Guild Wars 2

Xarog.3172:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

While you wait for ArenaNet to ‘make it go away’, and you don’t mind the lag, you can always transfer to your friend’s NA server, and play with them in the same map!

That might work if I only had American friends. I don’t, and I’m not inclined to rack up a fortune in gem costs to constantly hop between worlds.

Some people do mind the lag, though, and are happier to have a data center nearer them. One of the reasons those in SEA ask for their own data center, I imagine.

Gw1 allowed players to choose whatever region they wanted to connect to on the fly, even though they had a home “district”. I don’t see why this can’t be done for GW2 as well.

From the manifesto for GW2; “Expect to see the best of GW1 in GW2”. Show me 1 thing from GW1, besides the terrain and lore used in GW2. Bait and switch.

silvermember.8941:

Haxwell.7398:

I feel you ARWEN. End game in GW2 is a joke compared to the plethora of activities available to you for end game in GW1. Not to mention we actually got a real tangible reward for completing each campaign story.

Guild wars 1 prophecies did not have more endgame that guild wars 2. Or are you comparing a game was essentially 3 games + 1 expansion with just one game? Guild wars 1 had more dungeons because each game was considered standalone and needed to have it own max level dungeon and even still then it did not have more endgame.

You might want to get off that nostalgia juice, it corrodes the brain.

Looks like you already had a bit to much of that juice. At least GW1 had endgame, even if it did take 3 additions +1 expansion at least GW1 had new PERMANENT retail content added and GW2 got piddling temporary content and the glorious gemstore new content. Go back to playing your wonderful stale content.

Haxwell.7398:

Unfortunately, to any veteran GW1 players, GW2 was failure from the start. A small upgrade in some fields, massive downgrade in most.

If GW2 had followed the manifesto as it was advertised during the time we were playing GW1 things would be WAY DIFFERENT and better, but, the way I see it the manifesto was nothing more than GW2 BAIT then they SWITCHED IT to what it is now, BAIT AND SWITCH fiasco to get our money.

If it was dumbkitten then yes it’s not allowed, same as here.

Nike.2631:

Stormdancer.4972:

“To Those Who Have Quit This Game” … why are you still on the forums, reading posts like this?

I’m more curious about the mentality that would make someone post a message to people that aren’t there…

Believe me, at least 90% of those that left still watch/reply in these forums.

Depends on what the first d was.

So what if it’s possible. MOST replies in ALL the threads EVER CREATED about open world PvP were from those not wanting it, only a SELECT FEW voiced their desire to have it and many of those were from the same individuals.

Why No Guild Alliances? Because, guild wars are not allowed in GUILD WARS 2.

This is just a way to try and FORCE some people into an area they don’t want to be in, because, there ARE those that will go to any length for a stupid minipet.

Stormdancer.4972:

“To Those Who Have Quit This Game” … why are you still on the forums, reading posts like this?

Why? Well of course because they can. If I had quit I’d still be on the forums as well reading and waiting for info on NEW CONTENT.

Nerelith.7360:

thaooo.5320:

Nerelith.7360:

thaooo.5320:

Should people earn 10g/hour out of thin air for role playing in Divinity’s Reach?

There is a difference between standing in a tavern pretending to get drunk, and whatever it is roleplayers do…that causes Nothing other than words being typed..In sometimes very bad archaic english, and playing in the open world… doing events..taking on champions,…. Btw, i was against the champion trains in QD..so that isn’t about the champ train.

If what you do is stand around and type…. because you like roleplaying that is Not " Playing" that is typing. And all the " but this is How i like to Play"…. doesn’t make it Playing.

So saying " this is how i like to play" does Not apply to roleplaying.

Sorry I’ll explain my words.

I picked an activity that some people like doing, that is also easy to do in terms of skill required, and is of low challenge, and put a decent price tag on it.

I think this topic was originally about “ANet removing money making”, which was mainly referring to champion trains.

