I feel bad for my partner, she not very good at jumping puzzle so atm, she has 6 blocked for her, cause of that.
It does give you a code. There is nothing stopping you from giving that code to somebody else. My wife and I both bought our HoT upgrades using my PayPal (and my email); we just applied the codes afterward to both accounts.
Buy the game upgrade through the website, and send the code as the gift. Make sure only that person gets the code though! The safest way is to get them a gift card for the amount, but that extra tax makes it a pain.
except that the codes are automatically applied to your accounts. The codes are for reference only and are not actually usable.
My friend, she bought me the core game back then with a code. atm, I forgot where, but she sent me the code from her buying the game, and I linked it to my account, the website does not know what account you have. also if you can’t send the code to anyone, why would the buy page right now have a thing for buying up to 3 at once?
wait, why does it have the option to buy up to three of the game in the preorder, I thought it gives you a code to put into any account? that how you gift it i thought?
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I am very hard up for cash, as I am sure a lot of you are, but isn’t this king of anger over a game really worth it? I have only had the game for maybe sixmonths, or so, and got it on sale, so atm, i know I played and had a wonderful time, for 10$ for 6 month. I am sure some of you most likely have even way more hours then me in it, and must have a good time to put that much effort into it. The expansion does seem a big high, and 49.99 is a bit hard for a game, but I planed on it, I am happy for the extra slot, even if i already have one open slot. I might try to save up for 100 slot cause it a decent deal, it like the standard, with all the bonus and gems, so it a real good bargain, and I like to donate back a little for most likely the year + i will continue to play the game.
I know some of you guys are upset, but is it possible your over reacting on it?
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I have a ranger who got some traps, which i can’t see the use of, but it not a big deal to me, and yeah, my level 80 engie. But if your already playing anyways, you earn though points back quick enough. leveling not hard and skill challages for places in the game, i am surprise that you have no points to put where you want, but maybe you got really unlucky, but it hard to say, since I am not you, I am just saying, it wont take long to fix also.
It cost money to keep this game running. It played on servers, that cost money. you pay a one time fee, and still playing. Sometimes some player donate to them and earn gems, other do not, and now a new expansion is out, which took, who knows how long to makle, employee, and all that, and they set a price. Fair enough, 50$ is a lot, but dont buy it then if you feel the price is unfair. You can still contune to plkay everything else you have normally.
Yes, but if they need money so badly, then presumably they would like the fifty dollars that I am willing to pay them for HoT at the time of release, yes? And all they have to do to get my fifty dollars is make sure a character slot is included at the time of release.
That’s it. Just one simple character slot and I’m happy. That’s all it would take.
Doesn’t seem to me like they really want my money too badly, then.
Edit to add:
I do understand that they want to give people incentives to pre-purchase, and I don’t have a problem with giving people who pre-purchase some extras. The problem for me occurs when what is being given as an exclusive “extra” is something that I regard as a basic requirement for purchase.For me, a character slot is a required feature in any expansion that features a new profession. I will not purchase it without one, especially at the fifty dollar price point.
I mean, go ahead and heap mini-pets, weapon skins, costumes, toys and whatnots on all who pre-purchase. I don’t mind them getting all that stuff that I won’t. But to deny launch purchasers a character slot?
Just really bad form.
Maybe you missed it, but vertern players who made the game before January 23rd 2015 do get a slot for the 50$ one if you pre order now.
It cost money to keep this game running. It played on servers, that cost money. you pay a one time fee, and still playing. Sometimes some player donate to them and earn gems, other do not, and now a new expansion is out, which took, who knows how long to makle, employee, and all that, and they set a price. Fair enough, 50$ is a lot, but dont buy it then if you feel the price is unfair. You can still contune to plkay everything else you have normally.
Yes, but if they need money so badly, then presumably they would like the fifty dollars that I am willing to pay them for HoT at the time of release, yes? And all they have to do to get my fifty dollars is make sure a character slot is included at the time of release.
That’s it. Just one simple character slot and I’m happy. That’s all it would take.
Doesn’t seem to me like they really want my money too badly, then.
