Dear Arena Net.I understand that I am just one among many, but hopefully there will be enough of us making similar complaints for it to start mattering. I don't expect a reply to the topic, I simply wish to make my opinion heard as a loyal customer and a long time Guild Wars player. I've always fully supported the game, its monetisation and pretty much everything you folks at Arena Net did. I didn't mind the XP boosters, nor the RNG of many of the game's aspects because they were handled well. I've fully enjoyed everything so far, and have pushed the game to all of my friends until they all joined me online. I was quite happy to spend extra cash in the game store, and often converted my gems to ingame gold.I say all of that so you know that I don't have a problem with paying money for something I enjoy. I would like to say that I do have a huge problem with your implementation of the Mount Adoption Licence. While some of the skins are indeed very lovely and would be happy to pay the 400gems per skin I enjoy (and that's coming from a country with poor economy where 5€ actually buys things), I refuse to spend money on this horrible gambling scheme. It is a scam, nothing more, when you expect people to simply shell out 100€ or so if they want the 100% chance to get their skin of choice for their mount, and even that in a limited 7 day offer. I was genuinely happy to see new skins, and was waiting for the whole day to log in and buy them, but after seeing this scam, I don't feel the desire to even remotely touch the game for quite some time. I feel not only cheated but somehow also personally offended, to see this sort of a horrid scam in a game that I've so fanatically supported and advertised, in a great measure for its excellent, and outstandingly fair monetisation practices. I do understand that I am one customer among many, but I simply must add my voice to what I'm sure will soon be many, voicing similar opinions, and perhaps this can be one mistake that will soon just be a distant unpleasant memory, and not the future for this game. To any players who may be reading this post, I simply ask you to respect my need to speak my mind and do not feel in any way personally offended by anything I've written here. I understand that forums can sometimes breed the worst in us, and I wish this topic does not turn into something ugly. Thank you all for your attention. Feel free to speak your mind, but please be civil about it.
Dear Arena Net.I understand that I am just one among many, but hopefully there will be enough of us making similar complaints for it to start mattering. I don't expect a reply to the topic, I simply wish to make my opinion heard as a loyal customer and a long time Guild Wars player. I've always fully supported the game, its monetisation and pretty much everything you folks at Arena Net did. I didn't mind the XP boosters, nor the RNG of many of the game's aspects because they were handled well. I've fully enjoyed everything so far, and have pushed the game to all of my friends until they all joined me online. I was quite happy to spend extra cash in the game store, and often converted my gems to ingame gold.I say all of that so you know that I don't have a problem with paying money for something I enjoy. I would like to say that I do have a huge problem with your implementation of the Mount Adoption Licence. While some of the skins are indeed very lovely and would be happy to pay the 400gems per skin I enjoy (and that's coming from a country with poor economy where 5€ actually buys things), I refuse to spend money on this horrible gambling scheme. It is a scam, nothing more, when you expect people to simply shell out 100€ or so if they want the 100% chance to get their skin of choice for their mount, and even that in a limited 7 day offer. I was genuinely happy to see new skins, and was waiting for the whole day to log in and buy them, but after seeing this scam, I don't feel the desire to even remotely touch the game for quite some time. I feel not only cheated but somehow also personally offended, to see this sort of a horrid scam in a game that I've so fanatically supported and advertised, in a great measure for its excellent, and outstandingly fair monetisation practices. I do understand that I am one customer among many, but I simply must add my voice to what I'm sure will soon be many, voicing similar opinions, and perhaps this can be one mistake that will soon just be a distant unpleasant memory, and not the future for this game. To any players who may be reading this post, I simply ask you to respect my need to speak my mind and do not feel in any way personally offended by anything I've written here. I understand that forums can sometimes breed the worst in us, and I wish this topic does not turn into something ugly. Thank you all for your attention. Feel free to speak your mind, but please be civil about it.