Guild Wars 2

A few of my alts wearing mixed and matched gear.

Bragging rights.

It is never a good time for mounts.

/15deadhorses

Dusk – x5
Dawn – x5
The Legend – x5
The Colossus – x2
The Hunter – x1
Spark – x1
Leaf of Kudzu – x1

All from the forge

dawn
520g on TP

Zap

Eternal Battlegrounds from a random player.

I think I had 7-800 hours total when I got it. I’m glad I got it while pvping ^^

Devata.6589:

How is convenience and looks any better then selling something else? Especially in a game focused on cosmetics?

Even the P2W idea depends on your preferred game-play. Normally in a MMO getting that cool rare skin or mini I wanted is the winning for me. Never cared much for stats. So by that definition cosmetics in a cash-shop is still P2W.

The problem is that the cash-shop has takes such fun elements (going directly for that item) effectively out of the game and that is just as much a form of ‘end-game’ as other content. Running dungeons to get gold to then buy those items I can’t consider fun.

That shows how the cash-shop focus does negatively effects the game / game-play.

Then it does not matter if it’s ‘P2W’ what people seem to use when they talk about stats or P2Kill. It effects the game-play and thats always a problem.

The difference is I’m not locked out of content. No one will kick me from a dungeon or refuse me access to a fractal, or not let me PvP with them because I don’t have a specific buff only available in the cash shop.

I don’t have to purchase specific professions, and or races.

I don’t have to purchase zones that offer rewards I can’t get elsewhere.

I know your opinion on cash shops in general, based on your many many posts on them, but there’s a world of difference between this cash shop and a pay to win cash shop.

Oh look, this weapon is only available in black lion chests. Oh wait, it’s on the trading post too.

Not too many games have that option.

Oh look this armor is so cool, but I don’t want to spend real money on it. Well you can always run dungeons, save your gold, buy gems and get the outfit.

I know this is a hot button topic for you, but this game is not P2W in any way shape or form.

Agreed. At the moment I am only seeing about 40% boobage on my Norn. I want 100% boobage. Now.

From a drop? Maybe not. (Although personally I’m more interested in getting nice skins.)

But there’s a lot more to this game than simply getting valuable items (or gold). I mainly play because I enjoy the actual gameplay, the new storyline and the challenge of getting some of the achievements. If I get a good drop that’s a bonus, if not then I don’t really think about it.

Quoggan please

Umut.5471:

We definitely need some new hardcore items or goals to pay for.

Fixed

At least it would give some people something to do. It would also make people with Ascended armor angry, unless that was a type of “precursor”.

Post screenies of your characters in cosplay!

Here’s my take on Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent… I named her Queen Of The Moors after this trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j61zHvt3so

I’d like to be able to watch other people’s characters closely without the need to run past them.