Sirius Lemuria Draconis.78

With the latest update I noticed something rather sad in Cragstead, the disapearance of the npc Hiralyn. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/HiralynMany of you will probably don't remember, but many years back Anet placed the npc there as an homage to a player, Alexandra, who sadly passed away during childbirth.I may never have been able to meet said player ingame, but I was touched that Anet kept her memory alive ingame and for me that was a sign how good our community was and I always went to pay my respect whenever I came to the instance. But now, only her rabbits remain. I hope this was just an unfortunate side effect of the altered instance because of the latest LS episode and that she can be returned to her rightfull place.

Can't be the only one who wants to book Metal Legion for our guild hall? :#

I have no idea what you are talking about bones :open_mouth: Anyhow, Holy told me to post something nice. I wouldn't trust Holy though if I were you... :smirk: Nvm, he says you can totally trust him! I haven't been censored at all for this message, no sir! Time for my tea now.

Enter me :D

You must be so lonely here Holy, talking to yourself so often :#

Already submitted a ticket for the same reason, it's quite unfair. Next thing we know is we can't even get the unidentified stuff as loot anymore as well...

I'm very glad this discussion got pulled open like this, it's very interesting to read both pro and con argumentation and these matters. I can see that one of the most delicate matter would be the price of such an idea if it was ever implemented.Can't be too high or it would cost a ridiculous amount of real money for simple items. But can't be too low for anyone to feel disadventaged.I do hope some of the devs will see this post and start some discussion internally. As for me, they definitly don't have to come up with a solution only for Belgium, I understand that it's a very low percentage of the playerbase.But if laws like this become a trend it couldn't hurt for Anet to think about the future.

How is it considered an unfair bypass if the statuette is a guaranteed drop from the chests? By selling them the same price as the keys the people buying the keys would still come out better since they would get both the statuette as well as the other drops, for the same price.

As a player from Belgium it's been a while now since I was last able to buy keys for the black lion chests thanks to some national laws here preventing the selling of RNG lootboxes for actual money. Personally I think it's good to get rid of all these "surprise mechanics" eventhough I never really bothered them existing if it was for something as small as the black lion chests or dye kits etc.With Belgium in the lead I'm sure that eventually a lot of countries and probably the whole of the EU will follow in these laws that forbid these kind of practises so I think it might be nice to start thinking about a proper solution so people in my situation can still get some of the nice rewards that are found within these chest. One solution I had in mind would be putting the Black Lion Statuette up for sale in the Gemstore, be it at the price of a black lion key or a little less. It wouldn't hurt any of the other players outside of my situation since every black lion chest comes with a statuette anyway. But this gives players like me the chance to also get lovely items like the Fire-Breathing Package or any of the other nice items sold in the Black Lion Statuette menu. I'm sure in there would be better idea's in the longterm, but right now while only a smaller percentage of the playerbase is affected, it would seems like a nice and fair solutions. What are your thoughts?

Oh my, this guild sounds absolutly amazing! =)