*I* play guildwars!
*Ahem*
No, I dont think it takes away from the challenge and appeal of the game, I actually once made a few builds for characters and teams that won me 100 consecutives in Team PvP, It only sucked that I couldnt post my build on the site due to my innability to use the wiki editing tools. Now that I no-longer have the original gear and skill templates, I've lost the originals, and Arenanet's constant overmanaging has sort of quashed my attempts at remakes (that and I am currently not playing anything on my PC)
But yeah, I think there is nothing wrong with learning from what Other people know. I think that is the same reason people use forums for particular games.
*EDIT*
Also, whatever happened to -"If I know nothing about the topic... I keep my mouth shut?"
Its that simple, really... Has ignorance become a base for bashing something? Scratch that... of course it is.... >_>
I'm sorry, I'm probably being a bit too mean right now...