"Also, because there aren't strict weapon restrictions, any character can wield a sword, axe, or hammer, therefore you will see some non-traditional character classes engaging in melee combat."

hehe, that's one of the things I enjoy about GW, but funny antecdote: some MMORPG fanatic went absolutely ballistic on me in the e3 beta when I would use this awesome bow I found with my warrior to soften up my enemies before I killed him... he was insisting a warrior could tank and that's it, and I tried to explain to him that this offered more tactics then a MMORPG which all his friends agreed but the poor fellow couldn't stop frothing at me.