Curse

Bazompora · Jul 16, 2007, 12:44 AM // 00:44

/signed

Once these bonus missions are made available, Arenanet & NC-Soft could bring out an Eye of the North "Bonus Edition" box:
no Collector's Edition-sized box, nor collector-goodies; just an ordinary box with a "Bonus Edition" stamp and the Bonus Missions key-code in addition to what comes comes with a non-Collector box.
Something like this shouldn't increase production costs into being prohibitive.

Series · Jul 16, 2007, 01:33 AM // 01:33

Buy a prepaid card and order GW:EN from the online store. Wait... you want a box? Ok, then never mind. Go play with your box while the rest of us are playing the bonus missions.

Monkty Monk · Jul 16, 2007, 01:43 AM // 01:43

/signed. I like my boxes

genofreek · Jul 16, 2007, 04:58 AM // 04:58

Hmm, I'm with Series here. I didn't mean to /sign another topic begging for the mission bonus to be packaged and sold at a retailer. I meant for ANet to make an option for payment by check, money order, other forms of currency so the Aussies don't get screwed, etc.

This is an offer from the online store, people. They're trying to get people interested in buying directly from them. ANet's not going to package the Bonus Missions with GW:EN; they're not gonna make it a standalone purchase available at FYE and Best Buy. If they do, they're going to lose the trust of the people who already spent/are planning to spend $30+ in their store with the understanding that they're taking advantage of a special, limited-time offer.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm not against people wanting the bonus mission pack in a box, but that goes against everything this deal's about. I do think they should have better payment plans in place for the people who can't/are too paranoid to use their credit cards online.

Lonesamurai · Jul 16, 2007, 08:24 AM // 08:24

/not signed...

Right, something interesting and quite similar happened in the Uk yesterday (Sunday)

Prince, a very big world wide and well known recording artist and musician released his new album, FOR FREE! However, to get it, you needed to buy the Mail on Sunday...

Now prince is getting slapped around by the music industry for supposedly, "degrading his work and making it worthless", to which he responds, "I love my work, i know my fans love my work and I have enough money already, I paid for this to be produced, i did all the work and as my work, i can market it as i want and i wanted to give it away for free"

Now why can't ANet do something similar? Ok, its a bit more than buying a magazine or paper, but its still the same thing and i can pretty much guarantee that more people got prince's new album in the UK alone than there are players of Guild Wars

(and for anyone wondering, the new album is called Planet Earth and its awesome)

kronik · Jul 16, 2007, 04:01 PM // 16:01

I am looking forward to playing GW:EN and the bonus pack. But, I would like to see another option for getting the bonus pack.

So far, I have purchased 4 copies of prophecies, 3 copies of factions and 2 copies of Nightfall. Two of these accounts were gifts and the other 2 I play. On my main account, I have all weapon mods and almost all of the skills unlocked (a title in progress) as well as 16 character slots. I am guessing that there will be a pre-order bonus for GW:EN so I'm planning on buying it at a retailer.

Truly, I see no need to spend more money in the online store at this time. How about rewarding those of us that have been using the online store all along? Maybe you could offer the bonus pack for free to those people who have already spent $X.xx in the store.

Tidusx59 · Jul 19, 2007, 01:17 AM // 01:17

As I understand it, Arena net isnt the richest gaming compony out there, compared to the Blizzard, Nintendo etc Giants that are out there, does it really make sense that they are getting picky and greedy over how we purchase their products?

Also, there are millions of people out there that do not believe in online shopping, they dont want to give away their credit card info, whether the people "claim its safe" or not.

Ive heard people talk about this being a reward. Really? Do you honestly believe this is a reward? Ive played Guild wars since it first came out, ive pre-ordered Factions, Bought Collectors edition nightfall, and have turned several of my friends into Guild Wars fans, adding hundreds if not thousands of dollors that Arena Net has gained because of my loyalty to their game. But now I can't play this Mission pack, because i dont have a Credit card? Its not fair, I deserve to play this just as much as everyone else. They can make a ton of cash by making this available at retail locations, but instead they get picky and will probably not even make half that, because of how they want to be payed, it's lazy, and a scam.

Ive seen several discussions, suggestions and threads being made into petitions, and I think this is definatly something that should get a petition. I am not against the Pack, i am against this being the only way to get it. According to people who agree with this, only people who give their credit card info online, truly deserve this content, even if they just started playing Guild Wars yesterday, then are buying the PVP edition in a month, as a pose to someone who has bought almost everything available in a store since it Came out. Ive Bought the Collectors edition of Nightfall, and the staff of Arena net in the video made it crystal clear "We are here to serve the players, especially the ones who have been there from the beginning". Really? Ive been there from the beginning? Ive stated to everyone ive met who plays games "Guild wars is one of the best games ive ever played". But i guess i dont deserve this pack because I dont have a silly litttle piece of plastic with numbers on it that Saps my money away.

If Arena Net plans on keeping this an online offer ONLY, then I have lost faith in Arena Net in a customer and player friendly compony.

Im going to search around to see if any petitions are formed, and I engourage any one to start one. The reason I dont, is iI dont know how, but if I dont find one soon, ill have to try.

racerx2105 · Jul 20, 2007, 02:11 AM // 02:11

I don't mind using the online store but I agree with Kronic. I have already spent 30+ dollars in the guild wars store and there is nothing else I really need from it. So its at the point of them forcing me to spend more money even though I've already spent a good amount of money. I wouldn't mind maybe a reduced price even if it was 5-10 bucks but forcing me to buy more character slots or pvp sets for a game that won't matter come GW2 doesn't make much sense to me.