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Sir Skullcrasher · Mar 24, 2009, 05:33 PM // 17:33

For me, I didn't have any other games on my PC that interests me. At the time I heard about Guild Wars through several peoples and they were saying it's a fun MMORPG without monthly fees. After sitting out the initial launch, I picked up Guild Wars like 3 months after it was released.

RedNova88 · Mar 24, 2009, 10:34 PM // 22:34

Primary reason: Dual classing and skill versatility. When I found out GW let you pretty much design your own class I was determined to buy it. No more "llolololol ur a enchantment shamen!11 go resto nuub" that I had gotten used to from playing WoW. No more getting shoved into a single role, spamming two buttons for an entire 20 minutes on a boss while getting chewed out by some dude in his 30s.

Secondary reason: Low level cap, more emphasis on story, rather than killing 20 of this, then 40 of this, then delivering some letter to some guy. Repeating that every day in a different order until level cap. On top of this, the big thing was that power wasn't given to players through items. Once you reach the top, you don't have to worry about someone with 10 hours of free time being better than you because they can spank a boss once a week.

Scythe O F Glory · Mar 24, 2009, 10:39 PM // 22:39

The back of the box (game of the year edition). Who doesn't want an awesome looking ranger in awesome looking armor shooting awesome looking arrows out of an awesome looking bow at an awesome looking bone dragon? That, coupled with the "Your skill decides your fate" claim, and I just had to have it. Ah yes and the "Free online play" on the side of the box.

Nestaron · Mar 25, 2009, 12:16 AM // 00:16

I was looking for an online game to play so my brothers friend gave me his spare account to try it... Played it for a day and decieded i loved it so bought my own account.

Haven't looked back yet.

Verene · Mar 25, 2009, 01:32 AM // 01:32

My brother had been playing GW for a few months when I decided I wanted to give it a try. So he let me make a character on his account (an E/N), and I played it for a while, but kinda dropped it because I didn't really care for Ascalon after the Searing.

A year later, he's still playing it obsessively, and another of my friends got into it, so I decided I'd give it another chance. Picked up Prophecies, started playing...again, didn't get far. One of my friends got me Factions for Christmas (gave it to me a few weeks early), though, so I started playing that. I was hooked instantly. I quickly bought Nightfall and GW:EN. Haven't looked back since. I've never really been much of an MMO fan, WoW bored me, and FFXI was downright terrible. But GW, lacking in grind (for the most part), having instances that don't require me to deal with random idiots, having very cool settings (I absolutely love Elona), and of course being free to play, sucked me in.

ElinoraNeSangre · Mar 25, 2009, 04:21 AM // 04:21

Had my brother recommend it; figured I had nothing to lose since I could buy it and just play it whenever without a monthly fee.

RupDur78 · Mar 25, 2009, 10:23 AM // 10:23

i started playing because my best friend and other friends were playing it at the time ironically they have stopped playing (after nightfall was released i think) and i am the only one who still plays....

ZenRgy · Mar 25, 2009, 10:53 AM // 10:53

[Animate Bone Horror]

EPO Bot · Mar 25, 2009, 11:21 AM // 11:21

Exploiting the corpses of party memebers was fun before everyone got used to it.

Calaval · Mar 25, 2009, 11:29 AM // 11:29

It was originally something to play while my guild was waiting for the release of Lord Of the Rings Online, after having a great time on the open beta weekends, we've been playing Guild Wars ever since. (and not Lotro!)

Fril Estelin · Mar 25, 2009, 11:34 AM // 11:34

Woaw great thread!

I was playing Silkroad Online for 2 months, started enjoying it past the early grind, then I saw the GOTY box in a GAME store (while the NF collector's edition wasn't very far up on the shelves), love the graphics for no monthly fee and in particular the artwork-lead game. Tried it, bought the other games and now GW is my MMO home

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keithmcm · Mar 25, 2009, 11:40 AM // 11:40

I had a gift card from Christmas. I'd never played an online multiplayer before, and I'd seen XPlay (Morgan Webb wowser) review GW and knew it had no monthly fee. My susbsequent addiction has saved me tons of money I used to spend buying new games.

worstnameevar · Mar 25, 2009, 03:18 PM // 15:18

I was in my freshmen year of high school in the spring of '06. I overheard a couple geeks in my winblowz office class talking about this game where you play online with anyone, anywhere in the world. After checking it out on various google appropriated sites of recommendation and seeing no monthly payments I bought Prophecies. I'd have to say the one thing that keeps me around it is the one time fund transaction; conversely after paying for 1 month of WoW I just couldn't justify it...

[DE] · Mar 25, 2009, 03:34 PM // 15:34

Because Guild Wars could run on dial-up.

IlikeGW · Mar 25, 2009, 04:23 PM // 16:23

"Skill over time played" tagline. Fun betas that backed up the marketing. They need to fix that line for GW2. "Poopsockers game with no monthly fees!"

elk · Mar 25, 2009, 04:38 PM // 16:38

My friend got me in to the WPE in Oct '04 followed by the Beta events. We played every event ALL weekend long while hopped up on junk food and pop. I've been at it pretty much ever since (just not near as intense!)

elk

Alleji · Mar 25, 2009, 05:03 PM // 17:03

I played in WoW beta and was planning to get it, but kept putting it off until my classes were done for the year (May). Then I heard about GW just a few weeks before its release (April) and zomg better graphics and no monthly fee. So I got GW instead.

Ec]-[oMaN · Mar 25, 2009, 05:13 PM // 17:13

It looked good, ran well, no monthly fee, and PvP!!!

rkubik · Mar 25, 2009, 05:14 PM // 17:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nanood

Reviews were raving about it. And when I saw the graphics... omg I had to have it. And have loved it ever since.

Same here plus free to play. It has been a great time sink ever since. Almost four years I have been playing and still enjoy it.

Orange Milk · Mar 25, 2009, 06:01 PM // 18:01

I didn't "originally Purchase" it.

I stole it when the guy in the store wasn't looking, Guild Wars just happen to be the closes game box to the door.

Of course now a days they don't keep the acctual disks in the game boxes, they are simply for show. So after getting home with my empty game box I took a look at it, saw it had PvP and NO MONTHLY FEE and thought, "Wow, this guy on the Box has a Bow in his hand fighting a Bone Dragon with Hamstring and Firestorm on his skill bar, I got to try this"

So I returned to the store, explained that when I was there earlier that "the wind" must have caught the box and blown it outside and into my hand just as I was leaving and that I was there to purchase the game.

They asked me to leave.

I went across the street to EBGames and bought a copy there.

Then stole an empty PS2 Display Box on the way out.

I gave my nephew the empty PS2 box for Christmas that year and acted surprised when it turned out empty. Man can that kid cry when he's dissapointed.

My Brother asked me to leave.

I guess he's not too big on Christmas.