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The objects that worries me are the extra character slots and bag upgrades...
I wonder how many character slots everyone gets by default and what the largest bags are that are available in the game with the normal currency. We all saw it coming 2 years ago, a lot of newsposts and articles featuring that micro transactions brings in a lot more money but I do think they are taking it a little over the top. We'll see, I think ArenaNet has it all figured out and I trust them
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Lol that's not bad whatsoever. Only thing I could see people complaining about is the experience boost and even if there is one, it's not going to interfere with PvP whatsoever seeing as the game balances PvP automatically.
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There's always a catch....at least it doesn't look too bad right now.
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So far it doesn't look that bad. Hopefully this is all of it.
Originally Posted by Hizumi
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i dont see why so much complain about it , is perfectly fair.
Does someone have a exp boost affect directly your game experience ? i dont think so and it also aplies for all of these items and you can get em with gold so what ?
want a exp boost too ? farm a bit gold and buy it if you dont want expend real money
im stealing internet from the guy downstairs.. sometimes he gets mad and hits the ceiling with the broom
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GUYS LEAGUES and GW2 CASH SHOP IS BAD
YOU CAN BUY CHAMPIONS WITH RP OR YOU CAN PLAY THE GAME
YOU HAVE TO PAY TO SWITCH SKINS ****ING NOOB
YOU CAN PAY TO GET MORE EXP SO YOU LEVEL FASTER ****ING OP OP OP OP OP OP OP I MEAN OH DEAR LORD OP!
is what people are thinking
so far i see
exp,karma,ect boost which League has and i dont see anyone *****ing about that
Transmutation stones = skins in league
Bigger bags = more rune pages
All i see you guys is support games with cash shops that make me cry...
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It honestly doesn't look too bad to me atm. Dunno why people are complaining. Though hopefully they'll give us a decent amount of char slots to use
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Yep
It's not like S4 where you can buy armor with +20% skills and damage(which is sad since it's a PvP game)
I've heard 5 slots, and I believe there are 8 classes so far. Meaning for most of us, we'll probably not have to get additional slots since most people don't play EVERY class.
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I am aware that you can buy Gems for Gold but that is basically like paying real money for power. Just spend a few thousand real life money and convert it to in-game gold and become mega rich. Now you can afford those top notch super expensive shit. Furthermore, being able to sell gems will just jack up prices for the average player. Just sell a thousand dollars worth of Gem and you're mega rich. Now sellers are just going to jack up prices of everything in the game because they know those people can afford it. The average are left in the dust.
If you're not okay with players buying gold from goldsellers, then you shouldn't be okay with players buying gold from the developers. That is basically what they're doing.
Guild Wars 1 was good because you had to rely on your own merchanting skills/ability. But now... it's just "shove a few thousand dollars and be instantly rich instead."
Reputation: 162
I'm certainly not against your point in my next statement butI am aware that you can buy Gems for Gold but that is basically like paying real money for power. Just spend a few thousand real life money and convert it to in-game gold and become mega rich. Now you can afford those top notch super expensive shit. Furthermore, being able to sell gems will just jack up prices for the average player. Just sell a thousand dollars worth of Gem and you're mega rich. Now sellers are just going to jack up prices of everything in the game because they know those people can afford it. The average are left in the dust.
If you're not okay with players buying gold from goldsellers, then you shouldn't be okay with players buying gold from the developers. That is basically what they're doing.
Guild Wars 1 was good because you had to rely on your own merchanting skills/ability. But now... it's just "shove a few thousand dollars and be instantly rich instead."
who the flying **** is going to spends $1,000's on a game?
I know Entropia(i think that's the name) and EVE have some big spenders, however these people often have a means of making a profit out of it. EVE for example has guilds building ships and then selling them.(IRL)[unless the devs cracked down on it]
So to conclude: Not necessarily countering the validity of your point, however you should take note that making up big numbers only hurts you in an argument(of any sorts).
