Guild Wars 2

I think 300 gold is very, very much if there really is only the 4 colors shown in the preview – that means that people will still be wearing the same color tags all the time which helps with nothing. This is supposed to encourage players to get the different colors, upping the price from (formerly) 100 gold to 1200 for 4 colors. Erhm… by Grabhtar’s Hammer, what a price increase!!

I’d be willing to pay:

• 100 gold per color, or
• 300 gold to be able to put in my own hex code once,
• 600 gold for the ability to switch to any color on the fly.

Furthermore I support the notion that people should be able to pay for them (in part) with WvW badges. They should not be required (PvE commanders exist and are useful, just look at world bosses, Dry Top or rebuilding Lion’s Arch).

Maybe they should say instead if you have more than one, for EACH Extra you can replace that one with a new color Free.
We wanted new colors to separate what we were doing in WvW. Guild leaders and officers wanted a new dorito that only guild members can see in game and we all wanted them account bound as the person is the leader is still the leader even if he is now on a low level toon or just wants to get to open up exploration on the toon that does not have 100% map compleation. In cases like this I see Anet does not listen to us.

The Commander tag should do all these things without needing to buy multiples. One tag should be account bound and can change color to any of the new ones also you should be able to switch between leading Wvw, or leading your Guild, or leading open world boss fights. 300g for this one item seems fair but 300g for all colors is a rip off. You will see an influx of tags bought just to supersede the up hike in price and that just to avoid paying the extra 200g that will be taxed on.

Reddit community agrees that 300 gold for a color is an outrage:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2djnv8/interview_with_devon_carver_commander_tag_will_be/

I wouldn’t mind 300g for a tag with selectable colors, but 300 gold for a tag that is just one color…that’s just…gah.

Vayne.8563:

I wouldn’t mind 300g for a tag with selectable colors, but 300 gold for a tag that is just one color…that’s just…gah.

Especially with a super-limited selection of colors, none of which I like.

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

I’d be willing to pay:

• 100 gold per color, or
• 300 gold to be able to put in my own hex code once,
• 600 gold for the ability to switch to any color on the fly.

The first option would still not be acceptable. Higher cost for more features? Ok, I’ll give them that. 300g is very expensive, but “ok” is fine if we get account bound, color change, name tagging, icon change and private option in the end. I still wont like the insane cost, but I’d accept it.

The key to commander organisation is that the functionality is the same across all users.

With separate options (ie pay gold for a color), the situation is pretty much this:

Experienced Blue commander: “Hey you, go red and take 10 peeps to cap that camp and come in from behind on the enemy!”
Novice Blue commander: “But I cant afford red, I only have blue”

And down the kittenter goes any organisation.

Again, how can Anet even think this is a good idea? Either GW2 really is dying (ie they’re out of money and trying to turn every stone for more) or its just a joke. A sick, twisted joke.

OMG some great news at least!!!

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Vayne.8563:

I wouldn’t mind 300g for a tag with selectable colors, but 300 gold for a tag that is just one color…that’s just…gah.

Especially with a super-limited selection of colors, none of which I like.

Actually not liking those colors at 300g a pop is an advantage.

grifflyman.8102:

Reddit community agrees that 300 gold for a color is an outrage:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2djnv8/interview_with_devon_carver_commander_tag_will_be/

It’s 300g for an account bound Commander Tag. The color choice is simply icing.

Now if they don’t offer a way for duplicates to pick a different color then I’m disappointed.

wow. Way to throw people with less than 4 tags away like trash.

Behellagh.1468:

grifflyman.8102:

Reddit community agrees that 300 gold for a color is an outrage:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2djnv8/interview_with_devon_carver_commander_tag_will_be/

It’s 300g for an account bound Commander Tag. The color choice is simply icing.

Now if they don’t offer a way for duplicates to pick a different color then I’m disappointed.

They don’t.

uberkingkong.8041:

You lost 3 gold? Well lemme tell ya something, Eredon Terrace isn’t a WvW server, so no wonder why you lost gold. I play on JQ and lemme tell ya something, these commanders are blinging. Just looking at them you can tell they got the gold in the bag.

Don’t be blaming that theres not enough people either, just bad commanders on ET so nobody follows you guys. As they say, no such thing as a bad student, only bad teacher.

Did you ever really played WvW? Because your replies makes me believe that you haven’t.

