Guild Wars 2

more options would not hurt.

let us repair our armor using karma too.

I’d go for that. Saves my karma being sat doing nothing.

I like that GW2 has a lot of gold sinks, so I’m a no.

nachtnebel.9168:

I like that GW2 has a lot of gold sinks, so I’m a no.

well i hate them.

gold sinks are fine when there is an alternative that costs time instead of monies.

i.e. way points.
i can choose not to use the way points

It would defeat their purpose if you could avoid all gold sinks. Repair costs are the most consisten form of a gold think and therefor it would be wrong to make avoidable.

nachtnebel.9168:

It would defeat their purpose if you could avoid all gold sinks. Repair costs are the most consisten form of a gold think and therefor it would be wrong to make avoidable.

gold sinks are fine if they are optional or have alternatives.
not acceptable if the gold sinks are compulsory and have ridiculous pricing.

i.e. salvage kits, i can choose to buy the cheapest one over the more expensive ones.

gathering tools, i can buy oriculum gathering tools axes sickles in cursed shore well except the pick as i heard the pick can only be bought once a specific dynamic event is completed. i suspect it is the eye of zhaitan risen king one inside some tomb. that event is too hard and not many players bothers with that.

for me, gold sinks in the form of optional aesthetics cosmetics etc i.e. totally optional things is fine, good and acceptable.

however, when gold sinks is applied on daily necessities things such as way point or armor repair then it is simply un acceptable especially when the price is so ridiculously high.

for way points i am fine with walking.

but for armor repair there is simply no cheaper alternative.

this is unacceptable.

Take a basic ecconomics class and ask your professor what would happen in a system were currency is permanently created but not withdrawn from. He will explain to you why unavoidable gold sinks are necessary.

real world basic economics do not apply in virtual worlds such as guild wars 2.

optional gold sinks makes players happy.

ridiculously high priced forced compulsory gold sinks does not make players happy.

Well that’s just wrong.

nachtnebel.9168:

Well that’s just wrong.

well thats just you.
for me it sounds just about right.

Last try:
No gold sink → people start piling up gold → gold value drops → prices rise → people need to spend more time on farming gold to get what they want → people are not happy

wun happen.

lots of optional gold sinks in the game.

people still buy gems with silvers regardless of the outrageous price which is still rapidly rising,.

Would happen cause your suggestion would remove a consistent gold sink and not just a occasional one. Teleporting via karma, if it would be expensive enough, wouldn’t hurt the game, but replacing repair costs with karma would be a big hit.

not replacing. an option, an alternative.

for example, and only available at lions arch. and in wvw perhaps.

not in all armor repair vendors. just at specific ones.

and it would not happen.
people would still buy gems. the prices for gems are ever increasing anyway.

Without armor repairs… people would only make money… these small amounts, they will still screw up the economy
Waypoints for karma , that is reasonable and has a bit of logic , lets say using a waypoint is like going on horseback… instead you use your karma you got from helping people to catch a ride with someone

but it would have to cost “a lot” , not just 200 karma but rather 2000 , more than you usually get per day , otherwise its the same as repair cost..

small amount wun screw up economy.

all of is fine in the original guild wars