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Posted by: gesho.9468

gesho.9468

its great that gw2 is free to play.

but, between

paying to gem store for every little bit

and

monthly sub

I’d go with sub. how about optional sub, alongside with all current free to play arrangements. sthing that would give you some of gem store features for monthly fee?

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Posted by: Esplen.3940

Esplen.3940

You mean, a recurring $10 charge to get 800 gems a month?

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Posted by: Dean Calaway.9718

Dean Calaway.9718

Whats stopping you from getting X amount of Gems every month?
How is it any different from a subscription you’d like?

And you are right when you say it’s great that GW2 is free to play, it was that along with the art work that made me buy this game, had it been subscription based and I would never pick it.
The way ANET is handling this particular bit is perfect in my opinion, or at least far better than any other sub base mmo.

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Posted by: Kal Spiro.9745

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No, he wants to spend $10 a month and get more than 800 gems worth of whatever because of it.

It’s really just not cost effective, they do better with the gem store.

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Esplen.3940

I was thinking about this to myself on the way home yesterday and I was like “what if people opted to pay $15 a month to get $20 worth of gems every month”? But, that’d just be abused and it might as well translate into: “Get $10 of gems for $5 after/with your first purchase of gems once a month!”

Since you could easily start the sub and immediately cancel it to get the $20 worth whenever you feel like it (once a month, of course).

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Posted by: Eladriel.7295

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its great that gw2 is free to play.

but, between

paying to gem store for every little bit

and

monthly sub

I’d go with sub. how about optional sub, alongside with all current free to play arrangements. sthing that would give you some of gem store features for monthly fee?

What? So that they make it limited for those of us who play the game for free.. Not a chance and I would not go for it and that would be the day I quit this game..

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Posted by: Euthymia.4807

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I was thinking about this to myself on the way home yesterday and I was like “what if people opted to pay $15 a month to get $20 worth of gems every month”? But, that’d just be abused and it might as well translate into: “Get $10 of gems for $5 after/with your first purchase of gems once a month!”

Since you could easily start the sub and immediately cancel it to get the $20 worth whenever you feel like it (once a month, of course).

Obviously you’d get the reward at the end of the month or at least after they’ve gotten their money, so cancelling it would serve absolutely no purpose.

But -1 for the OP’s idea.

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Posted by: Esplen.3940

Esplen.3940

I was thinking about this to myself on the way home yesterday and I was like “what if people opted to pay $15 a month to get $20 worth of gems every month”? But, that’d just be abused and it might as well translate into: “Get $10 of gems for $5 after/with your first purchase of gems once a month!”

Since you could easily start the sub and immediately cancel it to get the $20 worth whenever you feel like it (once a month, of course).

Obviously you’d get the reward at the end of the month or at least after they’ve gotten their money, so cancelling it would serve absolutely no purpose.

But -1 for the OP’s idea.

Well, the whole point of my statement was to say that you can just bypass the subscription part of it and just get the bonus every month that you want.

It would charge your card, then you’d cancel the subscription, but you already paid for that month and got that months bonus gems. Then next month if you want it again, you’d do it all over again.

Of course, all of that just benefits players paying the game as opposed to playing it, which would drive gem —> gold prices down, which would create all sorts of pros and cons.

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Posted by: Euthymia.4807

Euthymia.4807

I was thinking about this to myself on the way home yesterday and I was like “what if people opted to pay $15 a month to get $20 worth of gems every month”? But, that’d just be abused and it might as well translate into: “Get $10 of gems for $5 after/with your first purchase of gems once a month!”

Since you could easily start the sub and immediately cancel it to get the $20 worth whenever you feel like it (once a month, of course).

Obviously you’d get the reward at the end of the month or at least after they’ve gotten their money, so cancelling it would serve absolutely no purpose.

But -1 for the OP’s idea.

Well, the whole point of my statement was to say that you can just bypass the subscription part of it and just get the bonus every month that you want.

It would charge your card, then you’d cancel the subscription, but you already paid for that month and got that months bonus gems. Then next month if you want it again, you’d do it all over again.

Of course, all of that just benefits players paying the game as opposed to playing it, which would drive gem —> gold prices down, which would create all sorts of pros and cons.

If you plan on getting the bonus from the subscription every month, why would you cancel it in the first place? It doesn’t make sense.

Either way no subscription is what drew people to GW1 and it’s what draws people to GW2, so any subscriptions at all would be just stupid.

