Guild Wars 2

Sorry if this has been suggested before (I did use the search!) or, better yet, was Anet’s intention from the start.

Assuming the game has traditional expansion packs like the first game, please let them be purchasable through the gem store so that it could be purchased for gold. It would be an absolutely amazing feeling to know I raised the money to buy an expansion through playing the game.

Since the gems would have to have been bought by someone, the money would still be going directly to the company much like buying it from the site. I wouldn’t expect a box or game disk, just a simple flagging of my account much like the current gem store upgrade to the digital deluxe edition.

I find that the gem store makes making gold in the game feel extremely rewarding – being able to buy things like character slots is something I’ve never had access to before in an MMO because of my stringent ‘no micro-transactions’ rule. Being able to play towards an expansion pack would be a wonderful in-game goal.