Witch of Doom.5739 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 BLC keys are listed under promotions but I don't see that the price has changed. Is this a bug? If not, why is it called a new promotion? ty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illconceived Was Na.9781 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 @Witch of Doom.5739 said:BLC keys are listed under promotions but I don't see that the price has changed. Is this a bug? If not, why is it called a new promotion? tyThe contents changed with this patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch of Doom.5739 Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Yes, I know the contents of the chests changed. I was asking about the gem price of the keys; the keys themselves are listed as a "new promotion," which I think is misleading. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illconceived Was Na.9781 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 @"Witch of Doom.5739" said:Yes, I know the contents of the chests changed. I was asking about the gem price of the keys; the keys themselves are listed as a "new promotion," which I think is misleading. Oh well.The new contents of the chests are the promotion. The chests can't be opened without a key. Ergo, it's a promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch of Doom.5739 Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Yes, having played GW2 since prerelease, I know the chests cannot be opened without a key. :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illconceived Was Na.9781 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 @"Witch of Doom.5739" said:Yes, having played GW2 since prerelease, I know the chests cannot be opened without a key. :s You asked why the keys were being promoted; I offered an explanation. You appear to equate "promotion" with "discount," even though that isn't always the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 As said, promotion has never equated to discount. The new contents are being promoted therefore the means to get them have been moved to the promotions tab. Standard use of terminology in every shop/sales business the World over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch of Doom.5739 Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 No, I do not equate promotion with discount in the GS, although I see from my original post that one might think I did. Just did not see anything "new" about the keys themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchaeanDragon.7314 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Well, you can't buy the chests in the gem store, so they promote the sale of keys so you can get the new loot in the chests. It doesn't make sense, but marketing rarely does from the consumer PoV if you think about it much. <.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charrbeque.8729 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Keys are usually listed under promotions in the gem shop. It's to entice players to buy them when they go looking at new/returning items. They're even there when there hasn't been a black lion chest update for a while. It isn't deceptive. It's just marketing.Just a big ol' "BUY ME" button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch of Doom.5739 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 @"Charrbeque.8729" said:Keys are usually listed under promotions in the gem shop. It's to entice players to buy them when they go looking at new/returning items. They're even there when there hasn't been a black lion chest update for a while. It isn't deceptive. It's just marketing.Just a big ol' "BUY ME" button.Thank you and two other posters for not talking to me like I'm an idiot. And "Charrbeque" just made my day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryushujin.9857 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I think they should have more BL promotions for people purchasing keys, I mean you're looking at £20+ for 25 keys.I know it's luck of the draw but sometimes you get nothing worth of value which I guess can be seen as a waste of money. Perhaps something like a loyalty key bonus? So if you buy so many keys you get a guarantee gold key? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charrbeque.8729 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 @Ryushujin.9857 said:I think they should have more BL promotions for people purchasing keys, I mean you're looking at £20+ for 25 keys.I know it's luck of the draw but sometimes you get nothing worth of value which I guess can be seen as a waste of money. Perhaps something like a loyalty key bonus? So if you buy so many keys you get a guarantee gold key?At least with the guaranteed statue thing from each chest, if you can't win something you want, you can keep opening chests to eventually trade the statues for the item you want. It's not perfect, and some items cost a lot of statues, but it's better than nothing.I do wish they would add the permanent contract items (like endless upgrade extractor and bank golem) to the store for statues. Those items can only be obtained through RNG. Just slap a 200 statue price on it, but make the ones you trade statues for account bound, while the ones obtained through RNG can be traded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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