Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,

I was wondering where can I find the 3 gathering devices that have been said to come with the pre-purchase of HoT? Correct me if I am mistaken but along with the extra character slot I recall having the luxury of getting 3 gathering tools (mine-o-tron etc.)?

I would be happy if someone could help out with this.

Thanks!

Have a great day!

Hrm. I haven’t heard of such an offer.

There’s a new “Character Jump Start” package in the gem store that includes three Gather-R-Tron tools, along with other items, but to the best of my knowledge, no gathering tools were ever offered with pre-purchase.

O_O I must be going out of my mind then! I recall, when being at the checkout page, seeing the 3 gather-tron tools right next to the additional character slot. being given as a gift with the pre-purchase. They even had the real value of the items shown on the page (like 30 EUR for the tools and such).

Have you got the pre-purchase yourself Redenaz?

Perhaps those were upsells? It’s not uncommon for ecommerce pages to suggest additional products to buy as you’re going through checkout.

I pre-purchased, so I received beta access and the title. I also got a character slot, since my account was old enough to qualify for that bonus. That’s everything I should be getting, along with the game.

How much is that super duper pack?

The “Character Jump Start” is 3500 gems, and contains items worth 6,170 gems (~$77 on sale for ~$43.75, USD)

Seems pretty expensive to me, but gathering tools are 1000 gems ($10) each, so that’s 3000. Then the Salvage-o-Matic is 800, and three Bag Slots are 1200. (400/each.) Then you get 10 XP Boosters (900 gems? Seriously?) and 10 Transmutation Charges (270 gems.)

I would just ignore the transmutation charges and XP boosters, since they’re not too difficult to obtain in-game, and the XP boosters are hardly worth a dollar each to me. So it’s more like 3,500 gems for 5,000 gems worth of goods. If you want what’s in it, it’s a savings, although I wouldn’t buy it myself.

(I wouldn’t buy it because gathering tools aren’t super convenient if you have multiple characters, and I would never make my money back on them. If they’re not convenient, and they’re not saving me money…)