Guild Wars 2

I had an idea about a gold sink. Server Chat! We have map chat, but it isn’t very effective if you are looking for a group to do a dungeon or something.
To prevent spam there would be two parameters to server chat:

1. Each message costs 10silver
2. Each account is only able to send one message per 10 or 15 minutes.

This would be used mainly for finding dungeon groups, etcetera, because nobody would be able to have a conversation like this. And of course, these two parameters could be changed, so in the future when people have tons of money it could be 1g, or 10g, etc.

I think if they wanted to have a server chat, it would’ve been already implemented. A chat channel should always be free not like other MMOs where you can’t chat without spending money.. For server messages like LFG will be better appreciated a LFG tool than a server chat. Other messages like “event here” wont be very beneficial because they might happen in places you can’t go an that will become frustrating at some point.
Seeing chatting from people in Orr while playing in starter zone will be really confusing for the new players.

Nice idea, but

And of course, these two parameters could be changed, so in the future when people have tons of money it could be 1g, or 10g, etc.

will hurt new players that try to find group or ask important (for them) question.

Chat is limited to Map-Chat, because it’s an acceptable presumption that people who want to run a certain dungeon will be in the zone already.

As for major events, like Dragons spawning, I think ANet doesn’t want the entire server zerging onto one place.
That would not only put a lot of stress on the server for that particular zone, but also hurt the experience of other players.

Server chat: “Dragon B is up! Get over here! -insert waypoint link-”
Random casual who turned off server chat: “Where did everybody go?!”

Like you have too much gold to care about additional gold sink…

Yea, smelly. I do make a lot. I have 6g on one char, full exotics, with gem skin i paid for by trading my gold for gems. i currently have 2k gems after buying 3 character slots, 2 extra bank slots, and 6 extra bag slots on 2 characters