Guild Wars 2

Hi

First of all: this is not a suggestion to get things faster! Numbers used here are just examples and should be adjusted by Anet to their liking. This is a suggestion to reduce the “I’m forced to spend XY on expensive A while I would love A and B”

let’s take the wintersday-gifts as a informative example: You got 3 different currencies:

• Ugly Wool Socks
• Ugly Wool Hats
• Ugly Wool Sweaters

now you also had 3 tabs at the vendor to spend those currency on the same items.
Imho this was great!! It was possible to safe some socks for this one expensive item + you couls spend all hats and sweaters on other interesting things.

note:
A lot of people hat the fact that currency takes away inventory slots. Laurels don’t, and this evolution shouldn’t either. It’s like you have red, green and yellow laurels in your UI.

My suggestion:

• each item at the laurel vendor costs 2x more
• you earn 1-3 yellow laurels / daily
• you earn 1-3 red laurels / daily
• you earn 1-3 green laurels / daily
• important: the sum of won laurels is constant: 7

—> example:
today I got 1 yellow laurel, 3 red and 3 green
Now I safe the yellow ones for the cat tonic but still can spend my other laurels on other things.

—> it simply leads to more traffic at the vendor instead of staring at him for months.

let me say it again: This shouldn’t make it easier to get expensive stuff. Anet should find a balance for the numbers.

example here:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Festive_Lionguard_%28Gift_Exchange%29

alternatively to 2 new currencies you could make a tab where the same items can be bought for big amounts of karma. It’s non-tradeable so it would work too and would add more activity to the vendor.