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'Mount Adoption Licenses' Now for Sale for Gems, Community Ignites at RNG Nature - Guild Wars 2 - MM

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited November 2017 in News & Features Discussion

image'Mount Adoption Licenses' Now for Sale for Gems, Community Ignites at RNG Nature - Guild Wars 2 - MMORPG.com

Guild Wars 2 News - Yesterday, ArenaNet announced that new "Mount Adoption Licenses" are now available at the Guild Wars 2 Black Lion Trading Company. For 400 Gems, players receive "an available animal at random". Every box is said to contain a unique breed, though players are unable to purchase specific versions. Rather the "drop" from the purchase is randomized. This latter fact has set the community on fire with the GW2 Reddit thread on the subject beating out previous "top threads" from the past.

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  • ThexReporterThexReporter Member UncommonPosts: 124
    LOL, poor people are funny.
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  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671

    ThexReporter said:

    LOL, poor people are funny.



    The heck are you talking about poor people? The complaint is people want to directly purchase the things they want, not have a CHANCE at purchasing something they want. GTFO troll.
    QzyroKyleranBC_AnimusThupliforcelimaTheHangedMan1xyzercrimeexile01Octagon7711psychosiz1and 5 others.
  • BillMurphyBillMurphy Former Managing EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 4,565
    Yeah, the RNG is lame.
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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,476
    edited November 2017
    All the kids seem happy, so gambling in MMOs must be fine. Why don't we do away with the consoles and just send them to a casino?

    Post edited by Scot on
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  • TheDarkrayneTheDarkrayne Member EpicPosts: 5,297
    So, it's a loot box basically?

    If the community is kicking off about it, I'm sure ANet will sort it out. I'd be surprised if they didn't.
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  • ScottJeslisScottJeslis Member UncommonPosts: 355
    I'm assuming mount skins can be purchased even if someone hasn't unlocked mounts yet?
  • DeadSpockDeadSpock Member UncommonPosts: 403
    Are all mounts same speed? If they are I care less about looks, I hate it how mmorpg have become glamour fashion show.
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,068
    I don't really get the issue here. Guild Wars 2 has had cosmetic loot boxes from the start. Having more purely cosmetic items of this sort isn't at all unreasonable for a f2p/b2p MMO. 

    I think the pricing on these is rather high, though. It probably should be closer to 350 gems each per license, 325 each per 5, and 300 each per 10. 
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  • ThupliThupli Member RarePosts: 1,318
    The problem is that it was fee for service for what you want. Now Anet is pushing into gambling instead of direct purchase.

    My opinion of Anet really dropped with this move. Definitely on the road to what people will put up with.

    I used to tout gw2 as a fair b2p model, I wont be doing that anymore, they are getting just as f2p with their model as any other cheap game now.
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,976
    DeadSpock said:
    Are all mounts same speed? If they are I care less about looks, I hate it how mmorpg have become glamour fashion show.
    You wear socks with sandals don't you? B)
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  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    Scot said:
    All the kids seem happy so gambling in MMOs must be fine. Why don't we do away with the consoles and just send them to a casino?

    image
    it does beg the questions doesnt?

    Like..are casinos bad for young people? if so why?

    Please do not respond to me, even if I ask you a question, its rhetorical.

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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,068
    Well, the fact that you can't get duplicates, if I'm reading into this correctly, does help matters a lot.

    However, I will call the quality of these inconsistent. While some of them (especially for the Jackal and Gryphon) look phenomenal, a lot of them don't change enough to warrant the price tag. The low quality ones really seem like they should have been ingame rewards rather than lootbox filler.
  • exzi2014exzi2014 Member UncommonPosts: 4
    So Baldy-san has finally started hes move. Good good. Now the plague can finally spread ... sigh Anet greedy RNG bastards ...
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,086
    edited November 2017
    Aeander said:
    I don't really get the issue here. Guild Wars 2 has had cosmetic loot boxes from the start. Having more purely cosmetic items of this sort isn't at all unreasonable for a f2p/b2p MMO. 

    I think the pricing on these is rather high, though. It probably should be closer to 350 gems each per license, 325 each per 5, and 300 each per 10. 
    Things are changing, there's a rising tide against RNG loot boxes. Even some games which already have them are reconsidering and in one case the developers announced they were being removed.

    If Devs want to sell something, just put it up in the store for whatever price the market will bear.

    I don't RNG to decide to buy a game or its DLC packages, don't ask me to RNG if I want to purchase something within the game itself.


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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,068
    edited November 2017
    Kyleran said:
    Aeander said:
    I don't really get the issue here. Guild Wars 2 has had cosmetic loot boxes from the start. Having more purely cosmetic items of this sort isn't at all unreasonable for a f2p/b2p MMO. 

    I think the pricing on these is rather high, though. It probably should be closer to 350 gems each per license, 325 each per 5, and 300 each per 10. 
    Things are changing, there's a rising tide against RNG loot boxes. Even some games which already have them are reconsidering and in one case the developers announced they were being removed.

