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I don’t agree with you, Panda. Pls don’t take this personal. I don’t think HoT price was a mistake. Those who pay for it has to deal with consequences now… Look there is PoF only mode made possible.
Is it unintentional or not we can not really know. I have my opinon you have yours. But does it matter? If its unintentional should they explain why is now possible to offer PoF only and where unable to do so with HoT.
Nvidia made a mistake with 970…
The ArenaNet team published this back in June 22, 2015:
“We want to be clear about our business model for future expansions now that we are approaching our first paid expansion for Guild Wars 2. We believe that to keep the game dynamic and vibrant with a constantly growing community, it should be as easy as possible for new players to get into Guild Wars 2. For Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, we didn’t want the core game’s price to be a factor in a new player’s decision to begin playing Guild Wars 2. In the future, if we release further Guild Wars 2 expansions, we plan to offer all of the prior expansions, the core game, and the latest expansion for one single purchase price.
We are committed to our players and believe we remain the single best value in the MMO space. We set out on this journey to challenge the conventions of MMOs, to knockdown the barriers to accessibility, and to fulfill the promise of what online worlds should be. "
You can find the above clarification in full at:
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/pre-purchase-community-address/
So…
“Single purchase price”. I suppose that’s accurate. Adding $20.00 to bundle Heart of Thorns together with Path of Fire. It’s still one bundle, one price. But I can’t help but feel like that was a really shady way to sell the idea of offering value to the players.
I was under the impression from that clarification that ArenaNet will always be bundling all previous expansions and the core game with the latest expac at the full retail price of ONE game.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not salty at all since I pre-purchased the core game and Heart of Thorns and am a very happy member of the community. Working in the games industry myself, ArenaNet are my heroes. So imagine my surprise when I learned that Heart of Thorns is going to cost extra.
Maybe a second clarification is in order.
HoT was priced higher then normal expansion price at the price of whole game. They cover it with that statement and explained that new players don’t have to worry about missing content – they got everything if they buy last expansion.
PoF pricing is exactly how HoT should have been priced. Their explanation is that you can still buy whole package for 50 so they did not brake promise, and there is PoF only version.
Question is why there was no HoT only version when it was new?