Guild Wars 2

So is it my memory mistake that some Anet staff said the dye could be shared among my characters after the BWEs. (Consumed dye to be usable by all characters)

I felt disappointed to find out at launch that dye are still soul-bound.

Or just my mistake of getting the wrong message / wrong memory.

A lot of people are not happy about Dyes being per character. I suspect it’s designed to get us to buy more dye packs in the gem store.

I also suspect in reality it will have the opposite effect.

Dyes are NOT account-bound, and are traded quite often on the Trading Post.

Critwrench.8432:

Dyes are NOT account-bound, and are traded quite often on the Trading Post.

That’s not what the OP is talking about…I assume.

Once used a dye is bound to a character.

Archangel.1604:

Critwrench.8432:

Dyes are NOT account-bound, and are traded quite often on the Trading Post.

That’s not what the OP is talking about…I assume.

Once used a dye is bound to a character.

Sorry for the misleading title and I have changed it.

They said it a long time ago, way before release and as you know – things are always subject to change before and after release. However, it is not just the Gem store. Dyes can be crafted by chefs. If you make them account bound, then the ability for chefs to make a profit by selling dyes decreases over time.

Critwrench.8432:

Dyes are NOT account-bound, and are traded quite often on the Trading Post.

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Archangel.1604:

A lot of people are not happy about Dyes being per character. I suspect it’s designed to get us to buy more dye packs in the gem store.

I also suspect in reality it will have the opposite effect.

Pretty much this. People will just let their main get all the dyes, maybe give alts doubles, but I can’t see anyone unlocking all the dyes for all their chars.

I think its a great idea! The game isn’t going anywhere and collectable items give you something to achieve over a long period. Likewise to crafters and someone lucky enough to find a rare popular dye, it can be a nice little sale on the TP. If it were account bound that would be an incredibly different story. MMOs need some long term options, there seems to be so much instant gratification expected these days.

Your alts don’t need every colour in the spectrum, why not pick a base colour and work on supplying that character different shades of that colour? eg Mesmer shades of Blue/Purples. Guardian shades of light colours, Warrior shades of dark colours, Rangers shades of green, etc.

Come on, I am not asking for dye to be shared among characters.

But I am wondering if it was my mistake that I got the idea of Anet’s staff said dye would be shared among characters.

As far as I can remember, Anet posted in somewhere (likely a forum) that I forgot and didn’t take screenshot, that dye would be able to be used across in characters in the same account.

If you are not asking for dyes to be shared among characters and just looking for some evidence that ANet said something in that line, it doesn’t matter. Because things do change.

Remember when they said that GW2 will still have heroes but when the tests started it doesn’t have one? Same thing with dye, whether they said it or not, they changed their mind for the better.

Better because, it is better this way. Dyes are a market in itself.