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Are you on a crafting kick? Is your armor constantly broken? Does Zommoros have a grudge against you? Great! This week, ArenaNet will be having a sale in their in-game gem store. The price reductions will last the entire week until sometime on Sunday the 10th.
Crafting Booster – 20% off
- Regularly: 1 for 150 and 5 for 550
- Sale: 1 for 120 and 5 for 440
- Regularly: 1 for 70 and 5 for 300
- Sale: 1 for 50 and 5 for 200
- Regularly: 5 for 250 and 10 for 450
- Sale: 5 for 200 and 10 for 360
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#1 Beta Sprite
Seraph Guardian
Posted 04 February 2013 - 04:41 PM
#2 B3aT
Asuran Acolyte
Posted 04 February 2013 - 04:42 PM
#3 kuro
Fahrar Cub
Posted 04 February 2013 - 04:50 PM
#4 I'm Squirrel
Seraph Guardian
Posted 04 February 2013 - 05:06 PM
2 gold 40 silver for 1 Crafting Booster
1 gold for 1 Instant Repair Canister
4 gold for 5 Mystic Forge Stones = forge substitute
'not gonna lie, the people that can afford these items through the gem store must be hardcore dungeon farmers or making 100k/yr in real life
#5 Verene
Under the Pale Tree
Posted 04 February 2013 - 05:10 PM
I wish that costumes or character slots were on sale.
#6 Lordkrall
Vigil Crusader
Posted 04 February 2013 - 07:20 PM
wow gee what a deal.
2 gold 40 silver for 1 Crafting Booster
1 gold for 1 Instant Repair Canister
4 gold for 5 Mystic Forge Stones = forge substitute
'not gonna lie, the people that can afford these items through the gem store must be hardcore dungeon farmers or making 100k/yr in real life
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Why assume that ArenaNet bases their sales and prices around the gold-gem trade?
#7 Kalx
Asuran Acolyte
Posted 04 February 2013 - 08:05 PM
#8 Marc1k1
Fahrar Cub
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:10 PM
I get that its not much less but I don't see why it isn't easy enough for Arenanet to do and might help sales of Gems (not to say sales are bad, I've no idea.)
#9 Beta Sprite
Seraph Guardian
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:34 PM
I think Arenanet need to look at doing deals on the price of Gems, rather than always on the items in the store and maybe some more options when it comes to how many gems you want, for instance its £8 for 800 gems (so £1 per 100 gems ofc) and i'd be much more willing to spend like £2 or £4 occasionally rather than £8
I get that its not much less but I don't see why it isn't easy enough for Arenanet to do and might help sales of Gems (not to say sales are bad, I've no idea.)
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The problem with this is that they wouldn't want people to feel like they should wait to buy the gems when they are reduced in price. If there is never a sale on gems, no one will say "I'd like some gems now, but I'll just wait for them to be on sale again".
This is, of course, just my own thinking.
#10 HawkofStorms
Guru's Source of Witty Banter
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:44 PM
The problem with this is that they wouldn't want people to feel like they should wait to buy the gems when they are reduced in price. If there is never a sale on gems, no one will say "I'd like some gems now, but I'll just wait for them to be on sale again".
This is, of course, just my own thinking.
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Exactly. Plus then all the people who already bought gems, or bought them like 2-3 days before the sale would be REALLY ticked off.
#11 Eon Lilu
Golem Rider
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:46 PM
Soon we will have taxes for hypothetical items.
£8.50 for 800 gems
US = $10 / £6.34
EU = e10 / £8.57
Also because of the gold to gems transfer rates going through the roof everytime they put new things in the store or discounts, it's actually better off buying gems with gold and buying the item when it's not even on discount.
#12 Turtle Freak
Vanguard Scout
Posted 05 February 2013 - 05:26 AM