Guild Wars 2

We currently have temporary, and permanent bank and trading post access items in the world. We all have seen the “Permanent Bank Access”, and “Summon Black Lion Agent” items.

At first I was thinking the idea would be buying a waypoint passport with gems or gold that would unlock all of the waypoints in the game, sort of a universal passport. Upon thinking further, a better idea might be a passport that makes travel no cost for waypoints you have visited before.

It seems to me that most waypoints I am traveling to cost anywhere from 1 to 3 silver. I dont know what that works out to over the life of my playing time, but I would be willing to drop 600 gems on “free” waypointing to ports I have unlocked.

shanis.1430:

It seems to me that most waypoints I am traveling to cost anywhere from 1 to 3 silver. I dont know what that works out to over the life of my playing time, but I would be willing to drop 600 gems on “free” waypointing to ports I have unlocked.

Lol 600 gems? Do you realize how important the waypoint goldskink is to keeping the already not so great market from being completely kitten? And you want everyone and their grandmother to be able to avoid these costs for such a little amount?

You crazy.

They could make something like a guild buff (in economy for instance) that lasts for 3 days that reduces the cost of travel by 50%.

They could also make a monthly free travel pass that’s sold on the Gem Store. It lasts for 30 days from first use, gives you a 30 day buff account wide that allows you travel for free, but only to waypoints you have already unlocked. Too much potential for issues if a level 1 could port to Orr without making the trek out there, hehe.

Unlike way-points, banks do not cost any fee to access. They are not integral to the economic system.

Thus, way-points should never be made free.

You can make far more then enough coin to afford the fees from dungeons, and other sources of coin.

Solid Gold.9310:

Not at all, zero, nothing.

Doing away with waypoint costs would not make the server economy go into freefall.

Spoken like a true ignoramus.

Gold-sinks are about long-term economic control. By your use of words like “freefall”, Solid Gold, you proven that you don’t understand —-- about long-term economics.

You’re only thinking of the short-term, like 1~3 months.
Long term economics encompasses changes over years like how inflated prices will be in 2016. In which case, removing way-point costs would be devastating.

It saddens me to read posts of randoms who have the illusion of knowledge.
People like you, people who speak up on topics they haven’t the proper know-how in, are the reason why we can’t have nice things!

Jrunyon
“Do you realize how important the waypoint goldskink is to keeping the already not so great market from being completely kitten?”

Not at all, zero, nothing.

Doing away with waypoint costs would not make the server economy go into freefall.

Doing away with waypoint costs would make this single player game into a multi player game, maybe the way that ArenaNet imagined it would be. (Sorry ArenaNet, but it’s not).

I have never been a fan of the gold sink argument. I think if the price is right on the “Passport” then it removes that argument entirely.

At current Gem→Gold conversion rates (100 Gems – 1G 23S) 600 Gems is 7G 38S.

I do a lot of waypointing doing map completion, but I dont think I have done 7G worth of waypointing. I dont know if I will ever do 7G worth. The way that stacks up you could make the case that a 600 Gem “Passport” is more of a gold sink then the current system.