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Posted by: Zania.8461

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They can’t mail but they can join guilds. Farm laurels, convert to materials, deposit materials in the shared guild bank…done. Can transfer all the wealth necessary,

EDIT: I stand corrected, no guild banks either. Interesting. We’ll see how it goes.

EDIT 2: Well only way to go around this (that I found so far) would be to buy some items in gem store as gifts for main account.

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Posted by: Ayrilana.1396

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Posted by: Zaron.1987

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Free accounts can’t mail kitten. Think.

account a sold out a cheap product from tp and add a cheap item for much money his new f2p account can buy to transfer the gold to the main acc

or other way bankguild

problem solved

think!

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Posted by: SkullProX.7083

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Can someone from anet explain this DUMB and UNREASONABLE move please?-.-

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Posted by: Behellagh.1468

Behellagh.1468

We are heroes. This is what we do!

RIP City of Heroes

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Posted by: Setz.9675

Setz.9675

“We stand by Buy to Play as the best monetization model for players and developers.” And then in the next breath “Which is why we’re going free to play.”

How can a company like Anet say one thing and completely contradict it in the next sentence?

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Posted by: Artorius.6178

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Considering I just got HoT(+base game) a month ago, I feel kinda… not positive.

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Posted by: Tyloric.7520

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Don’t worry, the economy will be ok. We put a lot of effort into keeping it protected.

That’s kind of a non-answer. What’s to stop players from just making several accounts, farming the laurels, and then using heavy crafting bags?

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Posted by: JoshuaRAWR.4653

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Posted by: Conner.4702

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Don’t worry, the economy will be ok. We put a lot of effort into keeping it protected.

The sad thing is you actually believe that. There is no economy, no game will ever have an economy. Yet you keep believing you can just adjust droprates to keep your “economy” protected.

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Posted by: Agent Noun.7350

Agent Noun.7350

https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/95982157

Free accounts:
- Do not get daily login rewards.
- Cannot map chat.
- Cannot mail non-mutual friends.
- Cannot enter WvW until level 60.
- Need to unlock squad chat and LFG individually on each character by reaching level 30.
- Can only sell selected items on the TP.

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Posted by: Valento.9852

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Don’t worry, the economy will be ok. We put a lot of effort into keeping it protected.

John, help us! The site doesn’t list what items exactly free accounts can buy/sell!!!!!

From FAQ:

Can buy and sell items from a selected list.

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Posted by: Vayne.8563

Vayne.8563

Looks pretty good to me. I know this worries a lot of people, but I don’t think it will hurt the game.

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Posted by: Seera.5916

Seera.5916

Free accounts do not get daily login rewards.

Source: https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/95982157-Account-types-Free-Core-HoT

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Posted by: Behellagh.1468

Behellagh.1468

Free accounts can’t mail kitten. Think.

account a sold out a cheap product from tp and add a cheap item for much money his new f2p account can buy to transfer the gold to the main acc

or other way bankguild

problem solved

think!

F2P account is TP limited

“Can buy and sell items from a selected list.”

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Posted by: Agent Noun.7350

Agent Noun.7350

Giving f2p accounts log-in rewards is a serious slap in the face. :/
We need an official statement about this that includes all the details.

That’s why THEY DON’T GET THEM.

https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/95982157

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Posted by: Conner.4702

Conner.4702

“We stand by Buy to Play as the best monetization model for players and developers.” And then in the next breath “Which is why we’re going free to play.”

How can a company like Anet say one thing and completely contradict it in the next sentence?

*cough*ascended gear*cough*

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Posted by: BrooksP.4318

BrooksP.4318

Not completely surprised about the restrictions. However Anet trying to force SMS is a terrible idea, while luckily grandfathered in, it is still a petty way to promote the service.

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Posted by: Ayrilana.1396

Ayrilana.1396

Yeah. I just hope this doesn’t get merged with the other threads. It’d help calm everyone down once they’ve read it.

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Posted by: sniperman.1738

sniperman.1738

Look f2p should NOT and I mean NOT have access to WvW for obvious reasons, have you ever heard of server spys, its a real thing and now you just made it easier to do thanks alot Anet. Also not happy that they can go all the way to max level like come on slap a lvl cap on that thing make them actually want to buy the game. and Don’t let them have daily rewards. Still not happy at all really about this I feel like this is a huge slap in people’s face who actually paid for the core game. I paid 60 bucks for the core game when it came out. Cause honestly right now I feel that everyone who spend 10 to 60 bucks should get refunded by Anet personally for this ridiculous thing. But in reality the least I want done is f2p Accounts CANNNOT GO INTO WVW. Please like seriously you guys are making spying to easy its stupid.

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Posted by: Pistol Joe.3741

Pistol Joe.3741

yes !! TY ANET

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Posted by: Kormeg.2469

Kormeg.2469

Literally no one in this thread has any foresight beyond what they want for themselves…

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Posted by: I See No Tomorrow.7302

I See No Tomorrow.7302

Thanks for this

Yeah F2P accounts won’t get the daily login bonus

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Posted by: Sylent.3165

Sylent.3165

The tp items should be white gear only I hope.

And pm a new person every 30 seconds still is not good with gold sellers, maybe one pm to a new person every 10 minutes

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Posted by: zakuruchi.4086

zakuruchi.4086

Jeez, people. Calm down a bit and read the FAQ first before doomsaying about the economy, will you…

For those who said things about laurels destroying economy, free accounts can’t get daily login reward. They also dont have access to guild bank to transfer stuff. Or mail for that matter.