And when you said “some people don’t like dungeons, they should be able to make money playing how they want to”, I thought you were referring to the champ train, which is super easy, requires no skill, is not challenging, etc, but made a heap of money.

So I came up with an extreme example of “playing how I want” to get good money.

But back on the topic of this thread:
The rewards structure in any MMO should be based off difficulty. The more difficult something is to do, the better it should reward players. Simple things should not be the most rewarding.

I never liked the Champion Train. It rewards players disproportionately to effort , skill or time Invested.

I was talking more about finding an area with a large spawn.. managing agro… pulling judiciously… running the risk of an over-pull, or pulling when wandering patrols just happened to walk up to you… How to avoid or deal with the accompanying snafu….

This deserves to have some consistent, repeatable gold accrue. This isn’t …..w..w…w…dodge…1,1,1,1,1. On the Champion train yes, we agree.

But as I said…. Why do I have to go into a dungeon for reliable gold acquisition? Isn’t that Anet making me play the game their way??

Whatever happened to their manifesto? The reason I Bought the game before Open beta?

Manifesto = EPIC bait and switch!

Nick.6972:

Galen Grey.4709:

Nick.6972:

Galen Grey.4709:

Nick.6972:

They didn’t force you to play Elite Missions, UW or FoW in GW1, there was no obligatory grind.
In fact, I could max out my character, get the best gear, weapons and all skills in less than five hours (and it was extremely cheap).
GW1 “Grind” was optional – only rare armor skins and weapon skins.

I don’t get why they didn’t copy paste the same formula in GW2.

Well sure you could get BiS and max level pretty quickly but then you’re not going to do much in UW or FoW with just BiS and Max level. You need the appropriate runes and right skills as well and that’s going to take far longer then 5hrs. (also the 5hrs is a cheat) It took longer then 5hrs to get to max level / max level gear in prophecies the expansions just provided short cuts to make it easier on alts it isnt fair to quote that number as the standard cause it isnt the standard.

also each of these locations has its own unique rewards. Such as Dhuum’s Soul Reaper you could get from UW or The Obsidian Armor in FoW. Fact is not everyone could go and do UW and FoW without putting in some commitment into the game. It wasnt as bad as other games dont get me wrong but you still had to be a level of hardcore to do it. Gw2 tries to avoid that, if all you want is to log in and do your thing even if your thing is just enjoying the sites no content / reward will be out of reach.

What?
Start Factions – get level 12 on the first island, run Kaineng, start EOTM quest, complete it, run to Brawling dungeon, pop XP scrolls and repeat the dungeon 2-3 times. And you have max level.
Runes were cheap. The only expensive rune was +50hp which wasn’t even good/needed in PvE. Weapons were cheap.

FoW armor wasn’t RNG based. And UW and FoW and other “Elite” Instances weren’t obligatory. They didn’t give you any advantage over the people who chose not to play these instances.

Yes like I said factions provided a short cut to level faster since it was an expansion and provided new classes people might want to try out.
In anycase are you really saying someone could have joined the game played 5hrs to get to max level and just go to UW or FoW and play there? is that really what you’re saying? To which amazing A R W E N seems to think that statement is closer to the truth then no way you could get to UW or FoW with so little effort?

Because even if they were the best players in the world there is no way to do that. Never mind the plat required to buy the runes that such a new player isnt going to have (provided you can even find those superior runes for sale!) never mind the skills you needed to capture and buy. Never mind you wouldnt find a group willing to take you with them at 5hrs old. But you couldnt even go until you were ascended that is impossible to achieve in 5hrs.

I’m having really hard time understanding you. Your point is?
If you’re new to the game and head straight to the Elite Instances quite frankly you’re stupid, pardon me.

Where do YOU get off calling people stupid?

Dusty Moon.4382:

Im Mudbone.1437:

Dusty Moon.4382:

Arwen, all you have described is WHAT YOU don’t consider end game. You have not described what you want.

