Guild Wars 2

welcome to mmos in general

you are also adding to the true mmo experience by whining pointlessly on the forums

God forbid an actual guild war breaks out

coso.9173:

why do people assume that if they include a lgbt character it will be just a token character with awful background just to show how progressive anet is?
would you react the same to a straight character?
its is not about being a sjw, or microaggresion bs, but including a trans npc should not create such trouble in the first place. it is just a npc in a mmo story, why would people be in arms about such a simple thing?

The problem is that you want to include a trans NPC, instead of an NPC who just happens to be trans.

it might be hard for you to understand but those are two different things.

i can walk faster than a centard!

If you rip a boon you also apply a an unremoveable condition that prevents them from reapplying the same boon for 3 seconds

Personally im waiting until humanity is on the brink of extinction and at the final battle Balthazar appears and obliterates the evil

i agree with words

except i often stab people efficiently and win often

other than that yes i agree

Its really irritating people seem to feel the need to push LGBT stuff for the sake of promoting LGBT stuff.

its enough to not be against it, its another thing to purposefully try to push it on people.

The moment your goal loses the focus of “tell agreat story” and gains “tell a great lgbt story” is when you’re over stepping. the goal of the game isnt to promote LGBT.

if it fits characters personally, then fine.

but dont begin trying to make a story with the goal of some LGBT propaganda (thats not a dysphemism, that is straight up what it is)

http://imgur.com/Hvsun8A

note that he was on the enemy team, and we won by a pretty large margine. He started that novel after i killed him.

edit: also, the players name who isnt blurred had nothing to do with the situation.

in PVP can we please have a mute enemy team toggle.

people talk so much trash in this game and id rather just have it muted by default without having to mute all 5 players for who may or may not talk trash

PopeUrban.2578:

Or, you could try not copying things from your favorite cartoon shows to place them in a fiction they don’t belong in anyway, and try to be original.

I am the nine tailed zhaitan…

Yeah, I hate balance too.

Also, a lot of the stuff you said is just plain wrong. Not like Opinion wrong. Factually wrong.

Andraus.3874:

4 digit subtraction can be hard. Fourth grade math is OP. :-p

the problem isnt the math its having to log in to each character to check.

You guys remind me of one of my old suggestions, to bind gold across all characters instead of having them bound to single characters.

People were like, “No! I PREFER to run to the bank, place gold into the bank, and then run to the bank again to retrieve it on another character!”

“I would never use the option to bind gold across all characters!”
People just enjoy saying “no” I dont get why its so natural for people to instinctively want to say no and shut ideas down regardless of the idea.

Anyways, the problem isnt doing math, its having to login tot he character at all. For some people loading screens take a while, and and when I came back from my break, I had no idea if any of my characters had birthdays coming up. So I had to log in, check 1 by 1 each of my characters.

Theres also been times where I completely forgot one of my charcaters had an upcoming birthday and the gift had been sitting there for awhile.

The issue isnt as black and white as you are trying to make it be. “hur math is hard hurr”

This feature wouldve saved me time.

PyrateSilly.4710:

So you just want the answer given to you without doing the very simple math to have the answer in less than 30 secs? I do it all the time for my GW chars when I sign on there.

Are you seriously arguing this? Really? Its a simple feature. They have other info available on the login screen, did you make the argument “just log in and look why do you need it on the login screen”?

Some people just want to argue, I swear.

PyrateSilly.4710:

In the chat box type /age then when it tells you how many days old the char is just divide that number by 365. That is how many months old it is and then you can tell how many more months you have left before the next birthday. Not hard to figure out.

Already know about this and thats not what im asking for.

skillze.7689:

Pretty please i beg of you before the next patch add a toggle for stow weapons, ill <3 u 4eva

you mean like this one?

A thing that says “Next birthday is in x days” on the character select screen would be awesome for each character

Ven Zehn.6573:

Yep, when the game started, I made sure to get single word names that I wanted asap, and even when I recreate those characters/delete em, I make sure to make another char as a place holder if I don’t need the name right away.

