I've read this thread and yikes, there's a lot of war here. im going to give my take because im kind of neutral in all this and i want to give both sides a decent understanding of one another. First off, I want to address two major things to the people who want free templates. (not more templates because that's reasonable but I'll get into that later) One guy in this entire thread said this better than i ever could. Guild Wars 2 is not Guild wars 1. That simple. Its business model isn't to pay for a game and get what's inside, its free to play. It's designed to get players in for free and get them into paying for stuff. wether I'd be gem store or expansions and the like. As Obtena said, it would be pretty darn generous to give out these things for free. And while it would be amazing, it's not gonna happen because of the business model, good or bad.I probably don't need to say this since the doomsayers have done that for me tenfold, but anyway. Arena net is balanced on the head of a pin. Their only source of income is Guild Wars 2 and it's about the same for that game. If they didn't sell this convenience stuff and only supported pure cosmetics, while the game likely wouldn't die, their already decreasing income would be even less. they kind of have to do this stuff so they make more bank than what their using and NCsoft won't pull the plug. To expect free build templates in GW2 is raising expectations too high itself, but at this point, that expectation is pretty ludicrous.Now, Do not think this means i am still in support of Anet's decision, unlike some other people of the opposite side. (again, neutral) i fully agree that 3 free build slots and 6 if you pay is simply not enough for many people. and the people trying to defend that problem with strawman's are wrong, simply put. That said, Anet, especially in the state it is, will not simply give us free stuff. it's an unfortunate decision, and heck, i don't even think it's a necessary decision, but it was an expected one. Now, secondly, im gonna address some things to the "apologists" as well. Here, im going to respond to the points being made by them because there are some points that are not wrong, but misguided and I want to give a little insight and empathy for those against it. And there are also others that are just flat out wrong, and I want to tear into them. "They are a convenience, not needed."Mostly fair. bank/bag storage is also paywalled, too. is it still bad? depends on opinion, in all honestly. but Astral really said something that should honestly be a wake-up call some conversations ago; I understand that it can just be a convenience, but look where that mentality has gotten us with other companies like EA, of course. many were fine with it because of this mentality. now? they've pretty much reduced every game they make to a virtual casino and it's apparently considered your average day now. do you want them to go that far? i get it, it's not essential to the game, but at least understand why they are so against it in our modern industry."were getting free stuff"No, your not. your getting a replacement, a replacement with less in fact. people who has plenty stored on ArcBuild now have to either pay to get less of what they already had, or get a binder. paid build templates were obvious given the model this game has, but your attempt to rationalize people who are angry thta they have to pay to get less by saying "it's free" are complete and utter dolyak droppings."your gonna buy it anyway"while i've only heard this from the last comment i've seen, Obtena's, it's a point made nonetheless.This is a strawman, hands down. your implying that everyone who's complaining about this is going to buy it anyway, which is centaur poo, not true, more simply put. don't really have much else to say here. Anyway, that's my take. i really hope I've cleared up some of the bloodsheds this thread is making. i just don't like people who take everything to the absolute extreme. tnx for reading! TL;DR: If your expecting free stuff, not gonna happen.