Well let me tell you something, besides JQ and BG no other server is fully committed to WvW! Shocking, right? You can’t judge the other 22 servers based on 2 servers only. So what? JQ commanders are hording gold? Let’s make a call for all WvW commanders to come here and say how much “profit” they are making daily and compare that with the PvE’rs. Then we can discuss if is a fair price 300g per tag color, which would be used tactically and not show useless rainbows across the maps.

So yeah, if you want to compare with PvP as you wanted, you aren’t getting champ bags but also aren’t spending gold. You don’t need to gear up, don’t need runes, don’t need sigils, don’t need trinkets, don’t need nourishment, don’t need siege, don’t need superior siege, don’t need to run upgrades. *rinse and repeat

And to conclude once again you are deluded. Not to complain there aren’t enough people? How many your JQ can field? 160? Maybe more? Maybe less? Well other servers can’t field that much and a new info for you right here from tier 6-8 servers: we also can’t field that much. Let’s take ET as example so you can understand better: Monday we had a total of 20 players in EB. Interesting right? FYI they were following the commander! It is easy to judge assigning false faults as an offensive way to to prove a point and ignore the facts.

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Behellagh.1468:

grifflyman.8102:

Reddit community agrees that 300 gold for a color is an outrage:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2djnv8/interview_with_devon_carver_commander_tag_will_be/

It’s 300g for an account bound Commander Tag. The color choice is simply icing.

Now if they don’t offer a way for duplicates to pick a different color then I’m disappointed.

They don’t.

Didn’t see them answer that question.

I’m 100% OK with this change.
I would only ask for one more change – a way to turn all commander tags OFF.

300 gold per for different color commander tags? Um…. LOL. I can die now. I’ve seen it all.

Behellagh.1468:

It’s 300g for an account bound Commander Tag. The color choice is simply icing.

Now if they don’t offer a way for duplicates to pick a different color then I’m disappointed.

ChrisCleary:
“Customer Support asked me to clarify that refunds are only given to players owning 4 or more tags. No refunds will be processed prior to Sept. 9. Watch our official forums for further details later today.”

You can make a search to check his post on reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2djnv8/interview_with_devon_carver_commander_tag_will_be/

Vol.7601:

Faux.1937:

Umm 300g for a color tag is way to much gold, It should be something like 10,000 badges +50g + 50 laurels for wvw or something like 5k dungeon tokens + laurels etc…

why make EVERY THING in this game gold base…… we dont need more gold sinks, we need other means to get items so gold isnt as important……

Having more gold sinks doesn’t hurt, especially with the amount of people doing dungeon trains.

Ppl do dungeon train b.c EVERYTHING in this game IS GOLD BASED, if we had REAL REWARD SYSTEM then we wouldnt need gold sinks, Anet wants gold sinks b.c they get ppl to buy gems, instead of have AMAZING COOL items that are worth 10$ to buy.

azyume.6321:

Behellagh.1468:

It’s 300g for an account bound Commander Tag. The color choice is simply icing.

Now if they don’t offer a way for duplicates to pick a different color then I’m disappointed.

ChrisCleary:
“Customer Support asked me to clarify that refunds are only given to players owning 4 or more tags. No refunds will be processed prior to Sept. 9. Watch our official forums for further details later today.”

You can make a search to check his post on reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2djnv8/interview_with_devon_carver_commander_tag_will_be/

Where in that statement precludes a way to change the color one time post patch?

I can agree with the price increase due to the account bound change combined with the higher level of gold present in the economy two years past launch, but additional colors should not cost additional gold.

The refund policy on this is also extremely stingy in comparison to the policy they adopted with dyes and gathering items, but I also think ANet could be concerned about injecting a lot of gold into the economy when part of the reason for increasing the cost would be to remove gold from the game.

My suggestion would be to charge badges for additional additional colours and grant those with multiple tags an additional colour for each extra tag and then give a refund for any leftovers.

ANet, please rethink your decisions in these areas.

Behellagh.1468:

Where in that statement precludes a way to change the color one time post patch?

Nowhere and they certainly won’t discuss this matter now. It is all speculation.

Though if they are talking about refunds, leads to believe everyone will have the same old blue tag, because they won’t give a chance to choose the color, they would rather give the gold back if you have bought 4 tags or more due to the new price.

We will only know for sure on September 9th.

PvErs get 1-2 gold per dungeonrun (20-40min) as a guaranteed reward, why don’t we WvWers get 2g per rank-chest (which takes at least 20min)?

