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jguerin.8261

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  1. I needed just two days of participation for the Ascension! Ugh!
  2. I come back to this thread and still see that this thread is filled with people fighting over what is "proper business," how to define "gambling" and what they believe the price should be and how a new system can be implemented. I want you PvPers (poster versus posters -- get it?! ha ha) to know that YOU.ARE.NOT.EMPLOYED.BY.ANET: You were never in that meeting (and you never will be) where this was first brought up, never in that meeting when $$$ and RNG were discussed and you were never there at the meeting when this was given the go. Stop arguing over how much the skins should cost or how the skins should have been provided. The more you argue, the more this becomes a fight over business practice and money; which, I am sure, was already fought over at the meetings -- or had a bunch of 'yes men' agree to a higher-up's decision. This only allows ANet to believe that we cannot agree between each other so why should they even change anything if it's an 'honest fight over business philosophy.' I want ANet to know that some of us leave it up to you to decide whether you will change it and how it will be changed. Some people want to have the RNG removed (>60%), tiny bit wish just the price be lowered (<10%) while a good portion want to see both changed (~16%) [see the poll for further details and for a current %]. Again, please do not take this thread's 'discussion' as your means to show that a disagreement is a disagreement... because only <10% of people think that you're in the OK while ~90% ask for a change. The arguments between the 90% of how to make micro-changes shouldn't matter since they are making a huge deal over small things. In the end... just understand we wish for a (noticeable) change.
  3. Just stopping by, in case there's some hidden poll out there... But before I get there, looking through tumblr, twitter and this forum itself, I am seeing a different environment all together between the three. Here, it's people fighting over what is the definition of "gambling", twitter is all hate, while tumblr is giving thanks for ANet's acknowledgement of the community's distaste for the recent Gem Store additions. So if someone is reading these; please do not let the negativity breed distaste or apathy for/towards the community, please do not feel arrogant because you have entered into a grey area between gaming and gambling (and feeling like you can get away with practicing in that area), and please do not feel relieved because people have seen your ability to practice good customer service (and again, get away with it). The good: You always get a new skin, never a duplicate. There's more than one exciting skin for each mount versus trying for that ONE skin that everyone wants. We get many skins versus just getting one like Halloween. This shows that the team is able to work with a lot and opens the doors to more exciting possibilities (SAB skins?! -- you know they'll look terrible but so does the Super Cloud Glider but I love it!). Thank Dwayna that these were not tossed in BLCs where one needs to eat keys to have a sliver of a chance at getting even one skin. (More can be added here but I can't think of anything at the moment). Buttttt I can't be thankful for expecting worse and/or be thankful that things could have been worse. You ain't getting away that easily... The bad: People like me with terrible RNG can not but pray for the skins we want. Second to that, it seems like people like maybe 7 skins out of the 30. Third to that, I really, and only, have eyes on skins for one or two of my mounts, why do I want to get pooled into other options if I do not want them?? Second to that, why is there a BIG pool?! The skins do not come with the ability to trade them, I don't want the Shiba Inu but I know someone does, and vice-versa, why wouldn't I be able to trade with them?! (Many more can be added here but I can't think of anything at the moment). What I take from this is: I think y'all put too much thought/talent/time into this in order to make money. I do lean, not hard, but do lean towards the position that a majority of the skins look quite similar to the originals. I do not lean towards the position that this influences a form of a gambling habit, but do think think this leads to impulse purchasing (the heroine of vanity -- chasing the 'dragon' but you're never going to get it). You do deserve to get paid for your work, while I would have loved to grind out and adventure for the skins, I do agree that you deserve more than a pat on the back (but going back to the altered channel argument... a pat on the back may just be enough). Finally, as I end here, I agree with the >75% of tumblr... I would have liked something similar to the dye packs: 125 gems for a mount's skin pack, RNG is still there but you are not fighting a 1/(30 - x) chance and you can never get the same skin twice. Preferred would be an outright choice for 400 gems each. I am not going to quit the game because of this; I still have much more to do in the game that I can do without the help of the gemstore. I am not going to protest by not buying anything else from the gemstore; I am sure more exciting things are to come which do not carry the burden like this recent addition has created. I won't buy in now, I will be happy for a change, I will reconsider a purchase when a change comes. Please continue to give us more amazing things but please consider other ways than what is currently out there.
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