Seems like the same “Logic” that keeps them from making Tier 3 armour exotic.
I really don’t get what’s going on with ANet. One minute they’re talking about how they eschew the traditional MMO gear treadmill and that grind is for aesthetics, the next they pull something like this.
Actually, I do get it.
It’s to drive players towards the gemstore.
These skins will probably be desirable to a large portion of the playerbase. They’ll want to use them on high-end weapons. That means they’ll need Fine Transmutation Stones, and the only ways to get those (aside from stockpiling them during story quests) are by buying them directly from the gemstore, or from Black Lion Chests, and good luck getting a key to drop (I’ve had 2 drop since early access).
And again, there’s nothing inherently wrong with this, and they have to make money somehow, but it still feels like a swift kick to the nadgers after the amount of time it takes to play through the PS.
Oh, as an aside, I finished my ranger’s PS last night and interestingly enough, directly after killing Zhaitan, I got a yellow commemorative hat. Shame it looks like every other pirate hat out there.
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