If regular guaranteeed money would be a thing in WvW, I’d have no problem with the price. Charging WvW badges instead of gold would be another option, BUT it must be considered that EotM rewards far more badges than classic WvW which should be adressed imho (give WvW also badges for tower/castle/camp-caps + give us some armor (the new PvP armor?) for a huge amount of badges – as a new sink.

If I understand it, those of us who purchased more than 3 tags will get a refund for the remaining tags (100 g for 4 tags, 200 g for 5 tags…). I think that it would be fair if, instead of the gold refund, we receive an additional color tag.

For example: If you have 4 tags, you get blue and one additional coloured tag and if you have 7 tags you get blue and two additional colored tags.

What do you think?

Hehe, is this like ANet’s version of corrupt a wish? Well played, I must say.
I think we need a thread called “corrupt a wish CDI style”.

Roybe.5896:

This will be another fine decision brought to you by Cristin Cox, inventor of the Cox Box®™
These things will continue to crop up, there are two ways to create a change:

1. Show polite displeasure prior to release.
2. Do not purchase these items with RL money.

The first shows we do care, but calling names and stamping feet does nothing to change minds.

The second continues to show that Ms. Cox is making poor choices as in her position of monetization lead. Which might lead to a change. This might be good, might be bad.

Here’s Ms. Coxes Linkedin page, so you can get a better idea who she is and where she’s been.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/crystin-cox/3/957/a77

I’d be real careful about naming employees in any negative manner. Do we know for a fact she’s behind this specific decision? Are we guessing? This kind of witch hunt is ill advised.

Attack the problem sure. But singling out employees won’t end well. Ask Trahearne.

Taygus.4571:

Vol.7601:

I’m confused..

so if you have one commander tag (blue), you won’t be able to access the other colors unless you purchase them? And you won’t get a refund unless you have purchased more than 4?

the other colours are extras

no one gets access to them unless they buy that specific colour.

The reason for refund at 4+ tags, is because the price is going up, if you’ve only spent 300g (3 tags).. you’re not “losing out”…..

No just the people who have 3 tags are getting screwed because the people who have one get the same benefits for a fraction of the cost…

Marcus Greythorne.6843:

PvErs get 1-2 gold per dungeonrun (20-40min) as a guaranteed reward, why don’t we WvWers get 2g per rank-chest (which takes at least 20min)?

No, the proper question is why arent PvE dungeon runners charged 300g to use the LFG tool?

That was a new feature that required considerably programming and implementation from Anets side, including constant server upkeep (have to keep track of all LFGs).

Yet the simplest of changes to an already existing tool in WvW is going to get taxed with an additional 200g over the already existing 100g?

Can someone actually give me a valid argument for why only 4+ commander tags will be reimbursed?
I’ve got three and I would love to know.

no, the proper question is , why are people not playing various aspect of the game and then cry out loud for being poor….?

I’d still love to hear a sound answer to my original question. Thanks.

Corpus Christi.2057:

Can someone actually give me a valid argument for why only 4+ commander tags will be reimbursed?
I’ve got three and I would love to know.

Because if you bought a commander tag of any color after the update it would be the same exact price as the three you have. In other words an account bound commander tag is worth 300. You spent 300. Thus no refund.

If you had a fourth, then you’d have spent 400 for something that was only worth 300.

azizul.8469:

no, the proper question is , why are people not playing various aspect of the game and then cry out loud for being poor….?

… I have 2 legendaries and 13K AP from more PvE events than I can count. whether I am playing things other than WvW or not doesnt change the fact this tag change is a complete joke and unfair to WvWers that are already disgruntled with the lack of fixes and QoL improvements, compared to the love Anet is pouring over PvE.

Vayne.8563:

Corpus Christi.2057:

Can someone actually give me a valid argument for why only 4+ commander tags will be reimbursed?
I’ve got three and I would love to know.

Because if you bought a commander tag of any color after the update it would be the same exact price as the three you have. In other words an account bound commander tag is worth 300. You spent 300. Thus no refund.

If you had a fourth, then you’d have spent 400 for something that was only worth 300.

A poor argument, easily overturned with “lex retro non agit”.

Waiting for “a sound argument”, preferably from ANet team.

Corpus Christi.2057:

Vayne.8563:

Corpus Christi.2057:

Can someone actually give me a valid argument for why only 4+ commander tags will be reimbursed?
I’ve got three and I would love to know.

Because if you bought a commander tag of any color after the update it would be the same exact price as the three you have. In other words an account bound commander tag is worth 300. You spent 300. Thus no refund.

If you had a fourth, then you’d have spent 400 for something that was only worth 300.

