Guild Wars 2

Yes, I am aware that there are already a multitude of threads on this issue. But I decided to start yet another one because there’s one point that’s really been bugging me about this whole thing, one that I don’t think has been brought up yet. But first of all to clarify where I stand:

If ANet decides that the content they have created in HoT is worth $50 and that’s what they wish to charge for it, that’s absolutely fine with me. Sure, it may not be as much content as the base game, but as the game’s creators they have the right to charge whatever they perceive its value to be. As the customer, we simply have the decision to buy it or leave it.

If ANet decides that the base game is no longer worth anything, or has depreciated to a point where it can be given away for free, that is also fine with me. It’s only natural for the pricing of a product to go down over time, and again, how much so is up to the creators to decide.

However, we all seem to be missing the fact that one day, no, one hour before the HoT pre-purchase was announced, they were still selling the base game in the shop for $39.99. If the value of the base game has gone down to a point where it’s not part of the $50 tag on HoT, why was the base game not $10, or even $20 just days before the pre-order? To me, this is hypocrisy at its finest.

Now I’ve read the thread on ‘veteran player entitlement’, and again, if ANet does not wish to reward their veteran players, they have every right not to. But what about the poor saps that decided on June 15th, 2015 that they were going to get into Guild Wars 2 and shelled out $40 for the core game? Are they expected, a mere day later, to pay $50 for a bundle that includes the very same game they bought hours ago? How do you think they, or heck, anyone who bought this game in the past month, feel about their decision to buy the core game then, and not just wait a little? It’s not like they were given any warning, or anything.

Now as a disclaimer, I am not ranting because I’m one of those aforementioned people that got screwed over by this. I’m ranting from just thinking about the potential of this happening to someone, and the ridiculous business decision ANet had to make for this to happen. I would honestly be happier if HoT was $50, and the bundle that included HoT and the base game was $70. In my opinion, that’s only fair.

I love this game to death, and I will only be boycotting ANet where I feel they’ve done wrong. I will continue to play and support this game, but I will not be buying HoT until there is a bundle, for a lower price, that does not include the base game.