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Etta · Aug 02, 2007, 09:06 PM // 21:06

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Originally Posted by hobbit man

I'm gonna buy EON

What?! You think it's a rip-off and you still gonna buy it? Make your bloody mind up already!

CyberMesh0 · Aug 02, 2007, 09:10 PM // 21:10

I've been playing for 26 months, almost 3000 hours. I bought all three collector editions, so I paid about $220 for the whole game. That's 8.50/month TOTAL, and about $.07 per hour played at this point. Considering I would have paid approx. $435, or $.14 per hour for WoW, I'm not complaining at all.

As far as EotN being 39.99 goes, I expected that from the get-go. 18 multi-level missions, 10 heroes and the 4 additional missions (the mission pack), plus Anet's gorgeous environments and Jeremy Soule's music, you can't really go wrong for 39.99. I would have been surprised if it was 49.99 though.

You could also look at it this way- For Factions and Nightfall, they had to not only design entirely new professions, but new skills, and maintain PvP balance, they also had to make all the tutorials and other info that players needed to get into them. If they didn't do any of that, imagine how much more time they are putting into pure lvl 20 content!

In Prophecies, you had approx. 7-8 high level missions, out of 25. Factions had 11 out of 13, Nightfall had 18 out of 20. So technically you're getting more than Factions and about the same as Nightfall, without all the poking around in new content tutorials and stuff. I'd say that's a heck of a deal.

Never mind the fact that if you bought Nightfall first, the most you'd be paying for Prophecies is probably 30-40, and Factions maybe 35-45, unless you bought through the online store.

Never mind about your strange definition of Nightfall being mediocre. Factions was so-so, but Nightfall was right up there with Prophecies in terms of content. Not better, it fell quite short. But it was definitely not "mediocre."

Elite God · Aug 02, 2007, 09:20 PM // 21:20

Well..I think its settled then this post should be closed, no further purpose and the guy above me explained very well....

Kook~NBK~ · Aug 02, 2007, 09:37 PM // 21:37

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Originally Posted by hobbit man

Wow, this is a stupid argument...

I was just following your logic. Glad you recongnized its main attribute.

Burn Butt · Aug 02, 2007, 10:13 PM // 22:13

Might have well titled this thread "I'm a complete Jackass, here's some proof!" For the price of a couple of DVD movies, I'd say you can't help but to get more than your money's worth. And with the absense of a monthly fee, you're more than free to revisit this content years down the road and still be paying nothing more for it. Burning Crusade cost $30, why hell, I even bought it for $10 on sale recently... but the thing is, all it does is add content to keep people paying the $15/month and not jump ship. It's not as if you should place a single dollar figure on the type of expansion Burning Crusade has, and then set that as the standard for all other games. I think the additional content and the absense of the fee go well above the call of duty.

Molock · Aug 02, 2007, 10:18 PM // 22:18

Hey, I don't mind paying a little more for an expansion to an online game that DOESN'T have a monthly fee.

Darkobra · Aug 02, 2007, 10:27 PM // 22:27

You got 2 extra character slots per campaign because there were 2 new classes on each of them. EotN is an expansion. No new characters and no way to create characters on EotN means there's no reason to have character slots. Of course if you judge a game by how many character slots it gives you...

Kool Pajamas · Aug 02, 2007, 11:12 PM // 23:12

This thread is a rip off. If you don't like the price, then don't buy it or wait till the price comes down.

Shadow · Aug 02, 2007, 11:53 PM // 23:53

Hey! He's right! Anet is a phony, a big fat phony!

arcanemacabre · Aug 03, 2007, 12:08 AM // 00:08

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Originally Posted by Shadow

Hey! He's right! Anet is a phony, a big fat phony!

LMAO! Classic Family Guy

Thunder79 · Aug 03, 2007, 12:11 AM // 00:11

everything that needs to be said about the OP's posts has been said...

Guild Wars is in no way a rip off...it is one of the best investments in the (non-completely free) mmo industry.

