A lot of the activities in GW2 are not gameplay

How people individually define games and gameplay is an endlessly interesting topic that is so subjective! That said, I'm closing this thread--everyone has had their say and it has stopped being constructive. A reminder that the forum has an ignore function for anyone who needs to use it--simply hover over the username and select it from the popup panel, as shown below. (Sorry Flowersunshine, you happened to be the most recent poster in this thread before I got here--I am not picking on you!)