Mission Pack open access for ALL. NO WEAPONS

Mulkor

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Portugal

Blades Of Burning Shadows [GoDT]

W/

04 Dec 2007 at 21:34 - 121
Quote:
Originally Posted by hallomik

Option C - Mission Pack at No cost to all players, but no weapons for those who missed 1st offer.

Pros:
(Anet) - ?
(Players) - Players who didn't qualify for BMP get missions and great content. Players who did qualify for BMP get continued exclusivity of rare weapons. Weapon trading market not further hurt.

Cons:
(Anet) - No further revenue from BMP. Reduced incentive for people to participate in future promotions as main content will be assumed to become eventually available for free.
(Players) - Cool skins still unavailable for those who didn't participate in initial offering.
I kind of agree with C.
I bought GWEN on the online store so I could get the BMP for the missions. I had no idea they would offer weapons. Now everyone whines because they now saw the weapons and desperatly want the BMP. To those I just say: You lost the true meaning behind BMP. BMP was made to give players missions to play that showed some aspects from the guild lore. Most people whining just want those weapons. Those people should'nt get the BMP. They don't care about the missions, they only want the weapons.
Those who qualified for the promotion did so because of the missions, not the weapons which we didn't know there were even going to exist.

Next time, get it for the missions, not for the rewards.

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

04 Dec 2007 at 21:36 - 122
Quote:
Originally Posted by cacto
Anything and everything you do will have people crying and whining.

Rerelease it with no Weapons: People will complain about not getting a reward. Besides, these missions aren't very fun at all, but thats just me.Imho, If theres no reward, theres no point in wasting time on the mission.

right....basically weapon skins>insight on ingame lore?

Ixl Krosstika Ixl

Ixl Krosstika Ixl

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2007

The Arctic Marauders [TAM]

W/Mo

04 Dec 2007 at 21:41 - 123
Quote:
Originally Posted by milan
You had your chance, don't give me bull about not being able to use any payment method. Every country in Europe have pre paid credit cards available to them, as does the US, Canada and Australia.
Lol, I fully agree to that.
/notsigned.

CyberMesh0

CyberMesh0

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Charter Vanguard [CV]

N/Me

04 Dec 2007 at 21:52 - 124
Before the BMP came out, we didn't even know the weapons existed. Yet we all still had "open access" by buying stuff. How's that any different than your idea?

hallomik

hallomik

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

The Illini Tribe

N/Mo

04 Dec 2007 at 21:57 - 125
Quote:
Originally Posted by Loviatar
politely i disagree as you need the full statement from the GW site on this which states that it has to be exactly the account that qualifies during that time period
Quote:
Originally Posted by Anet
The Details The Bonus Mission Pack will release in November. This promotion is non-transferable and is limited to one per account. The Bonus Pack will only be available to the exact account that fulfills this promotion in the in-game store or the exact account on which a qualifying Guild Wars product is activated that has been purchased in the PlayNC store.
Years ago, there was a promotion to buy the complete, original Star Wars trilogy videos. The promotion stated that the original trilogy would never again be offered in this format.

Being a young person, I took the language of the promotion at face value and asked to get it for Christmas.

Imagine my surprise when one year later, they were selling the Star Wars Special Edition trilogy. Technically, these weren't the same films because of the added digital effects. Then, a few years after that, they offered the original trilogy for sale on DVD - not the same format.

Funny thing is I don't even own a VCR anymore.

Believe me when I say there is plenty of lawyerly wiggle room in that statement from Anet for them to offer the mission pack again. Plenty.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

04 Dec 2007 at 23:23 - 126
And they same could go for preorder/CE.

Would they open that door?

genofreek

genofreek

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

USA

Jenova's Apocolyptic Remains [JAR]

D/

04 Dec 2007 at 23:48 - 127
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marcson
Ingame festivals have little to do with the essential storyline that's included into GW. Which is what the BMP is mainly about. Lots of essential GW characters come back in the BMP and only the people who payed "more for less" (the digital download is not as sweet as the physical version, you all must admit) get to see some very nice stuff that Anet made for promotion purposses only[, and so on and so forth]
Missed this one. Just clarifying, AGAIN, that my original point wasn't mask = missions. Read my post a bit more carefully. I said it's as obtainable as a Tengu mask. You can't get a Tengu mask anymore, and you can't get the BMP. See the parallel?

hallomik

hallomik

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

The Illini Tribe

N/Mo

05 Dec 2007 at 00:33 - 128
Quote:
Originally Posted by MithranArkanere
And they same could go for preorder/CE.

Would they open that door?
No.

Gaile has said they will not open that door. No such clarity regarding BMP.