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Wyat_hawke

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guild wars - why are you still here?

over 2 years have passed, with 3 campaigns and 1 add-on. what is it that still keeps you playing, what is it that keeps you hanging around?

is it the fascinating enviroment, the challenging dungeons, or just generally running around killing big baddies with an axe?

do you enjoy the more competitive player versus player aspect, where not the skills, but the player wins (usually)? or are you obsessed with the hundreds of thousand of many ways of combining the +1000 skills we have!

perhaps you simply just enjoy the casualness of it all. logging on for a few minutes every day, hat a bit up with your friends, help out doing a small quest, giving you that little smile for the rest of the day (or, the night).

guild wars is still alive and kicking. what is your thrill?

feel free to elaborate ^_^

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09/26/07 15:42

jaffar_al_kahyet

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re: guild wars - why are you still here?

well up till now it was the drive to make money without cheating or buying, i just kept spending and spending until id accumilated several mil in armors and weapons,

then i started to save a bit more... then blew 660k on black dyes and 350k on lockpicks cos i was bored ;_;

now its just the community and of course my guild that keeps me here, and you lot :d

edit: no caps ftl :(

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09/26/07 15:47

Skittle Cody

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

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wowwwwwwwww... what did you farm?

anyway, i don't know what has kept me in gw. i just don't. its that awesome.

Buy me a giraffe <3

09/26/07 15:49

jaffar_al_kahyet

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

well actually farming i didnt do that much, i mainly did chest runs, got a few lucky drops, then did some uw solo but not much, then i moved on to using a good knowledge of trade prices to buy things cheap and sell them for more later (without tricking the person of course im not a scammer, i just bought stuff from ppl who really needed cash or didnt want something)

i also did lots and lots and lots or wurm farming, just by doing ss/lb farm a made loads especialy with a few lucky drops

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09/26/07 15:55

Skittle Cody

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

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grts on that. *goes chest running*

Buy me a giraffe <3

09/26/07 16:01

Wyat_hawke

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

to sum it up, so far we've had one farmer addict and one gw addict ^_^

anyone else? =p

09/26/07 16:07

Keo

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

no monthly fee keeps me here...that and it doesn't look like something a disney cartoon threw up.

i like that i can pick it up when i want and there always seems to be something new for me to do.

^_-

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09/26/07 16:12

IamHighVoltage

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

i have been hooked on gw from the moment i first played. i do get a lil bored now and then, but i usually take a break for a few days and come back.

i love that i can play it casual. no pressure, go at my own pace, play whenever i want. i play for pure fun, no specific goals in mind, just whatever i feel like doing or going after at the moment. i take forever to finish a campaign, actually only my ranger has finished all 3 campaigns, but he still hasnt finished eotn.

09/26/07 16:14

nephotep

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

me and my guild plays gvg daily. thats why im here :)

or if im not playing a gvg im talking to my in-game friends.

09/26/07 16:18

eiirish

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

actually i do not play guild wars alot anymore at all, cant find anything to do that i didnt do already..

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09/26/07 16:26

The Quick One

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

for me its the no fee,friends,guildamates, and just one way to get out of "the real world"

09/26/07 16:30

Aztec2250

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

no fees. fantastic environments, great community (on the whole), and from my casual playing point of view, no end to quests, missions, new armours, weapons, characters, builds that i can investigate. etc etc.

all in all, a really quality game.

09/26/07 16:42

jaffar_al_kahyet

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

indeed it is ^_^ i can relate to what most of you say, its just such a fun place to live in.

i mean play in...

yes i have a life.

i think. :p

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09/26/07 16:44

Evil Geek

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re: guild wars - why are you still here?

it gives me something to do in my padded cell on top of carving the remaining days of my sentence with my toenail into the cell floor (they won't let me have anything sharp). even if i was free the real world scares me and i scare it (so they tell me) so i guess i'd still play it. those little green pills they give me everyday are designed to keep me addicted too but i hide them under my tongue, i've got enough now to build a life sized replica of the eye of the north if the dwarves will let me build it....they won't though, they never let me do anything..pesky dwarves.....

but seriously.....

there are so many reasons i stay hooked, so much to do, such beautiful scenery, so many different skill combinations i haven't worked with yet. so many proffesions to become expert with (i'm still working on becoming an 'expert' necro and thats been over 2 years in the making). the love for the community i've got involved with, the friends i've met online and gone on to meet in real life. a game company that really does listen to it's fan base. the fact that you only need to gind if you want to. play it casually or get into some serious high end pve, dabble with pvp... the list goes on. i love games and this one has become the one all others are now measured by. it's almost a perfect game for me, suits the way i like to play games. i've tried other mmo's but nothing is as good. the fact the game is dynamic, it's always changing with a skill boost here or a 'nerf' there, keeps it interesting.

