Guild Wars 2

Greetings all,

Not sure if this was brought up previously. One thing with these infinite gathering tools is they are character bound once equipped. The general pattern here is they seem to come out during specific living story events with a typical theme, flame & frost; Tequatl revamp and more recently the Halloween event.

IDEA: what are peoples thoughts if a main toon had an infinite gathering tool and when purchasing and equipping a new themed tool the old would become account bound (once) to enable it to be transferred to another toon. This will support not only characters wanting specific themed gear with a gathering skin but would also support ANET with people purchasing upcoming infinite gathering tools for their main toons.

Open to hear your thoughts and thanks for reading.

I’ve got 5 characters all equipped with Infinite Harvesting Tools. I’d have bought 5 copies even if they were Account Bound, because I like the convenience of never having to bother with gathering tools ever again. That said, I would like to see them become Account Bound, simply because that upcoming Dreamcleaver Axe sounds like it would be perfect for my Sylvari, but she’s already got a Chop-it-All Axe, so buying the Dreamcleaver would be a waste unless I could transfer it to another alt.

I think this is a great idea.

I have also 4 characters equipped with a complete set, and the latest mining pick also on my necro, and i think that would be a great idea.

Gaile Gray.6029:

In the future, this issue will not be a factor for our players because the devs are going to make some changes to these particular items that will make them account bound instead of soulbound. We don’t have a timeframe for this change, but we’re really happy that it’s coming and I think it’ll be soon.

Let the wait begin !

Anen.1742:

Gaile Gray.6029:

In the future, this issue will not be a factor for our players because the devs are going to make some changes to these particular items that will make them account bound instead of soulbound. We don’t have a timeframe for this change, but we’re really happy that it’s coming and I think it’ll be soon.

Let the wait begin !

Cool

Source is btw.:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/Soulbound-Gem-Item-to-Wrong-Character/3188074

You wished it a couple hours too soon ^^

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions
All permanent gathering tools will now be account bound rather than soulbound. For one week, account-bound versions of the Jack-in-the-Box Scythe and Bone Pick gathering tools will be available in the Services category of the Gem Store for 1000 gems each.
Previously purchased permanent gathering tools can be upgraded to account-bound versions by unequipping them and bringing them to a Black Lion Weapons Specialist.

Thanks ANet for listening. Think I’ll buy a gem card this month. ^^

Wow, I’m actually surprised they capitulated. I guess they decided the bad feelings weren’t worth the extra $10 every time someone bought a one or they are tired about all the pestering about when they are coming back.

Thumbs up ANet. Now about those RNG ticket and ticket scraps …

Props to ANet on converting the tools to account-bound! Good show

Great move, ANet!