What would you like to see in the Ingame Store?

goober1973

goober1973

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

Ireland

Ascending Phoenix [AP]

R/

Cosmetic changes for characters.
Expanded storage.
Account merging.
And most of all: Name changes (seriously, name your price - I just need one as I cringe every time I see my warriors name on screen)

wren e

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

Xen of Onslaught

I'd like to see the following

more storage
character slots
divine aura
backup dancers
UAX for PvP only characters

Xceran

Xceran

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Sweden

nwo

R/

Quote:
And most of all: Name changes (seriously, name your price - I just need one as I cringe every time I see my warriors name on screen)
LOL, I was thinking exactly the same, my warriors name is hidious as well. Would definatly pay to be able to change that.

Gonzo

Gonzo

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Netherlands

Defenders of the Blackblade [DotB]

W/

What I would like to see:
- The CE extra's
- Preorder items, GotY items, etc.
- Character slots
- Town clothes (useless but perrdy armour, kinda like mesmers armour )
- A second storage account (like you go to the Xunlai agent and you get a extra storage and a extra material storage tab)

Things I don't want to see at any cost:
- Gold (even if you would solve the little bot problem if you sell it firsthand)
- Ingame items, beyond those pre-order, GotY items which are already ingame

Program Ftw

Program Ftw

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Carebear Club [wuv]

R/

What do I want see?

The Ability to rename my charecter.
The Ability to change my charecters gender/appearance.
Extra charecter slots.
Extra storage slots.

Thanks

ivanthefool

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

- Stable slots (Pet Storage for Ranger animals)
Possibly a way to port to your own stable instance, and bring friends along to show off your menagerie.

- Racing Rights for one of you favorite pets
Allowing them to participate in pet races, that others can watch and bet on. NPC Bookie please, (Die Scammers Die)

- Special emotes.. Dance class for my rit would be nice, why no my tribal shamanistic spirit caller isnt a broadway star.

- Custom Guild Emblems

- Skin change for collectors items ( All Green skins and most rare skins would not be available for a choice here. )

- Bigger Bags

Thanks for reading my quick brainstorming.

fifone

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

mmmm i guess i'd like to be able to merge accounts..or to transfer a character from one account to another.

Farin

Farin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Delta Formation [DF]

W/

I'd love Name/Face/Hair changes.

Doikor

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

Finland

Storm Bearers [SB]

Me/

UAX thats all. Hate to grind all the skills trough pvp. It takes a lot of time...

Ashleigh McMahon

Ashleigh McMahon

Site Contributor

Join Date: Apr 2005

North East England

WoTU[Warlords of the Underworld]

Mo/Me

Too put it basic:

I DON'T want ingame content, at all, such as ingamevoice chat, auction houses, reconnects, increased trade window size(cash and item wise) ect ect, to be implemented into the store- We bought the game already, we SHOULDN'T under no circumstance have to buy ingame content.

I DON'T want items in the store which give people bragging rites, advantages, such as cool looking items.

NO GOLD at all, whatsoever.

I AM Ok with character slots, themed logins, ect.

Also, don't just accept Amercian based credit cards, like Visa, if the stores open to Europe, then you should accept debit cards such as Maestro, Switch and Solo, which are used alot by Europeans.

lord_shar

lord_shar

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

near SF, CA

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashleigh McMahon
Too put it basic:

I DON'T want ingame content, at all, such as ingamevoice chat, auction houses, reconnects, increased trade window size(cash and item wise) ect ect, to be implemented into the store- We bought the game already, we SHOULDN'T under no circumstance have to buy ingame content.

I DON'T want items in the store which give people bragging rites, advantages, such as cool looking items.

NO GOLD at all, whatsoever.

I AM Ok with character slots, themed logins, ect.

Ashleigh
Regardless of what ANET chooses to sell, if it doesn't generate enough revenue to even pay for itself, then the whole online store is pointless. The real question is what high-demand items or features will people buy, and what prices can ANET charge that customers are willing to pay?

I know this much: I won't be paying $70+ for coffee mugs, T-shirts, mouse pads, etc. I am willing to pay $70 or more for a full Prophecies CE-key that I never had the chance to purchase originally, and I'm willing to buy several Prophecies CE-keys for my wife, brother, etc... And I'm sure I'm not alone.

pork soldier

pork soldier

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

An in-game wizard hat - as effective as the current max ele headgear, in-game store cost plus crafting materials. Dyable of course, and in a couple different skins.

