Bonus Mission Pack Availability

those people arnt being screwd, but they are being very big babies.

It doesnt matter if they have bought stuff before, because THE DEAL WASNT GOING ON BACK THEN. If you go buy something at a store and then a few weeks later they have a special offer and give you something free, you can't walk back to the store and ask for the free bonus because they wont give it to you since you didnt fulfill the requirments for getting it.

Sometimes life doesnt work out perfectly, you cant ask people to baby you cause you feel cheated cause you dont want to follow the rules of a deal

Hmmm any chance we'll be seeing this + GW:EN together in the LOCAL STORE IN TOWN?

Unfortunately for me, I'd want to buy this update for 2 accounts, but I can't buy stuff over the net.

Ohh well, I guess no special missions for me... But I wonder, with the secrets of the Charr and Gwen being in the update, what's left in GW:EN? :S

Well,now it's not anymore F2P....it's F2P+Pay for new content. :S

theres a big difference between this and other store promotions. all of those are either 1) insubstantial novelties, or 2) available through other means. This is a pack of missions relating to the MAIN STORYLINE that is available ONLY through this offer. If it were a fancy weapon skin or aura or minipet, fine, in-store-offer only is just peachy. But missions relating to the MAIN STORYLINE to be available to ALL PLAYERS.

If a store had a deal... buy sushi and you get milk free... and there was NO OTHER WAY to get milk, don't you think there would be a bit of an uproar from those that live in an area where sushi isn't available? or from those that just bought tons of sushi the week before, or just despise sushi? THAT is essentially what this issue is, not a freakin free keychain when you buy 3 boxes of cereal deal... theres plenty of ways to get keychains out there.

my suggestion: give something different to online-store orders, like a fancy bonus customized weapon pack or something. Give the bonus mission pack to those who register all 4 games.

As someone who enjoys the game and supports the game with time and purchases I would love the new bonus pack.

The problem is that I have already purchased everything on the store. (and yes I have 20+ char slots available). I will gladly support the game with my checkbook but your "Bonus" doesnt support me.

Any ideas how I could get the new bonus pack?

Just buy GW:EN from the on-line store?

Have you played these missions? No you haven't. people are making it out as being nescasary, when most likely they will be as unimportant as the missions we have during dragon festival.

and my comparison still stands as there are many times when the free stuff thats put out as a promotion is important to the product.

If these missions were that important they would make it part of the preorder for gwen, but they are just using it to promote on-line store sales, so they are most likely pretty useless in the long run of things, which is why it is really silly for people to be getting this worked up over it. they act as if their whole guild wars game depends on it, yet they know less then a few sentences worth of information about them.

Not to mention the missions become available AFTER the period in which they can be earnd through the store, which tells you they dont want people to play it and tell others if its worth it or not, cause it probably isnt worth it, and if people knew that, they wouldnt try and get it.

Ok, let's get some things straight. If GWEN cost 39.99, then all who buy it will qualify for the bonus mission pack, so no worries, just buy what you were going to buy anyway from the online store. If you guys want art, I have an idea.

How about ANet release the artbook as a PDF download from the official website. To verify that it is being downloaded by players who purchased GWEN,they must enter either the used access key for GWEN, or a alternative number that is link to the PDF file access.

I, for 1, don't need another box. I have 3 accounts and all 3 campaigns on each account, so boxes don't fascinate me in the least. Yet, the book of art being desired by others is understood. So PDF it, and get it on your computer. Easier to save, and takes up less space.

Just my 2 cents.

If people really want this, they'll find a way to get it (ie, pre-paid credit card, etc).

Those who say "it's not worth it, or it's not worth the hassle..."

They are probably right.

If you think it's worth it, get it. That simple.

You don't download the game. The info is already downloaded to your computer. When you buy it online you buy an access key. Nothing to download until you play the area except whatever Anet pre-streams to your computer.

o.O it has to get there somehow. either by downloading it, or copying it from a cd.
my question is why does your isp suck so much leslie, lol

I think some are more annoyed over the fact that they are offering extra content for online purchase only. So that leaves alot of people out for those who don't use the online store nor like to use their credit cards or even for people who do not have credit cards.

