I still play Guild Wars because...

Rocky Raccoon

Rocky Raccoon

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

Massachusetts, USA

Guardians of the Cosmos

R/Mo

Please continue the sentence.

Lord Mip

Lord Mip

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Somewhere in a distant land..

Reign of Judgement [RoJ]

E/

.....I like the PvP and I'm close to my GWAMM

fowlero

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

England, UK

We Are The One And Only [rR]

I enjoy it.

Is there really any other answer?

ajicorath

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2007

Sensation O Seven

Mo/Me

I want GWAMM. On 7.1mil Kurz at the moment, then all of Luxon to do :'(

Rocky Raccoon

Rocky Raccoon

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

Massachusetts, USA

Guardians of the Cosmos

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by fowlero View Post
I enjoy it.

Is there really any other answer?
No there isn't, except enjoyment is relative to each person.

TheGuildWarsPenguin

TheGuildWarsPenguin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Los Angeles, California

Picnic Pioneers

E/

I need 30/50 for my HoM, and I want my r3 KOABD title.

Bright Star Shine

Bright Star Shine

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2009

Belgium

Club of a Thousand Pandas [LOD???]

E/

I have a great guild and good friends in there I wouldn't want to leave..

Got GWAMM, 50/50 and a little pile of ecto's (nothing special), so there is nothing left to do than have fun with my friends.

Wyndy

Wyndy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2008

in the know

Chronic Chaos

N/Me

I have GWAMM and 50/50 but still manage to find something entertaining each time a log on.

StormDragonZ

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

I still play Guild Wars because...

- I find more entertainment knowing ANet banned 3700 accounts, yet can still go to Great Temple of Balthazar and listen to people tell me, in local chat, to visit some website in order to buy stacks of Ectoplasm and Zaishen Keys for prices I could buy a new PS3 controller with.

- I have yet to beat Underworld.

- I am still working on my Hall of Monuments and reaching 50/50 because I can and I want to do so.

- I recently made a new kind of Assassin build for Anton and Zenmai that actually works quite well for getting/farming items for Nickolas The Traveler. Yes, I found something useful for Assassin heroes. Bragging rights indeed keep me playing.

- I met someone, introduced this game to her and she enjoys it as much as I do. Getting minor things like a green drop makes her happy and I find it rather amusing and fun too.

Concise description: I still play Guild Wars because I enjoy it and didn't act like most people and breeze through the game as fast as possible.

Hobbs

Hobbs

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

Organised Spam [OS]

W/

I have been an achievement fiend in every game I've ever played and I'm almost at GWAMM.

End

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Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

Rubbing Potassium on water fountains.

LF guild that teaches MTSC (did it long ago before gw2 came out and I quit...but I barely remember)

N/A

im working on drunkard to get GWAMM. But honestly, if it wasn't for the fact that it is a great messenger program with a wonderful GUI I wouldn't bother doing that.

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

because it's my favorite game. Coming up on five years and I still find fun things to do.

Erik Fox

Erik Fox

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

Texas

It's something I have time for in my busy schedule(1 hour here, 2 hours there). I'm working on 30/50 for my HoM, just found a decent active guild, and I enjoy playing still(gasp!).

Lord Dagon

Lord Dagon

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2009

Inside the Oblivion Gate

The Imperial Guards of Istan[TIGE]

E/Me

becuase i still have some freinds that haven't quit and i have a preety cool ally that keeps me entertained. and for the first time im preety finacially secure so i can do fun stuff like skill capping and VQing.

LifeInfusion

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Darcy View Post
because it's my favorite game. Coming up on five years and I still find fun things to do.
This is probably the most positive thing on this forum since 2 years ago.

I'd have to agree, but then I curse whoever at Arenanet decided to pander to the lowest playerbase whenever I look at cons, reputation ranks, and PvE skills that are linked to them. The game was a game of skill before PvE/PvP split. Now it is who packs all the consets and PvE-only or PvE versions of skills. (see DoA and FoW with Shadow Form and UA)

I still play because whenever I go through a zone I remember the good times. That's why I hate playing EoTN or being in it.

lemming

lemming

The Hotshot

Join Date: May 2006

Honolulu

International District [id???]

Because it pays for my movie collection.

Also, because I like being someone.

RedDog91

RedDog91

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2007

Farming for Nick gifts

R/

because its free and I'm poor.

Genesis123

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2010

just to fill hom to 50 like most ppl, the game is crap now, but it was good long time ago....

Wrath of m0o

Wrath of m0o

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Boston Ma.

Is That Your Build[HaHa]

P/W

..it's easy to keep playing.

Rites

Rites

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2010

Deep in the belly of Texas

R/

because it is that damn good. i left to play other games, then came back to see many things updated, yet playing was still free as advertised

i enjoy playing a game that is truly free to play (unlike shaiya where it is free to play, but pay to win), and (even after 5 years), still has updated content that is interesting

DolyakJockey

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2010

W/

Theres always something to do in this game (for me at least).

Acehole2006

Acehole2006

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

United Kingdom Essex

Fight For The Win

Mo/

because after 6 years almost this game makes me want to play it like day 1 even though ive got GWAMM and 50/50. That must say something very good about it. Also the fact they still add new things for us even now to keeps things interesting.

Kojima

Kojima

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2010

Home

En Caligne Veritas [DARK]

R/Rt

... because I do enjoy the storylines and that it is the only game which doesn't need me to 'go kill 50 of such and such monsters'.

yitjuan

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2007

GMT +8

redt

Rt/

I'm not sure why people think it's crap, have they tried anything else in the market? Guild Wars is still pretty good compared to almost every other game (except EVE), both gameplay and content wise.

