There's very little that ties GW and GW2. It's a beautiful game with higher graphics. It's not smart to run higher graphics in crowded areas. Even on a higher end machine.
Couple of my friends have monsters, and immediately drop the quality in higher traffic parts of the map. Especially during the "world bosses."
My favouirte world boss is probably The Claw of Jormag, AKA Mor-Lag. 'cause you know... lag.... loads of it.
I think it's wonderful. Me and my bunch of friends love it. We're all mostly 80 now. Just a few who recently got the game who are now the beginners of the bunch.
I love my Engineer. Pistol + Shield = Defensive heaven.
Also, my supply crate, it's underwhelming as an Elite skill, but... I GET TO DROP THE BOX!!!