Guild Wars 2

Jaetara.4075:

Btw, I cannot believe that Anet actually new what was going on, on the marketing department, I believe that they F* up with the false Advertisement first and then with the decision of the price and the bonus packages, they clearly had no clue of how Anet works and how they treat their costumers… so I believe people will get fired…

That is probably the reality of the situation,…. but people are going to feel like they got the dirty end of the stick,…. nobody is walking away from this happy.
Paying out more money because of a bureaucratic or marketing faux pas, does not make me feel any better about it all.
Well here’s hoping that those who waited and got the bargain enjoy the game GW2 and HOT, I won’t be enjoying HOT, just vanilla GW2.
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I sympathise with the OP, I bought GW2 core game just over 3 months ago in anticipation of the expansion pack, wanting to get a little experience at the game (I played GW1 years ago) and under the impression that I would need the core game to get the expansion pack.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to kick and scream or bemoan that the world is so unfair, because I could have got the core game included with the Heart of Thorns pack,…. but I do feel burned. Not just bad luck burned,…. but burned in the way that I feel Anet used a little sleight of hand and shafted me a bit.
Okay, I understand I have no recourse, its just how it worked out with this purchase,…. Anet got the better of me, but surely as a business (Anet) you don’t want a new customer to feel like you shafted him a little? Even were it not a little moraly grey,…. it is never a good idea to have a customer feeling like he got the bad end of a deal,… right or wrong,… this is how I feel.
Like I said,…. I’m not going to kick and scream or troll the forums, but I understand the anger (even if some of it is a little OTT) and because I feel bad as a customer,… I’m not going to spend any more money (I’m definately not buying HOT, because it feels like I am paying double- rightly or wrongly). Happy customers spend, unhappy customer don’t spend. I know that not spending my money is not going to be a loss to me (quite the opposite, I spend too much already), but it is a loss for Anet,… I would have bought HOT. Now, I won’t buy HOT. Perhaps all this could have been done better by way of presentation or marketing,…. maybe, but the damage is done. A pity for everyone.