Last night's fairly sizable patch in Guild Wars was a bit of a surprise to players who weren't expecting any Wintersday updates until today, and a quick round of "What was that?" throughout the game led to the discovery of a big surprise from ArenaNet: costumes! In what is hopefully the first of many, special Grenth and Dwayna Wintersday costumes are now available in the NCsoft store.
Each version can be purchased for $6.99 US in the store, but NCsoft has an introductory deal until January 17th -- both sets for $9.99. The costumes are account-wide, headpieces are included, they can be dyed, and you'll get both male and female versions so none of your characters are left out. The costumes are purely cosmetic and can be worn over your existing armor without a change in stats, so feel free to charge into battle dressed as Grenth to put a little extra fear into your opponents.
A brand new feature like this one is bound to bring an avalanche of questions from players, so we suggest you start with the costume FAQ before heading over to the NCsoft store.
Reader Comments (6)
Posted: Dec 18th 2009 12:35PM (Unverified) said
Do not want. Seems like Anet is letting NCsoft whore out their game for some extra cash while they work on GW2.
Posted: Dec 18th 2009 1:17PM Minofan said
Subscriptionless MMO adds 7th-or-so microtransaction you say?
THE END IS UPON US!
FLEEEEEE!
*sigh*
THE END IS UPON US!
FLEEEEEE!
*sigh*
Posted: Dec 18th 2009 1:36PM (Unverified) said
I don't have any problem with skill unlock packs or extra character slots, but in-game costumes are just kind of tacky and are something you'd expect so see in games of much lower quality than Guild Wars.
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Posted: Dec 18th 2009 2:42PM (Unverified) said
I have no problem with it. It is only a costume that means nothing other than for show. Since Guild Wars 2 will have no montly fee people need to realize ArenaNet needs to make money other than the price of the box to support their new mmo. I may even get me one!
Posted: Dec 18th 2009 3:04PM bylthe said
Sounds Great, just got my costumes! Heres hoping they make more nice costumes over the next year.
Posted: Dec 18th 2009 3:27PM (Unverified) said
I might be willing to pay $5 for costumes for all 5 gods (no, not Kormir...). I understand Anet is not a charity organization, they need to pay the bills, pay their people, and make a tidy profit. However, $10 for two costumes (and that's a "special deal") is kinda ridiculous. Let me emphasize, its not the concept, but lack of value for your money that gets me.
Sigh, and the female Grenth armor is perhaps one of the least sexist female warrior-style armors they've ever produced...
Sigh, and the female Grenth armor is perhaps one of the least sexist female warrior-style armors they've ever produced...







