Guild Wars 2

Hello guys…. this thread is not about revenant, or stronghold, or any of the new features we got to experience during the beta…. but the mechanics of the beta itself.

Specifically, I’m referring to the split bank/inventory/wallet functionality.

I thought this was an excellent idea and it was perfectly implemented.

I happened to have all of my future revenant’s gear stored in the bank when the beta went live, and I was able to use all the gear on my beta revenant without having to worry about soulbinding weapons and armor that I want to keep to a character I can’t keep.

This really allowed me to test revenant the way I wanted to, and I thought that this was a wonderful idea.

There are some fallbacks to the system, however….
Personally, I had a panic attack when I took my tormented weapon skins out of the bank on a permanent character, unlocked them, then swapped to revenant and was unable to use them. I realized that I had another copy of the skins in my “phantom” bank to use…. but there was a good period of time there where I thought I lost my skins, because they were not showing up in my revenant’s wardrobe.

It is apparent that the wallet bank and wardrobe on your permanent account was copied at the beginning of the beta…. and the phantom bank/wardrobe/wallet could only be altered by the beta character after that point….

Therefore…. for players who were not prepared… they would essentially be locked out of making purchases for gear or consumables they would want to try out on their beta toons, since mail and trading post access is restricted.

Again…. I really lucked out and already had everything I needed for the beta in my bank when I started, so I am not complaining…. but I feel many others may not have been so lucky.

What were your experiences with the phantom bank/wallet/wardrobe?