A poor argument, easily overturned with “lex retro non agit”.

Waiting for “a sound argument”, preferably from ANet team.

It may be a “poor” argument but it’s clearly the thought process they used. You’ve had the use of those tags for as long as you’ve had them. That’s the benefit to having had them early. You’re not losing out because you didn’t pay more than someone buying it after the update.

If you think Anet is going to come here and answer you…best of luck with that.

Instead of ‘advanced’ features(they are not really advanced,any serious
RvR game would provide these for free,or it would at least allow the
community to create them) like:
-Creating and managing multiple party warbands
-A detailed friend and foe tagg/target assignment system
-A proper name tag system that allows us to manage what we want
to see and hide what we don’t want to see and does not categorize
bunnies birds and squirrels as enemies.
You get:
-The most basic and austere,and unimaginative if I may add,tag system.
As a gold sink.
On the bright side,it is good that there aren’t any ‘advanced’ features because
if they charge 300 gold for a tag,for an add on like WARs ‘Enemy’ they would
take our cars and part of our homes.(we could still use the bathroom).

Vayne.8563:

Corpus Christi.2057:

Vayne.8563:

Corpus Christi.2057:

Can someone actually give me a valid argument for why only 4+ commander tags will be reimbursed?
I’ve got three and I would love to know.

Because if you bought a commander tag of any color after the update it would be the same exact price as the three you have. In other words an account bound commander tag is worth 300. You spent 300. Thus no refund.

If you had a fourth, then you’d have spent 400 for something that was only worth 300.

A poor argument, easily overturned with “lex retro non agit”.

Waiting for “a sound argument”, preferably from ANet team.

It may be a “poor” argument but it’s clearly the thought process they used. You’ve had the use of those tags for as long as you’ve had them. That’s the benefit to having had them early. You’re not losing out because you didn’t pay more than someone buying it after the update.

If you think Anet is going to come here and answer you…best of luck with that.

Nothing against you, Vayne, but your answer is precisely what I’ve noticed in the thought process of ANet and I thank you for pointing this out. They do not always think something through.

The change of the price and outlook of the price tag is their new invention, hence those that expected ANet to act fair in the past, when buying the commander tags at their then-form, need to be treated with respect and according to the rule of law with regards to their new invention. I.e. if someone bought a product in the past for a given price at the time in a quantity more than one, cannot be harmed in the future because they decided to limit the availability to one per account solely based on the idea that the price will be higher and there will be different colours. The change of the price for higher cannot be an argument working for the past transactions, i.e. no refunds for more >1 and <4 commander tags. It is simple: you cannot take away something from a legitimate buyer under a legitimate transaction without a refund if he does not fulfil a condition ( which in this case is equal or more than 4 commander tags ) just for the sake of satisfying money-demands of ANet.

That’s precisely what “lex retro non agit” means.

I hope they think it through one more time.

PS And, de facto and de iure, you are losing out, Vayne, because you had 3 instead of what you are given now, 1, without legitimate reimbursement which is unjustly denied against “lex retro non agit”.

Confirmation that players who have three tags or less will get the option of converting one of the tags into a different colour would be nice.

I made the mistake of buying another tag last night and applying the tag instead of waiting for the update as that was my assumption. So if Anet doesn’t do this, then it’s my bad and I have no expectation of being reimbursed in any way. I might buy another one and hold out on applying that one, so I can at least get one different colour for sure :p

Dear Anet… I’m quite a fan of Guildwars2, but I’m really confused what’s going on here…

You asked our communities about desired changes to wvw, we told you we wanted different colored commander tags, so we could coordinate our gameplay and now this is what we are expected to get? 300g for an accountbound commander tag is high, but since it’s accountbound I can understand this high price. But each color has to be bought separatly? For 300g? That’s ridiculous… Our commanders spend most of their money to create superior siegeweaponry and now they have to pay that much for a simple feature we asked for nearly 2 years now? I’m speechless…

I know you might say “That’s a good goldsink…” and I know there’s too much gold ingame. But most of this gold is aquired in PvE, so please don’t take your gold from WvW-players…

Instead, you could make those colors available to high ranked wvw players or make them affordable with Badges of Honor, so that WvW-players can buy it, too…

Just to make sure… I’m not a wvw-only-player, I play pve most of the time, but it’s just unfair to those who wanted this feature that much… it’s like a slap into the face of all decent wvw-commanders. =(

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/September_2014_Feature_Pack

An admin on the wiki edited the page and included this, “Players who have unlocked four or more tags, can contact support to get another color of their choice.” He went to gamescom.

