Guild Wars 2

What does that mean?

Situation: level 80 character, elite, wants to buy an ascended Black Ice Earring from the unbound magic vendor in Bitterfrost Frontier. The account has sufficient unbound magic and winterberries, and she’s already wearing an ascended Petrified Wood earring, and was not in possession of a Black Ice Earring, nor had she ever been.

When highlighting the item, the Buy button would not light up, and the title message showed up. I’ve bought 4 others for other characters successfully. Since I only was purchasing one, what does “single purchase only” mean? How do I get the earring?

It seems to me it’s probably a bug, and should be reported as such. There shouldn’t be a purchase limit if you have enough currency to get it.

Something is glitched.

The account has passed it’s 4th birthday, and I’ve owned HOT since it’s launch, and this would be the 4th (maybe 5th) earring I’ve purchased from that vendor. This was the first time the character had even entered the zone. Thinking it might just be a server glitch, I’ve logged out and in several times, but no joy. Otherwise the game seems to play okay.

Have you tried a -repair of the client, in case of corrupted file(s)? Instructions found in the Knowledge Base accessed via the ‘Support’ link above/below.

If unsuccessful, you can always contact the CS Team via the same link.

Good luck.

Hi Michael. I also do think that this is a bug. I’ve bought 4 of them. Didn’t try to buy a another one just yet, but it is unlickely that they decided to limit it to 4 per account. At least, if it were, it would be said somewhere.

Followup.

All was well the next morning, about 8 hours after trying several times, and hours before the next server reset. I am told by several that the message is used for Free To Play using the Black Lion TP, where they have restrictions on what they can buy. I know I occasionally get that message when I’m clearing bags at the BLTP even though I have had this paid for account for 4 years and have HOT. People also told me the WvW and PVP servers where having trouble last night and apparently it went on quite a while.