Curse

Mavrik · Jan 11, 2006, 08:56 PM // 20:56

I'm like the OP. Married, friends, work full time. I average maybe 2 hours a day if I'm lucky and I don't play every day. Over all on my four characters since May 05 I have logged a little over 500 hours I think. I do missions and farm a bit as well as help out my friends with missions they are stuck on and what not. I'm pretty casual.

I don't use TS (much to some people's anger) because that probably would annoy the wife. "Your talking to them more then to me"

Dave83 · Jan 11, 2006, 08:59 PM // 20:59

I play this stupid addictive game all of the time basicly and i dont know anyone as hardcore as me

Zaklex · Jan 11, 2006, 09:00 PM // 21:00

I'm going to go with the total hours for 2 accounts and all characters as that is a closer reflection of the average time per day played. To keep these numbers in perspective, deduct 3 - 4 hours per day for sleep, 2 hours for commute from/to work, approximately 8.5 - 9 hrs at work(on weekdays), and Saturdays for the family(Yes, I'm married, work and have kids - don't want friends locally so they don't factor in).

Without further ado, here are the numbers for 2 accounts:
Acct. #1 = 1338 hrs 54 min over 8 months - 2 char complete all missions, only SF/Titans quests - not considering doing FoW/UW
Acct. #2 = 1016 hrs 33 min over 8 months - 1 char complete all missions, only SF/Titans quests

Total: 2355 hrs 45 min over 8 months = approximately 9.8 hrs per day.

I love it, and yes, I have it installed at work too.

Justin_GW · Jan 11, 2006, 09:08 PM // 21:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zaklex

Total: 2355 hrs 45 min over 8 months = approximately 9.8 hrs per day.

Lol thats insane

Across all characters you have played 583 hours over the past 5 months so that would be 3,9 hours a day

Lord Iowerth · Jan 11, 2006, 09:12 PM // 21:12

WTS: Life, barely used, comes complete with job and nagging girlfriend. Free to good home. No longer needed, have guild wars ...

...

Seriously though, it'd be scary to see what that ratio comes out to look like, but i'll check it and edit this post when I get home.

Ubernoob · Jan 11, 2006, 09:22 PM // 21:22

Ive got like 300 hrs over 4 months I got all my characters to lvl 20 and their 15k amour, weapons all that stuff. I used to play almoast all day in the weekend but the holidays are coming to an end and guildwars has become boring so im lucky to do 5 hours a week nowdays.

Cjlr · Jan 11, 2006, 09:22 PM // 21:22

I averaged about five hours a day during the summer, but now its back down to one or two. I'd have to check to know for sure. I'll go do that now...

hidden_agenda · Jan 11, 2006, 10:44 PM // 22:44

Quote:

Inside the War Machine

How much time do you guys spend practicing together?

Our practice time is from 1 PM to 7 PM and again from 8 PM to 3 AM. We basically practice all day everyday, except the time needed for eating and sleeping.

Geez, for the hard-core members there, that's 6 + 7 = 13 hours a day... It's like a freakin' job even if those working only does the evening sessions...

Err... I would guess these guys probably qualify for the "YES" answer in terms of the OP...

yangster · Jan 11, 2006, 10:44 PM // 22:44

Got 3 lvl 20's, all of them have completed the story except one. I don't know how many hours total but I play at least 1-4 hours a day. Sometimes I only come on to see who's on and then leave. If my friends asked me to go somewhere with them or hang out then sure I will, but since I'm watching my brother and he's autistic, it's hard to have fun sometimes. So, mostly I just stay in the house.

darkMishkin · Jan 11, 2006, 10:46 PM // 22:46

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Originally Posted by Bastard Son

example: "You've played this character for 24 hours in the past 12 days" means you have an average of 2 hours per day.

You have played this [pvp] character for 1 hour 55 minutes over the past 0 days. So I play GW an average of infinite hours a day. Scary.

