Guild Wars 2

Hi there,

I recently found myself accidentally buying another Ascended ring, same as my previous, unknowing that it was unique. While this is my fault, there is no possible way to get a refund. I have contacted ArenaNet, but I am assuming the worst (35 laurels gone to waste).

My suggestion is the following: put a refund system in place. Every item bought from a vendor using a currency like Dungeon Tokens and Laurels (perhaps even Karma gear as well) should get a ‘buff’ that says: you have x amount of hours to trade this back to the merchant for a full refund. This system is in place in various MMO’s and I whole heartily believe it will reduce a lot of grief for players. Also ArenaNet can stop helping people out with issues like this.

What do you think about a refund system like the above? Any improvements?

Good idea, but I think it’d be sufficient to just have a refund system like the buyback menu, no need for buffs. It’d probably be harder to implement though, as the merchant has to interact with your inventory, and recognise the particular item.

Well, I called it a buff, but it probably isn’t. In WoW you buy a certain item using the dungeon token currency and it has a line saying ‘you have x hours to trade it back in for a full refund’ even items looted in dungeons have a ‘x hours to trade it with a player that was also in the dungeon’ for when accidents like this happen. It will reduce a lot of grief and ANet doesn’t need to worry about these things anymore. I don’t have a clue about programmig etc., but I can’t imagine a refundsystem is difficult to implement.

/Signed, never had an issue with this since I am really cautious. It should have been in game from the start.

This exact thing happened to me about 5 minutes ago. I’m completely lugubrious over it. :’(

You can upgrade the Ascended ring and, while it retains it’s uniqueness, it’s a different item so you can wear them both.

Yes, that means you can wear a Red Ring of Death and a Red Ring of Death (Infused).

This falls under player and user error, you wont get a refund because as you said its your fault. Now on to the refund thing im against it because people really need to look at what they are buying before they buy it but thats just me.