Convenience, inventory space, and cosmetics are all heavily monetized. Character slots also, since even after buying an expansion to get the upgrade to a non-free account, you have only five character slots for the nine classes to play. Prices are pretty hefty and while there are sales, they never cut too deeply. $10 per character slot Of course, it made sense that free to play accounts would have their limitations. You still have to buy the expansion if you want access to all the content. It was almost a year ago that ArenaNet announced that Guild Wars 2 would be free-to-play, but only the core game. Guild Wars 2 has the simplest of business models: buy the game and play it. Free accounts can’t transfer gold to gems. The f2p is a big trial. Buy the game. The wiki says that gold to gems exchange is unavailable for F2P accounts. What everyone else said. Plus, imagine the amount of bots that would flood the game if they were able to convert their gold into gems. Its pay for advantage and pay to sustain, most cosmetics look better than the legendary stuff, only the expansions have mounts and the story is ♥♥♥♥. try it before you splurge. . . Rasip. • 8 yr. ago. The wikia: "Free Membership: (once called Bronze) entitles the player to create up to 2 characters. They are limited to Adept spells. Free members can not send mail to other players, though they can receive mail. They can chat with other players by using /say /tell /group and /guild." . Convenience, inventory space, and cosmetics are all heavily monetized. Character slots also, since even after buying an expansion to get the upgrade to a non-free account, you have only five character slots for the nine classes to play. Prices are pretty hefty and while there are sales, they never cut too deeply. $10 per character slot

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