Seriously though, I don't really want to know how much time I've wasted. But I do still love the game after 849 hours playing.

Zaklex · Jan 11, 2006, 10:49 PM // 22:49

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Originally Posted by Justin_GW

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zaklex

Total: 2355 hrs 45 min over 8 months = approximately 9.8 hrs per day.

Lol thats insane

What exactly is insane about that, probably a good 1/6 to 1/5 of that time as been spent chatting with the many friends I've made in-game, and some of it is just idle time, though that probably doesn't exceed 100 hours.

We all have ideas of fun, and personally I think the world sucks and I'd rather not deal with it.

As for the Koreans, for most of the competitive ones it is a job.

killer toast · Jan 11, 2006, 10:50 PM // 22:50

i got no life when i get from school i play guild wars then sleep then repeat the process

ya the only problem is most of the time im just in tombs d1 sitting by a henchmen since no one wants to play with me

yay

Fist_of_God · Jan 11, 2006, 11:04 PM // 23:04

I have been playing for 15 minutes a day for the last 8 months, I have 4 ascended characters, which I never farm with at all. I have over 1000 ectos in storage and over 75 mil in l33t items. Guess thats about average.

Eet GnomeSmasher · Jan 11, 2006, 11:18 PM // 23:18

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Originally Posted by Fist_of_God

I have been playing for 15 minutes a day for the last 8 months, I have 4 ascended characters, which I never farm with at all. I have over 1000 ectos in storage and over 75 mil in l33t items. Guess thats about average.

Ok I have to ask...only 15 minutes a day (average I know) for the last 8 months and you don't farm....yet you have over 1000 ectos in storage?

ignis · Jan 11, 2006, 11:20 PM // 23:20

I have a very time consuming job, a girlfriend and a cat

. all this leaves me with very little time for Guild Wars. most days I don't log on at all. occasionally I find a gap in my schedule and play for 2-3, maximum 4 hours. this doesn't happen more than twice a week though.

xxSilhouette · Jan 11, 2006, 11:27 PM // 23:27

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Originally Posted by Bastard Son

-> What level is your current character and how far along the storyline is he/she?

-> What is your average hours played per day when you do the math with the "/age" command (using your current character or any single other character, not total time amongst all characters unless you want to report that too)?

-> Do you do a lot of other things besides just play through quests and missions like farming or helping other guild members out to account for some of that time?

I have had this game for 7 months, and have played for 2 weeks, 5 days and 3 hours across all characters. I have 3 Level 20's, one of which is at ring of fire and the other which two are at thunderhead keep. I also have a new monk which is at level 5 right now.

I speand a lot of time farming and i have a runner which i do small runs with, The biggest run i can make is from ascalon city to lions arch (with all stops) and I help my guild members quite a bit.

Almost 3 weeks of sitting in front of this computer playing this seems like a lot to me, But i go to school, speand time with my b/f and friends, do a lot of work around the house and have a part time job. So i think i balance my time pretty well.

Delta · Jan 12, 2006, 12:54 AM // 00:54

about 750 over 7 months for me.

HardoreHom · Jan 12, 2006, 01:39 AM // 01:39

... as I have about 800 hours in the last 6 months. BUT, i'm more AFK than actually playing. I leave myself logged in and sitting in Grotto / LA / Augury / Droks all the time, while im watching TV or out running errands. With that being said, I don't really know how much time i devote to GW.

Fungus Amongus · Jan 12, 2006, 01:54 AM // 01:54

1676 hours over 8 months. Roughly 7 hours per day.

Factor in that I have a family and spend free time with my daughter until she goes to bed, and that average is probably closer to 3-5 hours per day of actual playtime.

The other hours are logged slumped over in my chair because I stayed up too late playing or because I forgot to turn the game off before going to bed.

Racthoh · Jan 12, 2006, 02:53 AM // 02:53

I consider it 1450 hours of constructive research into a career of designing video games... ahhh the dream. One day, one day...