Bonus Mission Pack Availability

Im sorry to tell you but, you got yourself mixed up there. what you are talking about is prices, such as an item going on sale or they have a price drop. it has nothing to do with getting promotional offers, especially when said offers specifically say what dates the offer is good for.

Even then Its only if the company has such a policy, otherwise the company is by no means required to give you anything.

I'm looking forward to getting EotN and the Bonus Missions from the online store (I've gotten myself a bank account and a Visa just for online transactions, so I only keep a small amount of money on that account to minimize any risks), but I'm also hoping that the online prices are able to compete with the store I usually use, eg. play.com. I honestly don't need any more manuals, boxes or discs lying around the house, so I'm perfectly comfortable with buying just the access key, provided that the price reflects the fact that I'm not getting any printed material.

Then you will be disappointed.

well put it this way... gwstore has nightfall for 50$ with just single access code. I got nightfall for 25$ with fancy plastic box, full manual and map, bonus codes for my girlfriend to try it, and a book of trial codes for other games...

Same I think this a crappy idea to earn some sach from A-net's side. Using the Gwen card...

hey,
will there be anyway for people that cant buy online to get the four missions?
as in €5-10 in a shop?

- i'm on of those people that preferes a box and instruction manual to a emailed code.
so if it was in a shop that would rock or if anet maield boxes too

you know what? i grab my bike, cycle to the store and i got GW:EN in 30 or less mins!

why i want to buy in store?!? boxed versions FTW! i dont think its worth to do all this just for 4 missions :S

Boxed versions FTW

- butif they get it free for buyign on line, and other would buy online if they could (they have there reasons) then shouldn't they be allowed get the same quality? i really wouldnt mind pay a few euros extra of getting it

does buying it in a shop make it any less of a game, no. they why make the missions online only

-if your going to say about anet deseres the money (which they do), i really wouldnt mind pay a small bit more

not about money buy availability

As someone else said earlier, why not make it so that when the EotN access key is added to the account, a random mission out of the four is unlocked for the account?
I've already bought enough character slots so have no desire for more, and I've bought the GotY upgrade. These are all I'm interested in buying from the store. I like having a boxed copy of the game so I can read the manual etc, something I really prefer.
It would make more sense to either make it so that when purchasing the EotN pre-release thing, that can be bought online or offline in a store, that a random mission pack comes with it. Or, offering EotN when it comes out with a mission pack for a little bit extra.
Offering the mission packs only for spending a sum of money that a fair percentage of people will either be unable to in the store (no credit card etc) or unwilling (already got enough char slots, GotY, all 3 campaigns, most skills, prefer boxes etc) just smacks of profitability and pushing the GWstore as a means of purchasing things at the expense of everything else. Sure, I could buy 3 character slots to ensure that I could get the bonus pack, but I have no need for them.
Making the missions something that can be physically purchased just makes more sense

Me too... I'm curious to read an official answer to the question.

And, another question: will the bonus pack be available from the online store (maybe some months after the promotion) ?

That question was already responded to. NO and NO again. It will only be available via this special offer.

Unless retailers can add mission and Items they can't compete with this offer. This is bad business ethics in it's most obvious form. NCSoft is essentially selling GW:EN to it's customer base [players] then to the retailers [non players] (who won't make sales or their money back in sales from the risk they took). Then NCSoft can claim higher sales then what they actually had in continuous customers.

In this way NCSoft can claim high sales margins without admitting how many of those sales are actual players.

OVER 6 MILLION COPIES of GW:EN SOLD!, with about 2 million registered GW:EN players. (half of them purchased GW:EN online, snicker, snicker, snicker. we stuck it to the retailers this time.) No wonder EB games and other retailers are selling PC games less and less its too much of a risk to be screwed by the game makers.

I think what's been stated is that the Bonus Mission Pack will only be available exclusively through the special promotion offer (prior to its release). I think there's no statement by ANet on how it might be available once it's available for release.

That's a simple question that ANet could address...will the Bonus Mission Pack be available (for sale or otherwise) after the special promotion offer expires? ANet should probably know the answer to that question already, although they may want to hold back on answering it.

If it will available then, there's the question of what the terms of availability might be, e.g., what price it might be at. That may be one reason to avoid addressing that issue. Perhaps ANet wants to gauge how popular the promotion is before deciding on a price?

I think you're wrong to punish the loyal GW fans, who live, breath the GW lore and who HAVE supported the NCShop. I have purchased about 20 slots on 5 accounts, and none of that loyalty is being rewarded, I am still forced to buy more. It doesn't strike me that ANet is being loyal to their fans, but they want us to be loyal to them.

IMHO this pack should be extended to anyone who will and who had spent some money via online shop: because i've bought 3 pg slots one month ago and i don't see it right do that in this way

If you're loyal then you'll buy GW:EN...and you'll get the bonus pack...if anything they are rewarding loyal players.

That would make the most sense...and I wish they would have done it that way...but they didn't...and there's no way they can take it back now since the promotion is active.

Does anyone know when GW:EN will be available to purchase in the in-game shop, and what will the retail package contain?

If the retail is just a box, a CD and small manual and available before the Bonus pack offer ends then I'll happily buy GW:EN from the store, however if the retail contains more, then i will want one from a shop... in a box.

yeah,to reward the devote fans that is one i am now a fan of.

that or make it in shops...please

so long as i can get the pre-release and the game on the online store....i see no problem.

Gaile,

I was wondering if you could provide some answers on this. At present, the only currency option available to me in the GW online store is Euros. I live in North America (Canada to be specific), and it makes far more sense for me to make purchases in US$ than Euros or Pounds. I don't see an option anywhere in the online store to change currency (like there is in the Play NC store). I would like to make the purchase in the online store in order to get the Bonus Missions Pack, but being forced to use an unfavorable currency is a very big turn-off. If I live in North America, and my account is on the North American servers, why is my Online store in Euros, and why can't I change it to another currency you accept, namely US$?

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10175002
that thread details the problem/situation a bit more. I posted here because this is what you seem to be reading and it is somewhat on topic.

I sent a question about this in to support, and this is what they replied with:
As you can see, this response has little do do with my question about currencies used in the online store. A more on topic response would be appreciated.