Anet cant afford not to sell it through high street stores or other methods. Come GW 2 people who couldnt get it because of many reason I wont list again, as I done so in other forums, will remember how they got stuffed and pick a rival game of which there wil be plenty more in 2009.
Now how many do you think buy in high street shops as opposed to online?
http://guildwars.incgamers.com/forum...6&postcount=35
BMP sell seperate petition.
Joneb
Prowlinger
Well one of the things about the CE Auras is that those were only sold via retail chains... as a complete package...
The BMP was just a "freebie" IF you purchased over $40 from the store...
Regardless... they should at least offer addtional ways to get this BMP... sell it, promo sell it or what not...
Why spend all that effort and not maximum sales when there are still demands for it and the irons are hot?
Heck... if Anet started selling $25 Panda bear minis that were customized on purchase.... they would sell ALOT of them...
I think they are seriously missing a vast potential selling point of their store... they need to offer more...
Much more...
Now since GW1 is near end of life... why not sell as much as you can for it?
Sell the CE Aura abilities for $19
Sell super rare minis for $29
Sell the BMP for $9.99
etc etc etc
Why? It would not take too much cost and effort to do this... the content is created... the 98% of the labor is done...
Utilize the ANet GW store to its maximum capacity...
Supply the demand for the GW players who do want to buy more...
If you want my money ANet.. I am willing to spend it on GW...
Offer up the relics that were missed... I am sure you will get a nice
justification of sales for doing it....
The BMP was just a "freebie" IF you purchased over $40 from the store...
Regardless... they should at least offer addtional ways to get this BMP... sell it, promo sell it or what not...
Why spend all that effort and not maximum sales when there are still demands for it and the irons are hot?
Heck... if Anet started selling $25 Panda bear minis that were customized on purchase.... they would sell ALOT of them...
I think they are seriously missing a vast potential selling point of their store... they need to offer more...
Much more...
Now since GW1 is near end of life... why not sell as much as you can for it?
Sell the CE Aura abilities for $19
Sell super rare minis for $29
Sell the BMP for $9.99
etc etc etc
Why? It would not take too much cost and effort to do this... the content is created... the 98% of the labor is done...
Utilize the ANet GW store to its maximum capacity...
Supply the demand for the GW players who do want to buy more...
If you want my money ANet.. I am willing to spend it on GW...
Offer up the relics that were missed... I am sure you will get a nice
justification of sales for doing it....
street peddler
missed your chance
Firebaall
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Anet cant afford not to sell it through high street stores or other methods. Come GW 2 people who couldnt get it because of many reason I wont list again, as I done so in other forums, will remember how they got stuffed and pick a rival game of which there wil be plenty more in 2009.
Now how many do you think buy in high street shops as opposed to online? http://guildwars.incgamers.com/forum...6&postcount=35 |
Anet can't afford to sell it outright.
Understand what the BMP is. It was a tool to entice the purchase of GW:EN from the online store. It was a profit maximizer.
If they sell it for cash now, people won't be using whatever new promotion comes down the pipe for the next online store push. Those people will know from history that Anet will release it for cash later. They are now free to find a better deal other than the online store (and have a box for the collection to boot).
This hurts that maximized profit from e-sales.
Jessica The Mesmer
Im not complaining, but I would like to see it available for seperate purchase, but besides that.....box<PMB.....I just didn't really pay attention...oh wellz : /.
Ancient Menace
The only reason you people are complaining is because now you see the new sweet skins. /notsigned
Firebaall
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Now since GW1 is near end of life... why not sell as much as you can for it? Sell the CE Aura abilities for $19 Sell super rare minis for $29 Sell the BMP for $9.99 etc etc etc |
I don't think they would risk the legitimate uproar that would occur, if they prostituted out everything special or unique that exists in GW.
lakatz
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Well one of the things about the CE Auras is that those were only sold via retail chains... as a complete package...
