Originally Posted by Mintha Syl
Simply cause it's the best game around, for me. Once in a while I try a new game, i play for a while, then always return to gw. And it's also the reason why I bought, it seemed the perfect game to be played forever without having to look for other things, and it never lets me down. And you can return to it anytime and it's always there, you retake things from where you left them and don't feel like you are penalized for inactivity - also very casual player friendly for this.
I love the lack of grind, you only grind if you want to.
The huge world all to explore (and the stunning landscapes), the game mechanics that award the player more than the character and the ability to put together a build instead of the "I have those items so I can roll through content".
The fact that after years I redo the same things and still they look different, and seeing how much I got better as a player (what takes you much time and effort at the beginning, you can do with ease when you know the game better).
The fact that you always have something to learn, no matter how long you played.
Being able to either play alone, with just friends, or with casual strangers, as you like better, and being able to change this anytime (I don't have much time/I just wanna stay on my own?fine let's grab my heroes. I wanna soend some time in company?fine, let's look for people).
The choice of armors, purely based on estetics instead of stats. Other than making your char look more unique and the way you like it, it also helps immersion: if you have many armors all woth the same stats you can wear one fitting to what you're going to do. And that's also good if you like roleplaying.
A very important thing is that no choice is irreversible. you can toy wit your build as much as you like, you can make all the mistakes you want, you can change completely your build everyday. You're never gonna do the wrong choice. I really hate it, when I start a new game, that you have to go and look for builds, decide how you want your char to be, all from day one, otherway you're screwed.
The ability to have a lot of chars without being too penalized for this. You get to max lvl quickly, and can complete all the campaigns (thus having access to every zone of the world) in short time. So when you want to..dunno, help a friend out, do something random, etc...you just pick the char you feel like playing in that moment, or the one that's needed the most, instead of always playing the same old one, or having to choose the most useful profession as your char instead of what you like or else you're screwed. Also, playing all professions helps understand the game (if you know how to play your mesmer, you'll also know how to counteract to mesmer foes for example).
I don't play pvp, but a pretty neat thing about it is the possibility to make a pvp only char, which already has everything you unlocked, so you can jump right into pvp with it without having to "build the character" before.
As I said at the beginning it's totally unique. Not cause I think it's good, but simply cause there's really no other game with the same mechanics around.
I made a too long post, and yet I don't think I said everything :P
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) and could come back whenever I felt like it, to do all the stuff everyone else has listed here. 
Simply put, I love the real time strategic element of PVE in this game and the fair and well balanced PVP. I also find it very relaxing that I can just pick items and gear that looks cool rather then picking whatever has the best stats.
