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bronecar
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in Guild Wars 2
So last night (EU time), during the stress test, I noticed that there were only 5 character slots available out of o total of 8 professions.
As I am a person who likes to try out all classes, will there/is there an option to expand those via the cash shop (or whatever it's called) and if possible (information is already available) for how much?
As I am a person who likes to try out all classes, will there/is there an option to expand those via the cash shop (or whatever it's called) and if possible (information is already available) for how much?
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Ok...how much 800 gems in euros?
Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.
not sure it was $10.00US for 800
Bear in mind that Gems can be sold in the in-game auction house, so you will be able to theoretically buy gems for gold in game too.
I too am a person who plays a ton of alts. I will purchase more character slots, but I'll spread it out a bit. Leveling 5 professions first, and then purchasing each additional on a need basis. Hopefully, I can offset some cash cost with gem purchases in game
Sounds like a plan, 10 E per character slot sounds kinda steep
Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.
and 15€/month is cheep, right?
Arenanet only stated that there will be no subs, but not that they dont need to make any money.
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yep and unlike those sub only games (that usually have expensive cash shops alongside the sub, Ahem, WoW, TSW, Arenanet plans on putting out faster and more content then any other title because of their well designed and quick to augment dynamic event system.
loads better then waiting for an expansion for every content update like most games.
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Another thing to take into account is that if you do actually plan on spending $60 + (or E) in the gem shop, it might be a wise decision to jsut buy a second copy of the game. That way you get 5 character slots, a holy hell load of bag slots, 30 additional bank slots and probably some other things I'm forgetting.
I think you might already have to spend ~$30 for 3 character slots. So it's at least something to think about.
I have no problem with paying extra, I spend quite a lot of money on games, DLC's and extras.
Come to think of it, 10E may not sound so bad considering the time investment needed to level one character to 80 (was it 80)?
The issue arises because I want to get all 3 slots from the get on :P
Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.
I already have two accounts for launch. I grabbed a digital copy from Arenanet on April 10th and decided to keep a pre-order I made through Amazon last summer.
If I didn't already have a second account, I might hold off until I need the added slots, in the hopes that I might catch a sale on a second copy of the game. If not, the price isn't going to go higher than the retail price, so not losing out on anything.
A second account gets you five more slots and a second account vault for just slightly more than the cost of five add-on character slots. It also gives you a seperate account to work the achievment tracks, which may be a good thing or a bad thing. If you see alts beyond your five basic character slots being something for mostly further down the road, being able to do the achievment tracks all over again may be a good thing. If you see yourself juggling eight alts as early as the first few months, then maybe you'd just want to expand a single account, so all your efforts will be advancing the achievments of the single account.
I see myself playing this game very long term, which aided the decision for a second account. The seperate account vault means I have two vaults I can expand, as needed, via the gem store. There is a limited number of times a vault can be expanded, so it's nice to have a second vault to add onto if you pack up a max expansion vault on the primary account.
No subscription fee makes a second account much more attractive than it would be in a sub game. The only added cost is the second box purchase.
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True, but there's multiple ways of getting gems. You don't need to get them all via paying cash. Really, the only reason to try and get 8 char slots instantly, is if you are worried about the names (which is definitely a valid concern). However, keep in mind that I don't think any games have as many character slots as their are classes. Usually you need to roll on multiple servers in order to achieve that.
There's only one other really big problem I see with this idea, which is the difficulty of trading between accounts using the mailing system.
I'd suggest your two accounts start a guild together though,a nd that'd fix that problem (And give you another 50 slots to share, besides that). I mean, I'm sure you've already thought that out, but other people who are considering the same idea might want to consider the ease of item transference having your own guild bank would give you.