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Posted by: xinkspillx.3914

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Giving f2p accounts log-in rewards is a serious slap in the face. :/
We need an official statement about this that includes all the details.

That’s why THEY DON’T GET THEM.

https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/95982157

I posted my comment BEFORE that went live.

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Posted by: Krysard.1364

Krysard.1364

Seems good to me, great restrictions in order to keep the control of the economy

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Posted by: Dark Saviour.9410

Dark Saviour.9410

Eh. So only real news is I get a free outfit and the ability to grind out my Belcher’s Bluff wins without bothering anyone else… That’s… cool?

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A shame fun things could not simply be fun.

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Posted by: sniperman.1738

sniperman.1738

doesn’t matter they can still go into wvw on another server and spy, f2p account should not by any means have access to wvw.

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Posted by: FrigginPaco.4178

FrigginPaco.4178

While I don’t play WvW as much as other members of my guild, they have mentioned that this was a cause for concern should the game go F2P. Although…

Perhaps it would be more prudent to give F2P players access to only EotM, as an example, and to monitor the interaction between these new accounts and older ones, if that’s possible.

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Posted by: Agent Noun.7350

Agent Noun.7350

If you read the restrictions, this is essentially a non-level and non-content limited free trial. You can technically do everything in the core game, but there are enough restrictions that you’ll feel prodded to buy the game.

There are very few PvP-related restrictions, though, so players who are only interested in PvP can probably play for free indefinitely (provided they don’t want elite specs or Revenant, of course).

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Posted by: Kormeg.2469

Kormeg.2469

Giving f2p accounts log-in rewards is a serious slap in the face. :/
We need an official statement about this that includes all the details.

That’s why THEY DON’T GET THEM.

https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/95982157

I posted my comment BEFORE that went live.

Then why rush on the forums to post that? What exactly was the point of your post?

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Posted by: TheLastNobody.8319

TheLastNobody.8319

Hm, ok than, seems like a fairly good net to restrict gold sellers.

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Posted by: Wanze.8410

Wanze.8410

Well, you were good while you lasted.

I didnt decide to crash it just yet.

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Posted by: Agent Noun.7350

Agent Noun.7350

Yeah, I think they’re doing this right. We can expect a big influx of players, but that’s a good thing.

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Posted by: Conncept.7638

Conncept.7638

Boy is that super convenient for Anet, nope, no way gem store is changing, for sure.

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Posted by: Quarktastic.1027

Quarktastic.1027

I’ve always felt like T6 crafting bags for 1 laurel was kind of exploity anyway, given how easy laurels are to acquire. I fee like each tier of crafting bag should cost one laurel more than the previous tier, i.e 7 laurels for one T6 crafting bag.

Those armadillos would be a lot cooler if they looked more like real armadillos. mmm armadillos
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Posted by: Malediktus.9250

Malediktus.9250

Well, you were good while you lasted.

I didnt decide to crash it just yet.

We could crash the market for a certain item. I am sure you know which one :p

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Posted by: BrooksP.4318

BrooksP.4318

I would be hard pressed to call GW2 economy “good”.

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Posted by: Aluna Darklady.3165

Aluna Darklady.3165

My mouth just dropped.. I don’t know what to say..
1. So.. down the line when we get to expansion 2 and 3… does HoT become free to the newer players after that??

And more importantly,

2. How does this now affect the economy??

Arenanet, this A HUGE smack to the face to every loyal GW2 player since day one, heck even GW1… nothing to compensate to veteran players besides mediocre birthday presents and…… “A” outfit?? Really? Is this what all my money has earned over this years?

I don’t think Arenanet owes us any “compensation”. What about the 3 years of GW2 we’ve been playing? So “all your money” you have spent over the years was so you could earn rewards now? Umm, I think not.

To me this news doesn’t affect us in that way. I’m more concerned about the community changing, and possible abuse. But I feel those were both addressed well in the announcement, and I see this now as simply a marketing strategy, a “hook” to get people to try the game. I do believe, if they like the game enough they will buy the expansion, if not, they probably won’t play that long.

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Posted by: Menadena.7482

Menadena.7482

I have read it. It does not say what items. If anything on that list can be harvested, crafted, salvaged, or bought they have basically crashed the TP for that item. About the only way they could do that is to declare the TP totally off-limits to FTP players for selling anything.

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Posted by: briggah.7910

briggah.7910

0/10 would not read this thread again.

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Posted by: Elemetalist.7425

Elemetalist.7425

I am pretty new in this game also not play that often. I bought the core game in March and hope for just buying an expansion pack without taking the refund earlier. Because I just want to see how the game goes.

Now core game F2P ? So my 40 euro is gone to waste … only few restrictions for new accounts …

RIP Guild War … Economic will be down to hell ….

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Posted by: Menadena.7482

Menadena.7482

Can we get the list of items they will have access to on the TP?

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Posted by: BrotherBelial.3094

BrotherBelial.3094

Can’t say I’m happy about this, buy hay never mind, the loyal players always end up.paying more than the scrubs.

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Posted by: briggah.7910

briggah.7910

No its a joke.. APRIL FOOLS.. oh wait

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Posted by: Lahmia.2193

Lahmia.2193

You’ve had a few bad experiences and you judge the entire dungeon community by that standard? sigh

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