Guild Wars 2

With the new wardrobe system, I just thought we could extrapolate the mechanics to the unlimited gathering tools. So what if you could unlock skins for them? I’m sure more people would be encouraged to buy more through the gemstore if they could switch the effects from time to time or even just choose which design matches their characters. This would require the implementation of a “basic” unlimited tool which would have no effects whatsoever (I know some people want this) to which you could choose to apply a skin/effect that you have unlocked by double-clicking it. Every time you would buy a design of the gemstore, you would receive this tool plus the skin (account-bound), for example.

We could even think bigger, but this would be a complex topic: if they conceived the unlimited gathering tool as an account-bound upgrade, they could let us replicate them (the basic ones) among all our alts. Having no effects on them would encourage the players to buy the different designs, thus benefiting both the players and Anet. I understand these seem to be different topics, but I can’t conceive one without the other.

What is your opinion about this idea? Do you like it even if you have bought several gathering tools for all your alts?

This (along with a few other things) is being discussed on reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/21jk36/unlimited_travel_passes/

Quote:

“I think it would be nice if they just gave everyone a 20 slot bag that is shared between every character on your account.

This way, items like the convenience passes, infinite bank access items, etc. could all be used with every character without having to buy multiple of them.

Also infinite gathering tools equipped should be account bound equips instead of having to transfer them between characters in the bank; the player could then choose between skins for each character for the gathering tools (using transmutation charges – like with the upcoming armor)."

Edit: I have something to add to this. After a player has bought an infinite gathering tool for their account, any future skins for them should be discounted to something like 400 gems (since they already paid the 1000 gem cost for the infinite tool in the first place).