What would you like to see in the Ingame Store?

How about side contents?
Those not enough to get into a standalone product but still worthy to some players, such as a SEPARATE CONTINENT of GAME ARENAS.
I'd like to pay some to play the dragon or snowball arenas again whenever. Maybe instead of regional servers, keep only the international for the game arenas, or just separate language districts but still plays together.

Maybe also give non-maximizable titles (goes on and on, so doesn't affect the kind of big deal title) for wins in each arena.

DirectSong should definitely goes into the store, too.

a big NO to a continent of greed and dollar sinks ! it would get expanded more and more instead of quality campagins
an even bigger NO to selling gold for $$ - this will just destroy the economy completely and gold may even stop being a currency in serious trades (huge inflation, ectos for 20k+ each, no reason to farm gold, almost no reason to even play pve)

Here is an idea that people might/might not like that could potentially be sold.

PvP
Skill Pack Codes. You buy these and with the Skill Pack Code given you can then claim your PvP Unlocked skill reward which is 4 random skills and one elite. Skill Packs come divided in Profession Sets. So a Monk set will never give you an unlockable mesmer skill. Skill packs are random, you might just get the same skill various times before you get the one you wanted to unlock.

PvE
Dungeon Area Codes. Anet would have to create various SF mini like areas for this to work. These areas have an NPC at each of their 'gates'/'entrances'. Once you claim your code reward the NPC will acknowledge your account so that any of your PvE characters can now access this area.

The area itself will have various Epic/Endgame type Quests. The pack itself comes with one code for the buyers account and allows the buyer to invite at any time up to four friends. In other words the Leader needs to have a code, the ones invited do not. Perhaps they need to pay a gold fee of sorts. The codes are perishable after a given amount of time. Once the codes time limit is up the person would have to re buy the codes to gain access to said area again. These areas cannot be solo'ed. The NPC will not allow a solo player in. (Buying and Sharing idea perhaps)

These areas perhaps may have a bonus to drops. Quests rewards are random loot and/or gold that range from uncommon to rare. None of the items won/found in these Quests are any diffrent then the existing ones. In essence you are actually paying to gain access to an area with endgame/epic like PvE content. The areas need to be quite big. I'd love to see this implemented to sell us entrance to a new Post Searing Catacombs for example. Or entrance to the Orr Ruins, etc etc.

The idea of a store makes me uneasy, it could fast kill GW if not handled correctly. Char slots is one thing but please please be careful what you put in this store because I can see more bad than good coming from it otherwise.

Edit: And if Anet start selling gold, as mentioned by the poster above, then that's it. Game over.

Hmm, I'm seeing a lot of requests for things people have been asking for for a long time like auction houses. Arenanet will have opened pandora's box if they actually start charging people for stuff like that. Why not just put in these?

The Vile Lair Guild Hall (6.5 MB)
Deepscorn Hollow is an asylum for the wicked, a refuge from the persecution of the virtuous. Designed for necromancers.
$1.89

Shiro's Razor (2.8 MB)
Conquer one of the deepest and most challenging dungeons in all of Cantha to claim this fearsome green weapon.
$2.99

The Thieves Den Guild Hall (4.5 MB)
Uncover a famous pirate's lost ship and claim it for your own. Designed for Assassins.
$1.89

Wizard's Tower Guild Hall (17.6 MB)
In the frozen Shiverpeak mountains stands Frostcrag Spire, a tower of wonders for your magic-oriented character to call home.
$1.89

Orrery (18 MB)
Harness the power of the stars. Rebuild the defiled Orrery and unlock the secrets of this Flaming Scepter Mages Guild Inner Sanctum. (Available after completion of "Closer to the Stars")
$1.89

Pet Armor Pack (6.2 MB)
Tyria is a dangerous place. Protect your pet from danger with this beautiful handcrafted armor.
$1.99

i saw this idea several times:
i like the idea mentioned before about hair styles being changed ~ i would buy that!
plus it seems that eveyone seems to want to change at least one part of their character's appearance...however i don't see why we can't just be charged in-game gold for this

basically anything we get for Free in the game should not be sold in the store - gold, weapons, etc... cause that's what you strive for in the game

changing the log-in would be cool - but I don't think I would pay for it :/ that just seems pointless...maybe downloadable skins, but maybe other people are different and they would actually pay for that.

I know people mentioned this earlier as well:
WHOOT! Guildwars Gear! (cheesy title doesn't need to be included) i love this idea and think that the store could be like an actual store! like we can buy guildwars shirts or hats or some niffy mug or something - i wouldn't mind being a walking advertisement! its a damn good game!

and everyone seems to want more inventory space...so i think that would be most beneficial to sell...then again, paying gold in-game would again be my choice.

i just know that i want my buyable character slots available soon, lol, so i hope you guys think about every angle of this store situation <3

I would also be in favor of some service in the big towns that would allow you to change your characters' appearance i.e., hair, facial features, etc.

