Guild Wars 2

Does it still work? Some of my guildmates say it doesn’t and I can’t afford 1800 gems to do it the normal way.

Yes it does. Just put things you want to save in the bank.

There has been no mention of it being removed, as far as I know.

But you can just farm gold for a few weeks and not have to give up any of your characters.

It does still work. All account-bound items will transfer with you in your bank. Any guild-related things will not, such as Guild bank, influence, upgrades, etc. Nothing soul-bound will be available, of course.