Guild Wars 2

There is a lot of rage out there about the price and handling of the pre order.

Here are my thoughts on the matter…

The first thing to consider is that as a core GW2 player – You brought the game. Most people will have hand countless hours enjoying the existing content and are owed nothing else on top of that.

For those who brought the game in a sale, I believe you will inevitably get a refund.

If Arena Net want to give the core game away for free, that is their choice. I myself have had at least 2500 hours enjoyment out of GW2 since the beta and would not expect this to affect anything with regards to the expansion.

Sure you can compare the expansion against the GW1 campaigns but those got two professions and one character slot. Even then if you wanted both you would have had to buy another.

I bet that 99% of people who are complaining will ultimately buy the expansion regardless of if the offered packages are changed.

No one is forced to buy the pre purchase. I suppose its really down to whether you want access to the betas.

I remember a lot of people hyping ‘take my money’ when they heard that the expansion was on its way and now you can.

actually getting separate keys would be nice. then i would actually get a free account to play EU pvp with and be able to upgrade my NA one.

DaveyC.4398:

I bet that 99% of people who are complaining will ultimately buy the expansion regardless of if the offered packages are changed.

You are projecting.

The truth is, this is a make-or-break moment for GW2 and maybe Anet in general. If the expansion fails, the game won’t have much of a future. And I’m talking about immediate future.

RabbitUp.8294:

DaveyC.4398:

I bet that 99% of people who are complaining will ultimately buy the expansion regardless of if the offered packages are changed.

You are projecting.

The truth is, this is a make-or-break moment for GW2 and maybe Anet in general. If the expansion fails, the game won’t have much of a future. And I’m talking about immediate future.

yeah, for me the engineer elite spec better be great or im not gonna buy it.

DaveyC.4398:

The first thing to consider is that as a core GW2 player – You brought the game. Most people will have hand countless hours enjoying the existing content and are owed nothing else on top of that.

indeed I am not owed anything because I bought the game previously, I paid for it, and got what i paid for

however everyone is owed the same treatment in regards to the current purchase. regardless of whether they have the game or not
if there is a “free bonus” everyone should get it

DaveyC.4398:

There is a lot of rage out there about the price and handling of the pre order.

Here are my thoughts on the matter…

The first thing to consider is that as a core GW2 player – You brought the game. Most people will have hand countless hours enjoying the existing content and are owed nothing else on top of that.

For those who brought the game in a sale, I believe you will inevitably get a refund.

If Arena Net want to give the core game away for free, that is their choice. I myself have had at least 2500 hours enjoyment out of GW2 since the beta and would not expect this to affect anything with regards to the expansion.

Sure you can compare the expansion against the GW1 campaigns but those got two professions and one character slot. Even then if you wanted both you would have had to buy another.

I bet that 99% of people who are complaining will ultimately buy the expansion regardless of if the offered packages are changed.

No one is forced to buy the pre purchase. I suppose its really down to whether you want access to the betas.

I remember a lot of people hyping ‘take my money’ when they heard that the expansion was on its way and now you can.

I’ll take that bet.

The reason for the “rage” is simple: mathematics.

New Customer pays $50 gets: GW2 with all its vast content + HoT Expansion with its new Content

Old Customer pays $50 gets: HoT Expansion with its new Content.

Pretty clear which one of the two is on the losing side of the bargain. And NO it does not matter how long the old customer has previously played as we are strictly talking the HoT package pricing and what a new and old customer gets out of it.

To say it with AngryJoes words, ANet "You dun f***ed it up!”