This may sound crazy, but hey i am (a little) mad. Anyone remember in FF7 when you first stumped up all that gil to pay for the pretty useless Villa?

Houses/ Villas/ Sanctuaries etc

We have the guild hall's in place for our guilds. How about individual place for sanctuary? Say you create a few set templates which everyone can use

Treehouse
Beach Shack
Mountain Hut

These would obviously have to be fitted into the scheme of GW but the possibilities of these 'sanctuaries' would be endless. And then you can buy extra 'furniture' for these places like weapon racks to show off your weapon collections, chests to store extra money and items etc (would be a novel way of adding extra storage...)

It could have a wardrobe or something of the like to store armour.

When you have a title etc you could receive a certificate or something at your home.

The house could link in all the above suggestions, for instance a purchasable npc who creates new looks for you (hair, face, height etc)

This would give us something to feel proud about and treasure, a place to store our goodies and show off to friends etc etc


Pre Searing
Also, there are many of us in pre-searing who could do with an extra bit of storage, dont forget us in the storage update!


Player Crests

I would like to see a customizable crest for each player. This could be put onto the armour like a chest plate or something in order to individualise your own character.

I'm definitely up for any guildwars out-of-game merchandise...and I'd like to see some guildwars coasters to save my table from coffee rings. I'd much rather use coasters than my guildwars cd's!

I'm not sure whether ingame stuff should be available as its likely to mess with the economy!

For anyone that said, "Be able to change your name" or anything to that sort... Don't say it again... If you haven't thought of it, scammers can just go ahead and scam and go change their name... So it wouldn't be wise to suggest it..

Charr Plushie!!!!!!!!!

Not sure if this has been mentioned but... If they want to make revenue from an online store dealie then why not have stuff like coffee mugs, t-shirts and metal / plastic Guild Wars figures. I would love to have a Guild Wars coffee mug and a set of elementalist figures and whatnot.

I'm ok with then selling xtra slots but when it comes to in-game features, I'm not too sure I like the idea.

I agree. The topic seems to have shifted from "What would you like to give us money for?" to a general "What do you want?"

Things like an appearance-changer NPC or pet stable don't belong here.

And the problem I see with the ability to pay extra to upgrade to a CE is that for a CE you're not just paying for glowing hands or backup dancers, you're also paying for an art book, a mousepad, stickers, a map, a headset, etc.

I see extra storage space as iffy. The price would be the biggest determining factor for most people, but personally I see this better suited as sold for in-game gold rather than cash.

Please NO ingame items for sale in the shop, it will screw up stuff.

It would simply be the same as buying stuff off ebay for real money, except it would be 'legal'.

If anything like that will be made I would lose a lot of respect for Anet (or NCsoft or whoever it is).

I would like to see....

Divine Favor
Special Dances
Items (Halloween,Wintersday,Tengu, Dragon Fest)
Town Clothes
Mini Pets (you could even add more mini pets like a grawl!!)
Riding Pets (Pet you can buy to carry you around)
Special armor (just for show)

Real Stuff
Collector toys
Stuff Charrs, Grawls, etc.
T-shirts
Stickers
Mugs
Ink Pens

i would like to see the game i paid for and not a constanly changing marketing tool. one of the reasons i play gw and dont watch tv and go out much is because marketing is of of my main pet peevs. ty gw for sticking it right in my face.

warrior armor nerf to market the new class warriors? i think so
i just quit gw 7/29/06

Oh yeah account merging would be nice - obviously without losing any slots since you are actually paying to have them merged.

Gaile, my answer is anything and everything within the boundaries already set. If you guys want to sell special real-money armor, I'm all for it. If you want to sell weapon skins, I'm all for it. As long as stats stay the same, there is nothing you guys can do that will disrupt my gaming enjoyment, since all I really need is droks armor and a collector weapon or two.

I'd even say sell in game money and undercut the ebayers. It would be kind of a first, and totally screw over folks who have been making money off your hard work. I hear alot of people talk about the economy... which is bloated and broken. Offering anything and everything may even fix that. I don't see how gold selling would destroy GW. Ok yay... you have a cool looking wand... that does the same thing my wand does... except yours cost $5, mines was free.

The one unique thing I'd like to see is the ability to purchase a stable... maybe 5 slots that are linked to storage that are used to hold pets. This way a ranger can have a variety of pets without having to give them to the tamer all the time.

And again... This thread is NOT to be used for the discussion of the guild wars economy, opinion on bots and gold, or other aspects of the game. Please keep this on topic.