The BMP was just a "freebie" IF you purchased over $40 from the store... Regardless... they should at least offer addtional ways to get this BMP... sell it, promo sell it or what not... Why spend all that effort and not maximum sales when there are still demands for it and the irons are hot? Heck... if Anet started selling $25 Panda bear minis that were customized on purchase.... they would sell ALOT of them... I think they are seriously missing a vast potential selling point of their store... they need to offer more... Much more... Now since GW1 is near end of life... why not sell as much as you can for it? Sell the CE Aura abilities for $19 Sell super rare minis for $29 Sell the BMP for $9.99 etc etc etc Why? It would not take too much cost and effort to do this... the content is created... the 98% of the labor is done... Utilize the ANet GW store to its maximum capacity... Supply the demand for the GW players who do want to buy more... If you want my money ANet.. I am willing to spend it on GW... Offer up the relics that were missed... I am sure you will get a nice justification of sales for doing it.... |
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Dead wrong.
Anet can't afford to sell it outright. Understand what the BMP is. It was a tool to entice the purchase of GW:EN from the online store. It was a profit maximizer. If they sell it for cash now, people won't be using whatever new promotion comes down the pipe for the next online store push. Those people will know from history that Anet will release it for cash later. They are now free to find a better deal other than the online store (and have a box for the collection to boot). This hurts that maximized profit from e-sales. |
Egwene Tyr
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Does that mean I'll be able to purchase divine aura as well? I didn't know about guild wars let alone the collectors edition when it was first released so I did not have any way of obtaining it, but by the logic here I'm obviously entitled to it if I'm willing to pay an additional fee now.
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I can see your point and actually a pretty good question to ask.. If you can purchase this "promotion" then they really should open up other's for purchase as well.
IMHO..
The release to purchase of the BMP will open up a huge can of worms for sure. I hope ANet will think about this one.
Zeph
/not signed
That would leave a nasty taste in the mouth.
That would leave a nasty taste in the mouth.
Another Felldspar
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Well one of the things about the CE Auras is that those
I think they are seriously missing a vast potential selling point of their store... they need to offer more... Much more... Now since GW1 is near end of life... why not sell as much as you can for it? Sell the CE Aura abilities for $19 Sell super rare minis for $29 Sell the BMP for $9.99 etc etc etc Why? It would not take too much cost and effort to do this... the content is created... the 98% of the labor is done... |
Exclusive is a real word with a real meaning.
Prowlinger
It is a double edged sword here... Anet must keep the trust...
But they could sell more in the store or offer more specials to utilize maximum profit of E-Sales...
Ok ... so rule out the rarities... no minis and no CE Auras... I give you that...
BUT... just run the promo again! Simple as that!
Starting December 31st, 2007 --
Get the BMP or 1 free char slot if you spend $40 in our online store....
Everyone will be happy ... everyone that missed the first BMP run will be able to get it again...
Fini.
But they could sell more in the store or offer more specials to utilize maximum profit of E-Sales...
Ok ... so rule out the rarities... no minis and no CE Auras... I give you that...
BUT... just run the promo again! Simple as that!
Starting December 31st, 2007 --
Get the BMP or 1 free char slot if you spend $40 in our online store....
Everyone will be happy ... everyone that missed the first BMP run will be able to get it again...
Fini.
trobinson97
Those screenshots and posts full of joy are really getting to you eh?
Fluffiliscious
It doesn't matter what Anet does, people will still be pissed for their own personal reasons. They'll be pissed because they can't buy it or they'll be pissed because they followed the rules to get it and the Anet let everyone get it regardless.
I think running the promotion again might be a good idea but it wouldn't help the people who didn't get the BMP because they couldn't use the in-game store.
Personally, I don't care either way. I have my BMP and I don't have to pay for it. If someone else would like to pay for it to get it them more power to them.
I think running the promotion again might be a good idea but it wouldn't help the people who didn't get the BMP because they couldn't use the in-game store.
Personally, I don't care either way. I have my BMP and I don't have to pay for it. If someone else would like to pay for it to get it them more power to them.
