Guild Wars 2

Why the hell does adding a Rune of Sigil to an item make it SOULBOUND?

I made an exotic zerker set for my necro on my ele (as it has maxed its crafting disciplines). I bought the runes and applied them and for some idiotic reason they’re SOULbound??? WHY NOT ACCOUNT BOUND?

You can’t believe how frustrating this is. I wasted a LOT of money on this, for nothing!!! I just don’t see the logic of making it soulbound….

Inb4: kitten you should of read the description. Not the point here… The point is why adding a kitten rune or sigil makes it SOULBOUND if you never wore it…

Because pretty much all exotic equipment in the game is soulbound once you bind it (ie. by customizing it with an upgrade). That’s how it is. It’s unfortunate that you didn’t know about it ahead of time, but yeah. I don’t see it changing. Ascended gear remains account bound, even after you put in an upgrade (as do legendary weapons).

On the plus side you can do this to asc gear and they are WAY more expensive.

?? I know with ascended gear at least it remains account-bound when applying runes or sigils. What runes did you use?

Also lol, exotic set is nowhere near a lot of money.

Andred.1087:

?? I know with ascended gear at least it remains account-bound when applying runes or sigils. What runes did you use?

Also lol, exotic set is nowhere near a lot of money.

I’m dirt poor. It is a lot of money for me.

Well with a black lion chest you can salvage the runes. The rest grind some Cof/Arah/CoE for zerk gear and/or money.

Derigar, I would STRONGLY recommend that you do NOTHING with this armor, and open up a support ticket and see if there is any way they can help you.

My personal experience with CS has been that for the most part, they are more than willing to help people who have made mistakes or not understood some aspect of the game.

Best of luck!

courin.2314:

Derigar, I would STRONGLY recommend that you do NOTHING with this armor, and open up a support ticket and see if there is any way they can help you.

My personal experience with CS has been that for the most part, they are more than willing to help people who have made mistakes or not understood some aspect of the game.

Best of luck!

Oh my god my guild told me to salvage…

I feel like an idiot now.

Derigar.7810:

courin.2314:

Derigar, I would STRONGLY recommend that you do NOTHING with this armor, and open up a support ticket and see if there is any way they can help you.

My personal experience with CS has been that for the most part, they are more than willing to help people who have made mistakes or not understood some aspect of the game.

Best of luck!

Oh my god my guild told me to salvage…

I feel like an idiot now.

Not very good guild mates then. Of course, they could have told you as an exotic it was going to soul bind….

you also can buy a full exo zerker set in wvw for like 6 or 7 gold + a bunch of wvw badges including the weapon.

AGAIN. Complete a support ticket. Explain that you didn’t realize that you could do a support ticket to MAYBE solve the issue.

What’s the worst that can happen, they say no? And you’re right where you are now? But potentially they could restore the armor to the pre-bound state for you.

It’s worth a shot.

For all the folks who are saying “an exotic set isn’t much money”, please try to remember it’s all about perspective.

A slice of bread might not be much in the way of ‘food’ to you, but it’s a day’s meal to a starving child.

Similarly, we have no idea of the net worth of the OPs account, and minimalizing the impact this has on him is unfair.

If he says it’s a lot of money to him, accept him at his word.

It pops a box:

“Adding this upgrade component wil make your item soulbound do you wish to continue?”

If I’m not mistaking.

Also don’t overlook the fact that when you applied the rune to the armor, it popped up a warning that it would soulbind and you had to click “Yes” to continue.

Man, tough break. I remember when my account was new and I wasn’t raking in much gold. Sorry you didn’t know about the soulbinding protocol ahead of time.

Maybe your guildies can pool some resources together so you can make some more sets? Gossamer isn’t too expensive, and if you have laurels, you can get T6 crafting bags to make up for the ones you lost.

What gear set were you making?

PaxTheGreatOne.9472:

It pops a box:

“Adding this upgrade component wil make your item soulbound do you wish to continue?”

If I’m not mistaking.

Yep. There is a warning that pops up when you upgrade exotics that this will make it soulbound. Whites, greens, and iirc rares, the warning says account bound.

That said, it’s easy to blow past that warning when you are used to seeing the account bound warning. I did it with a set of rare armor I was making for a guildie after launch.

This is what happens when you don’t read the warning boxes that pop up when you try to do stuff…

Kousetsu.1627:

you also can buy a full exo zerker set in wvw for like 6 or 7 gold + a bunch of wvw badges including the weapon.

WvW and Karma armor is a SURE way to loose any runes. You even loose the ability to salvage the rune/sigil back if you ever do change armor.

The answer to the question is “it has always been like that”. I’m not saying that’s a reasonable answer, but it is THE answer.

This is also Nobody’s Fault (awesome Zep tune, BTW) but the OPs (you ignored an impossible to ignore pop up warning).

Brother Grimm.5176:

The answer to the question is “it has always been like that”. I’m not saying that’s a reasonable answer, but it is THE answer.

This is also Nobody’s Fault (awesome Zep tune, BTW) but the OPs (you ignored an impossible to ignore pop up warning).

