My Question/Problem:
My primary guild is fairly casual/social and we spend a lot of time hanging out in town, which is a great opportunity to pop some tonics for laughs. I just reached level 400 in Artificer and discovered Mystery Tonics, which transform you into random creatures, trees, and bar furniture, which would be great fun to share with the group. Unfortunately they are account bound (despite the fact I crafted them, rather than acquiring them from a Black Lion Chest) so I couldn’t mail them to my guildies.
What’s the rationale behind tonics being account bound? I imagine the answer is that they don’t want people buying gems, getting dozens of Black Lion Keys, and flooding the market with tons of Tonics that required no in-game effort. This is perfectly reasonable, but it doesn’t really apply in my case—why can’t I sell tonics that I created through crafting?
My Suggestions:
I thought about this a little bit and I had two ideas. First, rather than being account bound, it would be very nice if Tonics from BL Chests could be mailed to other players even if they can’t be sold on TP. In other words, create a “Not Sellable on Trading Post” status similar to Account Bound and Soulbound. I think Tonics would be more fun if they could be shared with your friends, and I imagine that such a status might be useful for other types of items as well.
Second, I think crafted tonics like the Mystery Tonics should be unrestricted since I did not have to go through the Gem Store in any way to make them. They should be sellable on TP and possible to mail out.
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