Just incase nobody has told Gaile this....

No.

The maple story items are a bit like the event items you put in GW, except that instead of having to wear your dragon mask instead of you Fast Casting Mask you put your Dragon Mask ontop of your fast casting Mask. So people in game are equal armour and so on, however those willing to spend money get a better character visually, instead of hitting with a sword wearing a helmet with a spike you can make your character hit with a snowboard, and where snowboarding goggles etc.

So imo this doesnt unbalance their game, maple is actually fun to play occassionally. This situation is ineed like what alot mof people have asked to have with the collector masks, to get the looks, but without the disadvantage as comes with equiping them.

However if Anet/NCSfot started offering silly items like snowboards to visually replace your sword, i would cry, so to this point I am against it.

I just thought I would point out how the maple items actually work to stop confusion.


As far as what I would like to see in the shop?

The diea of purcashing more storage has been batted around for ages, and would be good.

Also PayPal support would be excelent. I am aware that PayPal charges a fee to the reciever of money. (isnt it 10, or 5%?), perhaps Anet could figure out a percentage base for this, so that 10% of XXXX is $9.99, so you pay XXXX PayPal get their money, Anet get their money, we all pay $1 something more, (which lets face it isnt alot) and we are all happy bunnies!!!

Also I would like to see Debit Card support, I'm not sure how popular they are in the US, but in UK they are used alot, and can be used in alot of online stores etc, just like a Credit Card. Support for these would be great, since I turned down a Credit Card when I opened my account, on account of not liking the idea of spending money I dont own.

For those of you that don't know a Debit Card works just like a Credit Card, except there has to be money in the account to use it, and unless u have an overdraft, you cant go below whats in there. I think there are alot of gamers who may have a Debit Card, since you can get them from 16 in UK, but not a Credit Card, and this would open up the purchasing feature to alot more customers.


But please please please dont sell in game gold, or things, it would seriously ruin the game.




I really dont think other than that what has been suggested by myself and others theres alot that can be added to the store, not without upsetting alot, if not most people.

There are only a few things that I would shell out money for, but I wont begrudge others the ability to purchase what they want. I don't have the hours and hours needed to fully unlock all the skills and runes. I get my fun in this game from tinkering with different skill combinations to see what works, and what doesn't. I like playing through the story, the first time.

I would pay $10.00 per chapter to get everything unlocked so I could tinker to my hearts content. Its only ever a matter of time to unlock everything, so paying anet a premium to not have to spend the time unlocking the other 6 classes each campaign after I unlocked the first would be worth it to me. Especially as more and more campaigns and classes become availible.

As to other things to sell in the store, I like the ability to buy character slots and new campaigns as they become availible. I would also pay for the option of doubling or quadrupuling my storage since its always full.

The things I'd like to see in the store are the following:

More Storage space: This could be a rune of holding to increase what we already have in our bags, an armor storage chest, a weapons storage chest, tabs on the storage agent we already have. Whatever it takes to get more storage.
Even after the current storage upgrade, my mesmer's bags are completely full of armor and weapons so she can PvP.

Character Slots: yes, more character slots are nice. Especially since currently I need one to use as an armor/weapon storage chest (see above).

Non-Game items: yes, Charr plushie!!!! Oooo, and a Frog plushie too!
I think a lot of people would be willing to buy a mouse pad, mug, t-shirt, etc.

Direct Song Paks: This is self-explanatory
Campaigns: So is this.

Unlocking Skills for PvP: a BIG NO!
As to a hair dresser/cosmetic surgeon, well, I'd pay in-game gold for a hair change, and a tan for my Ele, but real money-no. Special promotional items like the Coke shield, etc, maybe, as long as the stats were kept the same as what is currently offered in-game. I don't want to see special armors though, there are enough of those in the game to already choose from. I also don't want to see special areas available to only those who pay real money for them. We all saw how the "Elite" areas, The Deep and Urgoz's Warren turned out. I don't think this is a good idea, again, mostly because the reward for such, a unique skin green, should not be available to only those who have the cash to go.

Oh, and can we PLEASE fix the credit card thing so that it recognizes that my expiration date and CVV code ARE correct? Whole lot of good it does to have a store when it keeps telling me that what IS correct isn't.

I want Guild Wars poster to hang up on my wall -_-

Sell me the ability to move charcters. Long before we all had six slots or more, I had a second account, which still has charcters I want to play, but its a waste of time to continue to develop that account. I would be willing to pay $15 or so for a new charcter slot plus moving it from another account, or like $5 to move it just to a new slot. I have two chars. I'd like to move. I can understand there may be some logistical problems, but anet is smart, I'm sure they could figure it out.

Anything except for in-game equipment (holiday stuff is ftw though), and storage space.