NIGHTHUNTER.5139:

Dear Anet… I’m quite a fan of Guildwars2, but I’m really confused what’s going on here…

You asked our communities about desired changes to wvw, we told you we wanted different colored commander tags, so we could coordinate our gameplay and now this is what we are expected to get? 300g for an accountbound commander tag is high, but since it’s accountbound I can understand this high price. But each color has to be bought separatly? For 300g? That’s ridiculous… Our commanders spend most of their money to create superior siegeweaponry and now they have to pay that much for a simple feature we asked for nearly 2 years now? I’m speechless…

I know you might say “That’s a good goldsink…” and I know there’s too much gold ingame. But most of this gold is aquired in PvE, so please don’t take your gold from WvW-players…

Instead, you could make those colors available to high ranked wvw players or make them affordable with Badges of Honor, so that WvW-players can buy it, too…

Just to make sure… I’m not a wvw-only-player, I play pve most of the time, but it’s just unfair to those who wanted this feature that much… it’s like a slap into the face of all decent wvw-commanders. =(

Have you ever seen an Anet dev actually commanding an open field GvG? Nope…
For them a commander tag is like a trophy a rich guy gets for people to gather around and follow, EOTM Karma-train-style, nothing more.

Corpus Christi.2057:

Vayne.8563:

Corpus Christi.2057:

Vayne.8563:

Corpus Christi.2057:

Can someone actually give me a valid argument for why only 4+ commander tags will be reimbursed?
I’ve got three and I would love to know.

Because if you bought a commander tag of any color after the update it would be the same exact price as the three you have. In other words an account bound commander tag is worth 300. You spent 300. Thus no refund.

If you had a fourth, then you’d have spent 400 for something that was only worth 300.

A poor argument, easily overturned with “lex retro non agit”.

Waiting for “a sound argument”, preferably from ANet team.

It may be a “poor” argument but it’s clearly the thought process they used. You’ve had the use of those tags for as long as you’ve had them. That’s the benefit to having had them early. You’re not losing out because you didn’t pay more than someone buying it after the update.

If you think Anet is going to come here and answer you…best of luck with that.

Nothing against you, Vayne, but your answer is precisely what I’ve noticed in the thought process of ANet and I thank you for pointing this out. They do not always think something through.

The change of the price and outlook of the price tag is their new invention, hence those that expected ANet to act fair in the past, when buying the commander tags at their then-form, need to be treated with respect and according to the rule of law with regards to their new invention. I.e. if someone bought a product in the past for a given price at the time in a quantity more than one, cannot be harmed in the future because they decided to limit the availability to one per account solely based on the idea that the price will be higher and there will be different colours. The change of the price for higher cannot be an argument working for the past transactions, i.e. no refunds for more >1 and <4 commander tags. It is simple: you cannot take away something from a legitimate buyer under a legitimate transaction without a refund if he does not fulfil a condition ( which in this case is equal or more than 4 commander tags ) just for the sake of satisfying money-demands of ANet.

That’s precisely what “lex retro non agit” means.

I hope they think it through one more time.

PS And, de facto and de iure, you are losing out, Vayne, because you had 3 instead of what you are given now, 1, without legitimate reimbursement which is unjustly denied against “lex retro non agit”.

Except that a commander tag isn’t a physical product. It’s a virtual product in a game which you paid for in in game gold and got to use for a period of time. I have two commander tags myself and suspect that I’ll just have to eat one of them. I’m not particularly happy about it, but then I’ve had those tags for a long time. I’ve used them for that time.

Maybe if you’ve only just bought the second tag, I can see the point, but if you’ve had it for a year or so, I’m not sure how entitled you are to a refund on it. I’m not sure any law in any state would require someone to refund you a year out if they change their pricing structure.

I’ll be the Devil’s Advocate now. If you have 2 or 3 tag purchased, buy 1 or 2 more to get your full refound. Your problem is solved.

AngelMouse.7345:

jheryn.8390:

But isn’kitten little premature to get bent out of shape? We don’t actually know yet whether or not we have to pay for each color. That is just speculation. So if it actually happens that way, maybe it is Anet giving the bird, but until you know I wouldn’t get mad just yet.

I’ve been playing WvW for 2 years and I will wait to see what happens. As far as an account wide commander tag costing 300g. I’m actually good with that. I have four toons I like to play in WvW. Now when I get the urge to buy a tag it will cover all of them.

