Guild Wars 2

DISCLAIMER: NO COMMENTS ABOUT WANTING IN GAME ITEMS OR LESS GEM STORE IDEAS. Also this was a quick idea I had just after dinner, not much thought was put in it.

With that said. What are your opinions on adding armor sets to the BLTC TICKET system?
Every two weeks we get an armor set. Lets say 2 TICKETS gets you an item which contains ALL the armor pieces. Then the weapons could go with this set or not.
After next weeks set this set goes to 5 then 7 like weapons.
If that example isn’t one you’d like, suggest your own below.

So, gambling for armor skins.

$&@#* That.

I’ll pay for armor skins. I have paid for nearly all of them that exist. I will never buy an outfit and while I buy black lion keys from time to time I vastly prefer the honesty of JUST PAYING FOR IT at a fixed price up front.

I’m not getting it.

Lets say 2 keys gets you an item which opens all the armor pieces.

Why not just charge the [price of 2 keys] for one set of armor rather than this roundabout method. And after a week it becomes 5 then 7 keys??? No thanks.

Corrected main post.
Once the new set comes out, this set goes to 5, when a third new set comes out, first one goes to 7.
To make it easier for the programmers, we are leaving it as it is in the base game. if you buy, say primeval armor, you get a “box” of primeval armor. opening that gives you the 6 pieces.
It is also easier to make 2 keys the price of 1 item, then it is to make 2 keys the cost of 6 items.

This is an idea for if they don’t add real armor to the gem store or in game.

Did you mean Black Lion Tickets, rather than keys? I mean, keys are rather easy to come by….

Not a kittening chance.

Bring back key farming to its former glory and we’ll talk.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Did you mean Black Lion Tickets, rather than keys? I mean, keys are rather easy to come by….

Oh my god. Give this man a reward.
YES I meant tickets lmao.
I shouldn’t post things while tired.

Updated main post, really sorry guys and gals!

I can’t think of the words to say how much I dislike the idea of gambling for armor. It’s bad enough they have gemstore gambling for weapons and gambling for dyes and (sometimes) gambling for mini pets without adding more kittening gambling.

Makai.3429:

Bring back key farming to its former glory and we’ll talk.

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But…

Riku.4821:

DISCLAIMER: NO COMMENTS ABOUT WANTING IN GAME ITEMS OR LESS GEM STORE IDEAS.

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This!

Thinking about the amount of new armors we got with HoT, its hard to describe how much is dislike your idea.

I would rather shell out $145 AUD on a full armor skin set than gamble that money to have a totally RNG CHANCE at a single PIECE of the set.

Yes, 8k gems costs that much for Aussies.

Yes, I would pay 8k gems for a single FULL ARMOR SKIN SET because this game has unwaveringly shoved Outfits into our faces for so long I’m really missing the good old armor skins… Oh new stuff to mix and match, will we ever meet?

As much as I enjoy outfits, I’m willing to pay money for armor skins or, even better, have them as rewards in-game via quests/heroic deeds.

RNG gambling armor skins is not the way to go. It is not healthy for the game, nor the people playing it.

To be honest after the winterfest shoulders debacle, I kinda DON’T want them putting out armor though in-game channels. One piece at a time through annoying grind and chained to parts of the game that should be entirely optional… they’re not really good at it.

Seriously, let me just pay the 800 gems and go back to tinkering with my characters’ look.

It seems I wasn’t clear, paying TWO TICKETS gets you the ENTIRE set. Not one piece.
The RNG is getting the tickets, not the armor.

I should take a how to write posts more clear class huh? haha.
My apologies for all the confusion.

I don’t think there’s a ton of haggling over the exact ratio of tickets to pieces to be done… the entire concept is flawed for those who object to gambling for prizes over an actual sales transaction.

The last thing we need is more cosmetics hidden behind gemstore purchases.

I don’t have enough "no"s for this.

Skins being locked being a RNG that you have to pay for is a ridiculous concept that should not be expanded upon. If I wanted to waste my money or time gambling, I’d buy lottery tickets instead.

Instead of buying keys for a random chance to get scraps until you’ve got enough scraps to get 2 or 5 or 7 tickets, why not just cut straight to the chase?

Have a button on the gem store panel. Pressing it removes a random amount of either gems or gold from your inventory for a random number of times, could be 2 times or could be 200, until finally RNGesus gives you the armor set.

Then explain to me why this system is better then outright buying an item.

just give me back my 800 gems skinpacks.. thats all i want

If each piece worked the same way as the weapon skins, I’d go for it. Assuming I liked the skin, of course.

I like the scrap/ticket system for weapon skins — it allows people to gamble with gems, farm their own keys, or just buy skins on the TP from those who like the first two methods. I would like to see it applied to armor, too.

(However, I doubt it’s going to happen.)

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

I like the scrap/ticket system for weapon skins — it allows people to gamble with gems, farm their own keys, or just buy skins on the TP from those who like the first two methods. I would like to see it applied to armor, too.

(However, I doubt it’s going to happen.)

How do you farm keys now? I thought you could only get 1 per week per account from the PSLvl 10.

Unless I am mistaken, you are suggesting rng for armor sets? I’ll pass.

I am all in favor of new armor sets. Hell, at this point I wish Anet would just start making armor sets for the gem store again since the expansion only added 2 or 3 sets.

But no, not a fan of rng to get new armor sets.