Guild Wars 2

Erukk.1408:

hyou.4351:

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Gaile Grey summed it better than I could in another one of these types of threads…

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/new-business-model-equality/page/2#post5436673

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Nice try, but I don’t buy it.

I bought the core game right when GW2 came out. Why should I buy the core game again. I only want to get the expansion.

All arguments about getting hard work to get paid for are valid, but if I see a package claiming that the core game (which I am already playing) is in it, I’ll just ask myself “is this some kind of rip off?”
If I have to pay the same thing over and over again, it’s natural to think that way.
I’ll just remember those old Anet statements to the tune of “you’ll buy the game and that is is, point”. Being asked to buy an expansion AND the core game may be something different than I see, but IMHO it is not what I expected to see.

Going to pay twice for the same thing looks a lot like P2P. Even if it is not EXACTLY the same as P2P. And P2P is something Anet promised not to do.

So offer me the expansion for a reduced price. (I already payed several full accounts in the last years – I’m not doing it again.)

I’m more with hyou.4351 (this had to be changed because of merge of threads)

I accept that pricing policy is up to Arenanet / NCSoft to decide about, but that does not mean I have to like it.
I did not object for paying the price when the game came out. I accept that new players get the full game AND the expansion for the same prices. But I don’t like to pay the same price I paid for the game now again to get an expansion (and I don’t care about how big that expansion is). I don’t like to be forced to pay for extensions, that has been free to other players before. Attitude like that I just call a “rip off”. And I don’t buy that. No way I will do it. – It doesn’t matter how much you claim that GW is no P2P game, if you do things that way, you are making it P2P.

I have no problems to pay for content (like I paid for additional character slots). You have any right to get paid for your work. But I stop paying for content that has been F2P at one time or another.
For players who once paid a full price for GW2, I would have expected to get a reduced price for the expansion and that expansion pack for existing players should have at least 1 character slot for trying out the new class as well. My idea would be to have that expansion for about half the price you put on it.

Getting some added money for the improved versions seems to be ok though. If you add 50 € on diamonds, you can add that 50 € to the price. But the expansion alone should be about 20 € and if you add the requested character slot the price should be around 25 to 30 €.
That would be acceptable.

But since you made the normal game to be F2P now, you would have to make a difference between the old players and the new F2P players, because only the old players should be getting the reduced price. And because of the change, it is not easy anymore, you would need some software in place to make sure this offer is only available for the customers who have paid already.

Just my 2 cents.
I don’t buy the extension as it is. You decide about your monetary policies, but I decide about how I use my wallet!