Hey.
There has been alot of a debate on the forums about the price for Heart of Thorns if is worth it or not, i am not gonna get into that, but i wanna share with you places or rather a list of places that sell it as low as 35$/31€/23£
There are 2 links, a EU list and a US list, this does not mean that they are restricted to that region (look if there is a little EU flag next to the green arrow pointing down to see if it is region locked to europe), i have included both since US has a couple of shops the EU doesn’t have but they still sell to EU and vice versa, so just look at both lists
I cannot guarantee that these shops will work, as with online keys there is always the chance that it doesn’t work.
If there is any of the places you have used before and can recommend to other people, then please do.
Hopefully this will help some people who don’t have alot of money to spend or thought 50$ was too expensive
Problem is if it is PREORDER than you may not get the char slot(s) or any other of the extras for free that is in the different versions. If it is PREPURCHASE than you still may not get it depending on WHERE you buy it.
Buying it directly from ANet gives you the option of support helping you with problems with keys and whatnot. Buying it from someplace else you just may be SOL if the key comes back as stolen and then you have a banned account.
And then if it is a PREORDER that is a boxed edition and then what about the shipping costs if there is any …..
Me? I play enough that it was worth it for me to buy the Ultimate edition from them. My other half on the other hand has no time to play so has not bought the HoT expansion yet. Not that he doesn’t want to buy and play it’s just that with work AND the plays that we do at one of the community theatres around here AND the stage combat classes he teaches AND etc. that he just has no time left right now to play.
Problem is if it is PREORDER than you may not get the char slot(s) or any other of the extras for free that is in the different versions. If it is PREPURCHASE than you still may not get it depending on WHERE you buy it.
Buying it directly from ANet gives you the option of support helping you with problems with keys and whatnot. Buying it from someplace else you just may be SOL if the key comes back as stolen and then you have a banned account.
And then if it is a PREORDER that is a boxed edition and then what about the shipping costs if there is any …..
Me? I play enough that it was worth it for me to buy the Ultimate edition from them. My other half on the other hand has no time to play so has not bought the HoT expansion yet. Not that he doesn’t want to buy and play it’s just that with work AND the plays that we do at one of the community theatres around here AND the stage combat classes he teaches AND etc. that he just has no time left right now to play.
Well you will get the character slot, all players who own the core Guild wars 2 and buys and registers the Heart of Thorns expansion before its release will get the extra character slot.
About it may not work, there is always that chance with online key sides, some have good reputations and some have bad, but no matter what there is always a chance that it doesn’t work + some of those site do have support (propably not as good as Anet’s but still there)
Also all the options are digital there is no boxed editions, it is all keys, so i understand not buying it there if you want it physicaly
And ofcourse if you wanna buy it from the official sites, then go ahead, this is just for the people who might not have much money or just looking for a cheaper price
Your bolded statement about no guarantees? That right there is why it is a bad idea to go for such sites. Stolen credit cards getting keys = later bans of accounts that just wanted to save a few bucks. Hooray! You saved fifteen dollars and now your year of play, achievements, discontinued skins, expensive dyes? POOF.
I wouldn’t go this route. Despite my current dislike for the price, I’d rather pay that with a guaranteed product than a loss for something not guaranteed from a third party that’s iffy at best.
I foresee a great many people whining about how their accounts got banned, “only” because they bought their keys from people who were scamming ANet with stolen credit cards, because they were too cheap to pay the extra $15 it would cost to buy a legit copy and support the game.
“If you spent as much time working on [some task] as
you spend complaining about it on the forums, you’d be
done by now.”
There is always risks, i know a ton of people buying stuff of G2A and i think only one time have they not gotten a key, then they contacted support and got a new one, agreed these are not G2A and there is propably a higher risk in buying from here than G2A, there is just always risk.
But i know people with good experiances from Kinguin too, it is not like you buy here and 50% of all keys are not gonna work :P ofcourse it come down to the seller, so maybe looking up reviews for the sites is not a bad idea at all.
All i can say is go for whatever you feel comfortable with
Before buying anywhere you might want to look at the reseller list https://www.guildwars2.com/en/retailers. If they are not on it there is a chance you may run in to issues if the keys do not work.
Problem is if it is PREORDER than you may not get the char slot(s) or any other of the extras for free that is in the different versions. If it is PREPURCHASE than you still may not get it depending on WHERE you buy it.
Buying it directly from ANet gives you the option of support helping you with problems with keys and whatnot. Buying it from someplace else you just may be SOL if the key comes back as stolen and then you have a banned account.
And then if it is a PREORDER that is a boxed edition and then what about the shipping costs if there is any …..
Me? I play enough that it was worth it for me to buy the Ultimate edition from them. My other half on the other hand has no time to play so has not bought the HoT expansion yet. Not that he doesn’t want to buy and play it’s just that with work AND the plays that we do at one of the community theatres around here AND the stage combat classes he teaches AND etc. that he just has no time left right now to play.
Well you will get the character slot, all players who own the core Guild wars 2 and buys and registers the Heart of Thorns expansion before its release will get the extra character slot.
About it may not work, there is always that chance with online key sides, some have good reputations and some have bad, but no matter what there is always a chance that it doesn’t work + some of those site do have support (propably not as good as Anet’s but still there)
Also all the options are digital there is no boxed editions, it is all keys, so i understand not buying it there if you want it physicaly
And ofcourse if you wanna buy it from the official sites, then go ahead, this is just for the people who might not have much money or just looking for a cheaper price
Only from the official site will you get a key to register before the release.
All other sites can only sell you a preorder to be delivered by release date.
Before buying anywhere you might want to look at the reseller list https://www.guildwars2.com/en/retailers. If they are not on it there is a chance you may run in to issues if the keys do not work.
This is exactly true. Our Customer Support Team was dealing with just such an issue recently, with a site purporting to offer pre-purchase of the game did not legitimate codes. Obviously, the money went to someone else, and we’re not going to “make right” on someone else’s unscrupulous business practices. Please consult the list of authorized retailers and, if you wish, purchase from them if you do no wish to buy directly from us. If you purchase from a vendor not on that list, you’ve entered Caveat Emptorland.