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09/26/07 16:46

Xellois55

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

Well, atleast once a month im online for sure to get 150-200K in 7 hours by opening all the no-key chests in Elona and hand out the UNIDS for free on an hungry guild/alliance.

What's keeping me mostly is still the friends i made, its great fun and without things really get boring pretty soon, going to explore some places i haven't paid too much attention at when im done with GW:EN, E.G FoW, UW, DoA, Dungeons, The Deep, Urgoz's warren ETC.

Always liked Guild Wars, and for nearly two years its been a part of an almost daily routine, atleast its cheaper then smoking.

09/26/07 16:56

Crush firestorm

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

ive found that gw has got boring over the last few months, everyone is playing eotn (which i don't have and not planning on getting)so i can't help people out anymore.
ive found that trying to get titles just takes to long and starts to get boring very quickly.
i did try doing pvp but found that just boring (probably becoz im rubbish at it)
the only reason i like to go on atm is to chat to the guild and allience. losing intrest doesn't help by the fact that new games come out that i like to play + theres the whole rl thingy and course work deadlines to meet.

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09/26/07 16:56

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

/addicted

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09/26/07 17:00

Zephyr_Storm

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

No monthly fees. Better graphics and scenery than other MMO's (WoW's cartoonish look anyone?). My guildmates. And the good ol' fun I have just messing around in the game. Cheers ^_^

09/26/07 17:02

Hydras First

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

I dont know know really. I guess thats why Im playing less and less, Eventually ill just stop playing altogther. Oh well, for the time being its fun :)

We wonder, "Why?" when we lose friends, and there are never any good answers.

09/26/07 17:02

Crush firestorm

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

one way to discribe Guild Wars

Guild wars is pringles once you pop you just can't stop, but hen the tube runs out and it ends till you buy some more

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09/26/07 17:04

Crossbow

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

Well, the pvp is what keeps me here. the great versatility and that satisfying feeling I get when I kick someone's ass with my own orignal build. Of course, the challenge as well.

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09/26/07 17:13

Future Man

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

I love making builds

trying to squeeze the most of out skills or combining less used ones into a good build. I really hate the cookie cutter builds, and the HA stigma's against people's own builds.

Wake up people!

i also love that its casual, no monthly fees.
The 20 level cap is graet, no pressure to even level anymore.
it does get boring

but i like my guild alot. And i try and attented their outings.

Also, i like PVP better then PvE because if i wanna make a new PvE build, generally it costs a lot of money to even TEST it.

09/26/07 17:34

mr47

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

no fees is the biggest one

09/26/07 17:45

retro77

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

If it weren't for titles, i would have quit. Trying to get KoBD on my Ele...my first character.

09/26/07 18:37

babinro

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

I've always played sporadically. I haven't touched GW in a couple months..pretty much since finishing my last guide.

What has kept me coming back is the fact that I haven't personally done everything there is to do in the game over the course of my 2 or so years. I've beaten all campaigns with all my characters, yet I've never joined a guild...never played in the elite areas...not yet opened every skill there is to unlock or every elite and not yet played any serious PvP.

What keeps me coming back is the need to accomplish a goal and then leave the game before it gets stagnant. That goal up till now has always been to beat all 3 campaigns with a character.

On a side note, a large part of what loses my interest in the game is the economy. After or during one of my goals if I find I run out of money and need to farm/run to get that money replenished, I often just give up on GW for several weeks. It is my belief that no aspect of a game like this should involve any money grinding but alas its a reality that is my primary reason for not consistently sticking with GW.

09/26/07 18:54

Paramounts_of_Odin

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

simple really, presearing ascalon.

09/26/07 19:57

daquaza drogun

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

well i stay because i like to farm with different types of builds and classes...and it has no mothly fee :P

09/26/07 20:45

Deno

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

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i dont know know really. i guess thats why im playing less and less, eventually ill just stop playing altogther. oh well, for the time being its fun :)

AA >.>

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im not talking to u, uve changed

-Exfriend

09/26/07 20:53

Skittle Cody

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

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i dont know know really. i guess thats why im playing less and less, eventually ill just stop playing altogther. oh well, for the time being its fun :)

aa >.>

omg its your sig again.

Buy me a giraffe <3

09/26/07 20:54

Deno

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RE: guild wars - why are you still here?

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i dont know know really. i guess thats why im playing less and less, eventually ill just stop playing altogther. oh well, for the time being its fun :)

aa >.>

omg its your sig again.

teehee :d

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im not talking to u, uve changed

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09/26/07 20:55

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