Guild Wars 2

Hi,

Recently the gathering tools have been updated : they are now account bound, but the price went up from 800 to 1000 gems.
I am OK with the idea of more expensive tools that are account bound : a lot of players prefer this system.

BUT, some of use use these tools mostly for convenience. And having to switch tools from 1 character to the other isn’t very convenient ! So, some of us will still want infinite tools on several characters at once, and you just made it more expansive for us, with no advantage from paying more !

I can see 2 ways of solving this issue :
Option A : multi-character
When we buy an account bound item, let us use this item on several characters. Every account possessing a given tool should be able to get several copies of this tool. Again, there are several options :
- Free. Unlock them in Hero panel near Zenith Weapon skins.
- Gold. Have them sold for IG money by black lion employees. This could work like GW1’s festival hats maker : show a tool to the NPC to add it in the unlocked tools list, then buy copies from him.
- Gems : have the price in gems lowered to 200 gems starting from the 2nd purchase.

Option B : let us choose
Sell 2 items in the trading post : account bound (1000 gems), soul bound (400-600 gems) so that we can simply choose. Soul-bound purchased after the update should not be convertible to account bound of course.

Regards,

Eowyn

I like the idea of having Account Bound individual gathering tools (as it is right now), but I’d also like to see an Account-Wide gathering tool.

It would be available from your Achievement pane just like your Zenith skins and can be taken out and used by all characters on the account without the need to bank the tools back and forth. The cost would obviously need to be much higher, I’m thinking something like 5000 gems or more.

5000? are you kidding??

finite.5439:

5000? are you kidding??

Too low?

mtpelion.4562:

finite.5439:

5000? are you kidding??

Too low?

Way too low! 7k at least.

Fjandi.2516:

mtpelion.4562:

finite.5439:

5000? are you kidding??

Too low?

Way too low! 7k at least.

Right because £50 for an imaginary item which is merely convinient and nothing more is reasonable…

I picked 5000 based on 1000 per tool per base number of character slots (5). It was selected based on the idea that if you did not buy extra character slots, buying the account option would cost the same as buying one for each of your characters. Each extra character slot you buy would then essentially get the tool “for free”.

I’m not set on defending that price point, I’m just exposing my logic in selecting it for the initial argument.

I don’t see why we would have to pay even more to be able to get several copies of the tools. It is very inconvenient to have to switch them around between characters. If they wanted people to buy multiple tools instead of using one for all your characters, why the change to account bound?

So I vote for: – Free. Unlock them in Hero panel near Zenith Weapon skins.

Speaking of choosing, can I get infinite gathering tools minus the effects? I simply won’t purchase them because of the effects.

It really makes no sense to not have them free and useable on all characters like the Zenith skins now that they are soul bound.

While I’d also obviously love a Zenith skin style system, I’d just like to avoid any “they’re never happy” comments and thank ANet for making the tools account bound

I would buy a set of these items if they were Zenith like account bound (preferebly without effects) for 1000 gems each in a heartbeat… But as it stands its not worth it because I play on multiple characters…

/signed for Option A

It would have to cost over 9000 gems though.

option C
i want them like the finisher system – minis too