Chances are, if the name is uncommon, but in a book or something, it’s been used with every variation lol.

Let me check on Hairy Pawter

Teehee

But yeah, If I came back after a while and they changed my name and gave it to someone else, I would be mad.

my wish is that i will get a pc that will play gw2 over 10 fps

been here since beta still havnt experienced the game at a consistent fps of over 30 :’(

coso.9173:

ah, I misunderstood what you were asking, my bad.
I’m pretty sure there is a view distance slider though but I have to check.
I know when I put lower graphics the view distance is drastically reduced.

Nope, there is no way whatsoever to change the fog distance. There is LOD distance but that is only changing the level of detail based on how far something is.

There is no way in game at all to change it and no file to edit the view distance on your pc.

Deegra

Larnorin

Sjorga

Yagatilorik

Sordumous

Teraphijorik

names below are if the Largos named the dragon, and everybody else used the Largos name for it

Ahd’Azul

Dayeh’Juhl

Dalkalah al’Deshadi

Domini al’Gazura

scare noobs with my ugly face

coso.9173:

uh they do? there is a camera distance slider, I use it all the time.

camera distance is not the same thing as view distance.

View distance is how far you can see into the distance, not how far the camera is from your character.

View distance is how far you can see before the fog stops you from seeing any farther.

VIEW DISTANCE SLIDER PLEASE.

Got 2, sold for 7+g each.

Just letting people know.

The mawdrey mat boxes to be specfific

hello azurite

living story was so much better

Pale tree is actually in cahoots with mordremoth.

Pale tree uproots and attacks DR

Trahearne assassinates Logan, Zojja, Rytlock

Palawa Joko uses mordremoth as a distraction to invade ebonhawk from the south

gwyndeth.3802:

Ready the ballista!

Thats a catapult

Aerwyna.2541:

an opinion

NineLives.8725:

Troll spotted.

Ya ok. Because people cant genuinely be curious why the let engis stack 4 minutes of swiftness on themselves

EnRohbi.2187:

Envy.1679:

EnRohbi.2187:

Envy.1679:

>plans to basically ignore
>writes 251 word response

The fact that you actually googled a word count tool and used one just to belittle a person speaks loads more about you than it does about them.

I counted visually. Do you even internet argument bro?

That’s like ten times worse, man :P
The point is the amount of effort you’re going to for nothing but shutting someone down. You didn’t post this thread with any constructive purpose, you posted it to be combative and argue with everyone who -IguessIneedsomethingbetweenthesewords- responds.

Actually, I was being sarcastic. Playing on the fact that your reply had absolutely nothing constructive to add to this thread. What you’re saying I did, you did in the comment I replied to.

EnRohbi.2187:

Envy.1679:

>plans to basically ignore
>writes 251 word response

The fact that you actually googled a word count tool and used one just to belittle a person speaks loads more about you than it does about them.

I counted visually. Do you even internet argument bro?

Coulter.2315:

Envy.1679:

Blair.3796:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Envy.1679:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I’m wondering if you think that when HoT releases, this beta imbalance you perceive will magically disappear.

Or will your lament change to being ‘forced to play an expansion’?

Because, even with beta testing, pretty confident some will state the professions are imbalanced come release.

Or is it ok for there to be imbalance, as long as it’s not labeled ‘beta’?

The game will never be really balanced. If it was the idea of “meta” wouldnt even exist; meta being essentially “Whats consistently better than everything else”

That doesnt mean beta content doesnt include stuff that can be outright overpowered, which is definitely different than simply being powerful, such as meta builds.

When its out of beta, the balance will be closer to the rest of the game most likely.

Honestly I think it might be possible theyre purposefully allowing some overpowered content to be played briefly by people who bought hot so people who havnt bought it will want to buy it more.

