Guild Wars 2

I know this has been suggested before, to allow an XML client interface that allows players to make their own interface customizations, but this time I’d like to suggest a twist to that system that players and arenanet could all enjoy.

Make the player-made mods available in the gem-store section. Players who make mods get a commission (in gems) for purchases made, arenanet gets more gem purchases overall (which supports the game), and players don’t need to go through all this curse-client crap to install their favorite mods, just pay 10-150 gems to get them.

I realize that the reason this feature hasn’t really been worked on in the past is likely a lack of financial incentive, but with this implementation, that makes it so player-made (and arenaNet made interface customizations as well) can become a source of financial support for GW2.

Not gonna happen. I’m a plugin programmer and designer for different top MMOs and i can tell you that in-game store Mods will never work because of several issues. At least not in GW2 or any other MMORPG that i play.

1: Anet would need to test and validate every design (worker needed for that) to avoid exploits designs, virus, broken ones, etc.
2: The UI actually interacts with the game more than it seems. We might change the colours or images, but changing position of anything will cause issues for sure or make some options unavailible. If that happens, then Anet couldn’t fix that because they aren’t suppose to. The right owner should fix it, patch it, go throught point 1 and hope it doesn’t breaks anything else.
3: Lack of interest in headaches. If the UI market throught in-game store would be on the table, Anet would create and provide 5-10 different UIs and that’d be enough. They would remove the point 1 and 2 and still get more money from this suggestion.

Sorry man.