Curse

Nazka2002 · Feb 06, 2008, 01:34 PM // 13:34

I play to chat with people I happned to meet a long time ago online, play for fun, not to gain rank, id rather play randomway then iway.

in the end, if im not having fun, i get off.

infymys · Feb 06, 2008, 02:12 PM // 14:12

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Originally Posted by yum

Coz I heard it was a non gankfest pvp game

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Originally Posted by Yichi

who the hell told u that?

Please do tell.

yum · Feb 06, 2008, 03:41 PM // 15:41

Well, many people in a random forum

but jeez, comparing to other games I played, GW is still better. Hit by 1234321 arrows is not fun.

Tyla · Feb 06, 2008, 03:44 PM // 15:44

Everything!
I still think GW is leet after all of the bad stuffs.

wilson · Feb 06, 2008, 03:56 PM // 15:56

Guildwars PvP. Even RA.

Tatum · Feb 06, 2008, 04:15 PM // 16:15

Friends who want to play with me.

Also I still have so much to do with this game.

Aerials · Feb 06, 2008, 04:22 PM // 16:22

there isn't anything out yet that matches the pvp in GW

Abedeus · Feb 06, 2008, 06:21 PM // 18:21

Currently only PvP. I started playing Ragnarok Online, where PvE is much better than in GW, as it rewards both skill AND time, not just time.

Tosha · Feb 06, 2008, 06:32 PM // 18:32

I still play it only and ONLY because I cannot stop playing :S
PvE has no challenges left for me. Only PvP is still interesting, but it is hard to find a group who wants to take me since i am as yet rankless. Which annoys me terribly, since I know a lot of really bad high rank players. (not saying i am good, au contraire, but at least i know i suck at pvp :P)

randomperson · Feb 06, 2008, 06:43 PM // 18:43

Because I'm a dirty addict. :/

razor39999 · Feb 06, 2008, 06:47 PM // 18:47

First off, lol at using Maslow's needs hierarchy, other than self actualisation (even by his own words) not being a need everyone/anyone/most people achieve, there's also serious doubt what would that even be and how would it be measured. The other four "need categories" are fine, but self actualisation just ruins the whole credibility of it.
Anyways, that silly theory aside, currently I play GW only because of the friends I have there, some of which I know IRL as well. It's basically become a chat program with other random fun stuff to do.

It'd be much better if all of the people I regularly play GW with lived next door, but as it is some of them are even in the thousands of kilometres away so meh, I'll take this "lower" level of socialisation over none at all.

AlexGuildDrama · Feb 15, 2008, 09:55 AM // 09:55

being able to crossdress and act like a girl through my characters, but then pass it off as trying to be manly because i like staring at a three dimensional pixelated ass because they are better than real girls. also to flame people, and winning lots of thumb drives.

Shadar · Feb 15, 2008, 10:13 AM // 10:13

playing any form of team pvp with friends on vent is still fun, despite all the gimmicks (and the state of GVG atm).. and the fact that my comp is too outdated to run anything but GW

Kaon · Feb 15, 2008, 10:23 AM // 10:23

Because guild wars is the perfect strategy game.

Oh, yeah, and because I can tell others they're bad.

Rainbow Ftw · Feb 15, 2008, 11:16 AM // 11:16

I talk to people, and play some HB; due to flaws in the game, talking>playing.

kvndoom · Feb 15, 2008, 11:47 AM // 11:47

There is a certain rush in competitive PVP that's hard to duplicate. When you've broken your opponent's defense and you start to make that push, that critical point where you know you're going to win and nothing they can do to stop it... it is a huge exhiliration.

My guild / alliance doesn't do TA anymore (it's all PVE and sporradic AB), and I do miss it (RA is a poor substitute but better than nothing), but I stick around because I love the people and personalities. And truly, there is considerably less drama and friction in a PVE guild than in a PVP guild. But that's understandable too, because PVP brings out the competitive flame in anyone who's serious about it. But ego clashes are never fun to be in or around.

I don't get the same satisfaction out of doing stuff in PVE that I do in PVP. But I still PVE some when the mood strikes.

I play Guild Wars because it's free monthly, it runs great on an aging computer, and it's easy (in some ways) to just up and get into the heat of battle.

Oh, and I love the death cry of Monks. I live for that sound.

Surena · Feb 15, 2008, 12:02 PM // 12:02

Friends or the few people I know. Besides that I don't feel any urge to play this game, so I am mostly on my desktop.

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Originally Posted by kvndoom

Oh, and I love the death cry of Monks. I live for that sound.

I like the "ahhhw, errrr!!!" male monks do when dying.

kyynel · Feb 15, 2008, 12:15 PM // 12:15

When i have urgent need to kill people, ill play gw.

frojack · Feb 15, 2008, 01:41 PM // 13:41

I started playing it as more of an interest in the gaming/business model, but I 'still' play it because it is incredibly fun and in all honesty, a tower of achievement.

Despite all the f-ups with questionable decisions, when they get things right, the experience is virtually unmatched across the entire industry. Not many games can say that...

(I hope you guys are reading this thread, as this is your stroke-shot ^_^. )

Divineshadows · Feb 15, 2008, 06:02 PM // 18:02

The first 4 months that I played I'd say were for Esteem needs and, strictly playing PvE at the time, my main goal was achievement.

When I branched into PvP, I played mainly to fulfill the belonging need. Comradery and friendship was what kept me playing. Of course winning was vital, but I could go win at other games. What kept me playing GW (which came with the opportunity cost of not really playing other games) for so many months was making new friends through the multiplayer aspect.

What drives me now to not play Guild Wars? Playing it at an unhealthy level (i.e. 2900 hours in 20 months) to the exclusion of my family and other more healthy activities. There's something incredibly addictive about MMORPGs and I can't pinpoint exactly what it is. Giving up the game allowed me to start exercising again which helped me lose 105 pounds in a 34 week span. Seeing how this game enabled me to take my life in a direction I wasn't liking, I can understand now why there are people who compare some video games to drugs -- a comparison that used to sharply offend me. My desire to design, develop, and market my own video games is now dead and replaced by other goals.

Still, I don't regret the time I spent playing GW and cherish the friends I made from playing GW PVP (you know who you are).