Guild Wars 2

As my Topic Title states: How do I upgrade my account from regular Guild Wars 2 to Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns (expansion)?

Now that Path of Fire has been announced, whenever I click on an option to upgrade my Guild Wars 2 account to Heart of Thorns (on my profile page), it simply takes me to the Path of Fire pre-order page, in turn, not allowing me to purchase/upgrade my account to the Heart of Thorns version of the game.

I’m just coming back to the game, and I want to get caught up and such with it before the next expansion is released. I don’t see anyway to get Heart of Thorns.

Go to the gem store in-game. One of the ads there should say “Two Adventures. One Price.” Click on it. You will have the option to buy HoT alone, PoF alone, or both together. Clicking on one of the three options will bring you to more options which include stuff like deluxe or ultimate. Then picking the one you want will bring up the payment screen.

If you intend to get PoF as well as HoT, you should just get them bundled together which lowers the price of HoT from $30 to $20.

Alternatively, there might be a sale somewhere on the internet for HoT that’s less than $20. Then you can just buy that and redeem the code.

Arcadio.6875:

Alternatively, there might be a sale somewhere on the internet for HoT that’s less than $20. Then you can just buy that and redeem the code.

Just remember to use an ‘official’ store/download authorized by Anet or you will likely find your account disabled.

If you are wanting to buy it from the guildwars2.com website simply click “Shop” (ignore the drop down choices) in the top right corner of the page and it will take you to a page where you can then pick either HoT or PoF.

Michael Fejervary.8576:

If you are wanting to buy it from the guildwars2.com website simply click “Shop” (ignore the drop down choices) in the top right corner of the page and it will take you to a page where you can then pick either HoT or PoF.

Thank you for this. It’s pretty annoying that if you select ‘Buy Guild Wars 2’ from the drop down menu instead of just clicking on shop, it looks like you cannot purchase HoT on its own and have to buy both xpacs.

Raztax.2978:

Michael Fejervary.8576:

If you are wanting to buy it from the guildwars2.com website simply click “Shop” (ignore the drop down choices) in the top right corner of the page and it will take you to a page where you can then pick either HoT or PoF.

Thank you for this. It’s pretty annoying that if you select ‘Buy Guild Wars 2’ from the drop down menu instead of just clicking on shop, it looks like you cannot purchase HoT on its own and have to buy both xpacs.

There’s likely a reason for this.

Picture this scenario. Someone wants to buy HoT and PoF. If both pop up at the same time, some are going to click on HoT because it’s available now, spend $30, then will need to spend another $30 either immediately or at some later point for PoF. At some point they’ll find out that they could have gotten both for $50 rather than spending $60.

Those people are going to feel cheated, which is going to generate an upset greater than annoyance at having to ask how to get HoT as a standalone. As soon as money enters the picture, people tend to get really upset. Some are going to levy accusations that ANet deliberately cheated them using deceptive practices.

Further, a lot of them are going to ask for refunds, which are a no-win for ANet. If they don’t give them, they’ve likely lost that customer. If they do, it costs them customer service time and they will be doing credit card refunds.

I strongly suspect that the above played a part in the decision.