Wow, GWEN is a complete ripoff.

It isnt the Gamespot forums. Its the GameFAQ forums. Yea they are merged, but Toast's account is under GFAQs(Icon status). If you think this message is weird then obviously you dont go to GS/GFAQS much because both sides hate each other with a passion.

Anyways I do think GWEN is a ripoff. A lot of the armors are reskins, the areas are just add ons of preexisting areas, not evne new areas. Extra Maguuma Jungle, extra shiverpeaks, extra ascalon, extra catacombs/Sorrows Furnace. Also from the videos Ive seen those PvE skills look like they BREAK PvE, I could be wrong about this one because I dont know exactly what that PvE skill did but it made that Monk more Godly than a Wurm from what I can tell.

Heroes are good I guess, but 15 wouldve been nice.

Oh and the Bonus mission pack is a ripoff too. Ive got nothing to buy from the Online store except for maybe that Gameof the year Proph edition for those few weapons. So I have to go out of my way to buy the same content again so that I can get the bonus mission pack. NEVER MIND that earlier on Ive spent $100s in that store.

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I dunno, I look at it this way. This is the last bit of money Anet's gonna be makin for a while until GW2 (and maybe some other projects) releases, SO, they still need to pay their employees and such even during periods of low sales. I think what they are doing is decent. They are pushing for people to purchase their products electronically so that they dont have to manufacture as many books, boxes and disks, saving their cost overall.

That said, it is a bit spendy for an expansion, but Anet has always produced quality products and quite frankly, if they need the little extra here to make GW2 even better, I'm all for it!

I do think they should have included a couple more char slots. I'm kinda bummed that they arent, but its not a deal breaker for me.

It is an expansion afterall and not necessarily needed to play the game or enjoy the game. If you dont like the terms of purchase, the beauty of capitalism is that you dont HAVE to purchase it! So, I fail to see how its a rip off. The content of GW has always been top notch, which you dont get from very many companies. They are nice enough to not charge a monthly fee, so I am happy to support their methods of doing things by buying their products over other companies that force you to pay $200/yr to play their game. And if you stop paying, you cant use their product any more. THAT is a rip off. People really need to do a little research on terms before using them.

Anyway, Buy it or Dont, its your choice.

I don't have problem with the Expansion pack not having 2 open slots because the game is aimed at level 20 characters who are ultimately looking for the Hall of Monuments.

However my real problem, and I say this with hesitation because it is my problem, not ArenaNet's. I think the pricing for slots ($10) is a bit steep when you consider that its competitor (WOW) allows for as many characters as you want. Of course Guild Wars isn't subscription-base so they need to find a way to make money. I was thinking the price could be $5 per slot, that would encourage more people to buy new slots.

I should also point out that with all the games you have 10 slots, and there are 12 primary professions. So you really only need 2 slots if want to have all the professions. Provided of course that you have no doubles of primary professions (e.i. Warrior/Monk in one slot and Warrior/Ranger in another slot).

I have been lucky (or smart) that I have 10 different primary professions. I think once GW:EN is released I'll decide if its worth buying 2 more slots, just so I can try all the primary professions.

Before someone points it out I know full well I can just delete a character and free up a slot without spending a dime. I've had most my characters for almost a year now except for Nightfall professions.

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