Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, really loving the patch at the moment, checking out new builds and appearences hehe how do I get the free 10 transmutation charges you get free for logging in to the game today? thanks in advance:)

You get 5 and you get them by going to the gem store. You will see them right there front page, 5 for 0 gems.

I notice they didn’t give you an amount divisible by the number of gear slots. It’s one of the lowest, most common tactics used by cynical money grabbers who regard their customers as nothing more than wallets to be fleeced.
By doing this, they’ve ensured that you will buy gems to get the extra charges necessary for your second full transmute.

What are you on about Mungrul? There are ten gear slots. Ten is divisible by five.

Mungrul.9358:

I notice they didn’t give you an amount divisible by the number of gear slots. It’s one of the lowest, most common tactics used by cynical money grabbers who regard their customers as nothing more than wallets to be fleeced.
By doing this, they’ve ensured that you will buy gems to get the extra charges necessary for your second full transmute.

All those stones you probably have from map completion can be changed to charges at 3:1 by clicking them. Any crystals you may have can be as well at 1:1. Plus charges will still be rewarded for map zone completion from what I have read. I seriously doubt most players will only have 5 charges after converting stones/crystals and getting the 5 free. But if you want to go on about greed, have at it. Your type cracks me up.

And which gear slots require a transmutation stone?
Certainly not jewellery slots.
You could argue weapons and backpieces too.
Most people when they transmute, are transmuting the 6 main areas:
Head
Shoulders
Hands
Chest
Legs
Feet

This is what armour sets come in: 6 pieces.

If they were being honest and not trying the tempt you into spending money, they’d have given you 12.

Edit: It’s the same crooked marketing logic as selling you points gems in batches that can’t be used to buy something for an exact value.
Want that 800 gem armour set? Then you’ll have to buy 1,000 gems, leaving you with 200 “spare”.
ArenaNet are essentially overcharging you by 25%, and leaving you with an incentive to buy more gems to make up the difference.

Mungrul.9358:

If they were being honest and not trying the tempt you into spending money, they’d have given you 12.

Or they could have given none which probably would have resulted in more sales.

Mungrul.9358:

And which gear slots require a transmutation stone?
Certainly not jewellery slots.
You could argue weapons and backpieces too.
Most people when they transmute, are transmuting the 6 main areas:
Head
Shoulders
Hands
Chest
Legs
Feet

This is what armour sets come in: 6 pieces.

If they were being honest and not trying the tempt you into spending money, they’d have given you 12.

Edit: It’s the same crooked marketing logic as selling you points gems in batches that can’t be used to buy something for an exact value.
Want that 800 gem armour set? Then you’ll have to buy 1,000 gems, leaving you with 200 “spare”.
ArenaNet are essentially overcharging you by 25%, and leaving you with an incentive to buy more gems to make up the difference.

Don’t speak to “most people.” You can only speak to yourself. I transmute weapons all the time, I know others that do as well. You’re making things up so you can have something to be angry about.

You can also elect not to transmute your helmet and instead hide it.

Nice try but the only people that this probably affects are new players that started today and those few that deleted all their stones they got from map completion. I don’t know about you but I’m sitting on over 70 charges after converting my stones and crystals. Keep going on about greed and trying to abuse the player base all you want but for the majority it is just an extra 5 charges. Nothing more, nothing less. I guess next you will go on about how there are more hot dogs in a pack than buns and what a conspiracy it is to get you to buy more buns. Let me know if you think that is the case and I’ll break down the history of that for you.