If the professions seem more balanced (Elite vs regular Spec) at launch, it will be because they were able to test them on the live server, rather than a ‘beta’ server, ‘most likely’.

Regardless, I have no doubt there will be a plethora of threads claiming the Elite Specializations are OP by professions that do not play said OP Elite, and/or players that play no Elite whatsoever.

I am sure the Devs will consider your feedback, and give it the attention it deserves.

Good luck.

If we are to believe all threads and comments that have show up over the past couple of months alone, then for PvP alone:

-Engineer as a whole is OP
-Turret engi pre-nerf was OP
-Turret engi post-nerf is even more OP (my favorite)
-Grenade engi is OP
-DD Ele is OP
-Diamond Skin is OP
-Fresh Air is OP
-Power Necro is OP
-Lich Form is OP
-Minion Mancer is OP (saw this once no joke)
-Shatter Mesmer is OP
-PU Mesmer is OP
-Power Ranger is OP
-Rapid Fire is OP
-Thief as a whole is OP
-Stealth is OP
-Warrior damage is OP
-Warrior regen is OP
-Medi Guard is OP
-Barbecue Guard is OP
-Celestial Amulet everything is OP
-Berserker Amulet is OP

If we are to believe (or at least credit) all of this, then either every class in the game is OP or else people are just going to complain no matter what the topic is. I think most are from frustration; for example, a Longbow Ranger or a Shatter Mesmer is more likely to complain about Thief being OP, while someone who’s no good against Thieves or Mesmers is more likely to complain about stealth being OP.

Yes, I fully expect “Revenant / Reaper / Daredevil / Chronomancer / etc. is OP” threads to appear about 30 minutes after the expansion launches in October. I plan to basically ignore them. The fact that people always complain about everything has hurt the credibility of real complaints over real issues.

>plans to basically ignore
>writes 251 word response

ok

And to everyone else. I have my opinion, and everybody can argue about it all they want.

People can literally post “water is good for you” and people will argue about it. Like when I suggested Gold be shared across all characters, people were literally arguing against it saying they prefer to run to the bank every time they want to get gold across their characters. People argue and reject new ideas by default. So it doesn’t bother me one bit when people say no.

I have my opinion, and I didnt post it to argue.

But you didn’t say “water is good for you” you posted “water is poison and we’re being forced to drink it!” and so people are correcting you. Your opinion was formed without enough thought or consideration of the purpose and method of beta testing – now you know.

So many people making the same exact strawman argument. I could copypaste the same exact response that I previously typed and it would counter your argument.

At this point, Im not even going to respond to a single extra person who makes the same exact strawman arguement. Yall should learn to read.

Undoubtedly theres going to be a reply along the lines of “well if so many people are correcting you, then you’re obviously the one wrong”

No. It’s a case of most of these people failing to understand my point and failing to understand the difference between my argument and the fictitious argument theyre forming arguments against.

I dont mind people simply disagreeing with me, as long as they fully understand my point, such as people saying that this kind of testing is the best option for GW2. They understand my opinion, they just disagree with it. But people like you just simply dont understand my point at all.

Blair.3796:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Envy.1679:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I’m wondering if you think that when HoT releases, this beta imbalance you perceive will magically disappear.

Or will your lament change to being ‘forced to play an expansion’?

Because, even with beta testing, pretty confident some will state the professions are imbalanced come release.

Or is it ok for there to be imbalance, as long as it’s not labeled ‘beta’?

The game will never be really balanced. If it was the idea of “meta” wouldnt even exist; meta being essentially “Whats consistently better than everything else”

That doesnt mean beta content doesnt include stuff that can be outright overpowered, which is definitely different than simply being powerful, such as meta builds.

When its out of beta, the balance will be closer to the rest of the game most likely.

Honestly I think it might be possible theyre purposefully allowing some overpowered content to be played briefly by people who bought hot so people who havnt bought it will want to buy it more.

