Guild Wars 2

When the first spring minis where out, they where CLEARLY MARKED as “available for X days only”.

What that means, to any reasonable person, is that after X days they will not be available again.

Then last weekend, the first three minis where available again for the weekend. You’re probably wondering why I’m complaining, no… it’s not because more people had a chance to buy it.

It’s because I’ve been busy lately and have basically only logged on once a week to buy these minis. I wanted a full collection. The update notes and previous information on the minis was very very clear that each mini would be on sale for their limited week, and then not be buy-able again.

So I logged on during the weekend and bought some more gems, then clicked on that “Available for X days” only mini. Turns out, since all the old minis where on sale again, the one which appeared on the “Home” page of the BLTC was a repeat.

I noticed this now. Now I have 2x Hippo, that I can’t do anything with and have wasted 400 gems. And seems like I’ve missed out on one of the minis.

I’m really kinda annoyed, now I am 400 gems down and have missed out on a limited edition mini that I will probably not be able to get again.

Did anyone else seriously think “Available for x days only” after they announced it would be one mini per week, mean the minis would ONLY be available for that single week?

(And yes, filed a support ticket. No, no response. Not really expecting a response. I still feel cheated/ripped off since that original ‘Available for x days only’ label was clearly lying).

I thought that the “available for x days only” really meant they wouldn’t ever be available again. Now I’m concerned that the same may be true for Flame & Frost dyes, which many people invested in due to their limited availability. If they bring these back on the Gem Store the prices are going to plummet and people will take a loss based on false information.

Bummer this happened. :/

I’m sorry, but if you bought the same mini a second time “by mistake” that’s your own fault. Open your eyes next time.

I find it hard to agree with your point because of how meaningless it is. So what, instead of signing into the game once and buying 3 minis you had to sign in 3 times and buy 3 minis?

The way I interpret it, “Available for x days only” means “this item is for sale for x days.” Nowhere did I see the word exclusive used. You didn’t open your eyes, you paid zero attention, and you bought a mini a second time. That’s your own fault and not a justifiable reason to come to the forums and cry foul against Anet.

Here’s the text from the update notes:

“To celebrate spring, the Gem Store is making one miniature baby animal available each week for the month of May. This week’s adorable addition is the Mini Moa Chick, which is now available in the Minis category of the Gem Store for 400 gems each.”

No where does it say it will never come back. And for your double purchase, pay attention next time.

“I find it hard to agree with your point because of how meaningless it is. So what, instead of signing into the game once and buying 3 minis you had to sign in 3 times and buy 3 minis?”

No… that wasn’t the point at all. I have no problems signing in as often as I need to…

The problem is that I expected there to only be one mini available at a time. So hence I didn’t pay enough attention to the one that was advertised on my “Home tab”.

Yes, I should have paid more attention and gone to the “Mini” tab. I imagine on the “Mini” tab, there would have been all four minis (current + 3 previous), rather than just the one (old mini) which appeared on my “Home” tab.

I just find it doggy that the in game information, including the update notes: “one miniature baby animal available each week for the month of May” was clearly over-turned / not followed.

Yes it was my mistake because I didn’t double check the purchase. However such a mistake would not have been possible if they kept their word regarding “making one available each week for the month”.

I noticed recently that they have added a history for your previous gem store purchases in the trading post. You wouldn’t have needed to go to the mini tab to check.

I’m not sure if the hippo from first week was even still on my gem store history by then. It probably was.

The point is, I realized there where a lot of ways I could have noticed this – check mini tab, check bank tab, and (as you say) probably the history.

But I definitely feel it’s misleading when they say “we’ll give you one per week”, do that for three weeks, then display one on the “Home” tab, but it’s not the ‘right’ one. I realize this may not have been intentional (not sure how items get ‘chosen’ to be one of the three I see immediately on my home tab), but it’s still misleading.

It’s also dodgy if you’re going to say you’re selling one per week for May and then not stick to that. (Yes I realize the patch note says nothing about what happens after May). That is dodgy, although that’s not the reason I made this thread.