I enjoy Guild Wars 2, and I want to support it by buying from the cash shop; however, as much as I do want to buy something, there’s just not anything that seems worthy of purchasing.
For example, the armor skins look decent. I see there is a Warrior skin that was borrowed from Guild Wars 1 and it looks great for low levels but compared to the end game lvl 80 skins,Order of the Whispers/Valiant/Priory skins, dungeon armor skin, and soon infusion armor skin?, etc… I don’t see any point in purchasing these at all when the ones I can get at max level is much more aesthetically appealing, in my opinion.
Not only that, some of the skins that I actually want to buy can’t even be used in combat which is why I’m not buying them.
Then there’s small things like tonic and mini-pets, but they don’t have any practical applications I’ve seen so far and their aesthetic appeal is extremely small. Maybe if there was a mini-pet battle arena, I may eventually consider buying mini-pets.
And there are also small things such as consumables and boosts and services, but they don’t grab me for some reason. Maybe its because I can buy dyes from the trade house rather than buying dye packs with real money. Or maybe its because I can get chest keys or consumables for free when I complete story quests. I can’t quite put my finger on it but what is available in the store, currently, just does not grab my attention at all.
What I would buy:
-Mounts. Traveling, especially in WvW, can be a pain and adding mount battles would be interesting. It offers not only practical applications, but also a certain degree of aesthetic purpose. I would definitely pay 20 dollars or so to buy a mount.
-Aesthetic Weapon animations. Maybe add starry kind of glitters to attacks similar, or a trailing light similar to the legendary weapons or some dragon-shaped flame coming out of my Elementalist wand each time I attack. But I’d definitely pay good money for this.
-Change weapon animation hues. My mesmer shooting purple beams out of my Great Sword just doesn’t quite match the green hue of my armor. No actual applications. Just purely for aesthetics. But I’d pay 10 dollars or so if we could purchase a different hue to our weapon animations.
-Character aura. Just as it implies. Maybe a fiery demonic flame aura or some rainbow aura, etc… No actual applications. Just purely for aesthetics. I’d pay 20 dollars for this.
-Aesthetic Eye glow effect. Just to get our eyes to stand out more. I’d pay probably around 10 dollars for this.
-Voice alternatives. To be honest, the voice that is set for my character doesn’t match my character at all. Also, I would like to see my character talking more. Tribes and Counter-Strike and most FPS I believe has this feature. Clicking V->C or something like that way would give the command: “Fall Back!” or something. This would be both practical and sound aesthetically pleasing. Would be nice to see some option here. Would pay 20 dollars or so for a new voice set.
-Housing. Lots of potential here especially for crafting. Gem store could provide much exclusive furnitures and the such.
-Exclusive faces and hairs and accessories. I personally thought there was a lack of faces and hair and accessories choice . Also, maybe a ticket to redo our looks. Also, personally, I think there should be an age feature. Every character in the game seems to be between 20-40. But maybe some people want to be that white bearded wizard that is like 100 years old or so or maybe some people want to be loli like an anime character.
And the list goes on but these are just some examples of things I’d buy for sure. What do you guys think?