Canis.7451

Biggest sellers for me would definitely be a new race (Tengu when) and an expansion that expands on Charr lore. Let us go to the Blood Legion homelands, Anet. Let us see the Blood Citadel.

I will always vote for Tengu when the option arises, but I have to admit I'd be interested in seeing Kodan, Naga, Skritt, or Centaurs as well. Maybe Krait too.

If the previous 37 pages of discussion are restored, I will remove this post. Until then, have this edited feedback of mine from last night / today that I was working on refining when the thread went poof. Considering that everything has been merged now and I hope this means that ANET intends to review the feedback gathered here, I will make one more mention of my thoughts on this: Price mount skins similar to glider skins. 400 - 800 gem range. You do not sell outfits / gliders for more than 800 gems each, please don't try to take advantage of our goodwill with mounts. The lower end of that said range would be simple recolors, while the higher end would be flashier, more elaborately edited skins, skins that have heavy particle effects, etc. Follow the model you used for glider skins-- that is what your playerbase is used to, and probably expected to carry over for mount skins. So far, even considering how they're priced, they all still follow this value model besides the Reforged Warhound (and that is a whole other can of worms). Spooky mounts at 2000g /5 = 400g each. The Mountbox at 12400g /31 = 400g each. I will even do a rough of the theoretical pricing of each skin if they were sold individually..RAPTOR SKINS:Coastal Spiketail (400g) /// Savannah Monitor (400g) /// Canyon Spiketail (500g) /// Striped Tri-horn (500g) /// Flamelander (700g) /// Stormridge (700g)SPRINGER SKINS:Tawny Hare (400g) /// Windy Spot (400g) /// Desert Lop (500g) /// Elonian Jackalope (500g) /// Arctic Jerboa (700g) /// Primal Hare (700g)SKIMMER SKINS:Bright Ringfin (400g) /// Oasis Skate (400g) /// River Moth Wing (500g) /// Spined Longtail (500g) /// Dajkah Lantern (700g) /// Oceanic Ray (700g)JACKAL SKINS:Banded Mystic (400g) /// Polished Stone (400g) /// Crowned Ancient (500g) /// Twin Sands (500g) /// Stardust (700g) /// Pyroclast (700g)GRIFFON SKINS:Highlands Harrier (400g) /// Spotted Sylph (400g) /// Badlands Stalker (500g) /// Clouded Corvus (500g) /// Fire Pinion (700g) /// Starbound (700g) Sell them individually. Please, for the love of god. Even gliders in a bundle with say an outfit or a backpiece are sold individually (to my knowledge, not sure about backpieces specifically). Outfits are the same way-- you can still buy them individually even if they're in a bundle. I don't care if you bundle skins for a discount, or to allow people to buy them all at once-- but also offer the option to buy them in singles so those that don't want them all don't have to get skins they wont use. Actually add some skins in to be earned through in game content. Like, honestly ANET. I love you. But not everything has to be done through your gemstore. Even if it was just the really simple recolor skins (like Coastal Spiketail/Tawny Hare/Bright Ringfin/Banded Mystic/Highlands Harrier), at least allow your playerbase to earn something for their mounts via the expansion that, I dunno, brought mounts to begin with? You could give them to the Mount Heart Merchants to sell for trade contracts, give them for completing achievements, events, collections, etc. There is so much you could do with mount skin acquisition and yet the money has you blind. If you absolutely must, for whatever unfortunate reason, must keep this RNG system then please, PLEASE consider making the skins tradable on the TP like other RNG content like dyes, Black Lion Skins (that rely on ticket RNG from chests), etc. Lower the price to something more manageable in the long run-- 100/200g and/or make it so we can limit the selection to a species of our choice per box. but the bullet points before this are the preferable course of action for the future of this game. You already have Black Lion Chests and that other LWS1 box. You don't need another; BLCs are bad enough as is. Edit: Now that it isn't 2 AM I've gone back and made some things look nicer, reword others to sound better and add some afterthoughts.

