Guild Wars 2

for season 3,
maybe can consider introducing new gem store item

meet the pip protector or pip guard,
final name pending anet’s approval of course!

if you would lose and lose a pip, pip protector or pip guard prevents that one pip loss!

for example, using one pip protector or pip guard would add one stack of pip shield to your pips, preventing pip loss on a ranked match loss!

to protect your previous pips at
emerald 3/20 7/20 11/20 15/20 19/20
sapphire 4/25 9/25 14/25 19/25 24/25

or even 29/30 ruby or 34/35 diamond

pip protector or pip guard would not work in the legendary division though.

you could use them at any pip levels of course, but it would be more economical to save them when you are just one pip away from the next save tier or new division

of course, this mean you still have to win in order to secure new pips!

discuss !

yesterday, i could use 20 of those

Angina.9314:

yesterday, i could use 20 of those

hmmm that might be very expensive !

if they do make something like these for the gem store, i’m thinking maybe they would price it the same like black lion keys ?

i.e.

Vendor Location Cost
Gem Store – 125 Gem.png
Gem Store – 5 / 450 Gem.png
Gem Store – 25 / 2,100 Gem.png

or if they are really brutal, they could make it only have some chance of appearing inside black lion chests!

maybe that would be overkill, killing off any interest of people wanting to buy it.

better to just sell it straight off the gem store.

This sounds like pay2win to me; I definitely don’t support this idea. Yes, it can be frustrating, but losing points is part of the risk of queuing ranked.

hotcarl.8621:

This sounds like pay2win to me; I definitely don’t support this idea. Yes, it can be frustrating, but losing points is part of the risk of queuing ranked.

nope. not pay to win. :p
pay to not lose a pip! XD

you still need an actual win to get new pips!

As an ambitious man and wanted to compete on the top of the foodchain, this is a must have. should have an option to manage when to loose a pip, i love options it makes me MLG.
Signed me in.

What a horrible idea Deimos…come on.

I really hope this is a joke post, it’s hard to tell online.

On the off chance it’s serious, no. It’s definitely a pay2win aspect, it would remove any risk involved in losing and remove any challenge involved in going through the leagues.

How about an item that instantly gives you a pip. Just make a limit to buy 10 per day, that is totally not pay to win. Sure, others would need to do something to advance in league, but consider the people buying those items actually support the game development! Both items should be instantly added to the gem store, in fact more game and combat infuencing items should be available exclusivly in the gem store!!!

Besides the people that go for 20-50? loss streaks, bless you. KappaFace , this actually seems like a good idea! ANet should implement it now!

Maybe they should add a l2play book on gemstore instead?

Why can’t I just buy pips instead? Same thing.

Cyhann.2609:

Why can’t I just buy pips instead? Same thing.

not really. different.

I will definetly pay 4x 10k gems just to be sure that I get everytime teammate with at least half of brain.