Guild Wars 2

Seems way too overpriced, i mean lets face it. The armor i have now surpasses the tier 3 culture armor and i got it for significantly less than what its costing now. The skin of the armor is the only reason i even want to get it in the first place (Lets face it, it’s the only heavy armor that actually looks good on a charr warrior apart from Citadel of Flame.)

Needless to say I’m not saying that it should be a gold a piece. Heck even cutting the price in half would be acceptable in my book. But over 100g for armor that isn’t even the best in the game seems redundant.

Though thoughts and opinions about why it costs so much would be appreciated.

I wanna say it is more about the skin than the stats, as you said the stats are not up to par with other 80 gear. I agree that the skin is pretty much over priced, I mean it takes a HUGE jump in price from tier 2 to tier 3. They should bring it down.

Very much agree with the pricing being way higher than it should for casual gamers

overpriced how, exactly?

what’s the hurry?

you think you will not be able to afford it before the servers shut down or something?

Crica, are you comparing the price difference of the other armors in the game to the ratio of gold?

Some of the karma armor vendors i can easily get BETTER armor within a few days of events than i ever will in say a solid month of farming gold.

For end game armor yes, it’s suppose to be pricy. I realize its not going to up and dissapear on me someday. But my point is why make the armor so expensive, if the stats of the armor isn’t going to be as much as it costs?

nope – armor for looks is subjective and any gold price placed on it is subject per user

there cant very well be millions of prices for everyone…

so everyone makes their own choice as to if they wish to go after the armor or not based on their own visual tastes…

as for the gold price in place, again, what’s the hurry?

are you afraid the servers will shut down before you can buy it?

You’re paying for the looks.

It would be better if they just removed the stats entirely and made this gear the same as the HoM gear or guild weapon/armor that you can just transmute onto what you want.

theres 2 kinds of end game gear, those that look good and those that are good. both of them should take a fair amount of time to save up for. Personally i think the actually good gear is way too cheap and easy to get. upon reaching lvl 80 and only having 12 gold to my name i was able to buy all the mats for my exotic crafted armour set.

I just don’t see the point in making the cultural gear so hard to get. The idea is that it’s supposed to be specific to that race. It’s not like it’s super-legendary gear that only a few people in setting have. Heck, you can’t even craft it like other legenary gear.

i dont mind the high cost as long as the quality it there.
T3 Sylvari gear i dont have a problem with, T2 is ok, and T1 im hoping is a mistake because it looks identical to the low level gear you pick up from mobs and its design is asura and very mechanical looking. same goes for the T1 Weapons.

I do have a problem with the T3 63k karma Sylvari weapons though, if thye wanted to make something look old and dead and least increase the thickness so it doesnt look like im running around with a twig. theres very little detail that could have been added to them.

Crica.1503:

nope – armor for looks is subjective and any gold price placed on it is subject per user

there cant very well be millions of prices for everyone…

so everyone makes their own choice as to if they wish to go after the armor or not based on their own visual tastes…

as for the gold price in place, again, what’s the hurry?

are you afraid the servers will shut down before you can buy it?

You are still failing to see the point I’m making with the original post, and your constant use of it is getting really stale.

By no means am i in any rush to get the armor, hence my saying i am really only getting this for the appearance. If they were to do as someone had stated earlier and make it so it has no stats, but more of a skin that would make more sense, and i wouldn’t have much of a reason to make my statement in the first place.

But considering the fact that it has stats, is scaling from the Tier 1-3 armors, the fluctuation in price is just ridiculous.

Vathill.6125:

Crica.1503:

nope – armor for looks is subjective and any gold price placed on it is subject per user

there cant very well be millions of prices for everyone…

so everyone makes their own choice as to if they wish to go after the armor or not based on their own visual tastes…

as for the gold price in place, again, what’s the hurry?

are you afraid the servers will shut down before you can buy it?

You are still failing to see the point I’m making with the original post, and your constant use of it is getting really stale.

By no means am i in any rush to get the armor, hence my saying i am really only getting this for the appearance. If they were to do as someone had stated earlier and make it so it has no stats, but more of a skin that would make more sense, and i wouldn’t have much of a reason to make my statement in the first place.

But considering the fact that it has stats, is scaling from the Tier 1-3 armors, the fluctuation in price is just ridiculous.

Just don’t look at the stats.

Just don’t look at the stats.[/quote]

Didn’t read the whole post, did you?

i look at the T3 cultural as the new FoW armor . You’re just paying the cost straight up now instead of paying for Mats .

Personally, I want the T3 so I can get the achievement. I’m not that interested in the skins per se (probably because the only one I’d really like to have is the Norn heavy, but my Norn is a ranger, but that’s another topic).

I agree that T3 has to be difficult to get, but atm it seems to be a little too much for something that is just a skin as far as gameplay is concerned. Also note, that you can’t even transmute them without buying the gem store transmutation kits.

Just playing the game (no dungeons and no boring grind of anything) I’ll take about half a year to 3/4 of a year to get ONE full set of T3 cultural armour. My other idea to just “buy” it with gems → gold quickly ended in a brick wall because that would cost about £760 per full set. That’s more than what I pay for my rent. lol

My solution: I will work on other achievements and just enjoy what I normally do without fretting too much about those T3 cultural armours.

Ascari.2839:

Personally, I want the T3 so I can get the achievement. I’m not that interested in the skins per se (probably because the only one I’d really like to have is the Norn heavy, but my Norn is a ranger, but that’s another topic).

I agree that T3 has to be difficult to get, but atm it seems to be a little too much for something that is just a skin as far as gameplay is concerned. Also note, that you can’t even transmute them without buying the gem store transmutation kits.

Just playing the game (no dungeons and no boring grind of anything) I’ll take about half a year to 3/4 of a year to get ONE full set of T3 cultural armour. My other idea to just “buy” it with gems -> gold quickly ended in a brick wall because that would cost about £760 per full set. That’s more than what I pay for my rent. lol

My solution: I will work on other achievements and just enjoy what I normally do without fretting too much about those T3 cultural armours.

See, that’s a shame though. Nobody is going to wear the cultural armor because it’s too much of a time/money sink. Most of the cultural armor I’ve seen is pretty fantastic looking, and it would be nice to see people running around with those looks.

Ascari.2839:

Just playing the game (no dungeons and no boring grind of anything) I’ll take about half a year to 3/4 of a year to get ONE full set of T3 cultural armour.

So? What’s wrong with it taking half a year to buy? You afraid GW2 servers will be shut down by then?

All exotics in this game are overpriced.

It puts an extreme emphasis on crafting.

Crica.1503:

Ascari.2839:

Just playing the game (no dungeons and no boring grind of anything) I’ll take about half a year to 3/4 of a year to get ONE full set of T3 cultural armour.

So? What’s wrong with it taking half a year to buy? You afraid GW2 servers will be shut down by then?

You don’t seem to be getting the point of this topic. I sincerely hope you put a stop to the smart talk and actually contribute something.