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Zorax · Jun 11, 2005, 03:46 AM // 03:46

What made you start playing Guild Wars? Do you try every MMOG that is released? Did you play in the beta? Is it the only game of this type you play? Was it the lack of a monthly fee?

I'm just curious as to why exactly you picked up Guild Wars.

BlackArrow · Jun 11, 2005, 03:51 AM // 03:51

I tried the "demo" weekend durign E3 last year and loved it. I forgot about it for the summer then heard about the WPE in October and played that and the betas. It is the most fun game I have ever played and even though I wouldn't mind seeing a few tweaks no other game has lasted this long on my computer without me getting really bored of it.

Than · Jun 11, 2005, 03:53 AM // 03:53

I'm poor/cheap. The no monthly fee was a huge boon.

spiritofcat · Jun 11, 2005, 03:58 AM // 03:58

I heard about it early last year and played in the E3 demo. After that I was hooked!
I preordered in time for the last BWE and so I played that too.
I've never played any MMORPGs that had monthly fees on principle, so I thought this game deserved my support.

Zorax · Jun 11, 2005, 04:09 AM // 04:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Than

I'm poor/cheap. The no monthly fee was a huge boon.

I forgot to post my own reason

The only reason I started reading about the game, was that it had no monthly fee. I heard about the game before I found that out, but I heard about alot of other, similar, games as well. And I just ignored them and kept playing Neverwinter Nights (which I have played from release up until GW). But when I heard that GW had no monthly fee, I started to find out what the game was really about. I was impressed by what I saw, and downloaded all the screenshots and videos of the game that I could, and ended up buying the Collector's Edition

Sure, I may be poor/cheap. But I decided at some point that I didn't want to pay to play games I had already bought, so I simply ignored all such games out of principle.

Kaylynn Of Ascalon · Jun 11, 2005, 04:17 AM // 04:17

well a friend of mine (a game store manager) kept going off about some RPG that was going to release and said if looked fantastic. Being a RTS/FPS fan I wasn't too interested at all. He then told me there wasn't going to be a monthly fee. "no monthly fee you say?" " thats crazy talk!" I looked it up and found out that not only was he telling me the truth, but the game looked awesome! and the rec. specs were so low to boot. He tossed me a copy and 231+ hours and 38 days later, here I am.

before anyone says get a life. I had over a month off from work. go back this monday and will be only playing maybe an hour or two a night when possible.

The Wolf · Jun 11, 2005, 04:29 AM // 04:29

I've been looking for an MMORPG for a long time and don't have enough money to pay a monthly fee. Guild Wars came out and doesn't require a monthly fee so I picked it up.

Stev0 · Jun 11, 2005, 04:37 AM // 04:37

It reminded me of Dungeon Siege and the no subscription fee was a plus.

Sir Skullcrasher · Jun 11, 2005, 04:40 AM // 04:40

i was bored when i walk into the local gamestop. Since i needed a game to keep me entertain and interested in long time, i ask the store manager what they got. He told me about Guild Wars and i also heard about Guild Wars from G4TV and from other friends. So I decided to trade in some game to get Guild Wars!

Ninna · Jun 11, 2005, 04:40 AM // 04:40

I was bored with WoW

General Bashalot · Jun 11, 2005, 04:42 AM // 04:42

No monthly subscription fees, minimal lag, great graphics, limited exposure to fuktards and noObs, curiousity...

Alderman Sweet · Jun 11, 2005, 04:47 AM // 04:47

No monthly fee.

ihmurria · Jun 11, 2005, 04:59 AM // 04:59

The no monthly fee is what made me look at it. The great graphics and good reviews pushed me into buying it (plus I desperately needed a new game... aside from the Sims 2, my newest game is civ3)

PieXags · Jun 11, 2005, 04:59 AM // 04:59

Got tired of the games I was playing, remembered "Hey wait, since all these other MMORPGs blow...what about that Guild Wars someone told me about?"

So I looked up and researched Guild Wars for a few days looking over forums, videos, screenshots, builds, skill listings, etc. Then decided that with no monthly fees I could definately have some fun with it.

So I bought the game.

Swampgirl Inez · Jun 11, 2005, 05:05 AM // 05:05

First heard of GW from a friend who's been playing beta for over a year. He kept going on and on about it, but my husband and I were already rooted in SWG. Long story short, after we decided to go back to gaming (having given up SWG for $$ and frustration), our guild informs us that everyone is moving to GW and we should try it out. So...

1. Friends begged us to play.
2. No monthly fee.
3. We bought one copy at release to 'try it out'. Two copies, 5 characters and several, several hours later, we're still here.

shady_knife · Jun 11, 2005, 05:26 AM // 05:26

i wasnt really listening at the time, but a mate said, well i heard was
"new......mmorpg... no monthly fee"
and i thought nothing of it, but after 5 hours of cs at home i thought "hmm, feel like playin something else" but alas nothing else on comp, then i remembered what he said, i asked him over msn what it was called, then looked around on the net, doing research and lookin at skills/buildsand that, then after maybe a week i bought the game, got my cd-key threw e-mail and started playing. now i play cs and gw ^^

Adacia Calla · Jun 11, 2005, 05:30 AM // 05:30

Many reasons.

Mainly no monthly fee.

Garric · Jun 11, 2005, 05:37 AM // 05:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swampgirl Inez

First heard of GW from a friend who's been playing beta for over a year. He kept going on and on about it, but my husband and I were already rooted in SWG. Long story short, after we decided to go back to gaming (having given up SWG for $$ and frustration), our guild informs us that everyone is moving to GW and we should try it out. So...

1. Friends begged us to play.
2. No monthly fee.
3. We bought one copy at release to 'try it out'. Two copies, 5 characters and several, several hours later, we're still here.

I can't believe both husband and wife play MMORPGs together.. that's so..

Fantras · Jun 11, 2005, 05:39 AM // 05:39

Awesome

Madjik · Jun 11, 2005, 05:40 AM // 05:40

Mostly, I was bored with Final Fantasy and needed a break from it. This looked fun and there was a lot of hype about it so I picked it up.

I havent regretted that decision yet.