Edit to add:
I do understand that they want to give people incentives to pre-purchase, and I don’t have a problem with giving people who pre-purchase some extras. The problem for me occurs when what is being given as an exclusive “extra” is something that I regard as a basic requirement for purchase.For me, a character slot is a required feature in any expansion that features a new profession. I will not purchase it without one, especially at the fifty dollar price point.
I mean, go ahead and heap mini-pets, weapon skins, costumes, toys and whatnots on all who pre-purchase. I don’t mind them getting all that stuff that I won’t. But to deny launch purchasers a character slot?
Just really bad form.
Maybe you missed it, but vertern players who made the game before janyry 23rd 2015 do get a slot for the 50$ one if you pre order now.
They trained my ele in Earth.. all the traits in Earth.. I don’t WANT these. She’s 30th level, I need those traits in AIR.
Then yes, that sucks, but it barely will slow you down, to play a little to earn a few more levels and skill challages to earn what you want though.
or sooner then 80 if you did the skill challages of old.
I think this comes from the attempt to put a build in. I don’t think this will be the case on new characters created. It looks like it’s a transitional thing to me.
Yeah, bassically they attepted to keep a similar build, but it flaw of course, maybe they did not want to leave players defenceless in strong area, but if you are in though area, you build up enough points to buy the skills you need anyways, so it all good. heavk, since i have map completion and level 80, i have like 200 points left over after getting all skills, which i read go into HoT later too.
It cost money to keep this game running. It played on servers, that cost money. you pay a one time fee, and still playing. Sometimes some player donate to them and earn gems, other do not, and now a new expansion is out, which took, who knows how long to makle, employee, and all that, and they set a price. Fair enough, 50$ is a lot, but dont buy it then if you feel the price is unfair. You can still contune to plkay everything else you have normally.
Are you guys confusing the skill points for traits? Traits don’t use any points, and the skills points are enough to unlock all of them, so if you have something unlock you don’t want, then it not a big deal cause you have so many points?
Can I still play GW2 as it is now without buying the expansion pack?
Or will it be required?
The core game is still there, you just wont have access to the new areas and thier stories, and what ever else there i am not currently aware of.
So we only get the extra character slot if we pre-order? Seriously? So… I can’t wait till it comes out and find out if it’s worth the money?
It’s funny because I remember a U.S. Congresswomen saying that "But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what’s in it….”
I guess we have to buy the game to find out what’s in it too…
in fact, is not every game like that, you don’t know what in it, till you play it, and i bet there are worst way to spend 50$ then supporting a game you play for who knows how long?
You already know a lot of whats in it, plus there will be many more updates to come, and free to play still. If you feel it unfair, then wait, you do not need HOT, to contiune to play the part you already have, hot only needed to enjoy the new story, you get like 50% of the update for free today too, with all these changes that are part of the HOT expansion to boot.
well your bonus for owning the core game is a character slot, and who knows how many months / hour of free playing.
But you get enough hero points to unlock them all anyways. Sure you might had to use a few on default where they thought it was matching up to your old build, but then, as you level a little more, and do hero challenges, you can just spend though points where you want and bam, no more problem anyways.
But the cost is the same, it cost 50$ for the expansion as it stands right now, though things you mention are bonus into it.
At low levels it seems even less of a big deal, maybe i am not seeing the problem a big as you, but you can easily earn more skill points quickly if you low level player by a little map exploring and leveling up.
Maybe I missed it, but does anyone know how long I have to decide to purchase. It a bit expensive to do all at once atm, and I was just wondering. I know on the website for refunds (not applied to me i know) they say that there a cutoff on July31, so does that means for all purchase?
This is a good question. The right thing to do would be to refund all gem/game purchases because I bought from the gem store in good faith.
I just meant I am looking at the 100$ one, but atm i do not have the cash, i can save up for a few weeks, maybe by next month this time i will have it, and I do not want to loose my chance at all the stuff, so I just wondering i there been an offical cut off date for pre purseing and such.
I really hope they do something abt characters before lvl 80 :/ my ele got earth training maxed and arcane training max when i dun use either of them. Sighpie
By the time you hit 80, even quicker if you explore the world you have enough points for all of them anyways, so what the big deal?
Reading this, I think a few people are confused the new trait system with the new skill system, and the need to spend the points for the skills, like it was in the old system.
