Guild Wars 2

My Wife and I have been together for six years. We have been playing GW2 since launch, and since the beginning have mentioned that we want our actual characters in game, as well as our accounts to be married. In our minds this means that all items that are account bound would be shared between us: our wallets, stored materials, skins and banks would also be shared (and thus double the storage space.) Since Guild Halls were added, we have also be interested in having an actual marriage ceremony implemented in the game – with a reception too.

We think that this would be a fun little addition to the community. We know of a few other married couples that also play this game and have seemed receptive and interested in something like this being added.

Thank you,
Dusty Ohara

My wife already takes all my stuff. But you already know that

It’s already possible to hold a wedding ceremony in the game. Pick out some nice clothing (doesn’t have to be the wedding outfit but that’s a starting point), write a script, maybe craft or buy rings or other items to exchange (I know of one couple who exchanged legendary greatswords), invite some friends and off you go. And of course make sure you’ve got some food and booze for afterwards. I don’t think making weddings an actual part of the game could add much to that.

A marriage system could be interesting, but I’m not sure what benefits it could give that would make sense for couples that actually want to commit to playing together and wouldn’t simply be used by people with multiple accounts looking to take advantage of it.

Your system for example sounds perfect for a player with 2 accounts wanting to make it easier to transfer items and gold between them. Especially if the second account is basically only used for the daily login rewards (which many of them are) – this is an instant way to double your storage space.

But I don’t think I would use that option to link my account to my husbands, too much potential for it to go wrong. My husband and I don’t even keep all our money in our joint bank account in real life because we find it simpler to keep it separate, and I’m a lot less careful with money and items in-game. I’ll periodically strip my account of everything sellable because a new limited time item has come out and I want to buy it, or just because I’ve decided I want the gold more than the items. If it was linked to my husbands I’d have to check everything with him before doing that.

Maybe a better approach could be something like a bonus if you play with the other person. My other MMO, Elder Scrolls Online does that and it seems to work well. Their version is character specific which causes some issues, so I think account-wide would be better. Maybe something like bonus XP and Magic Find if you’re in a party with the person you’re married to?

It’s a cute idea, but there’s way too much potential for abuse there – sorry. People would just buy marriages to gain account-bound items or expensive items, possibly under the radar.

This idea would be great for someone like me with more than one account but for two people? Not so great. Divorce happens. Friends have a falling out. Someone spends all the gold on both accounts without checking first. If one account is hacked, then the other account is accessed too and stripped. Achievement points that gives a skin to a high AP player gives the skin to the low AP player. If one player gets a Legendary the other one gets the skin (and any extra goodies like the mini Tiger) also. There’s too many potential problems when accounts between separate people are linked.

I understand the concept, but account bound things being shared between two accounts just seems wrong.

Useing legendaries for example… Currently if two people work together to craft a legendary for the skin… Once finished one new legendary skin is made. (And used) cost = 1 legendary; reward = 1 legendary(1legendary skin for 1 account). For married characters under the described system: cost = 1 legendary; reward = 1 legendary(1legendary skin for 2 accounts) the issue being 2 accounts now have access to the skin for the price of one. This would be the same for literally every skin in the game. Including outfits (would A-net charge double the gems for everything “married” accounts bought?)

DustyOhara.1459:

My Wife and I have been together for six years. We have been playing GW2 since launch, and since the beginning have mentioned that we want our actual characters in game, as well as our accounts to be married. In our minds this means that all items that are account bound would be shared between us: our wallets, stored materials, skins and banks would also be shared (and thus double the storage space.) Since Guild Halls were added, we have also be interested in having an actual marriage ceremony implemented in the game – with a reception too.

We think that this would be a fun little addition to the community. We know of a few other married couples that also play this game and have seemed receptive and interested in something like this being added.

Thank you,
Dusty Ohara

I don’t think it’s a mechanic that we really need. I mean, it’s a nice gesture and everything, but when things go wrong, arguments happen about who did what, then tickets get submitted, the GMs could get bogged down.

That, plus the fact it’d take up developing time which could be spent on living stories instead.

Of course though, the main reason why I believe we don’t need it, is because we can already have it – in the form of RP. If you’re into RP, you could get some friends or an RP guild together to perform the marriage, without having to actually in-game mechanically tie yourself down. It can be for as many or as few characters as you like too.

Lady Deedra.3126:

My wife already takes all my stuff. But you already know that

I loved this line! Thank you for making me laugh IRL!!

if you make account bound items tradable between accounts, there’s no point, defeats that entire purpose, and makes it so they get less sales overall with AB items.

While I would love this sort of thing for my five accounts, it’s just too open to disaster if between people. Anet would have to make it permanent, then what happens when there is a break in the RL relationship? I think Anet has enough headaches without this adding to it.

DustyOhara.1459:

My Wife and I have been together for six years. We have been playing GW2 since launch, and since the beginning have mentioned that we want our actual characters in game, as well as our accounts to be married. In our minds this means that all items that are account bound would be shared between us: our wallets, stored materials, skins and banks would also be shared (and thus double the storage space.) Since Guild Halls were added, we have also be interested in having an actual marriage ceremony implemented in the game – with a reception too.

We think that this would be a fun little addition to the community. We know of a few other married couples that also play this game and have seemed receptive and interested in something like this being added.

Thank you,
Dusty Ohara

If you’re interested, I’d be interested in officiating the ceremony – ofcourse in role-playing mode

Marriage ceremony?

I hope its not Asuran. You want to bring them a kittening nice wedding gift but nooooo… a pocket dimension full of pink hairy Norns is apparently a “crime against nature”, pfff.