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Posted by: Iason Evan.3806

Iason Evan.3806

With Halloween coming up I thought now was a good time to go over where we were two years ago at Halloween, last year at Halloween and what’s coming up for this year. Why is this in the BLTC area of the forums? I will get to that. I also want to talk about the BLTC past, present, and future.

For the very first Halloween we had one of our first tastes of new content for the game. The game was barely 2 months old and it was exciting. The fight with Mad King Thorn was very well received. For those of you that weren’t around then I will explain. We had a cool, quick, dungeon-style fight with Mad King Thorn. At the end there was a chest. In it was all sorts of stuff including Gem Store Items. That was the draw really and it made for a great first holiday event. last year was nothing like the inaugural Halloween Festival. There wasn’t even any game world loot. It was all festival drops and after people completed the meta, it just kind of died out. So what’s the point?

The point is that you can’t have a Halloween festival like you had the first year and then change it so dramatically(loot-wise) and have the second year be as well received. Isn’t the point as game makers to at least meet previous expectations at the very least? Downgrading seems hardly the way to go about it. Also, I kinda feel like only meeting expectations isn’t really what anyone wants. You want to outdo yourselves.

I have to imagine something special is coming this Halloween or I hope it is. I am all about having the exact same Halloween as the first Halloween though. The Gem Shop items were a proper way to celebrate. I realize that it was more of a, “The first one is on the house” type situation with The Gem Store Items, but to then cut out even in-game loot out of last year was a steep drop-off in terms of excitement as a player.

  • With Dye being moved to the gem shop(sans 5 laurels for 1 dye) and now with not having a Miniature Storage Tab so we could, you know invest in minis, where is the Gem Shop gonna be in two years? Are we just slowly moving toward an ArenaNet friendly paywall for consumers as the years go by? <——- That’s a serious question and one I don’t think is unfounded. I think as a consumer it’s a valid question to ask the people in charge. Where’s the Gem Shop headed?

It started off as a thing that was friendly for the consumer. I have to say it’s been slowly getting less and less friendly and I would hate to see it get to the point where I don’t want to log in anymore because of it. Thanks for your time.

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Posted by: Allisa Wonderland.8192

Allisa Wonderland.8192

Removing the mini bank tab is a big win for those who made investment purchases of minis.

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Posted by: Behellagh.1468

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  • With Dye being moved to the gem shop(sans 5 laurels for 1 dye) and now with not having a Miniature Storage Tab so we could, you know invest in minis, where is the Gem Shop gonna be in two years? Are we just slowly moving toward an ArenaNet friendly paywall for consumers as the years go by? <——- That’s a serious question and one I don’t think is unfounded. I think as a consumer it’s a valid question to ask the people in charge. Where’s the Gem Shop headed?

First dyes weren’t moved to the gem shop. No idea where you latched onto that detail. Unidyes were always a chance from chests and the dye pack was there when the game launched. With account wide unlocks the population simply didn’t need dyes dropping like flies anymore which is why unidye prices in laurels went up by a factor of ten. Dyes can still be cooked up by a chef and forged into a common unidye. Fine dye prices still haven’t recovered although some masterwork dyes are being artificially manipulated by removing a chunk of of an already low supply.

As for minis, buy and hold is a terrible way to invest. Look at Beanie Babies and plates from the Franklin Mint. But for those of us who had dups, the move to account wide wardrobe finally got us to unload on the TP or drop in the forge. And now all my characters can have the same mini out. And since minis were always Gem Shop items, at least the ones you can sell, nothing has really changed there.

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