WinterSnowblind
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The only reason you people are complaining is because now you see the new sweet skins. /notsigned
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I don't know about you, but I certainly wasn't willing to waste money on character slots that I didn't need, for "new items" they wouldn't tell us anything about. I was expecting to just get three new items, and it wouldn't have surprised me if they were simple reskins.
It's been said many times before, but not everyone has money to just throw around on everything that announced, especially considering how little information they gave us about what we'd get from it. And what about the people who were completely unable to buy from the online store.
Seems to me, like the majority of you guys against it, just don't want others to be able to play with your new toys.
Abnaxus
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If they make the collector's edition available now it destroys the trust of the consumers that paid the extra money and bought the product initially. If they offer the Bonus Misson Pack for sale now it destroys the trust of the customer that read, "This is an exclusive promotional offer." and believed it to be true.
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This is a mission pack. It's a piece of the storyline.
There are 4 NPCs in the cities offering quests and quest rewards.
And all this in-game content is permanently unaccessible to a large part of the playerbase.
For the very 1st time, A.net has created a separation in the playerbase, those who can access some content and those who will never see it.
If you don't understand this = fail.
Prowlinger
WinterSnowblind... totally agree with you.
Abnaxus
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Those screenshots and posts full of joy are really getting to you eh?
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lyra_song
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The mission pack is not an aura or a green minipet + some posters and gadgets.
This is a mission pack. It's a piece of the storyline. There are 4 NPCs in the cities offering quests and quest rewards. And all this in-game content is permanently unaccessible to a large part of the playerbase. For the very 1st time, A.net has created a separation in the playerbase, those who can access some content and those who will never see it. If you don't understand this = fail. |
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/The_Toy%27s_Story
The BMP takes that concept and expands it. A concept thats been there since NF.
The concept being, buy something (a magazine...or with BMP $30 worth, maybe a Pre-order pack), get exclusive access to something (New quests/missions/items).
The Legg
Well it seems to the 'majority of us guys against' it being given/sold seperately all agree that we took part in a special promotion and are now enjoying the investment. We made the sacrifices of extra slots/buying gwen instore etc and this is the reward.
I wonder how many whiners on here would be so vocal if the bmp had not given these new skins.
Jealousy, plain and simple
I wonder how many whiners on here would be so vocal if the bmp had not given these new skins.
Jealousy, plain and simple
trobinson97
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Well that is the point, isn't it?
I don't know about you, but I certainly wasn't willing to waste money on character slots that I didn't need, for "new items" they wouldn't tell us anything about. I was expecting to just get three new items, and it wouldn't have surprised me if they were simple reskins. It's been said many times before, but not everyone has money to just throw around on everything that announced, especially considering how little information they gave us about what we'd get from it. And what about the people who were completely unable to buy from the online store. Seems to me, like the majority of you guys against it, just don't want others to be able to play with your new toys. |
Other than people who just started playing the day after the promotion, or kids who's parents won't get it for them, if people can buy this from the ingame store now (now that they see the screenshots of the weapons), why couldn't they just do it before, during the four months the promotion was announced? They rolled the dice and didn't like the results, it happens. Now they want to vilify Anet. Eh.
Nomme Moon
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The mission pack is not an aura or a green minipet + some posters and gadgets.
This is a mission pack. It's a piece of the storyline. There are 4 NPCs in the cities offering quests and quest rewards. And all this in-game content is permanently unaccessible to a large part of the playerbase. For the very 1st time, A.net has created a separation in the playerbase, those who can access some content and those who will never see it. If you don't understand this = fail. |
Not only that, but something that makes me mad is the fact that this mission pack has countless amounts of new skinned items, restricted to the people who could buy online. Eye of the North, for the most part, had recycled skins and models for almost every single weapon in the game - including the end game greens. Knowing these skins are restricted makes the backstabbing feel even worse. Whoever said something about the new skins being the reason for the negativity is in part right, but like I said, after dealing with re-skins for both armor and the majority of weapons in GWEN, a game we all paid for, this is a bit of a disappointment.
I know this, at least for now, has made me reconsider purchasing GW2.
Abnaxus
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Well that is the point, isn't it?