.. then I can truly join Robe and Wizard Hat :P

lord_shar

lord_shar

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

near SF, CA

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashleigh McMahon
I'm not against CE keys and such. The main thing I am most concerned about, and would hate, is that if Anet placed ingame content available in the shops, which isn't available unless you buy it( Ie: Auction house, ingame voice chat) that would mess up the game so much. I am also against items which give bragging rites, as the people with more money RL should not at all allow that to reflect there ingame character at all.

Ashleigh
I totally agree here. Game content/maps/special access areas should not be exclusive to the highest bidders. Emotes and other similar non-tradable eye candy unlocked via CE-key would be fine, but exclusive onine store-purchase-only-weapons or other items would not be cool.

eggs

eggs

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2006

I would like to see:

Auras defintely ~I'm too cheap to buy the collectors to put over a vanilla prophecies account but give the option to buy an aura for like $10-$20 then we are golden.

The ability to save up to X amount of builds per bundle [charge] and name them ~these could be made available through the skills dialog box or something.

Officially licensed Guild wars loot so I can show off my game with pride.

Storage slots for sure would be a plus, I can't wait to purchase new character slots.

The ability to pay to merge or move characters for a fee from one account to another.

The ability to rename your characters.

Cool emote packs for a small reasonable fee ~i don't know like $1 an emote or something. anything below $10 gets my vote

Guild Wars screen savers that we can load up all our screen shots into.

Checks with the guild wars trade window as the background. j/k

Upgrades to the guild hall:
Some ideas i have are:
christmas trees for the guild hall on wintersday with the ability to leave 1 item for a player in the guild.
maybe easter eggs littered accross the guild hall or in a specific zone only accessible from your hall that you could stash items into or that would give you tokens to play games in the guild hall etc.
Other types of festivites for x season to spruce up the guild hall during R/L events these would be a fun way to liven up the place we go too most with all the cool new npcs available in there, and it wouldn't ruin any gameplay or anything. I would be more than willing to purchase tons of nick nacks for the guild hall like this. Mini-games would be sweet too!

Oh and I have to say this. ~storage on my mini-pet because he gets very hungry and i will run across the entire map to pick up 1 vanilla drop because I know it will give me materials etc. OR even better let me pay to have that mini pet fetch my loot for me and I will open up my wallet and pay with angelic voices all around.

Zhou Feng

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

CATS

Mo/Me

What Id really like to see is in game virtual 'eye candy' items. Im sick of seeing my PvE char with his Ascetic set. Id love to customize him though without having to mess up his armor. You know things that make him look unique but ARENT far out, uber special or BREAK the equation of balance. Id love to buy him something else than that stupid indian thing he wears which is so UN MONK like (thats more for indians).
Id also love to buy facial surgery and height surgery to rescale hima dn change his features.
Id love to buy things to make my staff look diffrent then all the other hundreds of Kep's Staves out there.

Asleigh: If we'd only take in consideration your suggestion, then that would not be enough to make revenue at all.

DOCB22

DOCB22

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

[SGC]

I would in NO WAY!!!!!!!!! want to see Storage space offered thats insane! thats just crazy talk. I would like to see Swag t-shirts, hats etc... NOT STORAGE that should be a FREE update

kitsune23

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Green Bay

Slightly Inebriated

Character slots, ability to rename your character. That's about it.

No CE related materials please. Selling a key to unlock the Divine Aura diminishes it's uniqueness . Same thing for event items. Games like this are bound to have "you had to be there" items. They should remain that way. I'd love a Chimeric Prism, but I know I will never have one, such is life.

lord_shar

lord_shar

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

near SF, CA

Quote:
Originally Posted by kitsune23
Character slots, ability to rename your character. That's about it.

No CE related materials please. Selling a key to unlock the Divine Aura diminishes it's uniqueness . Same thing for event items.
I believe that Gaile was already quoted stating that special CE-key features won't be sold separately. Whether or not ANET chooses to sell full CE-keys is a completely separate matter, but I'm ready to buy at full $70+ retail price if they move forward with CE-key sales.