Maybe I missed it, but does anyone know how long I have to decide to purchase. It a bit expensive to do all at once atm, and I was just wondering. I know on the website for refunds (not applied to me i know) they say that there a cutoff on July31, so does that means for all purchase?
I still don’t think the expansion has enough to warrant that price. I hope there is a lot more to it than what we’ve seen.
It’s nice that they are including a character though.I could be wrong, but don’t a lot of the huge changes we are getting Tusday sorta count for this expansion as they did not want to gate off the players like that, and on top, any free update we get after the expansion that may add to it like it was done in the core game, will add to the value as well?
I don’t have to purchase the expansion to gain access to those changes, I would say no, they don’t count. I’ve bought gems one more than one occasion in the last couple of weeks, I like to think that helps with the updates.
Free updates after the expansion is again what I think my gem purchases go to. I don’t count WoW’s patch 6.2 as part of my WoD purchase(although I need it to play it), I think my monthly sub pays for that.
While I not bought any yet, but hopefully soon, I always saw the gem buying was a sorta donation with benefits, since you enjoying your game so much, you give a little back, it just that you get something back too, instead of how some other mmo force you to pay them monthly to just play. You get to choose with the gems.
It hard to say how a build will react in the new system till you can get it into action, so, maybe it will be missed, maybe you find a better combination that works well for you too.
Only be a few months old my self, I am excited for the changes, I can’t wait to see how i can play my engi and thief in the new system, it just a shame i have to work before I get to try it out, but i guess i get the benifect of though first hour patches that most likely come out too.
Wallet changing being the best, saving some invo or bank space, and haveing all characters share it now, will make it slightly easier to play multiple charcters in drytop/siliverwaste, if I wish.
Gaile, what’s happening to peeps that bought the deluxe or ultimate because it had the extra slot ?
There was anothor post, i saw on dev tracker that said they will get a slot also, so I guess in turn they get two slots.
I still don’t think the expansion has enough to warrant that price. I hope there is a lot more to it than what we’ve seen.
It’s nice that they are including a character though.
I could be wrong, but don’t a lot of the huge changes we are getting Tusday sorta count for this expansion as they did not want to gate off the players like that, and on top, any free update we get after the expansion that may add to it like it was done in the core game, will add to the value as well?
but you continue to get rewards each time and also i already completed it once, so now I know pretty much where to go for anything important, and just sorta beeline the WP, is that truly hard?
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It been said mufti times, though I do not have a sorce handy atm, that Anet is upgrading player, or something who recently bought the game to come with Hot, now I do not know how long back, but at least they are doing that and that good.
the 50$ seem like a fair price, we not have to pay anything but the game for who knows how long. For me it been 6 months, my partner, she has the game for two years. When you think of other games that make you continue to pay to just play like Wow, or any other mmo, you save like what, $15 a month. If you bought any gems, that should not add atop the argument, I see gems as a donation of service for a quality and fun time here.
Now with all that said, I do feel just a tiny irk that if a new player join they get all these great gift, like bank tabs and such, and that fine, I glad new players, I just with, we got something too, like say a bank tab, or player slot, or something.
Most likely will get HoT in good time, but is it really worth all this anger over a game?
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I was not aware new players get a bank tab or two, but now it does feel a bit more of a sting, as I wonder why we can’t get something. I really want hot, and most likely will get it soon enough. Beta weekend are not so important because the character they give us feel a ton different compare to the effort I put into mine, it just I wish we get something for standard buy. I have a open slot, but I been experimenting, I enjoyed two classes i made, i have one as a bank, and i started to try ranger cause it seem fun when my partner uses it. I will be one of though reverent classes running around to try him out, and atm 10$ is hard to come buy to add a slot, so it been nice. I am not really angry, just wondering why I guess.
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I know i was hoping for a character slot to go with my expansion into HoT.
Since we can’t use and see how these changes all take effect, i am going to say, everything is good till then. all these numbers mean nothing till we can try it out in the new system, all together, and most likely tweak will follow if things are to bad.
I actually can’t play sylvari female characters because ‘this rose has thorns, here they are!’ ¬_¬
That is my fav quote from Sylvari, more so, since her name is a part of Rose, so it works well for her too.
