Guild Wars 2

Alright. So I’ve been browsing various forum websites, including this forum, and have come to a singular conclusion:

People hate gambling

And what was recently added in the cash shop? Yet another gamble, a consortium chest, that while having a much better drop rate for rare items then the black lion chests still use this gambling element to acquire them.

Now, I don’t think that people want to gamble for these skins, or tonics, or whatever. People just want them. So why not let them just straight up buy them from the trading post? Wouldn’t sales be larger given that people who want these items would be definitely buying them, one way or another, instead of having to decide between spending real money, or in-game gold on what could be just a few mining picks or salvage kits?

Well, I think so. But adding all these neat skins and whatnot would still be lacking, no? See, another thing I’ve learned while lurking around is that there are a metric ton of people who enjoy playing female characters and wearing…rather revealing armor. I’ve also noticed something else; there is a severe shortage of town clothing.

Oh wait, idea. Lightbulb. Why not make some revealing town clothing, and then put it up on the cash shop? Or just cool clothing in general? Armor skins, too. Because I know that people love dem g-strings and cleavage. And cool looking armor. Hell, one of the things I see a lot of is people wanting the flames on the CoF armor to be dyable. Why not have something in the gem shop that does that? Not the actual armor, mind you, but something that allows it to be further dyed. Hell, make it for all armor. Something that adds a slider to any piece of armor that lets you change the hue, color, and value.

Point is, people hate gambling, but people love kittenty clothing and cool armor and customization. Stop adding gambling chests, start adding sexy chests. Or hell, keep them both, and just make the skins an option to just buy outright. Just add more skins. Add more town clothes, but don’t make them exclusive, 1-in-a-million drops from a chest that you have to pay money for.

I know some elementalists that would pay some real monnies for that elite sunspear armor from the original, I tell you what.

No limited time items of value should ever be in a consortium chest or black lion chest again.