Guild Wars 2

Hello
Devs, didn’t you thought about giving a opportunity to buy an expansion (or part of it)
for gems ? It’s very boring to farm gems, so a lot of players will buy an expansion.
For example divide HoTS into some elements, which introduces : Revenant, and other things.
It could work something like in Turbine’s Lord of the Rings, but not in the same way, because in HoTS new quest aren’t any new thing.
Regards
PS. If it’s a wrong section, please about move it to the right section.

So basically: Let people get the expansion for free?

Comparing it to LotRO doesn’t really work either, seeing as the TP you can “farm” is limited, while the amount of gems you can buy for guilds is basically limitless.

It’s like asking for a new gem exchange, farm gold and convert it US dollars.

I don’t think it’s a good idea.
Of course, I didn’t think having a F2P option was a good idea either, so what do I know?

I do know that out of the many games I’ve played in the past…three or so years, LotRO is the only one that I haven’t dropped a dime on. There’s no reason to spend money on that game anymore. They make it so easy to earn cash shop currency in-game. There’s no point in spending money there.

You can buy part of the expansion in the Gem Store. It’s found in the Upgrades section.

Good luck.

lordkrall.7241:

So basically: Let people get the expansion for free?

Comparing it to LotRO doesn’t really work either, seeing as the TP you can “farm” is limited, while the amount of gems you can buy for guilds is basically limitless.

Its not free. When you trade gold for gems, then someone else bought those gems with their money and put them up for sale. Similar to REX system in Rift or PLEX in Eve Online.

The gems have been paid for with peoples $$. When you go to the trage gold/gems tab, you dont have to buy or sell at recommended prices lsited there, note that you can input your own custom prices, just like buy/sell orders on items in TP. In fact, people that use the insta trades, are missing out on a whole lot.

As far as business strategies go, many games release expansions and major updates via direct purchases only, then impliment sales and ways to obtain the content 3-6 months down the line once the direct sales have tapered off. No idea if A-Net will take this route, but they might.

I know that someone else have bought the gems before. That doesn’t change the fact that people would be able to get it for free. The one getting it with gems haven’t paid anything for said gems after all (unless they bought them directly from ArenaNet).

Tongku.5326:

lordkrall.7241:

So basically: Let people get the expansion for free?

Comparing it to LotRO doesn’t really work either, seeing as the TP you can “farm” is limited, while the amount of gems you can buy for guilds is basically limitless.

Its not free. When you trade gold for gems, then someone else bought those gems with their money and put them up for sale. Similar to REX system in Rift or PLEX in Eve Online.

The gems have been paid for with peoples $$. When you go to the trage gold/gems tab, you dont have to buy or sell at recommended prices lsited there, note that you can input your own custom prices, just like buy/sell orders on items in TP. In fact, people that use the insta trades, are missing out on a whole lot.

In GW2, paying with gems is getting the game for free. ANet will get less money if they make HOT available for gems than they do with the current model.

• Scenario 1: current (everyone pays cash). Player A & B spend US$50 each on the game and Player C buys 4000 gems for $50 and converts them into gold, leaving 4k in the exchange. ANet gets $150 cash.
• Scenario 2: OP’s suggestion (can buy HoT with gems). Player A spends US$50 for the expac and Player C converts 4000 gems into gold. However, Player B doesn’t spend a dime and instead uses gold to buy those 4,000 gems, which they use to get the expac. ANet nets $100 cash, 1/3 less than in Scenario 1.

marcin.1978:

…It’s very boring to farm gems…

…And it is very easy to farm gems.

It will never happen; it would puncture Anet’s revenue severely.

Tongku.5326:

lordkrall.7241:

So basically: Let people get the expansion for free?

Comparing it to LotRO doesn’t really work either, seeing as the TP you can “farm” is limited, while the amount of gems you can buy for guilds is basically limitless.

Its not free. When you trade gold for gems, then someone else bought those gems with their money and put them up for sale. Similar to REX system in Rift or PLEX in Eve Online.

The gems have been paid for with peoples $$. When you go to the trage gold/gems tab, you dont have to buy or sell at recommended prices lsited there, note that you can input your own custom prices, just like buy/sell orders on items in TP. In fact, people that use the insta trades, are missing out on a whole lot.

As far as business strategies go, many games release expansions and major updates via direct purchases only, then impliment sales and ways to obtain the content 3-6 months down the line once the direct sales have tapered off. No idea if A-Net will take this route, but they might.

You may be confused about how the Gold to Gem exchange works. You can not put in your own prices, the prices are set by the exchange rate (Gold to Gems and Gems to Gold, which steadily increases over time, though it can have ups and downs temporarily). What you can set is the amount of Gold you wish to exchange for Gems, and vice versa.

Good luck.

I have forgotten – this option would be available only for players who have bought core game.

That still doesnt solve the problem of anet not getting any money.

Farm for gems?

Your credit card is your ticket to glory.

Instant glory…

Hots for a gems?
i would say No.

Join a zerg guild full of casual players that will likely buy gems with real money. Offer them a deal instead.