Guild Wars 2

My apologies if I am posting this in the wrong section. I had previously submitted a ticket to provide feedback which reached support who suggested I post in the Guild Wars 2 forums.

After purchasing Path of Fire I decided I wanted to take a look at Guild Wars 1 in order to explore the lore. I own prophecies and nightfall. I was looking to purchase factions and eye of the north. I found factions is being sold for $29.99 but for $29.99 I can buy the trilogy with prophecies factions and nightfall. For $19.99 I can buy the game of the year edition of Guild Wars 1 but also for $19.99 I can buy the platinum edition which includes eye of the north and if I want just eye of the north I can buy just that for $29.99. I am very happy with my Guild Wars 1 and 2 purchases I am just very confused as to what editions are best to buy to complete my GW1 game.

One suggestion would be allow GW1 games/expansions to be sold in Black Lion Store for Gems. I have purchased both the ultimate editions of HoTs and PoF. Thank you very much for your wonderful game, support staff and community.

The game is always going to be buy-to-play, because there are no subscription fees. As long as that’s true, there’s no chance they’ll sell it for just gems (which can be obtained via in-game gold).

Many of us wonder why a 10-year-old game is still selling for the same retail prices it did when GW2 launched. It doesn’t seem crazy to expect to spend less these days.

The reason for the confusion is that there remain a lot of boxed copies of the game in versions sold when the various bundle options were ‘new’ and made sense. These days, one would typically buy Platinum (‘Proph+EotN’) and ‘Trilogy’ (Proph + Factions + NF), to collect the full set.

In your case, there aren’t any great options, since I don’t remember a package of “Factions + EotN”, which would be ideal for you.

If your budget is limited, I’d look for deals on Amazon, BestBuy, Steam, or similar legit sites. If you want to stick to the official site, I’d buy just Platinum to get EotN for $20. That gets you access to the Hall of Monuments (allowing you to link accounts and eventually earn AP/skins in GW2 via GW1 accomplishments). If you run out of stuff to do for fun, then also buy Trilogy to get Nightfall.