The issue is – Elite areas in GW1, were instanced and also they were based on the 6 Gods who are not involved with the game now. Those areas were Elitism ECNOUNTERS (with other players) and they were JUST RAIDS (nothing more – you said no raid so you can’t use these areas as your idea of end game play) – plain and simple. You didn’t have to know what you were doing in those areas. Just whack-a-mole is all they were – nothing special. That armor was a skin only – that is all they were. They were no different that other max armors in GW1. That is what Fractals are in this game. If those areas were SO SPECIAL NO ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SOLO THEM AND THEY DID.

Since you have a revisionist memory about GW1, we really can’t have ANY MEANINGFUL discussion.

Sorry, but, FoW, UW, DoA and the others WERE NOT raids unless you consiider an 8 man party a raid group, if so, then that is only your opinion of what a raid is, these areas took a great deal of co-ordinated effort and was one of the best things about those areas(done them many times). There are MANY THINGS from GW1 that should have been included with GW2 like the manifesto claimed; “expect to see the best of GW1 in GW2”, yeah right, that was the biggest bait and switch statement/campaign in history.

At the beginning of GW1, yes 8 man was a raid – the end part of Prophecies (Ring of Fire, FoW, UW) could be considered RAIDS of that game.

As I said in my previous statement, “that is only your opinion of what a raid is” and nothing more and I had to take a ride on the ROFLcopter.

CDI=Collaborative Development Initiative=A GW2 oxymoron.

Dusty Moon.4382:

Arwen, all you have described is WHAT YOU don’t consider end game. You have not described what you want.

The issue is – Elite areas in GW1, were instanced and also they were based on the 6 Gods who are not involved with the game now. Those areas were Elitism ECNOUNTERS (with other players) and they were JUST RAIDS (nothing more – you said no raid so you can’t use these areas as your idea of end game play) – plain and simple. You didn’t have to know what you were doing in those areas. Just whack-a-mole is all they were – nothing special. That armor was a skin only – that is all they were. They were no different that other max armors in GW1. That is what Fractals are in this game. If those areas were SO SPECIAL NO ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SOLO THEM AND THEY DID.

Since you have a revisionist memory about GW1, we really can’t have ANY MEANINGFUL discussion.

Sorry, but, FoW, UW, DoA and the others WERE NOT raids unless you consiider an 8 man party a raid group, if so, then that is only your opinion of what a raid is, these areas took a great deal of co-ordinated effort and was one of the best things about those areas(done them many times). There are MANY THINGS from GW1 that should have been included with GW2 like the manifesto claimed; “expect to see the best of GW1 in GW2”, yeah right, that was the biggest bait and switch statement/campaign in history.

BlueZone.4236:

Well, they introduced mega servers because too many people keep coming back.
That’s what mega servers are…right?

Wrong. They made the megaservers because of all the dead servers to bring those dead servers into the more populated ones, meaning GW2 has LOST players.

Nerelith.7360:

Adry.7512:

i am not to farm, but yesterday i had 49silver….i did the easy lvl55 dungeon about 4times and had 4gold by the end of it……what do u people want? i mean seriously? LMAO

Some people do not like dungeons. Some people Like Playing " any way they want." which was part of the gw2 manifesto.

If for these people to earn a lot more gold means going into dungeons, they are not Playing " anyway they want."

Gw2 seems to have turned it’s back On it’s manifesto.

Bait and switch, working as intended.

End game in GW2 is when you log off.

Dusty Moon.4382:

OneLouder.2807:

First of all, a basic point about economics must be made. GW2 and every other game out there exists for one purpose – as a money making venture. Games are not developed to break-even or operate at a loss. If GW2 does not make profit, GW2 does not exist. It’s not bad, it’s not evil, it’s not dirty. I have no problem with a.net creating a profit model that works for them. And I think the recent changes they made to make more items account-bound rather than soul-bound was a good one. But I think the topics in the original post – bank slots, revive orbs, etc. are very low impact issues that all have work arounds. I mean, throw in $10 or $20 and your slot issues go away.

