What would you like to see in the Ingame Store?

Things that should be sold in the store:
-Character Slots (would've prefered included in campaigns, but this works too)
-*Campaigns (includes CE/Preorder but limited, see below)
-Guild Wars Soundtracks / DirectSong Packs
-Choices for Login Screens / Interfaces (able to toggle em)
-Merchandise
+T-Shirts
+Customizable Coffee Mugs (Skills/Char/Boss/Name printed on it)
+Plushies (Possibly the B-day presents one, so it be a yearly series)
+Etc...

Things that should not be sold in the store:
-Expanded Storage/Tabs (should remain as update or come with campaign)
-Gold/Materials/Weapons/Armor of any kind (be it vanity or not)
-Emotes (once again, free as update or with campaign)
-Character Apearance/Name (should be npc, available to all and cost in-game gold)
-Skills (allows for unbalanced gameplay)
-Guild Halls/Guild Upgrades (remain in game and in game gold)
-Auction House (included as either global update or with campaign)
-Mini-Campaigns (keep as update if more "minor" content for all to enjoy)
-Minipets*/CE upgrades*/Preorder Items*(Reasons/Situations listed below)

*Collector's Edition/Preorders/MiniPets should remain a time based limited release items. As far as Minipets go, they are a reward for staying with the game for so long. I understand that after you receive them they are yours to do what ever with, but allowing it to be bought for real cash lessens its value and collectibility. For CE/Preorder's, I think it would be best to have them on the site for a limited time. Such as the CE/Preorder would be available for purchase before the game is released (just not playable/usable until it's opening day) and then after release in stores, Preorders would be taken down and CE are available for an additional 1-2 months. If they are available indefinitely, they become less valuable and even less worthwhile then now.

Lastly, I don't want to seem shrewd/cheap for my opinion on the No's list. It is just my opinion (as well as others out there) that if we start paying for in game content (be it useless or not) we are nickel-and-diming ourselves to getting closer to becoming pay monthly game. I joined GW not only cuz of no monthly fee, but that as long as I keep up with the campaigns alone, I am on equal footing as everyone else who plays legally. To start legally allowing special content/items to those who can afford may/may not unbalance in game economy, but lessens the joy one might feel when they do get that special item, or leaves player feeling abadoned becasue they didn't want to shell out more money for content on top of paying for the campaign. While a majority of the items of the No list should be available (ESPECIALLY storage), it should remain as a in game gold transaction or update, and not a real life cash transaction. Sorry for repeating alot of what was said out there (completely agree with you "The Shadow"), but im just giving my 2 cents.

Lets do more then just character slots for the Guildwars store. Let's get...excellent, and I do mean excellent, prints of like shots of your characters at they're finest.

I'd love to have like good sized images of my Freit Brothers. I'd love to see these excellent things where say if your a spellcaster or something, your in the motion of casting a spell (Maybe say you want Fireball, so you get a fireball drawn in your hand, etc.)

Or, what about these massive (like say four feet or even a wider versions) views of Old Ascalon, Current Ascalon, Kaieng Center, Kuzrick Forests, etc.etc.? Again, it'd have to be good stuff.

Perhaps even you just want something with one of your Rangers pets? Maybe like a mousepad, t-shirt, etc.

Wouldn't stuff like that make you wanna go "WOOOO!" for the hardcore, real fun players like me? That sort of stuff would be excellent, but would have to be nicely done. I'd even pay a fair price to have this stuff done too. Why not? It'd be a one of a kind

Course, something like this would take a bit of time to do. And I hope someone like the lovely Ms. Gaile Gray sees this post, and the posts with ideas afterwards and sends it to ANETS way, but I'd most certainly want to buy stuff.

Oh, and please, dont harass ANET. I will inform the mods if people post stupid things like "They're just going to charge us for new in-game stuff!". I am tired of seeing those posts and will ask for them to be refrained from being postsed here. This thread is for ideas, good ideas and fair ideas. Dont turn it in your field.

Let's get...excellent, and I do mean excellent, prints of your characters at they're finest. I'd love to have like good sized images of my Freit Brothers. I'd love to see these excellent things where say if your a spellcaster or something, your in the motion of casting a spell (Maybe say you want Fireball, so you get a fireball drawn in your hand, etc.). Thing is, we should be able to be very discriptive and if we want/needed to provide a screen shot, have access to providing a screen shot. Thats one of the things that would make it excellent and for me, worth it to spend the money.

Or, what about these massive (like say four feet or even a wider versions) views of Old Ascalon, Current Ascalon, Kaieng Center, Kuzrick Forests, etc.etc.? Again, it'd have to be good stuff. Perhaps even you just want something with one of your Rangers pets? Maybe like a mousepad, t-shirt, etc.

