So far, I've found the game surprisingly fun. I played World of Warcraft in vanilla because, well, I enjoyed Warcraft 1, 2, and 3 (though less 3, since they took out navies), but I soon got bored. (Kill X _______ and collect Y ________ and get ______ XP.) GW2, ultimately, does a lot of the same thing, but they seem to disguise it better. Leavening that with a ton of world events that kick off either randomly or when certain conditions are filled, I find it an enjoyable way to pass the time. Further, the World versus World combat is, simply put, fun.
I tried Star Wars: The Old Republic because a good friend of mine really wanted to play, and we intended to play it together. The story itself was OK (though I was never big into Star Wars) and the end game simply... lacked. After they failed to implement ranked warzones in 1.1(?) after it had been promised, right up until 12 hours before the release of the patch, myself and many of my friends simply left. Again, lack of end-game content.
Now I'm in GW2, leveling isn't something I'm "grinding out", but it seems to me to be a rather natural process that is secondary to me "enjoying the game". I have the skills that I want, I can rock and roll and do well in WvWvW or the warzones, and everything else just seems to be "fluff" to me. I would worry about having not seen the "end game" content yet, but, since you can do WvWvW and warzones right from the get go, and continue to do them all the way through, I already feel comfortable in my purchase of the game.
I tried Star Wars: The Old Republic because a good friend of mine really wanted to play, and we intended to play it together. The story itself was OK (though I was never big into Star Wars) and the end game simply... lacked. After they failed to implement ranked warzones in 1.1(?) after it had been promised, right up until 12 hours before the release of the patch, myself and many of my friends simply left. Again, lack of end-game content.
Now I'm in GW2, leveling isn't something I'm "grinding out", but it seems to me to be a rather natural process that is secondary to me "enjoying the game". I have the skills that I want, I can rock and roll and do well in WvWvW or the warzones, and everything else just seems to be "fluff" to me. I would worry about having not seen the "end game" content yet, but, since you can do WvWvW and warzones right from the get go, and continue to do them all the way through, I already feel comfortable in my purchase of the game.