The microtransactions store ruined guild wars 2

[Condasoft]

ArenaNet, if you’re listening, remember that player goodwill is finite. When the fun starts to feel gated by the gem store, when people feel more exploited than entertained, it's a slippery slope toward player exodus. A game is only as strong as its community, and if things keep getting worse, even the most loyal players will eventually find something better to do.

I get it you have publishers to please, but the core reason people played guild wars 1 was because it offered something different to subscription services like WoW.

I look at the gemstore and I see stupid items in there like the candy corn gobbler, salvage omatic, unbreakable tools, I am concerned the direction this company is going in, these items are added under the guise of being a convenience and being an item sink but really they are items which not owning them ignites that feeling of missing out.

And whilst it's true that anyone could convert gold to gems the fact is most players are not very good at earning gold and most players don't login everyday for their dailies and such I just feel like the gem store is a bit unfair to the casual players that don't study things like event timers and meta trains which really does make guild wars 2 Pay To Win or pay for convenience however you would like to describe it.

*Sighs because he knows fanboys will defend these practices*

[Psil_Semilan]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Rabbit:

It's funny how people cry about P2W in F2P MMO's but here it is completly ok while you have to pay for the game. :steamlaughcry:

Prolly because it's not really p2w? You don't have to study to earn some gold you know? 10-15 minutes of search and reading. Oh well, i guess it's easyer to play the blame-game than the game itself.

[ebaG-gamma]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Nekros:

I mean...Runescape?

RuneScape without monthly sub?
Do you play it without membership?

But aside from this technicality, it's probably not by accident that Josh Strife Hayes put GW2 and OSRS in the shared top spot in his "The Best value for money MMOs" video (top of the lot at 6:54 in the video)

https://youtu.be/cL4MIHi2IL0?t=414