Guild Wars 2

Can already imagine it. Precursor scavenger Hunt is on!!! Spend now 5000 gems and pick a precursor to Your liking

Healix.5819:

zerorogue.9410:

If it’s off the table, why are they continuing to do work on it?

For the same reason that the VIP system was originally shown in English. ArenaNet develops it and China localizes it.

a lot of Chinese related localization related systems made it to the US client in some form or in half it it’s form, the NPE for example.

Shifu.4321:

A “premium” subscription being added would make sense for a new game, NOT a two+ year old game. The trend is usually P2P===> F2P (TOR for example), not the reverse.

Actually a number of subscription games have gone ‘free to play’ but only the equivalent of ten levels of play were free. It was essentially no more than a demo or trial. To get beyond that you had to buy something, anything cheap just to overcome any aversion to purchasing. To get to the end game a bigger investment was still needed.

When this has been done before in MMOs, the existing accounts were put onto a mid-access model: more than what new players would get, no access lost on existing content, might have to pay for any future content. GW2 could be preparing for something similar by adding a limited access account for free players (no PvP, no WvW, no Personal Story, etc) and putting all future content into the gem store through LS chapters.

ColinJohanson.2394:

As we’ve said before, the royal club system currently running in China will not be coming to the NA/EU version of the game.

Colin, I’m going to be a jerk about this (but I mean no ill will), and perhaps its just the English language, but it sounds like you are leaving an opening.

Saying “currently running” sounds like “not the exact system as china will come over from china, but we may implement a different one”

ColinJohanson.2394:

Serophous.9085:

Colin, I’m going to be a jerk about this (but I mean no ill will), and perhaps its just the English language, but it sounds like you are leaving an opening.

Saying “currently running” sounds like “not the exact system as china will come over from china, but we may implement a different one”

As we’ve said before: The royal system will not be coming to NA/EU, period.

There ya go

Thank you!
(We really do appreciate the straight forward answer)

But but what about the ‘imperial system? Or the ’sovereign system’? Wait, I got it – the ‘royale with cheese system’?

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‘khaleesi system’?

Tachenon.5270:

But but what about the … ‘royale with cheese system’?

dies

Thanks for the straight answer, Colin!

Ahh kitten . I’d be all over a VIP system or a subscription if it meant more goodies and/or more content that I actually want to play.

ColinJohanson.2394:

Serophous.9085:

Colin, I’m going to be a jerk about this (but I mean no ill will), and perhaps its just the English language, but it sounds like you are leaving an opening.

Saying “currently running” sounds like “not the exact system as china will come over from china, but we may implement a different one”

As we’ve said before: The royal system will not be coming to NA/EU, period.

There ya kitten

Xd tyty. And sorry

edit: and huh, i quote, and it changed the end to kitten….

ColinJohanson.2394:

Serophous.9085:

Colin, I’m going to be a jerk about this (but I mean no ill will), and perhaps its just the English language, but it sounds like you are leaving an opening.

Saying “currently running” sounds like “not the exact system as china will come over from china, but we may implement a different one”

As we’ve said before: The royal system will not be coming to NA/EU, period.

There ya go

Would I be incorrect in thinking that you’re considering some kind of “Loyalty Program” for people that buy gems with cash/cards, though? You’ve given away free items for it before, it wouldn’t surprise me if you guys put in a more formal reward system to replace that.

ColinJohanson.2394:

Serophous.9085:

Colin, I’m going to be a jerk about this (but I mean no ill will), and perhaps its just the English language, but it sounds like you are leaving an opening.

Saying “currently running” sounds like “not the exact system as china will come over from china, but we may implement a different one”

As we’ve said before: The royal system will not be coming to NA/EU, period.

There ya go

<3
thats all i needed