Took the time and effort to put this together for constructive ideas to help the players of gw2!
please read fully to get a complete understanding of the constructive thoughts in this post thank you!
timeline of the events that occurred:
First time we hear of pvp glory removal, no date was given nor any indication it was anytime soon.
Player vs. Player Rewards Roadmap
by John Corpening on December 2, 2013
Updated Reward System
“We are not ready to discuss this system in detail yet, as it is still being developed, but more information will come as we get closer to being able to release this system.
Once this new system is in place, glory will be retired as a currency, and gold will be the standard currency across the game. All existing glory vendors will be removed at this time. We will give advance warning when this is coming so you can spend all of your existing glory before that happens."
Glory Boosters stopped being being sold in the Gem Store at February 11, 2014
I believe the next post is the first we hear of the glory boosters just being deleted and that this would happen on march 18th I don’t believe we were given a date before this: however, if I am wrong please post first time.
Allie Murdock
Community Coordinator
“No, the glory boosters will not be replaced, but they will be removed. The new rewards system is going to be awesome, so it should balance out. I realize that’s less than ideal, but it had to be done. " February 17, 2014 22:55
Unless there is mention of the date glory is being removed or mention of boosters just flat out being deleted before this, I would like to draw your attention to the dates.
feb 11 boosters stop being sold in gem store
feb 17 told boosters would just be trashed/deleted no compensation whatsoever 5 days “after” they stop selling them………seems legit or fair?
continuing on
tues feb 25th
Allie Murdock
Community Coordinator
Q: Why aren’t people with glory boosters being compensated with different boosters or something along those lines?
A: We will not be converting glory boosters because we announced that we would be phasing out glory in John’s blog post and it wouldn’t be fair to the players that used up all of their boosters since then in preparation for it. However, players that spent gems to purchase glory boosters directly that have not used the booster will be eligible for a refund. For those that did purchase them, they can file a ticket here.
hmm
so we were told dec 2nd in vague detain that glory would be removed at some point in the future with no date.
feb 11 boosters stopped being sold
feb 17 we are told they will be deleted march 18th
so people saving boosters for free times like summer break from school or vacation from work get told in dec that there are plans to remove glory as a currency sometime in the future but not given a date or told any time soon; start using their 500-900 glory boosters casually lets say 1 or 2 a day given that they could play pvp a solid 1-2 hours every single day.
dec 2-march 18 = 107 days
lets go for minimum 500 boosters just doing dailies and ach chests
500/107= 4.67 hours pvp only daily
900/107= 8.41 hours pvp only every single day
we are people not bots we need to eat, sleep, some work, some have school. ect
not to mention other things such as sickness, unexpected issues, if you want people to enjoy other aspects of the game such as living story or rl things like friends, Olympics, socializing. yes these are not necessary except eating and sleeping and some school and work to pay for stuff that supports this game.
my point is the last post says:
" it wouldn’t be fair to the players that used up all of their boosters since then in preparation for it."
people that have been with your game since beta/3day head start of gw2 that have been saving these boosters by either working hard and diligently go collect them every day for the higher ranks having 500-900 you cant ask people to play 5-10 hours only pvp every single day we are not bots; how is deleting their hard work “fair” to them or is being fair to all your players not a high priority?
those that used their boosters got the use and glory out of them by using them, im not asking for anything free or unfair. I am not even asking for the glory that would have been gained by actually using the booster here look at this:
booster lasts 1 hour lets say 15 min game is 4 games every 1hour
if game lasts 15 min that’s 100 ex glory 100×4= 400 glory per booster minimum if used
even if you just rewarded half or less say 100-200 glory per booster you could let those that worked hard and diligently to collect these get something for their hard work!
thank you for your time and consideration!