If the professions seem more balanced (Elite vs regular Spec) at launch, it will be because they were able to test them on the live server, rather than a ‘beta’ server, ‘most likely’.

Regardless, I have no doubt there will be a plethora of threads claiming the Elite Specializations are OP by professions that do not play said OP Elite, and/or players that play no Elite whatsoever.

I am sure the Devs will consider your feedback, and give it the attention it deserves.

Good luck.

If we are to believe all threads and comments that have show up over the past couple of months alone, then for PvP alone:

-Engineer as a whole is OP
-Turret engi pre-nerf was OP
-Turret engi post-nerf is even more OP (my favorite)
-Grenade engi is OP
-DD Ele is OP
-Diamond Skin is OP
-Fresh Air is OP
-Power Necro is OP
-Lich Form is OP
-Minion Mancer is OP (saw this once no joke)
-Shatter Mesmer is OP
-PU Mesmer is OP
-Power Ranger is OP
-Rapid Fire is OP
-Thief as a whole is OP
-Stealth is OP
-Warrior damage is OP
-Warrior regen is OP
-Medi Guard is OP
-Barbecue Guard is OP
-Celestial Amulet everything is OP
-Berserker Amulet is OP

If we are to believe (or at least credit) all of this, then either every class in the game is OP or else people are just going to complain no matter what the topic is. I think most are from frustration; for example, a Longbow Ranger or a Shatter Mesmer is more likely to complain about Thief being OP, while someone who’s no good against Thieves or Mesmers is more likely to complain about stealth being OP.

Yes, I fully expect “Revenant / Reaper / Daredevil / Chronomancer / etc. is OP” threads to appear about 30 minutes after the expansion launches in October. I plan to basically ignore them. The fact that people always complain about everything has hurt the credibility of real complaints over real issues.

>plans to basically ignore
>writes 251 word response

ok

And to everyone else. I have my opinion, and everybody can argue about it all they want.

People can literally post “water is good for you” and people will argue about it. Like when I suggested Gold be shared across all characters, people were literally arguing against it saying they prefer to run to the bank every time they want to get gold across their characters. People argue and reject new ideas by default. So it doesn’t bother me one bit when people say no.

I have my opinion, and I didnt post it to argue.

they basically have permanent vigor regen and swiftness

Carighan.6758:

How come?

Read the OP post and youll learn my views as to why

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I’m wondering if you think that when HoT releases, this beta imbalance you perceive will magically disappear.

Or will your lament change to being ‘forced to play an expansion’?

Because, even with beta testing, I pretty confident some will state the professions are imbalanced come release.

Or is it ok for there to be imbalance, as long as it’s not labeled ‘beta’?

The game will never be really balanced. If it was the idea of “meta” wouldnt even exist; meta being essentially “Whats consistently better than everything else”

That doesnt mean beta content doesnt include stuff that can be outright overpowered, which is definitely different than simply being powerful, such as meta builds.

When its out of beta, the balance will be closer to the rest of the game most likely.

Honestly I think it might be possible theyre purposefully allowing some overpowered content to be played briefly by people who bought hot so people who havnt bought it will want to buy it more.

Forgotten Legend.9281:

there are confirmed to be 3 Beta weekend events. Anet happens to let us know when those events will be a week or two in advance. with all due respect, you have the choice to go do something else for those 3 weekends. IT’S YOUR OWN FAULT for choosing to play during the beta weekend events. 9 days out of 365. YOU CHOSE to play during those 9 days, KNOWING about the beta test AHEAD OF TIME. i feel no pity for you. i offer you no bacon as recompense.

disclaimer: this post has been written for entertainment purposes only, and does not offer any legal advice, nor does it present any legal opinions. the poster is not responsible for any actions you may take as a result of you reading this post.

post script: bacon deficiency disorder sux

So just because I know about it that invalidates my argument?

