Curse

Cebe · Apr 23, 2009, 09:19 AM // 09:19

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Originally Posted by a-kyle

Does any one know anything about this, I read this on the GW site and I was confsed a bit, do we get it on the 24th or the 23rd? or the 28th?

I predict a Buy-One-Get-One-Free promotion over the birthday period, or something like that.

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

More information will be available very soon. Hang in there. :-)

You can purchase account upgrades, such as extra character slots, with PayPal. Just go to the NCsoft store.

Just requesting some clarification - The Guild Wars login screen states:

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Originally Posted by loginscreen

"To celebrate the fourth anniversary of Guild Wars, we will be holding a special weekend event from Thursday, April 24th through Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on Wednesday, April 29th."

Is this the Thursday April 24th that occurs in 2014?

I'm assuming it's supposed to be Thursday April 23rd this year, given www.guildwars.com states the 23rd.

pumpkin pie · Apr 23, 2009, 11:20 AM // 11:20

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Originally Posted by Nanood

Yes that would seem to be the case.

cos if its just free one tabs and the max remains 8 and not 9 then theres no difference whether you buy it now or later right?

Sjeng · Apr 23, 2009, 11:21 AM // 11:21

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Originally Posted by Apollo Smile

I believe the extra pane will be obtained without a purchase. Perhaps through an in-game quest only available during the 4th Anniversary. Guess time will tell.

I truly truly hope so. But I'm pessimistic about that. I'm guessing buy 4 get 1 free. And that's "only" $39,96 people! wowzers! 100 xunlai spaces for the price of the complete GW anthology (with 480~600 slots not counting hero's and mat storage)...
I'd buy 4+1 for $9,99, but not for $9,99 EACH, especially with the rediculous $-€ conversion Anet uses. €8,99 is almost twice as expensive as $9,99!!!

Targren · Apr 23, 2009, 01:10 PM // 13:10

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Originally Posted by Sjeng

€8,99 is almost twice as expensive as $9,99!!!

Don't you know that European bits take up twice as much space as American bits?! It's the cost of server space!

(/Sarcasm for the irony-impaired)

imnotyourmother · Apr 23, 2009, 02:03 PM // 14:03

Um has anyone other than me looked at buying the stock for NCSoft? If you do you can clearly see that they have been and still are making a small but tidy profit from the games. Remember that it is not based in the US and every buck that they earn it becomes more than that cause the dollar is worth more then their currency.

So for the last reporting quarter they made almost 30,000 USD in profit or about 10 Grand a month. This might not sound like much but in a depression it sure is a lot of coin. So in the last 4 quarters they have make a profit - after all expenses including share holders dividens and employee salaries (over 2,000 of them) NCSoft made over 145,000 USD for 2008 reporting period.

6 of the EX's are related including 3 on the board. This is a family run Company which I personally find fantastic.

Remember that GW is not the only game just the largest for ANet a devision of NCSoft.

I should add that at yesterdays close the stock was around 87 bucks a share.

So if you are thinking that they have no money for networks and servers you are a misinformed 12 year old. This will be a perfectly logical step to charge 10 bucks for a storage space because they created the need for it. Now they are filling that need.

Someone once said that if someone wants to be promoted and noticed they must first create a problem while having the solution. The trick is to not make the solution to easy for others to identify and allow just the right amount of time to pass before making the solution a reality. This will get you promoted.

So GW created the "books" Lots of them. Now there is enough books to almost fill one slot in the storage for an account - in my case anyway. So to overcome this they do not provide a storage spot from GW:EN's release instantly creating the demand. remember when that was a heated topic here. Remember that they read these posts! Even in this thread!. They run this thing!

They know what is what. They are not stupid. Very smart in-fact.

So I for one will not be buying extra storage at 10 bucks a pop. I unlike others decided to store only certain things in my storage since I got used to doing so over the past few months. I keep 3 weapon sets on my main toon and then just merchant everything else.

Now if the chest could hold unlimited gold with the update..this might interest me.

Shemsu Anpw · Apr 23, 2009, 02:08 PM // 14:08

I hope the Quarterly update is not delayed. I'd be bummed about that then. I'm looking forward to all the content. If it was the Purchase Divine Aura I'd proabably buy that promotion.

BrettM · Apr 23, 2009, 02:29 PM // 14:29

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Originally Posted by Shemsu Anpw

I hope the Quarterly update is not delayed.

Since the only date announced so far is "April", the update won't be delayed unless it fails to materialize by the end of the day on April 30. Unfortunately, I think many people are prepared to scream "delay" if the update fails to materialize today. Heck, some people have already screamed "delay" because it didn't materialize on April 9th. I'm getting my earplugs ready ...

English Warrior · Apr 23, 2009, 02:35 PM // 14:35

no the thing is people will say delay because why wouldn't the update be here for the 4th anniversary.....

Riot Narita · Apr 23, 2009, 02:47 PM // 14:47

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Originally Posted by imnotyourmother

Um has anyone other than me looked at buying the stock for NCSoft?

Let me guess. You have shares in NCSoft, you're not getting much dividends, so you're going to sell. But first you want to persuade others to buy up NCsoft shares so their value goes up a little.

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Originally Posted by imnotyourmother

So I for one will not be buying extra storage at 10 bucks a pop.

You mean storage tabs? Even if no purchase is required to get the free one... I will certainly buy all the extra ones anyway. At $10 a pop.

But I'm NOT buying them so I can store more items.

Extra storage has always been available by buying character slots and accounts. I already have plenty of those and I don't need any more.

