Gibson.4036 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Anyone else excited for the character slot sale? I'm a GW2 vet since beta tests, and for years I've had one character of each profession. EoD came around, and the level 80 boost inspired me to start my first repeat, an additional Ele. The Ele I still had was the first character I ever played, and I've kept him around for sentimental reasons even though I wanted to go a different direction with Ele. That opened the door, and I'm headed for one character for each Espec I enjoy. I now have a Daredevil and a Specter, and a Chronomancer and Mirage. With the sale on character slots today, I'm excited to add a dedicated Virtuoso and a Herald. What are your plans with the character slot sale? 7 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Meh, I already have too many Rangers. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Lana.2506 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Wish I could be, but I'm at max. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanBB.4268 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 50 are enough for me, plus the alt accounts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson.4036 Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 57 minutes ago, Mrs Lana.2506 said: Wish I could be, but I'm at max. I have so many questions! Do you alt park? I'm imagining how long it would take to work through even half of 69 characters each login to open chests or harvest a node on each one. When's the last time you played the one that you haven't played the longest? Do you ever have moments where you want to play that one character, and keep scrolling back and forth but can't find them in the lineup? 56 minutes ago, DeanBB.4268 said: 50 are enough for me, plus the alt accounts. That's 19 potential characters, waiting to be born. 😄 Fifty is a nice round number. Was that why you said, "Okay, enough"? Or was it something else that stopped you at 50? 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idpersona.3810 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 I'm planning on getting enough to complete one of each race and gender in each weight class. I imagine I won't be logging into every single one daily like I do now. And getting more characters is pushing the priority of completing my legendary armor sets up quite a bit. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanBB.4268 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 32 minutes ago, Gibson.4036 said: I have so many questions! Do you alt park? I'm imagining how long it would take to work through even half of 69 characters each login to open chests or harvest a node on each one. When's the last time you played the one that you haven't played the longest? Do you ever have moments where you want to play that one character, and keep scrolling back and forth but can't find them in the lineup? That's 19 potential characters, waiting to be born. 😄 Fifty is a nice round number. Was that why you said, "Okay, enough"? Or was it something else that stopped you at 50? Most are parked at a JP chest, the one just inside Southsun if nothing else. I rarely take the time to log them all in, but do have many JP's covered when they come up on dailies. I have a few that haven't been played much since they hit level 80. When PoF and then EoD dropped, I had characters pretty much ready to go for the new e-specs. In general, each character covers one build. I keep a spreadsheet. 😉 I didn't really have a "50 is enough" moment. More of a "I don't have time for the ones I have" mentality. I will add more IF I have a reason to. For example, the last 2 slots were added back when my daughter and brother joined GW, so I made new characters to level up with them. I've been playing GW since the early months of GW1, and have always been an alt-aholic. Really, it goes back to Wizardry 8 and the endless team combinations. So I like to change characters when the fancy strikes me. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) I have 11 permanent characters, but 14 16 slots in total because I frequently make additional ones who I don't keep. (Edited because apparently I forgot 2.) I started off with the 4 professions I decided during the betas I wanted to play, added a 5th a few months later, worked my way up to one of each profession, then when PoF came out I wanted a holosmith and weaver but holosmith didn't fit my existing engineer and I was happy with my tempest and didn't want to keep swapping (this was before we had templates). I also decided to take the opportunity to get 1 of each race/gender combination (plus an extra sylvari female I already had). I've got 2 more in mind, but I'm undecided about making them partially because I don't have time to play all the characters I have now. I don't leave any of them parked anywhere for long (if one of the dailies is a jumping puzzle I'll do it last and leave them there until I want them again) and I'll pick whichever one I want to play when I log in or switch activities, but some don't get used much and even my main can go for a while without being played. Edited March 24, 2023 by Danikat.8537 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobx.1758 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 3 hours ago, Gibson.4036 said: Anyone else excited for the character slot sale? I'm a GW2 vet since beta tests, and for years I've had one character of each profession. EoD came around, and the level 80 boost inspired me to start my first repeat, an additional Ele. The Ele I still had was the first character I ever played, and I've kept him around for sentimental reasons even though I wanted to go a different direction with Ele. That opened the door, and I'm headed for one character for each Espec I enjoy. I now have a Daredevil and a Specter, and a Chronomancer and Mirage. With the sale on character slots today, I'm excited to add a dedicated Virtuoso and a Herald. I'm a bit confused about this hype thread, it's not like we didn't have character slot sales since EoD release? In fact we had quite a bit of them? February 22, 2022 February 28, 2022 20% May 03, 2022 May 10, 2022 20% June 10, 2022 June 17, 2022 20% September 13, 2022 September 27, 2022 20% December 06, 2022 December 13, 2022 20% January 10, 2023 January 24, 2023 20% March 24, 2023 March 30, 2023 25% 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson.4036 Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Sobx.1758 said: I'm a bit confused about this hype thread, it's not like we didn't have character slot sales since EoD release? In fact we had quite a bit of them? That's fair, I'm a bit confused about your response. I'm excited they're back on sale and about to make some new characters, and I thought I'd see if anyone else is as well. Nothing more complicated than that. Edited March 24, 2023 by Gibson.4036 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donari.5237 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 After a few years of buying slots whenever they were on sale, I find myself with a lot of blank slots. I currently have 45 slots, 36 of them in use, and one of those is slated for deletion but I'm amused by having the Assyrian style beard that came from a glitch so haven't felt ready to remove him yet. So I have enough slots to cover a full slate of new elites and thus no need to buy more empties just yet. I'm glad for the sale for the sake of those who need more room for alts but won't be spending my gems on slots in this particular sale. