i know this post is probly old but ima list things about guild wars
pros/cons
1: u can paint ur own armour
2: edit ur own capes
3: capes are the guild symbol such as if u change guilds ur cape changes depending on the guilds
4: guilds can own their own lands
5: u can buy merchants and a bank for that land
6: they are people not buildings and they are pre placed u cant decide where u want them (refering to #5)
7: u can mix match professions such as a monk/necromancer which leads to alot of fun combos
8: each class has their own strengths and weaknesses so there is no one all mighty class like warlock
9: pvp is phenomanal there are different types of pvp games to play
10: guild vs guild
11: unlike
wow u are limited to 8 skills so u must think carefully and this is where most people screw up and dislike the game (note i said most, not all) they throw random skills to gether and try it and fail, this is a game u use ur brain in
(i will add much more to this list but im falling asleep i had list up to 30 and still was going earlier but i had minor power outage)