My only frustration might be around the effort / cost involved in acquiring the rare items of the game – legendary items, some ascended gear, etc. While I understand those items should be difficult to get, I’ve been purely focused on acquiring a legendary item for the past five months and I’m only about a third of the way there. That’s playing about an hour a day. That seems excessive to consider it may take more than a year of focused farming effort to raise the items and gold needed. I computed the real cost of a 3000 gold legendary – convert that to gems and back to real cash, it’s just over $500 depending on the exchange rate. Not that anyone would actually pay for a legendary that way, but raising that kind of cash inside the game is tedious. That would be my only gripe.

That is why they are called ‘LEGENDARY’ – they should be hard to get.

You mean the NOT SO LEGENDARY legendaries? Complete and utter garbage.

Iluvatar.4967:

This situation is pathetic, people started to sell the taxi for the pavilion where they do gold challenge. I think that this kitten is not correct, then Anet take measures pls

Kibazuka.1390:

Welcome to the wonderful world of open world coordinated zerg content.
Because raids are not social and only for mean and bad elitists ^-^

Actually it’s;
Welcome to the great and powerful megaservers.

Azhure.1857:

LOL, BlueZone. Congratulations on sifting through all my posts. * applauds * Its greatly amusing that you think you’ve one upped me somehow. Yes, I’ve played for rewards. But please enlighten me, because I’m apparently missing it, how that means I don’t also just “play for the fun of it”.

ZOMG! That player there is running with a train?! They must not play for the fun of it. All they must EVER do is play for LOOTZ. Like…. OMG!

But please go ahead and continue. Its amusing how you think you know me.

Actually, I DO ride a certain GW2 train just for the the LEWTS only and do so 5 to 6 hours daily.

I have never understood how to make images viewable in my posts, but, here is one that should have been used here, the dyed black Fellblade from GW1.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Fellblade.jpg

serapheles.5409:

hannah mee.7925:

I truly want a better system as well. My hunt for Dusk has been mindblowingly more stressful than I want it to be. Personally, I wish they had implemented some sort of system where certain items were more likely to drop from certain dungeon chests. For example, in GW1 the only way to get DSR was to run Underworld – no other chest would drop it. Froggy Scepter was exclusive to Bogroot’s Growth and Voltaic Spear was pretty exclusive to UW, FoW, Zaishen Chest and Heirophant Chest.

I don’t know how they’d do it in this game but there aren’t any of these named Chests, really. Sure, you get some champ loot and kitten but there’s no dungeon chests or anything that really give you a chance at something amazing. Perhaps it’d offer too much of a surplus to the market, I don’t know. I’m just annoyed that it’s been such a RNG grind for Precursors in this game.

They actually already have this. Final Rest is an example of an item that drops out of a specific chest.

Final Rest is the “End Chest” from doing the Shadow Behemoth event in Queensdale, I have gotten 9 {:-þ in the 2 years GW2 has been around.

No, I say there is not enough. If you don’t use it, destroy it.

sorudo.9054:

most ppl who quit the game as in never playing it again don’t read the forums……
/thread

MOST people who have quit the game PROBABLY have never gotten on the forums at all(even while they were playing), if they had there would be a whole hell of a lot more activity on these boards than what there is now considering the amount of accounts CLAIMED to have been sold.

Purple Miku.7032:

…if the target audience is those that have quit this game, do you really anticipate for them to likely see this thread?

MANY who have quit the game still actively monitor these threads and some even make comments/replies, so, they will see this thread and more.

Firebaall.5127:

Akari Storm.6809:

@ Firebaall
You sound angry bro! It’s a kittening video game. Some pixels. Art work on a screen. These items don’t exist outside of this little box you are looking at.

Anyway, I agree with the sentiment that farming gold to get everything you want isn’t and should have never have been the end all, say all route to getting items.

Too many items of exotic level (and many times rare level), involve the tp when creating them. Many items for crafting can’t be reliably farmed, so we are forced to farm gold to buy stuff from the TP. That to me is a fundamental flaw. Even worse now with the dungeon fixes. Instead of making the game about playing to achieve items, it’s about playing to get gold to gain items.