I already had my copy of GW:EN reserved well before they even offered this deal so I kinda miss out but the expansion is more important to me so I am happy with just that and I get the pre-release bonus pack so all is good

Now before I start, I love Guild Wars, and most of the time I back all of the decisions that ArenaNet makes. I know it's very difficult running an MMO.

However, I have concerns to this new bonus pack. You see, some time ago I purchased 12 character slots, six for my fiance and 6 extra for myself. To me, this promotion kind of sucks in the way that I don't get credit for those purchases in the past. In the same right, I'd rather have a box and manual when I purchase Guild Wars: Eye of the North. Since I've all the character slots I need, and I want the box/manual for GW: EN, I feel backed into a corner here. I'd like the extra missions, but what is the point if by chance not many people purchase GW: EN from the online store? Also, what if I get buyers remorse in the long run? I wouldn't mind paying an extra 5 dollars USD to get the upgrade and be able to have the box/manual as well.

Are there plans to make these missions a purchasable upgrade for those of us who really insist on having the box/manual as well? Or any other options to get this upgrade? Because it really feels like I'm missing out here, and it's a bummer

And then we'd have threads from people who bought GW this year and are complaining that they dont have a CC and are not 3 years old in game and really want access to these missions.

I think that by adding these bonus missions to GW:EN Collectors Edition for retail release, would probably solve the issue. If such a thing is possible.

Im undecided on whether I buy retail or online, I do intend to get the bonus missions either way. So I will wait to see what more the online store will put on offer.

Many stores have deals when games first come out, usually 10 bucks off. Can the online store price match?

I'd rather get the game (oh wait, expansion) as cheap as possible. If the extra content was available for purchase, that may work out better for me and others.

Also, stating that we get the content 'for free with purchase' would lead me to assume the content does have a cost associated. Any word on what that cost is? If it will be made available as a stand alone purchaseable item that is.

You know if this project goes well, it probably will be like this till Guild Wars 2 comes along. I mean there is enough unanswered questions that probably be boiling over even after EotN itself. I can see the extension now, like the other realms besides FoW and UW; or where you actually play as one of the five gods who takes down Abaddon.

However I agree with the idea that maybe sooner or latter, after these small expansion add up; they put it in a box and sell it at a retail branch. Just like “The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion: The Knights of the Nine.”

However for now I am content in dealing with getting a Visa Gift Card. At least that’s the only one of the two doors open to me at the moment. The other is kind of dark and sinister.

Sorry but you're wrong. Nearly all companies have policies in place 30days, 45 days or whatever in place to make sure that this type of thing doesn't happen(with receipt, of course). It's called customer service, and without a happy customer there is no business.

Should people that bought 6+ months ago get the package, probably not. Should people that purchased July 1st-July 4th 11:59pm be given a grace period yes!

Should this be available for retail purchase, yes. But Anet will cater to who they see as the most important customers.

it's always been that way...with the exception of Sorrow's Furnace (early promotion of the game) and Hard Mode (asked for by the community)

you paid for prophecies...new content
you paid for factions...new content
you paid for nightfall...new content

people will pay for eton...new content

the bonus missions are a promotion to promote the online store.

the majority of major content updates required you to purchase them...and there's still no subscription to play...so what's changed again?

Guild Wars has been a micro-transaction game for a while now.

i still say the pack should go to those that support the game by buying all three games and the expansion. those people should be more important than those that get proph for a gift then spend just 30$ in store, right? lol

theres one bonus mission related to each package, so it would make sense that the requirement for getting bonus pack is owning all four packages...

Erm...you always had to pay for the big new stuff, except sorrows furnace, you paid for factions and nightfall didn't you? Also Arenanet is a business remember, they can't give you everything for free or they'd go bust. At least with GW you only pay when you want to gain access to new stuff, in pay per month games you play even if you don't get new stuff.