Honestly, one of the reasons I love this game is because it's not TOO addicting

All the MMOs I've played in the past have been addicting as hell, mainly Diablo II. Now, not that Guild Wars is a bad game, but it's getting a bit boring after time. Mostly what I do now is trade and screw around. That's the beauty of it though. I don't feel the attraction to play this game 24/7 like I did with other games. I can play 1 hour of this game and get tired of it, but not get bored of it enough to quit it.

Anyone else feel the same way?

_jew

Why is your username "MrJew" right over a picture of a factory as an avatar?

because its the intarweb

Because some people have unique senses of humor that often lead to banning?

It's the cover of a Pink Floyd album called Animals...

Anti-semite sense tingling here...

_jew

I think people were making reference to the combination of the words Jew and picture of a Factory, which reminds people of either the holocaust, or schindler's list.

I doubt they were being anti-semetic, so let's all take a breath.

It was a joke on my part, but this thread sure hasn't gotten of topic, has it?

_jew

So you're saying instead of playing GW night and day until you burn out and never touch it again, it will hold sway over you intermittently for the rest of your life.

Who said the rest of my life? But basically, yeah that's the point.

_jew

lol... not so addictive? I played diablo a couple hours a day till I beat it once and never got into trading or pk duels... In about 13 days I've logged nearly 100 hours I hit the game as soon as I get home, go to sleep 2 hours later than I should, eat at my pc, go home from work at lunch time to play, and while on my breaks come here to talk about it. This game is THE MOST addictive thing I've ever done... and I have a lot of chemical experience...

i blame the female models lol

Great

Its not to addictive I can quit whenever I want....honest...

although this forum is kinda addictive as in like 4 days i have like 150 posts...dam you GWGuru.

I find this game to be very addictive. I started this thread over a month ago and my feelings haven't changed.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=11058

Bah someone very much on topic...you should be shot...or give us all cookies

I don't play it in any way which could be classified by a label. I can go for a couple of days without playing it at all, usually if I have other stuff to do or places to go. Then I can suddenly jump into it and not leave Tyria for days...

Still not bored with it. I'm not a player who's only interested in acquiring items and skill points, though. This game can last as long as your imagination will let it. Unfortunately all-too-many people have no imagination whatsoever; all they think about is items, runes, skill points, and how to get to the end as fast as they can. I find it quite worrying that people can say 'I see no interest in exploring if I don't get any rare items out of it'.

The good thing about GW is that it gives you what you want.
Want great landscapes? Just take a look around, anywhere, you'll get them.
You want an addictive story and a plot that is not obvious? there, you have it.
You want competition? Get into the arena.
You want to play every single class in the game and use all the skills? you can do it, it takes effort, but you can.
You want to fool around? I've seen people weird out for hours just with /dance.

And then there's the fact you don't have a set number of skill points, of attribute recovery, or whatever. And I haven't played much yet, I still have to learn most of the quirks of it.

But I tell you, I bought it last friday evening and didn't get offline till saturday night. Late night. And it's been... dunno, at least 15 years since it happened to me. I think it was The Eternal Champion, more than 24 hours of reading with 2 food breaks.
Gotta love GW.
Cal

Cookies for everyone!

BTW, I have avatars turned off (so pages will load more quickly on my Treo), so I just ignored the off-topic stuff.

maybe the Online RPG plotlines are more lacking than most RPG titles I've played...but the plot/story for this game is awful. My 3 yr old daughter writes more interesting stories.

Yeah, but little girl stories have bigger plot holes. I mean, they're fantastically interesting, sure. But if a grizzly bear did come in your room in the middle of the night and ate your teddybear, how did it get in? And how did your little fairy (which is 3 inches tall and made of porcelain)frighten it away? And why are there no footprints? And isn't this your teddybear, under your bed?

I think you'd have to read a story written by a 12 yr old child with down syndrome before you'd experience the number of plot holes the GW PvE story has