Guild Wars 2

After waiting to earn enough gold/real life money to purchase the Viper Armor
Skin, I see that it’s no longer available. What? Why do this? Not every player can
rush out and buy something they want. They have to wait till they have the gems
to get it. Please Anet, keep items in the gem store! Once they appear, just leave
them! What purpose is there in taking them away. Keeping them gives players
the opportunity to buy them at any time without fear that they will be gone if
they don’t have the gems to buy at the time! C’mon Anet, realize that players
sometimes have to wait to get what they want !!!

If people can’t earn the gems fast enough in game, they’re more inclined to buy them.

Gems are always available for purchase.

Plus the armor disappeared back in June, and you just noticed now?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Gem-Store-spring-cleaning/first

Pulling items in and out of cash shop is an old mmo trick. It raises the overall value of items when people are not sure if they’ll always be there. Pushes people to purchase right away. Keeps the cash shop looking new – not like it has old stuff on the shelves. Plus adds more bragging rights to items you own if you did get it.

Thus said tho I agree with the OP. Sry GW2-Anet but I’ve seen cash shops that could hold far more than what yours does – I don’t think you are ready to pull shelves down. But if you are going to do the pulling items out trick it’s considered polite to ensure your “customers” one day those items will make a return visit. If you are pulling the item forever it’s polite to say this item will never return.

Yes Behellagh, I just noticed now. Problem?

Behellagh.1468:

Gems are always available for purchase.

Plus the armor disappeared back in June, and you just noticed now?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Gem-Store-spring-cleaning/first

Actually, Viper’s isn’t on that list. It lists only Krytan Armor Skins, Profane Armor Skins, Primeval Armor Skins and Zodiac Armor Skins. The Viper’s armor was put on a 7 day sale in the gemstore on Sept 22, 11 days ago. So it was probably removed on ~Sept 29th, 4 days ago

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/seasonal-transition-in-the-gem-store/
http://dulfy.net/2015/09/21/gw2-various-skins-and-finishers-to-be-removed/

It will be back next year.

Welcome to the new crappy age of gaming, everything you wish you could earn in game is portrayed in the cash shop for a limited time for you to swipe your black card. Sad but true, business is crap these days.