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Do we play GW for fun?

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Surfige118
Surfige118
Ascalonian Squire
• #21
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xonic
I like that ranger chick myself. Her outfit is so sexy. Ranger is usually the first character I try in any fantasy games. I have a thing for ranger in a fantasy world way...

hum, do I fall in the creepy pervert gamer catagory now?

I agree She is hot stuff, I find myself picking the ranger class the most often as well, of course i think any gamer ouut there has a thing for chicks that wear tight leather and is strong enough to draw back a 150 pound bow

And, no i dont think you fall into the creepy pervert gamer catagory,...unless perhaps all gamers are in this catagory..
*Thinks*
Sagius Truthbarron
Sagius Truthbarron
Desert Nomad
• #22
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xonic
Are we playing GW to look for fun, enjoyable few hours everyday for entertainment? Or has it become our alternative life, a world that has more problems and more rage than our real life?

All I see is complain complain complain whine and then more complain about GW's PvE content, PvP content, lack of leet weapons, lack of items drops, lack of gold coin drops, economy stability, lack of game update, too much game updates, etc etc.

Yet, we still play it every night and still come here to make angry posts everyday.

I've played plenty of online games and GW community is by far the most angry bunch of posters I've ever seen. And not to offend anyone, but this is also the community with the most non-valid complains and suggestions/demands.

I played EverQuest hardcore for 3 years, actived in various forums and I thought I'd seen everything. But no, GW complains/suggestions/demands are by far worse.

Please, take a step back, deep breath, close your eyes and mediate for 3 seconds before complaining about everything thing in this, imo extremely fun and balanced game.

/clap

O.O People can still think on their own?
Starsky-sama
Starsky-sama
Forge Runner
• #23
/yes.

tlr1293
tlr1293
Academy Page
• #24
Hardass for Prez!!! Hardass for Prez!!!

No way in the known universe is there a better way to sum up GW than what Hardass just said...all wrapped in a bowl of strawberries!

I enjoy GW as an alternate world to lose myself, and be one with something other than what many of us cannot stand. In saying that, how could I possibly find too much at fault:

- they nerf...I adapt
- they add..I play
- they change...I play

It is a wonderful game that I have no pressure, except for any that I put on myself, to perform or even keep up with the Jones. Yes I want a vamp 5:1, but nary a 50k gold piece will I drop on that. Someday I'll have it on my Shortbow of Defense...that I got from a collector and is only Blue but ranks highest on the Shortbow 'damage per second' list. As you see, get good armor, good basic bows, learn your skill, and travel/fight/smite/smash/collect/farm/explore/smack-talk with the best of them.

See YOU in the Fissure...that's all folks!
TopGun
TopGun
Krytan Explorer
• #25
Casual gamer here, but I complain about economic stability because:

1) I enjoy economics (stfu, I like history and politics too)
2) I play for about an hour a day, and it's hard to make progress with an imbalanced economy.
Surfige118
Surfige118
Ascalonian Squire
• #26
I enjoy GW as an alternate world to lose myself, and be one with something other than what many of us cannot stand. In saying that, how could I possibly find too much at fault:

- they nerf...I adapt
- they add..I play
- they change...I play



Wow That completely sums it up for me
Xonic
Xonic
Krytan Explorer
• #27
Quote:
Originally Posted by TopGun
2) I play for about an hour a day, and it's hard to make progress with an imbalanced economy.
I believe you can progress without ever buying any of the runes and dyes. I've gotten 2 characters to 20 and passed droknar's forge area without ever buying any runes. I don't even buy stuff from other players, it's actually quite easy to get max dmg weapons and max defense armor.
Esuna
Esuna
Krytan Explorer
• #28
Perhaps we can turn this into an appreciation thread right now :P GW is one of the greatest MMORPGs I've played, simply for the fact that problems in other MMORPGs have been dealt with, making gameplay far more enjoyable. Remember the days of killstealing and looting? How about chat spam you couldn't turn off? Yes, I realize, there's still spam going on in local chat - but the great thing is you can turn off chat whenever you wish. My trade and local channels are always off, unless I want to find a PUG or do some quick trading.

