Guild Wars 2

Lane.3410:

Not everyone has the disposable income to “support” Anet. The fact that GW2 doesn’t have a subscription fee is going to be a draw to those who cannot afford an extra $15/mo. for entertainment in the first place.

Having said that, there are very few ways in GW2 to make gold and all of them require grinding except for the TP, which not everyone is gifted at playing (I’m certainly not).

I currently fall into the lack of disposable income category, so I can understand why someone might be unable to pay real money for gems, however I also don’t have a problem with the rising exchange rate starting to become more favourable to those who do.

Also please bear in mind that while large sums of gold aren’t necessarily easy to come by without “grinding”, you don’t actually need large amounts of gold to play the game and access the content. Sure, gold buys you nice things, but none of it is strictly required to enjoy the game.

Lane.3410:

marnick.4305:

If and only if you want to support the game now and then. And that’s apparently your root problem.

Not everyone has the disposable income to “support” Anet. The fact that GW2 doesn’t have a subscription fee is going to be a draw to those who cannot afford an extra $15/mo. for entertainment in the first place.

“afford” isn’t the right term. “Willing” is more appropriate. I’m not willing to pay a subscription for an MMO. Not that I’d have a financial problem with that, but more of an ethical problem. I would even bet that many people who don’t want to pay a 15€ sub on a game they play 5 hours a week tops, are probably the people with the largest disposable income levels, the kind of people willing to throw a 100€ at the game every now and then because frankly … 100 euros isn’t a whole lot of money.

So a pick costs 10 euros, which is less than pocket change. Even a 12 years old kid on parental allowance should be able to save that up in a week or two. The argument you won’t have some spare cash is simply invalid.
You may not be willing to give it to arena.net, and that’s your full right. I respect that, you shouldn’t throw away your money on things you don’t like. However you don’t have a right to complain either in that case.

Having said that, there are very few ways in GW2 to make gold and all of them require grinding except for the TP, which not everyone is gifted at playing (I’m certainly not).

That may be true, but I don’t see it as relevant.

I was wondering why people don’t stack up gems when its a bit cheaper
and… you know.. this kind of spark will keep on coming….. with every exclusive (limited)
items that they will release in the future.

Proxcel.2596:

I was wondering why people don’t stack up gems when its a bit cheaper
and… you know.. this kind of spark will keep on coming….. with every exclusive (limited)
items that they will release in the future.

Cause Gems rarely lower in price anymore, and we’re fools to believe that they won’t rise any more in price.

Charming Rogue.8071:

Proxcel.2596:

I was wondering why people don’t stack up gems when its a bit cheaper
and… you know.. this kind of spark will keep on coming….. with every exclusive (limited)
items that they will release in the future.

Cause Gems rarely lower in price anymore, and we’re fools to believe that they won’t rise any more in price.

While I agree that gem prices (in terms of gold) are unlike to get much cheaper, it’s important to realise that new additions to the gem store (or discounts on desirable items) will cause spikes in the gold → gem exchange rate. The best thing you can do to avoid getting stung by these spikes is to purchase gems when the rate is more stable before you actually want to spend them.

marnick.4305:

“afford” isn’t the right term. “Willing” is more appropriate. I’m not willing to pay a subscription for an MMO. Not that I’d have a financial problem with that, but more of an ethical problem. I would even bet that many people who don’t want to pay a 15€ sub on a game they play 5 hours a week tops, are probably the people with the largest disposable income levels, the kind of people willing to throw a 100€ at the game every now and then because frankly … 100 euros isn’t a whole lot of money.

So a pick costs 10 euros, which is less than pocket change. Even a 12 years old kid on parental allowance should be able to save that up in a week or two. The argument you won’t have some spare cash is simply invalid.
You may not be willing to give it to arena.net, and that’s your full right. I respect that, you shouldn’t throw away your money on things you don’t like. However you don’t have a right to complain either in that case.

Wow, that is really presumptuous.