Heart of Thorns
I am not going to even try to argue value of content vs cost as that is purely a matter of opinion that one can only decide for oneself.
I will point out that everyone gains if Anet can draw more people into the game. Less time waiting for groups, more active guilds, more money for content development, etc. New players seeing two $50 price tags to get in and caught up with friends, new guildies, etc might very well just decide not to buy at all. The single $50 price keeps the barrier for entry low enough to, hopefully, encourage new blood to join us in game.
I forgot to add that people might say: “Then don’t buy HoT”
But my main concerns here is that Areanet will arrange some events in the Maguma Jungle unexplorable to player who waited for a potential sale.
Example would be the Dragon Bash festival that provided the back item skin, holographic dragon wings. I myself were lucky enough to get these, but there are times I’m a little disappointed I didn’t play to achieve titles such as ‘Emissasy of the Mad King’ or ‘Disciplied in applied Jumping’ or ‘Volunteer’.
I had the game at the time, but I wasn’t currently playing or I was too new a player to understand what to do. But what if these things will be arranged in HoT? If they’re, people who didn’t participate won’t be able to partake of that.
Then you will miss said events because you chose not to pay for the expansion. You don’t get to enjoy the benefits of a paying customer for free. You have to be a paying customer.
So… another thread about this… Well, see you in HoT
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