Sorry to burst your bubble…

“Yes, so each color is purchased individually, and it is important to note that there is no hierarchy for colors so that you have to purchase blue and then have to go to red or yellow or whatever.”

Source: http://www.guildmag.com/command-tag-gamescom-2014/

You really didn’t burst my bubble at all. Yes it does say you have to purchase each. But it says nothing about what a color may cost beyond the first. Again this is just speculation right now. It may indeed cost 300 per color but we don’t know that. All it says is that we will have to purchase each color. Not what the final cost will be. Again, wait and see what happens. Outrage, uproar and threats before you know something is 100% the case is dumb.

RoyalPredator.9163:

I’ll be the Devil’s Advocate now. If you have 2 or 3 tag purchased, buy 1 or 2 more to get your full refound. Your problem is solved.

No, you will get a refund for the cost of any additional tags you bought after the first 3 tags, that is, if you spent more than 300g, you’ll get whatever extra gold back.

Think I’ll get a tag now, but I find it absolutely baffling that they’re planning on charging for extra colours though, the whole point of having extra colours to to be able to differentiate between commanders easily, not being able to freely switch colours on the fly will mean that we’ll still have 3-4 blue commanders running around maps (i.e. those who already had their tags before this change).

jheryn.8390:

You really didn’t burst my bubble at all. Yes it does say you have to purchase each. But it says nothing about what a color may cost beyond the first. Again this is just speculation right now. It may indeed cost 300 per color but we don’t know that. All it says is that we will have to purchase each color. Not what the final cost will be. Again, wait and see what happens. Outrage, uproar and threats before you know something is 100% the case is dumb.

You may be right, however as he didn’t specifically mention that additional colours after the first would be cheaper I think it’s reasonable to assume they will cost the same as the first (especially as they will more than likely be sold the same way as they are now, as a book).

Pifil.5193:

jheryn.8390:

You really didn’t burst my bubble at all. Yes it does say you have to purchase each. But it says nothing about what a color may cost beyond the first. Again this is just speculation right now. It may indeed cost 300 per color but we don’t know that. All it says is that we will have to purchase each color. Not what the final cost will be. Again, wait and see what happens. Outrage, uproar and threats before you know something is 100% the case is dumb.

You may be right, however as he didn’t specifically mention that additional colours after the first would be cheaper I think it’s reasonable to assume they will cost the same as the first (especially as they will more than likely be sold the same way as they are now, as a book).

And you could be right as well. But we don’t know if you already have a tag that additional colors might be at a reduced price. I don’t know of anyone that would pay 300g for just being able to change colors. Surely they are smart enough to see that as well? Maybe they aren’t, but I just hate the whole ‘crying wolf’ thing.

Arcadio.6875:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/September_2014_Feature_Pack

An admin on the wiki edited the page and included this, “Players who have unlocked four or more tags, can contact support to get another color of their choice.” He went to gamescom.

I don’t have any tags but if i buy 4 tags now, i will have 2 colours for 400G instead of 600G ?

jheryn.8390:

And you could be right as well. But we don’t know if you already have a tag that additional colors might be at a reduced price. I don’t know of anyone that would pay 300g for just being able to change colors. Surely they are smart enough to see that as well? Maybe they aren’t, but I just hate the whole ‘crying wolf’ thing.

Oh I agree and I’m not beating my chest in rage or anything.

I just think that the idea of selling different colours is daft to begin with, I personally had hoped their revamp would just make the tag account bound and allow commanders to select a tag from a drop down list (blue dorito, green triangle, red circle and so on) and maybe the option to show your guild symbol. This seems insane.

As a colorblind, this is gonna be so frustrating.

Imagine two commanders. One with a blue tag and the other with a purple tag (I have trouble with the two colors).

Me: Hey, can you change your tag color? I’m having trouble distinguishing between the two tags coz I’m colorblind.
Commander: Sorry man, thats gonna cost me 300g.

Thats absurd.

PS. Still having trouble seeing red AOE circles. Still no colorblind assist option 2 years after launch. Thanks.

Last time I saw a game charge money for a useful UI feature .. that was SWTOR, selling ability hotbars.

Guess how that went down. They retreated half a notch after a week’s worth of uproar, but they’re still mocked for it.

Sad fact is that the moment the feature pack was announced, I knew there’d be daggers hidden in it. Anet’s been called ‘tone deaf’ several times, and I agree.

My honest opinion, they should be unlocked by playing. Mock up your own rank system and have symbols for it, from “private” to “three star general”. But I know, it’s not a gold sink.