As someone who went from WoW to GW2 I can easily say the Gem Store in its current state is easily acceptable and fine. You have Wow which is a monthly fee AND they cut content from game and let you buy for ridiculous amounts. GW2 pumps FREE content out on such a fast pace you easily get your moneys worth.
Azurrel who says gold is hard to get is correct though, and that is intended. It lets gold keep value and not get to stupid amounts like WoW which is easily in the millions. The fact ANY player can get gold and buy items from the cash shop is a extra bonus. You don't NEED any items in there, they are a bonus if you decide you want it, whether that;s with real money or gold.
WoW cutting out game content and making you pay for it? Really? Getting that desperate, are we?
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Totally comparable right? Come back when WoW's item shop lets you pay for resources, perks, boosts, content area's etc lol.
I can't see the "go to max level" by paying in GW2 Cash shop.
Getting desperate, are we?
To be fair, GW2 does have a max level button. It costs even less than WoW, too. You just buy gems, sell them for gold, and buy crafting mats. Then craft your way up to max. It's probably most effective to level up to about 30 and then max two trade skills to get to 70, since you get the same % of level for crafting at higher levels as you do at lower levels.
It probably takes about an hour of following the appropriate crafting leveling guides, with the appropriate resources purchased ahead of time, to level two skills to max (for forty levels.)
I thought they nerfed the crafting XP. I think I only got 10 or so lvls lvling my tailoring to max, but I could be wrong.
Well technically only cooking afaik is giving 10 levels. The idea is that the exp for those 10 levels is spread though all crafting levels. Recently tailoring received a boost to craft level 500, so you get the 10th level once you hit crafting 500. That shit's expensive as hell xD
Originally posted by azurrei At launch, I thought the gem store was fine. After a few weeks post launch it started to become readily apparent to me that the game was designed to steer you into using the gem store (makes sense for a B2P game.) The problem...and perhaps THE PROBLEM, is the gems-->gold conversion. The game is RIDICULOUSLY SKIMPY on gold earning unless you exploit or bot - and nearly EVERYTHING desirable, even though it may be cosmetic, can/has to be purchased with gold. Therein lies the problem with GW2 - get rid of the gems-->gold conversion, make gold easier to obtain, and make gem store stuff trade-able on the market. Thus, you would have to use $$$ to purchase gem store stuff but it can still be bought with (more readily available by PLAYING THE GAME, not being wealthy IRL) gold. In this instance, things like say, LEGENDARY WEAPONS, could not be purchased with $$$ (at least, without paying a gold seller...)
Why would you want to advocate buying gold from goldsellers with your system? Isn't the cure worse than the disease? It's been months since I've seen bots or received gold selling mails or spam. Let's keep it that way.
When gold becomes easier to obtain, then people will be wanting more of them for their gems (money). Making gold easier to obtain will make things worse as inflation will increase to match. It all comes down to how long do you need to play to get X gold, and those dollars (euros) will only be paid if the dollar/hour rate is deemed acceptable.
THE PROBLEM is that you want everything for next to nothing, and people are just not willing to throw away money for next to no effort at all.
The cash shop in GW2 is just fine, try another game with a cash shop for a while, then tell us which game has problems with their cash shop.
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Well technically only cooking afaik is giving 10 levels. The idea is that the exp for those 10 levels is spread though all crafting levels. Recently tailoring received a boost to craft level 500, so you get the 10th level once you hit crafting 500. That shit's expensive as hell xD
Why would you want to advocate buying gold from goldsellers with your system? Isn't the cure worse than the disease? It's been months since I've seen bots or received gold selling mails or spam. Let's keep it that way.
When gold becomes easier to obtain, then people will be wanting more of them for their gems (money). Making gold easier to obtain will make things worse as inflation will increase to match. It all comes down to how long do you need to play to get X gold, and those dollars (euros) will only be paid if the dollar/hour rate is deemed acceptable.
THE PROBLEM is that you want everything for next to nothing, and people are just not willing to throw away money for next to no effort at all.
The cash shop in GW2 is just fine, try another game with a cash shop for a while, then tell us which game has problems with their cash shop.