Guild Wars 2

I bought another account and can’t access the BLTC. It says Permission Denied. From memory I think they put in a restriction on when you can access the BLTC.

Anyone remember how it will be before I can access it?

Wow. Finding any information on new account restrictions is impossible.

The minimal information I found

• new accounts do have restrictions.
• These taper off. No time has ever been listed, either by amount played or by number of days.
• It appears new accounts can sell before they can buy.
• this measure was put in to hinder gold sellers.

Sorry, was unable to find any listed time before you can use the trading post. My guess, a few days to a week. What you probably will have to do is see if you can email stuff from your other account. I think that’s allowed, though you probably can’t email back.

Heya, Astral. You’re right, specifics of restrictions are not clearly detailed in the knowledge base as they should be, or anywhere else for that matter. They are also not even mentioned to new players as even existing and being something their new account would encounter, which I find quite improper to not be informed of. The first character made on a new account should at least receive a mail in-game informing them of such restrictions and that, as they adventure normally, they will experience the restrictions dwindle down until their account becomes completely unrestricted.

Also, you had mentioned before that the restrictions, or some of them at least, are tied to the acquisition of achievement points. If this is still accurate, then, OP, I recommend getting a bunch of the really easy achievements done to boost the account’s achievement points to help with removing the restrictions quicker.

I do not know if restrictions being tied (at least partially) to APs is still a thing, but Gaile had previously mentioned – “As you play, and as you amass wealth through playing, the limitations on your new account will dissolve.” I’m not sure exactly as to what she defines as “wealth”; APs, coin, variety of items acquired through killing and looting, or even karma accumulated from completing events or the number of events completed.

Regarding mailing items to your other account as being suggested to try, one other player reported 4 months ago that the restrictions they encountered included the inability to send or even receive mail from other players, or at least receive mail that contained items. :\

I must also report that I have been unable to find any clear ways to speed up restriction removal on a new account.

My guess on a time frame until removal would be similar to Astral’s; a few days to a week or so depending on in-game activity.

I’d guess that at least part of the reason there’s so little information on it is because the restriction is usually encountered by new players who either don’t notice because they don’t try to use the Trading Post until after the restriction is gone or don’t know where to record it.

But this would be a perfect opportunity to try and find out through experimentation and then add the information to the relevant Wiki pages.

I’ve had no problem sending gold and items to the new account and now have 400 cooking on 1 char. Just can’t buy stuff on the BLTC yet…

The lack of information is part of the fight against gold sellers and other cheaters.

If they don’t know how long they have to wait/play the game, you force them to spend time testing it which would otherwise be time spent ruining the game.

It isn’t a perfect system since it definitely inconveniences new players, but I can see the merit of withholding that information.