Curse

Mulkor · Dec 04, 2007, 09:34 PM // 21:34

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Originally Posted by hallomik

Option C - Mission Pack at No cost to all players, but no weapons for those who missed 1st offer.

Pros:
(Anet) - ?
(Players) - Players who didn't qualify for BMP get missions and great content. Players who did qualify for BMP get continued exclusivity of rare weapons. Weapon trading market not further hurt.

Cons:
(Anet) - No further revenue from BMP. Reduced incentive for people to participate in future promotions as main content will be assumed to become eventually available for free.
(Players) - Cool skins still unavailable for those who didn't participate in initial offering.

I kind of agree with C.
I bought GWEN on the online store so I could get the BMP for the missions. I had no idea they would offer weapons. Now everyone whines because they now saw the weapons and desperatly want the BMP. To those I just say: You lost the true meaning behind BMP. BMP was made to give players missions to play that showed some aspects from the guild lore. Most people whining just want those weapons. Those people should'nt get the BMP. They don't care about the missions, they only want the weapons.
Those who qualified for the promotion did so because of the missions, not the weapons which we didn't know there were even going to exist.

Next time, get it for the missions, not for the rewards.

Tyla · Dec 04, 2007, 09:36 PM // 21:36

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Originally Posted by cacto

Anything and everything you do will have people crying and whining.

Rerelease it with no Weapons: People will complain about not getting a reward. Besides, these missions aren't very fun at all, but thats just me.Imho, If theres no reward, theres no point in wasting time on the mission.

right....basically weapon skins>insight on ingame lore?

Ixl Krosstika Ixl · Dec 04, 2007, 09:41 PM // 21:41

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Originally Posted by milan

You had your chance, don't give me bull about not being able to use any payment method. Every country in Europe have pre paid credit cards available to them, as does the US, Canada and Australia.

Lol, I fully agree to that.
/notsigned.

CyberMesh0 · Dec 04, 2007, 09:52 PM // 21:52

Before the BMP came out, we didn't even know the weapons existed. Yet we all still had "open access" by buying stuff. How's that any different than your idea?

hallomik · Dec 04, 2007, 09:57 PM // 21:57

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Originally Posted by Loviatar

politely i disagree as you need the full statement from the GW site on this which states that it has to be exactly the account that qualifies during that time period

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Originally Posted by Anet

The Details The Bonus Mission Pack will release in November. This promotion is non-transferable and is limited to one per account. The Bonus Pack will only be available to the exact account that fulfills this promotion in the in-game store or the exact account on which a qualifying Guild Wars product is activated that has been purchased in the PlayNC store.

Years ago, there was a promotion to buy the complete, original Star Wars trilogy videos. The promotion stated that the original trilogy would never again be offered in this format.

Being a young person, I took the language of the promotion at face value and asked to get it for Christmas.

Imagine my surprise when one year later, they were selling the Star Wars Special Edition trilogy. Technically, these weren't the same films because of the added digital effects. Then, a few years after that, they offered the original trilogy for sale on DVD - not the same format.

Funny thing is I don't even own a VCR anymore.

Believe me when I say there is plenty of lawyerly wiggle room in that statement from Anet for them to offer the mission pack again. Plenty.

MithranArkanere · Dec 04, 2007, 11:23 PM // 23:23

And they same could go for preorder/CE.

Would they open that door?

genofreek · Dec 04, 2007, 11:48 PM // 23:48

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Originally Posted by Marcson

Ingame festivals have little to do with the essential storyline that's included into GW. Which is what the BMP is mainly about. Lots of essential GW characters come back in the BMP and only the people who payed "more for less" (the digital download is not as sweet as the physical version, you all must admit) get to see some very nice stuff that Anet made for promotion purposses only[, and so on and so forth]

Missed this one. Just clarifying, AGAIN, that my original point wasn't mask = missions. Read my post a bit more carefully. I said it's as obtainable as a Tengu mask. You can't get a Tengu mask anymore, and you can't get the BMP. See the parallel?

hallomik · Dec 05, 2007, 12:33 AM // 00:33

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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

And they same could go for preorder/CE.

Would they open that door?

No.

Gaile has said they will not open that door. No such clarity regarding BMP.