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People are upset because of the buildup. This item was featured in the Halloween posts, talked up big on Twitch, and other channels. They made a point of saying you could get it, although, in fairness, they did once say “be prepared to work for it.”
This isn’t working for it. Even if you had to harvest it all yourself, it’s still too much. Let’s take one item – need 6000 flax seeds. Let’s say you get 100 a day – that’s still 60 days. That’s not working hard, that’s a second job. If you don’t buy it, you have to have almost every tradeskill, most of them maxed or near maxed. That’s more time and money.
Not sure what happened but the compass is gone. I’ve confirmed I have it on (minus events) and I’m standing next to something and no compass.
Any idea what re-enables it?
Only that wouldn’t fix the problem: two different groups of people paying the same price, for the same product, during the same time period, and one group receiving more than the other
neither the price, nor the slot is an issue here
Just so it’s clear, what are users getting that others are not? With my proposed solution (which is simply a different way to the same solution everyone else has proposed) they’re essentially saying “Ok, it’s a $40 expansion, plus $10 for a char slot”.
If you’re saying some people are getting a game+expansion while existing players are getting just the expansion, well, there’s where the gems are a consolidation for you for time and let you buy something. Every MMO I’ve played in 15 years has included the base in in the expansion after a very short period of time after that expansion launched. It became the new base. In that case, perhaps you should be furious at me, a person who paid a mere $9.99 for the game, if you’re a person who bought it at release. That’s just standard economics though – price drops on products as it ages, or to keep price points identical you have to offer more on an aged product unless scarcity keeps it artificially high.
…Can ANet hire you? Seriously, that is the most balanced, mature response I think I’ll ever see to this incident.
I’m enjoying the game currently, I’ll work cheap! I’d love some mini llamas…
In seriousness, I think this is a decent game, and that the price point was driven by what I always call the suits. When they see a dip, a good suit will then come in allow the folks we talk to make the change. Based on the majority of dev posts I’ve seen, they care pretty heavily for the user base.
The silence is taking a long time. I think there’s only one way to go. I would expect to see a message like this very soon:
“Greetings fellow inhabitants of Tyria,
Earlier this week we opened pre-orders for our exciting new expansion, Heart of Thorns. We are really excited about this expansion – not only does it have the new Elite classes, only a few of which have been fully revealed so far, but it also introduces a whole new world for you to explore. We have many more teasers and spoilers planned over the next few weeks that will let you share our excitement about the expansion.
That said, we here at Anet have been aware of the voice of the community on the pricing or content of the expansion packs we’ve offered. We feel that the prices we listed are appropriate for the content we are releasing, and certainly comparable to the other releases we and other gaming companies are producing these days. We have a fantastic user base, and many of you have been as hyped as us for the expansion. Some of you have been with us from the original Guild Wars, including even some of our beta testers of that game. You veterans form the core of our userbase, and are are often the most vocal supporters for us. Or, in this case, vocal in your discontent. We do want to have you continue your journey with us through Tyria, after all, we have dragons and lore you haven’t even seen yet (are you there, “Bubbles”?).
After a great deal of internal conversation, we’re making the following change to all expansion packs: All packs will now include 800 gems, which is the current cost of a character slot in the game. Are you one of our players who has a maxed character in every slot? You can use these gems to buy yourself a new spot to roll that exciting new Revenant. Are you a newer player and still have open slots? Use these in our Gem Store to buy many quality of life and appearance items – we’re sure you’ll find something you’ll like! For our user base who want to buy the Ultimate Edition, you’ll now get these gems in addition to the ones you already are receiving as part of the package. We expect you to be the snappiest dressed Revenants in Maguuma!
Once again, thank you for your passion around our world. We are on a shared journey and look forward to you joining us in the newest chapter, Heart of Thorns!"