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That's pretty much my main concern, I'm atleast happy to see it's nothing gamebreaking at the very least.The objects that worries me are the extra character slots and bag upgrades...
I wonder how many character slots everyone gets by default and what the largest bags are that are available in the game with the normal currency. We all saw it coming 2 years ago, a lot of newsposts and articles featuring that micro transactions brings in a lot more money but I do think they are taking it a little over the top. We'll see, I think ArenaNet has it all figured out and I trust them
Reputation: 208
Oh noes! instant repair! EXP boosters! COSTUMES OF ALL THINGS! SO OP AND NOW GW2 IS TRASH!
No, really now...The only thing I'm skeptical about is the mystic key thing...And if you can get those with ingame currency anyway it's fine.
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Do you know how many F2P games I review that have cash shops that look like this?
X Weapon (better then weapons available with ingame) for such and such real money.
X Armor (better then armor available with ingame) for such and such real money.
Etc, etc, etc.
GW2 doesnt look to have any of that. Ive played league of legends now for 3 years. I can tell you not once have I faced someone and felt "dang he is so much stronger then me because he has a skin, or an extra rune page!" I still just have 3 rune pages and you know what? Im fine with it. I will be fine with 5 character slots too. Ill want to get an extra bag slot but since I can get that with gold conversion I am no blowing a blood vessel.
Seriously just chill out....
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Yeah, literally the ONLY thing worth being concerned about is that key, but I highly doubt it will be anything game breaking.
We all saw how they did cash shop in GW1, I have faith in them.
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It changes things significantly that Guild Wars is a game you have to put down money for in the first place.
In a free to play game, I can let things slide, It's a free game, but, in a pay-to-play game or buy to play, you kinda expect these things to be implemented within the main content of the game, not separate and expected to be paid for with extra money.
You expect costumes to be unlocked via progression, keys and what-not to be dropped, resurrection scrolls to be NPCable.
Another issue is that, given the whole MMO model basically depends upon time-sinks, the idea of allowing players to buy "Time-savers" is basically a subtle form of buying power.
Which is simply not acceptable for me.
And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear.
You shout and no one seems to hear.
Reputation: 120
the items in the cash shop are not the problem, the fact that i can go drop 200-1000$ into the game and sell the gems is, there have been a very large number of f2p mmo's where people can sell cosmetic cash shop items for in game gold and it almost always ruins the economy.
that being said if its anything like guild wars was gold will be borderline useless hell i sold a extra copy of nightfall to someone for 3200 plat and never had any use for it other then buying miniatures and keys.
real world trading no matter how its handled is bad imo.
Reputation: 29
Keep in mind everything in the cash shop can be bought with in game currency. Also a lot of the keys and such drop off of mobs to begin with.
Reputation: 10
CS seems to be no big deal. I don't think we use gold for much in game anyways, just repairs and teleports, some crafting stuff which doesn't do much either....so use your gold to buy CS items if you want.
Mystic box cant be a big deal, theres no meaningful items in GW2 to aquire.
Res stone doesnt work in pvp, so thats small potatoes too.
So everyones just going to buy a couple bags/bank slots, and use extra gold to buy magic find CS items.
Reputation: 133
Only thing i can see myself buying from the cs is dyes and char slots, but of course ill usually stick to 1 character throughout the course of my play time so...that wont be for a while. trans stones can be purchased from npcs with karma so forget about those. I wont touch those costumes unless they look alot better than the picture provided.
Don't see anything game breaking as of yet, keeping in mind i can get gems with gold so whatever, this cash shop shouldnt ever be a problem from the looks of it.
Probably bag slots if i decide to put more time into a 'main'.
LeagueofLegends-ChuckleButt
Reputation: 123
GW2's cash shop looks like allods cash shop you can earn everything in game use gold buy gems win win. oh noes costume over priced? dont buy it let the seller realize its not worth that much or let some idiot buy it.
All the negative comments in this thread just...
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