I have a IRL friend who started playing GW2 with me recently. Their experience is potentially interesting to highlight in some later post, but ANYWAY!
They saw the new Wintersday Glider on the gem store and were immediately taken by it (they happen to really like snow). So, I thought it would make a nice gift for them considering they don’t have a lot of gold as they only started playing. I cashed in some gold for gems and set out to pick them up. Much to my dismay, this glider skin cannot be gifted.
My initial reaction was “Hmm… that might be so people don’t waste money on accidentally buying something for a non-HoT player. Sad, but I can see how that makes sense.” Then I looked at the exalted glider and noticed that I could gift that without issue. Now it was looking more like a simple bug. So, I opened a ticket with support to see what was up.
The response was quite prompt, but I was told:
Just checked myself it seems that is how it’s supposed to be. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Really? Well… okay… so I responded and offered that it may cause frustration or confusion as the exalted glider can be. To which I was told:
This wold be a great ting to post on the forums, It would help other people who may get into the same situation as yourself.
So, as the newly appointed Communications Officer for Glider Skin Purchase and Distribution, I am fulfilling my duty as assigned. Consider yourselves duly informed.