I’ve loved the GW series and loved what GW2 did. After purchasing at $50 for both myself and my wife to play right after initial release we played all the time. I’ve spent cash to buy gems for all sorts of things and thoroughly enjoyed myself. However with offering the (still retail $39.99) game for free with the expansion Anet is now asking me to spend another $50 per license to the same game a new player will get for a single $50 purchase. Now I’ve not played very often lately with other life events and issues getting in the way, but I was looking forward to some new content coming with this expansion. However with this price issue I wont be wasting my time or money. I have more than enough other F2P options out there that I enjoy playing.