Yeah, WAKE ME when Linux and Mac actually become primary and lucrative gaming platform. Linux and Mac drew their lines long ago where they wanted to be.
Linux has a massive server foothold.
Mac has a massive multimedia/graphics/education foothold.
Windows has massive bugs/exploit/viral foothold... oh, and a MASSIVE gaming foothold.
You can't have it all. Quit pretending.
Even level 1 noob is fun. I don't waste my time "wishing" I was a higher level. I don't waste my time grinding so I can achieve those higher levels and experience points. I don't waste my time grinding so I can find those uber items.
Fact is, the game is fun no matter what level you are. PvP is definately not boring. Use your brain, or you are dead in less than 3 seconds.
It is completely skill based, not uber-item 1337-skill based.
Guild Wars isn't for everyone, but it is by far the best MMO I have ever played even if it isn't persistent (who the hell actually ENJOYS spawn camping?)
Don't worry, WoW, EQ2, etc. will still be there when you get back.
I've played every beta since the WPE, and it has always been an enjoyable experience. Even though the game is in Beta, it is thoroughly playable and remarkably stable. Most developers would have been satisfied and launched already- ANet wants to be sure the final game is satisfactory AT LAUNCH, despite the fact that they can fix bugs almost immediately and stream patches to the clients.
I hate MMORGPs. I really do. But a few things that drew me to Guild Wars were:
1) No Monthly Fees. EVER 2) No grinding. 3) No 1337 uber-skills and items. 4) extremely balanced, EVERYTHING literally has a counter and no one player is overly powerful. 5) extremely intuitive and clean interface. 6) elimination of PKing and KSing.
Straight from their ads: An open Promise to gamers from the Guild Wars team- - Guild Wars will not require a subscription fee. - Guild Wars will reward playing SKILL, not hours played - Guild Wars is an Online RPG to be ENJOYED, not endured
Guild Wars is an important step in gaming for me, because I don't have the time to dedicate to a subscription-based service. I don't have the time to play for hours on end- with Guild Wars I can jump in for 15 minutes or 5 hours. It doesn't matter, I always have fun.
Surveys can easily be skewed, you just have to know how to ask the questions.
If I asked my mother if she has ever downloaded a movie off the internet, she would respond "Yes"... because she considers all those little movieclips, and streaming media to be "Movies".
In that respect, it would be very easy to conceive that 1 in 4 people have downloaded a movie off the internet.
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Yeah, WAKE ME when Linux and Mac actually become primary and lucrative gaming platform. Linux and Mac drew their lines long ago where they wanted to be. Linux has a massive server foothold. Mac has a massive multimedia/graphics/education foothold. Windows has massive bugs/exploit/viral foothold... oh, and a MASSIVE gaming foothold. You can't have it all. Quit pretending.
Even level 1 noob is fun. I don't waste my time "wishing" I was a higher level. I don't waste my time grinding so I can achieve those higher levels and experience points. I don't waste my time grinding so I can find those uber items. Fact is, the game is fun no matter what level you are. PvP is definately not boring. Use your brain, or you are dead in less than 3 seconds. It is completely skill based, not uber-item 1337-skill based. Guild Wars isn't for everyone, but it is by far the best MMO I have ever played even if it isn't persistent (who the hell actually ENJOYS spawn camping?)
Don't worry, WoW, EQ2, etc. will still be there when you get back.
I've played every beta since the WPE, and it has always been an enjoyable experience. Even though the game is in Beta, it is thoroughly playable and remarkably stable. Most developers would have been satisfied and launched already- ANet wants to be sure the final game is satisfactory AT LAUNCH, despite the fact that they can fix bugs almost immediately and stream patches to the clients.
I hate MMORGPs. I really do. But a few things that drew me to Guild Wars were:
1) No Monthly Fees. EVER
2) No grinding.
3) No 1337 uber-skills and items.
4) extremely balanced, EVERYTHING literally has a counter and no one player is overly powerful.
5) extremely intuitive and clean interface.
6) elimination of PKing and KSing.
Straight from their ads:
An open Promise to gamers from the Guild Wars team-
- Guild Wars will not require a subscription fee.
- Guild Wars will reward playing SKILL, not hours played
- Guild Wars is an Online RPG to be ENJOYED, not endured
Guild Wars is an important step in gaming for me, because I don't have the time to dedicate to a subscription-based service. I don't have the time to play for hours on end- with Guild Wars I can jump in for 15 minutes or 5 hours. It doesn't matter, I always have fun.
Surveys can easily be skewed, you just have to know how to ask the questions. If I asked my mother if she has ever downloaded a movie off the internet, she would respond "Yes"... because she considers all those little movieclips, and streaming media to be "Movies". In that respect, it would be very easy to conceive that 1 in 4 people have downloaded a movie off the internet.