Guild Wars 2

The title kind of says it all, but I’ll try to explain it a little further. Why not add a new kind of, Bundle Item to the Gemstore that allows players to buy, essentially, Skin Packs, for Gems? These could work in one of several ways.

Theme Packs: A theme pack is essentially a bundle of skins based around a specific theme. For example, let’s say you have a, ‘Durmand Priory Armor Pack.’ Buying that unlocks all Light, Heavy, and Medium armor skins in the account’s Wardrobe. A similar Weapon Pack option could be made available to unlock Priory Weapons.

Lottery Pack: A lottery pack would be a random selection of 10 weapon and/or armor skins to be unlocked in the account’s wardrobe. These could be anything from white-vendor bought skins, to ascended skins. In the case of getting a skin the player already has, give the player a free Black Lion Weapon Ticket Scrap.

Specific Pack: A specific pack would aim at a specific armor slot. For example, a One-Hand Sword pack, a Hammer Pack, or even a Back Item Pack. These, like the Lottery Pack, are randomly selected, though will give you 3 skins rather than 10, and like the Lottery Pack, will give the player a free Black Lion Weapon Ticket Scrap for getting a skin they already have.

Rarity Pack: A rarity pack would select a number of skins depending upon the rarity of the pack. For example, if you select a, ‘Fine Pack,’ you’d get 10 Fine-Quality skins. Masterwork would yield 7, Rare 5, Exotic 3, Ascended 1. There would be no Legendary pack. Like the Lottery Pack, the player gets a free Black Lion Weapon Ticket Scrap for getting a skin they already have.

Select-a-Pack: A select-a-pack allows the players to pick any 3 unobtained skins in their wardrobe, and obtain them.

In general any of the packs would probably cost anywhere between 1,000-1,500 Gems. Seems like it’d be a decent alternative to offering players a chance to get certain skins. Naturally some skins would have to be made unavailable, such as PvP/WvW/Living Story exclusive skins (Spinal Blades, Tribal Armor, etc…)

This is similar to the old system, prewardrobe, where you got a trunk full of pvp skins for every 500 achievement points. This could be done with a little work. Personally, I hope they bring the old system back :/