Guild Wars 2

As in if you learn/use a dye on one of your characters your whole account can use that same dye. Theres nothing much to say here there just isnt a reason why they shouldnt be account bound. Its just annoying having to buy the same dye on more than one character. I think most of you agree with me on this suggestion but if you dont please let me know why.

I agree but I know why they wont do it.

Gem Store Dye Packs
Cost of super/ultra Rare dye on the TP
Cost of Abyss and Celestial Dyes

and finally

Over all investment of the over all player base, that already has been made.

If dyes were account bound, they would all be worth nothing really. Keeping them character bound allows them to hold value.

Rehpeilon.4186:

If dyes were account bound, they would all be worth nothing really. Keeping them character bound allows them to hold value.

Actually it is the other way around.

People now buy a dye they need for their char. They preview them and then buy the one they need.

Now if they could collect them account wide (add a nice title similar to the Emperor title for cultural armor collection) and there is more demand. Meaning prices will be better for very rare dyes as people start to collect them instead of choosing what they need.

Think Minis here and even add maybe account bound dyes? New option instead of the backpack-of-the-week you get the oversaturated color of the week a lot of people run around with.

It is not about the dye they buy a second or third time but about all dyes people will buy! Way more demand.

Soul Bound stuff holds no value in the game. It is alt-unfriendly. And people who play a lot of different characters don’t switch items back and forth. They give every alt its own gear.

But soulbound dyes is just a stupid idea. I understand where it comes from when the game was released. But it has no meaning anymore.

Yes, there will be people who whine because they bought a dye a lot of times. But no problem if you have it on multiple characters you get the dye itself back in form of a dye pack of equal rarity (one time process). Nice way to start your collection or you could sell this RNG pack (unidentified rare dye, unidenfitied frame and frost dye, whatever)

WilliamDaBloody.2591:

Rehpeilon.4186:

If dyes were account bound, they would all be worth nothing really. Keeping them character bound allows them to hold value.

Actually it is the other way around.

People now buy a dye they need for their char. They preview them and then buy the one they need.

Now if they could collect them account wide (add a nice title similar to the Emperor title for cultural armor collection) and there is more demand. Meaning prices will be better for very rare dyes as people start to collect them instead of choosing what they need.

Think Minis here and even add maybe account bound dyes? New option instead of the backpack-of-the-week you get the oversaturated color of the week a lot of people run around with.

It is not about the dye they buy a second or third time but about all dyes people will buy! Way more demand.

Soul Bound stuff holds no value in the game. It is alt-unfriendly. And people who play a lot of different characters don’t switch items back and forth. They give every alt its own gear.

But soulbound dyes is just a stupid idea. I understand where it comes from when the game was released. But it has no meaning anymore.

Yes, there will be people who whine because they bought a dye a lot of times. But no problem if you have it on multiple characters you get the dye itself back in form of a dye pack of equal rarity (one time process). Nice way to start your collection or you could sell this RNG pack (unidentified rare dye, unidenfitied frame and frost dye, whatever)

well if they were to make it so that some dyes had to be forged and the recieving dye was BoA/Soulbound so it couldnt be traded, I can see some promise here.

But the game has been out a year, lots and i mean LOTS of players have bought 3-4 expensive dies per account (1 for each character). I just dont see the dye mechanic changing, even though I would LOVE for them to be account bound at this point.

WilliamDaBloody.2591:

Rehpeilon.4186:

If dyes were account bound, they would all be worth nothing really. Keeping them character bound allows them to hold value.

Actually it is the other way around.

People now buy a dye they need for their char. They preview them and then buy the one they need.

Now if they could collect them account wide (add a nice title similar to the Emperor title for cultural armor collection) and there is more demand. Meaning prices will be better for very rare dyes as people start to collect them instead of choosing what they need.

Think Minis here and even add maybe account bound dyes? New option instead of the backpack-of-the-week you get the oversaturated color of the week a lot of people run around with.

It is not about the dye they buy a second or third time but about all dyes people will buy! Way more demand.

Soul Bound stuff holds no value in the game. It is alt-unfriendly. And people who play a lot of different characters don’t switch items back and forth. They give every alt its own gear.

But soulbound dyes is just a stupid idea. I understand where it comes from when the game was released. But it has no meaning anymore.

Yes, there will be people who whine because they bought a dye a lot of times. But no problem if you have it on multiple characters you get the dye itself back in form of a dye pack of equal rarity (one time process). Nice way to start your collection or you could sell this RNG pack (unidentified rare dye, unidenfitied frame and frost dye, whatever)

So somehow removing the long-term demand for dyes will make the price go up…