New In-Game Store Item - Limited Edition Wintersday Costume Pack

I won a dwayna one by following them on facebook. They were just giving out codes :P Its kinda legit.

We've already paid for the game.

Just to say they look absolutely awful..... the Female looks fine i guess but the male is awful.....

The current dwayna/grenth costume is nice

WIth the way anet has handled a lot of problems lately, I actually did agonize over it a bit. Do I really want to reward anet for their mismanagement of everything GW lately?

Do I really want to give them my cash for one more thing that adds zero content into a game that's been stale for over two years?

But, this is the game I play the most. This has been the game I loved the most. Amd anet wasn't always like this. Maybe it's all because of the shift to GW2, I don't know.

But ever since I beat EOTN, all that's been left is grind (which I hate) to earn titles for my characters. I do it not to show any greatness on my part (these titles are only grind, not skill) but to reward my characters for years of fun play.

So I bought it. One more reward for my characters. They're the only reason I still come back to this game. I can't stay away too long without missing them a bit. (yes, I have issues)

I bought both. £5.99 isn't really a great deal.

Would be good if we could buy the codes though. Could buy a few as gifts.

He meant, "dont buy the costume"

Edit: had some coffee

It makes me terribly sad that what little development resources still being devoted to GW1 are spent on stuff like this.

The costumes don't bother me one bit. I think they look awesome, but for me they're about $8 bucks more than I'm willing to pay, so I'll pass.

Anet can set up microtransactions for vanity items all day long as far as I'm concerned. Infact the more the better. If there were tons of stuff to choose from and some diversity in what's available, I might spend a little money in the store for in-game items just to have a little more personalized char. And as long as the items aren't tradeable or give an edge I really don't care.

I love them, bought them the minute I saw the add.
I know micro transactions is NOT the way to go, but with the way these costumes look and move we have something good coming in GW2.
Hope more of these will come in the future through other means than purchase.
Hmmmz,... costume design contest maybe????

Yes yes yes yes yes!!!! I don't give a rats ass about the costumes, but the fact that I can now do everything in the pumpkin crown I value over all other things in GW, is absolutely priceless, and long overdue.

Why isn't anyone making a big fuss over how they've given us that for free, and not forced us to buy the costumes to unlock the ability to do so? Simple, because that would be admitting that aNet did something outrageously right, and that, my good friends, suits the QQ poor me attitude not at all..

GG on this one aNet!

Comparison with Hitler and the meaning of live and bacteria in this world... what have you been smoking? And you're the one saying "get real", like... really?

I've already bought the game. If I stop playing ANet won't get a clue as there are so many reasons why I would. Nor would they be interested in keeping me playing GW1... why would they?

And anyway by not buying/playing you send a binary message: yes/no. That is not feedback. Feedback is *why* you're not buying or playing. Which is why this forum exists and entire languages with a full vocabulary were invented because we need to say more than just yes and no.

However you guys seem to have a problem with people articulating why yes and why no. Which is a very non-constructive attitude. Why do we have this forum if the feedback can be sent by "not buying and not playing". Are you suggesting we should shut the forum down as it's useless?

Ashamed to say hadn't thought of this,it's a great idea. Maybe even have an Abbadon one.

Oh, i thought real roleplayers left GW many years ago cause there was no housing/social armors & a limited lore. I'm OK with roleplayers but GW is just the wrong game for this.

Still disapointted with the use of limited ressources of the Live Team for... this...

What misinformation am i spreading? I tell people apart from the game purchase it is free to play but here's the main point... anet fanboys ignore/disregard the fact there are optional upgrades in the store regardless of weither its vanity or not its still there.

I think one of the biggest issues with GW is the strict and completely rigid manner in which armor is handled. For instance, in Neverwinter Nights, you can completely modify the appearance of every facet of your armor, e.g. if you want full plate to look like a dress, you can do so, for an in-game price of course.

Although it still isn't in the same league for ability to customise, I think this is certainly a good beginner step in the right direction towards players having a more complete unique appearance, as opposed to merely mix/matching pieces of various armor. Even though there are currently only 2, I see no reason whatsoever as to why basically any model in the game couldn't be added as a costume. Realistically, the models are all already there, and work fine, as proved by mysterious tonics. The only thing they'd really have to do is add icons for each different set. Probably 5-10 mins per piece tops..

Food for thought.

I was exaggerating

Yes/No is indeed feedback, however useful/not useful its still a message.

In this case, the entire thread boils down to the COSTUME, this is what we are discussing.

Dont like the costume, dont buy it

Anet did you get the message?

I think the forum is a useful tool for feedback to the developers so people that do post constructive may get their message out, but $$ gets the point across better and faster in cases like this.

I'm looking forward to being able to put on a Margonite costume if that ever comes around.

They could of course release more.

A 10$ costume for every season and holiday. What else could we want more?

(Maybe additions to GW1 that are focused on fun and improving the game, and not around testing various new ways how to milk the remaining playerbase for maximum profit? Every major update nowadays seems to be bundled with a new type of micro transaction ... hooray!)

horrible, thoughtless, arrogant, unsupported statement. but unlike you i'm gonna tell you WHY you're 100% wrong.

if i don't like the way the game is going, i'm going to express my opinion about it, whether you or anybody else likes it or not. but see, the thing is, i'm gonna give valid reasons behind my opinion because that's what a discussion is about. that's what you do on forums, you discuss things. and discussions aren't reserved for endless praise and smiley faces, they're for shouting your voice and discussing ideas and opinions, whether good or bad. forums 101 you can thank me later.

not playing a game because you don't like one feature in it is just about the most senseless and irrational thing i think i've ever heard, just think about what you're saying for ONE second and you'd save yourself lots of embarrassment.

It's the costumes indeed. But it's the trend that can't be ignored as well. When ANet released the storage updates, name changes and toon facials for money you could say that was a "one time" thing. Not really reflecting how they want to make money. However the costumes now prove that it wasn't a one time thing but it rather settles in a trend/path for how ANet will manage their GW1 business. And it is a normal question: are we going to expect an exclusive elite armor skin as a micro transaction next? The costumes are already very close to just that.

"Cosmetics" are just as an important part to the game as stats. It's a game. Not many people play games with good stats and bad cosmetics. I wouldn't be surprised if more people play for the "cosmetics" than for stats. But I don't have the real data to make these assertions.

And if the target audience is kids/teenagers cosmetics is all How many kids will pester their parents to buy them the "costumes" cause their friends have them? Isn't that what ANet is betting on?

Even besides that: storage. Storage *is* "stats" and not just cosmetic. You have an ingame advantage if you buy more. So yes, GW already sells "better stats" (not just cosmetics) for money in their game store.