Guild Wars?

So what's the deal with Guild Wars? Has anyone played it recently? Is it pretty good? Is it easy to pick up and play or overly complicated? I was just looking on the website some and it seems to be the latter. It looks as if you must know precisely what you are gonna pick because some powers affect other powers and are only optimal if you pick others. It's like picking a kinetic defender and all ally buffs and not picking any of your attacks for solo play... That's what I gathered from my quick 10 minutes looking over the Assasin, Ranger, Ritualist and Paragon. I looked at those because I usually play Blasters, Scrappers, Brutes, or Controllers. That was getting me nowhere, so I came back to the awesome player base of CoH. I am not overly concerened for what I may do when/if this does go down, but my friend only plays select games that are not overly complicated and can be played with anyone. He enjoys playing with his 8 year old son, and on the same token gets frustrated when his son is not understanding a certain thing. For instance in heroes, he never quite grasped the fact that "Pulling" definitely meant "don't jump in" lol. Anyway, thanks for the help in advance if you guys know anything about Guild Wars. If not I will keep searching the net for a raplacement .

I played Guild Wars along side with City of Heroes. Although it wasn't an MMO, it was pretty much my gateway into CoH. The main appeal is not having a subscription.

I like it alot and I've been playing GW2 since beta. I enjoy it a lot.

You could think of the original Guild Wars as a first person, online only, Diablo II. There were content expansions, no subscription, you can play with others.

The complete collection box I think is only $30 if you can find it. It's not like stores carry old PC games or that many new PC games anymore.

I'm talking brick and mortar stores. I'm sure you can find it online. You can buy/download the Platinum version (game and last expansion) from NCSoft. Not sure about places like Steam.

Okay, checked Amazon. There is one seller of the complete collection (game + 3 expansions) for $43.50 with free shipping. Amazon itself sells the Trilogy version (game + first 2 expansions) for $30 and the last expansion separately for $30. Amazon also sells the digital download of Platinum version (game plus last expansion) for only $20. Don't forget, if you ordering a box edition (versus a download), get it new for an unused serial code.