It took about 6 hours to get a char to max lvl in Guild Wars and another 5 hours to get max gear.
I am sorry but I can’t help to point out, this is just so not true, at least for a first time player without some veteran players’ help… Let’s not bend the facts here. The original Guild Wars while being good, is far from painless / stressless / no grinding to play. Don’t get me wrong, I love the original Guild Wars, but that doesn’t make it a better game than Guild Wars 2, in every way in my opinion.