Guild Wars 2

Does anyone know how long the bat wing glider/backpack will be available in the gem store? Is it just through Halloween event or beyond?

I finally pre-purchased HoT and was very excited about being part of the beta testing. The excitement however was soon deflated when I discovered that none of the rewards earned while testing are saved to my account. To me this kind of made the time invested…well…worthless. There was no point in trying it out for the good of Anet, searching for bugs or stress crashes when there is no reward for participating. I mean, really, that is one of the feature points of pre-purchase. Even if the rewards were stored until the games live launch, would be better than it just disappearing.

Speaking from being a retired banking AVP, and having a degree in business management, this is extremely poor strategy. You are alienating a large client base with this. For new players, it is a great idea for the core game and expansion. For all the long time and loyal players who have purchased the game, this becomes a punishment for already owning it. (As we are paying the same price as those who never invested time and money into in the first place.) WHAT ABOUT YOUR RETURN CUSTOMERS?? Or do we not matter now that you already have our money. If you purchase a trailer for your vehicle, you don’t purchase another car so you can pull it around. You use the vehicle you bought the trailer for. I was all ready to purchase the expansion, to go with my existing game, at a reasonable pricing ($30 or $40 dollars) and it’s a good idea to bundle so it discounts the core game for new players, but now I’m rethinking whether or not I will even continue promoting this game as I have to friends and family for the last 2 years. Nor will I buy ANY expansion that I have to purchase the core game a second time. AGAIN…VERY POOR BUSINESS PRACTICE, and very poor customer relations. As an alternative, package it in two different manners with the same pricing. For new players, the core game and expansion. For existing players, the expansion and freebies (Character slots, upgrades, or items not given to new players just coming in.)