I dabbled in GW (still have it on my hard drive) but didn't really like it, too similar to all the other MMOs I've played before it and looks pretty dated now. Zillions of other players loved it and continue to play it, everyone has different opinions. Best advice I can give you in the meantime is try out an MMO to see how they work (they're all pretty much the same thing - do this, do that, group up with people and do bigger things). I'm currently playing another NCSoft title called Aion, you can grab it here: Graphically it'll be just below Guild Wars 2 (it's 3 years old) but the great thing is it's free to download and play, so knock yourself out. It'll also get the NCSoft Account setup out of the way for you when Guild Wars 2 arrives. Only other advice I can give you is read up on everything you can about Guild Wars 2 before playing. If you know in advance what classes and professions you're going to be it'll save you a lot of time at the start. The official site is here: Technically I'm under NDA, but pretty much anything I've seen has been posted on a video somewhere. I was present at the last and final beta weekend so I only got to play for 2 days or so but even in that time I know I would play the crap out of it had I the money for