Guild Wars 2

Krait Obelisk Shard and a Scroll of Knowledge? Really?

one of the things…. new armor skins, NPC skins, or Weapon Skins…needs to be an actual reward through playing instead of getting a Scroll of Knowledge/Krait Obelisk Shard

i think the meta reward for each update that gives new weapon skins should give a Black Lion Claim ticket for a free weapon of choice….more than likely people who care about cosmetics(basically everyone who is still playing) will then buy Black Lion Keys to try to get a weapon swap weapon of the same type, or an off-hand AND a weapon swap…..i know i would for sure, i cannot stand non-matching weapons

i know you guys need to make money to fuel the 4 development teams worth of jobs, and to avoid layoffs but at least give us something to make it feel like your not just sucking our wallets for all we’re worth

more bang for your buck A-net! you’re welcome!

No F2P game will ever work that way sadly.

Sore.1406:

No F2P game will ever work that way sadly.

but gw2 isn’t f2p…is b2p and they have sold 3 million copies roughly amounting to 180 million dollars

so they have a cushion in their back account to maybe let some skins be given free

anyone else like this idea?

As a player, I love your idea, but as a software developer, I know it’ll never happen. $180 million might sound like a lot, but you likely haven’t taken into account the deficit that ANet would have run up while developing GW2 in the first place. AAA video games cost a LOT of money to make; Assassin’s Creed cost $20 million to make. Skyrim cost $92 million. And recently GTA V broke all records by costing $265 million to make. In all honesty? That $180 million was probably enough to cover the costs of development and maybe give them a breathing room for another year. A year’s not a long time when it comes to business, and they’ll certainly need to make a lot more if they want to grow a war chest to fund future expansions or GW3.

But perhaps we can compromise. Instead of Tickets, perhaps completing a Monthly also gives a Black Lion Ticket scrap. That at least will supplement players who are buying chests, and once a year, players can treat themselves to a new weapon skin when it comes out. Perhaps the Birthday Presents can also give out one Black Lion Ticket.

(Prices taken from: http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Most_expensive_games)