Okay, let me make it simple, Guild Wars is not an MMORPG, so if you are an MMO type of guy, you won't necessarily like this game. Guild Wars is defined as a Coorporative Online Roleplaying Game. They game is much about your skill than the type of gear, profession (a.k.a class).

There are different professions in this game, each functioning diffeerent. You can learn up to two professions at a time (one Primary, one Secondary). Warrior (tank with loads of armor and pretty good damage), Monk (healer), Mesmer (debuffer), Elementalist (primary magic damage dealer), Ranger (hybrid class with a pet) and Necromancer (dead summoner) are your choices. The classes are balanced very reasonably unlike some popular games (World of Warcraft for example) in PvP.

You have two choices when you start the game, either creating a Roleplaying character or a PvP character. In the Roleplaying camaign, known as Prophecies, you level up from 1 to 20 (level cap) while discovering new content of the world, new people and unlocking new spells and abilities - which can be used on your PvP character as well. PvP characters are, as they sound, for Player versus Player purposes only. Guild fights, random fights are examples of what you can do when creating a PvP character.

The world of Tyria, where the Prophecies campaign takes place, is designed beautifully. Great graphics, beautiful world, superb music and massive combination of customizable player outfits makes Guild Wars an amazing experience in online gaming.

Overall, I love this game. I was switching between MMORPG's for years and I was playing World of Warcraft for more than a year until I discovered this amazing game. In MMORPG's you have to grind, grind, grind to get better gear, because the gear is what matters in PvP in MMORPG's. In Guild Wars, though it is not an MMORPG, it is a COPRG- gear level doesn't matter. It is skill that makes you superior to one another.