The people who have previously posted in this thread have posted more than enough proof to prove that fact.

hurric · Aug 03, 2007, 12:19 AM // 00:19

I agree that the price should've been lower for an expansion but that's a customer's view. The best way I can see it is that A-NET is in business of gaming and they following simple economic rules of supply and demand. They set the price just high enough but not too high to get the maximum profit and since a lot of people including myself are addicted and interested in new content we'll still go and buy it. This way they cut off some ppl maybe including yourself from buyers list but overall they make better profit. Simple as that. They're in it to make money and we're just enjoying it so look at it as entertainment or wait a while. I got factions CE at 50 dollars which normally it was like $90.

if you still disagree (all those flaming the OP) post your comments.

hurric · Aug 03, 2007, 12:21 AM // 00:21

One more thing, I look at it at how much I play/enjoy it so since I'm going to get the mission bonus pack thing along with gwen, it might make my purchase a bit more justified but I would've liked an extra char slot at least for sure but that's a want.

Link Weaver · Aug 03, 2007, 12:53 AM // 00:53

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Originally Posted by sindex

You remind me of this guy that’s been on the Gamespot GW forums for over 2 years. All he does is criticizes on everything rather good about GW, because supposedly “they ruined everything that was good after the beta event.” It’s quite sad really 2 years of pointless arguments and trolling. Well thank you for sharing opinion, but it’s a little late in the game to be making this argument about the price. If you can’t stand the price I suggest you wait till it goes on discount or something; because as others have pointed out "no one is making you do anything."

ROFL are you talking about toast????

Yawgmoth · Aug 03, 2007, 01:18 AM // 01:18

While I wouldn't call it a ripoff, GW:EN's price and not having any char slots included indeed makes it the least bang-for-your-buck GW product so far.
I bet it's going to be a high quality product, well worth the money spent, but still it's getting the least value of all realeases.
Talking about ripoffs, one thing much closer to that is the infamous bonus mission pack. For people who aren't interested in buying anything from the online store and being able to get their GW:EN far cheaper than 40$, it has quite a big price tag to it as for just 4 missions. But thats another topic...

trielementz · Aug 03, 2007, 02:45 AM // 02:45

Personally, I don't mind the lack of slots (have already bought a few extras), but I can see how people may be bothered by it. Given new character slots, will you guys actually play thru old campaigns when GWEN comes out? If not, then those slots won't be missed at all... until maybe months later.

And who's to say that the additional content in GWEN isn't worth the price? We'll only find out when it's released. Those who are wary can simply wait for reviews.

Also, i laughed at the OP's "we pay $40 for just new content and a minor addition to the map". Maybe he got this impression because the map was joined with Prophecies? I bet the 18 levels of dungeons are not on that map as well.

Oh yeah, 1 last thing.. stop taking sneaky potshots at Factions! some of us happen to like it.

Vinraith · Aug 03, 2007, 02:53 AM // 02:53

I'm sure it's already been said a dozen times, but I just can't get over the irony of a WoW player claiming that GW is the one ripping them off.

acidic · Aug 03, 2007, 02:58 AM // 02:58

gimmicks likes bonus mission pack, Collector editions, pre-releases are ripoffs. But Gwen at 39.99 is borderline ripoff, i will withhold my judgment until i see how the new content rolls out, but as of now it looks like the least bang for your buck

Wispir · Aug 03, 2007, 03:03 AM // 03:03

$40 is NOT bad for an expansion, I am willing to pay the $10 extra and not have an online fee, and they are adding exactly what we wanted. If they came out with a new expansion they would waste creative ideas on creating yet another starting area, and a game that it would take most a week to go through. No new character slots is no big deal because there are no new characters, and the team said they loved working on the lore and world updates for higher level play, so they didn't half-ass an expansion and sell it barely marked down. This would not be unfair even if it were still $50.

trielementz · Aug 03, 2007, 03:21 AM // 03:21

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Originally Posted by acidic

gimmicks likes bonus mission pack, Collector editions, pre-releases are ripoffs. But Gwen at 39.99 is borderline ripoff, i will withhold my judgment until i see how the new content rolls out, but as of now it looks like the least bang for your buck

The price for the GWEN pre-release from the online store goes towards GWEN itself. How on earth is that a ripoff? You want to be paid for getting the pre-release? Is that it?

The bonus mission pack is free as well. I can see how people can get mad because of having to decide between that and an actual box. But a rip off?? It's free!

Seriously, I'm beginning to wonder if people expect ANET to earn any money. Maybe go play maplestory or something.