Wouldn't stuff like that make you wanna go "WOOOO!" for the hardcore, real fun players like me? That sort of stuff would be excellent, but would have to be nicely done. I'd even pay a fair price to have this stuff done too. Why not? It'd be a one of a kind...

Course, something like this would take a bit of time to do. And I hope someone like the lovely Ms. Gaile Gray sees this post, and the posts with ideas afterwards and sends it to ANETS way, but I'd most certainly want to buy stuff.

Things I would like to see:

Collector Weaponsets
Special Emotes
Customized pets
Specialized armor sets


Really the imagination is the limit. If the following are met:

1) Revenue assists in developing more content/support
2) Lack of said items does not create disadvantage. (just shiny/bling stuff)

I have absolutely no problem in ANet putting more than just slots up for sale. If you don't want to spend the money on it, don't buy it and move on.

I would like to see the preorders in there, for nightfall and onwards, since all the nearest stores that had the factions preorder were out of stock till a couple days before the 1 day head start for preorderers

And to add some more comments. I'd like to see anything that has a cartoonish head of Prince Rurik on it. A nice T-Shirt with just his head on it would do great. I've got a collection of T-Shirts with random emblems on the front, and a giant Rurik head would top the pile!

i want some guild wars boxers... i mean i got a t-shirt from preorder already. might as well.

Not that I WANT to see it... but I know that if Anet wants to make millions they should allow ppl to buy the skills. 50 cents each.

And otherwise they should start producing little figurines which can be made to mimic any of your characters, and then sent to you for your pleasure.

how about char slippers for my wife. she has ragged me about wanting them sine we started playing.

I would pay good money to be able to merge my three accounts. =/

The ability to buy upgrades for your account.

A) Storage slots. In bunches of 5.
B) Regional District changes. 2 Changes per payment. (Allow people to change to EU and US more often)
C) Pre-order Items/CE Effects.

And also, but i don't think you should really have to pay for this.

The ability to change the look of the UI ingame, and the login screen. All the previous older versions and styles should be available, aswell as all of the UI buttons, menu screens, styles etc.

I really don't like the new UI. If im going to pay to play a game i like for a period of time, id like to have the ability to make it look how i want.

Prices is Australian Dollars for Australian players.

Character specific Storage facility by adding/buying extra tab(s) for our main account storage facilities.

Guild Hall Expansion Pack - Whereby Guild Banners, flags, standards (like the French and Roman Eagles), Bar, Training area (like in the Battle Isles), Post Office (for leaving messages for members), Guild Bank, Guild Barber, Guild Music Anthem, Members houses, Trophy Room, etc can be added.

Also guild member specific items, ie Officers Gorgets or sashes - maybe a Guild/Alliance Honour system (Medal, rank, title, baton) for Guild/Alliance PvP Champion, or for PVE Guild Veterans/old warhorses, etc. I think this would help some of the guilds in recruiting & retaining members - after all this is GUILD WARS.

Maybe a membership to an exclusive/elite club/guildhall/Association for players/professions that have achieved certain things, ie, Killed Glint or Maw by soloing, or something like the Rangers of Tyria Association etc (open to other suggestions).

None of the above would affect gameplay or economy.

Good ideas, but I'm confused on how these would be purchasable through the store.
The ideas seem more like global features and improvements to the core game rather than purchasable additions to content.
You should make a thread in Sardelac with these ideas though, they are really good. /hint

i'd definitely like to buy some more space for my storage box through the store. well i could of course buy another charakter slot to make a storage charakter, but swapping items would get quite annoying imho, and if you can add charakter slots, why not some storage room?

that's all i would really need by now

All of you are thinking the same ideas, think of good, fresh and interesting ones like the ones I've posted and several other people...

Cause obviously we'd all like to have s torage things, but it should not be a 'Purchase Item Only', but a Patch/Update/Expansion thing.

I thought that maybe this could be an EXPANSION PACK downloadable from the shop.

I think that sometimes we forget this is GUILD WARS and therefore the Guilds should become more prominent. Some Guilds are small and so these 'ideas' could be a way of improving the 'Guild' part of Guild Wars and aiding smaller guilds in recruiting and retaining members by offering 'more Guild features'.

Best thing to sell in the in-game store is collectibles that don't ruin the economy of the game, like customizable mini-pets

Nothing for ingame, besides character slots and maybe more storage.

Store should have pre-order for Nightfall.

That's it.
Anything else for ingame use will ruin the game.

Agreed.

Anything that is allowed to be purhcased for In-Game use will indeed ruin the game and make otehr people go "I just cant afford this....I dont want to play"
scenaiors.

