the rest of gw is. I've seen guilds dying, but not gw.
And if you are in an active guild, you don't care how "dead" the rest of gw is. I've seen guilds dying, but not gw.
Missing HB
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a) Exactly.
b) Yeah, when you can get 7 other people, and start from scratch, sure. However, this late in the game, where are you going to find 7 other people? My point was that there never was any, obvious, way for anyone to join the GvG scene aside from forums (non official) or PM'ing people through observer. |
Gill Halendt
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This game is far from dead. It's still the 4th most played MMO in North America according to XFire statistics.
It's not as popular as it was, but it is not "dead." I've played "dead" MMOs before (Warhammer Online, Aion, Tabula Rasa). Trust me, GW is far from "dead." |
Yes, a lot of players I knew quit indeed. Tough new infos about the sequel, GW:Beyond and deals on digital delivery channels such as Steam or Direct2Drive are bringing a lot of players back, and a lot of new players in.
Wish Swiftdeath
I keep trying to improve but it's hard to find a decent guild these days, I reckon I could play around r200 but there aren't many active guilds in that range so I'm stuck playing with crappier guilds farming gvg zquest day and grinding fame.
It's pretty much a closed door unless you have friends, so to the OP low end PvP is fine, high end pvp is totally not worth it - as for pve... heroes
It's pretty much a closed door unless you have friends, so to the OP low end PvP is fine, high end pvp is totally not worth it - as for pve... heroes
Corporeal Ghost
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Ladder only looks dead because everyone's playing on sub-100 guilds for faster matches.
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Morphy
For most low-end non-random stuff (Codex, AB and PvE), you can usually find PuGs to play with if a zaishen quest for it is around. AB and some popular PvE areas such as the UW and farmable dungeons are pretty full most of the time, although most people in AB play on the kurzick side because the map rotation is off. As for GvG and HA, you always needed a rank or some other sign of experience to join teams, so not much changed there. GW is still very playable and if you insist on playing with PuGs, there is plenty of options as well.
Femmefatal
With so many other mmo/mmorpgs coming to the "free to play no monthly fees" like Everquest II and Lords of the Ring Online and Anarchy Online and a few others I think the population is going to spread out a lot more. EQ2 and Anarchy Online are totally free now you don't even have to buy the initial releases. Just download and play. I've been playing EQ2 and it's great. I really enjoy the mission sequences and how the game guides you along your first few hours/days of play. Guild Wars was nice while it lasted and in its early hayday when it was skill>time played but it changed so much it frustrated too many players and just isn't what it promised to be origionally anymore.
Xydrych
It's still going...