Curse

Bobby2 · Apr 13, 2009, 05:40 PM // 17:40

The real world:
Your name (you may use your character name and server) Bobby, of course
Your gender: M
Your race: (be as general or as specific as you like) Caucasian, with a lot of other stuff thrown in for kicks
Your income (or that of a parent/guardian) 2Kish euro a month, all in all
Occupation: student
Computer specs: crappy
Internet connection: 6Mb
How long have you played Guild Wars? for about 2 years
Which expansions do you own? all but the bonus pack
On average, about how much time to you spend on Guild Wars weekly? 15-20 hours, I reckon. waiting for AB to start is a b*tch

In-game:
Character: Emperor Makoto
Class: Assassin
Gender: M
Level: PvP
Gear:
extensive dagger selection, though I'm usually camping +5e +30HP Vamp Demon Fangs
armor varies, all black though (it's only logical)
Playstyle: opportunistic
Do you spend more time in PvP or PvE? AB
Estimate the percentage of time you spend in each: 90% AB, 10% random PvE stuff
Do you tend to stay with the group or rush in on your own? I usually split off from my group once they've got a couple of noobs following them around to compensate for lack of numbers elsewhere.
On a scale from 1 to 7, how active are you in a guild (0 if unguilded)? 1
On a scale from 1 to 7, how often are you working together with a group? AB is a team effort, 7
What archetype do you enjoy most? (DPS, healer, tank, hybrid, etc): DPS, shutdown
Which race do you dislike most? Kurzicks
Why? Their tendency to screw up at critical moments
Which class do you dislike most? (not to play as, just generally disliking) None.
Why? All classes can excel/suck equally depending on the player behind the wheel.

leeky baby · Apr 13, 2009, 10:53 PM // 22:53

The real world:
Your name: Lee
Your gender: Male
Your race:: Caucasian
Your income : None (Student Loans)
Occupation:: Student (University)
Computer specs: Dell XPS 630. You can check
Internet connection:: 20mb
How long have you played Guild Wars?: 3 years
Which expansions do you own?:All campaings + EOTN + BMP
On average, about how much time to you spend on Guild Wars weekly?: 0, have not play in last 6 months, maybe i will start again! Prior to that when in 6th form 6 - 8 hours on a week day, 10 + weekends

In-game:
Character: Legendary Leeky
Class: Warrior
Gender: Female
Level: 20
Gear: FOW ,( copied from guy above but i have same and more)

4 Swords(Vamp+Sundering+Zealous+Elem) + 4 Axes (Vamp+Sundering+Zealous+Elem) + 4 Hammers (Vamp+Sundering+Zealous+Elem) + 5 Shields (4 +10vsXXX + 1 Blind -20%. I tried to make the optimal equipment for PvE+PvP).

Playstyle: H/H'ing my way through PvE, because others slow me down, unless they are from my guild which i new very well or my real life friend
Do you spend more time in PvP or PvE?: PvP
Estimate the percentage of time you spend in each: 85 Pvp, 15% Pve, i PvE when i couldt do pvp but i also enjoyed it
Do you tend to stay with the group or rush in on your own?: I play warrior so agro as i feel is needed
On a scale from 1 to 7, how active are you in a guild (0 if unguilded)?: 7
On a scale from 1 to 7, how often are you working together with a group?: 7 (for pvp)? pve (2)
What archetype do you enjoy most? (DPS, healer, tank, hybrid, etc): Melee DPS, but played mesmer aswell
Which race do you dislike most?: the white mantle rawr!!!!!
Why?: cause i couldt think of any others
Which class do you dislike most? (not to play as, just generally disliking): rit
Why?: boring as hell

leeky baby · Apr 13, 2009, 10:54 PM // 22:54

The real world:
Your name: Lee
Your gender: Male
Your race:: Caucasian
Your income : None (Student Loans)
Occupation:: Student (University)
Computer specs: Dell XPS 630. You can check
Internet connection:: 20mb
How long have you played Guild Wars?: 3 years
Which expansions do you own?:All campaings + EOTN + BMP
On average, about how much time to you spend on Guild Wars weekly?: 0, have not play in last 6 months, maybe i will start again! Prior to that when in 6th form 6 - 8 hours on a week day, 10 + weekends

In-game:
Character: Legendary Leeky
Class: Warrior
Gender: Female
Level: 20
Gear: FOW ,( copied from guy above but i have same and more)

4 Swords(Vamp+Sundering+Zealous+Elem) + 4 Axes (Vamp+Sundering+Zealous+Elem) + 4 Hammers (Vamp+Sundering+Zealous+Elem) + 5 Shields (4 +10vsXXX + 1 Blind -20%. I tried to make the optimal equipment for PvE+PvP).

Playstyle: H/H'ing my way through PvE, because others slow me down, unless they are from my guild which i new very well or my real life friend
Do you spend more time in PvP or PvE?: PvP
Estimate the percentage of time you spend in each: 85 Pvp, 15% Pve, i PvE when i couldt do pvp but i also enjoyed it
Do you tend to stay with the group or rush in on your own?: I play warrior so agro as i feel is needed
On a scale from 1 to 7, how active are you in a guild (0 if unguilded)?: 7
On a scale from 1 to 7, how often are you working together with a group?: 7 (for pvp)? pve (2)
What archetype do you enjoy most? (DPS, healer, tank, hybrid, etc): Melee DPS, but played mesmer aswell
Which race do you dislike most?: the white mantle rawr!!!!!
Why?: cause i couldt think of any others
Which class do you dislike most? (not to play as, just generally disliking): rit
Why?: boring as hell

Callista Aurelia · Apr 14, 2009, 09:40 AM // 09:40

The real world:
Your name: Julia
Your gender: female
Your race: Caucasian with Scottish and German heritage
Your income: about $1000 a month
Occupation: Student, part time jewelry sales associate
Computer specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core processor 5600+ (2.9 GHz), 4GB RAM, Nvidia 8800 GTS video card
Internet connection: cable modem, comcast
How long have you played Guild Wars? 44 months
Which expansions do you own? All of them.
On average, about how much time to you spend on Guild Wars weekly? 15-25 hours

In-game:
Character: Aurora Ember
Class: Elementalist
Gender: Female
Level: 20
Gear: Armor: elite kurzick with vabbian headpiece and destroyer gauntlets, elite canthan, norn with chaos gloves. Auras for every elementalist attribute. One hand weapons: inscribable q13 crystalline sword, destroyer wand, tormented wand, inscribable q9 energy storage platinum wand. Offhands: q11 command draconic aegis, destroyer focus, tormented focus, q9 fire celestial compass.
Playstyle: Generally with heroes and henchies, running discordway. When playing with other people, I switch to an SF or SH build. I enjoy playing any type of elementalist in pvp.
Do you spend more time in PvP or PvE? PvE
Estimate the percentage of time you spend in each: 90% pve, 10% pvp
Do you tend to stay with the group or rush in on your own? stay with the group, but I usually play by myself.
On a scale from 1 to 7, how active are you in a guild (0 if unguilded)? 7
On a scale from 1 to 7, how often are you working together with a group? 3
What archetype do you enjoy most?: burning things. ;-)
Which race do you dislike most? asurans?
Why? they're kind of annoying. . .
Which class do you dislike most? Ritualist
Why? There's not a good niche role for them, they seem kind of out of place and lost in groups.

If you have any additional information, especially if you know of other studies that would be beneficial to my research, please list it here: