Guild Wars 2

Ooh I hope they use Mystery Tonics as a temporary currency for buying the weapon skins from the Halloween vendor! I have almost 200…but burnt $50 acquiring them. I’d feel good about that solution though. Sorry to hear of others that deleted their items.

The thing is that there are players that have spent upwards of $50 and got NOTHING to show for it. A rare is a rare and should stay a rare, however when you take an existing item in game like the Black lion Chest, and promote opening it for a holiday and to receive holiday exclusive items, then the chest needs to have holiday exclusive items. That does NOT mean every chest needs to contain a rare weapon skin, but at least a trick or treat bag or piece of candy….honestly what I think would be win win for both Anet and players that spent a ton of cash would be a solution like this…

BLCs should drop 5-10 Candy Corn (or some other temporary currency) that is only accepted by a special Halloween Vendor NPC that also sells the weapon skins for maybe 200 or 300 hundred Candy Corn Pieces. That way the people that blew major bucks for keys don’t feel like they did it all for nothing and are rewarded with something NEW that they could have ONLY have obtained from opening chests during this special event. Toss in a rare chance to get some of the other Holiday Event items for sale for gems like the costumes, hats, and minis and It would be win win imo. Anet gets the revenue and players get to feel like they are at least working toward their goal of getting their skin each key they use.

The thing is that there are players that have spent upwards of $50 and got NOTHING to show for it. A rare is a rare and should stay a rare, however when you take an existing item in game like the Black lion Chest, and promote opening it for a holiday and to receive holiday exclusive items, then the chest needs to have holiday exclusive items. That does NOT mean every chest needs to contain a rare weapon skin, but at least a trick or treat bag or piece of candy….honestly what I think would be win win for both Anet and players that spent a ton of cash would be a solution like this…

BLCs should drop 5-10 Candy Corn (or some other temporary currency) that is only accepted by a special Halloween Vendor NPC that also sells the weapon skins for maybe 200 or 300 hundred Candy Corn Pieces. That way the people that blew major bucks for keys don’t feel like they did it all for nothing and are rewarded with something NEW that they could have ONLY have obtained from opening chests during this special event. Toss in a rare chance to get some of the other Holiday Event items for sale for gems like the costumes, hats, and minis and It would be win win imo. Anet gets the revenue and players get to feel like they are at least working toward their goal of getting their skin each key they use.

BLCs should drop 5-10 Candy Corn (or some other temporary currency) that is only accepted by a special Halloween Vendor NPC that also sells the weapon skins for maybe 200 or 300 hundred Candy Corn Pieces. That way the people that blew major bucks for keys don’t feel like they did it all for nothing and are rewarded with something NEW that they could have ONLY have obtained from opening chests during this special event. Toss in a rare chance to get some of the other Holiday Event items for sale for gems like the costumes, hats, and minis and It would be win win imo. Anet gets the revenue and players get to feel like they are at least working toward their goal of getting their skin each key they use.

I blew 50 bucks cash and got NOTHING for the Halloween Event. I came here to see if it was a bug, but I guess I now know that it is “working as intended”. I work a 9 to 5 and between grad-school and my wife I don’t have the time to grind and farm, so naturally I supplement my game play with real money and I’ve done so to the tune of ~$250 thus far. But I must say after getting absolutely nothing of any value with a $50 investment (in fun), I have a very bad taste in my mouth. I was considering spending another $50 today when I got home, but after reading this I don’t have faith getting anything. I’d probably be better off dropping the $50 on gold and buying the skin I want off the Trading Post. maybe that’s what I’ll do…