Guild Wars 2

Are there any thoughts on this? Is it totally stupid? :P

My thoughts are that it would end speculation on the TP, manipulation of the market etc. You’d only buy stuff you were going to use in some shape or form. So an item you crafted could be sold, but on acquire by the purchaser (as if they had equipped it) it becomes account bound.

Same with mats you find in the world; as soon as they sell, they’re bound.

I just can’t stand that the TP is a home for speculators to make profits. I think it’s just not fair on those who don’t have the time, resources or knowledge to do it.

I suppose in the long run it could remove a lot of items from the market as they can no longer be re-sold, so could increase prices. However, equally it could deflate prices as there would be no speculative purchases on items allowing the real economy without manipulation to assert itself.

I guess Anet have no desire for something like this as it would stagnate the TP economy & make the G in your pocket more valuable as the value of items decreases. Anet like gold-sinks after all! But they could balance that by moving some items to an NPC merchant for X number of G. Mystic coins being my 1st choice.

Just thinking out loud.

There have been a few times that I’ve purchased something to level one of my crafting professions and turned out to not need all of what I purchased, so I turned around and relisted it on the TP. So, no, not a big fan of the idea.

If the Devs removed everything some sub-set of players had no time, resources or knowledge to do, there would likely be little game to play.

Just yesterday, the Game Director stated that one of the visions of the game/studio is to offer different types of gameplay for players.

Probably not a suggestion that will bear fruit, sorry.

Good luck.

That would wreak havoc on the economy. Multiple reselling of the same item results in currency being removed from the game multiple times. Without that, inflation would be rampant.

I just can’t stand that the TP is a home for speculators to make profits. I think it’s just not fair on those who don’t have the time, resources or knowledge to do it.

In other words, it’s not that you think it’s a good idea, economically speaking. It just that you don’t like other people making gold this way when you can’t. I dont think that’s a good reason to make such sweeping changes to an important part of the game.