Guild Wars 2

As I recal same thing happened when GW2 came out.
We were promised a lot of things like homes for our characters, naming an ancestor etc.
I said this once before “fooled me once shame on you, fooled me twice shame on me”.

But let’s just get to the point. From what I heard the same thing will happen every time an expansion comes out. I assume there will be 4 more – 1 for each dragon. So does that mean players that played from the start will have to pay 300 – 600$ for the whole content, while those that start then only 50 – 100$?

OK so you want to give a free character slot, but how do you know someone needs it?
I don’t I already have an unused slot. And most players will wish to try out the specializations at first, so it will only be of use to those that will want to play the Revenant.
More over it’s only for those that prepurchase, so what about those that don’t?
I know I won’t as I won’t be playing again no sooner than October. Not that I intend to buy HoT anyway but assuming I will then what?

I think the best compensation for this would be giving free gems to those with already existing GW2 accounts, like 4000.
Then those who purchase standard version will have enough to upgrade to deluxe for free. Those who buy deluxe will be able to spend them as they see fit. While those that buy ultimate will then have a total of 8000.

But really anet nice going I know that you know that the veterans won’t start a new account to have 2. Because you know they will want the new content on their old account, otherwise it would take a while before they get geared up again, especially for fotm. So yeah really good job on screwing them over.

I don’t feel screwed over. Buying at launch is always the way to pay more for everything, no matter what genre of game it is. Or even non-games.

I bought the base game and every EP of Sims 2 when it was released. Later on, EA started selling EP’s in bundles. For less than it would cost to buy them separately. And last year, they gave away the digital version of the base game and every EP away for free. With no strings attached.

Even cars get cheaper once next year’s model comes out. Car companies want to get the old models off of the lot so they mark them down and/or offer better incentives and deals. Some of them only good for people who have bought a car of the same brand before.

So arguing that newer players get the better deal is correct, but it’s not going to change anything. Early adopters pay more for being early adopters.

Character slot or gems. Character slot won’t affect the economy in a large way. 4000 extra gems would likely affect the economy in a large way. Imagine what would happen if the TP players got 8000 gems that they could convert in its entirety to gold. And your reasoning that veterans should get the deluxe for the standard price is another reason to not do it. They can’t give away that much for free.

And we have no idea what they will do once the game launches. They may have the same offer for the character slot once the game launches. But they are trying to get people to pre-purchase. Or they may sweeten the deal to get more veterans to buy. You never know. Or you could wait until the next expansion pack comes and get HoT and the next EP for the price of just the next EP.

We have homes, they are called Home Instances and they have been in the game since launch. AND they are a bit personalized based on the choices you made during character creation and your personal story. So yea.

That and, noone got screwed, we are getting an expansion for a price. That is normal.
The pre-purchase contains the base game too, good.

I got the game for full price, you don’t see me complain about the people who got the game on a discount (my friend got it at a 75% discount).

Don’t like it, don’t buy it. Vote with you wallet.

Be more worried about the amount of content than the price it comes at, old rather pay $100+ n see some real content put in

Rikimaru.7890:

But let’s just get to the point. From what I heard the same thing will happen every time an expansion comes out. I assume there will be 4 more – 1 for each dragon. So does that mean players that played from the start will have to pay 300 – 600$ for the whole content, while those that start then only 50 – 100$?

Welcome to every game with a box price ever.

pickpocket.2071:

Be more worried about the amount of content than the price it comes at, old rather pay $100+ n see some real content put in

What are we getting altogether then in terms of content?

TheDaiBish.9735:

Rikimaru.7890:

But let’s just get to the point. From what I heard the same thing will happen every time an expansion comes out. I assume there will be 4 more – 1 for each dragon. So does that mean players that played from the start will have to pay 300 – 600$ for the whole content, while those that start then only 50 – 100$?

Welcome to every game with a box price ever.

pickpocket.2071:

Be more worried about the amount of content than the price it comes at, old rather pay $100+ n see some real content put in

What are we getting altogether then in terms of content?

Ricky.4706 posted a link to pretty good summary in another thread:

Ricky.4706:

I just discovered this review that made the expansion a little more interesting, and seems to give more insight than what I’ve seen elsewhere -

https://youtu.be/GFgCkK_ikJg