Guild Wars 2

Why not let the Heart of Thorns be sold by itself for about $30 dollars or something. I find it disgusting that people with the game bought already are forced to pay for the game over again, rather than selling HoT by itself and taking off $15-$25 dollars.

“blah blah blah you aren’t forced to buy anything you don’t want to”
guess what, the whole reason this is the only mmo i play is because its a quality game, and I don’t have to pay monthly to pay. Paying for an expansion under $60 dollars (the price of the original game) is one thing, but having to re buy the core game is crossing the line.

Edit: I’m not against the current bundle, but have an alternative for players that already have the core game. Like $25-40 dollars for just the expansion.

Their excuse just show how gullible gw2 playerbase is. I’ve always supported anet since gw1 launch but when they make a stupid marketing decision someone need to let them know we’re not digging it.

I actually support bundling the core game in HoT as a really good thing for new players that’s not the issue the issue is HoT is over priced in the first place.

Oldyoung.6109:

I actually support bundling the core game in HoT as a really good thing for new players that’s not the issue the issue is HoT is over priced in the first place.

Yes maybe I wasn’t clear enough, I’m not against the current bundle, but have an alternative for players that already have the core game.

Anet has said in other threads that the xpac is $50 and the core game is bundled in free. I personally agree with the xpac being $50 I think people just underestimate the amount of content and playtime they will actually do in it. If they don’t like that they think they are being scammed. That is their problem and they don’t have to buy it. But overall I think it helps the community. Brings in new young uns and is a fair price in general.

dml.9764:

Anet has said in other threads that the xpac is $50 and the core game is bundled in free.

Which is a blatant lie. Neither GW2 nor HoT are currently available for purchase, but only as a bundle.

Claiming that GW2 is worth $0 and HoT the full $50 is no less preposterous than claiming that everything is free, and we are only really playing for Elementalist’s specialization. They are products with no commercial value, and marketers are free to arbitrarily attach an estimated prize to them to make the sale look more attractive.