Why Do You Stay?!

I guess this is more of a curiosity question than anything else. Playing the game for some time now and perusing the boards; I have noticed an ever-increasing trend of 'player hatred' for GW. For all of you who complain about how boring, easy, not as good as (insert other game name here), stupid the other players are, etc etc..my question is this..why are you here? Assumably, you (or your parents) paid good money for the game, you spend your time playing it..why do that on something you absolutely hate and spend 99.9% of your time trashing it? It makes no sense to me really; please help me understand

well, I will never trash a game wich is the only reason why I am gaming.

GuildWars is just for me... ... just love it

Name me another online RPG that actually has balanced PVP.

Game is great. Majority of the community sucks. However I don't spend time complaining about it.

It is their duty to inform the rest of us that PvE doesn't matter, deserves no respect, and should be removed from the game.

Sadly, my ignore list only has 10 slots.

The question that has no answer. I'd say the reason various people are complaining is because either they realize:

1. Guild Wars is a RPG based on skill, not time played
2. Anet nerfs things that a certain players has been exploiting for a long time, thus making him upset
3. Although the game is fun, the community can be frustrating, just like any other online game
4. They're either so bored and have absolutely no life, that they must play the game only to give them something to do


I know my frustrations with Guild Wars lie with the community, not the game. The good thing about Guild Wars is the ability to ignore people in groups or as individuals. I find that the game in itself is excellent and provides for a everlasting fun experience no matter how long or short your age or /age is.

Totally agree Raab, that having been said i still feel that most of the complainers this was their first RPG.

For me i started online gaming with Rome total war and the support there SUCKS i mean big time they do nothing say nothing and take away crucial features like ingame chat. I love guildwars LOVE it i feel a great respect for this game although tehre are scammers and for once i dont mind noobs i like tohelp them but scammers just piss me off but otehr then that i love it.

I would say that 1/3rd of the community is fine, and that 2/3rds of it suck so much it seems like no one out there is decent.

It seems to happen in most online games (I remember mass criticism on the forums of eve online when I played that) or for that matter anything, the most critical sectors are also the most vocal.

I totally agree. I remember in beta weekends there was no such thing as prices that hit through the roof and people that run everywhere. People were "innocent" and not absorbed in money and getting level 20. And I liked it that way.

Silly people. The one's that complain about the game are the one's that suck at it. They try to take their frustrations out by bombarding the rest of us with their bs.

I stay because, in spite of the fact that I've 'retired' several character at various stages of their career (from low level to having finished the game) and currently have only one who's non-Ascended /one other not quite finished game (the other girls now go around helping ppl or opening up explorable areas), I absolutely adore the game. Yeah, the lower level missions/quests are sometimes mind-numbingly boring now. And there are the inevitable 12 yr old potty-mouths or absolute morons who do their best to ruin everyone's day. But in the end, I enjoy the game. Anet constantly tweaks skills, maps, gameplay to help keep it challenging. There are many many good folks to quest with (just have to be patient and find them ). And there is always a new skill set-up or build to experiment with.

Well I love this game and when I feel like another game I play Starcraft. After playing GW for like an hour I play SC and it feels like a completely different game! And when I don't feel like either I watch TV or play guitar

Fans tell one person. Critics tell fifty.

Not surprisingly, you can get a pretty negative vibe by only skimming the surface of forums like this. But then, the mere fact that they care that much at all does imply at least some sort of fondness for the game.

Oh, and did I mention it's awesome?

This so-called "hatred" is found in most games. Players, I think, play throught the game many times and find they get bored with it after a while and then all the want to to is have "the" best gear the game has. When they get it they then find they have nothing left to do and then the complaining for new changes begins. They start saying how things are unbalanced and blah blah blah and really, nothing can make these players happy again. This happened so many times in Diablo 2. The players would whine for new content, which Blizzard gave them, Then they would whine about the stuff they were given.

Basically you can't please all the players all of the time.

I have been playing GW for a while now. Parts of it do get boring but there is so many things you can do to keep it fun.

When I get bored I like to take my high level characters back to Ascalon and help out new players or players trying to quickly build a new type of character skill combo.

Be nice to people and it WILL be returned to you when you least expect it.

None that I know of, unless you find the mass battles of Orcs v. Alliance on WoW, or the Chip Battles on Rising Force Online PvP battles that can match up with the various PvP battles on GW.

Amen.

Me, I've been toggling between GW, Call of Duty 2 MP, and, right now, the games of Command & Conquer: The First Decade.

I stay because I love GW. The PvP is fun and the first couple of times through the PvE is fun. I hate farming and grinding and it's got a minimum of that and a maximum of skill and tactical-based action.

I stay because:

- for me, Guild Wars is fun
- I can farm
- I can kill random people in random arenas
- If I have the time to spare, I can attempt to lead and form a IWAY PUG in Heroes Ascent and attempt to acquire 1 or 2 fame in one or two hours time
- I can browse guildwarsguru.com and see what's the latest news in Guild Wars
- Quite a number of intelligent posters in guildwarsguru.com
- Guild Wars does not require a subscription fee
- I like the level 20 cap and the weapons' max damage cap

Lack of gaming experience in general, and the graphics.

Ok, so occasionally, I'll get into a group just to see how fast they'll fail, it's entertaining, and no, I don't do anything to sabotage the quest/mission, I actually pull my weight.

But all up, the graphics, I love the scenery.

I stay because there's nothing better out there right now. Innovation in gaming is at an all time low.

I complain so that they'll fix the things that are broken and make the game better. The core game is great and I really enjoyed it for a while, but there are some serious problems in some aspects of the game that can be fixed (like, say, elementalists). Arena Net won't fix them if they don't know about them.