I remember farming IDS’s in GW. Of the many items you could farm, I liked doing that one. Getting that item here will never happen as a drop. I know one person who got that item from the Claw’s chest, I’m sure there are more. Every other person crafted it or just bought it from the tp.

Almost two years in with over 5k hours and I still wonder sometimes if precursors are even on the loot table.

Not angry at all…..amused more than anything. Guild Wars spoon feeds rewards to players, and it was only a matter of time before the infants demanded the top tier of rewards. Any bastion of effort is soon to be overcome by the whining of the masses. Sometimes I think the only thing protecting the top rewards of this game, is the dollar amount required to achieve it.

Just add $500 dollar legendary weapons to the tradepost, and get it over with.

I’d like to ask a few questions that I would really like an honest reply from you about. How many legendaries do you possess(crafted, not bought from the TP, if so, you didn’t EARN them, so, they don’t count), how many precursors have you obtained from playing the game(from a mob/chest drop, not bought from the TP, if so, you didn’t EARN them, so, they don’t count), how many of those precursors were obtained praying to your RNG god(unfortunately, they count, SOME work was involved), how long have you played the game and in this time approximatly how much gold have you acrued(playing the game, not TP flipping, that’s playing the TP, not the game, so, that gold don’t count)?
You may ask me the same if you wish.

Adry.7512:

Nerelith.7360:

Ok, forget advert…. this has the qualities …of an Info-mercial.

Wide eyed supposed Non-actor on the stage: And can you really get 20 g a day with only 48 % magic-find??? that sounds…amazing!!!!

Paid announer: Yes you can… and here, let me explain How…!!!! All you need to do is follow the steps I will outline, although No one else has been able to reproduce it John!!!

a day? are you insane hahahahahahaha!! holy duces XD ur crazy! i wish! anyways, ur being silly, i def have never made 20G a day….i have made 20G in one day after a while of gathering n stuff….u dont really need much….ever. i bought gold once or twice. once was for 100gems and the other time i….forgot how much =/, but it was low im sure.

EDIT: oh, but i have bought gems for skins!! i like skins ^^

I make 25 to 35 gold daily by doing what MANY consider boring, the first thing I do is from 12pm(my time) to 5:30pm I hop on the FGS champ train, then, at reset I do all the World bosses, once all this is done I throw all the rares and exotics I get on the TP, the following day before I rinse and repeat I withdraw my earnings which is ALWAYS between 25 and 35 gold, so, gold can be made if your so inclined to do this. I don’t do this EVERY day but kitten near.

Adry.7512:

Nerelith.7360:

Adry.7512:

nibblesalil.3561:

Adry.7512:

Nerelith.7360:

Well… I tend to spend My money where I play. And My current opinion is…this game was awesome at launch…and each patch takes it further and further away from what I enjoyed. I think it is headed in the wrong direction. So at first I played, and didn’t buy. But… it is so hard to farm Gold consistently… that I saw myself Buying Gold with gems. So I decided if I am gonna spend money., I may as well spend it where I enjoy playing.

When I see that gw2 is headed in the right direction for me…….

I’ll return, and shop.

noooo you can make plentyyy of gold, doing dungeons and farming/gathering. and even if you want to buy gems, its simple, buy gem with gold when gems are cheap and buy gold with gems when gold is cheap. you can merchant this u know =/…..it just takes time, everything takes time. the best part of it all is that for the necessary thingsu really and i mean REALLY dont need much gold…at all. for the hard to get stuff….it takes effort dude =/….thats what the game is for, to make u spend time on it. either way, its way good now i honestly believe that its great and if u log on even once during the 2week events that will come, then u will eventually have a whole bunch of cool stuff to pick n choose from….a lot a lot a lot XD!! you probably just went about it the wrong way.

