GW2 items

Absolutely not. I would be pissed if Guild Wars was like those "FREE TO PLAY" Korean cash shop games.

Worst. Plan. Ever.

if i have to physically BUY something really good instead of have a small chance to get it in the game for free, i would just get it ingame, i am not going to pay for virtual crap. thats it. let EA do that crap, if ANet starts to do this, i won't play guild wars.

/unsigned

Wait... buy items for the game before I know at least more than 10% of the game content itself?

Sorry, no thanks.

I wouldn't mind a cash shop as long as the items sold there were not something that could give a player an advantage ingame. Unique weapon/armor skin unlocks, emotes, BMP type missions, name changes, appearance changes, character slots... stuff like that.

I would not like it if the cash shop offered things like TEH UBER SWORD OF PWNZOR that could kill any boss in one hit. A player should be able to obtain any statistic for an item (whether it is armor AL, weapon damage, etc.) through game play only, and nothing in a cash shop should have better statistics than something found through playing the game.

arenanet has already announced that they wanna do books about the 250 years between 1 and 2.

so theres some. and like they have also said, expansions and mini-expansions are likely buisness model for GW2.

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/notsigned.
bad ideas that level of customization gives us the warrior wyvern/ascalon/obby mixes i loathe so incredibly bad.

Bold is good. The last thing we need is more noobs with emotes and spiky armor.

If I could possibly buy a starter kit of greens with varible atts, based upon /bonus, and they would NOT be sellable, and would only come with buying a digital copy of gw2, then OK.
But no, not in the shop as a seperate product.

I'd gladly support the game and buy the handy items. Char slots,storage, expansion packs with basic weapon sets (nothing special) name changes..meh and anything that added content. This would help keep the game profitable with free online time. The free aspect is to often taken for granted

If any items on sale gave a real advantage I wouldn't buy them or play the game.

Ant

The only things I'd ever want to see ANet sell in an in-game store would be junk that would have no effect on gameplay: the equivalent of minipets, weapon skins, or special armors.

Everything else would be an extremely bad idea. In fact, anything at all is already a very bad idea.

And, of course, I wouldn't buy any of it.

2nded and agreed this is one of the things that ruined GW is this buying of stuff instead of earning it within the game. Those PVP paks should have never been offered. So, if you want it EARN it no buying anything other than the game world.

I can see it now.
New store item: Filled book collection $5.99.
note this item is obtainable through normal gameplay

Anyway, I would never buy any items from the store. GW:EN preorder doesn't count because that came off the full game price

(WTB new campaign )

buyable items = rich guys own the game = imbalance = absolutely no!

Lol best reply.

Ok, so how many of the people that are against items in the online store are willing to plunk down hard cash every month to play the game?

Would you play GW2 if it had a monthly fee?

We didn't know what we would get when we ordered that, initially. Tons of people, myself included, bought it for the lore, and the awesome missions.

You have a point though, they have sold weapon skins for money: the GotY upgrade pack.

Anyway, a big no thanks to the OP. I'll pay for content, or for character slots and the like, but I'm never going to pay for just a cool weapon; that's why I have the BMP, but not the GotY upgrade. If they ever sell weapons that are actually better than max in the ingame store, I will even start trumpeting the death of GW.

And hell no, I wouldn't pay a monthly fee. That's their entire business model: pay for the game, play the game, put it down for a while if you want, or buy the expansions/upgrades if you want.

one of my initial motive of playing GW is the play-once-no-more system. i'll still consider paying every month if its well balanced and fun

Bad thread is bad

Id buy life vs. my gw1 accounts

OMG my eyes would bleed! Imagine all the idiots who would make some disgusting flashy, multicolor, deformed armors

As for paying for in-game armor skins, weapon skins, skills.. I am 100% against that. Please don't make GW a 3D version of maplestory.