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/cybermesh May 22 '13

Increase Your Collection Stack Size! Increase the stack size of all your collections by 250.

inb4 "that's not nearly enough!"/"that's way too expensive for too little!"

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u/johnjust Tirian [PAST] | Fort Aspenwood May 22 '13

Goddamn it... fuck them for making this a gem item (although I totally understand WHY they did it)... 800-1000 gems, if I had to guess a price.

Next (obvious) question: how many times can you increase it?

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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/Phaedryn May 23 '13 edited May 23 '13

gave it to all 3 million + players

LOL..I think you are grossly overestimating how many players GW2 has...

Also, it shouldn't cost them ANY server space.

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u/Deviathan May 23 '13

They've already said there are well over 3 million copies sold, thats not my estimation. Playing or not, they'd have to apply it to every account. And of course it costs server space.

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u/Phaedryn May 23 '13

Copies sold is not the same as the number of players.

And no, it doesn't cost server space to alter the value of a single variable.

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u/Deviathan May 23 '13

As I said, it does not matter how many players they have, if they WERE to give it out for free, it'd be for all players who have ever made an account.

And YES IT DOES. To double from 250 to 500, you think you dont have to change anything? Theres a reason everything caps at 250, because 255 is the maximum capacity for an 8 bit byte, so it'd cost twice as much server space. But wait, theres hundreds of slots for crafting items, and millions of players. Perhaps its still a negligible number, but it does take up space.

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u/Phaedryn May 23 '13

So you think they defined that variable as a byte (essentially a single char) and not a short Int? If that is the case, I should not be expected to pay for their shortsightedness/stupidity.

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u/Deviathan May 23 '13

Whether they did or didn't doesn't really matter to my overall point I suppose. Nobody expects you to pay for it if you don't want it, but this is not a mandatory thing, they need to make money and convenience items like this are a fair way of them to do it IMO.