Essentially, the OP isn’t happy getting 800 gems for 10$. He want’s to get free stuff.

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Posted by: Esplen.3940

Esplen.3940

I was thinking about this to myself on the way home yesterday and I was like “what if people opted to pay $15 a month to get $20 worth of gems every month”? But, that’d just be abused and it might as well translate into: “Get $10 of gems for $5 after/with your first purchase of gems once a month!”

Since you could easily start the sub and immediately cancel it to get the $20 worth whenever you feel like it (once a month, of course).

Obviously you’d get the reward at the end of the month or at least after they’ve gotten their money, so cancelling it would serve absolutely no purpose.

But -1 for the OP’s idea.

Well, the whole point of my statement was to say that you can just bypass the subscription part of it and just get the bonus every month that you want.

It would charge your card, then you’d cancel the subscription, but you already paid for that month and got that months bonus gems. Then next month if you want it again, you’d do it all over again.

Of course, all of that just benefits players paying the game as opposed to playing it, which would drive gem —> gold prices down, which would create all sorts of pros and cons.

If you plan on getting the bonus from the subscription every month, why would you cancel it in the first place? It doesn’t make sense.

Either way no subscription is what drew people to GW1 and it’s what draws people to GW2, so any subscriptions at all would be just stupid.

I was just stating that it would be useless to implement if they did implement it.

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Posted by: Euthymia.4807

Euthymia.4807

I was thinking about this to myself on the way home yesterday and I was like “what if people opted to pay $15 a month to get $20 worth of gems every month”? But, that’d just be abused and it might as well translate into: “Get $10 of gems for $5 after/with your first purchase of gems once a month!”

Since you could easily start the sub and immediately cancel it to get the $20 worth whenever you feel like it (once a month, of course).

Obviously you’d get the reward at the end of the month or at least after they’ve gotten their money, so cancelling it would serve absolutely no purpose.

But -1 for the OP’s idea.

Well, the whole point of my statement was to say that you can just bypass the subscription part of it and just get the bonus every month that you want.

It would charge your card, then you’d cancel the subscription, but you already paid for that month and got that months bonus gems. Then next month if you want it again, you’d do it all over again.

Of course, all of that just benefits players paying the game as opposed to playing it, which would drive gem —> gold prices down, which would create all sorts of pros and cons.

If you plan on getting the bonus from the subscription every month, why would you cancel it in the first place? It doesn’t make sense.

Either way no subscription is what drew people to GW1 and it’s what draws people to GW2, so any subscriptions at all would be just stupid.

I was just stating that it would be useless to implement if they did implement it.

Not really. The OP expects to have some sort of advantage for paying a sub. Like getting 800 gems a month plus a special “I’m an idiot” title, and free access to things to certain things.

It’s just another “Give me free stuff” thread.

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Posted by: Eladriel.7295

Eladriel.7295

I was thinking about this to myself on the way home yesterday and I was like “what if people opted to pay $15 a month to get $20 worth of gems every month”? But, that’d just be abused and it might as well translate into: “Get $10 of gems for $5 after/with your first purchase of gems once a month!”

Since you could easily start the sub and immediately cancel it to get the $20 worth whenever you feel like it (once a month, of course).

Obviously you’d get the reward at the end of the month or at least after they’ve gotten their money, so cancelling it would serve absolutely no purpose.

But -1 for the OP’s idea.

Well, the whole point of my statement was to say that you can just bypass the subscription part of it and just get the bonus every month that you want.

It would charge your card, then you’d cancel the subscription, but you already paid for that month and got that months bonus gems. Then next month if you want it again, you’d do it all over again.

Of course, all of that just benefits players paying the game as opposed to playing it, which would drive gem —> gold prices down, which would create all sorts of pros and cons.

If you plan on getting the bonus from the subscription every month, why would you cancel it in the first place? It doesn’t make sense.

Either way no subscription is what drew people to GW1 and it’s what draws people to GW2, so any subscriptions at all would be just stupid.

I was just stating that it would be useless to implement if they did implement it.

Not really. The OP expects to have some sort of advantage for paying a sub. Like getting 800 gems a month plus a special “I’m an idiot” title, and free access to things to certain things.

It’s just another “Give me free stuff” thread.

That is true, because what subscribers would get, free players would not get. And if you want the extras well that would force you into paying a sub.

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