Guild Wars 2

Is that true legendary weapons are account bound or they are going to be? If so when will that be?

No, they’re soulbound on equip. And devs have stated that selling them is working as intended, so that’s not likely to change.

They are bound on equip, you can even sell them on the Trading Post at the moment.

But why is everyone saying they are going to be account bound? I was confused about that

No from the start they were sellable. People are rightly upset that the most prestigious weapon is not a reflection of skill or dedication but bank account or ability to acquire gold.
Do not expect a change. The owners of the precursor/legendary market and anet all profit from this system.

Darn…I wish Anet made like a potion or like a scroll to unbind stuff. That would be a nice feature i would definitively pay to do that so i can give my weapon to my guardian.

I, for one, would like to see them become account bound both to restore prestige to the weapon and allow other characters within an account to wield them. As it stands, I bet most legendary grinds are conducted on more than one character within an account, why not let them share the glory if they can use the weapon. I understand dynamics around character building and investment but don’t think it would be adversely affected by allowing the weapons to be account bound. Don’t have much hope of this happening; just spreading the meme.

It’d be nice if legendaries were account bound on equip instead of soulbound.

Strangely I was thinking about this on my way home today.

Specifically I’m thinking about getting The Dreamer for my ranger but thought it’d also be fun to take some screen shots of my huge, serious, charr thief using it and I wasn’t sure if that would be an option.

Personally I think it would be better if they were account bound too.

It’s been discussed before.

As much as it would be convenient, it would also make Legendary weapons too common. As it is, you should have to think long and hard before you equip it.

legendaries still have to be made somehow, so if someone buys it off the tp, it still reflects “skill and dedication” – but that of the seller who made the thing.

Rieselle.5079:

legendaries still have to be made somehow, so if someone buys it off the tp, it still reflects “skill and dedication” – but that of the seller who made the thing.

thats a Good point. not to bring wow into this but im bringing wow into this

they should put the name of the person who crafted it into the Flaver text

Ya Account bound i mean they have the account achievement of having a legendary weapon so why not have all your chars be able to use it

When you think about it, Legendarys are the only character bound skins in the game, every other skin can be transmuted onto a white/blue and moved to another character and transmuted back to an exotic with no downside except the money spent moving it. Only Legendarys give you a real downside for doing this (losing the legendary status).