Guild Wars 2

So a couple weeks ago my guild was discussing ways that we could incorporate some fun mini-game type activities, such as contests, in order to bring some team building and such into our ranks. In the discussion we hit upon the type of prizes we would like to be able to hand out for winning these contests, when we realized that was nothing noteworthy that could be traded between players. For example the Black Lion Keys, chests, gems, etc. are all account bound. The ideal situation for us would be to be able to gift a predetermined amount of gems to the winner, or at least a chest/key combo. But with the current state of things, this is not available.

It was mentioned that on the Gem Store page, near the upper left hand corner there is a button for “Redeem a Code” and that got us thinking about the possibility of being able to buy redeemable codes that were good for gems/items instead of just buying the gems directly. This leads me to my question.

Has there been any consideration given to “giftable items”? Either in the form of an in-game item that can be sent to another player’s account, similar to the chests, which will provide some sort of random consumables and other fun items, or in the form of a code that we can email/pst to another player in order for them to access the “gift” we bought for them? Perhaps a completely new item is in the works to fill this role, or we could make a particular item bound upon use, giving us the ability to “gift” them? Even if you know of a place that has previously addressed this sort of issue, I’d be happy to learn and get caught up on it.

I know that the devs and other support personnel have their hands full with a newly launched title, and by no means expect something like this to be tackled in the next 20 minutes, let alone the next couple of months. But any info we could get would be great.

You guys and gals don’t hear near the amount of praise that you deserve, and I can’t speak for everyone, but I certainly appreciate the many years of hard work and energy that was spent making this game. Every second of play really shows that dedication and care that was put into every pixel to give us the best possible experience. Thank you so much for your continued work to give us a place to play!