I’d say take pity on him….but, well, it made me chuckle. We’ve all been there though.

“Oh a pop up….”
“should I read it?”
" Naaah…."
" Oh kitten….."

One time – that sucks… click-through blindness affects many a weary gamer….

But a whole set? Six times… well…

Arkinos.7245:

Andred.1087:

?? I know with ascended gear at least it remains account-bound when applying runes or sigils. What runes did you use?

Also lol, exotic set is nowhere near a lot of money.

They are for some, stop being a jerk.

Not being a jerk, that’s just reality. I, too, used to think it was a lot of money, but you can make that much in a few days if you know what content to do.

To OP: I’ll set a reminder on my phone to send you some gold, if only to prove I’m not a jerk.

Andred.1087:

Not being a jerk, that’s just reality. I, too, used to think it was a lot of money, but you can make that much in a few days if you know what content to do.

To OP: I’ll set a reminder on my phone to send you some gold, if only to prove I’m not a jerk.

Truth told, I still need to work up my tailoring. I’m willing to give benefit of the doubt and help replace the salvaged exotics, just this once.

OP, drop me a note with what you need, and I’ll see what I can do.

Sorry, but when you attempted to apply the rune it gave you a popup that specifically told you that adding the rune would soulbind it to the character. That was your chance to say, “Oh, I should transfer these first and apply them after.”

Instead you said fine, then got upset because you didn’t read the warning that popped up. It’s not ANet’s fault that you didn’t read the warning. You can only blame yourself for that.

Salvage it with black lion kit and use the dark matter to make ascended armor and put the runes/sigils in those.

In OP’s defense, the warning is in a poorly contrasting color to the background, AND in very small print. But it IS there- and whenever something pops up on screen you REALLY should read it.

Well I made a full set of Exotic light armour, berserker stats.
Then I also made all the Exotic weapons a Necromancer can wear. I got most runes and sigils when I salvaged, so that’s not the issue. The problem is those pesky globs of ecto and vials of blood.

Derigar.7810:

Well I made a full set of Exotic light armour, berserker stats.
Then I also made all the Exotic weapons a Necromancer can wear. I got most runes and sigils when I salvaged, so that’s not the issue. The problem is those pesky globs of ecto and vials of blood.

Hop on the daily World Boss Train. You’ll get guaranteed rares, which have an 85% chance of paying out an Ecto when using a Master kit or better.

Derigar.7810:

Why the hell does adding a Rune of Sigil to an item make it SOULBOUND?

I made an exotic zerker set for my necro on my ele (as it has maxed its crafting disciplines). I bought the runes and applied them and for some idiotic reason they’re SOULbound??? WHY NOT ACCOUNT BOUND?

You can’t believe how frustrating this is. I wasted a LOT of money on this, for nothing!!! I just don’t see the logic of making it soulbound….

Inb4: kitten you should of read the description. Not the point here… The point is why adding a kitten rune or sigil makes it SOULBOUND if you never wore it…

I crafted exotic assassin armor for my new engi while I was on my thief and just for kicks tried to add the runes and it asked me to confirm that doing so will make it soulbound.

I know you said about reading the description however did you read the popup that you got when you tried to apply the rune? And if you did then why did you apply it?

The game is way better now than when it came out. When it came out everything was souldbound. If you want to get dungeon armor for a specific character then you had to do the dungeon on that character since the tokens were soulbound.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

Brother Grimm.5176:

The answer to the question is “it has always been like that”. I’m not saying that’s a reasonable answer, but it is THE answer.

This is also Nobody’s Fault (awesome Zep tune, BTW) but the OPs (you ignored an impossible to ignore pop up warning).

I’d say take pity on him….but, well, it made me chuckle. We’ve all been there though.

“Oh a pop up….”
“should I read it?”
" Naaah…."
" Oh kitten….."

Isn’t this the truth. I wonder if any of those gamer comic strips have ever done something follow this.

OP, people muck up all the the time. It’s no consolation but I do something similar nearly every time I ding 80 late at night and, instead of knowing I should be logging off before starting, I begin the get gear together for my newbie 80. The stuff ups I’ve done…

WTH is a Rune of Sigil? gawd this annoys the hell out of me.

Reanne.5462:

WTH is a Rune of Sigil? gawd this annoys the hell out of me.

He meant Or, like in Oral or Orr or Oreo, or Or.

Reanne.5462:

WTH is a Rune of Sigil? gawd this annoys the hell out of me.

It’s called a typo. Rune or Sigil.

I want to thank the two kind people that send me resources for my armour and weapons. I’m so happy now! You’ve truly made my day!

To both of you, you’re the kindest persons I’ve met on a game before!

Brother Grimm.5176:

The answer to the question is “it has always been like that”. I’m not saying that’s a reasonable answer, but it is THE answer.

This is also Nobody’s Fault (awesome Zep tune, BTW) but the OPs (you ignored an impossible to ignore pop up warning).

Maybe, maybe not. For a long time applying upgrades didn’t actually soulbind, just account bound although the warnings have always been the same. It’s also a lot more reasonable to make it “Soulbound on Equip, Account Bound”.