they nerf everything i find it truly a grind , they nerf every farming area and to gather has become more and more of a grind , to farm is to have them nerf once again , i do not see the point of having to grind for minimal rewards , i find this now insulting to the people who do exactly what you have described and still get nothing because anet found out and took the money the loot away from it all no one wants to loot a bunch of grey after they have spent 10mins -15 doing a world boss , it comes to mind you maybe new to this game because your version of how to do it right , is an insult js

i guess XD…..last time i sold the stuff i didnt need from the gathering thingy i got about 20gold XD, which i know isnt much…..but then again i didnt need much XD. remember it can also have to do with magic find, if you dont break down the materials you find, u wont get good magic find =/. my magic find isnt horrible, its only 48% though and when i mine materials, i get good stuff, but i got the infinite mining pick so idk…..the good thing is you buy once and ur good so yea, i dont struggle. its all possible if u try. just do things the right way, if making money is your goal, then make that your goal whenever you log on. idk dude, i dont struggle =/. the game is quite fair honestly.

Mine is 125 %….

I think you and I are playing different games.

HMMMMM -__________-, kitten then idk XD!!! what is it that you want though? to be super rich? this isnt that type of game xD!!! i always see prople look super cool in this game, so idk what it is you specifically want =/. but yea if u want to be super rich or something like that, yea this game doesnt do that =/….which is good imo. so maybe the game is not for u, or maybe u have a different mindset? idk, im sorry i couldnt help u =/.

Sorry to inform you there are MANY with 5000+ gold, making many super rich.

Brutal Arts.6307:

Im Mudbone.1437:

The ONE CHEST per character per day has been in effect for SEVERAL months now.

If by several you mean one and a bit, than yes.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-April-15-2014/first#post3896042

Hmmmm, ok, seems like its been longer(more like 3-4 months).

There’s ALMOST NOTHING in this game worth anything that can be EARNED from just playing the game, IMO, the way/direction GW2 is going you can probably expect to see precursors soon to be available in the gem store.

The ONE CHEST per character per day has been in effect for SEVERAL months now.

Targeting period in GW2 is absolutely ABYSMAL.

GW2 has no support for 3rd party stuff and isn’t even a GW2 issue, this is better posted on the Overwolf or Teamspeak website.

Azhure.1857:

I miss Hard Mode.
… and lockpicks.

We have broken lockpicks. -LOL!

Zanshin.5379:

200 gems is 2.50 dollars. Are you gonna tell me that soldiers can’t spare that for their entertainment?

You can’t buy JUST 200 gems and the $10.00US minimum amount needed to spend WOULD be a hinderance to many.

DarcShriek.5829:

Sind Bowdragon.8374:

cranos.5913:

Or you know… take 5 seconds to log in during the time the ls is active and unlock it permanently…

What if I’m a deployed soldier and logging in is not an option. I’ll have to come back and pay for everything I missed?

If you’re a deployed soldier, you can afford the dollar.

Have you seen a soldiers pay? If you have then you would know better.

Stark.1350:

Calys Teneb.7015:

Stark.1350:

And how are people supposed to see what’s in the bank if they only have permission?

You move what you wouldn’t miss to where they can see it or they ask if you have it and you decide to give it to them.

What a completely useless timesink that is.

HUH? What? Timesink? What are you talking about?

Stark.1350:

And how are people supposed to see what’s in the bank if they only have permission?

That’s just it you set permissions to be able TO SEE and DEPOSIT items/gold to ordinary members and advanced permissions to the guild leader and senior officers.

The search bar has NEVER WORKED and like the many unfixed bugs in the game it too will never be fixed.

joanisa.5768:

All the last patch/update of gw2 have made the game harder. Trains are gone (queensdale and old frostforge) and dungeons are getting harder (some of the old tactics dont work anymore). People are quitting the game because best itens are almost impossible to buy and the best ways to make gold are being destroyed by gw2. From my usual group of friends to create a party (about 13 people), only 3 of them keep playing everyday since the last update. Im getting frustraded too and i just dont get what is the point of this.

thanks.

Sorry, but the FGS train is FAR FROM GONE.

