Guild Wars 2

I just.. I collected so many dyes on my main, and now that I’m starting a new character, it’s a SERIOUS bummer to be set back to just the starter dyes. Are there any plans to have dyes be account-unlocks instead of for individual characters?

believe they have said they have no intentions of making em account unlocks

Having a full stable of alts I would love to see them account wide but if they will not do that at least make an interface adjustment so when I loot a dye on one alt I can instantly see which of my characters has that dye without having to place it in the vault and log in my toons one at a time to check. At the same time they could provide us with a sortable list view of the dyes to make it easier to see which hues we are lacking, which ones we want and what we already have.

At least by adding an interface improvement as mentioned above having the dyes character bound versus account bound would not be so frustrating.

Well that’s a bummer.

Oh well, at least I’ll have an easier time deciding which specific dyes I want for my alt.

It was intended to be Account Bound.

Kristen Perry

Colors will be unlocked, not muled.

Storage was always a factor when it came to dye colors in Guild Wars. The new system would cripple most inventories if we required characters to lug all the dyes around. Fear not! The dye hues themselves will be unlockable through various means, both in-game and out. Once you unlock the color, it will be available across your entire account, not just the individual character.

http://www.arena.net/blog/live-and-let-dye-kristen-perry-on-the-gw2-dye-system

Ravion Hawk.4736:

It was intended to be Account Bound.

Kristen Perry

Colors will be unlocked, not muled.

Storage was always a factor when it came to dye colors in Guild Wars. The new system would cripple most inventories if we required characters to lug all the dyes around. Fear not! The dye hues themselves will be unlockable through various means, both in-game and out. Once you unlock the color, it will be available across your entire account, not just the individual character.

http://www.arena.net/blog/live-and-let-dye-kristen-perry-on-the-gw2-dye-system

This is one of the things they talked about that I’m very disappointed never happened. The dye system is probably the best I’ve seen in a game, and I don’t see why it can’t be account-based. They’re just some flavor to your character.

Your main can make a lot of gold, and the vast majority of dyes are very cheap. Just buy some similar colours to the ones you want until you’ve earnt them back.

Alts aren’t supposed to be effortless.

emikochan.8504:

Alts aren’t supposed to be effortless.

Because account-wide dyes would make the process of leveling and gearing an alt “effortless”?

minbariguy.7504:

emikochan.8504:

Alts aren’t supposed to be effortless.

Because account-wide dyes would make the process of leveling and gearing an alt “effortless”?

Not really, just creates a gigantic money sink for the same item a bunch of times. It’s annoying, I want them to be account wide. The rare dyes in particular.

Shanna.4762:

Not really, just creates a gigantic money sink for the same item a bunch of times.

Not really, just means the money i would have spent on dye packs etc if they were account bound goes towards other things.

Thumbs up. /15 chars

I wish a lot more things were account-wide, because it’d make sense.

Jumping Puzzles are already account-wide because the achievement is account-wide. Why can’t other exploration things be account-wide?

If one of your characters explores 100% of the game, why should all your other characters have to find the same exact areas again?

Dyes are also one of those things. Crafting bank is account-wide, why isn’t Dye bank? Would it really ruin the market that much? I don’t think so.

I love the idea don’t get me wrong. only down side I see is if you use an unknown dye and get something you have and try to sell in in TP everyone will be doing the same because it will be 1 per account so once you have it you’ll never need it again making demand drop like a rock to a point it will worth less then trash.

Chaotic Storm.2815:

I love the idea don’t get me wrong. only down side I see is if you use an unknown dye and get something you have and try to sell in in TP everyone will be doing the same because it will be 1 per account so once you have it you’ll never need it again making demand drop like a rock to a point it will worth less then trash.

Isn’t that positive? Everyone likes cheap dyes.

its got its ups and downs. the main concern I have is they become worthless and stop serving a purpose. what I would love to see is unknown giving random basic colors like red dye, blue dye, ect and it gotta be mixed and depending on how much red, or blue you mix will determine the chance of getting a darker or lighter purple color of the mix. and add a whole new level of dye creation.

this hopefully would reduce the insane prices of these rarer dyes that are hard to get down to a reasonable level so that people don’t feel like they have to pay an arm and leg just to get that desired armor style.

example= 2 red and a blue mixed would produce chance of getting a darker shade of purple then say you would get just adding 1 red and 1 blue.

I couldn’t agree more. Dyes are something to personalize your character with, be it main or twink. It simply feels better to play your characters with the colors of your choice, most of the time those colors you spent a lot of gold on because they’re very popular.