EpicName.4523 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Skyscale_Ascension_Mounts_Pack I have a question here. The above mentioned pack is 2000gems on the store. What I want to know is if you have the option to buy individual skins from this pack. The wiki is suggesting it is either all or nothing. If this is the case, then there is a very shady business practice going on here. Why? Well, I bought the Branded mount skins years ago. 1600 gems. Four skins. I want to finish my collection and get all the Branded stuff. Right now I see Warclaw pack for 2000 gems and no option to buy individual skins. This means that instead of 1200/400 or something, they want me to spend 2000 gems for skins I would absolutely never want to use. Then comes the Skyscale Ascension which also costs 2000 gems and, as I suspect, no option to buy what I really want. 2000 instead of 1200/400 for branded warclaw. Nice trick. Here comes the punch line - The Branded beetle is in the Mistborn pack. You CAN buy it for 400 gems according to the wiki! Come on, Anet. You want money. I want skins. I assure you, however, that if you try to cheat me, you won't get my money. This leaves us both unhappy. I can play without skins, but you ( I assume) want more cash. How about you stop trying to cheat and give players the option to buy the thing they actually want instead of the things they DONT want? 3 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadrine.4352 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) Not that I have seen, its always been in a pack or possibly in the supply drop maybe. Personally I avoid the regular skins if I can, not a fan of the skyscale model , but 25 bucks a skin is too rich for me, but I did buy the one at 2000, the rest I got in supply drops. Edited December 21, 2021 by Zuldari.3940 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teratus.2859 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 May be possible to obtain them with an account unlock (not sure if mounts are part of that) but you'll be playing with some serious RNG if they can. I also bought the Warclaw and Skyscale packs largely for the Branded skin as I too wanted to complete that collection for my Primordus themed mounts, which you can see in a old thread I made if your curious about what they look like. I don't think 2000 gems is that much of a big deal for mount packs, it's definitely not worth it for a single premium mount if you ask me but several normal skins, sure I'll pay it for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadrine.4352 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 12/22/2021 at 3:58 AM, Teratus.2859 said: May be possible to obtain them with an account unlock (not sure if mounts are part of that) but you'll be playing with some serious RNG if they can. I also bought the Warclaw and Skyscale packs largely for the Branded skin as I too wanted to complete that collection for my Primordus themed mounts, which you can see in a old thread I made if your curious about what they look like. I don't think 2000 gems is that much of a big deal for mount packs, it's definitely not worth it for a single premium mount if you ask me but several normal skins, sure I'll pay it for that. I agree a mount pack for 2000 or 1600 is a great price, but I have to want the skins and like I said the ugly head skyscales just dont work for me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentMoore.9453 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 They've tried a number of different price points and packaging techniques for mount skins because, I assume, of reasons driven by their sales numbers. However, what I really wish they'd do is sit down, figure out what the price of a single mount skin is/should be, and just sell skins individually (and as a thematic pack for slightly cheaper). Even if we wound up with a system where you'd have one price point for 'basic' skins and a different price point for 'fancy' skins, you could at least see up front what you're getting and complete sets without having to purchase things you don't want (or gamble and hope you get the ones you do). 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Pj.2193 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 On 12/31/2021 at 4:22 PM, Zuldari.3940 said: I agree a mount pack for 2000 or 1600 is a great price, but I have to want the skins and like I said the ugly head skyscales just dont work for me. Then…. Don’t buy them? 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artemis.8034 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, Strider Pj.2193 said: Then…. Don’t buy them? Better idea, make them better looking? instead of the same style as the base mount. They would sell more. Edited January 2, 2022 by Artemis.8034 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Pj.2193 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 5 hours ago, Artemis.8034 said: Better idea, make them better looking? instead of the same style as the base mount. They would sell more. I would 100% agree with you on that. My point is, buy them or don’t. If you don’t like them or the price point, then save your gems. Wait for a sale or buy something else. Claiming is being ‘cheated’? 🤦♂️ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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