Slainster

Slainster

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by TalonTheCat
Nothing in-game, I'D LIke to see tangibile:

T-Shirts
Mouse Pad
Coffee Cup

Great "classic" GW photos - and maybe customized with your characters "mugshot" and/or name
Ive been wanting a guild wars t shirt for a year now!!! {Either Eve or Cynn would do }

But seriously, if its only in game stuff, then:
character slots is a given I guess
storage would be nice
the ability to change hairstyles!!!! (not fussed about face\names etc I love all my character names, but I know my ele would like a haircut )
collectors ed key for my 2nd account

cant really think of anything else Id like...

Siddious

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Knights Of The Rising Sun

Well I think the following would be nice in the store:

Character Slots
Storage Expansion
Direct Song
Hair-Stylist

What should NEVER be in the store and should be global and free:

Auction House

Please don't add the auction house in the store...

Stepn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

What I would like to see in the official Guild Wars store:

- [EvIL]Danjang action figure (fighter hench style, exact dye job, Danjang's real face on the figure)
- wigs in the likeness of [EvIL]Soul Wedding's awesome hair
- made to order, life size guild cape replicas
- life size Guild Wars weapons made of durable foam
- auctions for left over Guild Wars posters and props from live events
- Gaile's chocolate truffles
- a t-shirt with the Frenzy icon on the chest (no text), GW/A.net Logos on the back (better yet, a t-shirt w/ Frenzy face Kriegar)

EDIT: added more

Guinevere Ac

Guinevere Ac

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

Milano

2 things.

NO INGAME ITEMS/MATERIALS/GOLD. quitting immediatly if the game becomes "who pays more $ has the best skins"

YES to additional ingame content

ex: sorrow furnace-like miniexpansions for 4.99$ = DEAL

art_

art_

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

UAX please.

Gert Butterfing

Gert Butterfing

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

New Dragons [NDR]

W/

Something I'd like to see is the ability to buy the special weapon skins (Coke Items/GW 2006 items) - they have nothing over in-game items except the skin...mainly because I can't find anywhere who stocks the GW 2006 Edition and all I want from that are the weapons

Thargor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

No items that can be traded or sold to others ingame.
NO STORAGE UPGRADES, fine if they are only available for the latest chapter but not for sale.
I really could care less if vanity items are sold in the store since it just makes it that much sweeter when I kill the guy with the uber rare skin item with my collecter bow or plain old longsword anyways!

Would love to have shirts, coffe cups, plushies (huge burning titan), other cool GW stuff to wear and display. Full scale replica weapons (I colect swords, axes, other weapons).

Basically, no extra content. If I have bought the game then I have a right to the content just like everyone else. I shouldn't have to pay extra to see a part of the game that I have already paid for.

Raxxman

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

TEOC

W/N

Special Item groups (IE Coke Items/2006 Items) all instantly customised and not able to enter the trade screen.

Extra Character slots

Extra Storage slots

Chapters

Music

Things I don't think should happen:

Buying gold, sellable items, Unique statswise items.

Buying everything new/access to areas. I just think this is a step in the wrong direction for Anet. It's great we get free additional content, such as sorrows furnace, Tombs and the like. While it might get tempting to charge for such things I really think it's the wrong angle to take. Occasonal free stuff is great.

buying anything like obsidian armour, crystaline swords, dwarven axes, max dammage sickles etc. New skins are fine, but those should stay as is.

Aalric

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

W/N

Remember the outcry when it was announced that extra storage was for factions owners only? (btw, I own Factions)

I think a lot of people will be very angry if the store starts selling extra storage slots, hair stylists & other items that most people have been asking for for the past year. This is not to mention special skins for weapons & armour which is often the only goal for many players.

& Of course if people get angry enough, they will leave.

I would offer as little as possible at the store - otherwise Anet may well cut off the hand that feeds it.

The Meatslicer

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

Warforceclan {WFC}

Buying Custom Model Weapons That u Can Colour And Design ur Self Wouldnt Be For Real money but Mayb Like 100k or so 8) . Sounds A Little Much But Would Be pretty Sweet. (costomized weps so that they cant be sold to others)

Iem

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

R/Mo

I would hope they don't offer additional storage for RL money. In a way that is a game balancing change.

Currently everyone has to make a decision of salvaging/merchanting things when their storage gets full. This limits the number of armor sets, weapons, upgrades, etc that anyone can hold onto. If you were able to purchase additional storage slots wouldn't that give you an advantage over people who choose not to?