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 I just noticed all my character slots are currently full, so now I'm tempted to buy another one. 😄 As well as 11 permanent characters I have 2 holding names/designs for the two I'm considering making permanent, a perma-death challenge character who I've managed to get up to level 57 (a personal best), one where I'm experimenting with actually following the character guide achievements and one who is basically a key-runner/messing around with a design idea. It's unusual that I have all the slots full though so I probably don't need another one. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Lana.2506 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 5 hours ago, Gibson.4036 said: I have so many questions! Do you alt park? I'm imagining how long it would take to work through even half of 69 characters each login to open chests or harvest a node on each one. When's the last time you played the one that you haven't played the longest? Do you ever have moments where you want to play that one character, and keep scrolling back and forth but can't find them in the lineup? Yes. The time depends on what farm it is. Depends on what you mean by "played". As in taken through content, cycled through in a farm or what? If you mean by last time I just logged into them it's been 12 days. No, I keep them pretty well organised, and there's an addon I use that makes it even easier to see them all. It's also 71 characters here, not 69. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson.4036 Posted March 25, 2023 Author Share Posted March 25, 2023 22 minutes ago, Mrs Lana.2506 said: Yes. The time depends on what farm it is. Depends on what you mean by "played". As in taken through content, cycled through in a farm or what? If you mean by last time I just logged into them it's been 12 days. No, I keep them pretty well organised, and there's an addon I use that makes it even easier to see them all. It's also 71 characters here, not 69. Wow, that’s amazing. Yeah, I just meant logged on for “played”. It’s really interesting to hear how people play in ways very different from my experience. Thanks for sharing! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a flesh wound.3589 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 I have 19 level 80s, two mid level chars that I’m slowly getting to 80 and 4 low level mules to hold misc items. I rotate between my level 80 chars as evenly as possible. I have them on a list and I play one char for 2 weeks then it goes to the bottom of the list and the next is played for 2 weeks. The ones I’m leveling get played when I’m in the mood to level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xperiment.6923 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) You know ... I've bought 3 slots since December when I came back to the game. I'm 1 away from 9 to represent all the classes. Thief will be my last. I thought I'm wasting my money since I haven't strayed away from my Warrior main. But good lord! I never thought people bought characters to just park at jumping puzzles! kitten...I'm doing it wrong again! Edited March 25, 2023 by Xperiment.6923 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costepj.5120 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, Xperiment.6923 said: But good lord! I never thought people bought characters to just park at jumping puzzles! kitten...I'm doing it wrong again! I doubt people make characters just to park them. I know I don't. But when you have a bunch of characters, you can't play them all actively. So a few of mine get to run around while the rest sit out. Then I have periodic rotations 🙂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 12 minutes ago, costepj.5120 said: I doubt people make characters just to park them. I know I don't. But when you have a bunch of characters, you can't play them all actively. So a few of mine get to run around while the rest sit out. Then I have periodic rotations 🙂 It's pretty much the same for me. I don't have time to play all my characters regularly but I make and keep them because I like having the option. I might leave one sitting somewhere for a while, but then when I feel like playing that profession or whatever bit of the story they're up to I have them ready to go. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idpersona.3810 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 15 hours ago, Mrs Lana.2506 said: No, I keep them pretty well organised, and there's an addon I use that makes it even easier to see them all. This is an issue I recently ran into. Is it against the rules to say what the addon is? Sounds useful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gehenna.3625 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 I have 19 characters and with my current settings that's the maximum amount I can see on my character selection screen without having to scroll. I find scrolling there really annoying so it's an artificial limit that I stick to, which is a good thing because 19 characters is really enough for my purposes. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vavume.8065 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) On 3/24/2023 at 5:25 PM, Gibson.4036 said: Anyone else excited for the character slot sale? No because the gem price is currently going to the moon. Edited March 26, 2023 by Vavume.8065 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 7 hours ago, Vavume.8065 said: No because the gem price is currently going to the moon. One downside of using gold to buy gems is you can't wait until there's something you want to buy before getting the gems, unless you have a lot of gold to waste. It's best to check the price regularly and convert what you can afford when it drops to a reasonable price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 4 hours ago, Danikat.8537 said: One downside of using gold to buy gems is you can't wait until there's something you want to buy before getting the gems, unless you have a lot of gold to waste. It's best to check the price regularly and convert what you can afford when it drops to a reasonable price. I remember when I thought that it was unreasonably priced at 70g! Now I long for those days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vavume.8065 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Danikat.8537 said: It's best to check the price regularly and convert what you can afford when it drops to a reasonable price. That is what I do, I buy gems for gold when they are at a normal price. However with all the back to back sales lately I went through my gems pretty fast, so the sale is effectively over for me, as I am not going to convert more gold to gems at the current rate of exchange. Edited March 26, 2023 by Vavume.8065 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLadyOfTheRings.9148 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 I already bought a gift for my partner so I'll stay away from the character slots for now 😄 When I do get more I'll just create the race-profession combos I want to keep and don't have yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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