Stark.1350:

So the point of a guild bank is.. ?

IS, to give permissions ONLY TO, guild leader and senior officers.

Why do people allow non-ranked guildies access to thier guilds bank, it’s only an open invitation to just come take what you want. Good luck getting this turned around, but, I think your out of luck.

Vol.7601:

JustTrogdor.7892:

Vol.7601:

It’s no coincidence that pretty much every gold-making farm in the game has been nerfed.

I’ve gone from making 15g/h to nothing.

That’s funny you should say that since you were such a fan of the Queensdale train nerf.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/GOODBYE-QUEENSDALE-TRAIN/first#post4040240

Vol.7601:

As a former hardcore farmer, this is the best change Anet had made in a long time.
They should have done it sooner, but it’s done.

If you were farming Queensdale for gold, you’re playing the whole game wrong.

There is no wrong way to playing games, except for cheating and exploiting.

Rebound.3409:

A game that relies on cosmetics as it’s endgame, and makes it almost impossible to buy without micro-transactions, in my book it’s called “p2w”

Other games have gear as endgame..this one has looks as endgame.

EXACTLY.

Behellagh.1468:

nexxe.7081:

Lil Puppy.5216:

Well apparently it’s working cause the gold to gem market is dropping like rain right now.

I wouldn’t exaggerate that much. My quote above, from earlier, said 50g for 507 gems. I just checked right now, and it’s 50g for 548 gems. Not much of a difference. lol.

You keep using the wrong conversion rate. The Gold to Gem rate isn’t the same as the Gem to Gold rate. The Gem to Gold rate is only 72.25% of the Gold to Gem rate.

50g at this time is around 637 Gems.

And how much gold will 637 gems get you?

Devata.6589:

nexxe.7081:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Thus, the ratio of Gems to Gold and Gold to Gems is not indicative of player population.

I disagree. It’s very indicative of the population. Just look at that graph above. Prices were very low, because there were literally millions of players during, and after, launch. Then it continually declined, hence the megaservers (basically a merge).

If there was more people playing, they would definitely be buying gems and selling them for gold, but that’s not what’s happening.

Anyway, i don’t want to steer off-topic into a population argument. The fact is, that not enough players are buying gems, and/or, selling them for gold. This is because of a variety of reasons. The two biggest factors being, that the population dropped off, and the other, is that gold isn’t really needed for anything in game, except for Legendary items. Just look on the Trading Post, and you’ll see every item under the Top Valued Items section, is a Legendary.

Anet needs to make more valuable items worth gold, other than a Legendary item. This would give more incentive for people to convert gems to gold, and bring the ratio down to a more reasonable conversion.

Instead, they just pump out content exclusive to the Gem Store only, which is really limiting their customers, and driving the rest away. People would rather earn their items in-game, instead of with their wallet. I could understand if both Gem Store items, and items earned in-game, were balancing each other out, but that’s not what’s happening.

The items that are earned in-game, are single-piece back slots, or gauntlets, or minis, or tonics, or boosts, or recipes, etc. These things aren’t going to entice players to stick around for the long term. There needs to be full armor sets, like the dungeon sets, added to the game. Sets that don’t require gems. This is where GW2 falls short. A wasted opportunity.

“the other, is that gold isn’t really needed for anything in game, except for Legendary items.”
You must be playing another game. In GW2 everything is based on gold. Most special skins you can’t really work towards to directly (mainly because it are all very rare world drops) but are best obtainable with gold. Same for many mats. It’s of course not strange as that’s the way they like to indeed to sell more gems for gold.

If gold is only needed for the not-so-legendary weapon items, what is used for buying harveting/gathering tools and everything else in the game, besides the gem-store crap.

I log in for something different to do.

ShoknAwe.1602:

I would love to see mounts for only one reason -

Mounted Combat WvW

HELL NO!!!!!!!

BlizzShark.5410:

Guild Wars 2 Movie. Make it happen!

They would only end up nerfing it to the point that only the intro was left and still charge full price to see it.