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Posted by: Steel Fenrir.2791

Steel Fenrir.2791

During the early days of Guild Wars 2, you could buy 800 gems with only 3.6 gold. I bought 3 character slots in 3 days from this. Now, a year and a half later, when you sell 800 gems, you could get an average of 45 gold from it. That’s a 1,250% return on investment if you bought it early in the game. Do you guys think it’s still a good investment right now to buy gems with your stagnant gold and let the gems value rise over time, and then sell them a year or two from now? Do you think the gem’s value could still rise, much more than price you paid for when you bought them (buying them costs more when compared to the amount of gold you get when you sell them at the moment)?

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Posted by: Bagel.4598

Bagel.4598

The only reason gems were worth so much back then was because there was very little gold in the economy. Gems could be bought for the same rates as today with real money.
Unless there is a massive reduction in circulating gold I highly doubt gem value will ever decrease or increase that significantly.
Sure when new items are added to gem store the price will change, but not to the point where investing will pay off unless you buy tens of thousands.

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Posted by: Steel Fenrir.2791

Steel Fenrir.2791

I could buy 800 gems for 69g 36s right now, and selling gems gives me 49g 93s. I don’t know the rate of inflation of the ingame economy. A year or two from now, do you think it will surpass the 70g per 800 gems mark to break even?

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Posted by: Azure Prower.8701

Azure Prower.8701

Once upon a time. 1 gold bought 400 gems.

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Posted by: Steel Fenrir.2791

Steel Fenrir.2791

So maybe a year and a half from now? “Once upon a time. 34 gold bought 400 gems.”

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Posted by: Bagel.4598

Bagel.4598

So maybe a year and a half from now? “Once upon a time. 34 gold bought 400 gems.”

With the way this game is going I doubt 1 1/2 years from now will exist for it.

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Posted by: laokoko.7403

laokoko.7403

I quit the game 4 month ago, and when I come back gem went from 5->8 gold.

But I still won’t be making any money back if I sell gem because there is a heavy tax on sell price. But I know a few of my other investment went up in price a bunch.

If you decide to quit for a long period of time, gem could be a good investment. But if you still intend to play everyday, I suggest you buy other things to invest.

ps. I always think gem is a good investment, but that’s because I actually spend the gem to buy cash shop item. If you resell you have to think about the tax.