Think about it, why do you want extra storage? Is it because you want to hold on to something that you might have a use for at a later time? Everybody faces this dilemma. Being able to buy your way out would give you an in-game advantage over those that don't.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to have more storage, but I don't want to pay extra for it. I think it should be available to everyone who pays for the game.

To some degree this also applies to buying extra character slots. They essentially increase your storage capacity if you use them as mules. But I think those make more sense as I believe the motivation for buying those would be to play a new character without deleting an existing one that you have gotten attached to.

The only thing that I think Anet should offer at the in-game store is out of game items.

levac

levac

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

The Forgotten Returned

Yes to:

Slots
Storage enchancements
New non-core profession skills bought from the guildhall trainer - I expect that they won't be supported but I expect a lot of people would be willing to buy for their non-core characters. Say £3-5 for sins skills (say 50 a time, 5-10 elites).
Music

No to:

Skins or ingame items
Gold
Unlocking skills
Titles
Old promotion items

Vanquisher

Site Contributor

Join Date: Mar 2005

Herts, UK

One Hitter Quitters [QQ]

I want a Stepn action figure. Preferably one that's mid-cast of Aura of Displacement after getting it with Revealed/Inspired Enchantment.

I'd also like to see unlocks, and additional, perhaps promotional item skins. People may say this is flawed because it comes down to whoever pays more $'s has the best skins, but here's the thing; People who exploited features/bugs, or farm all day because they have no/little interest in PvP generally have the ability to buy these skins, whereas those who pretty much exclusively PvP do not. With the very occasional luck finding something of decent rarity with a decent mod in the Hall of Heroes Chest, there are no PvE-style rewards for PvP, as I believe there should be.

Cebe

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by MSecorsky
Or a Kurzicks vs Luxon Chess Set... with pieces carved from amber and jade!
That's a class idea - not that I've played chess in the last 10 years, or will in the forseable future due to Guild Wars, but still.....that would be cool.

I think a world-wide food/beveridge ordering system to allow munchies to be delivered-to-your-door! I for one can't be bothered to make dinner when I get in in the evenings - I sit and play Guild Wars until I go to bed!!

Just to reiterate what other people have said - yes to buying character slots & storage, and maybe you could pay to unlock a larger rune of holding at merchants...I don't know, say pay £1.50 per rune of holding, and 500 in-game gold to get you a 20-capacity bag...

Maybe you should offer the chance to buy your guild wars costume for real life! Maybe then y ou would have a lot of lads wearing short elementalist mini-skirts, so...maybe not, probably don't want to start a lot of gender confusion issues!

I don't like the suggestion about buying Green weapons...it DOES annoy me that I don't have the one I want - but I WOULDN'T want to just buy it, because that would mean there is no challenge, what could be done however, is to pay, say £0.75 to 'unlock' the skin of an unusual boss' staff, Kurvie Firewing's staff for instance, so that you can buy the 'bog standard' version of it and apply staff upgrades... I noticed someone on another thread asking for that skin...

that's all for now...

Ashleigh McMahon

Ashleigh McMahon

Site Contributor

Join Date: Apr 2005

North East England

WoTU[Warlords of the Underworld]

Mo/Me

Also, Anet, Keep prices low for everything in the store- if there low enough, the numbers of buyers will pile in

Ashleigh

pkodyssey

pkodyssey

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

In a cardboard box with Internet

The Order of the Frozen Tundra (TofT)

N/

I have no issue with purchasing certain upgrades to my account. However, I am against purchasing anything that will influence the in-game economy. Anything sold should be "customized" for the ACCOUNT and not just the character.

As a devoted player I am willing to "support" future chapters through the store method... ONLY if the content improves back to a level equal to or greater than Prophecies. The content was adequate as a stand alone product for the asked price. Factions on the other hand was far inferior, including the story line that a 10 year old could have written. A-Net you have many adult players we need complexity and difficulty.

DO NOT ADD
* CE Upgrades, they are suppose to be limited in number
* Weapons
* Gold
* Anything thing that benifits the entire GW community ie: auction houses, they should be available as a game upgrade to all.

PLEASE ADD
* Account Merge
* STORAGE STORAGE STORAGE
* New Dances
* Log-in Screen backgrounds
* Character appearance and name changes
* Character slots (Confirmed)
* Merchandise
- Skill pins (Boy would I love a set of those)
- Coffee Mugs
- Plushies
- Mouse Pads
- T-Shirts
- Hats
- High Quality Game Maps, something on linen and frameable (No ANET or GW logos). I am thinking $100 and up type quality
Also, dont forget the ability to purchase items with gold instead of cash for people, like younger players that dont have CC's, Paypal or parents willing do dish out cash.