Also what I love about GW... you don't need a ton of money to be good. Most of the game is skill and teamwork. High end equipment isn't insanely hard - everyone can eventually gain access to Droknar's Forge, and you don't need armor worth 347832k - unless you want to.

All in all, I play GW because I enjoy it, and I don't think anyone would play if they didn't, so =)
JoDiamonds
JoDiamonds
Wilds Pathfinder
• #29
I like having fun.
Guild Wars is a lot of fun.
So, I like Guild Wars.
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Lorelei
Frost Gate Guardian
• #31
I can't play Guild Wars
So i sit
talking about it

(ps: i know it is not haiku...)
Onito
Onito
Frost Gate Guardian
• #32
Guild Wars has become a reall life-style for me, but i do play too much, i must cut down the time i sit and play XD some peroid when i played i could sit here in more then 9h a day :/
Deltu
Deltu
Ascalonian Squire
• #33
Im a casual gamer i can play up to two hours a day before i get dsitracted by Half Life games. But this game's economy makes it slow progression because a string can be worth 75k yet a gold max dmg bow can only make 5k. Also everyone critizes you if its "overpriced" according to cheap people.
Ultimate_Gaara
Ultimate_Gaara
Desert Nomad
• #34
I play this game for fun, we will have to wait for the days of virtual reality like .hack//sign before i take anything seriously...
Weezer_Blue
Weezer_Blue
Elite Guru
• #35
Due to bad decisions by Arena.Net, there is no fun left in GW for anyone that realizes that the PvE content sucks, and that there is far too much grind for the PvP to be good (even if you have everything, what are the chances your PUG will?). So we come here to try to get it fixed, and have yet to see any response to the problems, besides Faction, which was the worst fix they've thrown down to shut us up so far.
Aniewiel
Aniewiel
Smite Mistress
• #36
Quote:
Originally Posted by Weezer_Blue
So we come here to try to get it fixed, and have yet to see any response to the problems, besides Faction, which was the worst fix they've thrown down to shut us up so far.
Hasn't worked yet, has it?

But, truly, you can only speak for yourself. No one here has the right or reason to claim to speak for anyone other than themselves. I still love the game. Do I play it every day? No. Do I play it for 10 hours straight on any given day when I -do- play? No but, then again, I have other stuff to do, RL issues, other games to play, etc.
Maxiemonster
Maxiemonster
There is no spoon.
• #37
Ehm.. actually you're turning everything upside down.

It's not that people have much to argue about and I still play 8 hours each day. It's because people play 8 hours each day and find so many things to argue about.

Though, I play 8 hours each day and I still don't argue that much, but that's just me
Weezer_Blue
Weezer_Blue
Elite Guru
• #38
I would write "in my oppinion", after every post I make, but that's a given.


Here's the problem, the way I see it:

In order to keep a balanced playing field, Arena.Net kept all items from being "über".
This Erased all PvE long term goals that usually kept them coming back for more.
To provide longevity to PvE, Arena.Net longthened the preperation time for PvP, a lot.
This pissed off PvPers.
This made an unfair playing field.


... In other words, they're back at square one.

The solution?

Give PvPers what they want: "everything on a silver platter" (it's not everything you *&$*ing idiots! We want to fight competitively! Our victories are not given to us on a silver platter are they? Then shut up!)

And Give PvEers what they want: Long term rewards, such as super über items, but make it so they can't use them in PvP.


There you have it. PvE Longevity, PvP competition with no preperation times, as promised.
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dargon
Furnace Stoker
• #39
The problem with fight competitively is that the arenas are open to BOTH PvP and PvE characters. How is it fair for a PvP character to have UAS when the PvE doesn't for the arena?
Aniewiel
Aniewiel
Smite Mistress
• #40
Quote:
Originally Posted by dargon
The problem with fight competitively is that the arenas are open to BOTH PvP and PvE characters. How is it fair for a PvP character to have UAS when the PvE doesn't for the arena?
That's probably another discussion, Dargon, but the ideas that I've seen are for UAS to be implemented on an "as needed" basis. By that, it's been suggested that PvE players get UAS when they fight in the arenas, but ONLY then. When they venture out again into the PvE world, they revert back to what they originally had.

Weezer's post is correct in all that he says. My thinking is that it takes time and can't be done all at once in such a short amount of time. I do believe that good things come to those who wait.