Starting in a couple days we’re going to require everybody to connect their G+ accounts to be abl to chat or queue for pvp or enter dungeons for 3 days straight. Since we’re telling you about it, its your choice to participate and we feel no pity for you if you dont like it.

Some people’s logic, man.

glehmann.9586:

Envy.1679:

glehmann.9586:

Envy.1679:

TheBlackLeech.9360:

Imagine these new specializations did not get tests….

This is a strawman argument. I didnt say they shouldnt get tests. Thats not what I said. You’ve made an argument against a position I didnt present. There are plenty of people who want to test them.

But they are putting BETA content on LIVE servers, rather than testing BETA content on BETA servers (such as opting into the beta test by a simple checkbox in the pvp window)

This is not OK.

He did not make a strawman fallacy. He said the elite specs need to be tested, and that he cannot think of a good way to do so outside of the current method. At no point did he make the claim that you were saying they shouldn’t get tests.

My position was that I want an option not to play with beta content. My position was not that beta content should not be tested. You can do both seperately.

Since he was arguing against a argument that I never made (beta content shouldnt be tested), yes, it is infact a strawman argument. If you don’t think so you either dont understand my argument or you dont understand what a strawman argument is.

Again, he did not say you were arguing that beta content should not be tested. He pointed out that failing to test it would be a problem, and that he can’t think of a better way to test it than what is currently being done. He was, in effect, arguing that you cannot “do both separately”. He was arguing that not testing it the way it is currently being done would mean not testing at all. I think his argument is nonsense, but it’s not a strawman.

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a person correctly point out a strawman argument in an internet forum, and this is no exception.

You can do both seperately. You can disagree all you want.

Jaken.6801:

You are not forced to play in this time.
You chose to play in a time, which is announced beforehand as a test time, for willing people.

Obviously, I never said I was forced to play gw2. I said I was forced to play with beta content even though I never signed up for beta content. How hard is it to understand that I want to pvp without beta content. It’s forced upon players who dont want to play with unbalanced stuff. It’s like im playing an FPS game where some player are using mods that are overpowered or underpowered.

If you still cant understand this dont bother replying because its just never going to get through to you.

We should form a giant group and all equip the banana minis and walk around lions arch.

Stormcrow.7513:

There will be no new API. *
There will not be a 64 bit client. *
There will not be any more improvements performance wise. *

*citation needed

Zaron.1987:

DavidGX.7240:

As far as I know, they haven’t said anything about it.

I’d PAY for them to optimize this game better for multicore systems. Seriously. Start a kickstarter for it ArenaNet, if that’s what it will take. Not joking.

maybe start also a kickstarter for reintroduce bunny ears……omg

…Like the time they sold bunny ears on the bltc like 4 days ago?

I dont have any issues with it adding them to the games chat

But I have huge issues with them adding cyrillic to naming characaters.

People would be able to make names like “Dad” by using a Cyrillic letter a in place of the regular a and nobody would ever know the difference. This would hugely affect the current naming system and I absolutely do not want that.

Jaken.6801:

Acrisor.8097:

In the country where I live, game testers are usually paid for their work. In this game most testers like to do it not by receiving money, but by giving money (prepurchase); and whover does not like it (did not prepurchase) is forced to play with those testers. And if like this was not enough, the testers consider themselves the best when they defeat non-testers in PvP or WvW. It’s just awesome.

My advice for all the players is to do like I do: stop playing during beta weekends! You are spending your time and your resources to provide feedback, while receiving nothing in return, but frustration. During beta weekends I only join the game to receive my daily login reward.

There are limits to what you can do with regular testers.
ANet has testers which are paid.

You are NOT A TESTER
You are just someone who is allowed to play beta content and you are, on your own volition, able to provide feedback.

If they open the gates to the public to beta test certain things, it is to get feedback from the people who are concerned with the product.

Wouldn`t you want to know how things are going and give feedback on certain things if you could?
Like someone builds a car for you and midway you come around, sit in it and are able to say: “hey, make the seat a little bit higher, so I don`t have any problems.”