Maybe that's why I still play it.

Defiling Treekiller

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2009

Stopshovelling were not Dead yet[WURM]

Mo/Me

i play cause its the most fun i can have in a video game right now nothing else has the entertainment that GW does. ive got 2400 hrs in my 27 months and have kinda given up on other games because of the replayability of things . Despite all the bitching consets and PVE skill ranks give an incentive to do areas and get better at them to maximize results and clever play is rewarded by shorter VQ times and such in short GW freakin rulz

Chrisworld

Chrisworld

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2010

Gameamp Guides [AMP]

W/

...because it's a video game in my collection that I play whenever I want.

Iuris

Iuris

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Crazy ducks from the Forest

W/

...because my computer crashes if there's no game on (seriously... games keep something busy that freezes the desktop alone in minutes...) and GW is a stable game. Plus, I can just order the group to attack the nearest target and go do something else for 5-10 minutes while GW is in the background.

Nemesis of God

Nemesis of God

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2008

Finland

Azura Empire [AE]

Mo/E

...I haven't still maxed all titles and not have filled my HoM.

Grav

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2010

New Zealand

W/

I took a little break after I reached 45/50, and don't realistically expect to reach 50/50 anytime soon, but am still doing my best to play my way there anyway, because I can.

Boogz

Boogz

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

Variable Speed Farmers[VsF]

Mo/

to be 30/50 and coz its the best PvP i've seen on a MMORPG

when I get 30/50 I'll quit PvE

Ascended Furling

Ascended Furling

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2010

Netherlands

Shiro Utsuri[Koi]

Mo/

.. i like this game(3,5 years with no break). I got my HoM full and almost maxed titles on my second char and working on a alt account. But doing Zm/Zb/W/DoA/FoW.... with my guild is awesome.

PvP is something i dont like.

Morphy

Morphy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2009

The Netherlands

Not going to keep up with that anymore

R/

It's free.

12 chars

Martin Ross

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2007

For these reasons (after my first toon just received her 5th years present):

1) Getting 30/50 or close to.

2) Playing through unknown content like The Underworld, end content for all three campaigns, different arenas, Hearts of the North and maybe even PVP at some point.

3) Get to know professions better. I still have very little clue on Elementalists, Monks, Necromancers and Dervishes.

4) Making masterplans for my account. "Let's see, this toon should do this, because then this toon gets this, which opens up for these possibilities on these two toons".

5) Dressing up my toons. How come noone ever notes, how girly it is for grown ups to dress toons as if they were dolls? Anyway, I like.

6) I don't know if it's a playdamage, but a lot of other games seem awfully short and shallow. I really tried to play and like Fallout 3, Starcraft 2, Tomb Raider Underworld, several demos of well-reviewed games, random indiegames on Steam, Metroid Trilogy, Wii Sports and Wario Ware. Nothing of it really kept my interest, it either misses simple fun, is too flawed or is just too short.

6a) There are still very good games out there, they just doesn't last that long. Try Cave Story Deluxe, Today I Die, Plants vs. Zombies, The Art Of Theft, Braid, Goblins 3, Fury of the Furries and Okami (Wii) for fantastic gems and a break from Guild Wars.

Ratson Itamar

Ratson Itamar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2006

"Flame Shield On!"

Quote:
Originally Posted by Iuris View Post
...because my computer crashes if there's no game on (seriously... games keep something busy that freezes the desktop alone in minutes...) and GW is a stable game. Plus, I can just order the group to attack the nearest target and go do something else for 5-10 minutes while GW is in the background.
Same here! I send my computer to get fixed every two weeks, it's fine for about a month and then I need to send it back again. They fix it for free so..

Plus, all their promises for future content; Dervish update, 7 heroes, Embark Island and Winds of Change.

Doc Zenith

Doc Zenith

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

Because some genius in the past decided that player's cannot delete their accounts..ive played this game from 2005..quitted atleast twice..deleted all characters and swore to never coming back..and still kept coming back to max Hom since my account was always there.. thou it was bit overwhelming to start from scratch knowing what's ahead of you before even dreaming of Gwamm and such ..it almost didn't happen but im glad it did.Today im happily with 50/50 and looking forward to the sequel..ive enjoyed every bit ive played this game and never gonna quit again..atleast before Gw2

Anshuri

Anshuri

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2010

Sweden

Children Of Horrigan

N/Me

I enjoy it, its fun, i have a great guild, i like to run around the world on all my different chars. Imo this is the kind of game that doesnt rly get that old even tho i have a whole bunch of chars it still hasnt got boring

mappam

mappam

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2011

Central Florida USA

I returned because I love to solo and I can use henchman and they NEVER loose connection, have to walk the dog, attend a baby/child etc etc. There is never any waiting while they get organized to join the group.

Also because it is still a challange - I like to keep learning new things as I play and once I have done something 48 times it is not fun any longer.

bhavv

bhavv

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2006

Its free to login and very easy to play on your own.

Yol

Yol

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

GameAmp Guides [AMP]

E/

because (in no particular order).....

It's free to play, has tonnes of content (with new stuff still being added), and even after five years of playing there's still stuff I haven't gotten around to having a go at. Plus, I love the art style/graphics and the depth of the background/lore.

Aeronwen

Aeronwen

not so much fell as.....

Join Date: Jan 2009

UK

bone

R/

I have GWAMM and 50/50, love the game, love my guildies, love my GW friends, love the community (yep even the trash talkers in pvp) and especially love that there are STILL rangers with Legolas in their name