Guild Wars 2

Hey all,

As the title says I have an idea of convenience.

Make a new inventory bag slot that works the same as a bank and make it an account-wide shared inventory slot so people wont have to run to the bank and put 1 or more items in it in order to transfer it to another character(I really don’t want to run to the bank every time I want to use my Copper-fed Salvage-o-matic everytime I play on different character)

However there should be limitations to not make the bank useless:
1. There will be only 1 “bank” inventory bag slot for each character.
2. You can only put Gem store items and Account Bound CONSUMABLES (such as living world rewards) in it(maybe minis too but in this case make the bag not drop any collectibles to the bank, which will might solve the “mini slot” on the hero panel that people suggested already).
3. The amount of item slots it will have will be a max of 20(can be lower as in the end it depends on anet).
4. To get the slot one must first unlock the slot with gems(much like unlocking more slots to put bags in in the inventory); The slot will be character bound(that way it will be more profitable for anet)
5. To fill the unlocked slot one must put a “special” bag in it with a varying amount of 5-10-15-20(can be done either by crafting, therefore giving some sort of progression. or by buying with gems with increased gem price for bigger bags for the lazy people and once again give anet a profit). Same as the slot itself the bag will be character bound(more profit to anet because of lazy people).

Well that’s my suggestion.
It won’t make some people better then the rest as it will be mostly for convenience and seeing as it will be restricted to certain items only makes it more so.

I didn’t write the gem prices as I have no economic sense and in the end I’m not sure if this idea will even be implemented(but I sure hope it will!)

(and btw I’m lazy XD)

Please post opinions and suggestions for improvement!

they have this option via gem store the bank express so adding another slot specifically for these reason will, most likely, not happen

I agree, there are already items that provide access to bank, merchant or auction house.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/account-bag/first
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Account-bound-bags-in-the-gemstore/first

Yeah I agree it would be a great idea, but some people don’t seem to understand the difference between an account bag and a bank. :/

many people DO understand the difference and there isn’t one other than the ease of convenience which you can most certainly have with bank express and not circumvent a gemstore item (aka convenience item). the true alternative would be an everlasting bank express, merchant express, or lion trader express that could be account bound and somehow accessible via the inventory/hero panel which would most likely have a hefty price tag but would be a viable alternative to to the ‘account bag’ theory which has a few problems i.e. souldbound rune drops from dungeons etc. i’m all for implemention of new QoL features and A-net has been somewhat reasonable with these kind of things: the wallet system, the gathering tools, and other account wide features. i always figure you’re better off offering up an idea that will make them money as well as add a QoL adjustment rather than something that would be a pain to implement and organize as well as taking an existing gemstore item and rendering it useless. perhaps an account wide ‘express’ system via gemstore could actually gain some traction so maybe we should let go of the bag idea and lets consider another alternative perhaps.

ps. making said bag char bound would completely defeat the purpose of the bag unless you’re suggesting bying a new bag slot via gems and a new bag via gems on every char for your account which just seems completely counter intuitive for the QoL proposal and outrageously expensive for those who enjoy many characters who would find this feature most attractive. i’m not about to spend 3200 gems (400 per 80) + whatever crazy price these bags should cost per 8 chars. looking at $100 for a QoL feature O.o i’d suggest you have a pretty nice quality of life if you have 100 bucks to blow on such silly things

Tman.6349:

they have this option via gem store the bank express so adding another slot specifically for these reason will, most likely, not happen

I don’t know, even if it’s more expensive, I’d buy it. You see, I’d much rather buy a permanent bag slot that lets me put an 18 slot bag in that is shared between all characters, than have to expend a consumable item, spending real money every time I don’t want to go back to town. I would use those slots for things I use frequently on all characters, such as blueprints, minis, boosters…

yes I DO SEE. i also see bank express for gems in the shop. the bag idea wont over happen. if you read the thread you’ll notice that i proposed a practical idea