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On a further note, Don't bother a> @Zaklex.6308 said: You defined exactly what it is. Cheers for that. Wrong, you are risking absolutely NOTHING, there is no RISK involved, since you think it is:noun1.a situation involving exposure to danger."flouting the law was too much of a risk"verb1.expose (someone or something valued) to danger, harm, or loss.No danger, no harm, no loss...therefore no RISK. If you say you lost gems, you didn't, because you still got a skin(whether it's one you wanted or not is immaterial).That's like saying a slot machine which spits out a penny isn't gambling because you're guaranteed a payout.

I bought gems to buy the mount skin bundle, because I plan on using unique skins across all my characters. This is also the absolute last time I will support the GW2 gem store. ArenaNet has shown since Heart of Thorns that they don't plan on rewarding players through gameplay with anything lucrative except for what they have to - such as new stat sets + obligatory themed gear (a parallel to questing gear in other MMOs) - and even then its a grind. Every time I see a new gemstore outfit/skin, I think of ways that it could be rewarded for playing the game, but there seems to be a massive disconnect given that even LEGENDARY ARMOR looks worse than a vast majority of the Gemstore items. When ArenaNet announced that Legendary weapons would be put on indefinite hold ( https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Legendary-weapons-6 ) there sure wasn't a slowdown on new gem store offerings, whether they be black lion chest items or otherwise. My complaints would be absolutely nonexistent if ArenaNet actually FIXED legacy issues and UPDATED features that REWARD the players: Dungeons, including the introduction of new instances. The Mastery system could benefit from dungeon hardmodes.Cultural Armor could be updated into Tier 4 and beyond. Gold sinks are a form of gem buying for some.World bosses could be updated into something that isn't just a massive pinata, with actual chances of failure, zone-wide penalties, and armor reward tracks. The Tequatl overhaul was a good thing - don't let anyone else tell you otherwise.Have multiple lieutenants of an Elder Dragon terrorize a random racial city in 1 of 4 possible fight scenarios with different mechanics - if we repel the attack, we get phat lewtz. If we fail, we have to rebuild via group events. Right now, the racial capitals are basically useless except for new players to see how empty they are.Enhance the Orders of Tyria. Have the Vigil organize crafted armor and weapon donations to reinforce cities against world threats, have the Priory send us out to research and collect artifacts to buff players during world events, have the Whispers organize black ops teams to weaken incoming threats and bolster intel against the dragons.To those of you complaining just now about loot boxes, We've had them since launch: they're called Black Lion Chests and the community has already proven time and time again that they aren't worth it: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/6vsese/results_of_102_black_lion_chests/

Best joke? Dungeons.