Guild Wars 2

Should Precursors and Legendaries be account bound on acquire? I think so. At present they’re huge swingers in the economy, driving up prices across the board. Even worse, seeing a legendary with it’s associated effect is becoming commonplace, lowering the desire to even obtain them and removing quite a bit of the mystique they have; anyone with a credit card can get one with enough desire without ever having to leave LA (as a matter of fact, of 15 Eternity owners I asked, those that replied unanimously said they’d purchased theirs with a credit card, and most went on to identify it as gold purchased through 3rd parties!), and with 3rd party sellers out-competing A-Net on gold prices, the odds of that money ever seeing A-Net’s pocket, and therefore being put back into the game in the form of improvements, is not difficult to imagine.

Binding the precursors might bring back the mystery, with not every individual capable of finding a precursor necessarily willing to put for the effort to turn it into a legendary. It would also take away a large reason for players to turn to 3rd party markets for gold, since some of the coolest items (and therefore biggest sinks) being removed from the economy.

Botting is a large issue, and needs to be addressed, but precursors themselves are a symptom that could be easily cured to the net benefit of us all.

No weapon should be account bound, only soul bound.

Yes, yes they should. Coming from a person who is 1/2 way towards crafting their own Twilight, I agree.

Aoshi.4785:

Yes, yes they should. Coming from a person who is 1/2 way towards crafting their own Twilight, I agree.

Yeah, that’s plausible, why jump around LA looking for attention on one character when you can do it on every character! Right?

Nayru.4537:

No weapon should be account bound, only soul bound.

Think of the poor Engineer who loots Dusk.

75% towards my bolt.

Bound on acquire AND account bound.

Make it happen

Arc.5862:

Nayru.4537:

No weapon should be account bound, only soul bound.

Think of the poor Engineer who loots Dusk.

Sell/ use on other character. Problem? Nope.

Aoshi.4785:

Yes, yes they should. Coming from a person who is 1/2 way towards crafting their own Twilight, I agree.

You are halfway there with the dusk you got from the forge with 5 tries.
Made me giggle, thanks

Nayru.4537:

Yeah, that’s plausible, why jump around LA looking for attention on one character when you can do it on every character! Right?

Not sure what you are getting at there buddy. I was agreeing that the Legendary and the precursors should be account bound,

A few posts above that you called for them to be soulbound, not account bound, isn’t that like asking for the same thing you were poking fun at above? Jeez. Plausible indeed, in some person’s world lol.

To get around the issue with someone getting a precursor they don’t need, maybe utilize a token/coin system, where it can be traded in for the one they need.

BUTTERBLUME.3217:

Aoshi.4785:

Yes, yes they should. Coming from a person who is 1/2 way towards crafting their own Twilight, I agree.

You are halfway there with the dusk you got from the forge with 5 tries.
Made me giggle, thanks

Glad for that ^__^

Account bound legendaries / precursors? 100% agreed.

But, if they implement something like this they should also make precursors obtainable via normal gameplay, not just RNG.
500 tokens from each dungeon or 10000 porous bone, w/e, it really doesnt matter. :-P

Precursors should be account bound. This prevents looting of a precursor that can’t be used by your class (as you could later roll a class that could in fact use it).

Legendary weapons, once crafted, should be soulbound.

That will never happen. People spend real money on gems, and then sell the gems for gold so they can buy the precursors (as well as the mats for the weapon). That is kind of the whole point of having legendary weapons. ArenaNet will never be allowed to change that.