Considering that everything has been merged now and I hope this means that ANET intends to review the feedback gathered here, I will make one more mention of my thoughts on this: Price mount skins similar to glider skins. 400 - 800 gem range. You do not sell outfits / gliders for more than 800 gems each, please don't try to take advantage of us with mounts. The lower end of that said range would be simple recolors, while the higher end would be flashier, more elaborately edited skins. Follow the model you used for glider skins-- that is what your playerbase is used to, and probably expected to carry over for mount skins. So far, even considering how they're priced, they all still follow this value model besides the Reforged Warhound (and that is a whole other can of worms). Spooky mounts at 2000g /5 = 400g each. The Mountbox at 12400g /31 = 400g each. I will even do a rough of the theoretical pricing of each skin if they were sold individually..RAPTOR SKINS:Coastal Spiketail (400g) /// Savannah Monitor (400g) /// Canyon Spiketail (500g) /// Striped Tri-horn (500g) /// Flamelander (600g) /// Stormridge (600g)SPRINGER SKINS:Tawny Hare (400g) /// Windy Spot (400g) /// Desert Lop (500g) /// Elonian Jackalope (500g) /// Arctic Jerboa (600g) /// Primal Hare (600g)SKIMMER SKINS:Bright Ringfin (400g) /// Oasis Skate (400g) /// River Moth Wing (500g) /// Spined Longtail (500g) /// Dajkah Lantern (600g) /// Oceanic Ray (600g)JACKAL SKINS:Banded Mystic (400g) /// Polished Stone (400g) /// Crowned Ancient (500g) /// Twin Sands (500g) /// Stardust (600g) /// Pyroclast (600g)GRIFFON SKINS:Highlands Harrier (400g) /// Spotted Sylph (400g) /// Badlands Stalker (500g) /// Clouded Corvus (500g) /// Fire Pinion (600g) /// Starbound (600g) Sell them individually. Please, for the love of god. Even gliders in a bundle with say an outfit or a backpiece are sold individually (to my knowledge, not sure about backpieces specifically). Outfits are the same way-- you can still buy them individually even if they're in a bundle. I don't care if you bundle skins for a discount, or to allow people to buy them all at once-- but also offer the option to buy them in singles so those that don't want them all don't have to get skins they wont use. Actually add some skins in to be earned through in game content. Like, honestly ANET. I love you. But not everything has to be done through your Gemstore. Even if it was just the really simple recolor skins (like Coastal Spiketail/Tawny Hare/Bright Ringfin/Banded Mystic/Highlands Harrier), at least allow your playerbase to earn something for their mounts via the expansion that, I dunno, brought mounts to begin with? You could give them to the Mount Heart Merchants to sell for trade contracts, give them for completing achievements, events, collections, etc. There is so much you could do with mount skin acquisition and yet the money has you blind. If you absolutely must, for whatever kittening reason, must keep this RNG system then please, PLEASE consider making the skins tradable on the TP like other RNG content like dyes, Black Lion Skins (that rely on ticket RNG from chests), etc. Lower the price to something more manageable in the long run-- 100/200g and/or make it so we can limit the selection to a species of our choice per box. but the two bullet points before this are the preferable course of action for the future of this game. You already have Black Lion Chests and that other LWS1 box. You don't need another; BLCs are bad enough as is. Edit: Now that it isn't 2 AM I've gone back and made some things look nicer, reword others to sound better and add some afterthoughts.

Except at least with the Spooky mounts we knew exactly what we were getting -- the spooky skins, one for each mount. With the new lootbox, you have absolutely no idea which randomized skin you're going to get. You could get all of the skimmer/springer skins and none of the raptor/griffon/jackal ones or vice versa, and the skin you get might not even be one that you want. At least with the spooky mount bundle we (assumingly) got what we (theoretically) wanted when buying them.

Oh man, I WISH we could get mount skins in more unique ways / through in-game content rather than just having them limited to the gemstore.

I wouldn't mind this if it was 400 gems to CHOOSE one of the new skins, so at least we aren't getting stuck with skins we don't want. If I cannot sell them on the TP / give them to friends who might want them, what use do I have for something I'll never use?

I've always been a fan of the idea that Tengu could possibly be introduced as a sixth playable race, so naturally that is where my vote will always fall. I think player housing could be interesting if it was geared toward a single player experience, unlike guild halls which were made with the intention of the whole guild contributing to upgrades. Also, +1 to that great-axe mention I saw up above.