At this point the good things outweigh the bad things.

You know what their payment is? Being able to play and shape the game before others.
People who aren`t part of the beta have the same opportunity this way.

They can give feedback on the new classes etc.

Working together for the future.

Are you so petty that you don`t see the obvious benefit of this whole thing?
Are you so greedy and important that you are not able to go out of your way to see how helpfull this is?

I mean they do you all a service. Everyone can complain about them, before they are officially in the game.
Now you dont have to wait till it is released.

to everyone saying you have to actually play a beta character to be involved in the beta tester.

You’re just plain wrong.

mcwurth.2081:

not a single person in the world is holding a gun against your head and demanding you play any beta game what so ever. \

And? Thats not my argument. Im not saying someone is physically force me to play the game.

Im saying that I want to play pvp, and for players who dont want to beta test, its forced upon them.

Its simple to understand. Stop trying to make the argument into something its not.

This is comparable to:

“I hate taking this traffic route to the store. I wish they would add another road”

“hurr durr no one is holding a gun to your head forcing you to go to the store”

Just stop.

CETheLucid.3964:

Envy.1679:

This is a strawman argument.

As is your premise.

Anet forcing players to beta test

Anet isn’t forcing anyone to do anything. If you hate it so much, don’t participate. It’s that simple. You can live without GW2 for a weekend.

Right?

I want to pvp without beta content. I didnt sign up for a beta. I want to play what I payed for, not test unbalanced content.

Its not hard to understand.

Also, “as is your premise”? What? How can I make a strawman argument when I wasnt arguing against someones argument at all? You clearly dont know what strawman even means

glehmann.9586:

Envy.1679:

TheBlackLeech.9360:

Imagine these new specializations did not get tests….

This is a strawman argument. I didnt say they shouldnt get tests. Thats not what I said. You’ve made an argument against a position I didnt present. There are plenty of people who want to test them.

But they are putting BETA content on LIVE servers, rather than testing BETA content on BETA servers (such as opting into the beta test by a simple checkbox in the pvp window)

This is not OK.

He did not make a strawman fallacy. He said the elite specs need to be tested, and that he cannot think of a good way to do so outside of the current method. At no point did he make the claim that you were saying they shouldn’t get tests.

My position was that I want an option not to play with beta content. My position was not that beta content should not be tested. You can do both seperately.

Since he was arguing against a argument that I never made (beta content shouldnt be tested), yes, it is infact a strawman argument. If you don’t think so you either dont understand my argument or you dont understand what a strawman argument is.

IndigoSundown.5419:

What would the motivation be for someone to play an existing build in PvP in your opt-in test? With your opt-in suggestion, you’d likely see a lot more of Elite/Rev v. Elite/Rev, which would not provide a good basis for comparison.

They could enable a better reward bonus for people beta testing, and have a system where only 2-4 people can be the new class at a time. I dont know. It could be anything.

I assume its why the have the bonus at all, is because they intend to drive people to pvp for more data.

TheBlackLeech.9360:

Imagine these new specializations did not get tests….

This is a strawman argument. I didnt say they shouldnt get tests. Thats not what I said. You’ve made an argument against a position I didnt present. There are plenty of people who want to test them.

But they are putting BETA content on LIVE servers, rather than testing BETA content on BETA servers (such as opting into the beta test by a simple checkbox in the pvp window)

This is not OK.

Since you cant opt out of playing with beta content like reaper rev, etc. You can no longer queue pvp without running into beta content.

Personally, I absolutely can not stand beta tests. I dont like dealing with balance problems or bugs. I never sign up for beta tests for anything. Why am I unable to choose to participate in this? I want to pvp without the stupid beta stuff.

