Guild Wars 2

During the last installment of this LA living story friends and guildies were able to equip and unequip various versions of the spinal blades with out the item soulbinding. I just equipped my advanced, exotic version with no stats assigned and now it’s stuck on a character that I didn’t want it on.

Is this a new change that I missed? Is it a bug? If I upgrade this back piece to ascended will the soulbound nature of it reset? It was told to me that the other versions of the blades would unsoulbind each time they upgraded a step.

I want to know that as well… same case here, stuck on a character that does not need it, just wanted to see how it looks

I tried equipping mine after the patch, and it wouldn’t let me without selecting stats (with a warning that it would become soulbound). It seems that they changed the behavior.

Yes, got changed in the previous bugfix patch. That didn’t make it into the patch notes, of course.

You can still infuse it to make it accountbound.

Yeah, that was annoying, I was crafting mine to exotic level for the Living Story and encountered that. My Ranger has the recipe for ascended but didn’t need the backpiece, my Mesmer did. But putting it on her means I won’t be able to get that one to ascended later as she doesn’t have tailor, my ele has that (but no recipe for ascended version).

If the Devs would be kind enough to make them account bound that would solve some problems.

they make backpack soulbound at equip bcz you have achievement for this now

i think soulbound backpack still can be used in MF, but you must not transmute it before.

i just simple farm enought blades for 4 backpacks and make them for all my 80

zallesz.1650:

I want to know that as well… same case here, stuck on a character that does not need it, just wanted to see how it looks

Right click on the item → preview.

Astral Projections.7320:

Yeah, that was annoying, I was crafting mine to exotic level for the Living Story and encountered that. My Ranger has the recipe for ascended but didn’t need the backpiece, my Mesmer did. But putting it on her means I won’t be able to get that one to ascended later as she doesn’t have tailor, my ele has that (but no recipe for ascended version).

If the Devs would be kind enough to make them account bound that would solve some problems.

It doesn’t matter who has the exotic version equipped as you promote it through the mystic forge. The only thing made through crafting is the gift which should be account bound. Leather is the ideal craft to use as it’s so cheap.

Depending on what materials you have in the bank/collection, and whether you plan to make more than one, it may actually be cheaper to craft leather to 500 than use tailor.

or just find someone with them, i saw lots of ascendet backpacks with colors, what is near 120+g in mats ..

Ayrilana.1396:

You can still infuse it to make it accountbound.

Except that once you choose the stats of the ascended it becomes soulbound. Thus its still stuck (granted he/she can move it to the other toon they want it on before choosing the stats).

But I agree, they need to change it back to accountbound. Theres enough godkitten soulbound/one time use only items that have been the ‘rewards’ of the different patches. Its really starting to kitten me off, since I can’t use said rewards on any of my toon, since I’ll lose the ability to move/use it to a different toon (either one of 12 current ones or any future created ones).

skullmount.1758:

Ayrilana.1396:

You can still infuse it to make it accountbound.

Except that once you choose the stats of the ascended it becomes soulbound. Thus its still stuck (granted he/she can move it to the other toon they want it on before choosing the stats).

But I agree, they need to change it back to accountbound. Theres enough godkitten soulbound/one time use only items that have been the ‘rewards’ of the different patches. Its really starting to kitten me off, since I can’t use said rewards on any of my toon, since I’ll lose the ability to move/use it to a different toon (either one of 12 current ones or any future created ones).

No. When you infuse it, it becomes a completely new item and will be account bound. It’s the same thing as the ascended rings and fractal back piece. Have you tried infusing it and can confirm that this back piece does not change to account bound after infusing it in the mystic forge?

It warns you before you equip it. Generally when playing games it helps to look at the screen.

Ayrilana.1396:

skullmount.1758:

Ayrilana.1396:

You can still infuse it to make it accountbound.

Except that once you choose the stats of the ascended it becomes soulbound. Thus its still stuck (granted he/she can move it to the other toon they want it on before choosing the stats).

But I agree, they need to change it back to accountbound. Theres enough godkitten soulbound/one time use only items that have been the ‘rewards’ of the different patches. Its really starting to kitten me off, since I can’t use said rewards on any of my toon, since I’ll lose the ability to move/use it to a different toon (either one of 12 current ones or any future created ones).

No. When you infuse it, it becomes a completely new item and will be account bound. It’s the same thing as the ascended rings and fractal back piece. Have you tried infusing it and can confirm that this back piece does not change to account bound after infusing it in the mystic forge?

When you get it from the forge, yes it is still account bound, but upon selecting stats/equipping it it becomes soulbound (was only one of two that became soulbound before the patch.) Its like the rings as you said, they are account bound till you equip them.

(from “Dulfy’s guide”: http://dulfy.net/2014/02/18/gw2-spinal-blade-backpiece/

Backpiece is account bound and become soulbound after picking stats (but it will become account bound if you change it to a different color)

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Ayrilana.1396:

Astral Projections.7320:

Yeah, that was annoying, I was crafting mine to exotic level for the Living Story and encountered that. My Ranger has the recipe for ascended but didn’t need the backpiece, my Mesmer did. But putting it on her means I won’t be able to get that one to ascended later as she doesn’t have tailor, my ele has that (but no recipe for ascended version).

If the Devs would be kind enough to make them account bound that would solve some problems.

It doesn’t matter who has the exotic version equipped as you promote it through the mystic forge. The only thing made through crafting is the gift which should be account bound. Leather is the ideal craft to use as it’s so cheap.

Depending on what materials you have in the bank/collection, and whether you plan to make more than one, it may actually be cheaper to craft leather to 500 than use tailor.

Well, if the gift is account bound that makes a big difference. Thanks for the info.

And I guess I don’t see your point as it appears to be exactly what I was posting about. The OP was talking about being stuck with the ascended back item when they wanted it on their Mesmer. They weren’t talking about whether it should permanently be account bound.