Guild Wars 2

are there stores where you can buy cards to add gems to your account?

I would like to see something official on the ETA for gem cards. I have friends overseas that are having problems purchasing gems through the BLTS. Gem cards would solve their issues but there is no info on when/where gem cards will be released.
There is a “redeem” choice on the gem purchase window, so I’m thinking the cards are planned.

At this stage even if Anet went in this direction you are talking 6-12 months to get the ball rolling with production. I have no idea why they spent all these years developing this game and evidently decided not to provide mass market cards like most other far cheaply produced F2P MMOs have done.

My local game store sells cards like you described (i live in Belgium).

It was about €25 for 2000 gems.

Skaan.1423:

My local game store sells cards like you described (i live in Belgium).

It was about €25 for 2000 gems.

What card is this? Need a name so I can search for it.

Here’s a picture of it:

Thanks I wonder why this isn’t available in the US yet?… I checked gamestop’s website, did a google, I find nothing..

Ahh its actually in the FAQ on gems, they will have Gem Cards “in the future”. I suppose EU got the cards first.

I wonder how the gem cards will work with the fluctuating gem economy? Will they sometimes be over priced and other times be under priced? Or will it always be cheaper or more expensive to buy a card?

Due to bots undercutting the economy I don’t see why anyone would sell gems or the cards for in game money. With that I can’t see how the cards real world cost can ever be “over priced”. The price, in my opinion, would always be stable.

Maybe you meant purely real world price. If so since they are priced by region their real world value would always be stable.

Considering it costs exactly 25 EUR to purchase the gems from the gem store directly, this is purely a convenience for those without a credit card or PayPal account.

GOSU.9574:

Due to bots undercutting the economy I don’t see why anyone would sell gems or the cards for in game money. With that I can’t see how the cards real world cost can ever be “over priced”. The price, in my opinion, would always be stable.

Maybe you meant purely real world price. If so since they are priced by region their real world value would always be stable.

I don’t know about that. Last night I checked and you could only buy 285 gems for 1 gold in-game, while it was 385 just a few nights ago. The price of gems (for gold) is rising sharply as people are getting richer in-game and I expect the trend will continue.

Eventually you will probably be able to buy enormous amounts of gold with gems and that’s when it starts being useful for those with a bit of disposable income.

GOSU.9574:

Ahh its actually in the FAQ on gems, they will have Gem Cards “in the future”. I suppose EU got the cards first.

Not Gamestop Ireland anyway… What game store did you get his from Skaan?

Any idea if ANet will accept Ultimate Game Card (UGC)?

Infrastructure for online transactions hasn’t exactly sunk in the Filipino market yet and i’m not exactly willing to put my money on the line to test them out.

I didn’t buy one of those cards, but i saw it in a store called Game Mania. I could be wrong, but if i remember right only Belgium and the Netherlands have these stores.