Allow us to select whether or not we want to play with beta content forgodssake

Ghost Wolf.3479:

It’s not a troll post, I genuinely want to be able to just buy dyes at a reasonable price. The trade post has created a monster where some of the rare dyes have become so expensive no one is spending money on them, if you look at the available vs. ordered on Electro Blue Dye, you’ll see that people are ordering under 600g but the dye is listed available at 977 gold. I’m not going to dish out $55 for any piece of content in any game ever, and I should never have to.

Note: I know ordered and available prices are not an indication that the most expensive dyes aren’t selling but I don’t have gem store sales numbers at my disposal so we are working with what we’ve got.

Forget about the initial proposal and here me out. I should be able to customize my character to my liking with dyes without spending an absurd amount of extra IRL money or countless hours “gambling” for it with unidentified dyes, or playing ungodly amounts of hours to amass a small in-game fortune that rivals kings to buy one dye on the trade post. Should armor dyes be a difficult item to get? Can we all agree that if the cost to buy a dye outright with IRL money is more expensive than the new Guild Wars Expansion, the current trade post system, as it pertains to dyes, is broken?

Now if we can all agree that some dyes are outrageously priced, then can we not agree that a “dyes for gems” system would help regulate those prices to something more reasonable? If gas prices became so expensive you couldn’t afford to drive your car to work, would you not want the government to step in and regulate the price of gas to something the average American or European could afford? Ludicrous trade post prices are preventing me from enjoying something that as Crimson Clouds has stated “…a staple in MMOs and RPGs…”, and in my opinion should be something that is relatively easy or at least enjoyably difficult to obtain?

Another point to mention is that to my knowledge they haven’t released any new dyes since the games release, leaving something that I find so enjoyable to tweak, ignored. If dyes became a revenue stream for the game, then ArenaNet would be inclined to come up with new dyes(hopefully patterned dyes as I’ve mentioned in previous posts) adding depth and more customization to every new set of armor.

Hopefully you guys can see the benefits of offering some way to inexpensively, or at least in a reasonable amount of playtime, obtain a vast majority if not all of the dyes in the game. As the current system stands some dyes sit at the bottom, not worth selling on trade post. While others sit at the top, more expensive to buy outright than Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. Maybe my initial proposition was too expensive as a whole for dyes, but it’s considerably cheaper for some dyes when you look at the other end of the spectrum. I don’t want content gated by spending money ever, that’s not my goal. *In fact my goal is to eliminate a money/time barrier that is preventing me from enjoying simple color swatch content. That barrier is the trading post. content is being gated by spending money because, and here is the main point, the average player honestly isn’t able to obtain certain dyes without buying gems and converting them to gold. I say the average player because the average player can’t amass 977g without playing for months to obtain it, and that’s if they save every penny preventing them from being able to use their in-game gold for other enjoyable content in the game. If everyone still thinks $55 is a reasonable price to buy one dye outright in any game, then I’ll end this discussion and keep dreaming of completing my dye collection, because I’ll never spend the price of a game on a sliver within a sliver of content within a game.

Behellagh.1468:

Another case of an angry player who thinks all ANet cares about is the Gem Shop.

Don’t kid yourself, ANet is not a charity. They are sole making games to make money. Yes employees love what they do, and they love to make fun and enjoyable content for players. But make no mistake, if they were not getting paid they would not be making content, period. Servers don’t run on good will. The gem store is the only revenue source that keeps people on payroll and servers running, and therefore is at the top of their priority list. And rightfully so, no one should work for free, and I am happy to spend the occasional $10 – $20 in the gem store for cool content as long as I don’t have to pay a subscription fee. If ANet does something in the interest of it’s players, it’s because happy players continue to play and spend money in their gem store. If you don’t believe that, then make everything in the gem store free forever and see how long servers continue to stay on and living world content keeps getting published.

you can get electro blue for free on your 3rd birthday

but honestly, i hate people picking dyes because of their tp price.

Ghost Wolf.3479:

Checkmate. http://blog.rejoiner.com/2012/07/amazon-1clickpatent/

wondering if that actually has something to do with this