Guild Wars 2

credit card.

How does this take 20 minutes?

He must have arthritis

And that cost you how much real money? Just freaking ouch.

Vayne.8563:

How does this take 20 minutes?

Convincing Mom to borrow her credit card to buy Dad a present

~25€ in 20 minutes? I wish I could do that.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

And that cost you how much real money? Just freaking ouch.

It’s like $30, not really that much.

Some of us who can afford it have dropped hundreds of dollars. $50 for gems is cheaper than a few drinks out at the bar.

calyx.9086:

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

And that cost you how much real money? Just freaking ouch.

It’s like $30, not really that much.

Some of us who can afford it have dropped hundreds of dollars. $50 for gems is cheaper than a few drinks out at the bar.

^ Truth. Anyone who actually has a job can say “I’ll budget myself to spend $X on recreational activities, $Y of which will go to gems.”

calyx.9086:

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

And that cost you how much real money? Just freaking ouch.

It’s like $30, not really that much.

Speak for yourself. It’s an obscene amount for virtual fluff.

Still wondering what the OP is telling us. Is that his limit? Is that the limit? I know Anet has a limit on how much you can spend to protect them from fraud …

Can I not “make” 1000g in 1 minute?

Is it “making” gold when I’m “exchanging” currencies? Or did I actually make gems?

Rouven.7409:

Still wondering what the OP is telling us. Is that his limit? Is that the limit? I know Anet has a limit on how much you can spend to protect them from fraud …

Can I not “make” 1000g in 1 minute?

Is it “making” gold when I’m “exchanging” currencies? Or did I actually make gems?

Somehow doubt it is a very existential statement. More of a whinge. I could be wrong and there is something very zen in what the op wrote. Don’t think I am wrong.

calyx.9086:

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

And that cost you how much real money? Just freaking ouch.

It’s like $30, not really that much.

Some of us who can afford it have dropped hundreds of dollars. $50 for gems is cheaper than a few drinks out at the bar.

And for that short bar-hop you at least got a buzz. What do you get from the gem-store for the same price? A few million useless pixels.

Im Mudbone.1437:

calyx.9086:

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

And that cost you how much real money? Just freaking ouch.

It’s like $30, not really that much.

Some of us who can afford it have dropped hundreds of dollars. $50 for gems is cheaper than a few drinks out at the bar.

And for that short bar-hop you at least got a buzz. What do you get from the gem-store for the same price? A few million useless pixels.

It’s only useless because some of us cannot afford to do it. If we could afford to do it, then it would be an “investment” into something we enjoy. I don’t know about all of you, but I play Guild Wars 2 to get away from reality. Also, some people just plain enjoy the Social aspect of MMORPGs. Now with GW2 being B2P, it allows them to save their $15/mo to buy gems with. So 2 months subscription = ~200 gold. Not so bad when you think about it. Some people also treat this like a P2P game and spend at the least $15/mo.

TL:DR, if we could afford it, we wouldn’t care

P.S. I am accepting 3 Gifts: I need an Unlimited Pickaxe, Unlimited Logging Tool, and Unlimited Harvesting tool. Anyone well off person, I’d appreciate the gift! Lol.

uknortherner.2670:

calyx.9086:

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

And that cost you how much real money? Just freaking ouch.

It’s like $30, not really that much.

Speak for yourself. It’s an obscene amount for virtual fluff.

I agree, that seems an obscene amount for for the gold you get.

I guess I’m just a penny pincher. I do actually budget funds each month for games (like $25 each for my husband and myself, though we don’t always use it), but it really doesn’t seem efficient to convert that to gold with the current rates. Not when that gold will be gone relatively quickly and I end up right back where I started (goldless).

And for the person that commented that “its not that much for anyone that has a job,” you’ve obviously never lived paycheck to paycheck while working an hourly, low paying job (or even 2). For some people, 30$ is a lot of money. Just because it is not for you is not reason to look down your nose at someone else.

Vayne.8563:

How does this take 20 minutes?

Most likely that is the cost of an hour of where he/she works. Then can convert that time spent into gold. Sounds like an easy way for 200 gold.