I like the idea of having collectables like Devona, Mheldno, Danika, etc.etc. minatures (like say 4 inches tall or a bit bigger). Still loving the idea of artwork, mugs, etc.etc.

Anything to do with looks is ok,
anything physical or that will alter how limted i am in a game, NO, GG! if they make me pay for for storage or auction house this game would empty out quite quick.

I myself would pay soo much for the ability to recconect when u get error 7!!! It gets sooooo annoying when you get error 7 when doing something important! It wouldnt ruin the game econemy or anytghing, just the ability to jump right back into your party whereyou were.


PLEASE ANET!! HEAR MEEEEE!!!!

character slot is good. The dif campaigns are good. But there does need to be something else, but I don't know what. I think that some things should be exchanged for actual gold. I think it should work like eBay, or, the Auction place here. Because y'know sometimes its just so hard to sell things to people around in one place. (especially minipets. >.< ) This way, everyone could see what is up for sale and bid/buy the item and get it ingame in exchange for the price. I just dont like trading things for actual money....I don't want Guild Wars to start getting greedy and maybe even charging monthly. -_-'

Not many people have picked up on this, but the payment options, (or lack thereof,) are quite terrible. Localised payment options are a must if you dont want to alienate 50+% of the Guild Wars populace. Take my native United Kingdom; One of, if not THE most used credit/debit cards* is the 'Maestro' brand. I have this card. All my friends have this card. There is no way of paying with this card. You can see the problem, right?

Also, PayPal: may I ask why not? That is the most obvious solution to all localisation problems as per paying for items in the store goes, yet it is eschewed in favour of the two US big bucks credit cards and nothing else. ArenaNet/NCsoft are not the first company to produce an MMO who have stuck with only the major US players in the plastic money business.

Now, on the other hand, take World of Warcraft. I dont play WoW and I never have, but there is one hard lesson that can be learned from Blizzard IMO - payment diversity is good! WoW can be paid for with most Debit/Credit cards, and I believe, PayPal, too. Not to mention topup cards, but that doesnt apply to GW because, obviously, no monthly fees means no need for topup. But the bottom line is this: the game wouldnt have half the subscribers it does at the moment if it was elitist with it's payment methods. So, please impliment more options for payiment within the store. In the long run, I believe it will benefit both sides.

P.S, Inde, sorry If I veered off there, but it's something that had to be said.

Just give it a bit of time, surely many payment opitions will come about because I"m sure ANET realizes this.

I think they'll only realise if people actually speak out about it, Neriandal, hence, my rant/advisory talk

I just thought of something else I'd like to see purchaseable.

Maps of the Continents.

If they dont add new skills for the Rit or A in the next chapter then I wouldnt be against purchasing new skill packs or something like that online. I realize that kind of stuff could take time that is otherwise not worth it for ANet to do.

1. They are going to add new skills to the new game for these classes.
2. Buying Skills would unbalance the game and unfair to anyone with, or without, money.

please not that all if some of the ideas arnt mine and credit/crisism goes to thier respective owners

__ there were alot of great ideas that i think that were writen in various threads thru out the forums so i decided to gather a list for easier viewing

IDEAS FOR ONLINE STORE(sugested price)
-have real items i.e tshirts,pins,mouse pads, etc.($9-30)
-sell backgrounds for login screen($10)
-sell music that can be changed($10)
-sell tokens that can be used to change apearance of char.($5)
-ability to change your char. name w/o deleting it.($5)
-Custom skin armor? that is unique to a account* ($15-20)
-Custom skin weapon? that is uniqure to account* (15-20)
-auction house* ($10)
-bigger storage (8-10)
-a Guild hall pack (10-15)http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10014793

*Note i strongly support these ideas.
the custom items can be away a person to look and feel unique, not just look plain an blend in. thse dont have to be strong uber items either.
*the auction house is a great idea. anet can make you pay for using the auction house but not for buying perhaps? i.e a paerson who baught AH can buy/sell but some one w/o AH can only buy. anet can also take X% of the profit in game gold and use it to sell gold. the AH can look sorta like the interface storage whre a person can drop off the item then come back later to pick up the profit.
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ideas and sugestions?

I've spent way too much time playing GW over the last year or so, and there's only one thing that I *really* want... the ability to merge accounts!

Sadly it seems like this isn't an option at the moment but I really do hope that Anet will consider this. The fact is I've been a loyal customer for some time now, and through my act of supporting Anet from the start, I've been penalised by having to have two separate accounts whereas new players, or those unwilling to spend more money on a 2nd account in the first place, can now buy slots for a single account.

For a year now, I've had to unlock things twice because I have two accounts. Go for certain titles twice (or just not have a certain title on all my characters because some are on the wrong account). I have had to transfer gold and items between my own characters, usually involving the help of a friend or having to log on on two computers. I have to buy two CEs to get the benefit of that across all my characters.

