HoM This, HoM That!

Seriously, almost everything posted now is about "how to HoM fastest way possible!?"

What about the rest of the game and stuff?
Is anyone still enjoying GuildWars and not just grinding mindlessly for GW2?

I mindlessly goof off and sit around and do nothing in game, basically using the game as a fancy chat client for the most part.

From time to time, I help friends/random people with missions/vqs/whatever and help look for Nick or confirm his location on Mondays, so yes, people are doing things other than grinding for GW2 in game.

I'm sure that anyone you ask who is new to the franchise would choose to play GW2 over GW. The only reason then that they might buy GW is to get HoM rewards for GW2 before it comes out.

People who have already played GW have, as you might expect, already played GW. The only thing to do once you're done with that is quit, or work towards filling your HoM and then quit.

It's really all about the HoM, unless you don't care about GW2, in which case you're playing something else entirely anyways.

some of us still play this game with no regards for the hom (beyond it being a 'goal')...I plan to continue playing gw long after gw2 comes out as I wont be capable of playing it and my hubby's computer wont be able to play it either.
I still enjoy playing guildwars...I recently even got another account and am enjoying playing thru prophecies again!
BUT
most people are set on playing a NEW game so the benefits that this one can offer for that one are what people are focusing in on...and its quite understandable as guildwars is over 7 years old now ---people like new stuff every few years and we are already past that for this one.
so yeah, expect Hom craze for the rest of the spring, summer and possible into the fall (or whenever they decide to put out gw2--and a weee bit beyond that)....then things will return to 'normal' here

I just got my HoM over 30 points, after sitting in the mid-20s for months because I want to savor each accomplishment. Once it's filled (with GWAMM seeming to be reached alongside), I won't have many goals to strive for... I've had the resources to have 50/50 (or close to it) for a while, but I'm purposely dragging it out. So although I am looking forward to GW2, I still enjoy GW and am not all about grinding the HoM as fast as possible.

That's the bottom line - the majority of new players only bought GW because of all the hype surrounding GW2. (Lots of "I've never heard of GW until they started promoting GW2" comments going around.) And they probably wouldn't have bought GW if they couldn't benefit from it in GW2 (see all of the "Is it too late to start playing GW?" threads)

Plus, you've got alot of old-timers who spent all their time "just playing the game" - leveling characters, doing elite areas, playing strictly PvP, etc. There's also the old-timers who left the game long ago and are back playing because of the shinies they can earn for GW2.

There's nothing wrong at all with the shift from "just playing the game" to playing in preparation for the release of GW2. I know several people who have hit 50/50 and reverted back to "just playing the game." But I know of even more who have gotten as far as they want with the HoM (30/50, usually) and then moved on to / back to other games while waiting for GW2.

Gotta take the good with the bad. So be happy that the active GW population has grown a bit over the last year or so, and remember that a LOT of what people are doing to fill their HoMs is playing the game.

Yes,I prefer to play GW

Got 50/50 and GWAMM but I still play. Helping people (for hom or not), do some SC for fun, kill some bots in JQ. Im not into things that's too serious tho. More casual, more relax, more real life.

Similarly for me, got 50/50 and GWAMM on both my accounts. Even maxed my factions allegiance titles during the long birthday event (thank you ANet for the quadruple bonuses), something which I thought I would never be able to grind to anywhere near before (i.e. r10 to r12 in less than a week).

All I have left are:

1. Sell Oppressor weapons and zcoins to re-buff up my gold stashes to prepare for 9-rings again during Dragon Festival.
2. Do some RA pvp for Gladiator title.
3. Clear UW
4. chest runs?
5. create new characters and start all over again.

I've got a LDoA-in-training, who will have the entire expanse of GW to play around in for potentially years to come.

...after I spend X-amount of years GETTING him to LDoA.

Also, by the time you've gotten 50/50, you've played one heck of a lot of the game.

Initially, I cared about building my HOM up, now, after seeing what GW2 is, I could care less and have happily gone back to just playing the game.

I have no intention of buying GW2.

I'm going back to what I did before HOM - mindless killing people in FA/JQ and RA. Oh, I miss AB though.

I could finish HoM by buying 30 minis and a few more weapons, but it's too much of a chore.

Simple, after 7 years, HOM is the only thing left to do for me. 49/50 with only 2-3 titles needed to complete. Its nearly game over for me xD

im still hunting that elusive perfect magmas...after that i will quit for sureeee

Well, I do admit that my main goal is HoM. But I quite enjoy guild wars, and will continue playing it even after my HoM is complete

Not really, you can get 50/50 if you know what you're doing in about 3 months of casual play, if you have the funds for it.

To be honest, I never cared for HoM that much. I filled it for kicks and giggles before the HoM update, and it was at 42 or 43/50 when the update came. All I had to do was add Oppressor weapons, some heroes and like couple of minipets and I was done. Never bothered that much with it and I never understood what people's problems with it were. I even got everything done before I started farming DoA to make fortune. I had 50/50 when I began doing that, so I did it without thousands of ecto's in my bank to fund my money titles. Albeit, doing it that way took me like a year because I was pretty bad at the time, but still, I never had more than 800k in my bank at any time. Most of the time it was around 300k.

not true, so many people are rushing through content to get to GWAMM that they have forgotten there's a story behind the game. How many people know there's a portal that connects Elona to the Crystal Desert?

Some us still play - after nearly the full 7 years . But other commitments keep us from being in-game much.

(It's that real life crap. Pesky stuff.)