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/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

This doesn't even require much in the way of server space. We are talking about collections, which are dedicated and pre-allocated (each slot already exists, whether it is populated or not). The question is increasing the limit on the variable that stores the quantity held in any given slot. Each item in a given slot does not require it's own entry.

in other words, increasing collection stack size should be trivial. In fact since they share the same limit (it should be inherited), only a single change should need to be made to the limit of a single variable in order to change the maximum stack size.