A solution to negativity: Charge a monthly fee

Please note that Halo2 (and almost all other multiplayer console games) work on a peer-to-peer model, which means that the game is hosted by one of the players, and there are no dedicated game servers. This, of course, gives all kind of problems in lag and cheating.
The whole matchmaking process for Xbox games is done on hosted servers (the XBox Live servers), and for that you pay $5 a month.

Perhaps with regard to Halo and Halo 2, they are speaking of the PC version? Also, UT and UT2004 have hosted, dedicated servers though not provided through the developers.

But, as said, dare anyone smite me for so saying: Battle.Net set the standard for free hosted server gameplay. Since most of the ANet people are ex-Blizzard employees, I salute their efforts to maintain that very high and very equitable part of gaming.

Charging a monthly fee for game that already is in play and messed up is a sure fire way to have nearly everyone leave. Then try to get those 12 people in the largest town to play with you on missions.

Even in pay to plays there are scammers, hackers, and gankers.

Go play WoW, this is the dumbest thread i've read so far

If a monthly fee means fewer self-righteous teenagers that go around calling people idiots and morons, I would pay.

If this happened goodbye GW for me i don't like play 2 pay if other games stopped doing this it would ease up on GW.This way others who were for eg. playing WoW and came to GW would go back to WoW.

It doesn't, look at WoW.

If I cannot flame or set flamebaits, neither can this kid

I read most, but I'm not gonna read all this thread. I'm just gonna say that the only one ultimate solution to all the problems in guild wars is a rank for PvE.

The same way as one can say in PvP, stay away from my party if you can't /rank, well, stay away of my party if you can't /pverank (or whatever should it be).

And for sure, neft lornass pass. But that's another topic.

Mental note: send this to arenanet staff.

Show me the grief you are suffering that cannot be avoided, and you might sway me to your point of view.

I have never had a problem ignoring a moron in-game. I certainly have never been "griefed" into a logout fit of rage. I have never been stalked, as jumping districts in the middle of someone's tirade would compel them to expend far too many neurons to track me down and annoy me. I certainly never engage in back and forth rhetoric with a tard, I simply tag them on ignore and go back to whatever it is that I was doing beforehand.

So tell me, what is the plague of griefing that you feel would be curbed if people suddenly were forced to pay for a game they bought with the premise of its "revolutionary" non-fee based system of play mechanic? I am all atingle with anticipation.

You see, what many people say like you did, about facing grief-players, is absurd. It has nothing to do with jerkoffs in-game, and everything with your apparent inability to handle social change and uneasy situations. If you cannot ignore someone, then you have to seriously ask yourself where your gripe is truly coming from.

It's not them, it's you.

And another thing to think about...How is your obvious negativity about "99%" of us out here in GW land going to curb negativity IN THE GAME?

Fascinating.

I'd have to quit GW. Having more money doesn't make you a nicer person. Neither does having a credit card.

If you can afford a monthly fee, then congradulations, you are lucky.

Monthly fees won't get rid of jerks; I don't know why you'd think they would. The real jerks aren't the little kids, but they are the spoiled children of parents with too much money. Now does a monthly fee get rid of them?

I'm sorry, on all the forums I belong to, I attempt not to do this sorta thing, but I must say this:

Jump off a bridge.
A tall one.
Onto sharp rocks.
Please with sugar on top.

Guild Wars + Subscription Fees = Every Other MMORPG Out There.

I mean, I know alot of people want some of the WoW features implemented in GW, but this is definately the first time I've heard someone wanting the fees brought over!

Considering Guild Wars isn't even technically a MMORPG, it isn't really fair to charge a fee for it.

Though a fee be
every moon taxed
you shall not find:
fewer the fools.

Who the hell dragged this dead horse out for a beating?

Look at the bright sides: GW is not drowned in morons like in Runescape.

It is unreasonable. Very unreasonable. Know why? They said they wouldn't charge and I like McDonalds.

That is so... ... ... there is no nice way of saying retarded, is there?

I respect Talesin Darkbriar for taking the heat with posting this thread. I do not know if it will work to charge a fee. He at least is trying with ideas.

However to get rid of the CRUD players in this game and others. They need to be aggressive. Arena-Net needs to get tough. I suggested a Police Force. People shot that down. If Arena-Net would have some type of online/real time force in place they could weed out the CRUD.

I would also suggest to have people banned on the spot (after thier warnings have been used up.) Once the players have been banned, then have the characters publicly executed. A beheading by guillotine, hanging, etc. For warnings they can be put in stocks for a X amount of time. We can then throw tomatoes, rocks, etc at thier characters.

Just another idea.

EDIT: Stoopid typ0s