I found reverant a bit hard for me to figure out atm, going to go to a norm and hope for the best, but also hope that i can be in the same place as my friend too, cause of it being instance made it hard
I accidentally logged out, and now it wont let me back in
So i guess only humans are allowed?
Next time tell us the test duration first..
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lol I would have still farmed, I had a lot of fun, completing the events there, and I bet a lot of you had fun too, beta or not, it was something a little different from the norm, and that was great.
I do wish for a little extra time, though Sunday would be nice as it is my one day off, but I am going to make at least one of the slots, so I am happy to try.
I see the beta slot, I just wish they allow us to make our class now to save a little time, making it later, lol.
that scenario sounds like an awesome battle, from either side.
but the yaks are still needed, as they greatly reduce the upgrade time, which is needed or you riskk your base being weak for a take over, or a take back, depending where it is, even then, tier three is not that hard to take with a few guys, at least from what i seen.
So a few easy tactic get removed, then you do new ones, protect your area, flip them, but geez, it can’t be as hard or as big of a deal as your making it, if a army of 2 or 3 people can take a keep or tower.
It still there, you have to adapt to the change, as with any strategy, and find the weakness and the strength for you and your team and for the enemy.
How long have you been playing WvW exactly?
only at rank 112, so like 3ish month. I started in the edge of the mist, and then moved to the normal one, cause I found it to be more fun. More so, when there different things my partner and I can do on our own, and sometimes when we find a group to join. I know I am not the best player, but I do try to keep the camps my color and we take the time for the sentry too, and this new system kinda works for our strength, of keep the supplies lines open, while other take the keeps and towers and such. Who knows how we might have to change, but I feel this system is a nice step going forward, it bringing a new spark to the wvw, and with the 4 maps, keeping everyone busy too, might be a interesting shift and change, and time will tell.
On paper atm this idea may not appeal to lot of you but take a step back and try to see the good of it too, and even if it still does not appeal to you, that fine, but let all not try to act like this is the end either.
You haven’t had any real experience with the current system, that’s why you can’t tell how bad this change is. People have been proposing better systems since the games release, anet instead decided to implement a lazy poorly thought out idea that promotes passive play and k-trains.
seem less passive as the old system allowed turtling, now you have to be active or let keeps get upgraded by the enemy.
isn’t it luck no mater how the beta was going to work anyways, if the goddess bless you then be extra lucky i guess, but man, some quick time, i thought it be a day of testing, that timing sorta right in the middle of my work day, lol.
It still there, you have to adapt to the change, as with any strategy, and find the weakness and the strength for you and your team and for the enemy.
How long have you been playing WvW exactly?
only at rank 112, so like 3ish month. I started in the edge of the mist, and then moved to the normal one, cause I found it to be more fun. More so, when there different things my partner and I can do on our own, and sometimes when we find a group to join. I know I am not the best player, but I do try to keep the camps my color and we take the time for the sentry too, and this new system kinda works for our strength, of keep the supplies lines open, while other take the keeps and towers and such. Who knows how we might have to change, but I feel this system is a nice step going forward, it bringing a new spark to the wvw, and with the 4 maps, keeping everyone busy too, might be a interesting shift and change, and time will tell.
On paper atm this idea may not appeal to lot of you but take a step back and try to see the good of it too, and even if it still does not appeal to you, that fine, but let all not try to act like this is the end either.
I think the best part of the game is the level caps in the area. You never truly to over power, and as such, are no require to change gear out quickly when you level. The only couple places this really maters are the true level 80 only areas, like in wvw or area of the game like the southsun cove. Leveling quickly or slow, it wont effect the long run of the game, which I think it a good balance.
It still there, you have to adapt to the change, as with any strategy, and find the weakness and the strength for you and your team and for the enemy.
then what about using the traps for starving supplies or the upgrade to one of the weapon i read when t remove supplies?
Doesn’t help when you have a zerg running around on your bl flipping camps to build golems. More options>less options
As i said, I do not know wvw 100% like some of you might, but if they want to waste thier supplies building one golem that the camp offer, what to stop the enemy team from destorying that before they can build it, or get it to the target, or other things?