Guild Wars 2

Does the ultimate edition give 2 extra character slots of you bought the original? I am getting conflicting feedback outside. I figured Deluxe isn’t worth it because the 1 extra slot is worth $10 and you pay $25 more, the other bonuses I am not fussed about.

However my dilema is that I do want 9-10 characters slots, 1 for each profession and a duplicate of my favorite profession as another race. Ultimate gives 50% off those 4000 gems, which I’d use to get 9+ slots and some bank space.

Also, when the April sale begins—I am assuming that’s still coming—is there any chance of the ultimate going cheaper or is it too much value to qualify? Because if not, I thinking of biting the bullet and getting the ultimate edition because for $125 I am set for bank/character slots+hot, and never have to buy anything until the next expansion. $125 is roughly the US conversion, I mean that’s a lot of money but I’d waste more buying gems after I purchased the standard edition.

Thanks.

The ultimate edition includes a slot on its own.

The additional slot comes from prepurchasing which is obviously no longer possible after HoT’s release.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/pre-purchase-community-address/

The only difference between Deluxe and Ultimate is 4000 gems.

The conflicting information may be due to the fact that you’re reading threads/posts dated from before HoT’s launch. If you preordered HoT and owned GW2 you got a free character slot for being a veteran. That was a preorder bonus and therefore is not available anymore.

It should also be noted that they do take the 72 hours period to give the 4000 gems. You will not receive them automatically. So if you’re waiting for an item to go on sale before you buy Ultimate, beware that if it is a one day sale, you will miss the sale if you get Ultimate the day the item goes on sale.

And considering the gems are basically being sold at 50% off considering what price the put on the other items in the package, there is not a high chance of the Ultimate Edition going on sale.

Ah that would explain why some threads they got 2. So basically I am paying $25 for 4000 gems given if I was going to by the deluxe edition as a minimum. Food for thought I guess, I am definitely going to buy something, maybe the 4k gems isn’t 50% value since Ultimate won’t receive the 50% sale and the price difference will be $50 instead of $25. So you’re essentially paying $50 for 4K gems if you buy the Ultimate during the deluxe/standard sale, which then if I am wrong 4k/800×10 = $50 so you’re not saving anything unless you buy it during non-sale periods. Sorry if that sounds convoluted, because I am thinking of just buying the standard for $25 during the sale now given that logic and using in game gems/gold to just slowly build up my character slots, maybe buy 1600 gems.

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Ah that would explain why some threads they got 2. So basically I am paying $25 for 4000 gems given if I was going to by the deluxe edition as a minimum. Food for thought I guess, I am definitely going to buy something, maybe the 4k gems isn’t 50% value since Ultimate won’t receive the 50% sale and the price difference will be $50 instead of $25. So you’re essentially paying $50 for 4K gems if you buy the Ultimate during the deluxe/standard sale, which then if I am wrong 4k/800×10 = $50 so you’re not saving anything unless you buy it during non-sale periods. Sorry if that sounds convoluted, because I am thinking of just buying the standard for $25 during the sale now given that logic and using in game gems/gold to just slowly build up my character slots, maybe buy 1600 gems.

Personally, I would only get Ultimate if you were going to get Deluxe anyway. Because unless the extras that the Deluxe version has have value for you, there’s no “savings” with the 4000 gems the Ultimate version gives. You’re paying the same amount for the same amount of gems whether you buy in game or via Ultimate. And if you buy in game, you’ll get them instantly. You only save the cost of the character slot since that appears to be the only item in Deluxe that actually matters for you.