Basically I hate having to move stuff into stash, then back out to a mule character... either systematically organising everything, or searching through the mules when I need something... then move stuff to stash again and back out to the char that needs it. It's even worse moving stuff between accounts.

I don't need more storage. What I need is easier access to the stuff I'm already storing. Storage tabs give me that, extra chars and accounts do not. The convenience of having another 20 items immediately available to all my chars is easily worth $10 a pop to me.

You want more storage, you buy chars or accounts just like before. You want easier access to your items, buy tabs.

A11Eur0 · Apr 23, 2009, 03:39 PM // 15:39

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Originally Posted by Hissy

Let me guess. You have shares in NCSoft, you're not getting much dividends, so you're going to sell. But first you want to persuade others to buy up NCsoft shares so their value goes up a little.

Did you read his post at all? He made the shares comment to make the point that Anet is not hurting at all. If they're still making a profit given the recession that the WORLD is going through, they're not in any position to be crying about money.

This whole thing is a profit play, and people like you are the suckers.

Mangione · Apr 23, 2009, 03:49 PM // 15:49

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

More information will be available very soon. Hang in there. :-)

You can purchase account upgrades, such as extra character slots, with PayPal. Just go to the NCsoft store.

Thanks for info.

One thing I would like to be informed is about the "free storage pane".
As I read in the official website it is an "offer" during a limited period, a "promotion"... It means that something should be done to qualify for the offer, like buying something or spending X amount in the store.
Fine.

People is starting to speculate (form ingame chat I heard this a lot of times) that the free storage pane will be available by ingame means (e.g. a special quest, or some NPC). It seems quite unlikely from the wording of the official site.

I'm not asking for pecise details, but could you please clarify at least this bit to avoid further speculation?

Thanks.

Riot Narita · Apr 23, 2009, 03:49 PM // 15:49

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Originally Posted by A11Eur0

Did you read his post at all?

Yes. I can draw whatever conclusions I want.

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Originally Posted by A11Eur0

This whole thing is a profit play, and people like you are the suckers.

Blah blah sky is falling blah conspiracy blah anyone who disagrees is a sucker blah blah blah.

Whatever. Gimme storage tabs already.

A11Eur0 · Apr 23, 2009, 03:53 PM // 15:53

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Originally Posted by Hissy

Yes. I can draw whatever conclusions I want.

Blah blah sky is falling blah conspiracy blah anyone who disagrees is a sucker blah blah blah.

Whatever. Gimme storage tabs already.

Your conclusions are yours to draw, but they're kind of ridiculous. As are the rest of your points. Have fun spending mom & dad's money.

Apollo Smile · Apr 23, 2009, 03:57 PM // 15:57

Lets not turn this into a 2nd "Boycott Storage Tabs" thread.

Riot Narita · Apr 23, 2009, 04:02 PM // 16:02

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Originally Posted by A11Eur0

Your conclusions are yours to draw, but they're kind of ridiculous. As are the rest of your points. Have fun spending mom & dad's money.

la la la (I respond to your childish insults in kind)

RupDur78 · Apr 23, 2009, 06:39 PM // 18:39

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Originally Posted by Cebe

Just requesting some clarification - The Guild Wars login screen states:

Is this the Thursday April 24th that occurs in 2014?

I'm assuming it's supposed to be Thursday April 23rd this year, given www.guildwars.com states the 23rd.

clarification:

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Originally Posted by Linsey Murdock

I saw a little mistake in the announcement from the 4th year birthday celebration on the Gw entry screen. There is listed that the evnt start on thursday the 24th. I hope you see that this should be thursday the 23th or Friday the 24th ^^ |Cyan LightLive!| 18:38, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, we noticed that late last night too. The events should be starting tomorrow once the build to put up town art goes Live (as was originally announced). - Image:User Linsey Murdock sig.jpgLinsey talk 18:40, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Shemsu Anpw · Apr 23, 2009, 07:32 PM // 19:32

Well then at the very least the Drops and event stuff should go live today. I hope the content becomes available too, I am looking forward to it.

Grunntar · Apr 23, 2009, 08:15 PM // 20:15

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Originally Posted by Hissy

la la la (I respond to your childish insults in kind)

Well, if the Hissy fits!...

(OK, I just had to say that. It was calling to me! Didn't actually mean anything by it, though.)

Orange Milk · Apr 23, 2009, 08:23 PM // 20:23

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Originally Posted by A11Eur0
This whole thing is a profit play

Well no shit.

Figure that one out all by yourself?

They are not in this business for practice, their goal is to turn a profit.

Something they have every right to do. What would your paycheck look like if the company you worked for decided to not make a profit anymore?

Ebony Shadowheart · Apr 23, 2009, 08:38 PM // 20:38

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Originally Posted by Orange Milk

Well no shit.

Figure that one out all by yourself?

They are not in this business for practice, their goal is to turn a profit.

Something they have every right to do. What would your paycheck look like if the company you worked for decided to not make a profit anymore?

Exactly, well said!

Businesses are in it to make money.....off the consumers, and for those of you not smart enough to understand that, that would be us.

As I argued in the 'boycott storage tabs thread' if you want them, buy them, if not then don't. Anet has to make money to pay their employees, maintain the servers, and finance GW2. Without income our free game ceases to exist.

You people think a 10,000$ profit in a single month is great? Hardly. Go look at what Microsoft lists as making monthly, or what Toyota lists as their profits. Small jewelry businesses make more than that on a monthly basis!