So who read the box?

"You'll prove your worth with every battle as skill, not hours played, decides your fate."

So why do I all of the sudden see a million threads screaming, "OMG! SPENDING 900 HOURS FARMING ISN'T AS GOOD ANYMORE! GW SUCKS! ITS UT WITH SWORDS!"

Why did you BUY the game if all you wanted to do was grind? Go play Everquest.

I agree. If you want to grind, go play WoW.

I opened the box, saw the screen shot of a warrior elementalists using skills from 6 attributes, using a bow trying to kill a bone dragon.

I believe the game's box itself is a joke from the publisher.

The main thing that cought my eye was the Hamstring and Firestorm combo they advertised. I felt betrayed that when I copied that exact skillbar I didn't win all the time, even with the powerful combination of Hamstring/Firestorm!

I didn't read alot of what was on the box, I just assumed the game would be like the last BWE minus the UAS button.

I say that everyone that just whines and complains, quit This would

a) Get rid of all those lousy players, who drop 1/2 through a mission, draw penises on the map, or just complain about "OMFG what an uber n00bz0r u arz"
b) Reduce the lag I get while in big cities due to the amout of ppl

I like the game for what it is.... though I was disappointed about that combo as well :P

~prime

But it's so fun!

that made me laugh so hard! XD thank you.

I paid my fifty bucks fair and square. Why can't I ruin missions, draw penises, and accuse better players how noob they are compared to me?

Because I paid $80 and that irritates me.

I'll call your $80.00 and raise you another $50.00. Yes I bought two games.

I fold

Cuz it's in violation of the ELUA that you agree'ed to when you created your account.

-Witt78

Because your artistic skills stick?

Because the user agreement does not give you the right to harrass other players who payed their fifty bucks as well.

It's not all about you.

....only Guild Wars doesn't really take skill as much as it takes what classes and skills your team has loaded. Any completely unspectacular human being, with a simpleton IQ, can be plugged into any HoH or GvG group, taught to run any build in the game, and you WILL win.

Skill? This game requires no skill.

Because Arena Net sold you a permission (license) to access a public place or service, and you should be banned if you do not follow the rules. Simple, clean, and oh so infuriating, i know.

Thats not true at all. If you would have applied that theory to PvE I would completely agreed. But with respect to PvP you can never predict the other guy. This is what is amazingly fun about PvP, it is never the same because you always have to adjust based on what the other guy does. It's a lot like driving. If you are on a country lane by yourself, yeah anyone can drive without any problems, but you throw any old person onto a large interstate, they are going to die if they don't have some amount of skill, because there is so much going on that you can't predict or control.

and that's the same reason robots took over your job. In your definition, most of life requires no skill.

Tut tut tut...three serious responses. While a few of the sharper individuals did catch that one

First, I'd like to say that I am honored to be quoted so many times, even if three of you thought I was serious and probably now think I'm one of those said individuals who ruins their gaming experience.

Well, the horrible necessity of a sarcasm button set aside, I would like to point out that in online game communities EVERYWHERE, there will be ALWAYS certain individuals who display unwanted/crude/etc. behavior. Some companies have taken up a policy to ban such offenders, but even they cannot completely solve the problem. The solution? There may not even be one. But I know what is NOT a solution. Bitching about it on the forums. Like one of you put it so well, "It's not all about you."

They should add something to the user agreement: "While you are not entitled to [so and so unwanted behavior] while playing this game on our servers, you will have to put up with it. Failure to comply may result in a permanent ban." This is one of our duties as online gamers. We have to put up with those basterts ruining the community for us. Stay strong, fellow civilized gamers!

There's a parallel here with a discussion held in my country (the Netherlands). There's a hype for our children right now that's called "chatting". I'm sure you guys heard about it
One of the points some people make is that not seeing, knowing or being able to make physical contact removes a border. This makes it very easy for some people to try and hurt others. Why someone would do that makes no sense to me, but that's just me.
So not being eye to eye with eachother makes it a lot easier to do things that would normally result in getting your hairy behind kicked. This is the same for any online game or any other online medium.

About the topic of this thread: The game is always evolving. I think a lot more will be changed or added that wont be in the box or manual.