Guild Wars 2

I have confirmed with a friend, the Terrace is lacking the Black Lion Weapons Specialist, and the Activity NPC.
Please consider the implications this has, as highlighted by the below post, instead of telling me I’m wrong.

Unless ArenaNet updates the Royal Terrace to be equal to the Airship, there is currently every reason to believe that the Airship will eventually be one-upped by another convenience area, rendering the Airship obsolete, and therefore, a waste of money.

If the “ultimate convenience”, as ArenaNet called it, is not going to remain the ultimate convenience, then it is of no interest to me, and I will not be buying a pass for it.

Same post on reddit from you as well LOL again !

I have both passes and both places have the same services !

The terrace has been updated to have the same services as the airship

all you needed was a trip to the terrace to figure that out.

Any long term investment item has been proven to suffer from this. First the picks, now the convenience areas. Just be aware that this will always be the case for anything that isn’t something like a booster, skin or consumable.

Latinkuro.9420:

Same post on reddit from you as well LOL again !

I have both passes and both places have the same services !

The terrace has been updated to have the same services as the airship

all you needed was a trip to the terrace to figure that out.

Incorrect, if you thoroughly check both places. Please consider the implications.

Will you be willing to buy every new pass that comes out in the future?

…why do they have to be equal? they dont, pick one, or pick both, but dont complain that they arnt equal because life isnt fair

Hofulu.7325:

I have confirmed with a friend, the Terrace is lacking the Black Lion Weapons Specialist, and the Activity NPC.
Please consider the implications this has, as highlighted by the below post, instead of telling me I’m wrong.

Unless ArenaNet updates the Royal Terrace to be equal to the Airship, there is currently every reason to believe that the Airship will eventually be one-upped by another convenience area, rendering the Airship obsolete, and therefore, a waste of money.

If the “ultimate convenience”, as ArenaNet called it, is not going to remain the ultimate convenience, then it is of no interest to me, and I will not be buying a pass for it.

If you buy both when they’re available, you can then have your pick of where to go. It’s not a matter of how much they go for on the Gem Store, but rather how much you value the convenience of the item’s usage.

Duke Nukem.6783:

…why do they have to be equal? they dont, pick one, or pick both, but dont complain that they arnt equal because life isnt fair

Thank god this is a video game and not real life. Also you can’t get the terrace pass anymore so you can’t choose what to buy, there’s only the airship pass now.

If I recall terrace passes weren’t 1000 gems either. So I would hope people would get a more advanced area but paying extra.

Mazreal Blackknight.1564:

If I recall terrace passes weren’t 1000 gems either. So I would hope people would get a more advanced area but paying extra.

The unlimited time pass was 1000 gems, just as the unlimited time pass for the airship is.

Are you guys really that lazy, that you can’t warp to Gendarran and then to your home city of choice?

They never made the molten pick equal to the sprocket giving watchwork pick. What makes you think that they would care about the terrace?

Hofulu.7325:

Unless ArenaNet updates the Royal Terrace to be equal to the Airship, there is currently every reason to believe that the Airship will eventually be one-upped by another convenience area, rendering the Airship obsolete, and therefore, a waste of money.

And how is this negative? People are going to buy the better version aswell, It’s a win win for A.Net

Honestly, I wish I could have afforded the Unlimited Royal Terrace pass when it came out. Just a personal preference.

I’d rather be in a royalty VIP area than aboard an airship. Human noble and all.

I have both and the Terrace misses the weapons specialist indeed. ANyway for now this si the only difference between them i could notice so far.

The Terrace lets you fast travel to LA. The Airship does not. Someday I hope to want to go back to LA again, and it would be nice to do so from the ship.

The Terrace is also much nicer to navigate for my Charr and Norn characters. The Airship is like a tight Jumping Puzzle. Even for smaller races it’s almost too cramped, and you have to fiddle sometimes to make sure you’re talking to the right NPC or using the right station.

The Airship forces you to sit through a DOUBLE loading screen if you do the Daily Activity from there. One screen to get back to the ship from your Activity, and then immediately it kicks you off the airship to Gendarran Fields below; another loading screen. Make that THREE loading screens in a row if you need to get back up to the ship again.

Fast Travel to cities puts you at different places. I actually prefer the Airship for this. It puts me right inside the main entrance, so I can just turn around and step out the door to get outside and begin my questing. But that’s just personal preference; to each his own.

Each have their advantages, though I also wish each had the same NPCs and destinations available. And I wish they didn’t cause multiple loading screens if you log out from there or do the Daily Activity from there.

I can’t stand the airship! So claustrophobic, no atmosphere!

But I haven’t seen the terrace. I just want to go where most people hang out which used to be LA.. hey maybe that’s why they nuked it? To get people to buy passes and not just hang out in LA?

Svev.7152:

I have both and the Terrace misses the weapons specialist indeed. ANyway for now this si the only difference between them i could notice so far.

It’s missing the weapon specialist, the activity NPC, and the portal can’t take you to vigil keep – it takes you to the destroyed LA instead.

Instead of complaining about the gem cost and the services or lack thereof, just stop buying the passes and use the original way by either waypointing or use the PvP shortcut then use the portal to one of the cities. It is LOADS cheaper and you can spend your gems on something else that will upset you.