    If Devs want to sell something, just put it up in the store for whatever price the market will bear.

    I don't RNG to decide to buy a game or its DLC packages, don't ask me to RNG if I want to purchase something within the game itself.


    I agree with you, but why don't you try telling NCSoft that? The way NCSoft has been going lately, we'll be lucky if Guild Wars 3 isn't "everything we loved about Guild Wars 2, but on mobile."
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  • TheHangedMan1TheHangedMan1 Member CommonPosts: 2
    It's not like we didn't know they had lost all of the respect for the game the moment they started to flood it with particle effects, wings and BLC-locked skins. This surprises me not, just reinforces the knowledge of their absolute lack of respect for themselves, their product or their playerbase at this point.
  • exile01exile01 Member RarePosts: 1,089
    edited November 2017
    i told you so. It was pretty much clear then this shitty expansion would be filled with cash shop updates about mounts.
    Aeander
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,476
    SEANMCAD said:
    Scot said:
    All the kids seem happy so gambling in MMOs must be fine. Why don't we do away with the consoles and just send them to a casino?

    image
    it does beg the questions doesnt?

    Like..are casinos bad for young people? if so why?

    Kids and gambling...what could possibly go wrong? :D
    Thupli
  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    edited November 2017
    Scot said:
    SEANMCAD said:
    Scot said:
    All the kids seem happy so gambling in MMOs must be fine. Why don't we do away with the consoles and just send them to a casino?

    it does beg the questions doesnt?

    Like..are casinos bad for young people? if so why?

    Kids and gambling...what could possibly go wrong? :D
    kids and anything what could go wrong?

    why are casinos specifically bad for young people? Because I dont know.

    Violence seems to be acceptable mostly, so why gambling?

    Please do not respond to me, even if I ask you a question, its rhetorical.

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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,086
    edited November 2017
    Don't answer, it's a trap. 
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  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    Kyleran said:
    Don't answer, it's a trap. 
    give it a rest
    Kyleran

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  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    When I saw all that space in the mounts section of the character panel I knew they intended to fill it with something. You can also go there and preview all the skins available so far.

    That Jackel, reforged warhound skin is kinda expensive for 2000 gems.

    This is not going to end well...

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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,068
    SEANMCAD said:kid
    Scot said:
    SEANMCAD said:
    Scot said:
    All the kids seem happy so gambling in MMOs must be fine. Why don't we do away with the consoles and just send them to a casino?

    it does beg the questions doesnt?

    Like..are casinos bad for young people? if so why?

    Kids and gambling...what could possibly go wrong? :D
    kids and anything what could go wrong?

    why are casinos specifically bad for young people? Because I dont know.

    Violence seems to be acceptable mostly, so why gambling?
    Studies have repeatedly shown that violent video games have little to no effect on a developing mind. There are exceptions when one only exposes themselves to particular types of games, but those exceptions involve unused parts of the brain shrinking, rather than any sort of desentisization or mental disorders.

    Gambling at any age, but especially at young ages, leads to the development of addictive habits or at least exploits existing ones. Kids do not usually understand the value of money or financial responsibility, which is why we hear horror stories of kids racking up thousands of dollars of FIFA microtransactions on their mom's credit card.
    Thupli
  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    Aeander said:
    SEANMCAD said:kid
    Scot said:
    SEANMCAD said:
    Scot said:
    All the kids seem happy so gambling in MMOs must be fine. Why don't we do away with the consoles and just send them to a casino?

    it does beg the questions doesnt?

    Like..are casinos bad for young people? if so why?

    Kids and gambling...what could possibly go wrong? :D
    kids and anything what could go wrong?

    why are casinos specifically bad for young people? Because I dont know.

    Violence seems to be acceptable mostly, so why gambling?
    Studies have repeatedly shown that violent video games have little to no effect on a developing mind. There are exceptions when one only exposes themselves to particular types of games, but those exceptions involve unused parts of the brain shrinking, rather than any sort of desentisization or mental disorders.

    Gambling at any age, but especially at young ages, leads to the development of addictive habits or at least exploits existing ones. Kids do not usually understand the value of money or financial responsibility, which is why we hear horror stories of kids racking up thousands of dollars of FIFA microtransactions on their mom's credit card.
    where are the studies that show gambling is bad for childern but violence is not.

    doesnt have to be the same article but in general I would like to see some information on your claim

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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Albatroes said:

    ThexReporter said:

    LOL, poor people are funny.



    The heck are you talking about poor people? The complaint is people want to directly purchase the things they want, not have a CHANCE at purchasing something they want. GTFO troll.
    But that way you'd only have to buy it once. :)

    Once you get past all the (valid) objections about gambling and so on, what you're left with is a system that's as consumer unfriendly as it gets.

    "But hey, you never know. You might get lucky!"... said every lottery ad ever.

    It takes a pretty messed up mind to like loot box systems in all of their different incarnations.
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