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Guild War 2 Might Cost you more than you think
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Those are mainly the big *one time* purchases as well, rather than a recurring fee such as a WoW sub. So, playing WoW for 2 years (as many seem to have from their sub numbers) would cost, what around 600? (Scandelous sensationalist voice: 'That could end up costing you more than you think...Oooohhh').
The in game trading post also has an up to date exchange rate, so considering you actually could just buy those gems with in game gold and never actually spend any money, you could also wait until the exchange rate is in a good place.
I'll personally be spending money in their shop anyway at first, my wife and I can easily justify spending £20-30 each per month if there's something we want, and we've spent a lot more on recent games that were steaming piles of clone that never improved much post launch. I'm more than happy to support this game, which is already in amazing shapre prior to its official launch.
I'm sure people on a limited budget can manage to have fun in this game without spending any money, but I'm also confident many resourceful people will do quite well for themselves converting gold to gems.
All this did was make me realise what a good deal this GW2 is in the long run.
I did as well. I will miss my bags. /cries
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1. You can play the whole game without using the cash shop at all.
2. Many players have no problem with giving ArenaNet some money from time to time for running a great game.
3. You have full control of how much you want to buy when. This is much better than:
paying a monthly fee
having to buy content upgrades regularily, if you want to continue with the game
having to buy armor, because it is much better than what you get ingame
Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need.
Here is a SS from guild wars 1, its basically the same thing I think
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Thanks for nice sum up of additional possible costs.
OFC Anet dont make game for charity, but for profit. But this model is better in many way for customers then subscription model. You can make a pause from game and come back later without feeling bad for paying subscription while not playing.
Also if you have extra RL cash, you can unlock all you desire, while people withour will still be able to play 5 characters (instead 8), or have to junk more often, without extra costs.
ok...conclusion..
YOU DONT NEED GEMS, NEITHER DOES IT INCREASE YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO BOTH PVE AND PVP
so..why care...
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I saw the collectibles tab but didn't know you could mail them directly. Very interesting and very useful. In the starter area before level 15 I was able to craft two 8 slot bags. Once I migrated to the 15 - 25 zone I found a herd of Warthog (outside one of the Charr cities in that area) and decided to 'skill up' my alternate weapons. Took less than an hour to have all the skills unlocked and get enough mats for about 2 more bags.
I DID run out of inventory space a couple of time but knowing about the 'mail to bank' option would alleviate that easily enough. The only minor grumble I found was that some mats have the same name and a different 'sell' value and wouldn't stack. So a single 'tattered hide for 9 copper took up an inventory slot while the stack of 'tattered hides' selling for 10 copper was really what I needed to be carrying/monitoring.
I like extra bags and would consider them on my main. It's unlikely I will ever have time for more than a main and an alt (other than for muling) so there wouldn't be a great deal of $$ involved.
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When I said i had "time", i meant virtual time, i got no RL "time" for you.
The game can't cost more than I 'think' since I am in complete control of every dime I spend. Plus:
1. Nothing in the store is 'necessary'. Storage space can easily be cleared by selling often or holding less 'fluff' items.
2. Everything on the cash shop is actually free. Coin = Gems. Gems = cash shop items. This is the game's design. Spend some time playing and poof- you have all the storage space you need and your credit card collects spider webs.
I do agree they promised not to sell anything that players would need, But I consider inventory space and bank space a must have.
No matter what anyone says people with more inventory space will have easier time to make in game money. Not sure if any one fiddeld around with crafting, it need a lot of items so people with space can craft more = sell more = more gold. which i find to be unfair.
personally i dont care about char slots as i my self will not replay the game 8 times, but 5 is enough to experience the story of each race.
All in all people need to show to Anet that inventory space is a must have not a cash shop item.
Maybe that's why you get so much free inventory space to begin with? Also, people seem to forget that cash shop items can be purchased with in-game coin (by buying gems). No real money is needed. If bank slots are the ONLY cash shop item somebody wants, I see no reason why they can't just save their coin and get some.
fiontar summed it up best. Read his post concerning slots. Posted by fiontar
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oh dear
People are complaining about not having enough character slots for every single class now by default?
What's up? did the game blow people away so much that gameplay arguments are null and void?
You DO realise you can buy gems with gold right?
Including the expansions they release probably 1-2 times a year GW2 is far from a F2P.
In comparison you get a lifetime subscription in TSW for 200$'s and people have been saying that it's a cash grab.
But as we know everything is acceptable when it comes to Anet and their F2Pish cash shop.
This is not a game.
But if it is shared account wide, you wouldn't need to buy it 8 times for each character but instead only once per account. I couldn't tell but did you include that factor in your calculations? Also, don't most of the f2p games or at least the weastern ones have bag space unlocked per account rather than per character? Maybe I'm off on that one.
Well, someone has to pay for it with real money, someone has to buy the gems. And if only a few buy the gems to sell for gold, since everyone seems to think gold isn't that important, then there won't be anyone to buy gems from, so you'll be stuck with buying them from the cs yourself.
So... i only need 1
They have to pay for thier servers somehow, how about just paying some money for making a good game ?
I donated 50 bucks to GGG for Path of exile, because they made a good game not because i wanted anything, i was already in beta.
It's time to man up and pay for the hobby you love, if you don't support these artistic creations there won't be any left. You will have COD 78 rehashed generic game instead.
Hell don't pay for extras !! you can still play a good game.
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