I would like to offer profound thanks as a casual player. I logged in Friday night and last night and the fond memories of beta came back.
Too bad some *people* are immature, or it would have been near perfect.
I had fun though. I didn't get as much done as I had hoped, but I did do the zaishen elite challenge, and zaishen challenge and unlocked some minor runes for the 2 new classes.
I do wish I had time to do tombs. I heard they were good but I didn't have the couple of hours to devote and didn't want to let other people's teams down. So that's about it.
All in all, if there is anythig bad it is usually because players give each other a hard time, i.e. when there is immature behavior or exploitation of bugs and such.
I always know that Arenanet will brighten my holidays, which is why I have ~1050 hours over 8 months and I don't even play hardcore (only weekends/holidays/free time). When christmas is no longer as fun as when you are younger, the fireworks and activities of Guild Wars brighten your day ( snowball fights

). When you cannot go out in a costume because you cannot bother to make one (time consuming) you get to hang out in Lion's Arch. Such is Guild Wars.