Guild Wars 2

Am I liable for a free upgrade to heart of thorns because I purchased the game on December 13th 2014, a couple months before heart of thorns was announced to the public, and even told 2 of my friends to buy the game this month, they both got the expansion when purchasing.

No, but if you buy heart of thorns there was an option to get refunded on the original game, altough i’m not sure if that’s still going.

No one is liable for a free upgrade you get a free character slot they aren’t giving the expansion away for free just cause you bought the game before the announcement.

ok well, thanks for your answers.

No one was or is eligible for a free upgrade to Heart of Thorns. What is ‘free’ is the core game, Guild Wars 2, is now part and parcel of Heart of Thorns. Some were eligible for a refund of the core game, and some are eligible for a character slot, above and beyond any that might be included in the editions beyond Standard.

Good luck.

Inculpatus, you left out an explanation of the vocabulary correction.

“Liable” means “can be held accountable for,” or “is responsible/to blame for.” The liable party in an accident is the one who must pay the damages. OP, this is why s/he had to correct your word choice.

The reason you would not be eligible is that you did not buy the game in the expectation that you would have to buy it in order to be able to then apply HoT to your account, because you didn’t know about HoT at the time. A lot of people so assumed after the HoT announcement; thus when ANet let players know that it would be a one-time purchase to get the whole shebang, quite a few people felt — quite justifiably imo – like they’d been reamed. The refund is necessary to correct that issue.

Lol…it wasn’t just the OP.

Regardless, I was trying to be subtle, and not the grammar brat I truly am. =P

Grammar brats unite! I don’t correct every error I see, and I commit a few myself in the name of writing in a more conversational style in forums (fragments and run ons and too many commas and parentheses are my forte). Sometimes they’re off enough to suggest someone who might benefit from correction, sometimes they are a friend of mine that has agreed to put up with my grammar ragging

The best story, though, is from many many years ago. My grandmother was taking the family to the Kennedy Center to see The Count of Monte Cristo. Accordingly my father dressed up more nicely than usual for work. He worked at a highly intellectual place, too, the National Science Foundation. I met him there so we could grab dinner then head to the play. So I got to observe his coworker compliment him thusly: “My, you’re looking hirsute today.” He died laughing and when he was able to explain the error the coworker was mortified. … I should mention this was in the linguistics office. But I bet that coworker indelibly learned what “hirsute” means.

/total thread derail, sorry, but the OP’s actual question has been answered already.

Was he wearing furs??? Lol.

Nope! A nice suit and a neatly trimmed goatee close to his chin, and short hair. One of my treasured memories of Dad and his infectious laugh. He died on July 1 this year, so I am glad I could share that story here.

Hmm…’twas my feeble attempt at humor.

My condolences on your loss.