Should Prophecies-Only Players Get Extra Char Slots

[dracofr]

While reading another thread I came across this statment that Gaile had made:

We've always tried hard to be clear about our business model: you can buy just one campaign and play it for as long as you like, but we're going to keep developing new campaigns and make them so compelling that you'll want to buy them. People who purchased just Prophecies can continue to play the game they purchased for as long as they like without ever buying anything else from us. They never have to upgrade. And they'll end up getting lots of new stuff for free, too, as we continue to upgrade the game engine. But that doesn't mean they get every single new thing we ever produce for free. Additional character slots and additional account storage are two things we have chosen to give to customers who support us by buying new campaigns.

This is the first time I have heard that the extra char slot that will be sold by Anet were going to be only for faction players only. I guess this will only affect one of my accounts but anets attitude (conveyed through Gaile) is very disheartening (could say things much worse but don't want this thread to become a flaming thread, so plz don't make it one). I am really starting to feel like this guy does:

...1. If I were a Prophecies-only player, I would abandon my account immediately because the clear message has been sent that ArenaNet has abandoned Prophecies. There was a whisper of this in the air when the new skills came out in Factions, but now we have a painfully clear indication of ArenaNet's intentions. I'll think long and hard before purchasing Chapter 3....

So what do you guys think?

[Help Please]

You should change the title of your post to Should Prophecies-Only Players Be Able To Buy Extra Char Slots from Should Prophecies-Only Players Get Extra Char Slots ... it's a little misleading.

[Findariel]

You should change the title of your post to Should Prophecies-Only Players Be Able To Buy Extra Char Slots from Should Prophecies-Only Players Get Extra Char Slots ... it's a little misleading.

Agreed .. it's a bit misleading indeed

But I don't know if what Gaile said shoud indeed be intepreted as such. As I think that ANet is going to do it is that you can buy additional keys for extra slots, I don't actually think that a prophecies only account will refuse the new key.

[Mountain Man]

...we have chosen to give to customers who support us by buying new campaigns.

This reminds me of a cover of MAD Magazine which said:

"We'd like to wish a Happy Holidays to our faithful subscribers, and to hell with everybody else!"

While MAD Magazine was obviously joking (it being a humor publication and all), I think Anet's policy of treating purchasers of new campaigns as favored citizens and "to hell with everybody else" could negatively impact Guild Wars in the long run.

[Hee Haw]

I'm assuming that there's a difference between additional character slots and purchasable character slots. I have a hard time believing that Anet would refuse to sell slots to owners of only one campaign.

Without further information, this can only turn into a paranoia-fest.

[MixedVariety]

Uh, I'm pretty sure she meant the two extra character slots you got when you merged your accounts, not the character slots they'll have for purchase eventually.

Since we really don't know yet just what they're going to do exactly, regarding purchaseable character slots, I'm going to close this thread. No sense hunting witches before they even cast any spells.