Ashleigh McMahon

Ashleigh McMahon

Site Contributor

Join Date: Apr 2005

North East England

WoTU[Warlords of the Underworld]

Mo/Me

I keep getting in dilemas about what should be available, I definately want character slots, definately don't want -buy-yourself-better items( uber strong stuff) and definately don't want to have to buy eye candy. I guess we'l all wait and see Guildwars hasen't disapointed me big time yet, theres a good chance it'l stay that way

Ashleigh

forelli3600

forelli3600

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

Me/

- new chapters
- new slots
- music
- merchandise (posters, shirts, hats, books,....) (I want a T-shirt )
- more storage

Just make sure every1 can pay it in a simple way. Add more then just creditcards plz. Pay by cash options wich allows ppl too pay via their normal bank account. Add maestro, paypal, paybycash,...the stuff you know

frickett

frickett

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Shinigami Keys [SHIN]

R/Mo

I think the character slots are a great addition, And buying future chapters that way is one way to go. However I am really not comfortable putting my billing information on the internet, wether it is bank account numbers or credit card info, I was really hoping that there would be like a card I could buy in a real life store, (read walmart) with a key I could add for character slots, and When i buy nightfall I will be buying it from walmart (if you guys decide to do a physical distribution).
I don't like the idea of purchasing extra storage. I mean first we thought it was a feature of the game, then it was content that was an included update for a game (factions's material tab) now people are talking about Purchasing more storage. The reason I play guild wars is to save money.
I don't have any other ideas that seem feasable for a store, without being detrimental to gameplay. I agree with the No items for cash, I would rather you not sell obsidian shards, and ectos. that would be almost like selling gold for money..
Even a thought I had about a real life cost to uncustomize a weapon so another of your characters could use it would be abused, and then the item can be sold for 100k+gold, so it is still like selling gold for money.
So far I like what you are doing with the game, and i am sorry that i dont have any other suggestions for what could be purchased. But you guys know what is best. You keep it up.

BlackOut777

BlackOut777

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Parts Unknown

Wow - lots of ideas on this thread - some good some bad!! Here is my 2 cents:

JUST SAY NO to:
- Ability to buy uber stuff!
- NO UAX Purchase Option (learn to earn it)
- NO Title prucashing (learn to earn it)

Just SAY YES to:
- Account mergers or even trade-in for slots (e.g. 2nd account Prop+factions turn in with maybe $20 in cash to translate to 4 to 6 EMPTY slots - so not a big deal on actually "merging").
- Character slot purchase (Already confirmed - YAY)
- STORAGE (2nd storage NPC or additional tabs)
- T-shirts, maps, etc!
- Ability to purchase GREENS Only for GW Gold

Just my 2 cents!

I LOVE THE Game - Sometimes I feel like it LIVE it too much!

Sab

Sab

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

I'd like to see: Account-wide improvements
- Additional character slots - no brainer.
- Name changes - I personally don't need this, but I can see where this is useful.
- Account merging - again, I don't need this, but others do.
- CD Keys - for future/previous campaigns, self evident.

I won't want to see: In-game content
- Items/skins - I worked to look unique and many others have too - why should $9.99 be a substitute for our work? Doesn't seem too different from E-Baying GW gold.
- Minipets - same reason as above.
- Additional areas - it'll make me wonder if those areas were meant to be in the original game, but instead were detached and sold off for additional profit...
- Auction house - a long-overdue fix for a horribly non-existant trading system, I won't be paying for it.
- Storage upgrades - more or less the same reason as above.

WasAGuest

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

No too all core features which were said to be free to all to begin with. That includes storage.
No too in game items/armor/capes.

Possibly yes too in game add-ons such as SF 9as long as Anet doesn't act like Bethesda and charge $10 for 10 minutes of game play... worst and stupidest business choice I have ever seen (player mods far surpass the junk Bethesda was peddling). Would have to be of SF quality to be purchasable though and not short and straight forward like Tombs.

My question really needs to go back to the Devs for an answer: What is the purpose of the ingame store? Is it simply an interface for the Anet online store, or is the purpose for adding only to GW?