I don't know about you, but I certainly wasn't willing to waste money on character slots that I didn't need, for "new items" they wouldn't tell us anything about. I was expecting to just get three new items, and it wouldn't have surprised me if they were simple reskins. It's been said many times before, but not everyone has money to just throw around on everything that announced, especially considering how little information they gave us about what we'd get from it. And what about the people who were completely unable to buy from the online store. Seems to me, like the majority of you guys against it, just don't want others to be able to play with your new toys. |
We all know that a good part of the playerbase is made of 5 years old brained idiots, who are just looking forward every occasion to show their idiocy.
A.net gave them the best occasion of all.
esmm40
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The mission pack is not an aura or a green minipet + some posters and gadgets.
This is a mission pack. It's a piece of the storyline. There are 4 NPCs in the cities offering quests and quest rewards. And all this in-game content is permanently unaccessible to a large part of the playerbase. For the very 1st time, A.net has created a separation in the playerbase, those who can access some content and those who will never see it. If you don't understand this = fail. |
And honestly Id like to see rare minis offered to players seeing as its ending soon anyway. They dont need to be bought either, make them attainable by way of rediculously hard mission for all I care. At least it would keep people playing and more likely to stay interested long enough for the sequal to come out :-)
kainmodious
/not signed thats the whole point of a promotion. to get people to buy on the on-line store it would upset too many people if ANET decided to sell it seperatly. some people followed directions to get the promotion. some people didnt and now decide to cry about it. it was available for 4 months long enough to save up $30 and get someone to use a CC for you if you dont have one.
Prowlinger
I for one believe that the scope of the BMP was really illusioned on content to the public in the end...
We all knew it was going to be special historical missions...
Some of us may have known it was going to have included items... (I didn't)
Did anyone expect all new items for each mission and even book
items that work across various account characters? (I didn't)
I don't think anyone expected that the BMP would be as awesome (as to
include ALOT more than just 4 "missions").... which was all new weapons
and not just reskins (like GWEN is mostly)
So the people who did miss the promo are sad... but all the people at Guru here that are Negative Nancies.. you guys should really stand up and have some better life skills...
Be upset that not everyone was able to get it via the store promo...
Support your fellow GW players in their opinions to attempt to get the BMP for promo some how for us that missed it...
Stop the gloat greed and hatin... In real life are you guys the people that steal candy away from toddlers and throw it in the dirt while you eat yours?
Seriously...
Don't be hatin...
We all knew it was going to be special historical missions...
Some of us may have known it was going to have included items... (I didn't)
Did anyone expect all new items for each mission and even book
items that work across various account characters? (I didn't)
I don't think anyone expected that the BMP would be as awesome (as to
include ALOT more than just 4 "missions").... which was all new weapons
and not just reskins (like GWEN is mostly)
So the people who did miss the promo are sad... but all the people at Guru here that are Negative Nancies.. you guys should really stand up and have some better life skills...
Be upset that not everyone was able to get it via the store promo...
Support your fellow GW players in their opinions to attempt to get the BMP for promo some how for us that missed it...
Stop the gloat greed and hatin... In real life are you guys the people that steal candy away from toddlers and throw it in the dirt while you eat yours?
Seriously...
Don't be hatin...
trobinson97
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What's the point of such an idiot post?
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The Legg
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This is a turn for the worst and is an incredible backstab to the people who supported Arenanet throughout the years but didn't have the opportunity to buy in the in-game store.
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If people had really wanted to get the bmp there were many many ways of getting it. What was an appathetic view by many towards the bmp has now turned into jealously because of what it offers.
Quite pathetic, but to be honest expected.
Juno Onuj
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Other than people who just started playing the day after the promotion, or kids who's parents won't get it for them, if people can buy this from the ingame store now (now that they see the screenshots of the weapons), why couldn't they just do it before, during the four months the promotion was announced? They rolled the dice and didn't like the results, it happens. Now they want to vilify Anet. Eh.
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Abnaxus
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Well it seems to the 'majority of us guys against' it being given/sold seperately all agree that we took part in a special promotion and are now enjoying the investment. We made the sacrifices of extra slots/buying gwen instore etc and this is the reward.
