Boycott the Storage Update!

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They are selling virtual space, so Ill pay with my virtual gold. If you would like to reimburse my gold for real money, then Ill be happy to pay with real money. Bottom line is Anet is selling AIR. Its free to breathe it, so whats the pricetag for?

As you are aware, ArenaNet has been working diligently on an account and player storage update. They recently released this about their upcoming April update.

Dev Blog/Info on update found here


Cons [Against the buying of the panes] (From player posts on this thread)

• Less and less content comes with higher prices so we should stop agreeing on that.- added april 15
• It's not that much of a convenience. Takes about an extra minute? w00t!
• If they were 5$ each, I would buy 4 of them... but 4 for 40$ is more than I paid for a full campaign.
• The 200,000 units of GW they still sell each quarter, which should actually cover such costs and dev work on GW2.
• Doubt I will buy any tabs myself its just far too late in GW evolution to make it worth while.
• This is a scam for people who have a lot of items.
• How long did we wait for them to complete this "super storage update?” Not once did we see any mention that we would be charged for additional storage in the update.
• Do not enable Anet to do this by saying "well it's anet they need the money and I will follow them into volcanoes and insult anyone who says otherwise". NCSoft is a corporation and it's their job to herd their followers and convince them that they need money
• Don't even say "Well maybe the price could be lower". Why is there even a price on storage space in a game this big? How long has storage been an obvious issue? How long has Anet been saying "We're looking at ways to improve your storage"?
• Yep, I won't spend anymore real world monies on this game. It's broken beyond belief and they want us to invest money in it? Not gonna happen as far as I'm concerned.
• This update is a test for the community - pass it (overpay) and you'll kill the old good business model.
• Springing this "We have all of this new stuff to give you, but you'll have to pay for it" stuff on us is BS.
• Think how much have you already spent on GW, and how much bang for your buck have you got. How are the new $10 panes looking now?
• The City of Heroes people (another NCSoft game) mentioned how cheap server storage space is and how it isn't even a factor in stuff they do.

Pros [In favor of ArenaNet] (From player posts on this thread)

• The price will be lowered with time. As with the prices for campaigns, character slots etc.-added april 15
• Its OPTIONAL!
• More storage takes more space in database. Bigger database - bigger hard disks.
• I'm fairly sure that there will also be free upgrades to storage
• Anet can't make everything for free. They need some money.
• US$9.99 is reasonable
• Do people forget that Anet does not make us pay subscription fees like other games do, but need to get their money to fuel GW from somewhere
• You pay for the convenience of not having to transfer between characters. Yes that is a total of 9 tabs + material storage.
• Its storage, its not needed to play the game
• ANet's marketing seems to think they can get $10 for them, so I guess they know something we don't.
• Charging for extra storage tabs in your Xunlai Chest is not a game decision, it's a BUSINESS decision
• If you need it bad enough youll buy it otherwise it wont matter anyway.
• Anet can charge $3,500 for a special edition Gaile Grey minipet if they want, as long as they aren't forcing anyone to buy it.
• I'm not going to boycott my phone company whenever they add an optional service plan.

PM Me on GURU if you have an interesting point to be added to the list that is not up there. Thank-you.



Dev Blog/Info on update found here

/Signed. I feel like this is an update to gain money rather than an update to help the players. I am boycotting the buying of the extra storage.
-IGN: King Swift

/Not signed. More storage takes more space in database. Bigger database - bigger hard disks. Besides nobody forces anybody to buy them.

/Fixed

I'm fairly sure that there will also be free upgrades to storage.

Since this is supposed to be a discussion board -

I did think it would be free. I also think $10 each is really pushing it on the price. However - and this might just be my naïvety - I'm more than willing to pay for it since the money Anet receives should either be going towards GW2, or hiring staff for GW2. So what if they are looking for a way to gain money? The rest of the game is free to play, and without some sort of income they're not going to be able to even support servers. Hell, most of the money they make is probably through second accounts for XTH.

I don't think I'll be buying all four storage upgrades, but I'll probably get at least two. Also, it's not like they're forcing you to buy it - many people get by without the storage as is, whether using mules, second accounts, whatever.

Or, you know, they could just not give us the option to purchase extra storage altogether...

/unsigned

If you don't wanna pay for the extra storage, then don't. But don't bitch about prices when ANet clearly needs money. Besides, you're paying for the convenience. It's just like why sports games charge an arm and a leg for chili cheese fries there.

I've got 10 chars
Each char will get eq box which consists of 5-20 slots
I'll also get one storage tab for free
In summary, i'll get 10*20+20 = 220 slots. For free.
QQ moar ?

/signed, if everyone boycotts it they will re-work it

I probably misread,but didnt they say that everybody who has a active account will get a xunali tab for free?

Do you think that ArenaNet is just using this storage update as a source of income and its sole purpose is not to benefit the GW Community?

But, at sports games the people selling the stuff are just out for your money. Do you think that ArenaNet is just out for our money? Or are they actually trying to help players out?

/unsigned

extra character bag slot plus 1 free Xunlai storage tab = free
additional storage tab = you pay for

I see no issue with this.

Which means you probably have to jump through a few hoops.

/NOT Signed

Optional purchases are fine by me

I took that special pane offer to be an extra pane added on to the one we were already getting for free

$10 can buy you a large sum of memory. Is this price justifiable?

/not signed.

People complained about wanting more storage, so now they're offering it. They're not saying "Oh, by the way, you're going to get an extra storage pane and we're charging $10 for it". It's optional.

If you really want to boycott it, talk with your money instead of complaining about it here. Because personally, I'm a bit sick of seeing every other thread someone complaining about something that's not to their personal taste. Suck it up. You're not the only person out there.

It is too much,but they can charge that much and wil charge that much.
As you can see,you can get 1 for free,so stop bitching people,i am 100 % sure that the price will drop in a few months because they will realise that not many people are buying them.
I QQ about your QQ.

This thread is useless: there's already something called "the market" that'll send a message to Anet, if few people buy additional storage they'll know the pricing wasn't right. No need to petition.

/notsigned.

It's not like you can buy a game advantage with this. Farmers and armor ho's would be more than willing to pay 10 clams for that much extra storage.

As Verene stated, if there is something messed up in gameplay, or something someone is doing to you, bitch. If it's just something getting your undies in a bunch, don't buy it, but quit going all revolutionary about something which TRULY DOESN'T MATTER.

edit: forgot about that red engine