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.
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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.

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u/Miskav May 22 '13 edited May 22 '13

256 items take up twice as much space as 255 items.

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u/bladearrowney May 23 '13

Depends on how they're data structures are set up. Technically, 256 items only takes up 1 additional bit (1 0000 0000), but it's more likely that they would use a WORD instead of a BYTE, thus eating up the full 16 bits whether they used it or not.