Obviously had I had the option to purchase extra character slots a year ago I would have done so. Instead I'm stuck with two accounts and seemingly no way of rectifying the situation. Yes, I was aware of the problems of two accounts when I bought my second account, but at the time there was no other way offered by Anet to enable me to play each profession and have PvP slots.

Fact is I would be happy to pay for the service of merging my accounts, even though I don't think I really shouldn't have to, but that's how much I want my accounts merged. At the moment one account has my Fame, the other has my Glads points. One account struggles with ranger and ritualist unlocks, the other with warrior and assassin unlocks.

If Anet are worried about account fraud or hijacked accounts or eBay accounts or whatever, maybe make this a one month only grace period for their loyal customers; every new customer from now should have no need to merge accounts with the ability to buy new slots. I know some not insignificant manpower will be involved, so it's fine if we have to pay some admin fee, although as I said above, I'm not sure we really should be penalised in this way.

I have too much invested in my second account to just buy new character slots and start again. Fissure armour on two characters, certain titles, etc. Please say that someone will at least look into the feasibility of this?

I have a guild of about a dozen people, and all but two or three of them have at least two accounts each and I know are desperate to merge their accounts.

I'd like to see CE-keys offered through the Ingame Store for logistics reasons. The Ingame Store now has Prophecies keys, Faction keys, and character slots available. However, CE-keys should be added to the list.

Like many others, I went through a pretty hellish experience with pre-ordering Factions CE, only to have my order delayed by several weeks after the official release date. To add insult to injury, ANET cut off Factions access 1 week after the launch date despite CE-preoders still going undelivered. I had to spend +$50 to maintain my Factions access on a regular product key until the CE-package arrived. Result: Factions CE actually cost me $120, not the advertised $70.

Ingame Store CE-sales would have easily prevented the above fiasco.

storage space, character slots, in-game items? I wouldn't mind buying those form the Guild Wars Shop.

Charging for a name change would be a good way to prevent it from being abused, and it would force people to choose their names wisely. I would like it to be free, but $5 is not bad.

/sign to name change

AH, should be free IMO. Not many would pay to use it.

I have used it 4 times for slots.

It is really convienent but it has too many problems. A-net needs to offer other ways to get the stuff.

Extra Storage slots would be completely worth the money. Furthermore, I think that buying UAX for a class for a fee would be great. I am thinking 10-20$ a class would be fair. As far as making the game unbalanced or unfair I dont think so. Everyone has the ability to achieve UAX but simply buying all the unlocks would just be a hell of a lot quicker.

Oh, everything Gayle. We don’t mind, really. And if people do, well, they’ll buy it anyway if they want it bad enough

Here’s a list:
Horses (make them work like minipets) with +15% run buff
Role-play districts
The ability to show minipets in towns
Jump function
Climbing function
Those PvP weekend flames that give you faction
Sigils (for new players who want to start a friend’s guild)
Special dye
Special armor skins
Adjustable UI
The ability to change your login screen
The ability to change your appearance
The ability to change your name
Auction houses
Music packs
CE keys
Greens
Special weapon skins
Increased storage
Special bags for more storage on characters
Guild Wars VOIP!!!

I’m sure there are more, but I can’t think of them atm.
Oh pishah. Don’t listen to such silliness Anet. Offer it all pay to upgrade. The skies the limit. I mean, nothing you offer will deride player skill in Pvp, and that’s the kicker. PvP characters already have access to any item or upgrade through Balthazar Faction. You cant unbalance the game if everyone can already get what they “need”.

It’s a new day, a new game, a new Guild Wars. Enjoy…lol.

How about this...

For $4.99 you can completely recustomize one of your characters. By this I mean being able to renter the Character Creation thing and and be able to completely redecide their Face, Hair, Hair Color, Skin tone, Height, and Name. I'm pretty sure everyone would like this or at some point had realized "Gee, I really think my Necromancer should be a bit paler." You catch my drift. You would be able to pick from any nationality Tyrian/Elonian/Canthan and would keep all your stuff and progression through the game. To me this is a very reasonable request and I hope it catches the eye of a few more forum goers so it catches popularity.

I think that Hair Size/Length and Facial Hair should just be something we shouldn't ave to pay for at all, because hair always is growing so it should be allowed to be lengthened and shorterned in the game rather then paying for it.

I would pay for voice emotes that play while exploring and in missions (not in towns/outposts)...as in Baldur's Gate and NWN. Some could play randomly similar to how the henchmen dialogue works and some could be triggered by events like when receiving conditions/hexes or defeating enemies...but we need better voice actors than whoever was used for the Vizier and Togo (yuck!).