Guild Wars has been out for several years and it continues to be one of the most popular free MMOs available. Guild Wars 2 launched in 2012 as a one-time purchase game with no monthly subscription. In 2015, it switched to a free-to-play business model, and, judging by the number of active players, it was the right decision.
Guild Wars 2 has just stepped away from its primary “buy to play” model and introduced a new free to play option for players to access the games core content, that is to say everything that currently exists in the game, in preparation for the new Heart of Thorns expansion. Guild Wars 2 is going free. That's free, not free-to-play. "We’re not using the words free-to-play with Guild Wars 2," says ArenaNet president and co-founder Mike O'Brien when I talk to him about the changes via email. "We believe in buy to play, and we know that when people describe something as free-to-play that comes with expectations." Just to confirm, I've got 2 accounts, EU and NA, and recently joined a levelling challenge where rules were to play on an f2p account (free). I've leveled in minimal fashion to 80 and while it has some restrictions, you get access to the core game for free and a great feeling for the core professions, mechanics, so you should be able to determine whether it is to your liking just fine. zhJf4g.