Guild Wars 2

I cannot figure out this gem to gold/gold to gem UI for the life of me. There is no “current price” listing at all and nothing clearly states how many gems equals how much gold. Players are given an average price, a five day low, and a five day high. I don’t want averages…I want the actual price and I want it to constantly update as I sit there staring at it, so I know exactly how much gold I will get for my gems. I also want the ability to put in a gem amount and see the gold amount I would receive, even if I don’t own that many gems. Just to see what it would be if I had that many gems. Am I the only one here?

Also, the little line graph chart at the bottom? No interaction available whatsoever. It’s just a picture. I can’t mouse over the line and see what the price is at certain points or change the graph to just look at a 1 day, 2 day, or 3 day average. How about even a 1 month average? Come on people…this is one of the only ways ANet makes money aside from actual game sales and we don’t have the UI/options we need to actively trade and speculate on the market.

Gem/Gold UI Image

Yes, the UI can be better. The whole TP UI can be better, to be honest.

That being said, there are several ways to know the current price…

1. Knowledge. You get 30% less gold for your gems than what you pay for them when you sell them at the same moment.

2. Buy 1 gem, check the Gem for Gold, look at the actual price for 1 gem and you got your price.

3. Check http://www.gw2spidy.com/

Tallis.5607:

Yes, the UI can be better. The whole TP UI can be better, to be honest.

That being said, there are several ways to know the current price…

1. Knowledge. You get 30% less gold for your gems than what you pay for them when you sell them at the same moment.

2. Buy 1 gem, check the Gem for Gold, look at the actual price for 1 gem and you got your price.

3. Check http://www.gw2spidy.com/

This is both helpful and appreciated! Until ANet makes some changes, gw2spidy will have to do!

I always input the amount of the 5 day average and see how many gems you get. You then adjust up or down as needed to arrive at the current price for 100. You can also use 1g to determine it at a larger size purchase and compare results over time as well. A real time ticker for the actual price would be a nice feature to have. Though it might confuse anyone not familiar with what a ticker represents which is the last transaction which doesn’t always reflect the price of the next transaction. Anyone who trades stocks will be familiar with this.