Guild Wars 2

Arenanet told us they implemented the magnetide shards to prevent the unlucky people from getting nothing and have something they can work for. So i dont complain about the number of magnetide shards u need to buy something. But why adding a bonus gold cost?! buying an asc armor set is 47,5g + weeks of raiding (cause u can only get 105 [so i was told] per week). No offense, but you only get 4g each boss and still need to pay for the bufffood (~1g per 30 min). in my opinion the gold-prices are to high.

i am a very unlucky player and dont pray to rngesus so i have to pay tons of gold? i wouldnt call that fair….

When you factor in food and opportunity cost raids barely break even as is with the gold bug. Not to mention both the RNG and low drop rates for the raid exclusive things, it really does make me wonder where all the loot went.

They need to simply remove the gold cost from vendor items, the huge time gate of shards is enough.

The things that people complain about boggle my mind. That’s far less than the cost of a single insignia. Sell a few mats you would have crafted an insignia or piece of armor with and you can easily raise the funds.

Personally I don’t understand the 105 cap on currency, cheapest piece of armor is 150 so why 105 ? It would make more sense to make the cap 150, even at a cap of 150 it’s going to take anyone a considerable amount of time to get a full set of gear and weapons.

So once again, why 105 ? Did you just pick a number out of a hat ?

I also never understood the part where vendor items that require some other currency rather than gold, also require gold. That part is just beyond me, but oh well, if it wasn’t changed for any other vendor in the game that has this it won’t change in the raid either.

By the time you’ve gotten enough shards, you’ll have gotten way more gold from the raid.

Hell just killing Vale Guardian and going through the spirit woods got me 6 gold yesterday.

steffen.4317:

Arenanet told us they implemented the magnetide shards to prevent the unlucky people from getting nothing and have something they can work for. So i dont complain about the number of magnetide shards u need to buy something. But why adding a bonus gold cost?! buying an asc armor set is 47,5g + weeks of raiding (cause u can only get 105 [so i was told] per week). No offense, but you only get 4g each boss and still need to pay for the bufffood (~1g per 30 min). in my opinion the gold-prices are to high.

i am a very unlucky player and dont pray to rngesus so i have to pay tons of gold? i wouldnt call that fair….

Go earn coins, sell the loot, salvage loot and sell the mats, go gathering and sell… or use your credit card to buy gems and exchange them. “Lack of gold” sympathy is a thing of the past.

I dont see raids as profitable, we’re not here for the gold, it’s for the challenge and experience with the promise of legendary armor at the end (which hopefully is such an awesome skin that itll be the be all end all).