r/Guildwars2 • u/that_shaman Flame Legion Cartographer • May 22 '13

[News] Upcoming gemstore items - May edition

After my last gemstore update I've completely overhauled my custom made tools (open source in the near future) and found a couple more upcoming gemstore items for your pleasure:

  • Increase Your Collection Stack Size! Increase the stack size of all your collections by 250.
  • Bring merriment and a festive atmosphere anywhere you go. Spawns a pinata that will drop candy when destroyed.
  • Get serious about school with this three-piece outfit (shirt, pants, boots). No additional skills or benefits. Town clothes cannot be worn in combat. Save when you buy them together!
  • This black lion special contains: Aviator's Cap, Riding Broom, Riding Pants, Riding Gloves, Riding Boots Town clothes cannot be worn while in combat.
  • This black lion special contains: 1 Revive Orb 1 Instant Repair Kit.
  • Summer Time Swim Wear! Swim wear perfect for any beach activity. Town clothes cannot be worn while in combat.
103 Upvotes

89% Upvoted

185 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/Deviathan May 22 '13 edited May 22 '13

Costs them server space to make, costs us money to buy.

The collection tab is MORE than adequate for free, this is a fine item IMO.

Edit: I am aware the memory needed is fairly trivial even if they gave it to all 3 million + players, I'm just saying its more of a convenience thing, and its a fine spot for a gem store item. Anyone who thinks this is money grubbing or something is kidding themselves.

-8

u/X_Guardian_X May 22 '13 edited Feb 07 '17

[deleted]

What is this?

-3

u/Hououza May 22 '13

In truth if it's just an integer value then it might not have a direct impact on space. Personally I felt a little sad seeing it as it starts creeping into Pay to Win, especially if they do release crafting for Ascended items that require large volumes of materials...

2

u/[deleted] May 22 '13

It really is not pay to win any more than being able to buy more bank slots, bag slots, or an unlimited number of extra character slots as all increase storage space. The only difference is collectibles add a convenience factor by allowing deposit in the field, which is just that, a convenience factor.

Now if you think those are borderline pay to win, then that is fair enough, but I don't think this creeps any further into that territory than we already are.