First, I thought i would never have to say anything like this about gw2, but it must be said. I use to think that gw2 would keep a fair business model that has been adopted in games that dont abuse the cash shop model. That business model being look at if the texture,model, partical effects, animations, and sound are different and make a price for these changes. That logically explains to someone why the one custom cost 400gems versus another skin costing 600gems, but ANET has decided to opt into gambling with what people want. The reason that this is a problem is because no games turn around from this point, without the community walking. When you look at this from a business stand point, the whole expansion was designed for this one moment. Ask yourself were is the new RAID, Legendary Weapons, WvW Map, and Spvp map? When you think about it we were given the bare minimum in order to get mounts in the game. A new Pve zone, a story for the new zone, and the new specs because if not then people would riot. Games that run this RNG cash shop model only make expansion that continue to feed the RNG cash model no game has broken away from that. Look at POF and ask yourself whats really coming next expansion. If you want to go back in history look at games expansion before RNG was a thing and after the RNG. Hate to mention World of Warcraft but there patch was bigger then POF, for a small price of 15 month, and im pretty sure majority of gw2 players spend atleast 10 a month. Anet has become a company that would rather have 10,000 people spending 100 dollars a month, then 100,000 people spending 10 dollars a month, and that is how this RNG Model is designed to run. Because from that point on as a business you know that anyone else coming to the game is willing to spend a 100 dollars a month and your overall cost is lower on server fees. Then plus you have a profile on your users so you know how to make them spend more. This has been the free to play cash grab model for the longest, if you think that anet is different your sadly mistaken. Remember the halloween bundle mounts? That was just a test to see who will by the bundle of 30 mounts, because the original mounts only have 1 die channel. GW2 Is over for me and i hope you guys and gals have fun and remember what ANEt is really trying to do
I does effect you. You should ask why has the development teams time and resource been dedicated to making a rng system for the gemstore. Instead of delivering content that was promised. Or why have they roled out this new rng system, before at least delivering on the things thats promised to come after like raids