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  1. This game has TERRIFIC and very fast support. They have always helped me when I had an issue (the issues usually revolve around me being old and forgetful)

    I don’t care what the native language of the CS for this game is. What I care about is the fact that they are always kind and helpful. Kindness is a universal language that each of us has the capability to speak and understand.

    Thank you to the Anet support!

    Hugs,

    Drew

  2. @Dashiva.6149 said:

    @Severdnerv.4523 said:

    Why have I never seen this before!? Recommending Gw2 to my friends through gameplay and features has been easy enough, but trying to sell the story to new players with no previous insight has been a challenge. "Movie"-trailers like these are immensly helpful in that regard.

    @Drew.1865 said:Visual artist here. Not a white knight so my opinion is not influenced by anything. I think the video is terrific. I like the quotes also even though I don’t agree with every one. My only suggestion is to keep focused on the mounts in future marketing. You guys did a terrific job with them. Maybe show some of the cool new skins with crazy colors. That celestial griffon skin would be great.

    Wouldn't that set some false expectations, though? They get the game, and then discover that they have to go through a "second purchase" to get that cool thing in the trailer. In my experience, people are not a fan of hidden costs like that.Show of the mounts for sure, but make sure that what you see is what you get.

    Excellent point! I think a way to communicate the costs for flashy things in the game is important. Players who are new to the game and returning should be told they need POF for mounts.

  3. Visual artist here. Not a white knight so my opinion is not influenced by anything. I think the video is terrific. I like the quotes also even though I don’t agree with every one. My only suggestion is to keep focused on the mounts in future marketing. You guys did a terrific job with them. Maybe show some of the cool new skins with crazy colors. That celestial griffon skin would be great.

  4. @Coulter.2315 said:

    @Halure.2571 said:

    @Coulter.2315 said:

    @Drew.1865 said:

    @Coulter.2315 said:

    @StonedCat.3518 said:

    @Coulter.2315 said:Bringing the "gambling destroys lives" debate into this discussion on mount skin price model is wrong and merely trying to sow two different issues together. The maximum you can possibly "gamble" over your entire life on these mounts is £127.50, this is not a bottomless pit where you mortgage your house. I realise you're trying to pick a topical issue and bring it into the current discussion but you're making an error.

    No. There is no such limit. You're assuming that ArenaNet will not add more skins to the pool. I can guarantee that they will making the odds of getting "the one you want" lower.

    As for the "gambling destroys lives" debate I would rather people had the right to gamble than surrender that right to someone who knows best, I also think there is a general trend in the world where people will try and take things from you for the safety of others which is unhealthy (people exercising power and feeling virtuous about it should always be feared - zealotry didn't die with religion).

    People absolutely have the right to gamble - but then GW2 should be rated M (or even AO) and clearly labelled as a gambling product, not just a video game. Like online poker.

    You don't have a leg to stand on claiming this is gambling, it is just extremely expensive and badly designed (leaving an awful taste in the mouth). No casino on earth gives you a jackpot guaranteed after a maximum of 30 rolls. There very clearly is a limit, 30 rolls.

    There is buckets wrong with this purchasing model, inventing wrong problems does not help.

    It’s gambling.

    It is gambling in the same way buying something for £127.50 when it comes with stuff you don't want is gambling, ie. not at all gambling but stupidly expensive and badly designed. Gambling always requires a chance you will lose, you cannot lose if you buy 30 tickets or even the whole bundle "deal."

    I really have no interest in defending this awful decision by Anet, but it is not gambling.

    Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning money or material goods.

    The outcome of what you are buying is uncertain until you have only 1 skin left.

    The object is 30 mounts which Anet has valued at £127.50, they will deliver it to you one random piece at a time or you can buy it all at once for a discount. You are just excited about one piece but the product is the whole thing. You aren't winning anything you are just buying a group lot in a random order with the option to stop buying pieces once you get the bits you want.

    As I said, I hate it but it is not gambling.

    It is gambling and you are derailing this thread.

  5. @Coulter.2315 said:

    @StonedCat.3518 said:

    @Coulter.2315 said:Bringing the "gambling destroys lives" debate into this discussion on mount skin price model is wrong and merely trying to sow two different issues together. The maximum you can possibly "gamble" over your entire life on these mounts is £127.50, this is not a bottomless pit where you mortgage your house. I realise you're trying to pick a topical issue and bring it into the current discussion but you're making an error.

    No. There is no such limit. You're assuming that ArenaNet will not add more skins to the pool. I can guarantee that they will making the odds of getting "the one you want" lower.

    As for the "gambling destroys lives" debate I would rather people had the right to gamble than surrender that right to someone who knows best, I also think there is a general trend in the world where people will try and take things from you for the safety of others which is unhealthy (people exercising power and feeling virtuous about it should always be feared - zealotry didn't die with religion).

    People absolutely have the right to gamble - but then GW2 should be rated M (or even AO) and clearly labelled as a gambling product, not just a video game. Like online poker.

    You don't have a leg to stand on claiming this is gambling, it is just extremely expensive and badly designed (leaving an awful taste in the mouth). No casino on earth gives you a jackpot guaranteed after a maximum of 30 rolls. There very clearly is a limit, 30 rolls.

    There is buckets wrong with this purchasing model, inventing wrong problems does not help.

    It’s gambling. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamble

  6. I didn’t read the tooltip before purchasing my gems thinking I would be able to pick out the specific skins I wanted and skins for the only two mounts I use.

    Unfortunately for me Anet decided to add RNG gambling to the selection.

    If I want to gamble I’ll go to Las Vegas and gamble at an actual casino.

    I would love to be able to support the game and purchase items I want but I will never pay for a gambling item again and I will not purchase any gems if this practice continues.

  7. @SNS.8713 said:It's little things like this which make an otherwise really fun expansion frustrating.

    We have to get 10 ingredients, with shoddy aiming and it's just not fun.

    Can we please have this reduced to 4 or 5 ingredients.

    I don't mind a challenge, but this Mastery Point challenge just isn't fun.

    The trick is to time and keep up your speed buff as much as possible. Also try to always throw the ingredients from a distance and not be focused on being close to him.

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