Idea for Gem Store Item. Waypoint.
Anet tries very hard not to “sell” the content to people. What I mean by that is that Anet doesn’t want a game where people who work hard at content feel cheated because someone else can whip out their wallet and get the same achievement/item/etc, for no in game work.
I know that you can spend enough money to buy a legendary through currency exchange, but Anet does a good job regulating that by making the gems to gold conversion rate so awful. Last time I checked you get 69s for 100gems. That’s around $1.50 for 69s (not a good trade).
Being able to make waypoints to a zone you hadn’t discovered would not only rob players that had to make the trek there, but you insult the developers by skipping over the world that they spent a lot of time and effort creating to be as beautiful as it is.
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That’s a good thought. Here’s an idea:
You can pop a waypoint for your party at your location by using an instant-waypoint consumable that you bought previously from a vendor using karma or gold. party members could go to that waypoint for a larger fee than a usual waypoint. the price for you dropping the waypoint costs more than what party members pay for to warp to that WP.
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