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Wasting money for something you don't need, just to come here and boasting your "special" achievements, is stupidity, plain and simple.
Zamochit
I agree that the Bonus mission pack should be available seperately, but for a slightly diferent reason to most. I myself have spent a fair amount of money in the anet in game store as I personally have found in more suitable to buy campaigns from there than in actual videogame stores. However, I am over 18 and have access to relevent credit cards etc.
A lot of people in game do not have access to credit or debit cards, and due to various reasons several people are hesitant to utilise their credit cards over the internet. Seeing as paypal is not as of yet an accepted form of payment in the in game store I feel that it is only fair that areanet give others the oppertunity to purchase the bonus mission pack by an alternative means, provided it is finantially viable for them to do so; bearing in mind that in all likelyhood the cost of such an upgrade will be minimal. If they can organise this then I feel the additional profit that may be generated by this would be a welcome "Bonus" for Areanet themselves, perhapts the profits generated by bonus pack sales could be put into a nice little christmas bonus package for Anets employee's as a thankyou for all the hard work that has clearly gone into the missions themselves.
so conditionally
/signed
A lot of people in game do not have access to credit or debit cards, and due to various reasons several people are hesitant to utilise their credit cards over the internet. Seeing as paypal is not as of yet an accepted form of payment in the in game store I feel that it is only fair that areanet give others the oppertunity to purchase the bonus mission pack by an alternative means, provided it is finantially viable for them to do so; bearing in mind that in all likelyhood the cost of such an upgrade will be minimal. If they can organise this then I feel the additional profit that may be generated by this would be a welcome "Bonus" for Areanet themselves, perhapts the profits generated by bonus pack sales could be put into a nice little christmas bonus package for Anets employee's as a thankyou for all the hard work that has clearly gone into the missions themselves.
so conditionally
/signed
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/signed because let's be honest. A lot of people thought it was gonna suck. But every once in a while Anet does something cool. This was one of those things
plsirlyneed
plsirlyneed
Croco Clouds
Anet should sell them 10$ each right now, to make extra cash. People who already own BMP can't stop/complain about it.
Abnaxus
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To point out that you are only whining because you didn't get the bmp weapons as a result of your choice to not participate in the promotion.
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Too bad that A.net gave you and others like you the possibility to reveal and express such full potential of stupidity.
iriyabran
lol jealousy
how should those who have the bmp called? a.k.a. those who don't want the others to enjoy the same content so they can feel leet
how should those who have the bmp called? a.k.a. those who don't want the others to enjoy the same content so they can feel leet
~ Dan ~
At the end of the day, all ANET cares about is money. If they can't see how many people would buy this BMP seperately, they're fools.
trobinson97
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Or there are those like me who were unable to purchase it from the online store not because of a lack of credit cards or funds. I tried multiple times buying eotn from the online store and got error codes each time. I didn't really care about the BMP (still don't), I just didn't feel like driving to the store. What bothers me is the effort that was put into these bonus weapon skins compared to the level of effort put into what we were given in eotn.
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As for the bmp skins compared to the eotn skins, I can understand that, having both. However, which skin looks better still varies from person to person. But sometimes things look good simply because you can't have it.
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Well, here's the positive out of this; you and I are done at least. Good luck to you.
AuraofMana
Look, obviously Anet doesn't give a crap about these types of threads. Can you people just shut up now? You won't listen to reasons and you are being stubborn. Well let see, that gets you NOWHERE IN LIFE. Now shut up and /close.
MsMassacre
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I bought EOTN through online store specifically because Anet said there would be no other way to get the BMP. For them to change that now would be extremely disingenuous.
I bought EOTN through online store specifically because Anet said there would be no other way to get the BMP. For them to change that now would be extremely disingenuous.
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But sometimes things look good simply because you can't have it.
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EDIT: to above poster.. why would this change effect you? You wouldn't have paid extra money for it (if they set a reasonable price for it separately) and you still have the BMP you ordered. Quit being so selfish and grow up.