I’m really torn with this. I totally get the rage on the onset, but after calming down and looking over so many post’s of personal view’s and start putting things together, I’ve come up with a few things to ease myself, but am still torn.
I’m thinking that the wording for ‘the free’ game was/is wrong, as well as it was handled. If, lets say, it was worded like, "For the sum of $50 you get, the expansion, the gems, the new slot, pet rock, finisher, title, weekend games, etc. etc., and for those of you who are new to GW, we are including the base game as well. Now saying that, $50 is high and should be broken down in tier’s, Example; Tier 1, Expansion, weekend beta only, $15, Tier 2; Expansion, title, pet, finisher, $20, Tier 3; Expansion, title, pet, finisher, slot, gems $35 and All inclusive, with base game for new players $50. THIS is how it should have gone and if it was done this way, NONE of this fall out would be going on and you (Anet) would be making way more money then you would have figured on doing.
I’m not saying that the whole thing still don’t make me a bit unsettled, due to the fact that beta was free before, and you could ‘upgrade’ your game (which I did) for 2000 gems in the gem store and such things as that, but mostly for the fact that GW’s base’s was on getting away from World of Warcraft mentality and to combine the best aspects of ALL mmo and alike game into a game that was NOT based on how rich it would/could make the developer’s and the associated people there in, that would not charge you monthly fee’s or hood wink you into pay absorbent amounts of money just to actually enjoy the game. It was gamers for gamers. Now don’t get me wrong, I understand your in it for the money as well, duh, but you seem to have lost what it was founded on and are now on the level of the other’s, including WoW…….
