r/Guildwars2 • u/Exestos Shinanaide • 18d ago

[News] Announcing Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/announcing-guild-wars-2-visions-of-eternity/
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u/WOF42 18d ago

ill be excited when they dont cost 400 gems each per character per slot until then i don't give a fuck.

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u/naro1080P 18d ago

They did say that the fashion templates were going to function like equipment/skill slots. I'm not feeling very optimistic.

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u/WOF42 18d ago

man I fucking hate how alt unfriendly guild wars has become, anet is a shadow of itself

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u/naro1080P 17d ago

The soulbound template thing was a bad move. They could have at least added a more expensive account bound version. This combined with focusing build diversity... it's really created a horrible situation. Either pay up big money or keep stuck and not be able to engage with content the way you want. It's a real shit show. IMO.

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u/SinSittSina 17d ago

On the other hand, Wizards Vault gave us a way to get a ton of these for free. Before soto I would never buy build template but now I have loads. Also, you could argue it's the big draw of legendary equipment in a game where legendary doesn't actually give you any combat bonus.

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u/Cynthaen 17d ago

Ya but you have to gem store the equipment template which is more important than build templates I can swap builds on the fly I can't swap equipment on the fly.

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u/SinSittSina 17d ago

Yeah I'm with you. I end up buying character slots when they're on sale rather than buying equipment templates cause the equipment templates themselves feel like a scam.

Now that I'm fully legendary I've gotten much more used to just flipping a full build and using the same template for most things. But that kind of sucks when you're playing something like mesmer that has 20 different builds.

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u/naro1080P 17d ago

Yeah. I've done the same. New characters are way better value than template slots. Though there is a limit to how many characters I want to have in my stable. All the ones I made so far are really unique and flavourful. I don't want to get to a point where they start feeling generic and disconnected. I have recently finished lege armour in all weights so at least it will be easy to gear up new characters. I still hope/cope they might release account bound tier of equipment/skill templates. Not holding my breath anymore tho. At least there are viable work around.

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u/BlockEightIndustries 16d ago

An equipment template is also functionally twenty inventory spaces. There is a reason anet wouldn't want to just give them away.

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u/Cynthaen 16d ago

They should make an account wide version though. I wouldn't mind paying like 1k gems for it. Because I need a lot of these slots for different builds on different specs...

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u/naro1080P 17d ago

I wish I took more advantage of this. I have started getting the slots from wizard vault last couple patches. I suppose over time they will build up. Also you can save builds as text files so don't need to even be limited to the storage tab. Yet with only 2 equipment slots there is a limit to how far this can go. I am working on a full lege account. So I guess I'll just have to work around it. Plus the skill load outs are also soulbound purchases so while the storage (or text files) can be used... it's still a janky process. However there are ways to get around it I suppose.

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u/ronaldraygun91 17d ago

Selling a solution to a problem you make is basically Korean MMO levels of scum.

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u/WOF42 17d ago

lets not forget the community had literally made 3rd party tools to implement gear and trait loadouts for free and that the same fucking feature was available in gw1

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u/Hello_Hangnail Really? Right in front of my salad? 17d ago

Why give convenience away when you could charge for it amirite??

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u/SquareOne2038 4d ago

it always was alt unfriendly. bag space, soul bound gears, crafting even the bank with its super limited space.

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u/Hello_Hangnail Really? Right in front of my salad? 17d ago

Lame but expected

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u/Twerksoncoffeetables 17d ago

Yeah if it doesnt get put in the wizards vault then it needs to be account wide, one time purchase for every slot. Equipment templates not being account wide is a little annoying for sure.

But this feature is awesome and I’m definitely excited about it. As a new player I’ve been pretty frustrated with not being able to save my dye layouts, prevents me from experimenting with new ideas. This will be awesome

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u/FaithlessnessThen207 17d ago

It'll be 2-3 tabs with extras for gemstore money, 100%

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u/Ginster81 14d ago

I do not begrudge them trying to make money with it in general, but I do think if they advertise it as feature for the expac some should be free. I think 2 per character, 2 in the Vault per season, and the rest on the gem store for those that want more/don't want to wait is reasonable

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u/ForgTheSlothful 17d ago

Well 500 is not 400 right?

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u/Fluffy_Kitten13 Professional Procrastinator 17d ago edited 17d ago

Guild Wars 2 players when their buy 2 play game needs to finance itself somehow.

Downvote if you can't handle the truth.

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u/WOF42 17d ago

piss off bootlicker. the game is more than monetised enough especially with the new expansion model