First off, on storage space, it will alienate the players. It gives people an advantage. People with more storage then others could hold more, farm more, and generally sell and buy much more then the others. This would be horrible, and very unfair and not balanced.

Also, why are some of you asking them to let us buy stuff that Anet's own 'Jeff Strain, James Phinney, and Alex Weekes' SWORE we would never have to purchase. They swore any 'addition' to any in-game facility such as trade, storage, etc we would never have to purchase with our own money. Ever. All that stuff should be free because the founders of Anet told us they freaking would be.

I don't think Guild Wars needs anything of the sort ,even the extra character slots for 10 $ are unnecessary in my opinion .Probably because there really is nothing that a gw gamer would need other than his characters .

It wouldn't be fair to CE owners to add divine aura or special emotes for sale. They have paid for them as an extra feature for CE owners only, and adding them to store would lose their value and make people mad.

Some merchandise would be cool, but I'm guessing the store is meant for digital items only?

Btw, I really want the option to LOG OUT of the store, so that I can log in on other account, to buy slots for other accounts / people.

EDIT: Also, an order history, as well as an indication as to which acount you're logged into, would be extremely helpful .
Now it's just an educated guess...

The whole, "Will you sell in-game stuff for real money?" thing has been done to death. Every single time ANet has said, "NO. Period end of discussion." Ask the frog or gale or anybody else for that matter.

What I would like to see is...

1) More storage space.

2) Storage for a vendor, NPC, house or whatever that will sell stuff for me so I don't have to sell everything to merchants. (Better yet, I can buy things without spamming for hours trying to find what I am looking for.)

What I would like:

In game virtual items that do not affect your character in game abilities. In other words they are to customize your character's looks and nothing more.
Reason: Even with the current "customization" there is really not much diffrence between your character and another one. Personalizing your items would make for a much better visual game since people will actually be diffrent. Prices should be small so people can afford it too.

PvP Skill Unlock Pack codes which would work similar to booster packs giving you X random skills and one elite. Packs are sold by profession and theyr are completely random: they might just give you a skill already unlocked.
Reason: PvP Unlocking skills might 'seem' slow to some. Perhaps another option offered to unlocking skills can be a good idea.

There will seemingly be no more SF type updates. Well I would like to see SF like additional content that can be sold to link to ones account.
Reason: Well we will miss SF like additional content. Im not sure why Anet seemingly doesnt want to include these anymore since they made GW great. Perhaps they should reconsider that position. Updating FAction would turn it from a average game to a great game lik Prophecies. Perhaps they intended to sell these?

I would love to be able to purchase collector/korean/taiwanese edition items independantly, even if the cost was prohibitively higher than if you originally purchased said item.

There were a couple of skins they received that didn't make it into the game otherwise, and I really like.

in addition to all the moichandising and other options suggested, i'd pay a nominal fee for more complex armor dying options (i.e. more than one color per piece, patterns similar to cape design.)

i'd also pay ludicrous amounts of money for a 1:1 scale Talon Silverwing statue

WTB UAX.

Pleasepleasepleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee

No you got it all wrong 1:1 Black Moa!!! fully functional of course...sadle optional


The trouble with doing the stuff to buy which changes asthetics without function is that alot of people who sprung for Obsidian armour are gonna be peeved when people can pay $10 for a set which looks just as cool, while paying 1.5K in-game for equal functionality.

Absoulutly nothign that people could sell ingame - infact no ingame items...the richer people will have the better looking weapons and better looking chars due to the fact that in r/l they can afford to, whereas those ingame who work hard for GW money but dont have real money to splash on vanity of ingame characters [mainly teens and kids here] get the stock chars.

id welcome more storage tho

should have switch card because i don,t have one why can,t u chose how many slots u want think 5:99 is a bit much for one slot.

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Since there is a desire for in game promo items eventually it may happen, but A-Neet needs to have it set so that they can not be traded (like the pre-order), that includes all weapons, focus items, and sheilds. If something like this can be implemented I would accept in-game items, otherwise they might as well sell gold (and most of us agree selling gold is bad).

What I would rather see is more faces and hair options.

You should be able to use paypal to pay for stuff in the store.

I'd pay money for posters most of all. Any other little gear would be nice to have, too (buttons, mousepads, etc, w/e, heh). But I, like many others, would love to be able to change my character's appearance. However, I doubt something like this will be in the store, but it sure would be a pleasant suprise! Name your price: I HATE my Conan hair.

Would like to see:

Name Changes
Xunlai Slots/tabs
NEW esthetic effects, maybe new dances/emotes

Would not like to see
Divine Aura
Factions CE Dances
These items were supposed to be unique to those who bought the CEs, why slap them in the face by going back on that?