Guild Wars 2

Hello. As follows from the title, I want to talk about the gathering tools. In recent months, I have encountered a dilemma about this. You see, when you have just typed them, they seemed to be something useful and convenient. Also, looked interesting. I am one of those people who like the story aspect of this game, so I have about two dozen characters, and I bought tools in reliance on an even greater number. Then you began to add new tools skins and I bought a few for those characters, they fit in style. However, does not matter how many characters you have, it is not the point. The fact that the course is higher and higher, and the majority of players who wanted to have it, purchased it long ago. I’ve already filled 2 bank tabs with this tools, and I realized that I absolutely do not want to pay 13-16$ or ~150 gold any more, for a thing that will not bring me any benefit.
I guess I’m not the only person who already has these tools, so not ready to spend money on just another of their skins. Despite the fact that some of them seem attractive to us.

So wanted to ask – could you add something like the exchange of these skins? Special vendor, or perhaps some MF recipes. It is not excluded that the possibility of a subsequent exchange, even spur some players to their purchase.

+1 to the perma gathering tool exchange idea
unfortunately, I doubt it’ll be added. As you said, you wanted one for every character as they came out. They are making lots of money off people that do that. I will offer this suggestion to make MeGaZlo’s suggestion more enticing to Anet: able to convert one perma gathering tool into any other for the cost of 100 gems.

100 gems for an unlimited tool skin change seems like a fair enough compromise. (Although, before that happens, I strongly suggest that something be done to address the quality imbalance between the different tools, because I can predict everybody swapping their picks to the Watchwork Pick for the bonus.)