Guild Wars 2

It would be awesome if we could exchange a collection of tonics for Minis. (Say, in the Mystic Forge.)

For example:
12 stag tonics for a stag Mini
36 mixed tonics for a random Mini

That way tonics would have some use and still be pure fluff. It would also encourage collecting tonics, which may increase players’ willingness to buy keys for chests.

Do minis currently only enter the market through the gem store, or are there other ways to get them? I wouldn’t want to devalue existing minis that people have bought with their hard-earned realMoney.

They can also come from black lion chests, which in turn can be earned/unlocked thorugh ingame means. They are fare more rare in those chests than tonics however. Of the maybe 10 chests I’ve opened, one contained minis (two whites and a green)

Also, if tradition holds ture to the first game, characters should receive a single randomly selected mini on their birthday (that is, the day the character was created, not the birthday of the account holder)

I don’t know if they’re panning on birthday minis for GW2 but I wouldn’t be suprised to see it.