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Auric Oasis guild, Represent! Woo!

As the titles says. For one of the biggest milestones in Guild Wars 2 history it's a big shock to NOT see any celebratory gem store sales. Every year before 2022, the GW2 Wiki documents items that have gone on sale, the discount price, and for how long. This year it only lists 2 items through ALL of August. One Black Lion key and a Total Makeover Kit. Both free. While I appreciate the free items, as most other player do I'm sure, this is AWFUL when looking at previous years. I, and I'm sure many other players, set aside funds or turn gold in to gems in order to prepare for this wonderful time to buy those items you've wanted but were too expensive to justify at the normal price. This year? We get nothing. Not even a supply drop that many of us look forward year after year. On top of that, for previous festivals we didn't even get the Infinite Continue Coin for SAB, or a Zhaitaffy Gobbler during the Dragon Bash festival. As an active player who enjoys supporting the game, this is very disappointing. I know Grouch is very passionate about the game because I see him often in world vs world, and that's so good to see. I just wish it felt like who ever managed the gem store at least pretended to care as much.

I think increasing the max bank slots an account can obtain from 17 to 32 would help a lot of people. Most of the people I know who indulge in account upgrade sales can't actually partake cause they are at max already. (Myself included.) I personally look forward to spending my gems on things like these often but can't. Edit: I also just realized it's one of the few upgrade that didn't get bumped up when EoD released. (Build/Equip Templates, Material storage, Shared inventory slots all had their max limit increased. Max bags per character + Bank tabs did not)