Guild Wars 2

Hi,

I just wanted to say that I’m starting to like GW2’s business model more and more. Since I have limited playing time (about an hour a day) this model suits me just fine. Pay for the game once, no monthly subscription, gem store with only cosmetic and convenience items, trading gems for gold… It’s really a good business model, imho. Basically, there are two groups of people, those with plenty of time, and those with very limited free time. Those with plenty of free time can farm gold/gems for free, while others can pay for gold. It’s a win-win, actually. ANet gets money, I get gold for money (instantly), others farm gold/gems for free. Actually, ANet even gets more than $10 a month from me this way. I spend about $20 a month. There was also this one time I even spent $100 on gems (char bags, bank slots, char slots, infinite gathering tools…).

Just a compliment.

I like it for the most part as well, though I do have a couple minor gripes about it.

1) I really, really dislike the RNG type items in the gem store. Personally, if I’m ponying up real life cash dollars for something, it should be a guarantee I get what I’m looking for. Unfortunately, I also know that a good many people like to gamble, so the chances of that going away any time soon are next to nil.

2) I would like to see a little more love shown to items and looks that you can get in-game without the gemstore. Right now, the vast majority of new armor sets or outfits are dropped into the BLTC, with just a small number of items (usually backpieces) to be earned in game. I get that the gemstore is currently Arena.net’s primary revenue stream, but surely it wouldn’t hurt the bottom line THAT much to give players a bone once in a while.

this ^ i pretty much agree.

GW2 is the only MMO i can play for almost 2 years and still looking forward to more contents. Still feels fun about combats, and still got a lot of stuffs yet to do.