Coming back after a year.. people still play?

Hello,

Do people still play guildwars?

When I left there were TONS of people online, is it still the same?

Yeah, there are still plenty of people. Some people on the forums like to complain that there are less, but there are still plenty of people. Its not like you can really tell the difference between 25,000 people being online at a time and 15,000 (not that those are real figures, just made up example).

Go to spamadan.
that answers your question

You could log on and look in the main towns, that'd give a good impression of the number of players, but yes, the number probably hasn't changed much.

Overall the population is not so different from a year ago. There were fewer players for a time, but the advent of Zaishen Quests has revived PUGs and a number of the dead missions.

Not as many people in high-end PvP I understand though.

There are actually even more players than there were a year ago. Though some or most GW veterans are either retiring, or taking a temporary leave on the game.