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Guild Wars isn't free it has never been. You can divide expense of buying original game and expansions per month and calculate from there. It surely is less than wow but then you can't unsubscribe after 1 month. Also if you spend more time than casual player in game you'll find out fast that getting those extra money updates is pretty necessary to "stay on top".

So yeah it's not free.

I would say guild wars has gotten pretty boring after they announced they're making guild wars 2. The game is obviously getting a bit old too. In MMO you want to develop your character and stuff but when there's incertainity if game is going to continue how long you don't really want to put much effort on it...